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Death Squad 89:Kesign vs Riggs PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Hicks had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Hicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hicks tries to clinch up.
Hicks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pettis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pettis slips a jab and a cross from Hicks.
Hicks fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hicks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pettis darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Pettis is controlling the pace.
Hicks might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Pettis has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hicks can't escape the position.
Hicks is working hard here to advance position.
Pettis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hicks because Pettis loaded up on that one.
Pettis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hicks avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pettis.
Pettis won't let Hicks get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pettis controlling the pace for now.
Pettis misses with a head shot.
Pettis looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hicks is now in Pettis's guard. A big mistake from Pettis there, giving up the dominant position!
Pettis 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.
Pettis keeps trying to improve his position.
Pettis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Pettis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hicks fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pettis to the ground. Hicks is now in Pettis's guard.
Pettis pulls Hicks in close to his closed guard and prevents Hicks from doing any damage or advancing position.
Pettis wants to sweep here but Hicks controlling him for the moment.
Pettis is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Hicks presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Pettis has Hicks pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Pettis pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hicks tumbling to the mat - Pettis dives into Hicks's guard.
Pettis stands up and waves to Hicks to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis lands with a kick to the temple. Hicks shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hicks darts in trying to clinch
and Pettis counters with a two punch combo.
Pettis forces Hicks back against the cage and clinches.
Hicks gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Pettis is looking to stand back up but Hicks counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Pettis.
Pettis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis looking for a sweep. Not yet Pettis, not yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pettis looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pettis has his feet on Hicks's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Hicks gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pettis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis postures up in Hicks's guard and throws a big left but Hicks blocks it.
Pettis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pettis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A head kick misses from Pettis.
Hicks closes the distance and clinches up with Pettis, looking for a takedown. Hicks pushes Pettis against the cage but Pettis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pettis digs a good hook to Hicks's body.
Pettis keeps the fight on the outside.
Pettis closes the distance and pushes Hicks back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hicks is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pettis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hicks misses with a punch to the body.
Hicks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hicks tries to throw a body punch but Pettis avoids it by throwing Hicks back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Pettis.
Hicks tries for a takedown but Pettis manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Hicks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pettis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hicks throws an elbow that misses.
Pettis gets control of Hicks's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pettis will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pettis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hicks manages to get himself to full 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!
Pettis advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Pettis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Pettis closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hicks's guard.
Pettis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pettis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hicks wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Anthony Pettis hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Pettis closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hicks did well to prevent Pettis getting side control.
Pettis controlling the pace.
Pettis decides to stand and escape the position.
Pettis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pettis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hicks is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pettis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tony Hicks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hicks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pettis but Pettis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hicks misses with a two punch combination.
Pettis moves into range and clinches up with Hicks.
Hicks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettis's elbow.
Hicks is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pettis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pettis is pressed up against the cage. Hicks has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pettis down to the mat. Pettis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Hicks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis clinches.
Pettis manages to break the clinch.
Hicks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pettis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pettis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pettis with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Pettis's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Hicks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis trying to control the pace.
Pettis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Anthony Pettis was stalling too much, according to the referee.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hicks misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pettis turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettis tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Pettis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pettis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Pettis!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Kniezelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Kniezelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kniezelis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A combination from Kniezelis does no damage.
Kniezelis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruiz throws a body kick that misses.
Kniezelis swinging wildly here.
Kniezelis throws a right hand that Ruiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruiz also avoids with ease.
Kniezelis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darius Kniezelis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kniezelis misses with a wild body shot.
Kniezelis throws a combination. Ruiz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ruiz has closed the distance and engaged Kniezelis in a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kniezelis tries to circle away but Ruiz has him pinned against the cage.
Ruiz keeps control of Kniezelis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ruiz has picked Kniezelis up - he's going for a ride! Ruiz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ruiz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kniezelis has hold of Ruiz's hands but Ruiz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ruiz stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz seems to be working for a kimura but Kniezelis defends the submission attempt.
Ruiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ruiz is controlling the pace.
Ruiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Ruiz wants to work for an arm triangle but Kniezelis is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Well, if Ruiz 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.
Ruiz throwing shots but Kniezelis is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ricardo Ruiz.
Kniezelis throws a combination. Ruiz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kniezelis throws a head kick that misses
and Ruiz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ruiz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A combination from Ruiz does no damage.
Ruiz changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kniezelis looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruiz stands up and beckons Kniezelis to his feet.
Ruiz avoids the head kick by Kniezelis.
No joy there for Kniezelis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kniezelis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kniezelis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruiz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ruiz.
Ruiz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Ruiz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ricardo Ruiz was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ruiz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ruiz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice combination there by Kniezelis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruiz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kniezelis fakes the leg kick and cracks Ruiz in the body.
Ruiz throws a series of punches but Kniezelis avoids them all with ease.
Ruiz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Ruiz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kniezelis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruiz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kniezelis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ruiz has him pressed against the cage.
Kniezelis digs a right hand underneath Ruiz's ribcage. Ruiz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ruiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ruiz jumps guard.
Ruiz controlling the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kniezelis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruiz moves away.
Ruiz shoots in for a takedown but Kniezelis shows good takedown defense.
Kniezelis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kniezelis misses with a double jab.
Ruiz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kniezelis is trying to defend but Ruiz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kniezelis tries to kick Ruiz off but Ruiz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ruiz decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Kniezelis lands a nice hook to Ruiz's body. Ruiz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Darius Kniezelis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ruiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruiz. Kniezelis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kniezelis thuds a left hand into Ruiz's body.
Ruiz is breathing heavily.
Ruiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kniezelis.
Kniezelis connects with a solid leg kick.
Kniezelis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kniezelis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kniezelis duly obliges.
Kniezelis swinging wildly here.
Kniezelis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ruiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kniezelis throws a series of punches but Ruiz avoids them all with ease.
Kniezelis digs a good hook to Ruiz's body.
Darius Kniezelis is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruiz lunges at Kniezelis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kniezelis's hand.
Darius Kniezelis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kniezelis connects with a looping right hand.
Kniezelis lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Ruiz goes down and covers up as Kniezelis starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Kniezelis!
The defeated Ricardo Ruiz had this to say: 'I'm sorry to disappoint the fans. I'll try harder next time'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Berry White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Berry White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Gracie!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White shoots in but no luck this time.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gracie has eaten all the pies!
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
White shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gracie pinned against the cage. Gracie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - White sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
White wants to clinch.
White shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gracie as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Berry White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. White sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
White throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and White counters with a head kick.
White lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gracie throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. White tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gracie is in White's guard.
White will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie stops White from standing up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gracie working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Gracie trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gracie is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
Gracie 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.
White throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
White keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie prevents White from getting back to his feet.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
Gracie trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking to control.
White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White looking for a sweep. Not yet White, not yet.
White is breathing heavily.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gracie forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a kimura but White is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie is pressing down on White's thigh, looking to free his foot. White is holding on for now.
White is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but White is working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bubba Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
White shoots for a takedown but Gracie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
White lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
White scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gracie is pushing White's head away, looking to escape. White manages to hold on to the position though.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Gracie passes to full mount!
Gracie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Gracie moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, White has worked his arm free - good work by White!
Bubba Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White is holding Gracie down, trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie tries for a kimura but White is defending well.
Gracie working away.
White sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
White is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but White defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
White wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gracie is pressing down on White's thigh, looking to free his foot. White is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
White looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
White trying to hold on to Gracie's head to control him but Gracie postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but White sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie is pressing down on White's thigh, looking to free his foot. White is holding on for now.
Gracie throwing shots but White is blocking nicely.
White is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White is in trouble now - Gracie has advanced to mount!
White tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bubba Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
White shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
White clinches.
Gracie is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as White tries to tie him up.
White pulls guard successfully.
Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but White manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has White in his guard.
Gracie looking to control.
White wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie pulls White in close to prevent any damage.
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but White can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
White has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
White slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Berry White wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with White, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes White against the cage but White circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? White is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, White circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but White manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Berry White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bubba Gracie.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and White counters with a head kick.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
White has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White gets control of Gracie's arms and successfully pulls guard. White will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
White trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
White is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Gracie dives into side control.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, White has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie trying to control the position but White is working away.
Gracie tries to score with some ground and pound. White controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
White avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gracie.
Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
White misses with a strike from the bottom.
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but White is defending well.
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but White is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie tries to advance to mount but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White dodges the ground and pound from Gracie.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bubba Gracie.
I've got Gracie 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubba Gracie!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Everette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Olay (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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144 lbs
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21
143 lbs
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Everette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Olay!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Everette lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Olay looks to throw the jab but Everette is out of range.
Olay is looking to clinch but Everette is avoiding it.
Olay looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Everette moves into range and connects with a jab.
Everette sizes up Olay with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Everette takes a swing at Olay's ribcage but misses.
Olay blocks a leg kick.
Everette throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Everette lands a really nice looking cross but Olay seems unphased.
Olay is rocked!
Olay looks up at the clock. Bad move! Everette lands a right hand from hell, dropping Olay. Everette pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Everette!
Our winner, Danny Everette, 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Rilgard Relson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Doesn't Remind Me -Audioslave kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rilgard Relson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abe Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Relson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Relson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bradley is not content to let Relson control the position.
Bradley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Relson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Bradley is not content to let Relson control the position.
Bradley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Relson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Relson has hold of Bradley's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Bradley seems comfortable defending it but Relson has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Bradley is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Bradley is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Relson couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rilgard Relson!
Rilgard Relson got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Master Yi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Master Yi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Lock!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Yi.
Lock looks to land a combination but Yi avoids it well.
Yi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lock misses with a takedown attempt - Yi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Yi misses.
Some wild striking there from Lock.
Yi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lock. That did some damage!
Lock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lock looks to land a right hand but Yi moved out of range.
Yi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yi has a couple of punches blocked by Lock.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lock.
Yi working aggressively here.
A bit of stalling here from Yi.
Lock is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lock blocking some punches.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yi has a couple of punches blocked by Lock.
Yi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yi tries to work over Lock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lock is trying to break the clinch but Yi is controlling him.
Yi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yi.
Yi lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lock being controlled against the cage.
Lock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Yi fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lock blocks an uppercut.
Lock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yi prevents Lock from breaking the clinch.
Lock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yi misses with some punches.
Yi works on Lock's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yi.
Yi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yi misses with some punches.
Yi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lock tries to break the clinch but Yi is controlling the position.
Yi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lock.
Yi taking a breather.
Yi pushes Lock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yi stalls.
Lock blocks a body shot from Yi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yi.
Yi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Master Yi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lock's sensitive parts.
Yi throws a jab when Lock was well out of range.
Yi throws a solid leg kick but Lock takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yi.
A good leg kick by Yi.
Lock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lock jabs Yi right on the nose. Yi blinks but takes it well.
Yi misses with a low kick.
Lock scores with the left hand. Yi knows he should have avoided that one.
Lock digs a good body shot into Yi's ribs.
Lock moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lock.
Lock clinches with his opponent.
Yi is looking to control Lock's arms but Lock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yi has his back to the cage.
Lock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi misses with the head strike.
Lock has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yi tries to work over Lock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yi misses with some punches.
Lock blocks an uppercut.
Lock is trying to force a seperation but Yi has the dominant position.
Lock can't break the clinch.
Lock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lock lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Yi misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Yi fails to land.
Yi working aggressively here.
Yi swings wildly with an uppercut but Lock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Master Yi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yi misses with a punch to the body.
Lock blocks an uppercut.
Yi misses with some punches.
Lock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi can't find room to land a body shot as Lock controls the action.
Lock tries to circle away but Yi has him pinned against the cage.
Lock blocks a body shot from Yi.
Yi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yi misses with a punch on the inside.
Yi has Lock pressed against the cage, preventing Lock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yi is looking to control Lock's arms but Lock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yi has his back to the cage.
Yi has a couple of punches blocked by Lock.
Lock prevents a body shot from Yi.
Lock prevents a body shot from Yi.
Yi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lock is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Yi fails to land.
Yi is pushing Lock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lock is trying to break free.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yi is pushing Lock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lock blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Master Yi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Yi dodges the punch combination from Lock.
Lock just misses with a punch to the body.
Lock misses with a two punch combination.
A low kick from Lock misses
and Yi counters with a straight right hand.
Lock throws a right hand that Yi ducks under and follows up with a left that Yi also avoids with ease.
Jab by Lock.
Lock pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yi back to the cage. Lock follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Yi throws a leg kick which misses Lock's front leg but catches the back leg as Lock tries to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Lock.
Yi throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lock lands with a straight right. Yi didn't see that one coming.
Good leg kick by Yi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lock rushes Yi and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Yi fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yi trying to stall but Lock improves his position.
Yi swings wildly with an uppercut but Lock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yi can't find room to land a body shot as Lock controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Yi fails to land.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yi can't find room to land a body shot as Lock controls the action.
Lock wants to take the fight to the mat but Yi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Yi misses with a body punch.
Lock is trying to pull guard but Yi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yi misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yi throws a punch but it's blocked by Lock.
Yi stalling in the clinch but Lock improves position.
A body shot lands from Yi.
Lock has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Yi regains guard immediately.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Lock's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lock trying to control but Yi is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. John Lock hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Lock fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yi on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Lock.
Lock looks to land a left hand but Yi moved out of range nicely.
Lock throws a combination that misses
and Yi counters with a leg kick.
Lock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yi scores with the left hand. Lock knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice uppercut there from Lock.
Lock might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Yi tries to clinch up but Lock circles away and keeps his distance.
Lock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yi.
Yi misses with a punch on the inside.
Lock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yi lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yi effectively controlling the action here.
Yi tries to throw a body punch but Lock avoids it by throwing Yi back against the cage.
Yi throws a head punch that misses.
Yi misses with a punch to the body.
Yi swings wildly with an uppercut but Lock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lock is trying to break free.
John Lock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to John Lock.
I think Yi 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Master Yi!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Gelardie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Garza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gelardie comes to the cage accompanied by domination by pantera. Juan Garza will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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23
166 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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25
154 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Gelardie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juan Garza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gelardie counters with a nice double leg into side control. Garza won't be happy with that.
Gelardie works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gelardie working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Garza stops Gelardie from passing to mount.
Garza wants to get back to his feet.
Gelardie working the ground and pound from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gelardie lands a few punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gelardie in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gelardie working the ground and pound.
Garza is rocked!
Gelardie 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.
Gelardie working the ground and pound.
Garza is still in real trouble! Can Gelardie finish him?
The crowd goes nuts as Gelardie knocks Garza out cold with a massive hammerfist! Gelardie Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ryan Gelardie!
Ryan Gelardie decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Zlatan Ibrahimovic was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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151 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny White!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibrahimovic connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
Ibrahimovic tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Ibrahimovic misses its intended target.
Ibrahimovic moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Ibrahimovic.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ibrahimovic throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
Ibrahimovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White 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.
White dives in and scores a takedown into Ibrahimovic's guard.
White content to stall in guard here.
White looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from White.
White might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
White trying to control but Ibrahimovic is working from the bottom.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ibrahimovic seems a little lost for a moment, as White dominates the positioning.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ibrahimovic can do anything to dispel that myth.
The strikes coming from White are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
White sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ibrahimovic is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
White is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ibrahimovic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
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!
White trying to control the position but Ibrahimovic is working away.
White working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ibrahimovic parries the strikes from White easily there. White is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ibrahimovic to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic avoids any damage from the ground and pound of White.
Ibrahimovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
White tries for a kimura but Ibrahimovic is defending well.
White lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ibrahimovic managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by White.
White thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no White has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
White works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ibrahimovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny White dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Ibrahimovic counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Ibrahimovic to acknowledge the strikes.
White misses with a two punch combination.
White throws a big shot that misses.
White pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ibrahimovic is out of range and White settles back down.
We've been informed that Ibrahimovic has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Ibrahimovic. Those never looked like landing.
White is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ibrahimovic's half guard.
Ibrahimovic tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. White lands a nice short elbow.
Ibrahimovic is not content to let White control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White tries to pass to full mount but Ibrahimovic defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is working hard here to advance position.
White is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
White passes to side control.
White cracks Ibrahimovic with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White just content to control the position.
White advances to mount.
Danny White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White looking to finish Ibrahimovic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ibrahimovic!
White wants to control the pace but Ibrahimovic is squirming around nicely.
White scores with a couple of good head shots there.
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!
BOOM! White connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ibrahimovic is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ibrahimovic scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from White land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. White stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny White!
Danny White retains his lightweight title!
In his post fight interview, Danny White started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Zlatan Ibrahimovic stepped up to the mic, saying 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Longoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Longoria comes to the cage accompanied by bang your head. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Longoria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan blocks the body kick.
Longoria slips a jab from Morgan.
Morgan slips a straight right by Longoria.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Longoria uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Longoria.
Longoria misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan avoids a kick to the body.
Good shot there by Morgan.
Longoria with a poor takedown
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Longoria has been working on his balance at team razors mma fight club, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Morgan.
Longoria changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morgan tries to avoid it but Longoria manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morgan to the ground. Morgan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Longoria tries for a takedown but Morgan circles away easily
and Morgan counters with a nice right hand that sends Longoria toppling to the canvas! Longoria scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Morgan finish him?!
Longoria is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Longoria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Longoria head around and knocks him out cold! Morgan hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrew Morgan!
Our winner, Andrew Morgan, 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.
Manny Longoria spoke after the fight, saying 'i have no excuses, he really brought the lighting and i felt the thunder lol ...congrats 2 my opponent '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kesigan St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is aint no sunshine. Riggs has chosen big gun - AC/DC as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kesigan St Pierre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Riggs!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Riggs.
St Pierre fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Pierre tries to clinch up
and Riggs counters with a takedown into side control.
Riggs has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riggs misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Riggs landing shots from mount.
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!
Riggs throwing strikes but St Pierre recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Riggs is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
St Pierre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Riggs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs trying to mount his opponent but St Pierre defends it.
Riggs is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Riggs throws a big right hand that misses.
Riggs makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
St Pierre keeping full guard, as Riggs tries to pass.
Riggs is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
Riggs postures up in St Pierre's guard and throws a big left but St Pierre blocks it.
St Pierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
St Pierre is looking to stand up but Riggs isn't so interested in that idea.
Riggs throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Riggs throws a big elbow that misses.
Riggs advances position into side control!
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Riggs throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
St Pierre managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Riggs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre parries the strikes from Riggs easily there. Riggs is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable St Pierre to escape.
Riggs in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
St Pierre dodges the ground and pound from Riggs.
Riggs moves into full mount!
Riggs unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Riggs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
St Pierre is rocked!
Riggs postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks St Pierre out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Riggs goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Riggs! John Riggs retains his welterweight title!
John Riggs 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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