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HONOR FC 7 Onslaught PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Laston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dravinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laston comes to the cage accompanied by The Nortorious Big feature Bone Thug N Harmony-Notorious Thugs. John Dravinski looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Laston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Dravinski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laston lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dravinski backs up against the cage.
Dravinski looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Dravinski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Laston sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dravinski somewhat.
Laston is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dravinski's half guard.
Laston passes to full mount!
Laston pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laston has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dravinski's face.
Laston landing strikes from the mount and Dravinski is in trouble!
Dravinski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Laston is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Laston!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Josh Laston!
Josh Laston took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Awesome fans, friends, and family. Thanks for all the support, Help me go up the ranks, thanks. Will fight for the belt.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Davisdon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Davisdon is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Davisdon!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lee maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Davisdon could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Lee has cracked it and Davisdon is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Lee!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Freddy Lee!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dario Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donovan Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Iron. The crowd seem to be enjoying Robertson's choice of entrance music: When the lights go out. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ White 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dario Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donovan Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva lands a head kick!
Robertson walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Robertson shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Robertson counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Robertson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robertson tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Robertson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Robertson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Silva is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Robertson yanks on the arm and Silva is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Robertson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Donovan Robertson!
In his post fight interview, Donovan Robertson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dewayne Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Shashia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dewayne Bryant has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dewayne Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Shashia!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shashia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bryant manages to avoid it.
Shashia displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bryant.
Shashia takes a swing at Bryant's ribcage but misses.
Bryant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shashia.
Shashia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bryant wants to land a leg kick but Shashia is out of range.
Bryant walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shashia misses with a two punch combination.
Shashia lands the left hand.
Shashia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shashia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bryant is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Shashia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bryant takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shashia misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Shashia misses.
Shashia fails to land with a series of punches.
Shashia swinging wildly here.
Bryant takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bryant takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bryant slips a jab and a cross from Shashia.
Bryant slips under a jab from Shashia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shashia scores with a shot to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Shashia!
Bruce Shashia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shashia swinging wildly here.
Shashia throws a series of punches but Bryant moves out of range.
Shashia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bryant drives through with a takedown into Shashia's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shashia controls Bryant momentarily but Bryant frees himself.
Shashia keeping moving, preventing Bryant from controlling successfully.
Shashia 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Shashia keeping moving, preventing Bryant from controlling successfully.
Shashia trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dewayne Bryant.
Shashia looks to score with a jab to the body but Bryant is just out of range.
Shashia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shashia works the jab nicely.
Bryant avoids the body shot from Shashia.
Shashia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bryant circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shashia.
Shashia misses the shot to the body.
Shashia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shashia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shashia throws a right hand that Bryant ducks under and follows up with a left that Bryant also avoids with ease.
Bryant defending well as Shashia loads up on a big left hand.
Shashia throws a combination. Bryant tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bruce Shashia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bryant checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bryant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bryant closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bryant prevents Shashia from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Shashia dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shashia looks to land a combination but Bryant avoids it well.
Shashia looks to land a combination but Bryant avoids it well.
Bryant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shashia.
Bryant shoots in but no luck this time.
Shashia lands a jab to the nose.
Shashia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bryant avoids a kick to the body.
Shashia throws a head kick that misses.
Shashia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant slips a jab and a cross from Shashia.
Shashia throws a right and a left that Bryant avoids nicely.
Shashia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bryant.
Shashia misses the jab.
Shashia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shashia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bryant moves away.
Bryant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shashia.
Bryant moves out of range of the strikes.
Shashia connects with a body shot.
Dewayne Bryant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bryant shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shashia but Shashia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shashia swings for the body but Bryant moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shashia. Bryant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Bryant.
Shashia throws a big shot that misses.
Shashia shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bryant eats them both and turns towards Shashia to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Shashia looks for the body kick but Bryant saw that one coming.
Bryant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shashia stuffs the takedown attempt from Bryant. Bryant gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dewayne Bryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shashia thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shashia looks to land a combination but Bryant avoids it well.
Bryant will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bryant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shashia breaks the clinch.
Shashia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Shashia.
Bruce Shashia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shashia looks for the body kick but Bryant saw that one coming.
Bryant darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bryant trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shashia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bryant putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bryant dominating with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bryant landing strikes from the mount and Shashia is in trouble!
Shashia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bryant. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shashia tries to hold on but Bryant postures up.
Bryant is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Shashia is surviving well by controlling Bryant's body position as best he can.
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 Dewayne Bryant will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Shashia throws a one two combo.
Bryant takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shashia misses with the combination.
Shashia misses with an uppercut. Bryant saw that one coming.
Shashia tests Bryant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bryant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shashia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shashia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bryant manages to avoid it.
Shashia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bryant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bryant is stalling in the full guard.
Bryant is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Shashia looking to control.
Bryant controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bryant is looking to take a break and control but Shashia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bryant tries to pass to full mount but Shashia defends it.
Ground and pound from Bryant.
Bryant perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryant seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Shashia is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dewayne Bryant!
Dewayne Bryant decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ari Birmiski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Coke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Birmiski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I'm Back - T.I. Coke has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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140 lbs
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Birmiski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ted Coke!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coke tries to work over Birmiski's front leg with a kick but Birmiski checks it.
Birmiski tries to clinch up but Coke circles away and keeps his distance.
Coke swats away the attempt to clinch by Birmiski.
Birmiski is looking to clinch but Coke is avoiding it.
Birmiski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ari Birmiski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Coke misses
and Birmiski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Birmiski shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Coke's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Birmiski throws an elbow that misses. Coke uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Birmiski's guard. Nice move by Coke!
Coke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Coke tries to stand but Birmiski is controlling from the bottom.
Birmiski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Coke decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Birmiski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Coke under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coke throws a series of strikes that have Birmiski backpedaling.
Birmiski wants to clinch but Coke slips to the side
and Coke counters with a nice double leg into side control. Birmiski won't be happy with that.
Coke tries to stand but Birmiski is controlling his head.
Birmiski manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Birmiski is pressing down on Coke's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Birmiski controls Coke momentarily but Coke frees himself.
Coke stands up from Birmiski's guard - Coke perhaps looking for a knockout.
Birmiski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Coke throws the left hand but Birmiski avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coke fails with the takedown.
Birmiski defending well as Coke loads up on a big left hand.
Coke lands a jab to the nose.
Coke throws a jab but it's blocked by Birmiski.
Birmiski tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Coke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Birmiski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Birmiski fails with an attempt to clinch.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Coke enables Birmiski to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Coke manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Birmiski looking to sit in guard and control but Coke gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Coke decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski closes the distance looking to clinch
and Coke counters with a series of strikes. Birmiski will be more careful next time no doubt.
Birmiski tries to clinch but Coke moves out of range.
Coke misses with a looping left.
Birmiski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Coke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Birmiski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Coke shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Birmiski's guard.
Coke looking to pass the guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Coke working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Coke won't allow Birmiski to sweep him here.
Birmiski is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Birmiski wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Coke gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Coke trying to control the position from guard on top but Birmiski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Birmiski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Coke wants to control from the top but Birmiski keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coke slips nicely into half guard.
Coke postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Birmiski to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Coke dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Birmiski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Coke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Birmiski tries to clinch up
and Coke counters with a single leg into guard. Birmiski didn't expect that.
Coke would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Birmiski being controlled here, momentarily.
Coke decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ted Coke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coke misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birmiski wants to clinch up but Coke keeps it at a distance.
Birmiski tries to clinch
letting Coke counter with a right hand.
Birmiski tries to clinch but Coke moves out of range.
Birmiski manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Coke on his heels. He'll look to pass Coke's guard now, I'm sure.
Birmiski trying to control the position from guard on top but Coke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Birmiski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Birmiski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Birmiski won't allow Coke to get back to his feet.
Coke being controlled here, momentarily.
Coke pushes Birmiski off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Birmiski shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Birmiski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Coke defending well though.
Birmiski seems to be looking for submissions.
Birmiski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coke is refusing to be controlled, as Birmiski sits in half guard.
Birmiski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Birmiski thows a huge punch but Coke dodges it nicely.
Coke blocking the ground and pound attempt from Birmiski.
Coke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Birmiski.
Birmiski throws a strike but Coke avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Coke wants to stand up but Birmiski is controlling him.
Birmiski advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Coke has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Birmiski but great work by Coke.
Coke has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Birmiski is looking to clinch.
Coke swats away the attempt to clinch by Birmiski.
Birmiski tries to clinch there but Coke circles away.
Birmiski tries to clinch there but Coke circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birmiski is looking to clinch but Coke is avoiding it.
Coke shoots for a takedown but Birmiski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Coke circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Birmiski tries to clinch there but Coke circles away.
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 Ari Birmiski will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Birmiski closes the distance but Coke moves to the side
and Coke counters with a series of strikes. Birmiski will be more careful next time no doubt.
Birmiski tries to close the distance and clinch but Coke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Birmiski is looking to clinch but Coke is avoiding it.
Coke throws a wild body kick that Birmiski sees coming a mile off.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Birmiski lands a left hand.
Birmiski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Birmiski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coke is looking to take this one to the mat.
Coke goes for a takedown attempt but Birmiski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Birmiski throws a head kick but Coke moves out of range.
Birmiski tries to clinch
and Coke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birmiski has managed to clinch.
Birmiski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coke backwards.
Coke is trying to pull guard but Birmiski turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ari Birmiski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Coke.
Coke is looking to take this one to the mat.
Coke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coke has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Birmiski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Birmiski is working for takedown but Coke is calmly controlling the position for now.
Birmiski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Birmiski swings wildly with an uppercut but Coke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birmiski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coke tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Birmiski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Birmiski wants a takedown but no success here.
Birmiski prevents the takedown attempt.
Birmiski stalling the fight.
Coke drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Birmiski lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coke blocks an uppercut.
Birmiski has clasped his hands together around Coke's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birmiski misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Birmiski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Birmiski lands an elbow.
Birmiski working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Coke is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Birmiski has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski scoring with punches and elbows.
Birmiski throwing strikes but Coke manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Coke working away.
Coke is looking to take a break and control but Birmiski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Birmiski sneaks back into half guard.
Coke is trying to control. Birmiski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Birmiski is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Coke pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coke wants to work for an arm triangle but Birmiski is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Coke is looking to advance position but Birmiski won't allow it.
Birmiski slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Birmiski has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Birmiski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birmiski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ari Birmiski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Birmiski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ari Birmiski!
Our winner, Ari Birmiski, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Ted Coke had this to say: 'He was the better fighter today, but trust me, I am going to come back .. come back better prepared and in better condition !!!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolius Kalabokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar comes to the cage accompanied by Et Tu Brute. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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167 lbs
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Caesar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bolius Kalabokas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalabokas misses with a leg kick.
Caesar needs to keep his hands up - Kalabokas had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like Julius Caesar has been cut.
Kalabokas misses with a head kick.
Kalabokas misses with a body shot.
Kalabokas throws a shot from downtown. Caesar moves away and avoids it.
Caesar lunges at Kalabokas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kalabokas's hand.
Kalabokas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kalabokas throws a sloppy head kick
and Caesar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kalabokas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caesar lands with a right to the head.
Caesar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Caesar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kalabokas blocks an uppercut.
Caesar stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caesar scores with a shot to the side of Kalabokas's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalabokas blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Caesar on the inside.
Kalabokas is rocked!
Caesar lands a hook that snaps the head of Kalabokas backwards.
Kalabokas is still on wobbly legs! Can Caesar finish him?
Caesar pushes Kalabokas against the cage. Caesar is working some dirty boxing. Caesar pushes off with a quick right hook! Kalabokas goes down! Kalabokas tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Caesar moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Caesar!
Julius Caesar retains his lightweight title!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ljuti Hrcak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Coonaments (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coonaments has chosen Wont Back Down as his entrance music. Ljuti Hrcak had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ljuti Hrcak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Coonaments!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coonaments looks to score with a jab to the body but Hrcak is just out of range.
Coonaments looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Coonaments gets caught flat footed, as Hrcak shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hrcak landing some decent shots from guard.
Hrcak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hrcak postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hrcak keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coonaments's head.
Hrcak scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hrcak keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coonaments's head.
Hrcak works over Coonaments with some ground and pound from guard.
Coonaments is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hrcak wants to control from the top but Coonaments keeps moving.
Coonaments is still in real trouble! Can Hrcak finish him?
Hrcak working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hrcak works over Coonaments with some ground and pound from guard.
Hrcak lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hrcak keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coonaments's head.
Hrcak landing with the ground and pound.
Hrcak postures up and lands a big shot to Coonaments's brow.
Hrcak controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hrcak keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coonaments's head.
Hrcak looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hrcak passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coonaments has hold of Hrcak's hands but Hrcak slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coonaments taking some punishment here, with Hrcak in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hrcak lands a nice short elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hrcak is taking a breather. Coonaments says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hrcak drops an elbow to the side of Coonaments's head.
Hrcak lands with a punch from half guard.
Coonaments has hold of Hrcak's hands but Hrcak slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hrcak takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hrcak working over Coonaments with some ground and pound. Coonaments looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hrcak is taking a breather. Coonaments says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hrcak trying to control from half guard but Coonaments is working away.
Coonaments has hold of Hrcak's hands but Hrcak slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hrcak perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hrcak is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Coonaments doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hrcak.
Hrcak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hrcak lands a nice short elbow.
Coonaments on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hrcak drops an elbow to the side of Coonaments's head.
Hrcak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hrcak is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Coonaments is hurt! He's hurt bad - Hrcak fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Coonaments from any more punishment! Congratulations to Hrcak! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ljuti Hrcak!
After the fight, Ljuti Hrcak was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Kevin Coonaments spoke after the fight, saying 'I want to thank everyone for believing in me. I also want to thank my coaches and my gym! We are back to square one! '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oberyn Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oberyn Martell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Clark!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martell doesn't manage to clinch there - Clark circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Clark lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Martell shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Martell postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Martell trying to control the position from guard on top but Clark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clark pulls Martell in close to his closed guard and prevents Martell from doing any damage or advancing position.
Clark working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martell.
Martell looking to pass the guard.
Martell throws a big elbow that misses.
Martell trying to control the position from guard on top but Clark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martell is really struggling to control Clark but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Oberyn Martell wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Clark scores with a jab to the jaw.
Clark scores with a body shot.
Clark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark pushes Martell away with a front kick.
Martell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Martell moves out of range of the body kick.
Clark connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Martell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clark dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martell. That did some damage!
We've been informed that Clark has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Clark is looking to land body kicks.
Martell moves out of range of the body kick.
Martell throws out a leg kick but Clark moves out of range and Martell only half commits.
Martell attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark throws a leg kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clark.
Martell gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Clark dodges an elbow strike from Martell.
Clark can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martell.
Martell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clark avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clark.
Clark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clark misses with a kick to the body.
Martell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Clark on the side of the head.
Martell scores with a takedown into Clark's guard.
Martell looking to sit in guard and control but Clark gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Clark's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Clark stands up and waves to Martell to follow him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martell feints and then cracks Clark's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Clark down.
A telegraphed right hand from Martell misses the target.
Martell connects with a leg kick. Clark looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Martell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Clark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martell throws a right hand that misses
and Clark counters with a good low kick that Martell was not able to check.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Clark, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Martell.
Clark lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jab, jab by Martell - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oberyn Martell dominated that round.
That's time! Martell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Clark circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clark lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Clark throws a hook but Martell avoids it easily.
Martell walks into a stiff left hand from Clark.
Martell shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Martell wants to control but Clark is keeping him busy.
Clark is looking for a sweep. Martell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Martell 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.
Clark is trying to stand back up but Martell is controlling him
Martell wants to take a breather but Clark is having none of it.
Martell trying to pass the guard but Clark defending well.
Martell is working hard here to advance position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Clark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark gets back to full guard.
Clark tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Martell stops Clark from standing up.
Oberyn Martell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martell content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martell is looking to work some ground and pound but Clark has wrist control.
Clark wants to sweep here but Martell controlling him for the moment.
Martell controlling from the top position.
Martell wants to control from the top but Clark keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Oberyn Martell wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Nice defenses there by Martell.
Martell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clark fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Martell tries to move into range but Clark moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A leg kick checked by Martell.
Clark looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Martell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Martell blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Clark finds it's way through Martell's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Martell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oberyn Martell is winning the standup battle so far.
Martell doesn't manage to clinch there - Clark circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Martell!
Martell scores with a decent looking hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Clark.
Martell 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.
Martell drops his hands momentarily and Clark takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Clark lands a body shot.
Oberyn Martell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Clark is out of range and Martell settles back down.
Martell lands a jab.
Clark fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martell is out of range.
Clark fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
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!
Martell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clark connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clark paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clark throws a solid leg kick but Martell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Clark.
Clark feints and then cracks Martell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martell down.
Martell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Clark connects with a looping right hand.
Martell tries a head kick but it misses.
Clark scores with a jab to the jaw.
Martell avoids the head kick by Clark.
Taylor Clark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martell gets a clinch.
Martell tries to score a body lock takedown but Clark shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
Clark has had enough of the clinch but Martell keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clark pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clark goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Clark motions for Martell to come forward. Clark throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
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 Oberyn Martell will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A shot to the liver by Martell. Beautiful body shot.
Martell moves out of range of the body kick.
Martell throws an overhand right that lands on Clark's shoulder, as Clark tries to avoid the shot.
Clark connects with the punch.
Nice takedown defense from Clark. No joy for Martell on that attempt.
Clark takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martell shoots in for a takedown but Clark shows good takedown defense.
Martell swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Clark throws a push kick but Martell slaps the foot to one side.
Martell throws a sloppy head kick and Clark moves out of range easily.
Clark misses with a kick to the body.
Clark lands with an overhand left.
Martell tries to land a leg kick but Clark saw it coming and moves away.
Martell thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark pivots, looking for a leg kick but Martell is out of range and Clark settles back down.
Martell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clark manages to avoid it.
Martell misses with a hook
and Clark makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Clark lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martell fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oberyn Martell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clark attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Clark fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Martell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crunch! Clark slams his shin into Martell's torso.
A punch lands to the side of Clark 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Clark enables Martell to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Clark manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Clark keeping moving, preventing Martell from controlling successfully.
Clark is pulling down on Martell's head. It's preventing any offense from Martell, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martell looking to sit in guard and control but Clark gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Martell looking for a sweep. Not yet Martell, not yet.
Taylor Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clark gets to his feet. Martell looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Martell goes for a double leg but Clark avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Clark continues to drive forward.
Martell tries to land a knee to the head but Clark blocks with his arms.
Clark is pressed up against the cage. Martell has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Clark down to the mat. Clark avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martell throws a low kick but Clark moves out of range easily.
Martell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark cracks the inside of Martell's front leg.
Clark fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martell is out of range.
Martell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Clark counters with a leg kick.
Clark throws a jab when Martell was well out of range.
Martell tries to clinch up but Clark circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Clark. That snapped Martell's head back.
Clark lands a right hook to the body.
Martell moves into the clinch.
Clark is trying to force a seperation but Martell has the dominant position.
Martell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clark.
Clark is trying to force a seperation but Martell has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Martell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands a shoulder strike.
Martell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clark is defending well for now.
Clark pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Martell or perhaps it was just good defense by Clark which made him look bad.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martell blocks a leg kick.
Clark misses with a body kick.
Clark 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.
Clark throws a leg kick but Martell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Clark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martell.
Good leg kick by Martell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Clark throws the kick towards the body but Martell avoids it.
Martell drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
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 Oberyn Martell.
Well Martell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Oberyn Martell!
A very excited looking Oberyn Martell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mayo Kermode (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Avalon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Avalon has chosen Harder Better Faster - Daft Punk as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mayo Kermode!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, James Avalon!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kermode ducks under a wild hook from Avalon.
Kermode throws an off balance right hand
and Avalon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Kermode.
Avalon blocks a low kick nicely.
Kermode fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Avalon, pushing him back against the cage.
Avalon stalling in the clinch but Kermode improves position.
Kermode lands a good knee to the midsection. Avalon won't want to take too many of those.
Kermode misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Avalon.
I was talking to Kermode's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kermode swings wildly with an uppercut but Avalon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kermode throws a punch but it's blocked by Avalon.
Avalon breaks from the clinch.
Avalon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kermode moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kermode's corner calls for a 1-2. Kermode obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avalon tries to clinch but Kermode moves away
and Kermode counters by moving into the clinch.
Avalon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kermode just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kermode lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kermode throws a knee to the head but misses.
Avalon manages to break the clinch.
Kermode with a hook.
Kermode misses with a series of wild punches.
Kermode thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice takedown defense from Kermode. No joy for Avalon on that attempt.
Kermode's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kermode duly obliges.
It looks like James Avalon has been cut.
Kermode swats away the attempt to clinch by Avalon.
Mayo Kermode is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Avalon throws a right hand that Kermode ducks under and follows up with a left that Kermode also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Kermode.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kermode tries to clinch there but Avalon circles away.
Avalon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kermode misses with a few strikes there.
Kermode jabs Avalon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kermode is looking to clinch.
Kermode misses with an uppercut. Avalon saw that one coming.
Avalon misses with a two punch combination.
Avalon moves to clinch but Kermode breaks away
and Kermode counters with a stiff right hand.
Kermode clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kermode gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Avalon.
Mayo Kermode has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Avalon.
Avalon successfully pulls guard.
Kermode has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Avalon wants to sweep but no luck.
Kermode forces his way into half guard.
Avalon tries to get to full guard but Kermode has control of the leg.
Kermode is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avalon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Avalon is not content to let Kermode control the position.
Kermode is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Avalon is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayo Kermode has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Kermode darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Avalon thuds a left hand into Kermode's body.
Avalon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kermode is out of range and Avalon settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mayo Kermode dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Avalon's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Avalon throws a front kick aimed at Kermode's knee but Kermode avoids it well.
Avalon with a nice cross.
Kermode throws a shot to the body.
Kermode doesn't manage to clinch there - Avalon circles away.
Avalon throws out a powerful jab.
Avalon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mayo Kermode seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Avalon cracks Kermode with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Avalon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kermode's sensitive parts.
Kermode misses the body punch
and Avalon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Avalon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kermode scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avalon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kermode as he jumps to the side.
Avalon throws a nice looking combination but Kermode bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kermode ducks under a wild hook from Avalon.
Avalon tries to close the distance and clinch but Kermode swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kermode wants to clinch up but Avalon keeps it at a distance.
Avalon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kermode moves into the clinch.
Kermode doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kermode looking to throw knees to the head but Avalon is blocking nicely.
Avalon breaks the clinch.
Kermode misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kermode thows a left - swing and a miss!
Avalon misses with an uppercut
and Kermode counters with a leg kick.
Kermode has taken the fight to the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Kermode.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kermode prevents a takedown attempt there.
Avalon avoiding damage as Kermode throws knees to the body.
Avalon lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kermode working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Avalon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Avalon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kermode utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Avalon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avalon is trying to break free.
Avalon lands a hook that snaps the head of Kermode backwards.
Avalon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kermode backwards.
Still in the clinch, Avalon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mayo Kermode has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Avalon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Kermode.
Kermode utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kermode lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kermode unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Avalon is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kermode misses with a knee strike.
Avalon pushes Kermode back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kermode lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kermode.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kermode lands a nice elbow.
Kermode blocks a body shot from Avalon.
Avalon takes a shot to the head.
Avalon has had enough of the clinch but Kermode keeps him there for the moment.
Kermode lands with a short shot to the head.
That has opened up James Avalon's cut even more.
Still in the clinch, Kermode scores with a nice short uppercut.
Avalon lands a nice uppercut.
Avalon breaks the clinch.
Kermode fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kermode throws a lazy right hand but Avalon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kermode gets a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avalon throws a punch but it's blocked by Kermode.
Kermode pushes Avalon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kermode prevents a body shot from Avalon.
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 Mayo Kermode will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Avalon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Kermode tries to close the distance and clinch up but Avalon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Kermode lands.
Kermode wants to clinch.
Avalon tries to keep at a distance but Kermode has taken the fight into the clinch.
Avalon trying to control the position but instead, Kermode has worked for underhooks and has pushed Avalon into the cage.
Avalon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Avalon gets control of Kermode's arms and successfully pulls guard. Avalon will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kermode 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avalon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kermode trying to control the position from guard on top but Avalon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Avalon working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kermode doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kermode manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Avalon is looking for a triangle but Kermode pushes his legs off easily.
Kermode advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kermode tries to pass the half guard into mount. Avalon knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Avalon blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kermode.
Kermode keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Avalon moves into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kermode's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avalon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kermode sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kermode wants to control from the top but Avalon keeps moving.
Avalon throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kermode uses it to pass to side control.
Avalon stops Kermode from passing to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kermode scores with punches from side control.
James Avalon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kermode trying to control the action but Avalon is working from the bottom.
Avalon is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kermode's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Avalon is refusing to be controlled, as Kermode sits in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kermode prevents Avalon from improving his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mayo Kermode showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kermode 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mayo Kermode!
Our winner, Mayo Kermode, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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