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HWP: Marabou v Jackson PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titan Boma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boma is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Evan Jones - Domination. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Titan Boma!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boma throws a nice looking combination but Taylor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taylor.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor dives in and grabs Boma's left leg, looking for a takedown. Boma pushes down on Taylor's head and hops out.
Taylor darts in and clinches Boma up against the cage.
Taylor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boma lands a right hand.
Boma breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Boma misses.
Taylor tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Boma defends well and Taylor ends up having to push Boma into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Taylor closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Boma did well to prevent Taylor getting side control.
Boma is refusing to be controlled, as Taylor sits in half guard.
Boma wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Taylor is looking to take a break and control but Boma is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Boma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Taylor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Taylor is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Taylor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boma's head.
Well, if Taylor 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to control but Boma is keeping him busy.
Boma avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taylor.
Taylor is looking for a kimura here.
Taylor is nestled in close to Boma, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taylor lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor is looking for a kimura here.
Taylor is stalling here. Boma is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Taylor seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Boma has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
We've been informed that Boma has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Boma is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Taylor bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Taylor trying to control but Boma is working from the bottom.
Boma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor trying to control but Boma is working from the bottom.
Taylor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Boma tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Boma displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taylor.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Taylor 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.
Taylor works over Boma with some ground and pound from guard.
Taylor throws a strike but Boma rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jason Taylor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taylor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Taylor isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Boma stacks Taylor on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Boma!
Taylor struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boma wants to stand but Taylor has his arm trapped.
Boma decides to stand up, so the ref orders Taylor to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taylor.
Boma tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor shoots in for a double leg but Boma sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Boma circles away.
Boma doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Boma.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Taylor.
Taylor swats away the attempt to clinch by Boma.
Boma has closed the distance and engaged Taylor in a clinch.
Taylor drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Boma tries to circle away but Taylor has him pinned against the cage.
Boma misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor breaks the clinch.
Taylor fails with the takedown.
Boma blocks a head kick by Taylor.
Taylor dives in and grabs Boma's left leg, looking for a takedown. Boma pushes down on Taylor's head and hops out.
Boma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taylor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Boma.
Boma throws a series of punches but Taylor moves out of range.
Taylor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Taylor throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice takedown defense from Boma. No joy for Taylor on that attempt.
Taylor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boma throws a series of strikes that have Taylor backpedaling.
It looks like Jason Taylor has been cut.
Taylor dodges the punch combination from Boma.
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!
Taylor fails with the takedown.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown but Boma shows good takedown defense.
Taylor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Boma circles away.
Taylor tries to clinch but Boma is having none of it.
Titan Boma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boma scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Boma.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boma stuffs the takedown.
Boma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boma sprawls well. Boma wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
Boma moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Titan Boma will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jason Taylor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Taylor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Taylor is working for a kimura but Boma is defending it quite comfortably.
Taylor is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Taylor looking to control but Boma is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Boma is now in Taylor's guard. A big mistake from Taylor there, giving up the dominant position!
Boma wants to get up but he can't break Taylor's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Taylor striking off his back but it's not causing Boma any problems.
Taylor working for submissions but it's allowed Boma to get to half guard.
Taylor is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Boma pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor wants to get back to his feet.
Taylor is looking to control Boma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Taylor avoid being mounted?
Taylor looking for submissions off his back.
Taylor is looking to control Boma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Taylor avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boma prevents Taylor from improving his position.
Boma wants to get back to his feet.
Taylor actively working from the bottom here.
Taylor trying to control but Boma postures up.
Boma decides to stand and escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Boma as Taylor shoots in.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown but Boma shows good takedown defense.
Taylor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor fails with a takedown attempt.
Titan Boma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boma tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boma slaps away a takedown attempt from Taylor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Boma lands with a nice combination. Taylor backs away looking to recover.
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 Jason Taylor.
I think Taylor 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Six Shooter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Palowakski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shooter's entrance music is DJ Antoine - Ma Cherie. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Palowakski's choice of entrance music: Burning Down the House. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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256 lbs
20 - 12 - 0 |
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156 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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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
20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Six Shooter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Palowakski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shooter 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.
Shooter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shooter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Shooter postures up.
Shooter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Palowakski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Palowakski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shooter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shooter drops back, looking for a kneebar! Palowakski looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Palowakski looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Palowakski!
Shooter parries the strikes from Palowakski easily there. Palowakski is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shooter to escape.
Palowakski looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palowakski throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palowakski working the ground and pound.
Palowakski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Palowakski goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Shooter has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Palowakski but great work by Shooter.
Shooter working the head with strikes.
The strikes coming from Shooter are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Shooter is putting a hurting on Palowakski here, landing some big shots from side control.
Palowakski is looking to reverse the position.
Shooter has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Palowakski!
Shooter prevents Palowakski from getting the reversal.
Palowakski is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Shooter unloads with some shots from mount but Palowakski bucks and avoids them well.
Shooter landing strikes, looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palowakski wants to hold on but Shooter pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Palowakski can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski regains half guard.
Shooter working Palowakski over with strikes.
Shooter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Palowakski defending well though.
Shooter is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Palowakski has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Palowakski wants to improve his position but Shooter is controlling well.
Palowakski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shooter.
Palowakski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shooter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Palowakski is defending against the submission attempts here by Shooter.
Palowakski tries to roll over but Shooter keeps him under control.
Shooter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shooter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Palowakski's head.
Shooter thows a huge punch but Palowakski dodges it nicely.
Palowakski looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Palowakski is trying to get back to full guard.
Shooter working the head and body with strikes.
Shooter is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shooter looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shooter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Palowakski's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Six Shooter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Palowakski instigates a clinch.
Shooter is pushing Palowakski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Palowakski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Palowakski scores with a hook to the body.
Shooter tries to work over Palowakski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palowakski prevents the takedown attempt.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shooter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shooter jumps guard but Palowakski turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Palowakski lands a hook that snaps the head of Shooter backwards.
Palowakski looking to stall.
Shooter is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Six Shooter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shooter throws a head punch that misses.
Shooter lands a shoulder strike.
Shooter misses with some punches.
Palowakski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shooter lands a nice shot to the body.
Palowakski stops a takedown attempt from Shooter.
Palowakski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shooter gets control of Palowakski's arms and successfully pulls guard. Shooter will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Shooter wants to sweep but no luck.
Palowakski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Shooter keeping moving, preventing Palowakski from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palowakski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Shooter keeping moving, preventing Palowakski from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Fred Palowakski wasn't active enough on the ground.
Palowakski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Shooter did well to prevent Palowakski getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shooter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Shooter is looking to improve his position.
Palowakski not doing much here.
Shooter 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.
Palowakski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Shooter sees it coming and defends easily.
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.
Shooter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Palowakski pulls his head out easily.
Shooter holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Palowakski is looking for submissions but instead, Shooter has regained full guard.
Palowakski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shooter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Palowakski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shooter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Six Shooter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Shooter is on top in guard.
Shooter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shooter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Palowakski managing to control the position.
Shooter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shooter wants to pass the guard but Palowakski is keeping the position.
Palowakski has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Shooter can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fred Palowakski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Palowakski takes the fight into the clinch.
Palowakski gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shooter.
Shooter manages to pull guard.
Palowakski lying in Shooter's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Shooter decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Palowakski taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Six Shooter!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Six Shooter made sure he mentioned Resistance, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wendell Sailor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Long Haired Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sailor comes to the cage accompanied by Blackalicious - It's Going Down. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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224 lbs
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280 lbs
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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
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wendell Sailor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Long Haired Samson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sailor misses with a low kick as Samson jumps back.
A jab from Sailor misses.
Sailor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Samson.
Sailor connects with a solid leg kick.
Samson slips under a jab.
Samson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Sailor does it's job there.
Samson shoots in but no luck this time.
Samson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sailor but Sailor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sailor tries to bum rush Samson with a series of wild strikes but Samson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sailor swings for the body but Samson moves out of range.
Samson fails with the takedown.
Wendell Sailor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Haired Samson.
Samson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sailor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sailor throws out a loose jab but Samson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Samson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sailor sprawls well. Sailor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Samson gets slowly back to his feet.
Sailor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson gets a double leg takedown into Sailor's guard.
Samson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Samson trying to control but Sailor is working from the bottom.
Sailor seems keen to control Samson's posture.
Sailor looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Samson passes into side control.
Samson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailor is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Samson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sailor tries to reverse the position but Samson maintains control.
Sailor is squirming around, avoiding Samson's attempts to control the action.
Samson breaks from Sailor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sailor wants to hold on but Samson pushes him away.
Samson controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Samson trying to control but Sailor is having none of it.
Samson controlling the pace for now.
Sailor is trying to escape the mount.
Sailor gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor is looking for a sweep. Samson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sailor is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Samson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Samson's back!
A lull in the action here.
Even with his hooks in, Sailor manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Despite being in a bad position, Samson is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.
Samson tries to roll but Sailor sticks to his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wendell Sailor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A left lands for Sailor.
Sailor misses the shot to the body.
Samson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sailor defends well and Samson ends up having to push Sailor into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sailor is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sailor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sailor digs a right hand underneath Samson's ribcage. Samson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sailor here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Samson lands with a right to the head.
Sailor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Samson is trying to drag Sailor to the mat but Sailor just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wendell Sailor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Haired Samson.
Samson has Sailor pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sailor manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sailor lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sailor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sailor leaves Samson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sailor scores with a sloppy right hand. Samson should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson shoots for a double leg takedown but Sailor sprawls well. He's pushed Samson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sailor swings for the body but Samson moves out of range.
Sailor misses with a body shot.
Sailor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sailor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Samson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sailor defends it nicely.
Samson loads up on a big right hand but Sailor slips the punch.
Sailor stuffs the takedown attempt from Samson. Samson gets slowly back to his feet.
Samson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sailor manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sailor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Samson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailor wants to sweep but no luck.
Samson postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samson stopping the sweep attempt from Sailor.
Sailor trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Wendell Sailor.
Sailor stuffs the takedown attempt from Samson. Samson gets slowly back to his feet.
Samson fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Sailor.
The fighters circling - Samson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sailor connects with a right hand. Samson shakes it off.
Samson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sailor.
Sailor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Samson moves away.
Sailor just misses with a punch to the body.
Horrible takedown by Samson or perhaps it was just good defense by Sailor which made him look bad.
Sailor misses the shot to the body.
Samson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sailor.
Sailor throws a right hand that Samson ducks under and follows up with a left that Samson also avoids with ease.
Samson shoots in and drives through. Sailor sprawls well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sailor.
A slow jab from Sailor misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson shoots in for a double leg but Sailor sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wendell Sailor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sailor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Samson back to the cage. Sailor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A big left from Sailor misses.
Sailor stuffs the takedown.
Samson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Samson is breathing heavily.
Sailor trying to control but Samson postures up.
Sailor gets back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sailor working a defensive guard here.
Samson wants to control from the top but Sailor keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wendell Sailor dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sailor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sailor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Samson scores with a takedown into Sailor's guard.
Samson postures up.
Samson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sailor wants to sweep here but Samson controlling him for the moment.
Samson trying to control but Sailor is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Samson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Samson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sailor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Samson manages to get himself to full guard.
Sailor is looking to pass into half guard but Samson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Samson is in guard.
Samson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sailor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson stopping the sweep attempt from Sailor.
Samson wants to pass the guard but Sailor is keeping the position.
Sailor is trying to hold Samson in close to prevent damage but Samson has managed to pass into half guard.
Samson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Samson is trying to work for a kimura but Sailor is defending well.
Samson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor is pressing down on Samson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Samson trying to control the position from guard on top but Sailor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sailor pulls Samson in close to his closed guard and prevents Samson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Samson postures up.
Long Haired Samson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sailor looking for a sweep. Not yet Sailor, not yet.
Sailor looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Wendell Sailor just wasn't active enough.
Sailor misses with an uppercut. Samson saw that one coming.
Sailor scores with a jab to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Sailor. No joy for Samson on that attempt.
Samson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wendell Sailor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Haired Samson.
Samson fails with the takedown.
Samson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sailor lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sailor swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Samson dodges the punch combination from Sailor.
Sailor looks to score with a jab to the body but Samson is just out of range.
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 Wendell Sailor.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sailor, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wendell Sailor!
A victorious Wendell Sailor thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bert Kreischer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kreischer comes to the cage accompanied by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25
265 lbs
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bert Kreischer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan misses with a takedown attempt
and Kreischer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kreischer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kreischer has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jordan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kreischer has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kreischer looking for the choke but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jordan looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Jordan staying busy and making it hard for Kreischer to control.
Kreischer is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jordan is defending well though. Kreischer let's go of the attempt for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreischer trying to control.
Jordan trying to control but not successfully.
Jordan wants to escape the position.
Jordan is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Kreischer trying to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Jordan showing good submission defense here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kreischer is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Jordan has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Kreischer has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Jordan taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Kreischer doesn't care though - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bert Kreischer!
A relieved looking Bert Kreischer 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 Freeman Blackford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Gaston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freeman Blackford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Gaston!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackford misses with a hook.
Blackford lands a leg kick that knocks Gaston off balance momentarily.
Gaston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Gaston lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blackford doesn't seem phased though.
Gaston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Nick Gaston has been cut.
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!
Blackford throws a head kick but Gaston moves out of range.
Blackford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaston.
Gaston misses with a kick to the body.
Blackford drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Gaston right on the button. Gaston goes down! Blackford follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Blackford gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Freeman Blackford!
Freeman Blackford was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Kulakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kulakov comes to the cage accompanied by Lube-Shparu. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
24 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Kulakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex James!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James dives in and grabs Kulakov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kulakov pushes down on James's head and hops out.
Kulakov throws an off balance right hand
and James counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
James drops his hands momentarily and Kulakov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kulakov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Alex James has been cut.
James misses with a wild combination.
James looks for a takedown but Kulakov sprawls well.
Kulakov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulakov scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
James connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
James fails to land the takedown.
Viktor Kulakov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex James.
James on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
James throws a right hand that Kulakov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kulakov also avoids with ease.
James misses with a wild combination.
Nice sprawl there from Kulakov as James shoots in.
James throws a right and a left that Kulakov avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kulakov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kulakov sneaks out the side door and pushes James away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Kulakov feints a jab promting James to slip. Kulakov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. James slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kulakov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kulakov wants to stand up but James is controlling him.
James wants to pass the guard but Kulakov is keeping the position.
James forces his way into half guard.
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!
James sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kulakov defending well though.
James is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kulakov doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time James.
James missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. James keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Kulakov stops a takedown attempt from James.
Kulakov manages to break the clinch.
James shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kulakov's guard.
Kulakov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kulakov is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at *Nelson Fight Camp* that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
James throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kulakov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kulakov manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Good shot there by Kulakov.
James misses with a takedown attempt - Kulakov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
James lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
James shoots and misses
and Kulakov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James shoots in for a takedown but Kulakov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
James shoots in and gets a takedown into Kulakov's guard.
James prevents Kulakov from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
James is looking to work some ground and pound but Kulakov has wrist control.
James prevents Kulakov from getting back to his feet.
Kulakov wriggles free and stands up.
James throws an overhand right that lands on Kulakov's shoulder, as Kulakov tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Kulakov - just one landing.
James shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kulakov sprawls well. Kulakov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. James gets slowly back to his feet.
James shoots in and drives through. Kulakov sprawls well.
Kulakov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kulakov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract James.
James gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kulakov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov jabs at James's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James shoots in for a double leg but Kulakov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
James dives in and grabs Kulakov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kulakov pushes down on James's head and hops out.
Kulakov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces James back to the cage. Kulakov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
James is rocked!
James looks winded!
Kulakov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
James is still on wobbly legs! Can Kulakov finish him?
Kulakov connects with a stiff jab that staggers James - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Viktor Kulakov!
Viktor Kulakov 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koni Maximus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boby Beans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maximus comes to the cage accompanied by Maui Boy. Boby Beans has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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24
291 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Good kicks
Cardio machine |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Koni Maximus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boby Beans!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maximus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Maximus prevents Beans from escaping the position.
Maximus thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Maximus working away.
Maximus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Beans can do anything to dispel that myth.
Beans is trying to control Maximus's posture but Maximus avoids it.
Maximus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beans keeps working.
Maximus tries for a kimura but Beans is defending well.
Maximus is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Beans has escaped the position, nice work there.
Beans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Maximus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maximus tries for a kimura but Beans is defending well.
Beans is looking to reverse the position.
Maximus tries for a kimura but Beans is defending well.
Maximus tries to advance to mount but can't.
Maximus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Maximus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beans wants to get back to his feet.
We've been hearing good reports from Maximus's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Maximus thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beans wants to control but Maximus postures up.
Beans has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Maximus has hold of Beans's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Beans seems comfortable defending it but Maximus has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Beans is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Beans is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Maximus couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Koni Maximus!
A victorious Koni Maximus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bong Ki Duk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tero Elo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ki Duk comes into the arena with north korea's national anthem blaring out of the sound system. Bong Ki Duk has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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260 lbs
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210 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bong Ki Duk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Elo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ki Duk tries to clinch there but Elo circles away.
Ki Duk moves into range and clinches up with Elo.
Ki Duk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ki Duk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ki Duk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Elo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ki Duk is keeping busy.
Elo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ki Duk lands with a nice combination. Elo backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Tero Elo has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ki Duk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ki Duk stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ki Duk wants it to stay on the feet.
Elo shoots in looking for a takedown. Ki Duk tries to sprawl out of it but Elo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ki Duk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Elo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ki Duk wants to get back to his feet.
Elo is just content to waste time from the top position. Ki Duk takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ki Duk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Elo controlling from the top position.
Elo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Elo stops Ki Duk from standing up.
Elo tries to free his leg and advance position but Ki Duk is retaining full guard.
Elo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ki Duk is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Elo, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ki Duk is looking to stand up but Elo won't let him.
Elo working a defensive guard here.
Ki Duk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ki Duk trying to stand up but can't free himself from Elo's guard.
Ki Duk trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ki Duk trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Elo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Elo keeping moving, preventing Ki Duk from controlling successfully.
Elo working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Elo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Elo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Elo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ki Duk defends well.
Ki Duk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Elo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ki Duk wants to stand but Elo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ki Duk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Elo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ki Duk trying to stand up but can't free himself from Elo's guard.
Ki Duk trying to control the position from guard on top but Elo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ki Duk!
Elo looking to secure an arm triangle but Ki Duk defends it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ki Duk is looking to get to half guard.
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 Bong Ki Duk will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tero Elo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick misses from Ki Duk.
Ki Duk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Elo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Elo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ki Duk defends well and Elo ends up having to push Ki Duk into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ki Duk lands a right hand.
Elo is looking for a takedown.
Elo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ki Duk gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bong Ki Duk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tero Elo.
A hook to the body from Ki Duk.
Ki Duk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ki Duk.
I was talking to Ki Duk's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ki Duk will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Elo up against the cage.
Ki Duk seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Elo is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Ki Duk.
A nice left hand lands by Ki Duk.
Ki Duk lands a hook that snaps the head of Elo backwards.
Ki Duk lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Ki Duk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Ki Duk.
Bong Ki Duk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ki Duk lands a right hand.
Ki Duk lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Elo to his knees! Ki Duk keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bong Ki Duk!
Bong Ki Duk took some time post fight to say the following; 'all hail president kim il-sung, our father, kim jong-il, and supreme leader kim jong-un. '.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor A million ankle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overdose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). A million ankle comes into the arena with punchout (001) blaring out of the sound system. Overdose has chosen Powerthirst as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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285 lbs
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276 lbs
44 - 28 - 0 |
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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
49 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor A million ankle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
44 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alistair Overdose!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overdose rushes A million ankle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Overdose lands a right hand that snaps the head of A million ankle backwards.
A short right from Overdose on the inside.
A million ankle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overdose's coach down at HWP Forcefield was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Overdose's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, A million ankle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Overdose's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Overdose fails to land.
Overdose tries a body shot but A million ankle blocks it.
Overdose misses with a punch on the inside.
Overdose misses with a punch on the inside.
Overdose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A million ankle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Overdose.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Overdose.
Overdose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A million ankle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by A million ankle.
Overdose misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Overdose.
Overdose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees to the body from A million ankle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Overdose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A million ankle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Overdose lands a nice uppercut.
A million ankle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A million ankle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overdose is defending well for now.
Overdose lands a nice shot to the body.
A million ankle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Overdose looks winded!
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Overdose avoids it.
Overdose avoids the elbow strike from A million ankle, against the cage.
A million ankle misses with an elbow over the top.
A million ankle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Overdose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A million ankle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Overdose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, A million ankle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Overdose's brow.
A million ankle missing with knees to the body.
Overdose misses with some punches.
Overdose struggles to land a body shot inside as A million ankle controls his hands.
Overdose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Overdose lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down A million ankle.
A million ankle pushes off an throws an elbow but Overdose leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Overdose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Overdose looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A million ankle lands an elbow just above Overdose 's eye.
A million ankle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overdose is defending well for now.
Overdose throws a head punch that misses.
A million ankle misses with an elbow over the top.
A million ankle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A million ankle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Overdose in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Overdose takes an elbow to the forehead.
A million ankle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A million ankle lands an elbow inside that Overdose shrugs off.
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the head but Overdose blocks with his arms.
A million ankle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A million ankle lands an elbow that stopped Overdose in his tracks for a moment.
A million ankle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from A million ankle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by A million ankle.
Overdose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A million ankle lands a knee to the body.
A million ankle lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A million ankle lands a damaging elbow.
A million ankle tries a knee to the head but Overdose blocks it.
A million ankle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Overdose blocks an elbow strike from A million ankle.
Overdose swings wildly with an uppercut but A million ankle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overdose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Overdose digs a right hand into A million ankle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on A million ankle's gas tank.
Overdose lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Overdose fails to land.
Overdose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Overdose misses with some punches.
A million ankle throws an elbow that misses.
A million ankle lands a left hand.
Overdose lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Overdose lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of A million ankle backwards.
A million ankle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Overdose's defenses.
Overdose misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Overdose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overdose swings wildly with an uppercut but A million ankle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overdose misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A million ankle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Overdose or not.
A million ankle tries a knee to the head but Overdose blocks it.
A million ankle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Overdose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from A million ankle.
A million ankle lands an elbow inside that Overdose shrugs off.
Still in the clinch, A million ankle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Overdose is working for takedown but A million ankle is calmly controlling the position for now.
Overdose can't find room to land a body shot as A million ankle controls the action.
Overdose is stalling here.
A million ankle scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A million ankle tries to throw a body punch but Overdose avoids it by throwing A million ankle back against the cage.
Overdose misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, A million ankle throws an elbow but misses.
A million ankle misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from A million ankle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor A million ankle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A million ankle moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Overdose as the two fighters clinch.
A million ankle lands an elbow that stopped Overdose in his tracks for a moment.
Fedor A million ankle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A million ankle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Overdose is defending well for now.
Overdose stalling.
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A million ankle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A million ankle lands a good knee to the midsection. Overdose won't want to take too many of those.
A million ankle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A million ankle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Overdose blocks it with crossed arms.
A million ankle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by A million ankle.
A million ankle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Overdose in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A million ankle lands a nice shot to the body.
Overdose is breathing heavily.
A million ankle can't find room to land a body shot as Overdose controls the action.
A million ankle throws a knee to the head but misses.
A million ankle scores with a knee to the head.
A million ankle looking to throw knees to the head but Overdose is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overdose works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Overdose has a couple of punches blocked by A million ankle.
Overdose avoiding damage as A million ankle throws knees to the body.
Overdose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A million ankle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Overdose's face.
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the head but Overdose blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from A million ankle.
A million ankle tries to land knees in the clinch but Overdose avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, A million ankle throws an elbow but misses.
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the head but Overdose blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Overdose.
Overdose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Overdose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Overdose.
A hook to the body from Overdose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A million ankle blocks an uppercut.
Overdose throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Overdose lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Overdose.
A million ankle gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Overdose.
Overdose swings wildly with an uppercut but A million ankle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Overdose lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A million ankle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Overdose lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A million ankle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Overdose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Overdose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Overdose avoiding damage as A million ankle throws knees to the body.
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Overdose avoids it.
A million ankle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Overdose blocks it with crossed arms.
A million ankle blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Overdose - that landed with a thud.
A million ankle prevents a body shot from Overdose.
Overdose scores with a shoulder strike.
Overdose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A million ankle misses with a punch to the body.
Overdose has a couple of punches blocked by A million ankle.
A million ankle looking to throw knees to the head but Overdose is blocking nicely.
Overdose lands a nice uppercut.
Overdose lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A million ankle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Overdose.
Overdose lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Overdose.
Overdose misses with a punch on the inside.
Overdose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A million ankle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Overdose misses with a punch on the inside.
Overdose takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overdose has a couple of punches blocked by A million ankle.
A million ankle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A million ankle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A million ankle looking to throw knees to the head but Overdose is blocking nicely.
A million ankle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A million ankle misses with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Overdose.
Overdose misses with a punch to the body.
A million ankle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Overdose tries to work over A million ankle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A million ankle lands with a right to the head.
A million ankle throws an elbow but it misses.
A million ankle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Overdose scores with a nice short uppercut.
Overdose takes a knee to the side of the body.
Overdose swings wildly with an uppercut but A million ankle uses good head movement to avoid it.
A million ankle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alistair Overdose will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A million ankle has managed to clinch.
A million ankle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Overdose's defenses.
Overdose tries to stall but A million ankle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Overdose misses with a punch on the inside.
A million ankle misses with an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Overdose.
Overdose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with A million ankle's elbow.
A million ankle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Overdose has a couple of punches blocked by A million ankle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Overdose.
Overdose lands a shoulder strike.
A million ankle with a knee to the head.
A million ankle throws an elbow but it misses.
Overdose misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from A million ankle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Overdose scores with a nice short uppercut.
A million ankle blocking some punches.
Overdose blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A million ankle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A million ankle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Overdose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Overdose swings wildly with an uppercut but A million ankle uses good head movement to avoid it.
A million ankle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overdose will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning A million ankle up against the cage.
A million ankle blocking some punches.
A million ankle throws an elbow but it misses.
Overdose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A million ankle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Overdose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Overdose working aggressively here.
Overdose stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Overdose lands with a left to the head.
Overdose scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A million ankle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Overdose softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Overdose lands with a short shot to the head.
Overdose lands a left hand.
Overdose tries to work over A million ankle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Overdose misses with the head strike.
A million ankle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Overdose misses with a body punch.
A million ankle misses with an elbow over the top.
Overdose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A million ankle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Overdose gets through A million ankle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A million ankle lands an elbow inside that Overdose shrugs off.
Overdose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A million ankle throws an elbow that misses.
Overdose gets through A million ankle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A million ankle is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Overdose.
Oh A million ankle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Overdose creates a bit of space for himself and rocks A million ankle with a big uppercut! A million ankle tries to clinch up but Overdose pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples A million ankle to the mat! A million ankle covers up and Overdose unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alistair Overdose!
After the fight, Alistair Overdose was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Marabou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Highway Star by Deep Purple kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jeremy Jackson enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gary Marabou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marabou tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson darts in and clinches Marabou up against the cage.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Marabou 's eye.
It looks like Gary Marabou has been cut.
Jackson tries to land knees in the clinch but Marabou avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Jackson.
Marabou tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Marabou wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marabou is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
I was talking to Marabou's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as Marabou controls his hands.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marabou is defending well for now.
Jackson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Marabou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Marabou. Those never looked like landing.
Marabou misses with a hook.
Jackson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marabou throws a combination that misses
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marabou takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
No joy there for Marabou, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marabou misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marabou ducks right into an uppercut from Jackson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marabou tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marabou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson scores with a nice strike.
Jackson throws a series of strikes that have Marabou backpedaling.
A solid body kick from Jackson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson lands a leg kick that knocks Marabou off balance momentarily.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Marabou.
Jackson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gary Marabou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Marabou.
Jackson lands a glancing blow to the side of Marabou's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice inside leg kick there by Jackson. That's going to slow Marabou down.
Jackson feints and then cracks Marabou's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marabou down.
Marabou takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marabou.
Jackson pushes Marabou up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson tries a body shot but Marabou blocks it.
Marabou prevents a body shot from Jackson.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marabou is defending well for now.
Marabou tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. Marabou won't want to take too many of those.
Marabou is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Jackson.
Marabou is breathing heavily.
Jackson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jackson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jackson digs a right hand underneath Marabou's ribcage. Marabou let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jackson with a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson working Marabou over with knees to the body.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marabou being controlled against the cage.
Marabou can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Marabou's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marabou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson stalling in the clinch.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Marabou shrugs off.
Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Marabou is rocked!
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oh Marabou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marabou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson cracks Marabou on the chin with a massive knee! He's been separated from consciousness before he even hits the floor! Absolutely fantastic knee and a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Jeremy Jackson!
Jeremy Jackson is the new heavyweight champion!
After the big win, Jeremy Jackson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sparta Fightware and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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G |
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G |
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C |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
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