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CONFLICT XLV PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dontae Sheldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyle Willems (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sheldon might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Salmon Song. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dontae Sheldon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lyle Willems!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willems wants to land a leg kick but Sheldon is out of range.
Jab from Sheldon.
Sheldon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Willems.
Sheldon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Willems misses with an uppercut
and Sheldon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Willems dives in for a single leg takedown but Sheldon sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Willems is leaning against Sheldon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Willems.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sheldon as Willems tries to tie him up.
Willems has Sheldon pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Willems pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Sheldon tumbling to the mat - Willems dives into Sheldon's guard.
Willems with a flurry of punches that miss.
Willems wants to pass the guard but Sheldon is keeping the position.
Sheldon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sheldon tries to get out of the position.
Willems with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheldon controlling Willems's posture.
Sheldon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Willems.
Willems pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sheldon is keeping the position for now.
Willems looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sheldon pulls Willems in to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Willems.
Willems is working Sheldon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Willems trying to control but Sheldon is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willems trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sheldon keeping moving, preventing Willems from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Willems keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Willems looks to score with a jab to the body but Sheldon is just out of range.
Sheldon moves out of range as Willems strikes.
Willems tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Willems swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willems throws a nice outside leg kick.
Willems looks to land a right hand but Sheldon moved out of range.
Willems takes the fight into the clinch.
Sheldon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sheldon gets through Willems's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Willems tries to throw a body punch but Sheldon avoids it by throwing Willems back against the cage.
Sheldon prevents a body shot from Willems.
Sheldon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Willems doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Willems throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Willems is trying to stall.
Sheldon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Willems tries to throw a body punch but Sheldon avoids it by throwing Willems back against the cage.
Sheldon stops a takedown attempt from Willems.
Sheldon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Willems scores with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willems has a couple of punches blocked by Sheldon.
Sheldon working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Sheldon.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Willems tries to throw a body punch but Sheldon avoids it by throwing Willems back against the cage.
Willems looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sheldon tries to stall but Willems uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Willems.
Sheldon struggles to land a body shot inside as Willems controls his hands.
Willems struggles to land a body shot inside as Sheldon controls his hands.
Sheldon tries a body shot but Willems blocks it.
Willems doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Willems - that landed with a thud.
Sheldon misses with some punches.
Willems cracks Sheldon with a nice body shot.
Sheldon wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willems is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sheldon gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dontae Sheldon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyle Willems.
Willems works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Sheldon keeping moving, preventing Willems from controlling successfully.
Sheldon working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyle Willems dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sheldon lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Willems falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sheldon dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dontae Sheldon!
After winning the bout, Dontae Sheldon thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Safforn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hantu Rockamole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Hantu Rockamole enters the cage!
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279 lbs
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287 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Safforn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hantu Rockamole!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Safforn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rockamole counters with a nice body kick.
Rockamole throws a hook but Safforn avoids it easily.
Rockamole lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rockamole throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Abraham Safforn has been cut.
Rockamole closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Safforn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rockamole paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Safforn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rockamole.
Safforn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rockamole. Rockamole obviously looking to wear him down.
Safforn misses with an attempted mid kick.
A jab from Safforn misses.
Rockamole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Safforn.
A decent looking cross lands there for Safforn.
It looks like Hantu Rockamole has been cut.
Rockamole has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rockamole checks the leg kick.
Safforn looks to score with a jab to the body but Rockamole is just out of range.
Safforn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Stu's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safforn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Safforn prevents Rockamole from breaking the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockamole.
Safforn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Safforn is looking to clinch but Rockamole is avoiding it.
Rockamole digs a good body shot into Safforn's ribs.
Rockamole connects with an inside leg kick.
Safforn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Safforn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rockamole throws a nice outside leg kick.
Safforn misses the jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Safforn, right into the meat.
Safforn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rockamole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Safforn's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockamole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Safforn.
Rockamole has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Safforn finds it's way round the side to connect with Rockamole's head.
Nice uppercut there from Rockamole.
Safforn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rockamole throws a hook but Safforn blocks it.
Safforn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rockamole misses with a hook to the body
and Safforn counters with an inside leg kick.
Safforn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Safforn throws a leg kick but Rockamole checks it.
Rockamole wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rockamole takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rockamole rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Safforn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A clash of legs there as Rockamole blocks the low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockamole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Safforn moves away.
Rockamole throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Safforn.
A big right from Rockamole misses.
Abraham Safforn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rockamole lands with a nice combination. Safforn backs away looking to recover.
Safforn misses with a wild body shot.
Abraham Safforn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rockamole avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Safforn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Safforn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Abraham Safforn's cut is getting worse.
Rockamole misses with an uppercut. Safforn saw that one coming.
Rockamole takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rockamole scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rockamole.
Rockamole takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Safforn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rockamole connects with a high kick.
Rockamole just misses with a punch to the body.
Safforn throws a leg kick that misses.
Rockamole cracks Safforn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Abraham Safforn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Safforn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rockamole throws a series of punches but Safforn moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Safforn tries to close the distance and clinch but Rockamole swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Safforn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rockamole avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hantu Rockamole dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Safforn misses with a straight right.
Safforn jabs at Rockamole's body.
Safforn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rockamole.
Rockamole misses with a low kick.
Safforn throws a front kick that sends Rockamole stumbling back into the cage.
Rockamole blocks a leg kick.
Rockamole thows a body shot but no joy.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rockamole.
Safforn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rockamole swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rockamole feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Safforns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Safforn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rockamole.
Safforn motions for Rockamole to come forward. Safforn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Safforn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockamole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Safforn.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Safforn 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 Rockamole has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rockamole and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rockamole loads up on a big right hand but Safforn slips the punch.
Rockamole slips under a jab from Safforn.
Safforn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rockamole uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rockamole fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Safforn checks it well.
Rockamole cracks Safforn with an open hand slap.
Rockamole fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Safforn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rockamole lands with an overhand left.
Jeez, Abraham Safforn's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Safforn throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rockamole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safforn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rockamole is able to avoid easily.
Rockamole jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rockamole pivots, looking for a leg kick but Safforn is out of range and Rockamole settles back down.
Safforn misses with a few strikes there.
Hantu Rockamole seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Safforn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rockamole misses with a wild body shot.
Rockamole lands a really nice looking cross but Safforn seems unphased.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Abraham Safforn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hantu Rockamole!
Our winner, Hantu Rockamole, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ric Landeverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sly Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landeverde comes to the cage accompanied by Napalm & Erruption- In San Francisco. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sly Guy enters the cage!
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145 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ric Landeverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sly Guy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy tries to clinch up
letting Landeverde counter with a right hand.
Guy wants to clinch.
Guy tries to clinch but Landeverde moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Landeverde misses the target.
Guy wants to clinch.
Guy throws a head kick that Landeverde semi-blocks.
Guy just misses with a punch to the body.
Landeverde slips under a jab.
Landeverde looks for a takedown but Guy sprawls well.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Landeverde's head but Landeverde sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Guy.
Landeverde misses with an uppercut.
Landeverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Landeverde throws a lazy right hand but Guy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Guy darts in trying to clinch
and Landeverde counters with a right hand to the body.
Guy misses with a head kick.
Landeverde misses the shot to the body.
Landeverde with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Guy to score with a decent uppercut.
Guy ducks under a wild hook from Landeverde.
Landeverde loads up on a big right hand but Guy slips the punch.
Guy rushes Landeverde and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Landeverde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice sprawl there from Guy as Landeverde shoots in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landeverde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guy manages to avoid it.
Landeverde misses with an uppercut
and Guy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Guy has closed the distance and engaged Landeverde in a clinch.
Guy breaks from the clinch.
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!
Guy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Landeverde.
Guy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Landeverde counters with a shoot takedown. Guy fights it but they end up in guard.
Landeverde works over Guy with some ground and pound from guard.
Landeverde wants to control from the top but Guy keeps moving.
Landeverde throws a big elbow that misses.
Landeverde stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Guy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landeverde trying to control but Guy is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ric Landeverde has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Guy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Landeverde circles away quickly and effectively.
Landeverde tries to land a body kick
and Guy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Landeverde avoids the body shot from Guy.
Some wild striking there from Guy.
Nice sprawl there from Guy as Landeverde shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Landeverde. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Landeverde tries to score a power double leg takedown but Guy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Landeverde somewhat.
Sly Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guy works Landeverde's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landeverde swats away the attempt to clinch by Guy.
Guy swings for the body but Landeverde moves out of range.
Guy looks to land a combination. Landeverde sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Guy wants to clinch.
Landeverde is looking to chop away at Guy's legs.
Landeverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Landeverde is looking to score with low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guy closes the distance but Landeverde moves to the side
letting Landeverde counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guy blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sly Guy will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Guy throws a head kick but Landeverde moves out of range.
Landeverde misses with a leg kick
and Guy counters with a nice leg kick.
Sly Guy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Landeverde.
Landeverde tries to score with some ground and pound. Guy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Landeverde throwing strikes but Guy manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Landeverde tries to buck Guy off but Guy is having none of it.
Guy wants to stand but Landeverde is controlling his arm.
Landeverde wants to control but Guy postures up.
Guy stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Landeverde counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Landeverde misses with an uppercut.
Landeverde throws the left hand but Guy avoids the punch easily.
Guy tries to clinch there but Landeverde circles away.
Landeverde closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Landeverde lands in his opponent's guard.
Guy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Landeverde trying to control but Guy is working from the bottom.
Landeverde throws a strike but Guy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Guy preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Landeverde has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Guy has managed to get both his arms back between Landeverde's legs - danger averted.
Landeverde working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Landeverde wants to sweep here but Guy controlling him for the moment.
Landeverde wants to get back to his feet but Guy is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Landeverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Landeverde misses with a body shot.
Guy tries to clinch but Landeverde moves out of range.
Guy is looking to clinch but Landeverde is avoiding it.
Guy tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landeverde misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Landeverde. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guy slips a jab and a cross from Landeverde.
Landeverde takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Guy doesn't manage to clinch there - Landeverde circles away.
Guy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Guy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Landeverde is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Guy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy throws a nice head kick!
The fighters circle momentarily. Guy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Landeverde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guy moves away.
Guy connects with a high kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guy closes the distance and clinches.
Guy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Landeverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick from Guy lands but Landeverde takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sly Guy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sly Guy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Landeverde. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Landeverde throws out a loose jab but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guy throws a sloppy head kick and Landeverde moves out of range easily.
Guy looks to score with a jab to the body but Landeverde is just out of range.
Landeverde displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guy throws out the jab.
Landeverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Landeverde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
A lazy left from Landeverde finds it's target.
Guy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Landeverde misses with a jab, cross combination.
Landeverde swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landeverde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Guy.
Landeverde throws a poor cross that misses
and Guy counters with a one-two to the body.
Guy scores with a one two! Landeverde had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Ric Landeverde has been cut.
Guy tries to close the distance and clinch but Landeverde swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Landeverde.
Landeverde throws a nice inside leg kick.
Guy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Guy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guy tries to clinch up but Landeverde circles away and keeps his distance.
Landeverde misses with a straight right.
Guy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Landeverde's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Landeverde misses with a left hand
and Guy counters with a head kick. That will keep Landeverde thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Landeverde closes this distance looking for a takedown but Guy circles away.
Guy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sly Guy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy connects with a high kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Landeverde. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Landeverde avoids the head kick by Guy.
Guy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slow jab from Landeverde misses its intended target.
Guy closes the distance but Landeverde moves to the side
and Landeverde counters with a nice leg kick.
Landeverde throws an overhand right that lands on Guy's shoulder, as Guy tries to avoid the shot.
Guy throws a head kick that Landeverde semi-blocks.
Guy misses with a head kick.
Guy avoids the body shot from Landeverde.
Landeverde misses with a leg kick
and Guy counters with a nice body kick.
Guy lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a head kick but Landeverde moves out of range.
Guy blocks a head kick by Landeverde.
Landeverde with a hook.
Guy slips a jab from Landeverde.
Landeverde throws a big shot that misses.
Guy tries to clinch up
and Landeverde counters with a stiff right hand.
Landeverde misses with a head kick.
Landeverde swats away the attempt to clinch by Guy.
Guy works Landeverde's body with a nice hook.
Guy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Landeverde - just one landing.
Landeverde avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guy darts in trying to clinch
and Landeverde cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Landeverde misses.
Landeverde shoots in for a takedown but Guy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Landeverde throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Guy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Guy tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Guy.
Guy shoots for a takedown but Landeverde saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ric Landeverde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Landeverde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guy manages to avoid it.
Guy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Landeverde at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sly Guy.
I've got Guy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sly Guy!
During a confident post fight interview, Sly Guy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hamad Al Zahran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Yee (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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179 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
12 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Hamad Al Zahran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yee has closed the distance and engaged Al Zahran in a clinch.
Yee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Al Zahran throws a head punch that misses.
Yee pushes off an throws an elbow but Al Zahran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Al Zahran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Zahran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yee's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yee throws an elbow but misses.
Al Zahran lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Al Zahran misses with a body punch.
Al Zahran has had enough of the clinch but Yee keeps him there for the moment.
Al Zahran lands with a light punch inside.
Yee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al Zahran is trying to push Yee away but Yee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Al Zahran dodges an elbow strike from Yee.
Yee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Al Zahran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from Al Zahran.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Zahran misses with a body punch.
Al Zahran blocks an uppercut.
Yee lands an elbow that stopped Al Zahran in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Hamad Al Zahran has been cut.
A short right from Al Zahran.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Al Zahran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Zahran looking to stall.
Yee lands an elbow inside that Al Zahran shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Al Zahran.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yee.
Al Zahran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yee throws an elbow but it misses.
Al Zahran lands an uppercut.
Al Zahran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Al Zahran paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yee getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yee misses with a wild body shot.
Al Zahran has been working on his boxing with his coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS in the buildup to the fight.
Al Zahran just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Yee has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Al Zahran closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yee circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A chopping leg kick lands by Al Zahran.
Al Zahran fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yee is looking to clinch.
Al Zahran misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheers as Al Zahran lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yee doesn't seem phased though.
Yee lands with a nice body punch.
Yee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Zahran was well out of range. Poor timing from Yee.
Yee tries to bum rush Al Zahran with a series of wild strikes but Al Zahran uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Al Zahran swings for the body but Yee moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Al Zahran.
Yee swings for the body but Al Zahran moves out of range.
Al Zahran uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yee has time to react.
Al Zahran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Al Zahran.
A slow jab from Al Zahran misses its intended target.
Al Zahran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crunch! Al Zahran slams his shin into Yee's torso.
Al Zahran lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Al Zahran has Yee up against the cage in a clinch.
Al Zahran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Al Zahran as the two fighters clinch.
Al Zahran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yee tries to move into range but Al Zahran moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yee takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Al Zahran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yee gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Al Zahran on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Al Zahran lands a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Zahran. Yee does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head kick misses from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran thows a body shot but no joy.
Yee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yee swinging wildly here.
Yee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Al Zahran.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yee throws a big shot that misses.
Yee takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Al Zahran.
A cross from Al Zahran lands.
Yee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Al Zahran thumps Yee with a low kick.
Yee tries to clinch but Al Zahran moves out of range.
Yee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Al Zahran avoids the body shot from Yee.
Al Zahran is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yee lands a nice shot that snaps Al Zahran's head back.
Al Zahran lands with a thumping leg kick.
Al Zahran closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Zahran effectively controlling the action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yee throws an elbow but misses.
Al Zahran presses Yee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Al Zahran blocks an elbow strike.
Yee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hamad Al Zahran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hamad Al Zahran'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.
Yee throws a looping overhand right but Al Zahran ducks down to avoid it.
Yee tries to clinch up but Al Zahran circles away and keeps his distance.
Al Zahran scores with a body shot.
Al Zahran scores with a shot to the body.
Yee tries to clinch but Al Zahran moves out of range.
Yee throws a big shot that misses.
Al Zahran digs a good body shot into Yee's ribs.
Al Zahran circles away from the clinch attempt.
Al Zahran tests Yee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yee avoids the body shot from Al Zahran.
Yee thows a body shot but no joy.
Yee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yee blocks a jab.
Al Zahran digs a good body shot into Yee's ribs.
A nice combination there by Yee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al Zahran.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A shot to the liver by Al Zahran. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee lands with a good body shot.
Al Zahran with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jason Yee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Al Zahran misses with a leg kick.
Yee has Al Zahran up against the cage in a clinch.
Al Zahran manages to break the clinch.
Yee slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Al Zahran fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yee, pushing him back against the cage.
Al Zahran lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Al Zahran is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Al Zahran takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran working aggressively here.
Al Zahran misses with the head strike.
Al Zahran struggles to land a body shot inside as Yee controls his hands.
Al Zahran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran wants to stall.
Al Zahran avoids the elbow strike from Yee, against the cage.
Al Zahran is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Al Zahran scores with a shoulder strike.
Al Zahran struggles to land a body shot inside as Yee controls his hands.
Yee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Al Zahran gets through Yee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Al Zahran tries a body shot but Yee blocks it.
Al Zahran is trying to stall.
Al Zahran is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yee misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Al Zahran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Al Zahran throws a punch but it's blocked by Yee.
Al Zahran makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yee lands with a short shot to the head.
Al Zahran misses with a body punch.
Al Zahran scores with a shot to the side of Yee's head.
Yee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yee blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yee throws an elbow but it misses.
Yee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yee lands a nice elbow.
Yee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Al Zahran misses with a body punch.
Al Zahran misses with a punch to the body.
Yee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Al Zahran breaks from the clinch.
Nice cross by Yee.
Al Zahran throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yee on the side of the head.
A jab from Al Zahran misses.
Yee needs to keep his hands up - Al Zahran had a free shot at his head there.
Al Zahran fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yee has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Al Zahran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yee tries to clinch up.
Yee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Zahran moves away.
Hamad Al Zahran is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Zahran. Yee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Zahran ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Yee. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yee is looking to clinch.
Yee just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Zahran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yee throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Zahran.
Yee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yee checks a leg kick.
Yee avoids the body shot from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Horrible takedown by Al Zahran or perhaps it was just good defense by Yee which made him look bad.
Yee throws a body punch but Al Zahran moves out of range.
Al Zahran throws a leg kick but Yee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Al Zahran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yee takes one on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Zahran takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hamad Al Zahran's cut is getting worse.
Yee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Al Zahran is rocked!
Yee looks to land a left hand but Al Zahran moved out of range nicely.
Oh Al Zahran is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yee misses with a series of wild punches.
Al Zahran seems to have got his legs back now.
Yee lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jason Yee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hamad Al Zahran's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Yee lands a nice hook to Al Zahran's body. Al Zahran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yee. Al Zahran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Zahran wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Al Zahran cracks Yee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A shot to the body from Al Zahran misses
and Yee counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yee cracks a nice hook into Al Zahran's ribs.
Yee drops Al Zahran with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Al Zahran! Yee dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Yee!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ava Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Fleming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Noel might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Moment. Fleming has chosen T.N.T. as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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199 lbs
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195 lbs
14 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ava Noel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Fleming!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleming shoots in but Noel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fleming moves in looking to clinch but Noel pushes him off.
A jab from Fleming misses.
Fleming throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Noel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Noel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fleming fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Scott Fleming seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fleming steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Noel.
Noel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Noel wants it to stay on the feet.
Ava Noel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Fleming.
Fleming is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fleming throws a series of strikes that have Noel backpedaling.
It looks like Ava Noel has been cut.
Fleming slips a jab from Noel.
Fleming slips under a jab.
Noel misses with an uppercut. Fleming saw that one coming.
Fleming takes a swing at Noel's ribcage but misses.
Fleming has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Noel is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Noel.
Fleming takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Scott Fleming has been cut.
Noel throws a jab but it's blocked by Fleming.
Fleming throws a lazy uppercut
and Noel counters with a good low kick that Fleming was not able to check.
Fleming throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Fleming takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fleming shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Noel misses with a double jab.
Fleming throws a looping overhand right but Noel ducks down to avoid it.
Noel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fleming misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Noel.
Fleming shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Noel as he avoids it easily.
Fleming throws a head kick that misses
and Noel counters with a crisp right hand that drops Fleming! Noel lets Fleming back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Fleming is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel cracks Fleming with a left hook right on the temple and Fleming goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Noel lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Fleming is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ava Noel!
Ava Noel very nearly forgot to thank KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$) 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Wray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Non Phixion - The CIA Is Trying To Kill Me. Wray has chosen The Leprechan Song as his entrance music. Seth Wray told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Wray!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Seth Wray has been cut.
Wray cracks Martinez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Ricardo Martinez has been cut.
Wray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wray misses with a straight left.
Martinez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wray.
Martinez drops his hands momentarily and Wray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Martinez darts in and clinches Wray up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wray's brow.
Wray will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Martinez up against the cage.
Wray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wray has managed to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martinez gets underhooks to prevent Wray's takedown attempt.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Wray pushes him off.
Wray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Wray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Disciples Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Danga de danga de dang - Wray scores with a four punch combination!
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wray.
Wray is looking to clinch but Martinez is avoiding it.
Martinez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wray loads up on a big right hand but Martinez slips the punch.
Wray moves into the clinch successfully.
Wray misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez blocks the elbow strike.
Wray wants to break free but Martinez has control.
Wray tries to score a body lock takedown but Martinez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wray's elbow.
Martinez blocks a body shot from Wray.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wray struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wray misses with a punch to the body.
Wray throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wray.
Wray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wray trying to stall but Martinez improves his position.
Wray wants to get back to striking at distance but Martinez won't allow it.
Martinez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wray goes for a takedown attempt but Martinez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ricardo Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seth Wray.
Martinez has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wray is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wray tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Martinez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wray can't break the clinch.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Wray.
Wray pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Martinez obliges.
Martinez is pressed up against the cage. Wray has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Martinez down to the mat. Martinez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Martinez thuds a left hand into Wray's body.
Martinez scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez drives through and clinches with Wray against the cage.
Martinez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wray is rocked!
Wray tries to pull guard but Martinez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wray jumps guard but Martinez stands there with Wray around his waist. Wray gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinez.
Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wray will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wray.
A good leg kick by Martinez.
Martinez throws a head kick but Wray moves out of range.
Martinez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That has opened up Seth Wray's cut even more.
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Wray.
Martinez looks for the body kick but Wray saw that one coming.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wray lands a nice shot that snaps Martinez's head back.
Wray with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martinez to score with a decent uppercut.
Wray is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Wray on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martinez. Martinez obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Martinez dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Wray seems to have recovered his senses.
Wray shoots in looking for a takedown but Martinez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wray's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wray throws a combination that misses
and Martinez counters with a nice leg kick.
Martinez clinches up against the cage.
Ricardo Martinez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martinez breaks the clinch.
Martinez lands a big uppercut and Wray crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Wray looks OK. Martinez waves Wray back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez stuffs the takedown attempt from Wray. Wray gets slowly back to his feet.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez swings for the body but Wray moves out of range.
Wray loads up on a big right hand but Martinez slips the punch.
Wray just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wray moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wray swings for the body but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez thumps Wray with a low kick.
Martinez cracks Wray with a good jab.
Wray shoots in looking for a takedown. Martinez tries to sprawl out of it but Wray keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Martinez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ricardo Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seth Wray.
Wray is breathing heavily.
Martinez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wray has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wray gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Martinez gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Martinez!
Ricardo Martinez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Seth Wray had this to say: 'Grumble, grumble, grumble'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dawid Rafal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Lindgren (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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177 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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawid Rafal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mikael Lindgren!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafal scores with a body shot.
Rafal moves out of range of the body kick.
Lindgren misses with a low kick.
Lindgren checks a low kick from Rafal.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lindgren 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.
Rafal misses with a body kick.
Rafal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lindgren avoids the body shot from Rafal.
Rafal throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lindgren counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Rafal!
Lindgren looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rafal is avoiding damage well.
Lindgren has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lindgren working the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lindgren tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
An elbow from Lindgren crashes against the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren working the strikes but Rafal uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Lindgren missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lindgren is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lindgren throwing shots but Rafal is blocking nicely.
Rafal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lindgren.
Rafal taking some punishment here, with Lindgren in his half guard.
Lindgren performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafal is trying is best to control the position here.
Rafal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rafal gets back to full guard.
Lindgren trying to control but Rafal is working from the bottom.
Lindgren throws a strike but Rafal rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafal sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lindgren looking for a guillotine here but Rafal defends easily.
Lindgren working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rafal doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rafal manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rafal trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindgren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lindgren is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rafal defends well.
Rafal trying to control the position from guard on top but Lindgren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren is pulling down on Rafal's head. It's preventing any offense from Rafal, at least for the moment.
Rafal passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Rafal sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lindgren trying to control here.
Rafal is pressing down on Lindgren's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lindgren is holding on for now.
Rafal is looking to take a break and control but Lindgren is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rafal seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Dawid Rafal just wasn't active enough.
A low kick from Rafal misses
and Lindgren counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Lindgren dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Rafal.
Lindgren thows a body shot but no joy.
Lindgren checks a low kick from Rafal.
Lindgren with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rafal to score with a decent uppercut.
Rafal throws a low kick but Lindgren moves out of range easily.
Rafal throws a low kick but Lindgren moves out of range easily.
Lindgren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rafal.
Rafal throws a body punch but Lindgren moves out of range.
Dawid Rafal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rafal will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rafal misses with a straight right.
Lindgren takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rafal throws out a leg kick but Lindgren moves out of range and Rafal only half commits.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren avoids a kick to the body.
Rafal throws a poor cross that misses
and Lindgren counters with a takedown into side control.
Rafal is not content to let Lindgren control the position.
Lindgren lands a nice forearm strike.
Lindgren is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rafal knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lindgren is putting a hurting on Rafal here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lindgren wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rafal keeps working.
Lindgren throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rafal defending against the ground and pound.
Lindgren sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rafal is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lindgren has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren looking to ground and pound but Rafal is blocking nicely.
Rafal is squirming around, avoiding Lindgren's attempts to control the action.
Lindgren with good strikes from the mount here!
Lindgren wants to control the pace but Rafal is squirming around nicely.
Lindgren looking to ground and pound but Rafal is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafal is squirming around, avoiding Lindgren's attempts to control the action.
Lindgren thowing shots but they're missing.
Lindgren thowing shots but they're missing.
Lindgren working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lindgren throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Lindgren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Rafal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lindgren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rafal.
Rafal leaves Lindgren with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rafal just misses with a punch to the body.
Rafal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafal connects with an inside leg kick.
Rafal looks to score with a jab to the body but Lindgren is just out of range.
Rafal is looking to wear down Lindgren with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rafal with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A lazy body kick from Rafal
so Lindgren counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mikael Lindgren has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lindgren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dawid Rafal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafal is pulling down on Lindgren's head to control his posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rafal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lindgren with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lindgren stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rafal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dawid Rafal has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
An inside leg kick from Rafal misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafal misses with an attempted mid kick.
A right-left combo lands from Rafal.
It looks like Mikael Lindgren has been cut.
Rafal misses with a leg kick
and Lindgren counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Rafal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lindgren connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Rafal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lindgren sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mikael Lindgren was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rafal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rafal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rafal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lindgren.
Lindgren drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rafal thows a leg kick but Lindgren checks it
and Lindgren counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lindgren stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rafal is trying to maintain the position but Lindgren is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lindgren throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Rafal to regain full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lindgren throws a big elbow that misses.
Lindgren working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikael Lindgren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lindgren winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikael Lindgren!
Mikael Lindgren made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I thought KRad was Duck's manager but after that beatdown I'm concerned he's more of a Vladimir Byhenikov fighter. '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Meat Loaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Loaf might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eat My Loaf. Burton has chosen Trip Like I Do as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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147 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meat Loaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Colin Burton!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loaf circles away from the clinch attempt
and Loaf counters with a leg kick.
Burton moves to clinch but Loaf breaks away
and Loaf counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Loaf's corner calls for a 1-2. Loaf obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Loaf.
Loaf scores with a decent looking hook.
Burton tries to clinch but Loaf moves away
and Loaf counters with a good low kick that Burton was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loaf cracks the inside of Burton's front leg.
Loaf circles away from the clinch attempt
and Loaf counters with a shoot takedown. Burton fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Loaf prevents Burton from getting back to his feet.
Loaf pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burton is keeping the position for now.
Burton is controlling Loaf's posture.
We've been hearing good reports from Loaf's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loaf gets to his feet. Burton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Burton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Loaf swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burton moves to clinch but Loaf breaks away
and Loaf counters with a left to the body.
Burton is looking to clinch but Loaf is avoiding it.
Burton darts in trying to clinch
and Loaf counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Loaf dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burton darts in trying to clinch
and Loaf counters with a right hand to the body.
Burton tries to close the distance and clinch but Loaf swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Colin Burton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Loaf manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burton closes the distance looking to clinch
and Loaf counters with a good low kick that Burton was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loaf circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Loaf to counter with a crisp jab.
Loaf is looking to wear down Burton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loaf throws a head kick but Burton moves out of range.
Burton is looking to clinch but Loaf is avoiding it.
Burton tries to clinch but Loaf moves away
and Loaf counters with a leg kick.
Loaf motions for Burton to come forward. Loaf throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Burton moves into range and clinches up with Loaf.
Loaf misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burton tries to work over Loaf's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loaf lands a shoulder strike.
Loaf digs a right hand underneath Burton's ribcage. Burton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Burton.
Loaf lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burton.
Loaf doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Loaf misses with the head strike.
Burton misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loaf.
Burton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loaf misses with a body punch.
Loaf lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burton misses with a knee strike.
Burton landing knees to the head.
Burton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burton has Loaf pushed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Burton.
Loaf lands a nice shot to the body.
Burton looks winded!
Loaf struggles to land a body shot inside as Burton controls his hands.
Loaf tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loaf tries a body shot but Burton blocks it.
Loaf lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burton has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Loaf seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Burton can turn it around.
Loaf breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loaf paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burton looks to clinch
and Loaf counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burton wants to clinch up but Loaf keeps it at a distance.
Loaf is looking to slow Burton down with leg kicks.
Nice shot by Loaf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loaf closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Burton quickly recovers to half guard.
Burton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Loaf scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Loaf lands a nice short elbow.
Loaf throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Loaf thows a huge punch but Burton dodges it nicely.
Loaf sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burton defending well though.
Loaf missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Loaf lands with a punch from half guard.
Loaf trying to pass the guard but Burton defending well.
Burton trying to hold on to Loaf's head to control him but Loaf postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loaf missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Loaf is pressing down on Burton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Burton is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meat Loaf dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Burton wants to clinch up but Loaf keeps it at a distance.
Burton tries to clinch but Loaf moves out of range.
Burton tries to clinch but Loaf moves out of range.
Meat Loaf is winning the standup battle so far.
Loaf throws a looping overhand right but Burton ducks down to avoid it.
Burton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Colin Burton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burton tries to clinch
and Loaf counters with a three punch combo that has Burton backing up. Burton nods at Loaf to acknowledge the strikes.
Loaf gets the takedown into side control.
Loaf trying to control the position but Burton is working away.
Burton wants to get back to his feet.
Burton is looking for a sweep.
Burton is pushing Loaf's head away, looking to escape. Loaf manages to hold on to the position though.
Loaf is chipping away with strikes.
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!
Burton wants to control but Loaf postures up.
Burton regains half guard, as Loaf was trying to land strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loaf tries to pass the half guard into mount. Burton knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Burton tries to get to full guard but Loaf has control of the leg.
Loaf trying to pass the guard but Burton defending well.
Burton is looking to control Loaf's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burton avoid being mounted?
Loaf prevents Burton from improving his position.
Loaf is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Burton doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Loaf.
Burton is looking for a sweep. Loaf is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loaf is keen to just control but Burton is a slippery customer.
Meat Loaf overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loaf looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Loaf trying to control from half guard but Burton is working away.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Loaf passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Burton!
Loaf with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Loaf with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burton manages to control the position for a moment.
Loaf lands with some strikes.
Burton is trying desperately to improve position.
Burton slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Loaf throwing shots but Burton is blocking nicely.
Loaf is pressing down on Burton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Burton is holding on for now.
Burton makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton tries to clinch but Loaf moves away
and Loaf counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burton wants to clinch.
Burton tries to clinch
and Loaf makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Burton gets caught flat footed, as Loaf shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Burton keeping full guard, as Loaf tries to pass.
Burton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Loaf pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burton is keeping the position for now.
Loaf won't allow Burton to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton looking for a sweep. Not yet Burton, not yet.
Loaf is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Burton closes the distance looking to clinch
and Loaf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meat Loaf dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Loaf scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Burton is looking to escape.
Loaf frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Loaf looking to ground and pound but Burton is blocking nicely.
Loaf working the ground and pound effectively.
Loaf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burton can do to turn this around?
Burton is working to get back to half guard.
Loaf punishing his opponent with strikes.
Loaf lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poor strikes thrown by Loaf there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Loaf loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Burton scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Loaf land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Loaf stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Meat Loaf!
As Meat Loaf got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Broken Halo Pride!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Gibiatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by Jay Z- Big Pimpin. On his way into the cage it seems that Mike Henderson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mike Henderson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Gibiatti!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson digs a good hook to Gibiatti's body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gibiatti 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.
Henderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gibiatti doesn't seem bothered though.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
Gibiatti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gibiatti gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gibiatti connects with a crisp jab.
Henderson lands with a shot to the body.
Henderson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gibiatti's calf.
Henderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Gibiatti to counter with a crisp jab.
Gibiatti changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Henderson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Henderson is pushing Gibiatti's head away, looking to escape. Gibiatti manages to hold on to the position though.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
Henderson tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Henderson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Henderson dodges the ground and pound from Gibiatti.
Henderson 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gibiatti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Gibiatti in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gibiatti looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gibiatti looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Henderson is avoiding damage well.
Henderson pushes Gibiatti away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gibiatti gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gibiatti working away.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
Gibiatti tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Henderson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti is trying to get an arm triangle but Henderson is defending well.
Gibiatti looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.
Henderson tries to escape but Gibiatti is in control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson is trying to control Gibiatti's posture but Gibiatti avoids it.
Gibiatti tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gibiatti working away.
Gibiatti trying to control the position but Henderson is working away.
Gibiatti is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to regain half guard here but Gibiatti keeps moving and retains side control.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet but Gibiatti drags him back down.
Gibiatti trying to control the position but Henderson is working away.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
Gibiatti controlling the position from side mount.
Gibiatti is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Henderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Henderson wants to control but Gibiatti postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson parries the strikes from Gibiatti easily there. Gibiatti is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Henderson to escape.
Gibiatti tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Henderson tries to bench press Gibiatti off him but Gibiatti keeps the position.
Henderson struggling a bit here.
Henderson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gibiatti tries for a kimura but Henderson is defending well.
Henderson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gibiatti is working for a submission of some sort.
Gibiatti is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Frank Gibiatti will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gibiatti throws the left hand but Henderson avoids the punch easily.
Gibiatti connects with a single shot there.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gibiatti.
Henderson looks for the body kick but Gibiatti saw that one coming.
Henderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gibiatti.
Gibiatti fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Henderson avoids it really well and circles away.
Henderson closes the distance but Gibiatti moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Henderson tries to clinch there but Gibiatti circles away.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Henderson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gibiatti counters with a leg kick.
A cross from Gibiatti lands.
Gibiatti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson connects with a high kick.
Henderson throws a front kick aimed at Gibiatti's knee but Gibiatti avoids it well.
Henderson defending well as Gibiatti loads up on a big left hand.
A jab lands there for Henderson.
Henderson wants to clinch.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gibiatti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gibiatti blocks a head kick by Henderson.
Gibiatti is looking to chop away at Henderson's legs.
Henderson tries to clinch there but Gibiatti circles away.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown but Gibiatti shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gibiatti lands with an uppercut that bounces Henderson off the cage and back into range.
Henderson misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson tries to clinch there but Gibiatti circles away.
Gibiatti fails to land the takedown.
Henderson lands a head kick. Gibiatti smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Henderson has closed the distance and engaged Gibiatti in a clinch.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gibiatti pulls Henderson into guard.
Gibiatti is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Henderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gibiatti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gibiatti swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Henderson defends well.
Gibiatti looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henderson controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gibiatti manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gibiatti with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti looking to finish Henderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henderson!
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Gibiatti maintains control.
Gibiatti wants to control the pace but Henderson is squirming around nicely.
Henderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gibiatti looking to finish Henderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henderson!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
BOOM! Gibiatti connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Henderson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Henderson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Gibiatti maintains control.
Henderson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Henderson is trying to stand back up but Gibiatti is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gibiatti thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Gibiatti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gibiatti misses with a head kick.
Gibiatti misses with an uppercut. Henderson saw that one coming.
Henderson misses with a wild body shot.
Gibiatti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A low kick from Henderson misses
and Gibiatti counters with a nice body shot.
Henderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Henderson throws a body punch but Gibiatti moves out of range.
Mike Henderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Henderson fails with the takedown.
Henderson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henderson scores with a body shot.
Gibiatti tries for a takedown but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gibiatti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henderson wants to clinch but Gibiatti slips to the side
and Gibiatti counters with an inside leg kick.
Henderson moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gibiatti.
Henderson tries a low kick but Gibiatti avoids it.
Gibiatti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gibiatti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gibiatti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Henderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Henderson lands a shot to the body.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Gibiatti.
Gibiatti misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gibiatti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Gibiatti misses with some punches.
Henderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Gibiatti controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Gibiatti.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gibiatti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibiatti taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gibiatti can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
Gibiatti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gibiatti has clasped his hands together around Henderson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Henderson is trying to buck Gibiatti off.
Gibiatti looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gibiatti is trying to get an arm triangle but Henderson is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Henderson regains half guard.
Henderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gibiatti drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gibiatti jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gibiatti stops Henderson from standing up.
Gibiatti is fighting to break Henderson's control of his arms but Henderson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Gibiatti passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gibiatti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Henderson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gibiatti connects with a decent elbow.
An elbow from Gibiatti crashes against the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibiatti tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gibiatti has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
Gibiatti is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Henderson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gibiatti working away.
Gibiatti tries to move into full mount but can't pass Henderson's legs.
Henderson is trying to buck Gibiatti off.
Gibiatti working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.
Henderson is not content to let Gibiatti control the position.
I wouldn't like to be where Henderson is right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Gibiatti really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Henderson looks to land a body kick but Gibiatti moved away.
Henderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gibiatti.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gibiatti. Gibiatti obviously looking to wear him down.
Henderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gibiatti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gibiatti tries to pull guard but Henderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Gibiatti drops back down to his feet.
Henderson misses with a body punch.
Gibiatti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gibiatti jumps guard but Henderson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gibiatti has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henderson is working for takedown but Gibiatti is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti is working for takedown but Henderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mike Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Gibiatti.
Gibiatti pulls Henderson into guard.
Henderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Frank Gibiatti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Henderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gibiatti is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Henderson throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Gibiatti has wrist control.
Gibiatti wants to hit a switch here but Henderson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Gibiatti there!
Gibiatti is in all sorts of trouble here.
Henderson with a couple of short strikes.
Henderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson with shots to the head and body - Gibiatti looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henderson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gibiatti is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gibiatti tries to lock up and control but Henderson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gibiatti tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henderson tries to control but Gibiatti wriggling away.
Henderson controlling from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gibiatti really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Mike Henderson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gibiatti was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Henderson tries to clinch but Gibiatti is having none of it.
Henderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Gibiatti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henderson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A jab from Henderson misses.
Henderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gibiatti is out of range.
Gibiatti swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
Henderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gibiatti misses with an uppercut.
Mike Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson is looking to clinch but Gibiatti is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibiatti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gibiatti moves out of range of the strikes.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gibiatti was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Gibiatti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gibiatti keeps the fight on the outside.
Henderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gibiatti misses with a head kick.
Henderson moves in looking to clinch but Gibiatti pushes him off.
Henderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gibiatti.
Henderson slips a jab and a cross from Gibiatti.
Gibiatti is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gibiatti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gibiatti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henderson lands a body shot.
Henderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gibiatti tries for a takedown but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Henderson connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gibiatti pivots, looking for a leg kick but Henderson is out of range and Gibiatti settles back down.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gibiatti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henderson.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Gibiatti sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henderson lands a front kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henderson.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Gibiatti.
Henderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Henderson.
Gibiatti scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Henderson tries to improve position but can't.
Gibiatti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Henderson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gibiatti asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Mike Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is not content to let Gibiatti control the position.
Henderson has one of Gibiatti's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Henderson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gibiatti asserts his dominance and retains side control.
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!
Gibiatti tries to move into full mount but can't pass Henderson's legs.
Gibiatti lands a nice forearm strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Henderson is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Gibiatti is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gibiatti has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 48:48
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 48:48
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 47:48
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Mike Henderson retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Al an (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutz has chosen Everyday as his entrance music. Al an could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cormac Gutz's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al an!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
an takes a swing at Gutz's ribcage but misses.
Gutz throws a big shot that misses.
an closes the distance and clinches up with Gutz, looking for a takedown. an pushes Gutz against the cage but Gutz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick from an misses.
an moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
an fails with a takedown attempt.
Gutz misses with a low kick.
Gutz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gutz can't find room to land a body shot as an controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gutz.
Gutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gutz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
an goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gutz lands with a right to the head.
Gutz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
an misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
an has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Gutz clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Gutz tries to break free.
an missing with strikes from the back.
Gutz 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.
Gutz is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get an off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
You can see the frustration on Gutz's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
an is throwing strikes by Gutz counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Gutz regains half guard.
Gutz regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from an.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as an accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gutz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Gutz wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gutz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gutz pulls an in close to prevent any damage.
an is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
an throwing strikes from guard but Gutz blocks nicely.
Gutz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
an postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gutz wants to sweep but no luck.
an is looking to work some ground and pound but Gutz has wrist control.
Gutz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gutz looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
an is fighting to break Gutz's control of his arms but Gutz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Gutz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from an.
an postures up in Gutz's guard and throws a big left but Gutz blocks it.
Gutz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gutz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
an throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
an has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as an accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
an postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
an sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gutz's guard.
an tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gutz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
an lands strikes from half guard.
an moves into full mount! Gutz won't be happy about that!
an scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gutz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gutz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
an misses with a head shot.
an throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gutz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
an landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al an dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
an swings for the body but Gutz moves out of range.
an thows a leg kick but Gutz checks it
and Gutz counters with a solid body kick.
Gutz lands a nice looking body shot.
an swings for the body but Gutz moves out of range.
Gutz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gutz scores with a decent looking hook.
Gutz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
an tries to land a front kick but Gutz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gutz checks a leg kick.
A big right from Gutz misses.
Gutz lands a body shot.
an tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gutz defends well and an ends up having to push Gutz into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gutz misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz is trying to stall.
an tries to break the clinch but Gutz is controlling the position.
an tries to throw a body punch but Gutz avoids it by throwing an back against the cage.
Gutz lands a right hand that snaps the head of an backwards.
an is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by an.
an blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gutz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but an is keeping busy.
an stalling in the clinch but Gutz improves position.
an misses with a punch on the inside.
an throws a head punch that misses.
an goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gutz prevents it.
an is trying to drag Gutz to the mat but Gutz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al an. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gutz lands a left hand that snaps the head of an backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
an drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gutz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Al an seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
an slips under a jab.
Gutz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gutz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by an.
Gutz misses with a low kick.
an doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gutz counters with a left and a right that stings an.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gutz checks a leg kick.
Cormac Gutz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gutz.
an paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz tries to close the distance and clinch but an swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from an. Gutz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gutz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. an sees it coming and avoids it easily.
an tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gutz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
an blocks a jab.
Gutz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before an can pounce on him.
Gutz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gutz misses with a combination
and an counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutz pulls an in to control the position.
Gutz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
an is looking to work some ground and pound but Gutz has wrist control.
Gutz wants to sweep here but an controlling him for the moment.
an throwing strikes but missing.
an throws a strike but Gutz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gutz got a little sloppy there for a moment and an has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gutz has managed to get both his arms back between an's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Gutz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
an changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gutz tries to avoid it but an manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gutz to the ground. Gutz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
an shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gutz sprawls well. Gutz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. an gets slowly back to his feet.
Gutz punishes an's body with a nice straight punch.
an avoids the body shot from Gutz.
an takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
an keeps the fight on the outside.
an buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gutz moves into range and connects with a jab.
an looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al an. That's going to take a lot out of him.
an uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gutz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz looks to land a combination. an sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gutz looks to throw the jab but an is out of range.
an swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gutz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Gutz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice defenses there by Gutz.
an shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gutz as he avoids it easily.
an motions for Gutz to come forward. an throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
an throws a hook but Gutz avoids it easily.
an misses with a straight left.
Gutz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
an tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gutz defends well and an ends up having to push Gutz into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
an misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gutz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
an is trying to force a seperation but Gutz has the dominant position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gutz receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Gutz lands a left hand that snaps the head of an backwards.
an misses with a shot to the kidneys.
an looking to slow down the pace here.
Gutz working aggressively here.
Gutz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of an backwards.
Gutz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
an working aggressively here.
Gutz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gutz taking a breather.
an lands a shoulder strike.
an misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gutz pushes an back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
an swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gutz works on an's body with a couple of short punches.
Gutz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A body shot lands from Gutz.
Gutz can't find room to land a body shot as an controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Gutz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Gutz on the inside.
an's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
an is rocked!
Gutz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of ans head.
Oh an is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gutz swings wildly with an uppercut but an uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gutz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutz pushes an against the cage. Gutz is working some dirty boxing. Gutz pushes off with a quick right hook! an goes down! an tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Gutz moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormac Gutz!
Cormac Gutz is the new middleweight champion!
An out of breath Cormac Gutz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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