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FV #21 Game Time PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karl Pilkington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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168 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Pilkington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson lands a nice looking body kick.
Pilkington lands a nice shot that snaps Henderson's head back.
Henderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Pilkington is just out of range.
Pilkington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Pilkington blocks the leg kick.
Henderson is looking to chop away at Pilkington's legs.
Henderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pilkington cracks Henderson with a good jab.
Pilkington shoots in but Henderson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jeremy Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pilkington misses with a wild body shot.
Henderson scores with a jab to the head.
Henderson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henderson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pilkingtons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Henderson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Henderson.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Henderson 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pilkington throws out the jab.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pilkington.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Pilkington moves out of range of the body kick from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson throws a body kick that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Pilkington has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pilkington takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Henderson slips under a jab.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pilkington.
Henderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pilkington is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Henderson. That's going to slow Pilkington down.
Pilkington dodges the punch combination from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a left hand
and Pilkington counters with a three punch combo that has Henderson backing up. Henderson nods at Pilkington to acknowledge the strikes.
Henderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pilkington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pilkington scores with a three punch combo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pilkington moves out of range of the body kick from Henderson.
Some wild striking there from Pilkington.
Nice jab there from Pilkington.
Henderson connects with a single shot there.
Henderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pilkington.
Henderson throws out a powerful jab.
Henderson throws an off balance right hand
and Pilkington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pilkington tries for a takedown. No joy.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pilkington blocks an uppercut.
Pilkington tries to score a body lock takedown but Henderson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl Pilkington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pilkington has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Henderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Henderson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Henderson is pressed up against the cage. Pilkington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Henderson down to the mat. Henderson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick and Pilkington moves out of range easily.
Henderson lands with a straight right. Pilkington didn't see that one coming.
Jeremy Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pilkington blocks a leg kick.
Henderson gets caught napping as Pilkington dives in and scores a takedown. Henderson manages to retain guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Henderson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pilkington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pilkington is pushing down on Henderson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Henderson is fighting to maintain full guard but Pilkington has managed to sneak the leg through.
Henderson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Henderson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson actively working from the bottom here.
Henderson has hold of Pilkington's hands but Pilkington slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson gets full guard.
Pilkington controlling from the top position.
Pilkington has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Henderson has his foot on Pilkington's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pilkington works his way back into a safe position though.
Pilkington landing with the ground and pound.
Pilkington scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Pilkington working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Pilkington trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Karl Pilkington will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pilkington looks to score with a jab to the body but Henderson is just out of range.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Pilkington avoids it well.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick and Pilkington moves out of range easily.
Pilkington falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Henderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Henderson scores with a decent looking hook.
Henderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Pilkington should have avoided that one.
Sloppy strikes from Pilkington. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Henderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Henderson.
Pilkington throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pilkington throws a lazy right hand but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
Pilkington fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Henderson avoids it really well and circles away.
Henderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Pilkington moved out of range nicely.
Pilkington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jeremy Henderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pilkington shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Henderson eats them both and turns towards Pilkington to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pilkington cracks Henderson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pilkington staying out of range there.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Pilkington sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pilkington slips a jab and a cross from Henderson.
Henderson slips a jab and a cross from Pilkington.
Pilkington shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Henderson defends it nicely.
Henderson dodges the punch combination from Pilkington.
Henderson throws the left hand but Pilkington avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pilkington misses the shot to the body.
Pilkington misses with a hook. Henderson ducked under it nicely.
Pilkington scores with a one two! Henderson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pilkington scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pilkington ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
Henderson cracks a nice hook into Pilkington's ribs.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Pilkington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson motions for Pilkington to come forward. Henderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karl Pilkington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson lands a leg kick that knocks Pilkington off balance momentarily.
Pilkington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pilkington scores with a body shot.
Henderson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pilkington takes a step back to recover.
Pilkington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pilkington's hands.
Henderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Pilkington uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Pilkington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Henderson throws a body punch but Pilkington moves out of range.
Pilkington swinging wildly here.
Pilkington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henderson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Pilkington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pilkington tests Henderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pilkington tries to bum rush Henderson with a series of wild strikes but Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pilkington looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pilkington.
Pilkington looks to score with a jab to the body but Henderson is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a low kick, looking for Pilkington's leg but Pilkington calmly moves out of range.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick and Pilkington moves out of range easily.
Pilkington defending well as Henderson loads up on a big left hand.
Henderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A punch lands to the side of Pilkington 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big left from Henderson misses.
Pilkington cracks Henderson with an open hand slap.
A slapping leg kick lands for Henderson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henderson lands a leg kick that knocks Pilkington off balance momentarily.
Pilkington tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pilkington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Pilkington connects with a jab.
Henderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jeremy Henderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Pilkington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Pilkington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Henderson trying to stall but Pilkington improves his position.
Pilkington blocks an uppercut.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Pilkington blocking some punches.
Henderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Pilkington gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Pilkington keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pilkington swinging wildly here.
Henderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pilkington moves away.
Henderson throws a looping overhand right but Pilkington ducks down to avoid it.
Henderson is looking to chop away at Pilkington's legs.
Pilkington drops Henderson with a right and a left! Pilkington comes rushing in but Henderson regains his composure and manages to keep Pilkington in guard.
Henderson is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pilkington is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Henderson is still in real trouble! Can Pilkington finish him?
Pilkington is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pilkington is in close to Henderson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pilkington scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henderson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Pilkington has passed into half guard!
Henderson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pilkington pulls his head out easily.
Henderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pilkington scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pilkington drops an elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Pilkington working the head and body with strikes.
Pilkington passes to side control.
A big shot lands for Pilkington! That's hurt Henderson! Will he recover? Pilkington fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Pilkington!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Redban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teddy Bass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redban's entrance music is M83 - Midnight City. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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144 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Redban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teddy Bass!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redban jabs Bass right on the nose. Bass blinks but takes it well.
Bass misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Redban throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Redban cracks Bass with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Redban throws a good cross that connects.
Nice takedown defense from Redban. No joy for Bass on that attempt.
Redban misses with a series of wild punches.
Bass is trying hard to land a takedown here. Redban sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Redban throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bass.
Bass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Horrible takedown by Bass or perhaps it was just good defense by Redban which made him look bad.
Brian Redban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teddy Bass.
A combination from Bass does no damage.
Redban pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bass.
Bass clobbers Redban with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Redban jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bass.
Bass takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Redban throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bass avoids the body shot from Redban.
Redban throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Redban misses with a jab, cross combination.
Redban rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Redban tries to land a front kick but Bass steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bass throws a lazy right hand but Redban sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bass has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bass closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Redban did well to prevent Bass getting side control.
Redban is defending against the submission attempts here by Bass.
Bass seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Redban does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Redban keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redban is trying to get back to full guard.
Redban wants to control but Bass is keeping busy.
Redban is trying to get back to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redban is working hard here to advance position.
Redban trying to control from the bottom.
Redban wants to control but Bass passes into side.
Redban is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bass looks up at the clock and then as Redban takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bass smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ground and pound from Bass seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Redban tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bass is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Redban knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bass working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Redban is looking to regain half guard here but Bass keeps moving and retains side control.
Redban is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bass lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bass cracks Redban with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bass misses with the ground and pound.
Redban manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redban wants to take a breather but Bass is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bass manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Redban avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bass is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bass is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bass is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bass looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Redban puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teddy Bass dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Redban lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Redban swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bass.
Redban throws an off balance right hand
and Bass counters with a takedown into side control.
Bass misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bass tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bass has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bass advances nicely into full mount.
Bass wants to control but instead Redban manages to regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bass working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Redban is looking to improve his position.
Redban is positioning himself well to prevent Bass advancing to mount.
Bass trying to control the action but Redban is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redban wants to control but Bass is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Redban looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bass wants to pass the guard but Redban is defending well.
Bass wants to control but Redban is keeping him busy.
Bass tries to pass to full mount but Redban defends it.
Redban wants to get back to full guard.
Bass tries to pass to full mount but Redban defends it.
Bass has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bass is looking to take a break and control but Redban is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bass is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bass lands strikes from half guard.
Redban is looking for a sweep. Bass is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bass not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bass is working for a kimura but Redban is defending it quite comfortably.
Redban is not content to let Bass control the position.
Redban is looking to improve his position.
Redban slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bass wants to control from the top but Redban keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bass trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Redban throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bass trying to control the position from guard on top but Redban is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bass trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bass content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Redban manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bass manages to get himself to full guard.
Bass looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Redban has picked Bass up and slammed him! Bass can't keep hold of the triangle and Redban manages to pass to side control!
Redban trying to control the position but Bass is working away.
Redban is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bass knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bass is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redban is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bass is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bass sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bass is defending against the submission attempts here by Redban.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Redban trying to control from half guard but Bass is working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bass regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Redban.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teddy Bass showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Redban's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Redban scores with a punch to the head.
Redban loads up on a big right hand but Bass slips the punch.
Bass throws a head kick that misses.
Bass shoots in looking for a takedown. Redban tries to sprawl out of it but Bass keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Redban manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bass lands a head shot.
Bass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Redban misses.
Redban misses with a left hand
and Bass counters with a solid body kick.
Bass takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bass slips under a jab from Redban.
Bass slips under a jab from Redban.
Bass takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bass tries a head kick but it misses.
Redban tries to sprawl but Bass drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Teddy Bass has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redban is defending against the submission attempts here by Bass.
Bass controlling the action here.
Redban trying to control from the bottom.
Redban is refusing to be controlled, as Bass sits in half guard.
Redban is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bass is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Redban sees it coming and defends easily.
Redban trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bass thows a huge punch but Redban dodges it nicely.
Redban looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bass is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bass is looking for a kimura here.
Redban holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Redban trying to hold on to Bass's head to control him but Bass postures up.
Brian Redban has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bass is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bass wants to control but Redban is keeping him busy.
Bass is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Redban has managed to free his arm - good work.
Redban is trying to control but can't.
Redban gets full guard.
Bass trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bass in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bass wants to pass the guard but Redban is keeping the position.
Redban keeping moving, preventing Bass from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bass chips away with some ground and pound.
Redban not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Redban wants to sweep but no luck.
Bass postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redban is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bass defends well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bass connects with a couple of short punches.
Bass trying to control the position from guard on top but Redban 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bass is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teddy Bass comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bass 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teddy Bass!
Teddy Bass decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Steel Penn Alliance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner comes to the cage accompanied by Hooty Tooty. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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31
199 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
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24
201 lbs
5 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, The Steel Penn Alliance!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel Penn Alliance goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Steel Penn Alliance takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A shot to the liver by Tanner. Beautiful body shot.
Tanner throws a shot from downtown. Steel Penn Alliance moves away and avoids it.
Steel Penn Alliance uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tanner.
Tanner throws a shot from downtown. Steel Penn Alliance moves away and avoids it.
Tanner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Steel Penn Alliance shoots in but Tanner avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Steel Penn Alliance pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tanner misses the jab.
Tanner throws a lazy uppercut
and Steel Penn Alliance counters with a nice leg kick.
Tanner blocks a head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tanner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Steel Penn Alliance takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel Penn Alliance misses with a head kick.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tanner missing with a left hand there. Steel Penn Alliance was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steel Penn Alliance misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good exchange - Tanner coming out on top.
Tanner is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That kick from Steel Penn Alliance tenderised Tanner's leg. Tanner is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tanner connects with a body shot.
Tanner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Steel Penn Alliance takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tanner misses the jab.
Mark Tanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Steel Penn Alliance throws an overhand right that lands on Tanner's shoulder, as Tanner tries to avoid the shot.
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tanner throws a right hand that misses
and Steel Penn Alliance makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tanner really felt that one!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Tanner.
Tanner connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner scores with the left hand. Steel Penn Alliance knows he should have avoided that one.
Tanner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tanner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tanner.
Tanner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tanner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance looks for the body kick but Tanner saw that one coming.
Tanner takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A big right from Tanner misses.
Steel Penn Alliance bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Steel Penn Alliance looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tanner goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Steel Penn Alliance has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Tanner but great work by Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner is pushing Steel Penn Alliance's head away, looking to escape. Steel Penn Alliance manages to hold on to the position though.
The ground and pound from Steel Penn Alliance seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Steel Penn Alliance tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tanner manages to work his way to half guard, despite Steel Penn Alliance's best efforts.
Tanner is looking to improve his position.
Steel Penn Alliance moves into full mount! Tanner won't be happy about that!
Steel Penn Alliance seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Tanner is holding on tight.
Tanner bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Steel Penn Alliance tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tanner looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner trying to control the position from guard on top but Steel Penn Alliance is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Steel Penn Alliance looking for a sweep. Not yet Steel Penn Alliance, not yet.
Tanner working some strikes from top position.
Tanner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steel Penn Alliance wants to sweep but no luck.
Tanner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Steel Penn Alliance escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tanner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tanner throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner trying to control but Steel Penn Alliance is working from the bottom.
Steel Penn Alliance tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Tanner dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tanner throws a jab but it's blocked by Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner connects with a crisp jab.
Steel Penn Alliance moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tanner.
Mark Tanner is winning the standup battle so far.
Tanner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steel Penn Alliance steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tanner.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tanner. That's going to slow Steel Penn Alliance down.
Tanner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Steel Penn Alliance makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tanner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tanner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steel Penn Alliance slips under a jab from Tanner.
Steel Penn Alliance walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tanner scores with a nice head shot.
Tanner swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tanner tries to clinch up but Steel Penn Alliance circles away and keeps his distance.
Tanner throws a nice looking combination but Steel Penn Alliance bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Tanner.
Steel Penn Alliance avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tanner connects with a body shot that sends Steel Penn Alliance's belly button to the back.
A telegraphed right hand from Tanner misses the target.
A head kick misses from Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance thows a leg kick but Tanner checks it
and Tanner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tanner throws a lazy right hand but Steel Penn Alliance sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tanner throws a lazy right hand but Steel Penn Alliance sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steel Penn Alliance, as that shot connected.
Tanner throws a big shot that misses.
Tanner misses with a hook.
Steel Penn Alliance bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel Penn Alliance turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steel Penn Alliance moves out of range of the strikes.
Tanner misses with a hook. Steel Penn Alliance ducked under it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Tanner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tanner cracks Steel Penn Alliance with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steel Penn Alliance tries a head kick but it misses.
Steel Penn Alliance takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanner tries to clinch but Steel Penn Alliance is having none of it.
Tanner throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Steel Penn Alliance is defended easily by Tanner.
Steel Penn Alliance bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tanner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner works over Steel Penn Alliance's head and body with a nice combination.
Steel Penn Alliance stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tanner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner swings widly with a right hand
and Steel Penn Alliance counters with a leg kick.
Steel Penn Alliance walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tanner tries to clinch but Steel Penn Alliance is having none of it.
Tanner connects with a single shot there.
Steel Penn Alliance 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.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a jab but it's blocked by Tanner.
Tanner throws a low kick but it's checked well by Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner misses with an uppercut.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a wild body kick that Tanner sees coming a mile off.
Tanner sizes up Steel Penn Alliance with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel Penn Alliance swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steel Penn Alliance walks into a left hand.
Steel Penn Alliance uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tanner.
Tanner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Tanner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a head kick but Tanner moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel Penn Alliance uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tanner.
Steel Penn Alliance misses with a leg kick.
Steel Penn Alliance avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steel Penn Alliance lands a head kick. Tanner smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel Penn Alliance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tanner throws a lazy uppercut
and Steel Penn Alliance finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Tanner scoring well with a low kick there.
Tanner misses with a looping left.
Tanner missing with a left hand there. Steel Penn Alliance was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steel Penn Alliance blocks a head kick by Tanner.
Tanner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tanner lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Steel Penn Alliance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Tanner dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tanner throws a hook to the side of Steel Penn Alliance's head but Steel Penn Alliance sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel Penn Alliance loads up on a big right hand but Tanner slips the punch.
Steel Penn Alliance moves out of range as Tanner strikes.
Steel Penn Alliance has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice shot lands for Tanner.
Tanner moves out of range as Steel Penn Alliance throws a body kick.
Steel Penn Alliance blocks a head kick by Tanner.
Tanner blocks a head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
A swing and a miss from Tanner.
Tanner cracks Steel Penn Alliance with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tanner tries to clinch there but Steel Penn Alliance circles away.
Steel Penn Alliance drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a lazy head kick
and Tanner counters with a straight right hand.
Tanner throws a jab when Steel Penn Alliance was well out of range.
Steel Penn Alliance scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tanner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner scores with a nice right hand.
Tanner connects with the punch.
Jab by Tanner.
Tanner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tanner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Steel Penn Alliance on the side of the head.
Steel Penn Alliance is rocked!
Steel Penn Alliance misses with a low kick.
Steel Penn Alliance is still on wobbly legs! Can Tanner finish him?
Tanner blocks a head kick by Steel Penn Alliance.
Tanner slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Steel Penn Alliance misses with a body kick.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel Penn Alliance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tanner slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tanner thuds a left hand into Steel Penn Alliance's body.
Steel Penn Alliance takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel Penn Alliance sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel Penn Alliance throws a wild body kick that Tanner sees coming a mile off.
and Tanner counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Steel Penn Alliance! He's just covering up as Tanner starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Tanner!
Mark Tanner decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orville Redenbacher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingsley Ciprut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redenbacher kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Danger Zone. 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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220 lbs
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31
215 lbs
16 - 11 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Orville Redenbacher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kingsley Ciprut!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Redenbacher misses
and Ciprut counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Redenbacher throws a leg kick
and Ciprut counters by clinching up.
Redenbacher takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ciprut lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ciprut's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Redenbacher letting Ciprut take a breather here.
Ciprut makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Redenbacher scores with a shot to the side of Ciprut's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redenbacher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut has Redenbacher pressed against the cage, preventing Redenbacher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ciprut lands a left hand that snaps the head of Redenbacher backwards.
Redenbacher throws a punch but it's blocked by Ciprut.
Redenbacher tries to throw a body punch but Ciprut avoids it by throwing Redenbacher back against the cage.
Ciprut lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ciprut misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redenbacher lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redenbacher takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Orville Redenbacher has been cut.
Redenbacher can't find room to land a body shot as Ciprut controls the action.
Ciprut lands a knee to the head.
Redenbacher takes an elbow to the temple.
Ciprut lands a shot to the body.
Ciprut blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redenbacher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redenbacher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Redenbacher lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ciprut blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redenbacher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redenbacher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redenbacher has a couple of punches blocked by Ciprut.
Redenbacher misses with a punch to the body.
Redenbacher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Redenbacher throws a punch but it's blocked by Ciprut.
Redenbacher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciprut tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ciprut.
Redenbacher blocks the elbow strike.
Ciprut blocking some punches.
Redenbacher managing to block the knees to the body from Ciprut.
Redenbacher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ciprut blocks an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ciprut.
Ciprut leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ciprut lands a damaging elbow.
Ciprut doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Redenbacher.
Ciprut blocks a body shot from Redenbacher.
Redenbacher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redenbacher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Redenbacher misses with a punch on the inside.
Ciprut misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Ciprut.
Redenbacher misses with a punch to the body.
Ciprut goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Redenbacher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Redenbacher can't find room to land a body shot as Ciprut controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Redenbacher fails to land.
Ciprut utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ciprut.
Orville Redenbacher's cut is getting worse.
Ciprut misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ciprut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Redenbacher is defending well for now.
Redenbacher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Redenbacher works on Ciprut's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ciprut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut blocking some punches.
Ciprut struggles to land a body shot inside as Redenbacher controls his hands.
Ciprut throws a head punch that misses.
Ciprut prevents Redenbacher from breaking the clinch.
Ciprut with a knee to the head.
Redenbacher can't find room to land a body shot as Ciprut controls the action.
Ciprut blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Redenbacher.
Redenbacher lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Redenbacher.
Redenbacher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Redenbacher digs a right hand into Ciprut's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ciprut's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Redenbacher.
Ciprut looks winded!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Redenbacher avoids it.
Ciprut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Redenbacher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Orville Redenbacher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Orville Redenbacher's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Redenbacher throws a body punch but Ciprut moves out of range.
Redenbacher lands a lovely overhand right.
Ciprut misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ciprut avoids the body shot from Redenbacher.
Redenbacher fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ciprut.
Redenbacher just misses with a punch to the body.
Redenbacher instigates a clinch.
Redenbacher lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ciprut backwards.
Ciprut gets through Redenbacher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ciprut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Redenbacher is defending well for now.
Redenbacher struggles to land a body shot inside as Ciprut controls his hands.
Redenbacher misses with some punches.
Redenbacher avoiding damage as Ciprut throws knees to the body.
Redenbacher lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciprut scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciprut pushes off an throws an elbow but Redenbacher leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Redenbacher misses with a punch on the inside.
Ciprut misses with a knee to the head.
Redenbacher scores with a shoulder strike.
Redenbacher takes a knee right on the jaw!
Redenbacher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redenbacher tries to work over Ciprut's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ciprut tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Redenbacher's elbow.
Ciprut taking a breather.
Redenbacher misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ciprut fails to land.
Redenbacher digs a right hand underneath Ciprut's ribcage. Ciprut let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ciprut misses with a body punch.
Redenbacher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ciprut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Orville Redenbacher has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut swings wildly with an uppercut but Redenbacher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redenbacher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciprut's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Redenbacher as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Redenbacher.
Ciprut is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ciprut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Redenbacher's brow.
Ciprut's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Redenbacher tries a body shot but Ciprut blocks it.
Ciprut tries to work over Redenbacher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Redenbacher breaks the clinch.
Orville Redenbacher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redenbacher lands with an overhand left.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ciprut in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Redenbacher lands a big uppercut and Ciprut crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ciprut looks OK. Redenbacher waves Ciprut back to his feet!
Ciprut is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Redenbacher.
Ciprut is still on wobbly legs! Can Redenbacher finish him?
Redenbacher misses the shot to the body.
Redenbacher throws a body punch but Ciprut moves out of range.
Redenbacher misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redenbacher lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Ciprut is looking to close the distance but Redenbacher sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Ciprut crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Ciprut is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Orville Redenbacher!
Our winner, Orville Redenbacher, 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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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handly comes to the cage accompanied by You Dropped a bomb on me. Worthy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Drop the world. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marlon Worthy!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handly fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Worthy sprawls well initially but Handly persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Handly tries to pass the half guard into mount. Worthy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Worthy is controlling Handly's trapped leg to prevent Handly from advancing to side control.
Handly is looking for a kimura here.
Worthy wants to control but Handly is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Handly thows a huge punch but Worthy dodges it nicely.
Handly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Handly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Worthy's head.
Handly misses with a head shot. Worthy uses the momentum to regain guard.
Handly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly throws a big right hand that misses.
Worthy wants to sweep here but Handly controlling him for the moment.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Handly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Handly landing with the ground and pound.
Handly works over Worthy with some ground and pound from guard.
Worthy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Handly 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.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Handly throws a big right hand that misses.
Handly working some strikes from top position.
Worthy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Handly is one step ahead there.
Worthy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Handly.
Handly throws an elbow that misses. Worthy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Handly's guard. Nice move by Worthy!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worthy stops Handly from standing up.
Worthy looking to pass the guard.
Handly is adopting a defensive guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly looking to control.
Worthy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Handly looking for a sweep. Not yet Handly, not yet.
Handly being controlled here, momentarily.
Charles Handly has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Handly blocks the leg kick.
Worthy misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Handly.
Handly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Handly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Worthy swivels and escapes.
Handly doesn't manage to clinch there - Worthy circles away.
Handly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Handly tries to land a leg kick but Worthy saw it coming and moves away.
Worthy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Handly has a takedown stuffed.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Worthy 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 Handly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Handly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worthy cracks Handly with a good jab.
Handly throws a series of punches but Worthy moves out of range.
Handly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Handly dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Handly tries to close the distance and clinch but Worthy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Handly misses with a head kick.
Handly takes a swing at Worthy's ribcage but misses.
Handly misses with a wild body shot.
Handly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Worthy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Handly looks for the body kick but Worthy saw that one coming.
Worthy motions for Handly to come forward. Worthy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Handly scores with a takedown into Worthy's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Worthy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Worthy controlling Handly's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Worthy blocks nicely.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Worthy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Handly is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Handly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Charles Handly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Handly is working Worthy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Handly looking to sit in guard and control but Worthy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Worthy controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly is trying to keep Worthy in close.
Handly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Worthy trying to control but Handly is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Handly looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Worthy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Handly keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Handly is trying to stand up here but Worthy is controlling him well.
Handly trying to control but Worthy postures up.
Well, if Worthy is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Marlon Worthy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Handly tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthy tries to keep at a distance but Handly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Worthy throws a punch but it's blocked by Handly.
Worthy leaning against his opponent.
Worthy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Worthy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Worthy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Charles Handly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Handly throws a right and a left that Worthy avoids nicely.
Handly fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Handly doesn't manage to clinch there - Worthy circles away.
Worthy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Handly misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Handly dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Worthy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Handly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Charles Handly is winning the standup battle so far.
Handly misses with a leg kick
and Worthy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Handly's knee momentarily.
Handly misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Handly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Handly throws a right hand that Worthy ducks under and follows up with a left that Worthy also avoids with ease.
Worthy throws a lazy uppercut
and Handly counters with a left and a right that stings Worthy.
Handly throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A low kick from Handly misses
and Worthy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Handly misses with a kick to the body.
Handly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Worthy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Handly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Handly fails to land.
Worthy gets through Handly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Handly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Worthy.
Worthy blocks an uppercut.
Worthy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Handly.
Worthy works on Handly's body with a couple of short punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Worthy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Handly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Handly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Handly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Handly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Handly shoots in but Worthy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Handly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly has Worthy up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worthy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Handly misses with a knee strike.
Worthy breaks from the clinch.
Charles Handly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big left from Handly misses.
Worthy staying out of range there.
Worthy throws a body punch but Handly moves out of range.
Handly blocks a leg kick.
Worthy throws a head kick that misses.
Handly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Worthy counters with a stiff right hand.
Handly throws a leg kick but Worthy moved away.
Worthy tries to land a leg kick but Handly saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Worthy did well to prevent Handly getting side control.
Handly thows a huge punch but Worthy dodges it nicely.
Worthy wants to get back to full guard.
Handly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Worthy keeps working.
Handly trying to advance position but Worthy counters by regaining guard.
Handly slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Handly trying to control the position from guard on top but Worthy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Charles Handly.
Worthy takes a swing at Handly's ribcage but misses.
Charles Handly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Handly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Handly throws a series of punches but Worthy moves out of range.
Handly throws a sloppy head kick and Worthy moves out of range easily.
Worthy lands a nice hook to Handly's body. Handly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Handly misses with a combination
and Worthy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Handly tries to move into range but Worthy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marlon Worthy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Handly thows a body kick. Worthy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Charles Handly.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Handly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Handly!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Charles Handly waved his t-shirt featuring [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bang Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardiner Wright Blackwood has chosen War is the Answer 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bang Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Bang digs a good body shot into Gardiner Wright Blackwood's ribs.
Bang looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a jab when Bang was well out of range.
Bang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gardiner Wright Blackwood backs up against the cage.
It looks like Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bang. Gardiner Wright Blackwood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bang 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 Gardiner Wright Blackwood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gardiner Wright Blackwood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bang misses the shot to the body.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood looks to land a right hand but Bang moved out of range.
Bang fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood's coach down at BLACKSMITH GYM - THE 25 Coach Las Vegas Mega-Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gardiner Wright Blackwood's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang looks to land a right hand but Gardiner Wright Blackwood moved out of range.
Bang Bang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood lands with a good body shot.
Good exchange - Gardiner Wright Blackwood coming out on top.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Bang is just out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bangs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gardiner Wright Blackwood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bang misses with a hook
and Gardiner Wright Blackwood counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood trying to control but Bang is working from the bottom.
Bang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood content to stall in guard here.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood trying to control the position from guard on top but Bang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Hildebrand Gardiner Wright Blackwood wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice shot by Bang.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang scores with a body shot.
Bang moves away from the strike by Gardiner Wright Blackwood.
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bang swings for the body but Gardiner Wright Blackwood moves out of range.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood misses with a wild body shot.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bang throws out the jab.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Bang to counter with a crisp jab.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bang counters with an inside leg kick.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood throws a poor cross that misses
and Bang makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bang. Gardiner Wright Blackwood 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!
Nice shot lands for Bang.
Gardiner Wright Blackwood gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Bang gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Gardiner Wright Blackwood is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bang Bang!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damien Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ford Prefect (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prefect has chosen For Whom The Bell Tolls as his entrance music. Damien Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ford Prefect!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a head kick but Prefect moves out of range.
Prefect feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Prefect wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
Prefect stands and throws Garcia's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prefect wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Prefect goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Garcia has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Prefect but great work by Garcia.
Prefect tries to bench press Garcia off him but Garcia keeps the position.
Garcia working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Garcia trying to control the position but Prefect is working away.
Prefect tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prefect is still trying to improve position.
Garcia trying to control the action but Prefect is working from the bottom.
Garcia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Garcia working the body and head with strikes.
Garcia landing strikes.
Prefect tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garcia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prefect keeps working.
Garcia is really struggling to control Prefect but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Garcia wants to stand but Prefect has his arm trapped.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prefect manages to work his way to half guard, despite Garcia's best efforts.
Prefect is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Garcia pulls his head out easily.
Prefect looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia is trying to control the action in half guard but Prefect is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Prefect manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Prefect keeps moving.
Garcia is working Prefect over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Prefect is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prefect tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prefect is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garcia defends well.
Garcia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Prefect is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Prefect working for a triangle but Garcia defends it easily.
Prefect tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garcia chips away with some ground and pound.
Prefect lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Garcia!
Garcia regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prefect is working for an americana but Garcia has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Prefect was thinking about the submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prefect trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Prefect pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcia is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prefect stands and throws Garcia's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ford Prefect will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Prefect bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia lands a lovely overhand right.
Prefect looking to score a takedown here. Garcia is defending well but Prefect drives through and ends up in Garcia's guard.
Prefect stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garcia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Prefect from controlling successfully.
Prefect tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Prefect has gone for a leg lock! Garcia slips out almost immediately though and dives into Prefect's guard.
Prefect has his foot on Garcia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Garcia works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia advances position into side control!
Ford Prefect has got the better of the ground game so far.
Prefect is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Prefect tries to improve position but can't.
Garcia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garcia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Prefect is trying to improve his position.
Garcia is working Prefect over with some ground and pound from side control.
Prefect is trying to improve his position.
Garcia is trying to get an arm triangle but Prefect is defending well.
Garcia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prefect gets back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prefect is looking to improve his position.
Garcia is keen to just control but Prefect is a slippery customer.
Prefect manages to get to full guard.
Prefect looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Garcia passes into half guard.
Garcia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Prefect with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prefect is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garcia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Prefect with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garcia scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Garcia is trying to control the action in half guard but Prefect is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Garcia connects with a nice short shot to Prefect's temple.
Prefect looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Prefect works his way to full guard. Good work.
Garcia passes into half guard.
Garcia stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Prefect counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Prefect takes one to the side of the head.
Garcia throws a right and a left that Prefect avoids nicely.
Garcia swings for the body but Prefect moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Garcia throws a wild body kick that Prefect sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Garcia finds it's way through Prefect's defenses.
Prefect fails with a takedown attempt.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Prefect misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia throws the left hand but Prefect avoids the punch easily.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Prefect takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Garcia dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Garcia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Prefect lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Prefect on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garcia digs a good hook to Prefect's body.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prefect was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Prefect shoots and misses
and Garcia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prefect moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Prefect takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prefect takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Prefect swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prefect walks into a jab.
Garcia scores with a nice strike.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damien Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but Prefect slips the punch.
Prefect just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Prefect moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Prefect shoots in for a double leg but Garcia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Garcia is looking to wear down Prefect with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Prefect shoots for a takedown but Garcia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Damien Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ford Prefect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garcia jabs at Prefect's body.
Garcia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prefect keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Prefect.
Prefect on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garcia pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Prefect back to the cage. Garcia follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Prefect slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Prefect.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Prefect doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia connects with a nice looking jab.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcia scores with a jab to the head.
Prefect shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Prefect seems to be looking for submissions.
Prefect is working for a kimura but Garcia is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prefect wants to advance to full mount but Garcia doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Prefect looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prefect drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Garcia dives on top into guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Garcia has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Garcia!
Our winner, Damien Garcia, 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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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko McCracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Foles (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mirko McCracken!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Foles!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foles lands an overhand right.
Foles has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as McCracken is landing a low percentage of strikes.
McCracken misses with a combination
and Foles counters with a straight right hand.
Foles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Foles connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCracken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Foles lunges at McCracken with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McCracken's hand.
McCracken looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McCracken falls off balance throwing a combination
and Foles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCracken lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
McCracken throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Foles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Foles tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCracken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCracken on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McCracken tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for McCracken.
Foles lands a big uppercut and McCracken crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but McCracken looks OK. Foles waves McCracken 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!
McCracken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McCracken throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Foles counters with a big right hand! Oh McCracken is in trouble here! Foles follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Foles!
Nick Foles is the new super heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Nick Foles thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Karev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emelianenko comes to the cage accompanied by Enea Vollare Mezzo. Fedor Emelianenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Oleg Karev!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karev lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've been told by Emelianenko's head coaches at Johny Fighting Temple that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Emelianenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karev.
Emelianenko throws a hook but Karev blocks it.
Emelianenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emelianenko throws an off balance right hand
and Karev counters with a body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Emelianenko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karev slips a straight right by Emelianenko.
Karev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emelianenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Emelianenko shoots in looking for a takedown. Karev tries to sprawl out of it but Emelianenko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Karev manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Karev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oleg Karev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko blocks a head kick by Karev.
A lazy body kick from Karev
and Emelianenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Karev swings for the body but Emelianenko moves out of range.
Karev is looking to clinch but Emelianenko is avoiding it.
Emelianenko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karev counters with a stiff right hand.
Emelianenko throws a right hand that misses
and Karev counters with a head kick. That will keep Emelianenko thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Emelianenko.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Emelianenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emelianenko connects with a looping right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Emelianenko. Those never looked like landing.
Karev slips a jab from Emelianenko.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Emelianenko, as that shot connected.
Emelianenko misses with a hook
and Karev counters with a nice uppercut.
Karev throws a looping overhand right but Emelianenko ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Karev makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Karev cracks Emelianenko with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Karev has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Emelianenko to stand back up!
Emelianenko is rocked!
It looks like Fedor Emelianenko has been cut.
Karev lands an uppercut, right on the button! Emelianenko tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oleg Karev!
Oleg Karev spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ole Solseng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solseng has chosen Iron Horse - Hero of the Day as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ole Solseng!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali Baba Mohammed fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Solseng sprawls well initially but Ali Baba Mohammed persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ali Baba Mohammed missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ali Baba Mohammed wants to lay and pray for a moment but Solseng keeps working.
Solseng pushes Ali Baba Mohammed off looking to stand but Ali Baba Mohammed dives back in and keeps control.
Ali Baba Mohammed is controlling the pace.
Ali Baba Mohammed trying to control from half guard but Solseng is working away.
Solseng slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Solseng looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Solseng can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ali Baba Mohammed controls the pace.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solseng trying to control the position.
Ali Baba Mohammed prevents Solseng from getting back to his feet.
Solseng manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Solseng looking to control but Ali Baba Mohammed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Solseng prevents Ali Baba Mohammed from getting the reversal.
Solseng sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ali Baba Mohammed wants to control but Solseng is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solseng wants to control the pace but Ali Baba Mohammed is squirming around nicely.
Ali Baba Mohammed is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ali Baba Mohammed wants to hold on but Solseng pushes him away.
Solseng wants to control the pace but Ali Baba Mohammed is squirming around nicely.
Solseng controlling from the full mount.
Solseng can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ali Baba Mohammed is looking to escape.
Solseng controlling from the full mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ole Solseng wasn't active enough on the ground.
Solseng keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Solseng has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ali Baba Mohammed dodges the punch combination from Solseng.
Ali Baba Mohammed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Solseng.
Solseng missing with a left hand there. Ali Baba Mohammed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ali Baba Mohammed avoids the body shot from Solseng.
Solseng scores with a punch to the head.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a body punch but Solseng moves out of range.
Ali Baba Mohammed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ali Baba Mohammed dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solseng rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ali Baba Mohammed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solseng takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Ole Solseng has been cut.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a right and a left that Solseng avoids nicely.
Solseng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali Baba Mohammed .
A jab from Ali Baba Mohammed misses.
Ali Baba Mohammed looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ali Baba Mohammed with a hook.
Solseng throws a hook but Ali Baba Mohammed avoids it easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed slips a straight right by Solseng.
Ali Baba Mohammed scores with a jab to the head.
Solseng avoids the body shot from Ali Baba Mohammed .
A big left from Solseng misses.
Solseng throws a lazy head kick
so Ali Baba Mohammed counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Solseng wants to stand but Ali Baba Mohammed is controlling the position.
Ali Baba Mohammed slips nicely into half guard.
Solseng is refusing to be controlled, as Ali Baba Mohammed sits in half guard.
Solseng won't allow Ali Baba Mohammed to pass to mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ali Baba Mohammed not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ali Baba Mohammed seems to be looking for submissions.
Ali Baba Mohammed seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ole Solseng's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Solseng scores with a nice body kick.
Solseng scores with a decent looking hook.
Ali Baba Mohammed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ali Baba Mohammed shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Solseng as he avoids it easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed takes a swing at Solseng's ribcage but misses.
Solseng scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Solseng just misses with a punch to the body.
Solseng fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ali Baba Mohammed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Solseng missing with a left hand there. Ali Baba Mohammed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Solseng looks to throw the jab but Ali Baba Mohammed is out of range.
Solseng lands with an overhand left.
Solseng fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Solseng takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ali Baba Mohammed closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Solseng is looking to get back to full guard here but Ali Baba Mohammed has managed to pass to side control instead.
Solseng is trying to buck Ali Baba Mohammed off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed is trying to get an arm triangle but Solseng is defending well.
Solseng manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ali Baba Mohammed 's best efforts.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Solseng to regain full guard.
Solseng looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Solseng keeping moving, preventing Ali Baba Mohammed from controlling successfully.
Solseng is trying to keep Ali Baba Mohammed in close.
Ali Baba Mohammed stopping the sweep attempt from Solseng.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed pushes down on Solseng's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ground and pound from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Solseng has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ali Baba Mohammed is working away from the top position though.
Solseng avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ali Baba Mohammed not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Solseng tries to roll over but Ali Baba Mohammed keeps him under control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ali Baba Mohammed is nestled in close to Solseng, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ali Baba Mohammed moves nicely into side control.
Solseng is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solseng tries to buck Ali Baba Mohammed off but Ali Baba Mohammed is having none of it.
Ali Baba Mohammed connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Solseng some visible discomfort.
Ali Baba Mohammed landing a few strikes.
Solseng is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ali Baba Mohammed working the ground and pound.
Ali Baba Mohammed landing a few strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Solseng is looking to reverse the position.
Solseng is trying to get back to his feet.
Solseng avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ali Baba Mohammed working the head and body with strikes.
Solseng looks to move to half guard but instead Ali Baba Mohammed has passed into mount! Damn!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed working the ground and pound effectively.
Ali Baba Mohammed with the ground and pound from mount.
Ali Baba Mohammed can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Solseng is looking to escape.
Solseng is trying to escape the mount.
Solseng is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ali Baba Mohammed has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ali Baba Mohammed trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Solseng is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ole Solseng's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ali Baba Mohammed displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ole Solseng seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Solseng throws a leg kick but Ali Baba Mohammed sees it coming and moves out of range.
Solseng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ali Baba Mohammed tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Solseng is able to avoid easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed moves out of range of the strikes.
Solseng throws a lazy right hand but Ali Baba Mohammed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed looks to score with a jab to the body but Solseng is just out of range.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands with a straight right. Solseng didn't see that one coming.
Ali Baba Mohammed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali Baba Mohammed is looking to wear down Solseng with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ali Baba Mohammed feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Solsengs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That kick from Ali Baba Mohammed tenderised Solseng's leg. Solseng is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ali Baba Mohammed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ali Baba Mohammed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ali Baba Mohammed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Solseng moves away.
A slow jab from Solseng misses its intended target.
Solseng connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Solseng moves away.
Solseng closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Solseng takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ali Baba Mohammed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Solseng at a distance.
Solseng on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A good leg kick by Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ali Baba Mohammed thumps Solseng with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali Baba Mohammed fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ali Baba Mohammed .
Solseng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ole Solseng is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ali Baba Mohammed dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Solseng's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ali Baba Mohammed . That's going to slow Solseng down.
Nice body punch from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Solseng takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ali Baba Mohammed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Solseng moves away.
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Solseng has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Nice shot lands for Ali Baba Mohammed .
Solseng takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands a leg kick that knocks Solseng off balance momentarily.
Ali Baba Mohammed closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ali Baba Mohammed lands in his opponent's guard.
Solseng wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ali Baba Mohammed is now in half guard.
Ali Baba Mohammed perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Solseng tries to get to full guard but Ali Baba Mohammed has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ali Baba Mohammed has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ali Baba Mohammed attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ali Baba Mohammed avoids the body shot from Solseng.
Ali Baba Mohammed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Solseng throws out the jab.
Solseng blocks a head kick by Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ali Baba Mohammed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Solseng. That did some damage!
Solseng misses with a body kick.
Ali Baba Mohammed looks to score with a jab to the body but Solseng is just out of range.
Solseng throws a shot from downtown. Ali Baba Mohammed moves away and avoids it.
Ali Baba Mohammed staying out of range there.
Solseng swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Ali Baba Mohammed there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ali Baba Mohammed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Solseng throws out the jab.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ali Baba Mohammed with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ali Baba Mohammed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Solseng thows a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ali Baba Mohammed .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ali Baba Mohammed scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ali Baba Mohammed closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ali Baba Mohammed lands in his opponent's guard.
Ole Solseng has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ali Baba Mohammed controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ali Baba Mohammed trying to control but Solseng is working from the bottom.
Solseng working for submissions but it's allowed Ali Baba Mohammed to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ali Baba Mohammed has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed !
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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