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HEROIC 151 Varvask. vs Cerdan PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Genki Dama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes into a darkened arena with his song building. London Calling kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Genki Dama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Silik Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hunt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Dama slips a jab from Hunt.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silik Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt throws the left hand but Dama avoids the punch easily.
Dama throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dama looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Dama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dama looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A cross from Hunt lands.
Hunt lands a lovely overhand right.
Hunt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dama.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a head kick.
Hunt misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Hunt.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Dama moved out of range nicely.
Hunt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A left lands for Hunt.
Hunt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dama circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunt lands with a cross.
Hunt gets caught napping as Dama dives in and scores a takedown. Hunt manages to retain guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dama preventing the sweep.
Hunt is pulling down on Dama's head. It's preventing any offense from Dama, at least for the moment.
Hunt keeping full guard, as Dama tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hunt is trying to keep Dama in close.
Hunt is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Silik Hunt has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hunt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dama makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hunt really felt that one!
Dama takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt cracks Dama with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dama scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dama prevents Hunt from improving his position.
Hunt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dama.
Dama trying to control from half guard but Hunt is working away.
Dama is looking to advance position but Hunt won't allow it.
Dama stalling away here and it's allowed Hunt to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Hunt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dama pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hunt is keeping the position for now.
Dama stopping the sweep attempt from Hunt.
Dama passes Hunt's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dama not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silik Hunt 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.
Dama misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunt counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hunt is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dama moves forwards but Hunt connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hunt throws a right and a left that Dama avoids nicely.
Dama misses the jab.
Dama slips under a jab from Hunt.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Dama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dama blocks a leg kick.
Dama on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silik Hunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dama chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hunt can pounce on him.
Hunt with a hook.
Hunt has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hunt throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big right from Hunt misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Hunt.
Dama throws a head kick that half lands.
Dama closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dama goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hunt rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dama's guard! Nice work there by Hunt!
Dama is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dama wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt wants to control from the top but Dama keeps moving.
Hunt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hunt works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hunt content to control rather than advance.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Silik Hunt hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hunt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dama tries to bum rush Hunt with a series of wild strikes but Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dama's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hunt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dama scrambles back to his feet.
Dama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Dama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Dama moves out of range of the strikes.
Hunt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dama staying out of range there.
Hunt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silik Hunt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dama gets a double leg takedown into Hunt's guard.
Hunt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hunt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dama is looking to work some ground and pound but Hunt has wrist control.
Dama is fighting to break Hunt's control of his arms but Hunt is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dama throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dama trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dama is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hunt is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silik Hunt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hunt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Dama checks it.
Hunt misses with a leg kick
and Dama counters with a single leg into guard. Hunt didn't expect that.
Dama throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hunt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dama wants to control from the top but Hunt keeps moving.
Hunt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dama is one step ahead there.
Hunt trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dama trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dama trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
Hunt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dama!
Hunt wants to control the pace but Dama is squirming around nicely.
Dama tries to reverse the position but Hunt maintains control.
Dama is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt controlling the position easily from mount.
Dama is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hunt controlling his opponent.
Dama is desperately trying to improve his position but Hunt has a good base and remains in mount.
Hunt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dama can't escape the position.
Dama might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunt trying to control but Dama is having none of it.
Hunt controlling the position easily from mount.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Silik Hunt hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A low kick from Hunt misses
and Dama counters with a nice body kick.
Dama on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dama rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hunt scores with a jab. Dama acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silik Hunt is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dama eats them both and turns towards Hunt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Dama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Genki Dama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hunt misses with a straight right.
Hunt gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dama throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dama postures up in Hunt's guard and throws a big left but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt tries to land a sweep but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dama distracts Hunt with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dama throwing strikes but missing.
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 Genki Dama.
I think Hunt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silik Hunt!
Our winner, Silik Hunt, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Masahiko Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrov has chosen Iron Man as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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160 lbs
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159 lbs
29 - 20 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Masahiko Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kirill Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura throws a nice looking combination but Petrov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrov scores with a sloppy right hand. Kimura should have avoided that one.
Petrov slips a jab and a cross from Kimura.
Petrov drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Petrov is trying to get an arm triangle but Kimura is defending well.
Kimura tries to bench press Petrov off him but Petrov keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Kimura's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Petrov is trying to get an arm triangle but Kimura is defending well.
Petrov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kimura keeps working.
Kimura tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Petrov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kimura, who protects the arm well.
Kimura is looking for a sweep.
Kimura struggling a bit here.
Petrov is trying to get an arm triangle but Kimura is defending well.
Kimura is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kimura looking for submissions off his back.
Petrov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kimura looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura works his way to full guard. Good work.
Petrov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kimura is keeping the position for now.
Kimura seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Kimura is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kimura wants to sweep here but Petrov controlling him for the moment.
Kimura keeping full guard, as Petrov tries to pass.
Petrov trying to control the position from guard on top but Kimura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Petrov pushes down on Kimura's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura is refusing to be controlled, as Petrov sits in half guard.
Kimura works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kimura is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Petrov is aware though and is defending well.
Petrov trying to control but Kimura is working from the bottom.
Petrov is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kimura is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kimura has escaped and now he's on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kimura is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kimura trying to control but Petrov is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov keeping full guard, as Kimura tries to pass.
Kimura trying to control the position from guard on top but Petrov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kimura slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Masahiko Kimura has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Petrov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kirill Petrov will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kimura ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
Petrov drives through with a takedown into Kimura's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Petrov wants to control from the top but Kimura keeps moving.
Kimura looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Petrov has picked Kimura up and slammed him! Kimura can't keep hold of the triangle and Petrov manages to pass to side control!
Petrov is looking to take a break and control but Kimura is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kimura wants to control but Petrov postures up.
Petrov looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura is looking to regain half guard here but Petrov keeps moving and retains side control.
Kimura is working hard here to advance position.
Petrov taking a breather here.
Petrov wants to control but Kimura is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura tries to buck Petrov off but Petrov is having none of it.
Kirill Petrov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Petrov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kimura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kimura is looking for a sweep.
Petrov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kimura, who protects the arm well.
Petrov wants to control but Kimura is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kimura tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Petrov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura struggling a bit here.
Kimura sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Petrov is working for a submission of some sort.
Petrov tries to pass to full mount but Kimura defends it.
Petrov is looking for a kimura here.
Kimura wants to control but Petrov passes into side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura is trying to improve his position.
Petrov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kimura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Petrov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kimura keeps working.
Petrov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Kimura tries to buck Petrov off but Petrov is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrov goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Kimura rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Petrov's guard! Nice work there by Kimura!
Petrov keeping moving, preventing Kimura from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirill Petrov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kimura feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Petrovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petrov throws a good cross that connects.
Petrov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kimura.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Petrov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kimura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kimura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masahiko Kimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov doesn't manage to clinch there - Kimura circles away.
The fighters circling - Kimura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petrov tries to clinch there but Kimura circles away.
Petrov moves into the clinch successfully.
Kimura stalling in the clinch but Petrov improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov jumps guard and drags Kimura to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kimura forces his way into half guard.
Kimura is keen to just control but Petrov is a slippery customer.
Kimura is pressing down on Petrov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Petrov is holding on for now.
Petrov tries to get to full guard but Kimura has control of the leg.
Kimura is looking to take a break and control but Petrov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, if Kimura 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.
We're going to have a standup here because Masahiko Kimura wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kimura gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Petrov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Petrov tries to free his leg and advance position but Kimura is retaining full guard.
Kimura has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Petrov has passed into side control.
Kimura is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimura sneaks back into half guard.
Petrov is looking for a kimura but Kimura is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Petrov to get the leverage.
Masahiko Kimura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kimura is trying to get back to full guard.
Petrov works his way into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura is looking for a sweep.
Petrov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kimura, who protects the arm well.
Kimura tries to buck Petrov off but Petrov is having none of it.
Petrov working away.
Kirill Petrov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Petrov trying to control the action but Kimura is working from the bottom.
Petrov goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Kimura rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Petrov's guard! Nice work there by Kimura!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kimura is one step ahead there.
Petrov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kimura is aware though and is defending well.
Kimura looking to pass the guard.
Petrov pulls Kimura in close to his closed guard and prevents Kimura from doing any damage or advancing position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petrov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kimura is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kirill Petrov.
Well Petrov 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kirill Petrov!
Kirill Petrov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Floor Jan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Despicable Oh Dae Su (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oh Dae Su comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Scary kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Despicable Oh Dae Su told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenny Floor Jan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Despicable Oh Dae Su!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oh Dae Su scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Floor Jan is looking to clinch.
Floor Jan ducks right into an uppercut from Oh Dae Su.
Floor Jan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oh Dae Su in his tracks.
Oh Dae Su takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Floor Jan throws the kick towards the body but Oh Dae Su avoids it.
Oh Dae Su lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oh Dae Su lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oh Dae Su dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Floor Jan throws the kick towards the body but Oh Dae Su avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oh Dae Su keeps the fight on the outside.
We've been hearing reports that Floor Jan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The crowd cheers as Oh Dae Su lands an impressive looking overhand right. Floor Jan doesn't seem phased though.
Oh Dae Su misses with a head kick.
Oh Dae Su scores with a decent looking hook.
Oh Dae Su throws a leg kick which misses Floor Jan's front leg but catches the back leg as Floor Jan tries to avoid it.
Floor Jan gets a clinch.
Oh Dae Su is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Floor Jan can't fight it off and eventually Oh Dae Su manages to take the fight to the floor. Floor Jan looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Floor Jan is looking to stand up but Oh Dae Su isn't so interested in that idea.
Floor Jan keeping moving, preventing Oh Dae Su from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floor Jan looking for a sweep. Not yet Floor Jan, not yet.
Oh Dae Su loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oh Dae Su stands up from Floor Jan's guard - Oh Dae Su perhaps looking for a knockout.
Oh Dae Su lands a body shot.
Oh Dae Su just misses with a punch to the body.
Oh Dae Su slips under a jab from Floor Jan.
Nice jab there from Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Floor Jan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oh Dae Su was well out of range. Poor timing from Floor Jan.
Oh Dae Su misses with a body shot.
Oh Dae Su throws a head kick that misses.
Floor Jan throws a hook but Oh Dae Su avoids it easily.
Floor Jan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Floor Jan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Floor Jan takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oh Dae Su defending well as Floor Jan loads up on a big left hand.
Oh Dae Su throws a front kick aimed at Floor Jan's knee but Floor Jan avoids it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Floor Jan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oh Dae Su just misses with a punch to the body.
Floor Jan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oh Dae Su checks the leg kick nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Floor Jan.
Floor Jan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Oh Dae Su. That did some damage!
Floor Jan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Floor Jan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Dae Su shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oh Dae Su showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Floor Jan wants to control but Oh Dae Su is keeping busy.
Floor Jan is trying is best to control the position here.
Floor Jan is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh Dae Su seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oh Dae Su thows a huge punch but Floor Jan dodges it nicely.
Oh Dae Su is pressing down on Floor Jan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Floor Jan is holding on for now.
Floor Jan wants to improve his position but Oh Dae Su is controlling well.
Oh Dae Su is trying to control the action in half guard but Floor Jan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Oh Dae Su missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Floor Jan wants to control but Oh Dae Su is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Floor Jan is pressing down on Oh Dae Su's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Oh Dae Su postures up in Floor Jan's guard and throws a big left but Floor Jan blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Floor Jan is looking to stand up but Oh Dae Su isn't so interested in that idea.
Oh Dae Su engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Oh Dae Su postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Floor Jan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oh Dae Su.
Floor Jan pushes Oh Dae Su up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan lands a nice uppercut.
Floor Jan looking to throw knees to the head but Oh Dae Su is blocking nicely.
Floor Jan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Oh Dae Su fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Floor Jan swinging wildly here.
Floor Jan tries to clinch up
and Oh Dae Su counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Oh Dae Su.
A looping hook to the body misses from Floor Jan. Oh Dae Su does a little dance to reset his feet.
Floor Jan connects with a jab.
Floor Jan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Floor Jan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oh Dae Su lands a nice leg kick that just misses Floor Jan's sensitive parts.
Floor Jan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oh Dae Su scores with a nice head shot.
Floor Jan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Despicable Oh Dae Su 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.
Floor Jan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oh Dae Su looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oh Dae Su chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oh Dae Su misses with a low kick.
Floor Jan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oh Dae Su sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oh Dae Su steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Floor Jan.
Good leg kick by Oh Dae Su there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oh Dae Su punishes Floor Jan's body with a nice straight punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Oh Dae Su punishes Floor Jan's body with a nice straight punch.
Oh Dae Su misses the shot to the body.
Oh Dae Su tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Floor Jan is able to avoid easily.
Oh Dae Su misses with a straight left.
Horrible takedown by Oh Dae Su or perhaps it was just good defense by Floor Jan which made him look bad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Floor Jan misses with a wild body shot.
Oh Dae Su is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oh Dae Su rushes Floor Jan and presses him up against the cage.
Oh Dae Su lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Dae Su is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Floor Jan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kenny Floor Jan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Despicable Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su tries for a takedown but Floor Jan manages to get underhooks.
Floor Jan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Floor Jan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Oh Dae Su lands a right hand.
Oh Dae Su goes for a takedown in the clinch but Floor Jan prevents it.
A short right from Floor Jan on the inside.
Floor Jan misses with the head strike.
Oh Dae Su's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Floor Jan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oh Dae Su swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Floor Jan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Floor Jan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Floor Jan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oh Dae Su swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oh Dae Su. Oh Dae Su obviously looking to wear him down.
Oh Dae Su fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kenny Floor Jan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oh Dae Su walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Floor Jan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Oh Dae Su pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Floor Jan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Floor Jan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oh Dae Su scores with a jab to the head.
Floor Jan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Despicable Oh Dae Su seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oh Dae Su connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Floor Jan momentarily.
Oh Dae Su misses with a low kick.
Despicable Oh Dae Su seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut lands for Floor Jan. That snapped Oh Dae Su's head back.
Floor Jan lands with a nice combination. Oh Dae Su backs away looking to recover.
Floor Jan doesn't manage to clinch there - Oh Dae Su circles away.
Floor Jan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oh Dae Su shoots for a takedown but Floor Jan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Floor Jan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Floor Jan throws a jab when Oh Dae Su was well out of range.
Oh Dae Su lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh Dae Su attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oh Dae Su misses with an uppercut.
Oh Dae Su looks to score with a jab to the body but Floor Jan is just out of range.
Floor Jan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oh Dae Su tries to work over Floor Jan's front leg with a kick but Floor Jan checks it.
Oh Dae Su blocks the body kick.
Floor Jan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su throws a low kick, looking for Floor Jan's leg but Floor Jan calmly moves out of range.
Floor Jan has closed the distance and engaged Oh Dae Su in a clinch.
Oh Dae Su has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Floor Jan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Oh Dae Su tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Floor Jan can't find room to land a body shot as Oh Dae Su controls the action.
Floor Jan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Floor Jan misses with a knee strike.
Floor Jan tries a knee to the head but Oh Dae Su blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Floor Jan prevents Oh Dae Su from breaking the clinch.
Oh Dae Su tries to score a body lock takedown but Floor Jan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Floor Jan tries to land a knee to the head but Oh Dae Su blocks with his arms.
Floor Jan gets through Oh Dae Su's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Floor Jan lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Floor Jan.
Oh Dae Su lands a right hand.
Floor Jan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oh Dae Su's elbow.
Oh Dae Su is trying to break the clinch but Floor Jan is controlling him.
Floor Jan keeps control of Oh Dae Su as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Floor Jan throws a punch but it's blocked by Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su breaks from the clinch.
Oh Dae Su moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Despicable Oh Dae Su showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Oh Dae Su swinging wildly here.
Floor Jan motions for Oh Dae Su to come forward. Floor Jan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Oh Dae Su. That's going to slow Floor Jan down.
Floor Jan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Floor Jan is looking to clinch.
Floor Jan tries to clinch up.
Oh Dae Su shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Floor Jan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oh Dae Su is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Oh Dae Su preventing the sweep.
Floor Jan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Oh Dae Su controls the pace.
Oh Dae Su has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Placeholder name. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Oh Dae Su trying to control the position from guard on top but Floor Jan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Despicable Oh Dae Su has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Oh Dae Su misses with a low kick.
Floor Jan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floor Jan scores with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oh Dae Su.
Oh Dae Su moves out of range as Floor Jan throws a body kick.
Floor Jan looks to throw the jab but Oh Dae Su is out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Floor Jan misses with an uppercut
and Oh Dae Su counters with a leg kick.
Oh Dae Su jabs Floor Jan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Floor Jan looks to throw the jab but Oh Dae Su is out of range.
Oh Dae Su wants to clinch up but Floor Jan keeps it at a distance.
Oh Dae Su is looking to slow Floor Jan down with leg kicks.
Oh Dae Su cracks Floor Jan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Dae Su works Floor Jan's body with a nice hook.
Oh Dae Su wants to clinch up but Floor Jan keeps it at a distance.
Oh Dae Su swats away the attempt to clinch by Floor Jan.
Floor Jan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oh Dae Su has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oh Dae Su cracks the inside of Floor Jan's front leg.
Oh Dae Su buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh Dae Su ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Floor Jan moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Oh Dae Su.
Floor Jan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Oh Dae Su counters with a leg kick.
Floor Jan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oh Dae Su avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Floor Jan misses the shot to the body.
Oh Dae Su lands a glancing blow to the side of Floor Jan's head.
Floor Jan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Floor Jan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Floor Jan tries to land knees in the clinch but Oh Dae Su avoids the damage to the body.
Floor Jan takes a shot to the head.
Oh Dae Su lands a left hand.
Floor Jan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Floor Jan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oh Dae Su lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Floor Jan misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh Dae Su can't find room to land a body shot as Floor Jan controls the action.
Nice body punch from Oh Dae Su.
Floor Jan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Dae Su wants a takedown.
Floor Jan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Oh Dae Su regains guard.
Oh Dae Su controlling Floor Jan's posture.
Floor Jan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Floor Jan is fighting to break Oh Dae Su's control of his arms but Oh Dae Su is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Despicable Oh Dae Su has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Floor Jan throws a poor cross that misses
and Oh Dae Su counters with a takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Oh Dae Su grinds an elbow into Floor Jan's temple.
Oh Dae Su connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Floor Jan some visible discomfort.
Oh Dae Su working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oh Dae Su lands a decent elbow from side control.
Oh Dae Su wants to control but Floor Jan is keeping him busy.
Floor Jan wants to control but Oh Dae Su postures up.
Kenny Floor Jan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Floor Jan is not content to let Oh Dae Su control the position.
Floor Jan is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oh Dae Su staying calm.
Oh Dae Su grinds an elbow into Floor Jan's temple.
And that's the end of the fight!
Despicable Oh Dae Su comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oh Dae Su 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Despicable Oh Dae Su!
Despicable Oh Dae Su 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is EARTH CRISIS: DESTROY THE MACHINES. Campbell has chosen Sun Poison and Skin Cancer as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronald McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ash Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald misses with a right hand
and Campbell counters with a nice double leg into side control. McDonald won't be happy with that.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
McDonald is looking to regain half guard here but Campbell keeps moving and retains side control.
McDonald gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. McDonald manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
McDonald keeping moving, preventing Campbell from controlling successfully.
McDonald looking to hit a scissor sweep but Campbell is one step ahead there.
Campbell with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDonald trying to control the position here.
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!
Campbell trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
McDonald is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McDonald. Campbell shrugs it off though.
Nice takedown defense from McDonald. No joy for Campbell on that attempt.
A clash of legs there as Campbell blocks the low kick.
McDonald lands a nice looking body shot.
McDonald goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Campbell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McDonald stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McDonald wants it to stay on the feet.
Campbell has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
McDonald walks into a stiff left hand from Campbell.
Campbell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - McDonald throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Campbell throws a leg kick but McDonald checks it.
Ronald McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook from Campbell.
Campbell fails to land the takedown.
Ronald McDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Campbell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonald stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McDonald wants it to stay on the feet.
McDonald jabs Campbell right on the nose. Campbell blinks but takes it well.
Nice shot lands for McDonald.
Campbell lands a head shot.
McDonald looks to land a combination but Campbell avoids it well.
Campbell shoots in and gets a takedown into McDonald's guard.
Campbell is fighting to break McDonald's control of his arms but McDonald is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Campbell stopping the sweep attempt from McDonald.
Campbell trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Campbell with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campbell wants to pass the guard but McDonald is keeping the position.
McDonald is trying to control the position but Campbell postures up.
McDonald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Campbell's guard.
Campbell 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.
Campbell looking for a guillotine here but McDonald defends easily.
Campbell looking to hit a scissor sweep but McDonald is one step ahead there.
McDonald wants to get up but he can't break Campbell's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Campbell has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but McDonald has passed into side control.
Campbell regains half guard.
Campbell tries to get to full guard but McDonald has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDonald wants to stand up but Campbell is controlling the position.
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 Ronald McDonald will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
McDonald throws a combination that misses
and Campbell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Campbell looking to sit in guard and control but McDonald gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Campbell looking to hit a scissor sweep but McDonald is one step ahead there.
Campbell seems keen to control McDonald's posture.
McDonald wants to stand but Campbell has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
McDonald stopping the sweep attempt from Campbell.
Campbell is trying to keep McDonald in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McDonald goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Campbell punishes McDonald's body with a nice straight punch.
Campbell goes for a double leg but McDonald avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McDonald continues to drive forward.
McDonald scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McDonald.
Campbell tries to break free but McDonald pushes him back against the cage.
Campbell is trying to break free.
Campbell tries to circle away but McDonald has him pinned against the cage.
McDonald misses with a punch to the body.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McDonald lands with a left to the head.
McDonald keeps control of Campbell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Campbell wants to break free but McDonald has control.
Campbell breaks the clinch.
Campbell cracks McDonald with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell looks to land a right hand but McDonald moved out of range.
McDonald bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Campbell's head.
Campbell is looking to score with low kicks.
Campbell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McDonald keeps Campbell at a distance using the push kick.
Campbell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
Ronald McDonald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McDonald on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Campbell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDonald.
McDonald cracks Campbell with an open hand slap.
McDonald tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. McDonald darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Campbell throws a poor cross that misses
enabling McDonald to counter with a crisp jab.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch but Campbell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald blocks a low kick nicely.
McDonald cracks a nice hook into Campbell's ribs.
Campbell connects with an inside leg kick.
Campbell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McDonald.
McDonald misses with a straight right.
Campbell tries for a takedown but McDonald circles away easily
and McDonald counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McDonald is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
McDonald looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campbell has his takedown stuffed
and McDonald counters with an inside leg kick.
Ronald McDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Campbell.
McDonald thuds his shin into the meat of Campbell's side.
McDonald tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Campbell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Campbell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Campbell moves away.
Campbell keeps the fight on the outside.
McDonald rushes Campbell and presses him up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by McDonald.
Campbell is trying to break the clinch but McDonald has him pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Campbell's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
Campbell wants to take the fight to the mat but McDonald manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Campbell is looking to break free of the clinch but McDonald has double underhooks.
Campbell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Campbell breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDonald scores with a leg kick.
McDonald lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McDonald throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald McDonald dominated that second 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.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campbell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Campbell throws a hook but McDonald avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Campbell.
McDonald works the jab nicely.
Campbell throws a leg kick but McDonald sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by McDonald.
A shot to the body from McDonald misses
and Campbell counters with a single leg into guard. McDonald didn't expect that.
Campbell is looking to work some ground and pound but McDonald has wrist control.
McDonald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Campbell trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonald is pulling down on Campbell's head. It's preventing any offense from Campbell, at least for the moment.
Campbell trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell throwing strikes from guard but McDonald blocks nicely.
Campbell throws a big elbow that misses.
McDonald keeping moving, preventing Campbell from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Campbell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Campbell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McDonald throws a shot to the body.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald walks into a stiff left hand from Campbell.
McDonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Campbell circles away.
Ronald McDonald is winning the standup battle so far.
Campbell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell shoots in for a takedown but McDonald shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Campbell defending well as McDonald loads up on a big left hand.
McDonald scores with a jab to the body.
McDonald moves forwards but Campbell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Campbell fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Campbell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Campbell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ronald McDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Campbell.
McDonald throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell goes for a double leg but McDonald avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McDonald continues to drive forward.
McDonald struggles to land a body shot inside as Campbell controls his hands.
Campbell tries for a takedown but McDonald manages to get underhooks.
McDonald landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McDonald is working Campbell over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Campbell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McDonald lands with a light punch inside.
McDonald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Campbell blocks it with crossed arms.
McDonald lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Ash Campbell has been cut.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but Campbell blocks it.
Campbell tries to break the clinch but McDonald is controlling the position.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
Campbell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Campbell is trying to push McDonald away but McDonald has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McDonald with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McDonald is working Campbell over against the cage.
McDonald scores with a shoulder strike.
Campbell has had enough of the clinch but McDonald keeps him there for the moment.
Campbell is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but McDonald is defending well.
A left hand lands to the body for McDonald.
McDonald with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald struggles to land a body shot inside as Campbell controls his hands.
McDonald lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Campbell.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonald using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McDonald cracks Campbell with a nice body shot.
McDonald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McDonald landing knees to the head.
McDonald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Campbell's face.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Campbell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McDonald lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Campbell is rocked!
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
Campbell is still on wobbly legs! Can McDonald finish him?
Campbell is trying to push McDonald away but McDonald has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McDonald landing knees to the head.
McDonald keeps control of Campbell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ronald McDonald has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McDonald has Campbell pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Campbell is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from McDonald - that's hurt Campbell badly! Oh, another knee lands and Campbell is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Campbell doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ronald McDonald!
Post fight, Ronald McDonald took to the microphone: 'Honestly, I had no idea I was going to get this opportunity! I've had a seriously tough career, and it feels so good to be champ again! I didn't know if this day was ever going to come again, but it did! Thank you creator! Keep waking up world, we have douche bags to remove! BROKEN HALO PRIDE!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cid comes to the cage accompanied by There's No Home for You Here. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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159 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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30
143 lbs
25 - 12 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Xavier Cid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adam Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cid is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Cid circles away and we're back to standing.
Cid is looking to score with low kicks.
Cid stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Cid throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie throws a front kick aimed at Cid's knee but Cid avoids it well.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cid defends it nicely.
Xavier Cid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Gracie.
Cid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Cid.
Cid scores with a hook.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cid scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cid tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Gracie. That snapped Cid's head back.
Cid fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cid delivers a nice body kick.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Cid.
Gracie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cid moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Cid connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Cid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Cid misses its intended target.
Cid looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Cid enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cid manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Cid is pulling down on Gracie's head to control his posture.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie wants to control from the top but Cid keeps moving.
Cid is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cid has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Gracie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Cid is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Cid's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie cracks Cid with a big right hand but Cid just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gracie throws an elbow but Cid slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gracie remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Gracie wants to control for a moment but Cid uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Cid has his hands clasped together around Gracie's back. He's all about the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Cid is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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 Xavier Cid will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cid takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Cid.
Cid throws a chopping leg kick but Gracie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Cid.
Cid tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Cid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cid throws a leg kick but Gracie checks it.
Cid's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gracie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cid scrambles back to his feet.
Cid changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cid tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Cid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cid throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Cid.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Cid avoids it.
Xavier Cid is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Cid misses.
Gracie scores with the left hand. Cid knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie wants to slow Cid down by chopping away at his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Cid keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cid is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Cid circles away and we're back to standing.
Xavier Cid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Gracie.
Cid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Cid avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Cid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Cid throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie scores with a sloppy right hand. Cid should have avoided that one.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Cid shows good takedown defense.
Cid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cid tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Cid sprawls well.
Cid plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cid scores with a leg kick.
Cid moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cid throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Cid looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cid.
Cid uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Cid is out of range.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Cid sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Cid cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
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!
Cid throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cid.
Cid throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cid buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cid is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Cid dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Cid stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cid wants it to stay on the feet.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cid.
Cid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cid uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cid throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cid just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid throws a big shot that misses.
Cid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Cid doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cid throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Cid ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cid.
Cid stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cid wants it to stay on the feet.
Xavier Cid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Gracie.
Good leg kick by Cid there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Cid shows good takedown defense.
Cid fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gracie checks it well.
Cid attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cid slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Cid.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Cid jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Cid tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie in side control, throwing shots but Cid defends.
Gracie trying to control the position but Cid is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cid knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gracie throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Cid is trying to improve his position.
Gracie trying to control the action but Cid is working from the bottom.
Gracie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Adam Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xavier Cid is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cid is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gracie working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Adam Gracie.
I think Cid 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Xavier Cid!
Xavier Cid bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Stan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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33
179 lbs
22 - 14 - 0 |
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195 lbs
15 - 6 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mateus Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Greg Stan!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gracie counters by clinching up.
Stan is working for takedown but Gracie is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Stan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mateus Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Stan.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stan avoids it.
Stan has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie is pressed up against the cage. Stan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gracie down to the mat. Gracie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gracie.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Stan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gracie defends it nicely.
Stan swinging wildly here.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie cracks the inside of Stan's front leg.
Gracie cracks Stan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gracie as he avoids it easily.
Stan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gracie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stan tries for a takedown but Gracie manages to get underhooks.
Gracie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Stan.
Stan looking for a takedown.
Gracie stalling against the cage.
Stan misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Stan avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Stan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stan blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Gracie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Stan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gracie.
Stan moves out of range of the body kick.
Stan shoots in but Gracie avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Stan moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Stan moves away and avoids it.
Stan checks a leg kick.
Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Stan is looking for a sweep.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Stan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie working the ground and pound.
Gracie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stan to see if he's OK.
Gracie lands a decent elbow from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stan tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie 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.
Gracie is staying tight to Stan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gracie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie trying to control the action but Stan is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mateus Gracie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Stan fails with a takedown attempt.
Stan with a poor takedown
and Gracie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Stan.
A short right from Gracie.
Gracie digs a right hand underneath Stan's ribcage. Stan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stan wants a takedown but no success here.
Mateus Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Stan.
Gracie scores with a shot to the side of Stan's head.
Stan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gracie avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Stan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gracie lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mateus Gracie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Stan.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stan blocks an uppercut.
Gracie prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stan looking for a takedown.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stan is trying to pull guard but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stan.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stan as Gracie tries to tie him up.
Stan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is pressed up against the cage. Stan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gracie down to the mat. Gracie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Stan shoots in and gets a takedown into Gracie's guard.
Stan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gracie looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stan stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Stan from controlling successfully.
Stan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stan manages to get himself to full guard.
Stan wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gracie trying to control but Stan is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gracie postures up in Stan's guard and throws a big left but Stan blocks it.
Gracie stands up over Stan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stan wants to control the position but Gracie says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Stan is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Stan won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mateus Gracie dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Stan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Stan misses with a wild body shot.
Stan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Stan is very close to passing his half guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gracie here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stan.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stan lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Stan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stan pulls his head out easily.
Mateus Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie trying to hold on to Stan's head to control him but Stan postures up.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stan.
Gracie trying to hold on to Stan's head to control him but Stan postures up.
Gracie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gracie tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Stan has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Stan's attempts to control the action.
Stan swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Gracie is now in Stan's guard. A big mistake from Stan there, giving up the dominant position!
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Stan keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie won't allow Stan to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Stan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie distracts Stan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stan trying to control the position.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Stan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stan has Gracie pulled in close to control his posture.
Gracie trying to control but Stan is working from the bottom.
Greg Stan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mateus Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Greg Stan.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mateus Gracie!
Our winner, Mateus Gracie, 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 Bowser Stormcrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Ehrmantraut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ehrmantraut has chosen non existent as his entrance music. Bowser Stormcrow could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Michael Ehrmantraut's chin.
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176 lbs
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175 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
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bowser Stormcrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Ehrmantraut!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ehrmantraut shoots in but no luck this time.
Ehrmantraut tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stormcrow was well out of range. Poor timing from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut keeps the fight on the outside.
Ehrmantraut sizes up Stormcrow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ehrmantraut is defended easily by Stormcrow.
Stormcrow takes the fight into the clinch.
Ehrmantraut takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Ehrmantraut.
Stormcrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ehrmantraut.
Stormcrow breaks from the clinch.
Stormcrow tries to clinch but Ehrmantraut moves out of range.
Stormcrow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stormcrow cracks Ehrmantraut with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ehrmantraut throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stormcrow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Ehrmantraut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stormcrow.
Stormcrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ehrmantraut manages to avoid it.
Stormcrow digs a good hook to Ehrmantraut's body.
Ehrmantraut takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stormcrow misses with a right hand
and Ehrmantraut counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stormcrow's guard now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ehrmantraut landing with the ground and pound.
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!
Stormcrow seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Stormcrow wants to control the position but Ehrmantraut says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Stormcrow controlling the position for now.
Ehrmantraut with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ehrmantraut throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stormcrow keeping control of the position.
Stormcrow is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stormcrow wants to improve his position but Ehrmantraut is controlling well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ehrmantraut wants to pass the guard but Stormcrow is defending well.
Ehrmantraut wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stormcrow keeps working.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stormcrow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ehrmantraut changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stormcrow tries to avoid it but Ehrmantraut manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stormcrow to the ground. Stormcrow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bowser Stormcrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Ehrmantraut.
Stormcrow is looking to clinch but Ehrmantraut is avoiding it.
Ehrmantraut changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stormcrow tries to avoid it but Ehrmantraut manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stormcrow to the ground. Stormcrow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stormcrow tries a head kick but it misses.
Stormcrow does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stormcrow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick from Stormcrow misses.
Ehrmantraut shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Stormcrow is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Ehrmantraut trying to pass the guard but Stormcrow defending well.
Ehrmantraut is thwarting Stormcrow's attempts to control the position.
Stormcrow is holding on to half guard well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ehrmantraut is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stormcrow is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stormcrow is looking to control Ehrmantraut's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stormcrow avoid being mounted?
Ehrmantraut throwing shots but Stormcrow is blocking nicely.
Ehrmantraut sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Stormcrow trying to control but Ehrmantraut postures up.
Ehrmantraut not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stormcrow slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Stormcrow has his hands on Ehrmantraut's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ehrmantraut trying to control but Stormcrow is working from the bottom.
Ehrmantraut preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Ehrmantraut will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stormcrow takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stormcrow looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stormcrow cracks a nice hook into Ehrmantraut's ribs.
Ehrmantraut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ehrmantraut changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stormcrow tries to avoid it but Ehrmantraut manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stormcrow to the ground. Stormcrow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ehrmantraut lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stormcrow checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ehrmantraut will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stormcrow scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ehrmantraut scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stormcrow is looking to wear down Ehrmantraut with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stormcrow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stormcrow rushes Ehrmantraut and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ehrmantraut is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Stormcrow is defending well.
Bowser Stormcrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Ehrmantraut.
Stormcrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stormcrow scores with a shot to the side of Ehrmantraut's head.
Stormcrow working aggressively here.
Stormcrow throws a head punch that misses.
Stormcrow lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stormcrow's elbow.
Stormcrow throws a head punch that misses.
Stormcrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ehrmantraut fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ehrmantraut fails to land.
Stormcrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stormcrow misses with the head strike.
Ehrmantraut working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ehrmantraut.
Stormcrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ehrmantraut blocking some punches.
Ehrmantraut lands a shoulder strike.
Ehrmantraut fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stormcrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ehrmantraut has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Stormcrow seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ehrmantraut can turn it around.
Stormcrow blocks a body shot from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Stormcrow fails to land.
Ehrmantraut blocks a body shot from Stormcrow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut digs a right hand underneath Stormcrow's ribcage. Stormcrow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stormcrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ehrmantraut blocking some punches.
Stormcrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Stormcrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Stormcrow.
Stormcrow lands a shoulder strike.
Ehrmantraut wants to get back to striking at distance but Stormcrow won't allow it.
Ehrmantraut lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stormcrow backwards.
Ehrmantraut has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Stormcrow is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ehrmantraut misses with the head strike.
Stormcrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stormcrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Ehrmantraut uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stormcrow breaks the clinch.
Stormcrow feints and then cracks Ehrmantraut's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ehrmantraut down.
Stormcrow wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut thows a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stormcrow.
Stormcrow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ehrmantraut is out of range and Stormcrow settles back down.
Stormcrow throws a head kick that misses
and Ehrmantraut counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ehrmantraut.
Stormcrow wants to hit a switch here but Ehrmantraut passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Stormcrow there!
Stormcrow is trying to escape the mount.
Stormcrow tries to hold on but Ehrmantraut pushes him away.
Ehrmantraut landing strikes from the mount and Stormcrow is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stormcrow gets back to half guard.
Stormcrow is looking for a sweep. Ehrmantraut is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ehrmantraut tries to pass the half guard into mount. Stormcrow knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Stormcrow does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Stormcrow works his way to full guard. Good work.
Stormcrow has Ehrmantraut pulled in close to control his posture.
Ehrmantraut landing with the ground and pound.
Stormcrow has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ehrmantraut trying to control the position from guard on top but Stormcrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Stormcrow wants to sweep but no luck.
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 Bowser Stormcrow will probably get the nod.
That's time! Stormcrow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ehrmantraut falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stormcrow counters with an inside leg kick.
Stormcrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stormcrow tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ehrmantraut counters with a single leg into guard. Stormcrow didn't expect that.
Ehrmantraut advances position into side control!
Stormcrow is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Stormcrow wants to control but Ehrmantraut is keeping busy.
Ehrmantraut is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ehrmantraut wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stormcrow keeps working.
Stormcrow controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormcrow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ehrmantraut.
Ehrmantraut is thwarting Stormcrow's attempts to control the position.
Stormcrow works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ehrmantraut wants to control from the top but Stormcrow keeps moving.
Stormcrow controls Ehrmantraut momentarily but Ehrmantraut frees himself.
Stormcrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ehrmantraut is one step ahead there.
Ehrmantraut tries to free his leg and advance position but Stormcrow is retaining full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ehrmantraut is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stormcrow.
Ehrmantraut bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bowser Stormcrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ehrmantraut lands with a right hand.
Ehrmantraut closes the distance and clinches.
Stormcrow breaks from the clinch.
Bowser Stormcrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Stormcrow takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stormcrow ducks under a wild hook from Ehrmantraut.
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!
Stormcrow swings for the body but Ehrmantraut moves out of range.
Ehrmantraut is looking to land body kicks.
Ehrmantraut takes a swing at Stormcrow's ribcage but misses.
Stormcrow throws a leg kick but Ehrmantraut sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ehrmantraut thumps Stormcrow with a low kick.
Stormcrow pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ehrmantraut is out of range and Stormcrow settles back down.
Stormcrow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ehrmantraut. Ehrmantraut obviously looking to wear him down.
Ehrmantraut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ehrmantraut throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stormcrow.
Stormcrow throws a low kick but Ehrmantraut avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Ehrmantraut with that takedown attempt.
Stormcrow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ehrmantraut takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ehrmantraut checks a low kick from Stormcrow.
Stormcrow wants to land a leg kick but Ehrmantraut is out of range.
Stormcrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ehrmantraut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stormcrow.
Ehrmantraut takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stormcrow throws a lazy body kick
and Ehrmantraut counters with a single leg into guard. Stormcrow didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ehrmantraut throws a big right hand that misses.
Stormcrow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stormcrow controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stormcrow trying to pass the guard but Ehrmantraut defending well.
Stormcrow performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
It looks like Stormcrow is going to stand back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michael Ehrmantraut.
I think Ehrmantraut has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Michael Ehrmantraut!
An out of breath Michael Ehrmantraut thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Wilkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Bishop told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andy Wilkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bishop.
Bishop connects with a leg kick. Wilkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bishop throws a low kick but Wilkins moves out of range easily.
Bishop throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Bishop misses.
Bishop throws a series of punches but Wilkins avoids them all with ease.
Wilkins checks a leg kick.
Bishop has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bishop misses with a body shot.
Bishop throws a lazy head kick
so Wilkins counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bishop is pulling down on Wilkins's head to control his posture.
Wilkins advances to half guard.
Bishop gets back to full guard.
Wilkins throwing strikes from guard but Bishop blocks nicely.
Bishop has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkins is stalling in the full guard.
Bishop trying to control the position here.
Wilkins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bishop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bishop preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wilkins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bishop pulls Wilkins in close to his closed guard and prevents Wilkins from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Lucas Bishop wasn't active enough on the ground.
Wilkins scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lucas Bishop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilkins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bishop.
Bishop with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wilkins takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop misses with a low kick.
Wilkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bishop.
Bishop connects with a leg kick. Wilkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wilkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bishop tries to land a body kick
and Wilkins counters with a nice uppercut.
Bishop with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bishop thumps Wilkins with a low kick.
Bishop looks to throw the jab but Wilkins is out of range.
Bishop throws a looping overhand right but Wilkins ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Bishop is just out of range.
Wilkins takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wilkins misses the body punch
and Bishop moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Wilkins blocks an uppercut.
Wilkins blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wilkins blocking some punches.
Bishop is pressed up against the cage. Wilkins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bishop down to the mat. Bishop avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wilkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wilkins misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lucas Bishop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wilkins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bishop misses with a hook. Wilkins ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop throws a leg kick
and Wilkins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wilkins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wilkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilkins closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bishop tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wilkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wilkins scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wilkins swings around for an armbar but Bishop sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Wilkins's guard.
Wilkins throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilkins wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bishop dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bishop throws a solid leg kick but Wilkins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bishop.
Bishop tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bishop lands a slapping body shot.
Wilkins moves out of range as Bishop strikes.
Wilkins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bishop defends well and Wilkins ends up having to push Bishop into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bishop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
Bishop lands with a light punch inside.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkins.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilkins.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkins.
Bishop lands with a right to the head.
Bishop scores with a hook to the body.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wilkins has had enough of the clinch but Bishop keeps him there for the moment.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bishop.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
Wilkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bishop is keeping busy.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilkins prevents a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop misses with some punches.
A short left from Bishop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins blocking some punches.
Wilkins working hard to break the clinch.
Bishop gets through Wilkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wilkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Wilkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bishop misses with a looping left.
Wilkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bishop.
Bishop bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilkins throws a hook but Bishop blocks it.
Nice body kick from Bishop.
Wilkins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Wilkins misses.
Bishop tries to land a front kick but Wilkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bishop takes a swing at Wilkins's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wilkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bishop.
Wilkins lands with a nice body punch.
Wilkins lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wilkins staying out of range there.
Wilkins digs a good hook to Bishop's body.
A jab from Bishop misses.
Bishop scores with a leg kick.
Bishop finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A punch combination from Wilkins misses.
Wilkins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wilkins throwing shots but Bishop is blocking nicely.
Wilkins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilkins wants to advance to full mount but Bishop doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
We've been hearing that Wilkins has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkins throwing strikes but missing.
Wilkins trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Wilkins throws a big right hand that misses.
Wilkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bishop showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bishop moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wilkins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bishop throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wilkins throws an overhand right that lands on Bishop's shoulder, as Bishop tries to avoid the shot.
Wilkins misses the shot to the body.
Wilkins takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bishop throws a leg kick which misses Wilkins's front leg but catches the back leg as Wilkins tries to avoid it.
Bishop tries to land a leg kick but Wilkins saw it coming and moves away.
Wilkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bishop manages to avoid it.
Wilkins throws a hook to the side of Bishop's head but Bishop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wilkins defending well as Bishop loads up on a big left hand.
Bishop throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wilkins checks a leg kick.
Bishop tests Wilkins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bishop looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilkins is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkins misses with a body shot.
Wilkins misses with a wild body shot.
Bishop throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bishop pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wilkins works Bishop's body with a nice hook.
A big left from Wilkins misses.
Wilkins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wilkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bishop misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilkins. Bishop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wilkins digs a good hook to Bishop's body.
Bishop tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bishop misses with a straight left.
Wilkins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bishop looks for the body kick but Wilkins saw that one coming.
A big right from Bishop misses.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Wilkins.
Bishop walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bishop takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bishop.
Wilkins sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop tried to score with a low kick but Wilkins checks it.
Wilkins lands a nice hook to Bishop's body. Bishop takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bishop with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilkins. Bishop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bishop throws a body kick that misses.
Wilkins swings for the body but Bishop moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Wilkins.
Bishop walks into a left hand.
Nice body kick from Bishop.
Bishop uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wilkins has time to react.
Wilkins misses with a looping left.
Wilkins tries to move into range but Bishop moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wilkins scores with a shot to the body.
Bishop throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bishop throws a hook but Wilkins avoids it easily.
Bishop is looking to land body kicks.
Wilkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bishop throws out the jab.
Bishop takes one on the button.
Bishop lands a glancing blow to the side of Wilkins's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bishop throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wilkins will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wilkins in his tracks.
Wilkins lands with an overhand left.
Good work by Wilkins as he checks the leg kick.
Wilkins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bishop's head.
Bishop thows a body kick. Wilkins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bishop.
Bishop takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice cross by Bishop.
Bishop misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bishop scores with a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bishop - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wilkins ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Wilkins lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bishop really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bishop paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bishop tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wilkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bishop was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilkins.
Bishop wants to clinch
and Wilkins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wilkins.
Bishop is controlling Wilkins's posture.
Wilkins content to stall in guard here.
Bishop not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wilkins with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop trying to control the position here.
Wilkins controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bishop holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bishop with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bishop rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wilkins counters with a nice uppercut.
Bishop throws a leg kick but Wilkins checks it.
Wilkins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bishop misses with a hook. Wilkins ducked under it nicely.
Bishop fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wilkins on the side of the head.
Lucas Bishop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wilkins swinging wildly here.
Wilkins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop steps in with a hook that catches Wilkins right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Bishop follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Wilkins looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Bishop!
Lucas Bishop is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Lucas Bishop gave a big smile as he said 'Meh'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rainer Varvaskoukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcel Cerdan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cerdan has chosen French National Anthem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rainer Varvaskoukku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Marcel Cerdan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerdan lands a head shot.
Cerdan catches Varvaskoukku with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Varvaskoukku lands the left hand.
Cerdan misses with a two punch combination.
Cerdan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Varvaskoukku.
Varvaskoukku misses with a body kick.
Cerdan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Varvaskoukku. Cerdan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've been informed that Cerdan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Varvaskoukku moves away from the strike by Cerdan.
Varvaskoukku takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cerdan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Varvaskoukku.
Cerdan misses with a few strikes there.
Cerdan misses with a series of wild punches.
Varvaskoukku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cerdan.
Varvaskoukku shoots in for a takedown but Cerdan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cerdan connects with a single shot there.
We've been hearing reports that Varvaskoukku has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Varvaskoukku lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cerdan thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Varvaskoukku.
Varvaskoukku shoots in looking for a takedown but Cerdan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Varvaskoukku's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Varvaskoukku takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cerdan lands a jab to Varvaskoukku's midsection.
A slow jab from Cerdan misses its intended target.
Cerdan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Varvaskoukku steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cerdan.
Cerdan throws a hook but Varvaskoukku avoids it easily.
Varvaskoukku tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cerdan defends well and Varvaskoukku ends up having to push Cerdan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rainer Varvaskoukku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cerdan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Varvaskoukku is trying to maintain a safe position but Cerdan gets an underhook and turns Varvaskoukku into the cage.
Cerdan has a couple of punches blocked by Varvaskoukku.
Varvaskoukku misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cerdan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cerdan throws a hook but Varvaskoukku blocks it.
Cerdan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Varvaskoukku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cerdan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan looks to land a left hand but Varvaskoukku moved out of range nicely.
Varvaskoukku defending well as Cerdan loads up on a big left hand.
Varvaskoukku wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Varvaskoukku drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cerdan wants to stand up but Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Cerdan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Varvaskoukku missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cerdan wants to get back to his feet but Varvaskoukku is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Varvaskoukku with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cerdan is looking to stand up but Varvaskoukku isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Varvaskoukku 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.
Varvaskoukku throwing strikes from guard but Cerdan blocks nicely.
Varvaskoukku pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cerdan is keeping the position for now.
Cerdan is looking to stand back up but Varvaskoukku counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Cerdan.
Cerdan wants to get back to his feet.
Varvaskoukku is trying to control. Cerdan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Varvaskoukku missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Varvaskoukku there.
Cerdan pushes Varvaskoukku off looking to stand but Varvaskoukku dives back in and keeps control.
Varvaskoukku wants to take a breather but Cerdan is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Varvaskoukku is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cerdan is just riding it out for now. Varvaskoukku eventually gives up the hold.
Varvaskoukku is trying to control the action in half guard but Cerdan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Varvaskoukku is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Varvaskoukku not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Varvaskoukku stops Cerdan from getting back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cerdan is not content to let Varvaskoukku control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Varvaskoukku stops Cerdan from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marcel Cerdan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Varvaskoukku tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cerdan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cerdan slips under a jab from Varvaskoukku.
Varvaskoukku moves out of range as Cerdan strikes.
Varvaskoukku thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cerdan 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.
Cerdan throws a hook but Varvaskoukku blocks it.
Cerdan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Varvaskoukku scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Varvaskoukku closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Varvaskoukku lands in his opponent's guard.
Varvaskoukku wants to control from the top but Cerdan keeps moving.
Varvaskoukku throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cerdan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cerdan keeping moving, preventing Varvaskoukku from controlling successfully.
Varvaskoukku working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku wants to control from the top but Cerdan keeps moving.
Cerdan pushes Varvaskoukku off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cerdan!
It looks like Rainer Varvaskoukku has been cut.
Varvaskoukku ducks under a wild hook from Cerdan.
Varvaskoukku shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cerdan pinned against the cage. Cerdan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Varvaskoukku thuds a left hand into Cerdan's body.
Marcel Cerdan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Varvaskoukku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Varvaskoukku scores with a jab to the jaw.
Varvaskoukku on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Varvaskoukku takes a swing at Cerdan's ribcage but misses.
Varvaskoukku shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cerdan sprawls well. Cerdan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Varvaskoukku gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan thows a body shot but no joy.
Varvaskoukku connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cerdan's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Varvaskoukku punishes Cerdan's body with a nice straight punch.
Varvaskoukku lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cerdan takes a step back to recover.
Cerdan misses with a wild body shot.
Varvaskoukku avoids a kick to the body.
Varvaskoukku looks for a takedown but Cerdan sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rainer Varvaskoukku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cerdan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Varvaskoukku gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Varvaskoukku dives in and grabs Cerdan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cerdan pushes down on Varvaskoukku's head and hops out.
Cerdan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Varvaskoukku moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Varvaskoukku throws a looping overhand right but Cerdan ducks down to avoid it.
Varvaskoukku drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cerdan wants to stand up but Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Varvaskoukku with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cerdan wants to stand but Varvaskoukku is controlling the position.
Cerdan keeping moving, preventing Varvaskoukku from controlling successfully.
Cerdan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Varvaskoukku wants to control from the top but Cerdan keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Varvaskoukku accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Varvaskoukku trying to control but Cerdan is working from the bottom.
Varvaskoukku content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cerdan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Varvaskoukku wants to pass the guard but Cerdan is keeping the position.
Varvaskoukku is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cerdan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cerdan keeping moving, preventing Varvaskoukku from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rainer Varvaskoukku dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rainer Varvaskoukku's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Varvaskoukku scores with a jab. Cerdan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Varvaskoukku bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Cerdan. Those never looked like landing.
Decent striking displayed by Cerdan there.
Cerdan misses with an uppercut.
Varvaskoukku moves out of range of the strikes.
Cerdan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cerdan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Varvaskoukku counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Varvaskoukku.
Cerdan wants to stand but Varvaskoukku is controlling the position.
Varvaskoukku sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cerdan keeping full guard, as Varvaskoukku tries to pass.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Varvaskoukku scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku throwing strikes but missing.
Varvaskoukku with a nice head shot there.
Varvaskoukku throwing strikes from guard but Cerdan blocks nicely.
Varvaskoukku postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Varvaskoukku thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Varvaskoukku chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Varvaskoukku throwing strikes from guard but Cerdan blocks nicely.
Varvaskoukku trying to control the position from guard on top but Cerdan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Varvaskoukku working some strikes from top position.
Varvaskoukku prevents Cerdan from getting back to his feet.
Cerdan keeping full guard, as Varvaskoukku tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan has momentary wrist control but Varvaskoukku slips an elbow through the middle.
Cerdan is looking to stand up but Varvaskoukku isn't so interested in that idea.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Varvaskoukku stands up over Cerdan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cerdan is rocked!
Cerdan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Cerdan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Varvaskoukku trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Varvaskoukku postures up and lands a big shot to Cerdan's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku is looking to work some ground and pound but Cerdan has wrist control.
Varvaskoukku in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cerdan wants to stand up but Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Varvaskoukku looking to pass the guard.
Varvaskoukku sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Varvaskoukku is looking to work some ground and pound but Cerdan has wrist control.
Cerdan is looking to stand up but Varvaskoukku isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rainer Varvaskoukku overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Varvaskoukku postures up and lands a big shot to Cerdan's brow.
Varvaskoukku with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cerdan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Varvaskoukku.
Cerdan wants to stand and escape but Varvaskoukku is having none of it.
Varvaskoukku sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Varvaskoukku wants to control from the top but Cerdan keeps moving.
Varvaskoukku working some strikes from top position.
Cerdan is still in real trouble! Can Varvaskoukku finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Varvaskoukku trying to control but Cerdan is working from the bottom.
Cerdan seems to have recovered his senses.
Cerdan wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Varvaskoukku manages to pass to side control.
Cerdan wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rainer Varvaskoukku clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Rainer Varvaskoukku's cut.
That's time! Varvaskoukku's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Varvaskoukku avoids the head kick by Cerdan.
Cerdan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Varvaskoukku throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cerdan misses with a hook
and Varvaskoukku counters with a single leg into guard. Cerdan didn't expect that.
Varvaskoukku trying to control but Cerdan is working from the bottom.
Varvaskoukku stops Cerdan from standing up.
Varvaskoukku working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cerdan is looking to stand up but Varvaskoukku isn't so interested in that idea.
Varvaskoukku lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cerdan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cerdan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Varvaskoukku accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cerdan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Varvaskoukku stands up over Cerdan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Varvaskoukku accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cerdan keeping moving, preventing Varvaskoukku from controlling successfully.
Varvaskoukku prevents Cerdan from getting back to his feet.
Varvaskoukku with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cerdan keeping moving, preventing Varvaskoukku from controlling successfully.
Varvaskoukku looking to sit in guard and control but Cerdan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cerdan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku blocks a jab.
Varvaskoukku misses with a body shot.
Varvaskoukku steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cerdan.
Cerdan moves out of range of the body kick from Varvaskoukku.
Marcel Cerdan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cerdan lands with an overhand left.
Cerdan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cerdan slaps away a takedown attempt from Varvaskoukku, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Varvaskoukku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cerdan just misses with a punch to the body.
Varvaskoukku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cerdan tries to land a leg kick but Varvaskoukku saw it coming and moves away.
Varvaskoukku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cerdan.
Varvaskoukku throws a low kick but Cerdan avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan misses with a series of wild punches.
Varvaskoukku looks to clinch
and Cerdan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Varvaskoukku shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cerdan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cerdan is pushing Varvaskoukku's head away, looking to escape. Varvaskoukku manages to hold on to the position though.
Varvaskoukku cracks Cerdan with a big elbow.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Varvaskoukku creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Cerdan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Cerdan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Varvaskoukku.
Cerdan tries to escape but Varvaskoukku is in control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku happy to just control the position for now.
Varvaskoukku lands some shots froms side control.
Varvaskoukku misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Cerdan trying to remain calm as Varvaskoukku controls from the top position.
Varvaskoukku prevents Cerdan from escaping the position.
Varvaskoukku controlling the position from side mount.
Cerdan taking a bit of punishment here - Varvaskoukku scoring with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Varvaskoukku is staying tight to Cerdan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Cerdan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Varvaskoukku is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rainer Varvaskoukku had his way with Marcel Cerdan in that round.
The cut man is working on Rainer Varvaskoukku's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Varvaskoukku fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cerdan just misses with a punch to the body.
Varvaskoukku throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cerdan throws a lazy uppercut
and Varvaskoukku counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cerdan's guard now.
Cerdan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Varvaskoukku throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cerdan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cerdan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Varvaskoukku loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cerdan wants to stand up but Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Varvaskoukku lands a couple of elbows.
Varvaskoukku works over Cerdan with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Varvaskoukku prevents Cerdan from getting back to his feet.
Cerdan is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku postures up in Cerdan's guard and throws a big left but Cerdan blocks it.
Cerdan wants to stand but Varvaskoukku is controlling the position.
Varvaskoukku throws a big elbow that misses.
Varvaskoukku connects with a couple of short punches.
Cerdan wants to get back to his feet but Varvaskoukku is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Varvaskoukku trying to control the position from guard on top but Cerdan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Varvaskoukku makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Varvaskoukku pushes down on Cerdan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cerdan is defending against the submission attempts here by Varvaskoukku.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerdan is trying to escape back to his feet but Varvaskoukku uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Varvaskoukku scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cerdan to see if he's OK.
Varvaskoukku is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cerdan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cerdan is pushing Varvaskoukku's head away, looking to escape. Varvaskoukku manages to hold on to the position though.
Marcel Cerdan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Varvaskoukku landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cerdan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Varvaskoukku has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Varvaskoukku moves into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku tries to control but Cerdan wriggling away.
Varvaskoukku unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Cerdan wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Varvaskoukku celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rainer Varvaskoukku!
During a confident post fight interview, Rainer Varvaskoukku thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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