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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stone Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Real Deal Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cold's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stone Cold Steve Austin Theme. Real Deal Roberts has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stone Cold's chin.
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135 lbs
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134 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stone Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Real Deal Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cold with a poor takedown
and Roberts counters with a low kick, right behind Cold 's knee.
Cold rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roberts counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Cold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Roberts scores with a three punch combo!
A nice leg kick lands there from Roberts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roberts wants it to stay on the feet.
Cold shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Roberts sprawls well. Roberts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cold gets slowly back to his feet.
Roberts lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cold misses with a takedown
and Roberts holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cold looking to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roberts.
Roberts tries to break the clinch but Cold is controlling the position.
Roberts is pushing Cold up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Cold has double underhooks.
Cold can't get the takedown.
Roberts breaks the clinch.
A combination from Cold does no damage.
Cold doesn't manage to clinch there - Roberts circles away.
Roberts misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Cold or perhaps it was just good defense by Roberts which made him look bad.
Cold throws a head kick but Roberts moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cold.
Roberts lands a two punch combo.
Roberts throws a series of strikes that have Cold backpedaling.
Left hook, right uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts looks winded!
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Cold really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cold has a takedown stuffed.
Roberts misses with a combination
and Cold counters with a head kick. That will keep Roberts thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Roberts pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cold back to the cage. Roberts follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cold throws a wild body kick that Roberts sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cold's sensitive parts.
Cold shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cold scores with a head kick.
Cold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cold throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Real Deal Roberts will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cold slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Real Deal Roberts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Danga de danga de dang - Roberts scores with a four punch combination!
Roberts scores with a one two! Cold had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cold is defended easily by Roberts.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts avoids the body shot from Cold.
Cold tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Roberts stuffs the takedown attempt from Cold. Cold gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Cold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberts keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Roberts throws a leg kick which misses Cold's front leg but catches the back leg as Cold tries to avoid it.
Roberts is working the combinations to good effect here.
Roberts closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stone Cold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roberts looks to land a combination but Cold avoids it well.
Cold fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cold throws a head kick that misses.
Roberts stuffs the takedown.
Roberts avoids a kick to the body.
Cold tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Roberts defends well and Cold ends up having to push Roberts into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch but Cold keeps him there for the moment.
Roberts is trying to maintain a safe position but Cold gets an underhook and turns Roberts into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Roberts avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Cold has double underhooks.
Cold breaks the clinch.
Stone Cold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've been informed that Roberts has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Cold looks for the body kick but Roberts saw that one coming.
Roberts lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cold shoots in for a takedown but Roberts shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A combination from Roberts does no damage.
Cold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roberts takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roberts.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberts swats away the attempt to clinch by Cold.
Roberts throws a solid leg kick but Cold takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Roberts.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Cold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Real Deal Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cold.
Cold shoots in for a double leg but Roberts sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cold misses with a body kick.
Cold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Cold takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cold shoots in for a takedown but Roberts shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Cold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cold doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cold shoots in but Roberts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Roberts slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roberts lands a nice shot that snaps Cold's head back.
Cold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roberts stuffs the takedown attempt from Cold. Cold gets slowly back to his feet.
Roberts scores with a jab to the head.
Cold shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Roberts as he avoids it easily.
Roberts shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cold eats them both and turns towards Roberts to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberts lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cold tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Cold wants to clinch up but Roberts keeps it at a distance.
Cold is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cold moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts avoids the body shot from Cold.
Roberts lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cold shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Roberts but Roberts pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cold tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cold is looking to chop away at Roberts's legs.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Cold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cold wants to clinch.
Roberts stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roberts wants it to stay on the feet.
Roberts throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Roberts throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cold slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Cold looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stone Cold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Real Deal Roberts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Roberts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Real Deal Roberts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roberts 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Real Deal Roberts!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williamson comes into the arena with Iggy Pop - Lust For Life blaring out of the sound system. Lombard has chosen cant be touched as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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182 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 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Simon Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hector Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Francis DeMontford and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williamson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lombard.
Williamson thows a body shot but no joy.
Lombard has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Williamson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lombard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Good shot there by Lombard.
Lombard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lombard cracks Williamson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lombard looks to score with a jab to the body but Williamson is just out of range.
Hector Lombard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williamson scores with a jab to the body.
Williamson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Williamson is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lombard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williamson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williamson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lombard.
Williamson feints and as Lombard raises his hands in defense, Williamson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lombard working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williamson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson works his way into full mount!
Williamson with good strikes from the mount here!
Williamson 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.
Williamson controlling the position easily from mount.
Lombard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williamson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Williamson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Williamson has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Lombard is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Simon Williamson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Simon Williamson thanked Steel Penn's Laundry 93% for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
The defeated Hector Lombard had this to say: 'this was the last time you saw me in the octagon i hope ive given you fans some good entertaining fights and knockouts but its time to retire now.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ickman Woosalala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mercito Gesta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ickman Woosalala has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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193 lbs
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ickman Woosalala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mercito Gesta!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gesta has managed to clinch.
Woosalala has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gesta avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Woosalala gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gesta.
Gesta turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gesta just content to control the position.
Woosalala stops Gesta from passing to mount.
Woosalala being controlled for a moment.
Gesta lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Woosalala down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woosalala wants to control but Gesta postures up.
The strikes coming from Gesta are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gesta has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Woosalala!
Woosalala definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Woosalala is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gesta has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Woosalala is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mercito Gesta!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mercito Gesta thanked Xtreme Merchandise for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gennakin Golovdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexi Lihakovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Golovdy comes into the arena with A New Beginning by Audiomachine blaring out of the sound system. Gennakin Golovdy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gennakin Golovdy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexi Lihakovich!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovdy connects with a jab.
Golovdy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lihakovich misses with a head kick.
Golovdy scores with a hook to the body. Lihakovich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lihakovich.
Golovdy throws a hook but Lihakovich avoids it easily.
Lihakovich closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Golovdy's guard.
Lihakovich stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lihakovich slips a jab from Golovdy.
Golovdy misses with a hook.
Lihakovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lihakovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Golovdy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Golovdy lands a jab.
Golovdy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Golovdy lands an overhand right.
Lihakovich slips under a jab from Golovdy.
Gennakin Golovdy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golovdy throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Lihakovich colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Golovdy as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Lihakovich is left battered and dazed whilst Golovdy and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gennakin Golovdy!
During a confident post fight interview, Gennakin Golovdy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradley Boston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley Boston is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marvin Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Bradley Boston!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boston gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Andrews misses with a punch to the body.
Andrews is trying to drag Boston to the mat but Boston just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Andrews gets through Boston's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Andrews is looking for a takedown.
Andrews digs a right hand underneath Boston's ribcage. Boston let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boston tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Andrews avoids it.
Boston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boston is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Andrews is defending well.
Boston drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Andrews gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Andrews lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boston backwards.
Boston gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Andrews.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Andrews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andrews blocks it with crossed arms.
Andrews is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Boston looking for a takedown.
Andrews pushes Boston back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boston.
Andrews has Boston pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Boston manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Boston is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Andrews pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Boston slows down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Boston lands with a right to the head.
Andrews lands with a right to the head.
A hook to the body from Andrews.
Andrews is looking to take this one to the mat.
Andrews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Andrews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boston is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Andrews is defending well.
Andrews is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Boston pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Andrews lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andrews with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boston looking to control.
Boston is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Andrews is controlling him.
We've been hearing that Andrews has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Boston looks winded!
Boston keeping moving, preventing Andrews from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andrews is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Andrews trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andrews slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Boston seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Boston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Andrews gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boston.
Boston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Andrews. No joy for Boston on that attempt.
Boston goes for a double leg but Andrews avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Andrews continues to drive forward.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boston is trying to force a seperation but Andrews has the dominant position.
Andrews lands a body punch in the clinch.
Boston working hard to break the clinch.
Boston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Andrews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Andrews wants a takedown but no success here.
A short left from Andrews.
Boston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Andrews closes the distance and clinches up with Boston, looking for a takedown. Andrews pushes Boston against the cage but Boston circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andrews scores with a three punch combo!
Boston drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrews had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Boston defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boston is looking to pass into half guard but Andrews pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Andrews is in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boston trying to keep a closed guard but Andrews is proving a slippery customer.
Boston keeping full guard, as Andrews tries to pass.
Andrews keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Boston's head.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Boston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andrews works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Andrews is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Boston defends it well.
Boston looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andrews wants to work for an arm triangle but Boston is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Andrews working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marvin Andrews dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Horrible takedown by Boston or perhaps it was just good defense by Andrews which made him look bad.
Boston throws a sloppy head kick
and Andrews counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Andrews swats away the attempt to clinch by Boston.
Andrews looks to throw the jab but Boston is out of range.
Boston looks to clinch
and Andrews counters with a two punch combo.
Andrews shoots in and drives through. Boston sprawls well.
Andrews lands a body shot.
Andrews lands a slapping body shot.
Andrews fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Boston looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Andrews.
Boston swings away with a body shot that misses
and Andrews counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Andrews throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Boston's waist but Boston gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Andrews off to one side.
Boston is breathing heavily.
Andrews will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Andrews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Boston.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Boston.
Andrews walks into a straight right hand from Boston.
Boston darts in looking for a takedown but Andrews gets double underhooks and turns Boston into the cage.
Andrews working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marvin Andrews has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Andrews tries to work over Boston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boston is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Andrews cracks Boston with a nice body shot.
Boston is looking to control Andrews's arms but Andrews gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boston has his back to the cage.
Andrews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Andrews.
Boston taking a breather.
Andrews lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Andrews.
Boston is pressed up against the cage. Andrews has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Boston down to the mat. Boston avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Andrews throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Boston was covering up waiting for the punch and Andrews finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrews scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boston is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Andrews passes Boston's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Andrews 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.
Andrews is trying for a kimura here. Boston looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Andrews wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marvin Andrews!
Marvin Andrews decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antti Sokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ardian Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sokka comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sun Aeon - Core of Winter. Shiba has chosen Theme tune Mohammed rapes children as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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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
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antti Sokka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Ardian Shiba!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sokka.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sokka taking a breather here.
Sokka wants to control but Shiba is keeping him busy.
Sokka working away.
Shiba is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sokka is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Shiba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shiba being controlled for a moment.
Shiba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sokka has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokka tries to move into full mount but can't pass Shiba's legs.
Shiba on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shiba takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shiba tries to buck Sokka off but Sokka is having none of it.
Sokka lands some shots froms side control.
Sokka is putting a hurting on Shiba here, landing some big shots from side control.
Shiba is looking for a sweep.
Sokka slows the pace down.
Shiba prevents Sokka from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sokka wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sokka in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sokka throws a strike aimed at the side of Shiba's head but Shiba avoids it well.
Shiba takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shiba is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sokka connects with a decent elbow.
Shiba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sokka cracks Shiba with a big right hand but Shiba just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sokka trying to control the action but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Shiba is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sokka is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sokka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shiba is looking to improve his position but Sokka isn't that keen on the idea.
Sokka cracks Shiba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sokka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shiba is trying to escape the mount.
Sokka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sokka lands a big shot there that rocks Shiba but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sokka landing strikes from the mount and Shiba is in trouble!
Sokka lands with some strikes.
Sokka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sokka tries to control but Shiba wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shiba tries to hold on but Sokka postures up.
Sokka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sokka trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shiba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sokka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sokka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sokka lands a heavy elbow.
Shiba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Sokka 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.
Sokka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sokka throws a head kick but Shiba moves out of range.
Sokka misses with a combination
and Shiba counters with a nice uppercut.
Sokka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sokka content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Shiba struggling a bit here.
Sokka 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba is looking to reverse the position.
Shiba sneaks back into half guard.
Sokka is trying to control. Shiba wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Shiba looking for submissions off his back.
Sokka thows a huge punch but Shiba dodges it nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sokka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shiba tries to get to full guard but Sokka has control of the leg.
Antti Sokka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokka not doing much here.
Shiba on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sokka prevents Shiba from improving his position.
Sokka controlling the action here.
Sokka lands with a punch from half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shiba is not content to let Sokka control the position.
Shiba punching from the bottom.
Shiba is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Sokka jumps into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokka working the head and body with strikes.
The referee asks Sokka politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sokka prefers to stall for the moment though.
Shiba tries to improve position but can't.
Sokka 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.
Sokka trying to control the action but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Shiba tries to bench press Sokka off him but Sokka keeps the position.
Sokka is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Shiba will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Shiba is not content to let Sokka control the position.
Shiba is trying to get back to half guard.
Sokka controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Antti Sokka.
Sokka throws an off balance right hand
and Sokka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sokka takes a swing at Shiba's ribcage but misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shiba.
Sokka dives in and scores a takedown into Shiba's guard.
Shiba is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Sokka is now in half guard.
Sokka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sokka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Shiba tries to get to full guard but Sokka has control of the leg.
Sokka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shiba defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Sokka dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Sokka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sokka is trying to control the action in half guard but Shiba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sokka drops an elbow to the side of Shiba's head.
Shiba wants to control but Sokka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sokka prevents Shiba from improving his position.
Sokka trying to control the action but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Sokka is taking a breather. Shiba says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sokka is trying to control the action in half guard but Shiba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sokka trying to control the pace.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
We're going to have a standup here because Antti Sokka wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sokka thuds a left hand into Shiba's body.
Antti Sokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba moves out of range as Sokka throws a body kick.
Sokka misses with a wild body shot.
Sokka feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sokka stopping the sweep attempt from Shiba.
Shiba takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sokka trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sokka is really struggling to control Shiba but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sokka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shiba working for a triangle but Sokka defends it easily.
Shiba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sokka controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shiba swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shiba can't keep his opponent in guard - Sokka advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Shiba wants to improve his position but Sokka is controlling well.
Shiba keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sokka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sokka performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokka's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Shiba trying to control from the bottom.
Sokka passes to full mount!
Shiba is bucking up trying to escape but Sokka cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sokka landing punches.
Sokka prevents Shiba from getting the reversal.
Sokka is landing with some decent strikes but Shiba is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sokka controlling from mount.
Sokka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shiba hang on?
Sokka looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sokka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shiba is still trying to improve position.
Sokka controlling the position easily from mount.
Sokka tries to control but Shiba wriggling away.
Shiba slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Shiba manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sokka landing some decent shots from guard.
Ardian Shiba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Antti Sokka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sokka controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Sokka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sokka 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Sokka!
A relieved looking Antti Sokka thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Ardian Shiba was interviewed post fight and said 'It's at times like this, one must reach deeply into his soul,challenge his heart, feel new courage, endure the fuck pain and say 'FUCK ISLAM AND MOHAMMED WAS A PEDOPHILE''.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Schwarzenegger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takuji Kawashima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawashima has chosen Colossal - Wolfmother as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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280 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arnold Schwarzenegger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Takuji Kawashima!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzenegger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kawashima has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Schwarzenegger tries a head kick but it misses.
Kawashima scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kawashima is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Schwarzenegger is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kawashima tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kawashima has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kawashima working the ground and pound from side control.
Kawashima looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Schwarzenegger is avoiding damage well.
Kawashima works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kawashima taking a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawashima working the ground and pound but Schwarzenegger is defending the strikes.
Kawashima in side control, throwing shots but Schwarzenegger defends.
Kawashima misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kawashima throws an elbow but Schwarzenegger slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kawashima throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kawashima working the head with strikes.
Kawashima scoring with punches and elbows.
It looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger has been cut.
Schwarzenegger is breathing heavily.
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!
Kawashima tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kawashima staying calm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kawashima throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kawashima lands a nice forearm strike.
Schwarzenegger is rocked!
Kawashima lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Schwarzenegger! Kawashima senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Schwarzenegger out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Takuji Kawashima!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Takuji Kawashima waved his t-shirt featuring Kore Fight Nutrition [TG]'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Just Do It (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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265 lbs
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263 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Just Do It!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Harper!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Chris Dean and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do It misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harper dodges the punch combination from Do It.
Do It throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Do It throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Do It looks to land a combination but Harper avoids it well.
Harper drives through and clinches with Do It against the cage.
Harper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Do It drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Just Do It has been cut.
Harper jumps into guard, dragging Do It to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper is adopting a defensive guard.
Harper wants to get back to his feet but Do It is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do It decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Harper moves into the clinch successfully.
Do It has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper pulls Do It into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harper is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Do It sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do It trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
Harper wants to get back to his feet but Do It is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Just Do It.
Do It throws a nice looking combination but Harper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harper clinches up with Do It and pushes him back against the cage.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Do It takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper keeps control of Do It as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Harper is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Do It is trying to stand.
Do It is pressing down on Harper's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Harper throws a big elbow that misses.
Do It working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harper.
Harper with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harper is looking to pass into half guard but Do It pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Do It is in guard.
Do It prevents Harper from getting back to his feet.
Harper is trying to keep Do It in close.
Harper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Do It is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do It wanted to stand there but Harper had control of the position.
Do It stopping the sweep attempt from Harper.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do It is looking to stand up but Harper won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Just Do It's cut.
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.
Harper looks to throw the jab but Do It is out of range.
Harper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Do It misses with a left hand
and Harper holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harper just leaning against Do It, taking a breather.
Do It is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Harper is defending well.
Harper just leaning against Do It, taking a breather.
Harper lands with a light punch inside.
Harper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Harper lands a nice uppercut.
Harper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper gets through Do It's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harper works on Do It's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Do It regains guard immediately.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harper with a nice head shot there.
Do It wants to sweep but no luck.
Harper keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Do It's head.
Harper keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Do It's head.
Harper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harper is working Do It over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harper stands and steps away. Do It gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Do It will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harper - that will leave a mark!
Harper pushes Do It up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper has picked Do It up - he's going for a ride! Harper dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Harper is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper thows a huge punch but Do It dodges it nicely.
Harper stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Do It to get to his feet.
Do It swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Do It throws a lazy uppercut
and Harper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Do It's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Harper lands a nice elbow.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Harper.
Harper dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Do It wants to take the fight to the mat but Harper manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Harper lands a big uppercut and Do It is down! He's in big trouble - Harper follows him to the mat!
Do It is rocked!
Harper is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Do It!
Oh Do It is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Harper! Do It is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Patrick Harper!
Patrick Harper got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Logins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Idi Ota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Smashing Pumpkins - Bullets with butterfly wings. Idi Ota has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
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287 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Logins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idi Ota!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Skip Squint and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ota can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ota preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ota working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Logins.
Logins throws a big right hand that misses.
Ota utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Logins sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ota's guard.
Ota blocking the ground and pound attempt from Logins.
Logins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Logins throwing shots but Ota is blocking nicely.
Logins 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.
Logins decides to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Logins throws a series of punches but Ota avoids them all with ease.
Ota is looking to clinch.
Ota tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Logins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ota moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ota slips a jab from Logins.
Ota tries to clinch but Logins moves out of range.
Logins cracks a nice hook into Ota's ribs.
Ota wants to clinch.
Ota darts in trying to clinch
and Logins counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ota!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logins cracks Ota with a big right hand but Ota just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logins throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ground and pound from Logins seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ota is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Logins is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ota is trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logins throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ota avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Logins.
Ota wants to get back to his feet but Logins drags him back down.
Logins throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ota defending against the ground and pound.
Logins scores with punches from side control.
Ota is pushing Logins's head away, looking to escape. Logins manages to hold on to the position though.
Logins controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ota keeps working.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Logins working the ground and pound but Ota is defending the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Logins dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Logins avoiding damage as Ota throws knees to the body.
Ota working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ota swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ota working Logins over with knees to the body.
Ota utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Logins blocks a body shot from Ota.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Logins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ota using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ota lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ota landing knees to the body.
Ota lands a good knee to the midsection. Logins won't want to take too many of those.
Ota gets through Logins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ota working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota scores with a hook to the body.
Ota lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Logins or not.
Knees to the body from Ota.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ota connects with a nasty looking knee right to Logins's face.
Logins is rocked!
Ota lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Logins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Ota lands a big elbow that drops Logins! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Logins is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Idi Ota!
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