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SFC 37: Berdich vs. Hur PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Vercotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vercotti comes to the cage accompanied by Poverty - Ennio Morricone. Junior Dos Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luigi Vercotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vercotti thows a body shot but no joy.
Dos Santos darts in and clinches Vercotti up against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but Vercotti holds him up against the cage and eventually Dos Santos drops back down to his feet.
Vercotti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dos Santos wants to break free but Vercotti has control.
Vercotti has Dos Santos pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Vercotti pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Dos Santos tumbling to the mat - Vercotti dives into Dos Santos's guard.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position but Vercotti postures up.
Vercotti postures up in Dos Santos's guard and throws a big left but Dos Santos blocks it.
Vercotti cracks Dos Santos with a solid left hand.
Vercotti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dos Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vercotti lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vercotti lands a couple of digs.
Vercotti working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vercotti scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Vercotti is proving a slippery customer.
Vercotti stopping the sweep attempt from Dos Santos.
Vercotti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vercotti controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vercotti postures up and lands a big shot to Dos Santos's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti stands up over Dos Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vercotti's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dos Santos working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vercotti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dos Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Vercotti controls the pace.
Vercotti scoring with some ground and pound.
Vercotti working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dos Santos has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Vercotti lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vercotti landing some decent shots from guard.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Vercotti is proving a slippery customer.
Vercotti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Vercotti's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dos Santos has momentary wrist control but Vercotti slips an elbow through the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vercotti works over Dos Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Vercotti scoring with some ground and pound.
Vercotti lands a couple of elbows.
Vercotti lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Vercotti looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Dos Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Vercotti is nestled in close to Dos Santos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vercotti controlling the pace.
Vercotti 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.
Dos Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dos Santos is rocked!
Vercotti wants to pass to mount but Dos Santos is defending the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vercotti lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vercotti winds up and cracks Dos Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vercotti not doing much here.
Vercotti has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luigi Vercotti dominated that round.
That's time! Vercotti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vercotti but Vercotti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dos Santos moves out of range as Vercotti strikes.
Vercotti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Nice defenses there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vercotti seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vercotti.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Dos Santos enables Vercotti to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dos Santos manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Dos Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vercotti controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vercotti is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Vercotti is working Dos Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dos Santos working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti lands a couple of digs.
Dos Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vercotti seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Vercotti works over Dos Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Vercotti stands up over Dos Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vercotti postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Vercotti is proving a slippery customer.
Vercotti is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Vercotti scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti chips away with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vercotti makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vercotti chips away with some ground and pound.
Vercotti slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vercotti lands a nice short elbow.
Vercotti scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vercotti is controlling the pace.
Dos Santos wants to control but Vercotti is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos won't allow Vercotti to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Vercotti.
Vercotti looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vercotti is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dos Santos has hold of Vercotti's hands but Vercotti slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dos Santos wants to control but Vercotti is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Vercotti passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dos Santos!
Vercotti raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vercotti landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Vercotti.
Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Vercotti finish him?
BOOM! Vercotti connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti unloading with bombs!
Vercotti controlling the position easily from mount.
Vercotti postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Dos Santos bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Vercotti and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luigi Vercotti!
A relieved looking Luigi Vercotti thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Guilherme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tic Tac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guilherme comes to the cage accompanied by Gravel Pit. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Guilherme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tic Tac!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guilherme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guilherme has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Weed Nation in the buildup to the fight.
Tac gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Guilherme has had enough of the clinch but Tac keeps him there for the moment.
Guilherme tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tac lands a shoulder strike.
Guilherme stalling in the clinch but Tac improves position.
Tac scores with a shot to the side of Guilherme's head.
Tac has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Guilherme regains guard immediately.
Tac slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tac scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Guilherme to see if he's OK.
Tac scores with a couple of short elbows.
Guilherme is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big shot lands for Tac! That's hurt Guilherme! Will he recover? Tac fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tic Tac!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daiki Tanimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artem Korotkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daiki Tanimoto is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daiki Tanimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Korotkov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanimoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Korotkov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sloppy strikes from Korotkov. Those never looked like landing.
Korotkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tanimoto moves away.
Korotkov drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tanimoto is looking for a sweep.
Tanimoto manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tanimoto is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Main Event Gym , so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Korotkov is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanimoto looking for submissions off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanimoto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Korotkov.
Tanimoto is looking to improve his position.
Tanimoto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Korotkov pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanimoto looking for a kimura from the bottom but Korotkov passes into side control!
Tanimoto looking for a sweep but Korotkov has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Tanimoto can't escape the position.
Korotkov is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tanimoto to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tanimoto shrugs it off.
Korotkov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tanimoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tanimoto is working hard here to advance position.
Korotkov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tanimoto is looking to escape.
Tanimoto is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Korotkov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tanimoto is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanimoto is trying desperately to improve position.
Korotkov looking to finish Tanimoto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tanimoto!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Korotkov wants to control the pace but Tanimoto is squirming around nicely.
Tanimoto bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Korotkov is adopting a defensive guard.
Korotkov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Korotkov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tanimoto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tanimoto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tanimoto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tanimoto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tanimoto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanimoto postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Korotkov is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tanimoto, into his guard.
Tanimoto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Korotkov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Korotkov throwing strikes from guard but Tanimoto blocks nicely.
Tanimoto might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tanimoto keeping moving, preventing Korotkov from controlling successfully.
Tanimoto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tanimoto is looking for a triangle but Korotkov pushes his legs off easily.
Korotkov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korotkov trying to control but Tanimoto is working from the bottom.
Korotkov is looking to work some ground and pound but Tanimoto has wrist control.
Tanimoto has his foot on Korotkov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Korotkov works his way back into a safe position though.
Korotkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Tanimoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Korotkov drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Korotkov seems to have locked his on tight now - Tanimoto screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Korotkov, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Artem Korotkov!
The defeated Daiki Tanimoto had this to say: 'Battle Lost but the War continues... Team Goroshi - Knox Energy'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josoe Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Dmx...Aint no sunshine as his entrance music. Carlos Condit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Condit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josoe Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a series of punches but Condit avoids them all with ease.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Condit sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva throws a leg kick but Condit sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Condit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Condit jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Condit throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Condit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice shot by Condit.
Condit lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Condit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Silva moves forwards but Condit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Condit lands a nice shot to the body.
Carlos Condit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Condit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit misses with a hook.
Silva throws a right and a left that Condit avoids nicely.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Condit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva thows a leg kick but Condit checks it
and Condit counters with a nice uppercut.
Condit scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Condit throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Condit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Condit lands a body shot.
Silva takes one on the button.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Condit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Condit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a swing at Condit's ribcage but misses.
Condit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Condit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
letting Condit counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Condit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva looks winded!
Condit scores with a hook to the body.
Condit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Condit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Condit connects with a body shot.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Condit stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit connects with a single shot there.
Condit throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Condit connects with a nice looking jab.
Condit connects with a crisp jab.
Silva wants to slow Condit down by chopping away at his legs.
Condit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Condit lands a slapping body shot.
Condit avoids a punch combination nicely.
Condit connects with a looping right hand.
Condit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Condit pushes him off.
Condit scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Condit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Condit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Condit.
Condit throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Condit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Condit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Condit lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
Carlos Condit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Condit cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Condit throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Condit misses with a straight left.
Condit scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Condit dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Condit scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Condit.
Carlos Condit is winning the standup battle so far.
Condit throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Condit moves out of range of the strikes.
A lazy left from Condit finds it's target.
Josoe Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva takes one on the button.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Condit.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Condit clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Condit counters with a straight right hand.
Condit lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Condit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Condit swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Condit throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Condit lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Condit to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Condit.
Condit digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva tries to move into range but Condit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Condit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Condit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Condit tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Condit lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Condit.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Condit throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Condit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Condit counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Condit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Condit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Condit finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Condit lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Condit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Condit lands a jab to the nose.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Condit lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Condit.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Condit.
Condit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Condit counters with a stiff right hand.
Condit avoids a kick to the body.
A left lands for Condit.
The crowd cheers as Condit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit lands a right hook to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Condit counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Condit throws an off balance right hand
and Condit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Condit just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Condit moves out of range easily.
Jab by Condit.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Condit counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Condit scores with a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Decent striking displayed by Condit there.
Condit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Condit missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Condit dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Condit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Condit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Condit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Condit moves into range and connects with a jab.
Condit lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Silva blocks a head kick by Condit.
Condit moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva wants to slow Condit down by chopping away at his legs.
Silva tries to move into range but Condit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab from Condit.
Condit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Condit punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Condit misses with a right hand
and Silva counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Condit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva swings for the body but Condit moves out of range.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Condit throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva tries to land a body kick
and Condit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with the combination.
The crowd cheers as Condit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Condit scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Condit stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Condit jabs at Silva's body.
Silva 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Condit to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Condit.
Condit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Condit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Condit lands the left hand.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Condit moves out of range easily.
Condit misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Condit, as that shot connected.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Condit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to bum rush Condit with a series of wild strikes but Condit uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva slips a straight right by Condit.
Condit lands a body shot.
Good leg kick by Condit there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva wants to clinch up but Condit keeps it at a distance.
Condit cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Silva moves out of range as Condit strikes.
Condit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva moves out of range as Condit strikes.
Condit blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Condit scores with a nice head shot.
Condit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva looks to land a combination but Condit avoids it well.
Condit punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Condit misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Condit.
Silva throws a head kick but Condit moves out of range.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
letting Condit counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Condit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Condit lands a jab to the nose.
Josoe Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Condit with a jab.
Condit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Condit lands a right hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Condit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Condit has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Condit!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Sobrante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sobrante's choice of entrance music: Primus - Fisticuffs. Les Sobrante has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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28
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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20
221 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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Basic striking
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rashad Banks !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Les Sobrante!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banks closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sobrante is looking for a sweep.
Banks scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sobrante to see if he's OK.
Sobrante wants to control but Banks postures up.
Sobrante sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sobrante gets back to full guard.
Banks is working Sobrante over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sobrante is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sobrante looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Banks connects with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Banks is working Sobrante over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sobrante preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Banks has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sobrante wants to sweep here but Banks controlling him for the moment.
Banks looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Banks is working Sobrante over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks scoring with punches to the head and body.
Banks trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobrante is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sobrante bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Banks 's guard.
Banks is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sobrante passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sobrante is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Banks has escaped the position, nice work there.
Banks wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
I've been told that Sobrante has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Banks prevents Sobrante from improving position.
Banks defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobrante has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Sobrante is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Banks is surviving well by controlling Sobrante's body position as best he can.
Sobrante jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Banks manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sobrante thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banks is pushing Sobrante's head away, looking to escape. Sobrante manages to hold on to the position though.
Sobrante working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Banks wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobrante is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Banks has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sobrante tries to advance to mount but can't.
Banks tries to escape but Sobrante is in control.
Sobrante swings around for an armbar but Banks sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Sobrante's guard.
Sobrante working for a triangle but Banks defends it easily.
Banks wants to control from the top but Sobrante keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sobrante is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobrante wants to pass the guard but Banks is keeping the position.
Sobrante prevents Banks from getting back to his feet.
Sobrante works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sobrante is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobrante looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Banks is trying to stand up here but Sobrante is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Sobrante dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Banks .
Sobrante sneaks back into half guard.
Nice strikes from Banks there.
Banks with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sobrante is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sobrante looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Banks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Banks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Banks trying to control the action but Sobrante is working from the bottom.
Sobrante wants to improve his position but Banks is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobrante is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Banks pulls his head out easily.
Sobrante is looking to improve his position.
Sobrante works his way to full guard. Good work.
Banks trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobrante is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sobrante trying to keep a closed guard but Banks is proving a slippery customer.
Sobrante keeping moving, preventing Banks from controlling successfully.
Banks 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.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sobrante working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Banks .
Sobrante is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Banks 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobrante looking for a sweep. Not yet Sobrante, not yet.
Banks distracts Sobrante with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sobrante looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Banks passes into half guard.
Banks sitting and controlling from the half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banks has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sobrante is trying to get back to full guard.
Banks is trying to control the action in half guard but Sobrante is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Banks with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Banks working the head and body with strikes.
Sobrante regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobrante preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sobrante is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Banks working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sobrante looking for a sweep. Not yet Sobrante, not yet.
Banks landing with the ground and pound.
Banks seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sobrante looking for a sweep. Not yet Sobrante, not yet.
Sobrante has momentary wrist control but Banks slips an elbow through the middle.
Banks postures up in Sobrante's guard and throws a big left but Sobrante blocks it.
Banks sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sobrante's guard.
Banks working the head and body with strikes.
Sobrante wants to get back to full guard.
Banks looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Banks frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Banks landing shots from mount.
Rashad Banks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sobrante is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sobrante wants to hold on but Banks pushes him away.
Banks wants to control the pace but Sobrante is squirming around nicely.
Sobrante regains half guard.
Banks seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sobrante moves into full guard.
Banks wants to control from the top but Sobrante keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banks working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobrante's head.
Sobrante looking to control.
Banks lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rashad Banks dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Banks looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sobrante!
Sobrante is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Banks off and has taken his back!
Banks trying to get back to his feet but Sobrante is in full control for now.
Sobrante tightening his grip on Banks , looking for the choke.
Banks controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Banks trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sobrante is cranking Banks 's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Banks ! He's tightened the choke and Banks is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Les Sobrante!
After winning the bout, Les Sobrante 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Don Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradley Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Don Pierre might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Racionais Mc's A Vida Desafio. Miller has chosen Eminem - Berzerk as his entrance music. Jacques Don Pierre had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bradley Miller was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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28
203 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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20
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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Counter fighter
Insanely flexible |
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacques Don Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bradley Miller!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller misses with an uppercut.
Miller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Don Pierre has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Don Pierre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Miller can pounce on him.
Miller's coach down at Uncle Jim's Garage was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Miller's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Miller thumps Don Pierre with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miller. Don Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miller misses with a low kick.
Miller dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Don Pierre. That did some damage!
Miller cracks Don Pierre with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Jacques Don Pierre has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller cracks Don Pierre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Miller misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miller fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Don Pierre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A thudding body kick lands there by Miller!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Miller takes a swing at Don Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Miller throws a good cross that connects.
Miller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Don Pierre tries to keep at a distance but Miller has taken the fight into the clinch.
Don Pierre fails to pull guard.
Miller working aggressively here.
Don Pierre blocking some punches.
Don Pierre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Miller.
Don Pierre throws a head punch that misses.
Don Pierre blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Don Pierre's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Don Pierre lands a body shot.
Don Pierre tries to work over Miller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Miller.
Miller blocking some punches.
Don Pierre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miller pushes Don Pierre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Miller fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Don Pierre slips a jab from Miller.
Don Pierre on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Miller scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Miller. That's going to slow Don Pierre down.
Don Pierre is breathing heavily.
Miller throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Don Pierre counter with a right hand.
Miller throws a half hearted mid kick.
Don Pierre checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miller lands with an uppercut that bounces Don Pierre off the cage and back into range.
Don Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miller.
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!
Miller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Don Pierre's calf.
Miller pushes Don Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
Miller pushes Don Pierre back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Don Pierre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Don Pierre takes a shot to the head.
Don Pierre tries to throw a body punch but Miller avoids it by throwing Don Pierre back against the cage.
Don Pierre swings wildly with an uppercut but Miller uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Miller misses with some punches.
Don Pierre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradley Miller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacques Don Pierre'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.
Miller lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Miller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Miller lands a leg kick that knocks Don Pierre off balance momentarily.
Miller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Miller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miller chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Miller connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Miller.
Miller lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Miller.
Miller clinches.
Miller lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Don Pierre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Miller.
Miller misses with the head strike.
Miller throws a head punch that misses.
Don Pierre blocking some punches.
Don Pierre tries a body shot but Miller blocks it.
Miller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Don Pierre misses with a body punch.
Miller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Don Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Miller.
Miller lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Don Pierre.
A nice right hand lands inside from Miller.
Don Pierre misses with a body punch.
Miller misses with some punches.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Don Pierre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Don Pierre is looking to control Miller's arms but Miller gets an underhook and turns him. Now Don Pierre has his back to the cage.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Miller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Miller throws a punch but it's blocked by Don Pierre.
Miller gets through Don Pierre's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Don Pierre is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Miller working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Don Pierre.
Don Pierre pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Miller not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don Pierre trying to keep a closed guard but Miller is proving a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bradley Miller.
A good leg kick by Miller.
Bradley Miller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Miller, right into the meat.
Miller lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bradley Miller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miller swinging wildly here.
Miller cracks Don Pierre with a right hand to the side of the head.
Miller takes a swing at Don Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Miller with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the liver by Miller. Beautiful body shot.
Miller tries to clinch up but Don Pierre circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradley Miller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jacques Don Pierre'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!
Miller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Don Pierre, pushing him back against the cage.
Miller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bradley Miller seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Miller has a couple of punches blocked by Don Pierre.
Miller lands with a light punch inside.
Don Pierre has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Miller uses from the top position.
Miller passes Don Pierre's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Miller stalling.
Don Pierre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Miller pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miller moves nicely into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Don Pierre can't do much from the bottom here.
Jacques Don Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Don Pierre sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Don Pierre trying to control from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Don Pierre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Miller is thwarting Don Pierre's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Don Pierre makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Don Pierre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don Pierre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Miller wants to get up but he can't break Don Pierre's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bradley Miller is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Don Pierre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Miller is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Don Pierre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Miller scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Don Pierre walks into a left hand.
Miller lands with a thumping leg kick.
Miller doesn't manage to clinch there - Don Pierre circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bradley Miller.
I've got Miller winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bradley Miller!
Bradley Miller took some time post fight to say the following; 'It's going... it's going... it's gone!!!! On to the next. '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demitri Borschtanoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Strange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borschtanoff comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Demitri Borschtanoff has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demitri Borschtanoff!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Strange!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borschtanoff throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Strange.
Strange on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Borschtanoff. Borschtanoff obviously looking to wear him down.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strange takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Borschtanoff moves away from the strike by Strange.
Strange avoids a kick to the body.
Borschtanoff throws a nice outside leg kick.
Borschtanoff tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Strange is able to avoid easily.
Borschtanoff throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strange checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick but Strange moves out of range.
Strange checks a leg kick.
Strange throws a hook but Borschtanoff avoids it easily.
Borschtanoff misses with a leg kick.
Borschtanoff motions for Strange to come forward. Borschtanoff throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Demitri Borschtanoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschtanoff fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Strange checks it well.
Borschtanoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Borschtanoff throws a leg kick that misses.
Borschtanoff thumps Strange with a low kick.
Borschtanoff lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strange's sensitive parts.
Strange checks a leg kick nicely.
Strange moves out of range as Borschtanoff throws a body kick.
Borschtanoff misses with a head kick.
Borschtanoff stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Borschtanoff wants it to stay on the feet.
Borschtanoff plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Borschtanoff darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Borschtanoff seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff is keen to just control but Strange is a slippery customer.
Borschtanoff is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Strange sees it coming and defends easily.
Strange is looking for a sweep. Borschtanoff is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Strange wants to control but Borschtanoff is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Borschtanoff is trying to control. Strange wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Strange is looking for a sweep. Borschtanoff is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Still in half guard, Borschtanoff seems content to control.
Borschtanoff throws a strike but Strange avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Strange keeping moving, preventing Borschtanoff from controlling successfully.
Borschtanoff has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Strange tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Strange's head.
Strange is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Borschtanoff in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Strange trying to keep a closed guard but Borschtanoff is proving a slippery customer.
Strange wants to sweep but no luck.
Borschtanoff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Borschtanoff scoring with some ground and pound.
Strange keeping moving, preventing Borschtanoff from controlling successfully.
Borschtanoff missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Borschtanoff throwing strikes but missing.
Strange not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Our spies down at at Instincts inform us that Strange has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Strange is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Borschtanoff postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strange looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Borschtanoff throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Strange keeping moving, preventing Borschtanoff from controlling successfully.
Strange is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Borschtanoff is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borschtanoff trying to control but Strange is working from the bottom.
Borschtanoff is really struggling to control Strange but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demitri Borschtanoff dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Borschtanoff connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Borschtanoff throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Borschtanoff tries to score with a low kick but Strange moves his leg out of the way.
Strange checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Strange avoids the head kick by Borschtanoff.
Demitri Borschtanoff is winning the standup battle so far.
Borschtanoff lands a front kick.
Strange tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've been told by Borschtanoff's head coaches at Cartel Muerte that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Some bone on bone action there as Strange checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Borschtanoff throws a sloppy head kick and Strange moves out of range easily.
Borschtanoff fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Strange.
Borschtanoff lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strange's sensitive parts.
Strange checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschtanoff chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A solid leg kick lands there for Borschtanoff.
A bone on bone clash there as Strange blocks the leg kick.
Borschtanoff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Strange can do to turn this around?
Borschtanoff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strange has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Borschtanoff.
Strange blocks a head kick by Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Borschtanoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borschtanoff looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Borschtanoff throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strange checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Strange blocks the low kick.
Borschtanoff throws a sloppy head kick and Strange moves out of range easily.
Borschtanoff is looking to chop away at Strange's legs.
Borschtanoff shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Strange wants to sweep but no luck.
Strange is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Borschtanoff defends well.
Borschtanoff in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Borschtanoff throwing strikes but missing.
Strange keeping moving, preventing Borschtanoff from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strange looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Borschtanoff is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Strange working a defensive guard here.
Strange keeping moving, preventing Borschtanoff from controlling successfully.
Strange looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Strange trying to control the position.
Borschtanoff trying to control the position from guard on top but Strange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borschtanoff landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff is looking to work some ground and pound but Strange has wrist control.
Borschtanoff with a flurry of punches that miss.
Strange working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Borschtanoff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Borschtanoff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Strange keeping moving, preventing Borschtanoff from controlling successfully.
Borschtanoff is fighting to break Strange's control of his arms but Strange is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strange being controlled here, momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strange is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demitri Borschtanoff dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Borschtanoff lands with a slapping head kick.
Borschtanoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Strange is just out of range.
Borschtanoff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Strange. That did some damage!
Borschtanoff misses with a body kick.
Borschtanoff fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Strange has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Borschtanoff lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Strange takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Borschtanoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borschtanoff misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Borschtanoff, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strange checks the leg kick nicely there.
Borschtanoff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Borschtanoff throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Borschtanoff finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Borschtanoff lands with a slapping head kick.
Borschtanoff lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Borschtanoff throws a low kick, looking for Strange's leg but Strange calmly moves out of range.
Borschtanoff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Borschtanoff throws a push kick but Strange slaps the foot to one side.
Strange moves out of range as Borschtanoff throws a body kick.
A low kick from Borschtanoff misses
and Strange counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strange trying to control the position from guard on top but Borschtanoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Strange stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Borschtanoff swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Borschtanoff looking to control.
Strange looking to pass the guard.
Borschtanoff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Borschtanoff trying to keep a closed guard but Strange is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strange trying to control the position from guard on top but Borschtanoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Borschtanoff.
Strange struggling a bit here.
Strange is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Borschtanoff's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Borschtanoff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Strange is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Borschtanoff pulls his head out easily.
Borschtanoff not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff is nestled in close to Strange, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Borschtanoff lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strange wants to control but Borschtanoff is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borschtanoff lands strikes from half guard.
Strange is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Borschtanoff not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borschtanoff sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Strange defending well though.
Strange moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Borschtanoff looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demitri Borschtanoff clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Borschtanoff throws a leg kick but Strange sees it coming and moves out of range.
Borschtanoff tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Borschtanoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borschtanoff connects with a leg kick. Strange looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Borschtanoff thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Strange if he has to take too many more of those.
Borschtanoff fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Strange.
Borschtanoff lands a nice looking body kick.
A solid body kick from Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff throws a quick inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Borschtanoff.
That kick from Borschtanoff tenderised Strange's leg. Strange is trying to keep his angry face on.
Strange is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschtanoff lands with an overhand left.
Nice takedown defense from Borschtanoff. No joy for Strange on that attempt.
Borschtanoff plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Borschtanoff blocks a jab.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Borschtanoff tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Strange is able to avoid easily.
Borschtanoff is looking to score with low kicks.
Borschtanoff drives through with a takedown into guard.
Strange is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strange preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Borschtanoff with a nice head shot there.
Borschtanoff throwing strikes but missing.
Strange utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borschtanoff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Strange is keeping the position for now.
Strange trying to control the position.
Strange has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Borschtanoff can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Borschtanoff looking to sit in guard and control but Strange gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff pulls Strange in close to prevent any damage.
Borschtanoff looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Borschtanoff is trying to keep Strange in close.
Strange wants to control from the top but Borschtanoff keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschtanoff is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Borschtanoff looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Strange not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Borschtanoff keeping moving, preventing Strange from controlling successfully.
Demitri Borschtanoff overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borschtanoff preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demitri Borschtanoff had his way with Simon Strange in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Borschtanoff turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Borschtanoff thuds his shin into the meat of Strange's side.
Strange takes one on the button.
Borschtanoff fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Strange checks it well.
A good leg kick by Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Borschtanoff throws a sloppy head kick and Strange moves out of range easily.
Borschtanoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Borschtanoff is looking to chop away at Strange's legs.
Borschtanoff tries to land a leg kick but Strange saw it coming and moves away.
Borschtanoff cracks the inside of Strange's front leg.
Borschtanoff lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschtanoff feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stranges jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Borschtanoff throws a solid leg kick but Strange takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Borschtanoff.
Strange checks the leg kick nicely there.
Borschtanoff throws a leg kick but Strange sees it coming and moves out of range.
Strange shoots for a double leg takedown but Borschtanoff sprawls well. He's pushed Strange's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Borschtanoff misses with a low kick.
Strange misses with an uppercut.
Borschtanoff throws a sloppy head kick and Strange moves out of range easily.
Borschtanoff throws a low kick but Strange avoids it.
Borschtanoff is looking to chop away at Strange's legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Borschtanoff, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strange blocks a leg kick.
Borschtanoff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Strange as he avoids it easily.
Borschtanoff lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strange's sensitive parts.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick that misses
and Strange counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strange is trying to control. Borschtanoff wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Borschtanoff is looking to control Strange's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Borschtanoff avoid being mounted?
Strange thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Borschtanoff's head.
Borschtanoff has his hands clasped together around Strange's back. He's all about the action.
Borschtanoff on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strange throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Strange is trying to control the action in half guard but Borschtanoff is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Borschtanoff trying to control but Strange postures up.
Borschtanoff holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Simon Strange has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Strange is keen to just control but Borschtanoff is a slippery customer.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Strange checks the leg kick.
Borschtanoff lands with a slapping head kick.
Borschtanoff feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Strange's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strange moves away from the strike by Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff throws a head kick but Strange moves out of range.
Borschtanoff throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Borschtanoff motions for Strange to come forward. Borschtanoff throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Borschtanoff tries to land a front kick but Strange steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Borschtanoff.
Borschtanoff throws a half hearted mid kick.
Borschtanoff misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borschtanoff lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Demitri Borschtanoff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Borschtanoff throws a sloppy head kick
and Strange counters with a nice double leg into side control. Borschtanoff won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strange lands a nice forearm strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Demitri Borschtanoff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Borschtanoff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demitri Borschtanoff!
Demitri Borschtanoff retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Demitri Borschtanoff thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lil Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne comes to the cage accompanied by My Life. Lil Wayne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lil Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Churchill!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne lands with a kick to the ribs.
Churchill tries a head kick but it misses.
Churchill throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wayne lands a front kick.
Churchill tries a head kick but it misses.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wayne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Churchill takes one on the button.
Wayne works Churchill's body with a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Churchill crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wayne - the referee stops the clock and Churchill gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wayne. Churchill manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne throws a jab when Churchill was well out of range.
An inside leg kick from Churchill misses.
Churchill takes a jab right on the kisser.
Churchill throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wayne counters with a left to the body.
Wayne waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Churchill. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Churchill to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Churchill is rocked!
Wayne passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Churchill is still in real trouble! Can Wayne finish him?
Wayne has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Churchill is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Wayne yanks on the arm and Churchill is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Wayne.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lil Wayne!
A relieved looking Lil Wayne thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikita Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Santana could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nikita Klitschko's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikita Klitschko!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klitschko darts in trying to clinch
and Santana counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Klitschko is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Klitschko moves out of range of the leg kick from Santana.
Santana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santana rushes Klitschko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Klitschko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santana is struggling to control the position.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Klitschko is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Klitschko.
Santana stalling against the cage.
Klitschko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santana avoiding damage as Klitschko throws knees to the body.
Klitschko looking to stall.
Klitschko blocks an elbow strike.
Klitschko dodges an elbow strike from Santana.
Klitschko is trying to maintain a safe position but Santana gets an underhook and turns Klitschko into the cage.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Santana misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries to stall but Klitschko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Klitschko has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Santana seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Klitschko can turn it around.
Klitschko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santana backwards.
Klitschko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Klitschko letting Santana take a breather here.
Santana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Klitschko blocks it with crossed arms.
Santana misses with an elbow over the top.
Klitschko stalls.
Santana lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santana throws an elbow but misses.
Klitschko lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santana.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klitschko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santana up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Klitschko's brow.
Klitschko scores a nice knee to the body.
Santana taking a breather.
Santana misses with a knee to the head.
Klitschko trying to control the position but instead, Santana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Klitschko into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Klitschko.
Santana missing with knees to the body.
Klitschko leaning against his opponent.
Klitschko trying to control the position but instead, Santana has worked for underhooks and has pushed Klitschko into the cage.
Klitschko tries to land knees in the clinch but Santana avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santana lands an elbow just above Klitschko 's eye.
Santana throws a head punch that misses.
Santana struggles to land a body shot inside as Klitschko controls his hands.
Klitschko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Klitschko lands a left hand.
Santana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Klitschko avoids it.
Santana tries a knee to the head but Klitschko blocks it.
Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Santana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Klitschko misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santana missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Santana dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Santana throws a sloppy head kick and Klitschko moves out of range easily.
Santana misses with the combination.
Klitschko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Klitschko drops Santana with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Santana looks back up at him and smiles so Klitschko waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Santana is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oh Santana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Klitschko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Klitschko is defending well for now.
Klitschko leaning against his opponent.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klitschko is keeping busy.
Klitschko missing with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Klitschko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Santana seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santana tries a body shot but Klitschko blocks it.
Santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Klitschko avoids the elbow strike from Santana, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Klitschko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klitschko can't find room to land a body shot as Santana controls the action.
Santana tries a knee to the head but Klitschko blocks it.
Klitschko wants to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Klitschko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Klitschko.
Santana trying to land knees to the body.
Klitschko prevents a body shot from Santana.
Santana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko avoids a wild elbow strike from Santana.
Santana tries a knee to the head but Klitschko blocks it.
Klitschko blocks an elbow strike.
Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
Klitschko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Klitschko managing to block the knees to the body from Santana.
Klitschko managing to block the knees to the body from Santana.
Santana lands a nice elbow.
Klitschko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klitschko tries to land a knee to the head but Santana blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Klitschko.
Klitschko taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Klitschko.
Klitschko blocks an elbow strike from Santana.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klitschko.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Klitschko's brow.
Klitschko landing knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Klitschko.
Antonio Santana has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Santana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Klitschkos head.
Klitschko blocks an elbow strike.
Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Klitschko avoids the damage to the body.
Santana tries a knee to the head but Klitschko blocks it.
Santana lands a right hand.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santana lands a left hand.
Santana misses with a knee to the head.
Klitschko letting Santana take a breather here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klitschko avoids a wild elbow strike from Santana.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana stalling in the clinch but Klitschko improves position.
Klitschko struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.
Santana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Klitschko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santana tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klitschko's elbow.
Santana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Klitschko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Santana.
Santana tries to land knees in the clinch but Klitschko avoids the damage to the body.
Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santana throws an elbow but it misses.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Klitschko is blocking nicely.
Santana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klitschko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klitschko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santana is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
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 Antonio Santana will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Klitschko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Santana throws a head kick but Klitschko moves out of range.
Klitschko wants to clinch up but Santana keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Klitschko takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Klitschko is looking to clinch.
Santana darts in and clinches Klitschko up against the cage.
Klitschko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santana up against the cage.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Klitschko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santana lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Klitschko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Klitschko tries to throw a body punch but Santana avoids it by throwing Klitschko back against the cage.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klitschko is keeping busy.
Klitschko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Klitschko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santana looking to throw knees to the head but Klitschko is blocking nicely.
Santana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Santana.
Santana tries to land a knee to the head but Klitschko blocks with his arms.
Santana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Klitschko takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Santana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santana blocks a body shot from Klitschko.
Santana misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Klitschko.
Klitschko trying to stall but Santana improves his position.
Klitschko managing to block the knees to the body from Santana.
Klitschko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Santana lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Santana fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klitschko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana lands a nice elbow.
Santana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klitschko.
Klitschko is looking to control Santana's arms but Santana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Klitschko has his back to the cage.
Santana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klitschko is keeping busy.
Klitschko stalls.
Klitschko trying to land knees to the body.
Santana's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Santana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Klitschko managing to block the knees to the body from Santana.
Santana swings wildly with an uppercut but Klitschko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Klitschko blocks an elbow strike.
Klitschko is pushing Santana up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonio Santana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Klitschko is trying to stall.
A short right from Santana.
Nikita Klitschko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santana scores a nice knee to the body.
Santana avoiding damage as Klitschko throws knees to the body.
Santana looking to slow down the pace here.
Santana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santana throws an elbow that misses.
Santana misses with an elbow over the top.
Santana misses with a knee strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Klitschko.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Antonio Santana.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santana, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Santana!
Antonio Santana decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andy Berdich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Hur is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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144 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Berdich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hur!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berdich misses with a takedown attempt
and Hur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berdich shoots for a double leg takedown but Hur sprawls well. He's pushed Berdich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Berdich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Berdich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berdich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hur counters with a nice right hand that sends Berdich toppling to the canvas! Berdich scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hur finish him?!
Berdich is rocked!
Berdich has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hur stuffs the takedown attempt from Berdich. Berdich gets slowly back to his feet.
Oh Berdich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berdich gets the takedown into side control.
Hur manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hur is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Berdich wants to free his trapped foot but Hur is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hur wants to control but Berdich is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Berdich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Berdich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berdich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Berdich looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Berdich seems to have got his legs back now.
Berdich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berdich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Berdich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Berdich is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hur has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hur is trying to get back to full guard.
Berdich looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hur wants to get back to his feet.
Berdich is looking to advance position but Hur won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hur keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Berdich 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.
Hur has hold of Berdich's hands but Berdich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Berdich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hur defending well though.
Berdich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hur is in trouble now - Berdich has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Berdich.
Berdich landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hur is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Berdich lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Berdich lands a big shot there that rocks Hur but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Berdich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berdich punching from mount but Hur doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Berdich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Berdich breaks from Hur's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Berdich working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Hur slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Berdich is looking to pass Hur's guard but actually Hur recovers to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berdich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hur has momentary wrist control but Berdich slips an elbow through the middle.
Berdich throws a big elbow that misses.
Berdich throwing strikes from guard but Hur blocks nicely.
Hur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berdich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Berdich postures up in Hur's guard and throws a big left but Hur blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Berdich dominated that round.
That's time! Berdich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hur keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Berdich throws a body punch but Hur moves out of range.
Berdich drives through with a takedown into Hur's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Berdich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hur can do anything to dispel that myth.
Berdich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berdich is looking to work some ground and pound but Hur has wrist control.
Hur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Andy Berdich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berdich is working Hur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Berdich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Berdich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Berdich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Berdich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berdich missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Berdich throws a strike but Hur rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Berdich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hur's guard.
Hur is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Berdich won't allow Hur to sweep him here.
Berdich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berdich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berdich is in close to Hur's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hur trying to control the position.
Berdich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Berdich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hur's head.
Berdich is working Hur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hur is adopting a defensive guard.
Hur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Berdich.
Berdich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdich cracks Hur with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Berdich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Berdich with a nice head shot there.
Berdich throwing strikes from guard but Hur blocks nicely.
Hur wants to stand but Berdich is controlling the position.
Hur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Berdich sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hur's guard.
Berdich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hur defending well though.
Hur blocking the ground and pound attempt from Berdich.
Berdich tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hur knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hur wants to improve his position but Berdich is controlling well.
Hur avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Berdich.
Berdich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berdich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hur can do to turn this around?
Berdich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Berdich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hur has hold of Berdich's hands but Berdich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Berdich.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berdich misses with a head shot. Hur uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Berdich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Berdich dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hur slaps away a takedown attempt from Berdich, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Berdich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hur defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Berdich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Berdich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berdich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hur swivels and escapes.
Berdich with a poor takedown
and Hur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hur stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hur wants it to stay on the feet.
Berdich looks for a takedown but Hur sprawls well.
Berdich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hur's guard.
Hur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berdich postures up in Hur's guard and throws a big left but Hur blocks it.
Berdich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Berdich throws an elbow that misses. Hur uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Berdich's guard. Nice move by Hur!
Berdich looking for a sweep. Not yet Berdich, not yet.
Berdich is working hard here to advance position.
Berdich is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hur defends well.
Berdich looking for a guillotine here but Hur defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berdich keeping moving, preventing Hur from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berdich manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Berdich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hur is trying desperately to improve position.
Berdich raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berdich goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Hur is on top in guard.
Berdich wants to sweep here but Hur controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berdich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hur!
Berdich lands with some strikes.
Hur is trying to escape the mount.
Berdich raining down hammerfists from mount.
A nice elbow there by Berdich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berdich landing shots from mount.
Hur is rocked!
It looks like Ben Hur has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berdich postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Hur in real trouble here! The ref calls for Hur to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Berdich!
Andy Berdich retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Andy Berdich thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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pop
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