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Hilo Fight 133 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lao Tzu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Planck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Lao Tzu has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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177 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lao Tzu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Max Planck!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Planck looks to throw the jab but Tzu is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Planck lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tzu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tzu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Planck drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Planck controls the position.
Planck wants to control but Tzu is keeping him busy.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Tzu tries to improve position but can't.
Planck taking a breather here.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Max Planck.
Tzu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tzu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tzu lands a lovely overhand right.
Planck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tzu to score with a decent uppercut.
Lao Tzu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tzu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tzu throws a nice looking combination but Planck bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tzu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Planck counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Planck controlling the action here.
It looks like Planck might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Tzu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Planck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Planck not doing much here.
Let's hope that Planck has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Max Planck hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Planck throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tzu.
Tzu lands a nice hook to Planck's body. Planck takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Planck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tzu.
Tzu misses with a double jab.
Tzu looks to score with a jab to the body but Planck is just out of range.
Tzu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Planck backs up against the cage.
Planck jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Planck takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tzu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tzu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Planck on the side of the head.
Tzu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Planck moves out of range of the strikes.
Planck throws a hook to the side of Tzu's head but Tzu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tzu dips to his left and cracks Planck with an uppercut!
Tzu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tzu throws a right and a left that Planck avoids nicely.
Tzu misses with a straight right.
Planck with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tzu to score with a decent uppercut.
A slow jab from Tzu misses its intended target.
Tzu scores with a sloppy right hand. Planck should have avoided that one.
Lao Tzu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Planck takes one on the button.
Tzu works Planck's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Tzu misses.
Tzu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tzu thows a body shot but no joy.
Tzu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tzu misses with an uppercut.
Tzu moves away from the strike by Planck.
Planck changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tzu looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Planck is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Tzu's shoulder. That is not cool.
Planck connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tzu some visible discomfort.
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 Lao Tzu will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tzu lands with a nice body punch.
Tzu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Planck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tzu.
Tzu misses with a hook. Planck ducked under it nicely.
Planck on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
No joy there for Tzu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tzu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Planck.
Tzu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tzu misses with a double jab
and Planck counters with a takedown into side control.
Planck has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Planck takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Planck throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tzu because Planck loaded up on that one.
Planck controlling the pace for now.
Tzu is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Planck can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tzu is looking to escape.
Tzu gets back to half guard.
Planck throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Planck controlling the action here.
Tzu trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Planck wants to take a breather but Tzu is having none of it.
Tzu tries to get to full guard but Planck has control of the leg.
Planck with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Max Planck.
Tzu connects with a right hand. Planck shakes it off.
Tzu misses with a looping right.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Planck.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Planck in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Tzu gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Planck with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Tzu really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Planck wants to take Tzu's back here but Tzu is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Planck tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tzu tries to lock up and control but Planck gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tzu tries to reverse the position but Planck maintains control.
Planck controlling from the full mount.
Planck trying to control but Tzu is having none of it.
Tzu is looking to improve his position but Planck isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tzu tries to hold on but Planck pushes him away.
Planck controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Planck 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. This is the final round!
A jab from Tzu misses.
Planck loads up on a big right hand but Tzu slips the punch.
Tzu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Planck backs up against the cage.
Lao Tzu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Tzu does no damage.
Planck moves out of range of the strikes.
Planck throws out a leg kick but Tzu moves out of range and Planck only half commits.
Tzu tries to move into range but Planck moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jab, jab by Tzu - just one landing.
Tzu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A clash of legs there as Tzu blocks the low kick.
Tzu misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Planck tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tzu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tzu tries to bum rush Planck with a series of wild strikes but Planck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Planck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tzu.
Planck looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tzu regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tzu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Planck content to stall in guard here.
Tzu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tzu keeping full guard, as Planck tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tzu wants to sweep here but Planck controlling him for the moment.
Planck throwing strikes but missing.
Planck wants to control from the top but Tzu keeps moving.
Planck controlling from the top position.
Tzu trying to control the position here.
Max Planck has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tzu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Planck in his tracks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Planck manages to avoid it.
Tzu clobbers Planck with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Planck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tzu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lao Tzu is winning the standup battle so far.
Tzu misses with a body shot.
Planck has Tzu up against the cage in a clinch.
Tzu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tzu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Planck changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tzu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Planck defending well as Tzu loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tzu misses with a body shot.
Tzu looks to land a combination but Planck avoids it well.
Tzu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tzu misses with a wild body shot.
Planck misses with a looping left.
Tzu just misses with a punch to the body.
Tzu thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Planck avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tzu thuds a left hand into Planck's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lao Tzu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tzu 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Donaldsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Don Donaldsen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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182 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Don Donaldsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donaldsen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shamrock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Shamrock has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Donaldsen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Shamrock - that will leave a mark!
Shamrock scores with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shamrock.
Donaldsen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock connects with a single shot there.
Donaldsen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shamrock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shamrock jabs Donaldsen right on the nose. Donaldsen blinks but takes it well.
Donaldsen walks into a jab.
Donaldsen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Donaldsen is rocked!
Shamrock lets loose with a powerful body kick. Donaldsen will feel that in the morning.
Donaldsen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shamrock defends well and Donaldsen ends up having to push Shamrock into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock manages to break the clinch.
Shamrock lands with a hook. Donaldsen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shamrock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johnny Shamrock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shamrock thuds his shin into the meat of Donaldsen's side.
Donaldsen is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick from Shamrock.
Shamrock scores with a nice body kick.
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!
Shamrock lands a big head kick that sends Donaldsen tumbling to the mat! Shamrock takes a step backwards and waves Donaldsen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Donaldsen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shamrock sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Donaldsen's defenses. It connects perfectly with Donaldsen's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Shamrock!
Johnny Shamrock decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuuya Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda comes to the cage accompanied by UnderDog - Test Eagles. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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270 lbs
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250 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuuya Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda wants to clinch.
Ueda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Ueda does it's job there.
Whyte just misses with a punch to the body.
Ueda tries to clinch
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Kuuya Ueda has been cut.
Whyte swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
Whyte looks to land a right hand but Ueda moved out of range.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whyte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whyte scores with a nice strike.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ueda.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte scores with a one two! Ueda had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ueda moves in looking to clinch but Whyte pushes him off.
Whyte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ueda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ueda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ueda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Whyte counters with a left and a right that stings Ueda.
Ueda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A good leg kick by Ueda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Whyte circles away and keeps his distance.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ueda moves out of range of the leg kick from Whyte.
Ueda changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Whyte tries to avoid it but Ueda manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Whyte to the ground. Whyte escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ueda is looking to clinch but Whyte is avoiding it.
Ueda throws a head kick but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte connects with a nice looking jab.
Ueda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whyte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ueda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Whyte misses with a leg kick.
Whyte swinging wildly here.
Whyte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whyte misses with a straight right.
Ueda moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ueda lands a nice elbow.
It looks like David Whyte has been cut.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whyte avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda prevents Whyte from breaking the clinch.
Whyte wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda misses with an elbow over the top.
Whyte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Whyte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Whyte is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
David Whyte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ueda throws a leg kick but Whyte checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries to clinch but Whyte is having none of it.
Whyte misses with a wild combination.
Kuuya Ueda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ueda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda throws a front kick aimed at Whyte's knee but Whyte avoids it well.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ueda walks into a jab.
Whyte misses with a double jab
and Ueda counters by moving into the clinch.
Whyte wants to get back to striking at distance but Ueda won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Whyte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte breaks the clinch.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch but Whyte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whyte thuds his right hand into Ueda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda closes the distance but Whyte moves to the side
enabling Whyte to counter with a crisp jab.
Ueda throws a leg kick which misses Whyte's front leg but catches the back leg as Whyte tries to avoid it.
Ueda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ueda tries a head kick but it misses.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Ueda clinches up with Whyte and pushes him back against the cage.
Whyte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ueda has him pressed against the cage.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda misses with an elbow over the top.
Ueda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whyte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whyte has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ueda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whyte looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda lands an elbow that stopped Whyte in his tracks for a moment.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ueda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whyte.
A frustrated look appears on Whyte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
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 Kuuya Ueda will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ueda darts in and clinches Whyte up against the cage.
Whyte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Whyte blocks with his arms.
Whyte is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Ueda lands a damaging elbow.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whyte tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Ueda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whyte blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Ueda.
Ueda lands a knee to the body.
Whyte is breathing heavily.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ueda throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up David Whyte's cut even more.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Whyte blocks it.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Whyte managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Whyte wants to break free but Ueda has control.
A knee to the head by Ueda.
Whyte dodges an elbow strike from Ueda.
Kuuya Ueda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ueda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Whyte wants to break the clinch but can't.
Whyte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Whyte is blocking nicely.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ueda keeps control of Whyte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whyte is pushing Ueda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whyte.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Whyte tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Whyte is looking to control Ueda's arms but Ueda gets an underhook and turns him. Now Whyte has his back to the cage.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Whyte blocks it.
Whyte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ueda has him pressed against the cage.
Ueda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda keeps control of Whyte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whyte blocks the elbow strike.
Whyte avoids the elbow strike from Ueda, against the cage.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Whyte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Whyte blocks with his arms.
Whyte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whyte misses with a hook. Ueda ducked under it nicely.
Whyte feints a jab promting Ueda to slip. Whyte then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ueda slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ueda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ueda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
David Whyte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ueda misses with a body kick.
Ueda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whyte fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A lazy left from Whyte finds it's target.
Kuuya Ueda's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Whyte.
Whyte has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Whyte misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Whyte throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ueda gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ueda fails with a takedown attempt.
Ueda staying out of range there.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Ueda.
Whyte throws a right hand that Ueda ducks under and follows up with a left that Ueda also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ueda has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Whyte connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kuuya Ueda dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Ueda is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Whyte.
Ueda has closed the distance and engaged Whyte in a clinch.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Whyte blocks the elbow strike.
Ueda being controlled against the cage.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whyte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ueda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Whyte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Whyte's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whyte blocks the elbow strike.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Whyte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whyte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ueda landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Whyte has had enough of the clinch but Ueda keeps him there for the moment.
Whyte avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Whyte breaks from the clinch.
Ueda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whyte swinging wildly here.
David Whyte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kuuya Ueda's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Whyte throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ueda wants to clinch.
Ueda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Whyte as he avoids it easily.
Whyte keeps the fight on the outside.
Ueda closes the distance and clinches.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Whyte tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ueda obliges.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Ueda has Whyte pressed against the cage, preventing Whyte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Whyte takes an elbow to the temple.
Whyte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whyte managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Whyte managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Whyte scores with a hook to the body.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Whyte breaks from the clinch.
Whyte connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ueda throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Whyte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
Ueda is looking to clinch but Whyte is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ueda tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte digs a good body shot into Ueda's ribs.
Good shot there by Whyte.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ueda takes one to the chin there.
Jeez, Kuuya Ueda's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Whyte circles away and keeps his distance.
Whyte lands with a hook. Ueda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Whyte lands an overhand right.
David Whyte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda misses the jab.
Ueda tries to clinch there but Whyte circles away.
Kuuya Ueda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kuuya Ueda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ueda, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuuya Ueda!
Kuuya Ueda spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mingi Tyyp has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mingi Tyyp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aaron Parsons!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parsons clinches with his opponent.
Tyyp landing knees to the head.
It looks like Aaron Parsons has been cut.
Parsons looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tyyp is trying to maintain a safe position but Parsons gets an underhook and turns Tyyp into the cage.
Parsons takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tyyp misses with a punch to the body.
Parsons scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parsons blocks a body shot from Tyyp.
Parsons wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tyyp has him pressed against the cage.
Tyyp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tyyp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Parsons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parsons content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tyyp scores with a shot to the side of Parsons's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Parsons as Tyyp tries to tie him up.
Tyyp has Parsons pressed against the cage.
Parsons is trying to push Tyyp away but Tyyp has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyyp lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyyp.
Parsons tries to circle away but Tyyp has him pinned against the cage.
Tyyp crunches a lovely knee into Parsons's ribcage.
Tyyp keeps control of Parsons as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tyyp misses with a body punch.
Parsons gets through Tyyp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Parsons wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tyyp has him pressed against the cage.
Tyyp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyyp trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Tyyp.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parsons slows down the pace here.
Parsons wants to get back to striking at distance but Tyyp won't allow it.
Tyyp misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp tries to land knees in the clinch but Parsons avoids the damage to the body.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tyyp with a knee to the head.
Tyyp stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Parsons's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tyyp connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parsons's face.
Parsons is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parsons just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tyyp's brow.
Parsons is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyyp finish him?
Tyyp lands a left hand.
Tyyp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Parsonss head.
Tyyp is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tyyp jerks Parsons's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Parsons drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Tyyp goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Tyyp because Parsons was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Mingi Tyyp!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lance Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Bukowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukowski has chosen Donatan, Gural, Sheller, Kaczor, Ry23, Rafi - Słowiańska krew 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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145 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
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lance Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Piotr Bukowski!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bukowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevens moves away.
Stevens 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.
Stevens loads up on a big right hand but Bukowski slips the punch.
Stevens lands a jab to Bukowski's midsection.
No joy there for Stevens, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stevens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bukowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stevens lands with a shot to the body.
Bukowski walks into a stiff left hand from Stevens.
Bukowski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bukowski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bukowski throws a head kick but Stevens moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens misses with a looping left.
Bukowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stevens.
Bukowski wants to clinch.
Nice body punch from Bukowski.
Bukowski scores with a leg kick.
Stevens cracks Bukowski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stevens takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bukowski tries to score with a low kick but Stevens moves his leg out of the way.
Stevens keeps the fight on the outside.
Stevens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukowski scores with a nice right hand.
Bukowski connects with a nice looking jab.
Bukowski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stevens can't break the clinch.
Bukowski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevens is trying to break free.
Stevens wants to break free but Bukowski has control.
A right handed body shot lands from Bukowski.
Stevens tries to circle away but Bukowski has him pinned against the cage.
Bukowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Bukowski on the inside.
Bukowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Bukowski fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bukowski manages to break the clinch.
Bukowski thows a body shot but no joy.
Stevens lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stevens checks a leg kick.
Bukowski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bukowski.
Bukowski pushes Stevens away with a front kick.
Stevens lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stevens's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bukowski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stevens scrambles back to his feet.
Stevens is rocked!
Bukowski closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Stevens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bukowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bukowski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stevens is pressed against the cage. Bukowski pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Stevens! Two more big strikes from Bukowski and Stevens crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Piotr Bukowski!
Piotr Bukowski really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that The Dark Side logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donald NcDemomnd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John The Iron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). NcDemomnd kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Baader-Meinhof Blues. The Iron comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slippin 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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146 lbs
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146 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
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Donald NcDemomnd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, John The Iron!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from NcDemomnd.
NcDemomnd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
NcDemomnd clinches with his opponent.
The Iron has dropped down and is working for a takedown. NcDemomnd is trying to keep an underhook but The Iron manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The Iron lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
NcDemomnd is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but The Iron pulls his head out easily.
The Iron working the head and body with strikes.
The Iron has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
NcDemomnd is trying to maintain the position but The Iron is very close to passing his half guard.
The Iron prevents NcDemomnd from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Iron is working for a submission of some sort.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Iron is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Iron is looking to advance position but NcDemomnd won't allow it.
NcDemomnd tries to get to full guard but The Iron has control of the leg.
NcDemomnd looking for submissions off his back.
NcDemomnd knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Iron on the ground.
The Iron is trying for a kimura here. NcDemomnd looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! The Iron wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John The Iron!
An out of breath John The Iron 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Connell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Knockout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ain't No Sunshine. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ian Connell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oscar Knockout!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connell throws a lazy uppercut
and Knockout counters with a low kick, right behind Connell 's knee.
We've been told by Connell's head coaches at Irish Collar-and-Elbow Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A big left from Connell misses.
Knockout throws a series of punches but Connell moves out of range.
Knockout throws a nice looking combination but Connell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice jab there from Connell.
It looks like Oscar Knockout has been cut.
Connell throws a sloppy head kick and Knockout moves out of range easily.
Knockout throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knockout with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Knockout throws a hook to the side of Connell's head but Connell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Connell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knockout counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Connell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Connell misses with a wild body shot.
Knockout misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Connell as he connects with a hook.
Knockout throws an overhand right that lands on Connell's shoulder, as Connell tries to avoid the shot.
Knockout steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Connell.
Connell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knockout. Knockout circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knockout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Connell.
Knockout moves out of range as Connell strikes.
Knockout thows a left - swing and a miss!
Connell looks to score with a jab to the body but Knockout is just out of range.
Connell scores with a jab to the jaw.
Connell slips under a jab.
Connell scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knockout throws a lazy right hand but Connell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Connell throws a body punch but Knockout moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connell throws a hook but Knockout blocks it.
A left and a right from Connell both land. Nice combination.
Ian Connell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Connell throws an overhand right that lands on Knockout's shoulder, as Knockout tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Knockout.
Connell throws a hook but Knockout avoids it easily.
Connell lands a nice looking body shot.
Connell throws a lazy uppercut
and Knockout cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Ian Connell has been cut.
Knockout moves out of range as Connell strikes.
Connell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Connell staying out of range there.
Connell misses with a right hand
and Knockout counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A left lands for Knockout.
Connell looks to land a left hand but Knockout moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knockout can pounce on him.
Knockout avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knockout misses with a wild combination.
Connell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Knockout moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Connell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Knockout counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Connell thows a body shot but no joy.
Knockout steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Connell.
Connell lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knockout loads up on a big right hand but Connell slips the punch.
Connell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knockout looks to throw the jab but Connell is out of range.
Knockout dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Connell. That did some damage!
Connell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knockout fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Connell is breathing heavily.
Connell jabs at Knockout's body.
Connell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Connell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knockout.
Connell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knockout.
Knockout scores with a nice head shot.
Connell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Connell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Connell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knockout sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Connell throws out a loose jab but Knockout uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knockout lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Oscar Knockout will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Connell loads up on a big right hand but Knockout slips the punch.
Knockout connects with the punch.
Connell throws a lazy right hand but Knockout sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Connell moves away from the strike by Knockout.
Connell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knockout.
Knockout lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Knockout scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Connell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knockout.
Connell scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knockout connects with a looping right hand.
Connell misses with a double jab.
A big left from Connell misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knockout looks to throw the jab but Connell is out of range.
Connell looks up at the clock. Bad move! Knockout lands a right hand from hell, dropping Connell. Knockout pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Knockout!
Oscar Knockout thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terry Mcdermott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BabyJay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcdermott comes into the arena with Broken Wings blaring out of the sound system. Terry Mcdermott is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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145 lbs
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26
142 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Brawler
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Terry Mcdermott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BabyJay Penn!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdermott shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mcdermott passes Penn's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mcdermott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Penn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mcdermott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mcdermott is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Mcdermott wants to work for an arm triangle but Penn is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdermott is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Penn is defending against the submission attempts here by Mcdermott.
Penn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mcdermott working Penn over with strikes.
Mcdermott decides to stand and escape the position.
Mcdermott scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mcdermott lands a nice short elbow.
Mcdermott uses his free foot to push down on Penn's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Penn.
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!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mcdermott has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Penn's face.
Mcdermott connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mcdermott lands a heavy elbow.
Mcdermott throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Penn has his hands clasped together but Mcdermott breaks the hold and Penn is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Mcdermott!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Terry Mcdermott!
Terry Mcdermott seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bentley Downer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louden Swain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swain has chosen Gambler as his entrance music. Louden Swain 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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30
181 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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23
186 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bentley Downer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Louden Swain!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swain is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Downer's half guard.
Downer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Downer is working hard here to advance position.
Swain is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Downer has managed to free his arm - good work.
Swain throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Downer is staying active underneath Swain, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Swain controlling the action here.
Swain is thwarting Downer's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain looks to land a strike but Downer avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Swain preventing the sweep.
Swain with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Swain's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Downer managing to control the position.
Swain has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Swain drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Downer dives on top into guard.
Swain not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Swain looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Swain controlling Downer's posture.
Downer wants to stand but Swain is controlling his posture from full guard.
Swain is trying to control the position from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Louden Swain hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Downer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Swain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Downer walks away with a smile on his face. Swain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Downer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Swain.
Swain ducks under a wild hook from Downer.
Swain misses with a series of wild punches.
A cross from Swain lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bentley Downer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Downer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Swain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Downer scrambles back to his feet.
Downer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Downer tries to clinch
and Swain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Downer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Swain counters with a nice body shot.
Swain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bentley Downer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Downer pushes Swain up against the cage in a clinch.
Swain trying to control the position but instead, Downer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Swain into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Swain fails to land.
Swain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Downer blocks an uppercut.
Downer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Downer pushes off an throws an elbow but Swain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Downer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Louden Swain has been cut.
Downer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Downer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swain taking a breather.
Swain manages to break the clinch.
Downer rushes Swain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Swain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Downer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Swain is trying to maintain a safe position but Downer gets an underhook and turns Swain into the cage.
Swain looking for a takedown.
Bentley Downer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louden Swain.
Knees to the body from Downer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swain takes an elbow to the temple.
Swain takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up Louden Swain's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Downer.
Knees in the clinch landing for Downer.
Swain looks winded!
Downer misses with a knee to the head.
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 Bentley Downer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Louden Swain's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Downer moves into the clinch.
Swain has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Downer after a bit of a struggle.
Swain content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Swain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Downer misses with an elbow over the top.
Swain blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swain.
Swain has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Downer avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Downer tries a knee to the head but Swain blocks it.
Swain blocks an elbow strike.
Downer lands a knee to the head.
Swain managing to block the knees to the body from Downer.
Swain is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Downer misses with an elbow over the top.
Downer lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Downer.
Swain is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Downer stops a takedown attempt from Swain.
Bentley Downer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louden Swain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer landing knees to the body.
Downer scores a nice knee to the body.
Downer landing knees to the head.
Swain has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Downer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Swain can turn it around.
Swain fails to pull guard.
Downer lands a damaging elbow.
Swain is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Downer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swain's brow.
Swain is still on wobbly legs! Can Downer finish him?
Swain blocks an elbow strike from Downer.
Downer working the clinch nicely. Swain is working for position but Downer cracks him with a big knee to the head! Swain crumples up against the cage and Downer lands two more shots before the ref can save Swain! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Bentley Downer!
An out of breath Bentley Downer 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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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Galaxy Nexus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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167 lbs
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25
170 lbs
15 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronaldo Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Galaxy Nexus!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nexus moves away from the strike by Gracie.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nexus has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nexus is looking to clinch.
Nexus slips under a jab from Gracie.
Nexus moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie slips a jab from Nexus.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Nexus ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Nexus checks it.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Nexus counters with a straight right hand.
Nexus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nexus throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Nexus slips a straight right by Gracie.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nexus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nexus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie connects with a body shot that sends Nexus's belly button to the back.
Nexus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nexus swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Nexus throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nexus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nexus.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nexus.
Gracie jabs Nexus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gracie swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nexus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Nexus is trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie has hold of Nexus's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Nexus seems comfortable defending it but Gracie has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Nexus is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Nexus is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Gracie couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ronaldo Gracie!
Ronaldo Gracie is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Ronaldo Gracie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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