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Hilo Fight 105 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lao Tzu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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171 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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lao Tzu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Penn!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tzu circles away.
Tzu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Penn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Jay Penn has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Penn is defended easily by Tzu.
Lao Tzu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Penn.
Tzu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Penn's head.
Tzu throws a combination. Penn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tzu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penn moves away.
Penn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tzu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tzu lands a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Tzu.
Tzu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tzu jabs Penn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Tzu both land. Nice combination.
Penn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tzu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Penn off and has taken his back!
You can see the frustration on Penn's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Tzu is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Tzu not allowing Penn to control his hands.
Tzu has got one arm under Penn's chin. This could be trouble... Penn trying to control the other hand but Tzu gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Penn has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lao Tzu!
After the fight, Lao Tzu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Bukowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amr Pendragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukowski comes to the cage accompanied by Donatan, Gural, Sheller, Kaczor, Ry23, Rafi - Słowiańska krew. Pendragon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Game of Thrones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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143 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Piotr Bukowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amr Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pendragon throws a shot from downtown. Bukowski moves away and avoids it.
Oooooh!!! Pendragon has knocked Bukowski down with a huge combo! Pendragon steps away and waves a wobbly Bukowski back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Bukowski is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pendragon knocks out Bukowski with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Pendragon before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Pendragon picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Amr Pendragon!
Amr Pendragon gave a mention to The Dark Side in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
The defeated Piotr Bukowski had this to say: 'Thats alright, I still smashed your mom.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Connell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gattsu Tsvetkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ain't No Sunshine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ian Connell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gattsu Tsvetkov!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsvetkov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Connell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsvetkov throws a shot to the body.
Tsvetkov misses with a body kick.
Connell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tsvetkov works the jab nicely.
Tsvetkov lands with a shot to the body.
Connell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Connell misses.
A big right from Connell misses.
Tsvetkov tries to bum rush Connell with a series of wild strikes but Connell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tsvetkov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Connell has time to react.
Tsvetkov throws a hook but Connell blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Connell.
Tsvetkov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tsvetkov misses with a looping right.
Tsvetkov scores with a hook.
A combination from Tsvetkov does no damage.
Connell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Connell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tsvetkov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Connell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tsvetkov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Tsvetkov misses.
Connell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connell needs to keep his hands up - Tsvetkov had a free shot at his head there.
Sloppy strikes from Tsvetkov. Those never looked like landing.
Tsvetkov sizes up Connell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tsvetkov throws a big shot that misses.
Tsvetkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Connell.
Tsvetkov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsvetkov misses with a shot to the body
and Connell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tsvetkov thinking.
Tsvetkov misses the shot to the body.
Connell looks to throw the jab but Tsvetkov is out of range.
Connell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tsvetkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Tsvetkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Connell ducks under a wild hook from Tsvetkov.
Jab, jab by Tsvetkov - just one landing.
Tsvetkov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tsvetkov!
It looks like Ian Connell has been cut.
Connell connects with a nice looking jab.
Tsvetkov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Connell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tsvetkov doesn't seem bothered though.
Tsvetkov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Connell counters with a left and a right that stings Tsvetkov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsvetkov catches Connell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Connell throws a shot from downtown. Tsvetkov moves away and avoids it.
Connell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tsvetkov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Some wild striking there from Tsvetkov.
Connell takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Tsvetkov misses.
Connell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsvetkov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gattsu Tsvetkov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ian Connell's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tsvetkov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tsvetkov misses with a double jab.
Tsvetkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Connell.
Tsvetkov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Connell.
Tsvetkov lands a jab to the nose.
Sloppy strikes from Tsvetkov. Those never looked like landing.
Tsvetkov misses with a double jab.
Tsvetkov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Connell misses with a looping right.
Tsvetkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Connell slips under a jab from Tsvetkov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsvetkov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A combination from Tsvetkov does no damage.
Connell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tsvetkov misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Connell. Those never looked like landing.
Tsvetkov misses with a double jab.
Connell dodges the punch combination from Tsvetkov.
Tsvetkov tries to bum rush Connell with a series of wild strikes but Connell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tsvetkov swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Connell to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Gattsu Tsvetkov has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsvetkov throws a jab when Connell was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Connell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tsvetkov looks to throw the jab but Connell is out of range.
Connell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tsvetkov missing with a left hand there. Connell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Connell slips a straight right by Tsvetkov.
Tsvetkov misses with a wild combination.
Jab, jab by Tsvetkov - just one landing.
Tsvetkov tries to bum rush Connell with a series of wild strikes but Connell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Connell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsvetkov throws an overhand right that lands on Connell's shoulder, as Connell tries to avoid the shot.
Tsvetkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Tsvetkov tests Connell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Connell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tsvetkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Connell.
Connell slips a jab and a cross from Tsvetkov.
A left and a right from Tsvetkov both land. Nice combination.
Connell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connell dodges the punch combination from Tsvetkov.
A combination from Tsvetkov does no damage.
Tsvetkov is breathing heavily.
Tsvetkov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gattsu Tsvetkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Tsvetkov misses its intended target.
Connell throws a jab but it's blocked by Tsvetkov.
No joy there for Tsvetkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Connell takes one to the side of the head.
Connell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Connell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsvetkov looks to land a combination but Connell avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsvetkov misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gattsu Tsvetkov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Tsvetkov misses with a hook. Connell ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Tsvetkov misses.
Tsvetkov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Connell.
Tsvetkov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tsvetkov throws a right and a left that Connell avoids nicely.
Connell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsvetkov.
Connell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Connell loads up on a big right hand but Tsvetkov slips the punch.
Tsvetkov misses with a few strikes there.
Tsvetkov connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Connell misses with a hook
and Tsvetkov counters with a two punch combo.
Tsvetkov misses with a jab to the body
and Connell counters with a stiff right hand.
Connell dodges the punch combination from Tsvetkov.
Connell throws a series of punches but Tsvetkov moves out of range.
Tsvetkov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Connell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tsvetkov misses the jab.
Gattsu Tsvetkov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsvetkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Connell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsvetkov throws a combination that misses
enabling Connell to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsvetkov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tsvetkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Connell manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsvetkov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Connell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tsvetkov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Connell throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Tsvetkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Connell looks to land a left hand but Tsvetkov moved out of range nicely.
Tsvetkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tsvetkov moves forwards but Connell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big left from Tsvetkov misses.
Connell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Connell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsvetkov misses with a body shot
and Connell counters with a nice uppercut.
Connell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tsvetkov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Connell moves away from the strike by Tsvetkov.
Connell misses with a hook
and Tsvetkov counters with a right hand to the body.
Connell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tsvetkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsvetkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Connell counters with a one-two to the body.
Connell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsvetkov.
Tsvetkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Connell counter with a right hand.
Tsvetkov misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsvetkov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A right-left combo lands from Connell.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsvetkov takes a swing at Connell's ribcage but misses.
Tsvetkov throws a combination that misses
and Connell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Connell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tsvetkov staying out of range there.
Tsvetkov works over Connell's head and body with a nice combination.
Ian Connell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tsvetkov moves forwards but Connell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tsvetkov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gattsu Tsvetkov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tsvetkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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 Ian Connell.
Well Tsvetkov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gattsu Tsvetkov!
A victorious Gattsu Tsvetkov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tycho Brahe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tycho Brahe 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sonny Moretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tycho Brahe!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brahe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moretti.
Brahe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moretti misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Moretti misses.
Moretti cracks Brahe with an open hand slap.
It looks like Tycho Brahe has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Moretti.
Moretti misses with a wild body shot.
Moretti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brahe circles away quickly and effectively.
Brahe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Moretti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brahe throws a leg kick but Moretti moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Brahe.
Moretti checks a leg kick.
Brahe connects with a leg kick. Moretti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Moretti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moretti takes a swing at Brahe's ribcage but misses.
Moretti tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahe is looking to land body kicks.
Brahe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moretti manages to avoid it.
Moretti throws a shot from downtown. Brahe moves away and avoids it.
Moretti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems in the buildup to the fight.
Brahe is looking to score with low kicks.
Moretti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brahe manages to avoid it.
Moretti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moretti throws a leg kick but Brahe moved away.
Brahe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brahe just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Moretti - just one landing.
Brahe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Brahe.
Brahe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moretti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moretti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brahe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brahe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brahe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moretti misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moretti is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That has opened up Tycho Brahe's cut even more.
Moretti connects with a right hand. Brahe shakes it off.
Brahe throws a front kick that sends Moretti stumbling back into the cage.
Brahe looks to throw the jab but Moretti is out of range.
Brahe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Moretti connects with a body shot that sends Brahe's belly button to the back.
Brahe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brahe throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Moretti lands a head shot.
Brahe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moretti throws a series of punches but Brahe moves out of range.
Brahe punishes Moretti's body with a nice straight punch.
Moretti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Moretti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brahe was well out of range. Poor timing from Moretti.
Brahe lands a leg kick that knocks Moretti off balance momentarily.
Moretti is breathing heavily.
Moretti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brahe.
Brahe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moretti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sonny Moretti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moretti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice straight punches there by Moretti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Moretti.
The cut above Tycho Brahe's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Brahe throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Brahe tries a low kick but Moretti avoids it.
Moretti connects with a nice looking jab.
Brahe looks to land a left hand but Moretti moved out of range nicely.
Brahe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moretti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brahe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Moretti's calf.
Brahe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moretti finds it's way round the side to connect with Brahe's head.
Brahe thows a body kick. Moretti tries to catch it but that hurt him.
No joy there for Moretti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brahe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moretti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brahe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moretti checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Moretti cracks Brahe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tycho Brahe's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Moretti fails to land with a series of punches.
Brahe throws a low kick but Moretti moves out of range easily.
Brahe misses with a two punch combination.
Moretti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brahe jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brahe fakes the leg kick and cracks Moretti in the body.
Moretti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brahe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brahe.
Moretti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brahe.
Moretti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brahe has time to react.
Brahe tries to bum rush Moretti with a series of wild strikes but Moretti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brahe thumps Moretti with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moretti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brahe throws a right and a left that Moretti avoids nicely.
Moretti misses with a series of wild punches.
Brahe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moretti finds it's way round the side to connect with Brahe's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sonny Moretti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tycho Brahe's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Brahe misses with a series of wild punches.
Moretti misses with a straight right.
Brahe lands with a straight right. Moretti didn't see that one coming.
No joy there for Moretti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moretti lands a nice looking body shot.
Moretti misses with a hook.
Moretti misses with a body shot.
Brahe scores with a hook to the body. Moretti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch combination from Brahe misses.
Brahe drops his hands momentarily and Moretti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tycho Brahe's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sonny Moretti!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clay Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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21
194 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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27
189 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clay Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Moore swivels and escapes.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moore pinned against the cage. Moore gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Moore pushes him off.
Silva closes the distance but Moore moves to the side
and Moore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Moore as he jumps to the side.
Clay Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Silva.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silva won't allow Moore to get back to his feet.
Silva pushing down on Moore's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moore with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore wants to get back to his feet.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Moore is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Moore is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Moore preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silva wants to control from the top but Moore keeps moving.
Moore wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva trying to control but Moore is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rafael Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Moore keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Moore leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Rafael Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moore avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Silva.
Moore can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is trying to get back to his feet.
Silva advances nicely into full mount.
Moore is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Moore is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva throwing strikes here but Moore is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silva throwing strikes here but Moore is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silva prevents Moore from getting the reversal.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva looking to control but Moore is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
Moore trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing punches.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva tries to push Moore's head away but Moore is holding on tight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Moore trying desperately to get to his feet.
Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee warns Moore that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moore bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are working up against the cage. Silva manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Moore lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Moore circles away.
Silva dives in and grabs Moore's left leg, looking for a takedown. Moore pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Clay Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Silva.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Moore takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Moore moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rafael Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Moore counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moore tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moore to the ground. Moore escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch but Moore slips to the side
and Moore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Moore back into the cage.
Moore manages to break the clinch.
Moore moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Moore's waist but Moore gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Nice shot by Moore.
Moore throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Moore.
Silva dives in for a single leg takedown but Moore sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva has Moore pressed against the cage, preventing Moore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries for a takedown but Moore manages to get underhooks.
Moore is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Moore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Moore swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Moore connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moore connects with a body shot.
Moore swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Moore counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheers as Moore lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Moore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Moore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva wants to clinch.
Moore slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moore finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Moore lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Moore has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Moore connects with a body shot.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Moore circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up but Moore circles away and keeps his distance.
Moore stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Moore's waist but Moore gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Moore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moore finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Moore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva 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 Moore has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Moore and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silva shoots in but Moore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Moore shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Moore shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Silva is backing up but Moore catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Silva covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Moore Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clay Moore!
Clay Moore seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Pavil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean Gibson had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 267.2lbs, 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. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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30
292 lbs
16 - 2 - 0 |
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29
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dean Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcos Pavil!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson doesn't manage to clinch there - Pavil circles away.
Good leg kick by Gibson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gibson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pavil throws a hook but Gibson blocks it.
Gibson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pavil is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big right from Pavil misses.
Pavil moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibson wants to clinch.
Pavil throws an overhand right that lands on Gibson's shoulder, as Gibson tries to avoid the shot.
Pavil lands a nice looking body shot.
Gibson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gibson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pavil.
Pavil misses with a hook.
Pavil misses with the combination.
Gibson misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson moves in looking to clinch but Pavil pushes him off.
Marcos Pavil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gibson is looking to clinch.
Pavil throws the left hand but Gibson avoids the punch easily.
Gibson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pavil uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pavil connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pavil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pavil is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pavil, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavil with a nice cross.
Pavil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gibson moves in looking to clinch but Pavil pushes him off.
Gibson blocks a jab.
Pavil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gibson.
Gibson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pavil to score with a decent uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pavil.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavil connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gibson momentarily.
Pavil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pavil throws a right hand that Gibson ducks under and follows up with a left that Gibson also avoids with ease.
Pavil misses with an uppercut. Gibson saw that one coming.
Pavil dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gibson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavil throws an overhand right that lands on Gibson's shoulder, as Gibson tries to avoid the shot.
Gibson moves into range and clinches up with Pavil.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gibson.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Pavil won't want to take too many of those.
Pavil looks winded!
Pavil takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Marcos Pavil has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gibson throws an elbow but misses.
Pavil is trying to push Gibson away but Gibson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavil working hard to break the clinch.
Pavil tries to circle away but Gibson has him pinned against the cage.
Gibson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gibson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gibson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pavil backwards.
Gibson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibson.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Pavil's ribcage.
Gibson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pavil takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gibson looking to throw knees to the head but Pavil is blocking nicely.
Pavil tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gibson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Pavil's ribcage.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pavil has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Pavil won't want to take too many of those.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavil's face.
Gibson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gibson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pavil is trying to push Gibson away but Gibson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pavil is trying to break the clinch but Gibson is controlling him.
Gibson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gibson tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavil avoids the damage to the body.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavil lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gibson scores with a shoulder strike.
Gibson misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Gibson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gibson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gibson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pavil or not.
Gibson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gibson lands a knee to the body.
Gibson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dean Gibson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcos Pavil'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.
Gibson closes the distance and pushes Pavil back into the cage.
Gibson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gibson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gibson lands an elbow just above Pavil 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Gibson fails to land.
Gibson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pavil's defenses.
Pavil tries to circle away but Gibson has him pinned against the cage.
Gibson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibson.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Pavil won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pavil's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pavil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gibson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dean Gibson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavil lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pavil is breathing heavily.
Gibson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pavil is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson lands a good knee to the midsection. Pavil won't want to take too many of those.
Gibson gets through Pavil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pavil is still on wobbly legs! Can Gibson finish him?
Nice elbow from Gibson.
Pavil takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gibson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gibson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pavil seems to have recovered his senses.
Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
Gibson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gibson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges.
Gibson misses with a punch to the body.
Gibson drops Pavil with a big knee straight up the middle! Pavil is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Pavil takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gibson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gibson fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson wants to clinch.
Marcos Pavil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pavil keeps the fight on the outside.
Gibson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pavil is out of range.
Pavil's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gibson under the eye.
Gibson closes the distance and clinches.
Pavil lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gibson backwards.
Pavil blocks the elbow strike.
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pavil in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gibson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson pushes Pavil back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gibson scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Pavil shrugs off.
Gibson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gibson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibson.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.
Gibson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavil lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gibson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pavil can do to turn this around?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gibson obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pavil in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pavil can't break the clinch.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Pavil shrugs off.
Gibson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pavil tries to break free but Gibson pushes him back against the cage.
Gibson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gibson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gibson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavil takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Gibson fails to land.
Gibson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pavil blocks an elbow strike from Gibson.
Pavil is trying to break the clinch but Gibson is controlling him.
Gibson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gibson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gibson.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.
Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
Gibson lands with a light punch inside.
Gibson lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gibson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gibson lands an elbow just above Pavil 's eye.
Gibson lands a nice knee to the body.
Gibson lands an elbow inside.
Gibson lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Pavil's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Pavil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gibson pushes Pavil up against the cage in a clinch.
Pavil has had enough of the clinch but Gibson keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Pavil.
Gibson lands an elbow inside.
Gibson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Pavil shrugs off.
Gibson lands a nice elbow.
Gibson tries to throw a body punch but Pavil avoids it by throwing Gibson back against the cage.
Gibson lands an elbow inside that Pavil shrugs off.
Gibson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pavil has had enough of the clinch but Gibson keeps him there for the moment.
Pavil tries to break free but Gibson pushes him back against the cage.
Gibson lands an elbow just above Pavil 's eye.
Pavil takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gibson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Pavil to his knees! Gibson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Gibson!
After the big win, Dean Gibson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors ODIUM and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damon Wojtk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leto Savish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Wojtk might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lunatic Fringe, Red Rider. Savish has chosen They are taking your time as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Solid boxing
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damon Wojtk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leto Savish!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savish bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Wojtk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Savish throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wojtk.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savish. Wojtk does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savish. Wojtk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wojtk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wojtk misses with a double jab.
Wojtk takes one to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Wojtk.
Wojtk cracks Savish with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Wojtk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Savish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leto Savish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Savish misses.
Wojtk takes one on the button.
Wojtk lands a jab.
Savish misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojtk thuds a left hand into Savish's body.
Savish loads up on a big right hand but Wojtk slips the punch.
Wojtk slips a straight right by Savish.
Savish lands with a nice body punch.
Wojtk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Savish comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Savish stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Savish showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wojtk.
Savish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Savish fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wojtk manages to avoid it.
Savish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wojtk momentarily.
Savish jabs at Wojtk's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wojtk. Savish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Savish throws a nice head kick!
Wojtk is rocked!
Savish lands a nice shot that snaps Wojtk's head back.
Oh Wojtk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Savish and Wojtk are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Savish throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Wojtk into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Savish knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Leto Savish!
A relieved looking Leto Savish 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cavan Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Irish Fighting Song. Cavan Cartwright 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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devon Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cavan Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cartwright eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cartwright moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Cartwright looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith blocks a body shot from Cartwright.
Cartwright tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cartwright backwards.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith tries a body shot but Cartwright blocks it.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Smith.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Cartwright controls the action.
Cartwright is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smith pushes Cartwright back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Smith.
Smith works on Cartwright's body with a couple of short punches.
Cartwright looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith lands a left and a right that send Cartwright crashing to the mat, dazed. Smith thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Cartwright is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
OH! Cartwright has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Smith smells blood and charges in for the finish! Smith unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Cartwright sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Devon Smith!
A relieved looking Devon Smith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Cavan Cartwright spoke after the fight, saying 'I gave it my best. I will find a way to do better next time.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JJ Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Whoop ya Head boi. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, JJ Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva drives through with a takedown into Thomas's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We're going to have a standup here because Steve Silva wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thomas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thomas thinking.
Steve Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of JJ Thomas.
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!
Thomas misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thomas won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Thomas's face as Silva controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Silva is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Steve Silva just wasn't active enough.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Thomas didn't expect that.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Thomas wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stays in close to Thomas's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silva stands and throws Thomas's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Thomas struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas is looking to reverse the position.
Thomas struggling a bit here.
Silva controlling the position.
Silva's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Thomas for as long as he can get away with.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thomas gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Thomas is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Thomas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Thomas shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thomas misses with a takedown
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva is taking a breather. Thomas 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.
Thomas has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Thomas wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Thomas is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Thomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Thomas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Thomas is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Silva is holding on to half guard well.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Thomas sits in half guard.
Thomas wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Thomas advances to half guard.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Thomas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Thomas is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva wants to improve his position but Thomas is controlling well.
Silva gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Thomas tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thomas's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva stays in close to Thomas's body and controls the position.
Thomas wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Thomas wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Thomas looking for a sweep. Not yet Thomas, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
JJ Thomas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Thomas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Thomas somewhat.
Thomas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Thomas gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thomas can do to turn this around?
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva stays in close to Thomas's body and controls the position.
Steve Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Steve Silva just wasn't active enough.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Thomas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Thomas's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Thomas with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Steve Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of JJ Thomas.
Silva controlling the pace.
Thomas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Thomas is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva passes to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Silva dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Thomas tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Silva defends well and Thomas ends up having to push Silva into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas has a takedown stuffed.
Thomas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Thomas won't be happy with that.
Steve Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of JJ Thomas.
Silva moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Thomas prevents Silva from improving position.
The referee asks Silva politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Silva prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Thomas!
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thomas regains half guard.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Steve Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Thomas with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Thomas as he connects with a hook.
Thomas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thomas with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thomas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Silva throws a right hand that Thomas ducks under and follows up with a left that Thomas also avoids with ease.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Thomas controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Thomas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Silva controls the pace.
Silva has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Steve Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Steve Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Thomas defends it.
Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva slows the pace down in half guard.
Thomas gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Thomas is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva content to stall in guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We're going to have a standup here because Steve Silva wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Silva cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
JJ Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas gets caught napping as Silva dives in and scores a takedown. Thomas manages to retain guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Silva!
Steve Silva managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, xXx Clothing (Nothing Over $20), into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Shimazu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Brizuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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290 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, William Shimazu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Francis Brizuela!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shimazu throws a jab when Brizuela was well out of range.
Shimazu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shimazu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shimazu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
No luck for Brizuela with that takedown attempt.
Shimazu 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.
William Shimazu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shimazu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Brizuela has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Shimazu throws a big shot that misses.
Brizuela closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brizuela ducks under a wild hook from Shimazu.
Shimazu moves out of range of the strikes.
Brizuela has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shimazu finds it's way round the side to connect with Brizuela's head.
Shimazu fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Brizuela 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shimazu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brizuela momentarily.
Shimazu scores with a hook.
Brizuela clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimazu tries to land a knee to the head but Brizuela blocks with his arms.
Shimazu tries to land a knee to the head but Brizuela blocks with his arms.
Shimazu prevents Brizuela from breaking the clinch.
Brizuela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shimazu misses with a knee strike.
Brizuela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shimazu misses with a punch on the inside.
Shimazu trying to land knees to the body.
Brizuela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shimazu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brizuela instigates a clinch.
Shimazu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brizuela is trying to break the clinch but Shimazu has him pressed against the cage.
Shimazu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brizuela blocks it with crossed arms.
Brizuela breaks from the clinch.
Shimazu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brizuela closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brizuela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shimazu trying to land knees to the body.
Brizuela wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shimazu tries a knee to the head but Brizuela blocks it.
Brizuela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brizuela will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shimazu tries to clinch up but Brizuela circles away and keeps his distance.
Shimazu throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Brizuela to counter with a crisp jab.
Shimazu tries a low kick but Brizuela avoids it.
Shimazu misses with a straight left.
Brizuela uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shimazu.
Brizuela looks for a takedown but Shimazu sprawls well.
Shimazu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brizuela paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimazu lands with an uppercut that bounces Brizuela off the cage and back into range.
Shimazu throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Brizuela to counter with a crisp jab.
Brizuela throws a head kick that misses.
Brizuela takes the fight into the clinch.
Brizuela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brizuela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shimazu looking to throw knees to the head but Brizuela is blocking nicely.
Shimazu throws a punch but it's blocked by Brizuela.
Shimazu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shimazu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brizuela avoids it.
Shimazu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brizuela looks winded!
Shimazu swings wildly with an uppercut but Brizuela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brizuela misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shimazu throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brizuela.
Brizuela blocking some punches.
Shimazu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brizuela tries to break free but Shimazu pushes him back against the cage.
Shimazu misses with a knee to the head.
Brizuela managing to block the knees to the body from Shimazu.
Shimazu lands a left hand.
Shimazu has Brizuela pressed against the cage, preventing Brizuela from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brizuela blocking some punches.
Shimazu swings wildly with an uppercut but Brizuela 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!
Shimazu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brizuela avoiding damage as Shimazu throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Shimazu dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Brizuela tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shimazu swivels and escapes.
Brizuela shoots in and drives through. Shimazu sprawls well.
Shimazu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brizuela momentarily.
Shimazu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brizuela moves into the clinch.
Shimazu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brizuela.
Shimazu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brizuela.
Shimazu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Shimazu.
Shimazu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brizuela blocks it with crossed arms.
Shimazu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brizuela blocks it with crossed arms.
Brizuela is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shimazu is keeping busy.
Shimazu has a couple of punches blocked by Brizuela.
Shimazu misses with some punches.
Shimazu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brizuela avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brizuela looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shimazu tries to land knees in the clinch but Brizuela avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short left from Shimazu.
A short right from Brizuela.
Shimazu throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Shimazu fails to land.
Shimazu scores with a knee to the head.
Brizuela manages to break the clinch.
Shimazu gets tackled into the cage by Brizuela. Brizuela maintains the clinch.
Shimazu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shimazu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shimazu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brizuela working aggressively here.
Brizuela tries to circle away but Shimazu has him pinned against the cage.
Shimazu blocks a body shot from Brizuela.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brizuela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brizuela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brizuela blocking some punches.
Shimazu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brizuela lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shimazu backwards.
Shimazu working aggressively here.
Brizuela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shimazu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shimazu throws a punch but it's blocked by Brizuela.
Shimazu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brizuela scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like William Shimazu has been cut.
Shimazu gets through Brizuela's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shimazu misses with a punch on the inside.
Shimazu swings wildly with an uppercut but Brizuela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shimazu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimazu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shimazu connects with a knee to the head.
Shimazu scores a nice knee to the body.
Brizuela is breathing heavily.
Shimazu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brizuela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good exchange - Shimazu coming out on top.
Brizuela shoots in but no luck this time.
William Shimazu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Francis Brizuela.
Shimazu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brizuela's calf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shimazu throws a shot from downtown. Brizuela moves away and avoids it.
Shimazu loads up on a big right hand but Brizuela slips the punch.
Shimazu lands a jab to the nose.
Shimazu clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shimazu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimazu scores with a shot to the side of Brizuela's head.
Shimazu misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shimazu.
Brizuela using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shimazu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brizuela creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shimazu lands with a light punch inside.
Brizuela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shimazu crunches a lovely knee into Brizuela's ribcage.
Brizuela blocking some punches.
William Shimazu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brizuela.
Shimazu has a couple of punches blocked by Brizuela.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Shimazu.
A frustrated look appears on Brizuela's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brizuela managing to block the knees to the body from Shimazu.
Shimazu lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Shimazu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Shimazu'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. This is the final round!
Shimazu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brizuela under the eye.
Shimazu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shimazu dips to his left and cracks Brizuela with an uppercut!
Brizuela with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shimazu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shimazu doesn't manage to clinch there - Brizuela circles away.
A big right from Shimazu misses.
Shimazu throws a jab when Brizuela was well out of range.
Shimazu tries to land a front kick but Brizuela steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A jab from Shimazu misses.
Shimazu throws a hook to the side of Brizuela's head but Brizuela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shimazu catches Brizuela with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A swing and a miss from Shimazu.
William Shimazu is winning the standup battle so far.
Brizuela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brizuela scores with a takedown into Shimazu's guard.
Shimazu throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimazu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brizuela defends it easily.
Shimazu controls Brizuela momentarily but Brizuela frees himself.
Shimazu keeping moving, preventing Brizuela from controlling successfully.
Shimazu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brizuela can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Francis Brizuela wasn't active enough on the ground.
Brizuela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shimazu throws the left hand but Brizuela avoids the punch easily.
Brizuela drives through and clinches with Shimazu against the cage.
Shimazu swings wildly with an uppercut but Brizuela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brizuela avoiding damage as Shimazu throws knees to the body.
Shimazu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brizuela.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shimazu.
Brizuela blocks an uppercut.
Brizuela misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimazu scores a nice knee to the body.
Shimazu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brizuela.
Shimazu throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brizuela.
Brizuela misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shimazu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shimazu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brizuela gets through Shimazu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shimazu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shimazu misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shimazu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shimazu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brizuela backwards.
Shimazu misses with the head strike.
Shimazu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimazu prevents a body shot from Brizuela.
A short left from Shimazu.
Brizuela is trying to stall.
Brizuela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brizuela blocks an uppercut.
Brizuela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shimazu has a couple of punches blocked by Brizuela.
Shimazu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brizuela misses with a punch on the inside.
Shimazu working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shimazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shimazu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brizuela has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Francis Brizuela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brizuela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Shimazu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shimazu, 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Shimazu!
William Shimazu very nearly forgot to thank Conquer amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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