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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Mauti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ava Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noel has chosen A Moment as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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31
202 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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199 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Mauti !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ava Noel!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noel misses with an uppercut. Mauti saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Mauti .
Mauti 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.
Mauti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mauti slips a straight right by Noel.
Mauti throws a head kick that half lands.
Noel lands a jab.
Noel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mauti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Noel swinging wildly here.
Noel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mauti manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Mauti .
Mauti slips a jab from Noel.
Noel throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mauti tries to clinch up.
Noel misses with an uppercut. Mauti saw that one coming.
Mauti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mauti .
Noel tests Mauti 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Noel misses the jab.
Mauti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Noel.
Noel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mauti can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Noel.
Noel misses with an uppercut. Mauti saw that one coming.
Mauti lands a nice looking body kick.
Noel throws a jab but it's blocked by Mauti .
Mauti clinches.
Mauti lands an elbow that stopped Noel in his tracks for a moment.
Mauti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Ava Noel has been cut.
Mauti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mauti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel is trying to push Mauti away but Mauti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mauti lands a good knee to the midsection. Noel won't want to take too many of those.
Mauti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noel is defending well for now.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Noel is trying to push Mauti away but Mauti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mauti prevents Noel from breaking the clinch.
Mauti lands a knee to the head.
Noel dodges an elbow strike from Mauti .
Mauti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noel is defending well for now.
Mauti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noel.
Noel is trying to force a seperation but Mauti has the dominant position.
Noel has had enough of the clinch but Mauti keeps him there for the moment.
Noel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Noel has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mauti seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Noel can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel avoids a wild elbow strike from Mauti .
Noel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Noel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Noel avoiding damage as Mauti throws knees to the body.
Noel blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mauti throws an elbow but misses.
Noel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Noel is trying to break the clinch but Mauti is controlling him.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Noel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Noel tries to circle away but Mauti has him pinned against the cage.
Noel avoids a wild elbow strike from Mauti .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauti lands a nice elbow.
Noel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Noel is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Noel.
Mauti misses with an elbow strike.
Mauti misses with an elbow over the top.
Noel has had enough of the clinch but Mauti keeps him there for the moment.
Mauti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mauti lands a nice elbow.
Noel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noel misses with a looping right.
Noel throws the left hand but Mauti avoids the punch easily.
Mauti moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noel dodges an elbow strike from Mauti .
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 Michael Mauti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ava Noel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mauti throws a half hearted mid kick.
Noel throws a hook to the side of Mauti 's head but Mauti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mauti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mauti misses with a low kick.
Mauti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Noel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mauti .
Mauti defending well as Noel loads up on a big left hand.
Noel throws a right hand that misses
and Mauti moves into the clinch.
Mauti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noel avoids it.
Noel tries to break the clinch but Mauti is controlling the position.
Mauti lands an elbow that stopped Noel in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mauti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Noel's brow.
Mauti scores a nice knee to the body.
Mauti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Noel tries to break the clinch but Mauti is controlling the position.
Noel blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Noel breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Noel misses the target.
Mauti closes the distance and clinches.
Mauti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noel.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Noel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Noel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noel throws a jab when Mauti was well out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Mauti finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mauti throws a front kick aimed at Noel's knee but Noel avoids it well.
Noel misses with a lunging right hand
and Mauti moves into the clinch.
Michael Mauti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Noel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mauti has him pressed against the cage.
Mauti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Noel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mauti backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noel takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mauti .
Noel is looking to break free of the clinch but Mauti has double underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mauti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noel.
Noel can't break the clinch.
Mauti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Noel is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mauti .
Mauti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Noel is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Noel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Noel is trying to break the clinch but Mauti has him pressed against the cage.
Noel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel is trying to break the clinch but Mauti is controlling him.
Noel managing to block the knees to the body from Mauti .
Noel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mauti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Mauti .
Mauti lands an elbow inside.
Noel can't break the clinch.
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.
Noel breaks from the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mauti .
Mauti lets loose with a powerful body kick. Noel will feel that in the morning.
Jab by Noel.
Mauti misses with a kick to the body.
Noel misses with a hook
and Mauti holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mauti trying to land knees to the body.
Mauti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Noel breaks the clinch.
Noel loads up on a big right hand but Mauti slips the punch.
Mauti throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Noel might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mauti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Noel is able to avoid easily.
Noel works the jab nicely.
Ava Noel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mauti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Noel.
Mauti throws a solid leg kick but Noel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mauti .
Mauti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Noel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Noel throws a right hand that misses
and Mauti counters by moving into the clinch.
Noel wants to get back to striking at distance but Mauti won't allow it.
Mauti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mauti lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Mauti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ava Noel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Noel throws a leg kick but Mauti sees it coming and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Noel misses the target.
Mauti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Noel misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Noel misses the target.
Noel takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Noel misses with an uppercut.
Noel lands a really nice looking cross but Mauti seems unphased.
Mauti throws a wild body kick that Noel sees coming a mile off.
Mauti drives through and clinches with Noel against the cage.
Mauti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noel is defending well for now.
Mauti working Noel over with knees to the body.
Noel has had enough of the clinch but Mauti keeps him there for the moment.
Noel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noel throws a punch but it's blocked by Mauti .
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Noel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mauti lands a knee to the body.
Mauti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Noel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mauti with a knee to the head.
Noel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Noel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noel tries to break free but Mauti pushes him back against the cage.
Noel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mauti has him pressed against the cage.
Noel is looking to break free of the clinch but Mauti has double underhooks.
Mauti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noel.
Mauti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ava Noel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael Mauti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mauti lands an elbow inside that Noel shrugs off.
Mauti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Noel's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Noel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mauti prevents Noel from breaking the clinch.
Noel is trying to break free.
Noel swings wildly with an uppercut but Mauti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Noel is trying to push Mauti away but Mauti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel is trying to break the clinch but Mauti is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Noel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Noel lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Noel.
Noel is trying to force a seperation but Mauti has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Mauti .
Noel blocks the elbow strike.
Noel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mauti has him pressed against the cage.
Mauti has Noel pressed against the cage, preventing Noel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noel working hard to break the clinch.
Noel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Noel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Noel dodges an elbow strike from Mauti .
Mauti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
Noel is trying to force a seperation but Mauti has the dominant position.
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.
Noel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mauti blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mauti lands an elbow inside.
Noel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mauti has Noel pressed against the cage, preventing Noel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michael Mauti .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mauti , 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Michael Mauti !
Michael Mauti thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gennaro Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mordecai Wollsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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166 lbs
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165 lbs
26 - 20 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gennaro Gattuso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mordecai Wollsey!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wollsey counters with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gattuso. Wollsey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wollsey works Gattuso's body with a nice hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Gattuso scores with a four punch combination!
Gattuso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been hearing reports that Gattuso has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wollsey takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gattuso misses with a straight left.
Wollsey throws a body punch but Gattuso moves out of range.
Wollsey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gattuso with a poor takedown
and Gattuso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gattuso shoots for a double leg takedown but Wollsey sprawls well. He's pushed Gattuso's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gennaro Gattuso. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wollsey misses with a head kick.
Wollsey fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gattuso sprawls well initially but Wollsey persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wollsey winds up and cracks Gattuso with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wollsey takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gattuso moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wollsey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gattuso tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gattuso is striking from the bottom but Wollsey uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Gattuso is trying to control but Wollsey passes into side control!
Gattuso can't do much from the bottom here.
Gattuso tries to improve position but can't.
Wollsey sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gattuso is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gattuso tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gattuso taking a bit of punishment here - Wollsey scoring with strikes.
Gattuso is trying to control Wollsey's posture but Wollsey avoids it.
Gattuso gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gattuso misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wollsey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gattuso has his hands clasped together around Wollsey's back. He's all about the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wollsey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gattuso throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wollsey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gattuso avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wollsey.
Wollsey slips a nice elbow through Gattuso's hands, connecting with Gattuso's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wollsey lands a nice short elbow.
Gattuso tries to kick Wollsey off but Wollsey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso is concentrating on defense, preventing Wollsey from advancing position.
Gattuso is looking for a sweep. Wollsey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wollsey working Gattuso over with strikes.
Wollsey prevents Gattuso from standing back up.
Gattuso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wollsey scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wollsey blocks the strikes from Gattuso.
Gattuso manages to get to full guard.
Wollsey trying to control the position from guard on top but Gattuso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gattuso wants to sweep here but Wollsey controlling him for the moment.
Gattuso has his foot on Wollsey's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wollsey works his way back into a safe position though.
Gattuso looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gattuso throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gattuso working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wollsey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wollsey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wollsey trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wollsey lands a couple of digs.
Wollsey trying to control the position from guard on top but Gattuso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wollsey told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Wollsey landing with the ground and pound.
Wollsey throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wollsey won't allow Gattuso to sweep him here.
Wollsey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wollsey throwing strikes from guard but Gattuso blocks nicely.
Wollsey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mordecai Wollsey will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wollsey leaves Gattuso with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gattuso tries for a takedown but Wollsey circles away easily
and Wollsey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wollsey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gattuso takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid body kick from Wollsey.
Gattuso thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gattuso goes for a double leg but Wollsey avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wollsey continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gennaro Gattuso. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wollsey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gattuso with a poor takedown
and Wollsey counters with a body kick.
Wollsey throws a hook to the side of Gattuso's head but Gattuso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gattuso throws a head kick that misses.
Wollsey slips a jab from Gattuso.
Wollsey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wollsey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gattuso on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Wollsey misses its intended target.
Gattuso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wollsey.
Wollsey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gattuso manages to avoid it.
Gattuso fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wollsey avoids it really well and circles away.
Wollsey moves out of range as Gattuso strikes.
Gattuso looks for a takedown but Wollsey sprawls well.
Wollsey lands a head kick!
Wollsey lands a slapping body shot.
Gennaro Gattuso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wollsey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Wollsey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wollsey scores with a push kick.
Wollsey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wollsey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gattuso's sensitive parts.
Wollsey scores with a nice head shot.
Wollsey looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wollsey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gattuso doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wollsey lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wollsey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wollsey throws a hook but Gattuso blocks it.
Gattuso looks to score with a jab to the body but Wollsey is just out of range.
Wollsey scores with a takedown into Gattuso's guard.
Wollsey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gattuso's head.
Gattuso looking for a guillotine here but Wollsey defends easily.
Wollsey stopping the sweep attempt from Gattuso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso has momentary wrist control but Wollsey slips an elbow through the middle.
Wollsey tries to free his leg and advance position but Gattuso is retaining full guard.
Gattuso has his hands on Wollsey's head, controlling the position.
Gattuso working for a triangle but Wollsey defends it easily.
Gattuso utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wollsey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gattuso wants to sweep but no luck.
Wollsey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gattuso looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Gattuso is trying to keep Wollsey in close.
Gattuso looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wollsey is one step ahead there.
Wollsey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gattuso's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wollsey trying to control the position from guard on top but Gattuso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wollsey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mordecai Wollsey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A shot to the liver by Wollsey. Beautiful body shot.
Gattuso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wollsey.
Gattuso fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wollsey avoids it really well and circles away.
Gattuso changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wollsey tries to avoid it but Gattuso manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wollsey to the ground. Wollsey escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gattuso. Wollsey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gattuso lands with a straight right. Wollsey didn't see that one coming.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gattuso enables Wollsey to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gattuso manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gattuso striking off his back but it's not causing Wollsey any problems.
Gattuso preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wollsey won't allow Gattuso to sweep him here.
Wollsey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gattuso is keeping the position for now.
Wollsey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wollsey wants to control from the top but Gattuso keeps moving.
Mordecai Wollsey has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wollsey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wollsey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gattuso works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gattuso pushes a forearm under Wollsey's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Wollsey is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gennaro Gattuso!
A very excited looking Gennaro Gattuso made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Uruhara Hatake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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30
145 lbs
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139 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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Good kicks
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Uruhara Hatake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch but Hatake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wallace looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hatake gets a double leg takedown into Wallace's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wallace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wallace is keen to just control but Hatake is a slippery customer.
Wallace missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hatake trying to control but Wallace postures up.
Hatake is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Wallace has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wallace not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wallace slips a nice elbow through Hatake's hands, connecting with Hatake's forehead.
Hatake is trying to control but Wallace passes into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wallace tries to move to mount but Hatake blocks the move with his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatake is trying to control Wallace's posture but Wallace avoids it.
Wallace lands a few punches from side control.
Wallace is looking to take a break and control but Hatake is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wallace working away.
Wallace working the ground and pound.
Wallace throws an elbow but Hatake slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hatake is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at GreatWall MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace wants to control but Hatake is keeping him busy.
Hatake is looking for a sweep.
Hatake is being controlled here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatake on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hatake is trying to get back to half guard.
Wallace 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hatake manages to get back to half guard.
Wallace moves into full mount! Hatake won't be happy about that!
Wallace tries to control but Hatake wriggling away.
Wallace controlling from the full mount.
Wallace connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hatake sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wallace content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatake makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hatake.
Hatake keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
Wallace controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wallace wants to control from the top but Hatake keeps moving.
Hatake being controlled here, momentarily.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Tyrone Wallace hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hatake closes the distance and pushes Wallace back into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace jumps guard but Hatake stands there with Wallace around his waist. Wallace gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wallace taking a breather.
Wallace is looking for a takedown.
Hatake has clasped his hands together around Wallace's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The strikes coming from Hatake are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hatake trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatake tries to score with some ground and pound. Wallace controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Wallace is defending against the submission attempts here by Hatake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Wallace dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wallace tries to clinch up but Hatake circles away and keeps his distance.
Wallace closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hatake did well to prevent Wallace getting side control.
Hatake has hold of Wallace's hands but Wallace slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wallace is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hatake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wallace working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wallace landing strikes from the mount and Hatake is in trouble!
Wallace tries to control but Hatake wriggling away.
Wallace prevents Hatake from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatake wants to control but Wallace is having none of it.
Hatake sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hatake trying to control but Wallace postures up.
Nice strikes from Wallace there.
Hatake tries to get to full guard but Wallace has control of the leg.
Wallace lands strikes from half guard.
Hatake trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hatake looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wallace looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatake actively working from the bottom here.
Wallace is taking a breather. Hatake 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.
Wallace wants to take a breather but Hatake is having none of it.
Tyrone Wallace has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hatake is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wallace scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wallace looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
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!
Wallace works his way into full mount!
Wallace controlling the position easily from mount.
Wallace postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hatake looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace landing strikes from the mount.
Hatake working to try and regain half guard.
Wallace blocks Hatake's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Wallace avoids the attempt from Hatake to control.
Wallace looking to control but Hatake is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wallace scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hatake?
Wallace lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wallace is landing with some decent strikes but Hatake is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wallace controlling the position easily from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatake is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wallace cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hatake is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hatake is working hard here to advance position.
Wallace is landing with some decent strikes but Hatake is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wallace looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wallace wants to finish this one by submission but Hatake is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Wallace.
Wallace trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace controlling from the full mount.
Hatake is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Wallace showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hatake shoots in for a double leg but Wallace sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Uruhara Hatake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wallace slips under a jab from Hatake.
Hatake misses with a head kick.
Wallace wants to clinch up but Hatake keeps it at a distance.
Wallace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wallace showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hatake.
Wallace circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Wallace drives through with a takedown into Hatake's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Wallace trying to control the position from guard on top but Hatake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallace works over Hatake with some ground and pound from guard.
Hatake keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hatake working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wallace doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wallace manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace looking to pass the guard.
Hatake looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hatake keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
Hatake is looking to sweep but instead, Wallace has passed into half guard.
Wallace wants to take a breather but Hatake is having none of it.
Hatake wants to get back to full guard.
Wallace works his way into full mount!
Wallace tries to control but Hatake wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace breaks from Hatake's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hatake is in a horrible position here. Wallace smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wallace can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hatake is looking to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hatake is in a horrible position here. Wallace smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hatake is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wallace controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is trying to control here but Hatake has managed to regain half guard.
Wallace scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hatake wants to improve his position but Wallace is controlling well.
Wallace looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hatake with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wallace wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hatake keeps working.
Wallace perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hatake avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wallace.
Hatake taking some punishment here, with Wallace in his half guard.
Wallace seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wallace is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wallace landing strikes from the mount.
That's four 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!
Wallace scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hatake?
Hatake bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Uruhara Hatake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hatake trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wallace avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wallace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wallace throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wallace frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wallace is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wallace controlling his opponent.
Tyrone Wallace is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hatake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Wallace comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wallace winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Wallace!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tyrone Wallace waved his t-shirt featuring Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roger Wabbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teddy Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Tech N9ne - So Dope as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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32
165 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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26
166 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Wabbit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teddy Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson tries to clinch up
letting Wabbit counter with a right hand.
Wabbit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wabbit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson moves to clinch but Wabbit breaks away
and Wabbit counters with a two punch combo.
Jackson tries to clinch but Wabbit is having none of it.
Teddy Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wabbit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
Jackson stuffs the takedown.
Jackson tries to clinch but Wabbit moves out of range.
Jackson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wabbit changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jackson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jackson looks to clinch
and Wabbit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wabbit shoots in but Jackson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Wabbit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wabbit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Wabbit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wabbit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wabbit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Teddy Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Wabbit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackson wants to clinch but Wabbit slips to the side
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Wabbit is avoiding it.
Wabbit misses the shot to the body.
Wabbit digs a good body shot into Jackson's ribs.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Wabbit keeps it at a distance.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wabbit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wabbit cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wabbit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wabbit misses with the combination.
Jackson tries to clinch but Wabbit is having none of it.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Wabbit keeps it at a distance.
Wabbit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Wabbit circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Wabbit.
Wabbit punishes Jackson's body with a nice straight punch.
Wabbit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Wabbit.
Wabbit misses with a wild combination.
Wabbit keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackson closes the distance and pushes Wabbit back into the cage.
Wabbit is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jackson is defending well.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wabbit's brow.
Wabbit dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wabbit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wabbit blocks the elbow strike.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Wabbit lands a nice uppercut.
Wabbit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wabbit is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wabbit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wabbit blocks the elbow strike.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wabbit.
Wabbit blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Wabbit struggles to land a body shot inside as Jackson controls his hands.
Wabbit tries for a takedown. No joy.
A head punch on the inside from Wabbit fails to land.
Wabbit working aggressively here.
Wabbit avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
Wabbit blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Wabbit avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Wabbit blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Wabbit takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Wabbit missing with knees to the body.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wabbit blocks an elbow strike.
Wabbit is trying to drag Jackson to the mat but Jackson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wabbit working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wabbit's brow.
Jackson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wabbit has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jackson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Teddy Jackson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wabbit connects with a nice looking jab.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Wabbit pushes him off.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Wabbit is avoiding it.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wabbit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Wabbit fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Wabbit circles away.
Wabbit misses with a low kick.
Jackson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wabbit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wabbit shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Wabbit's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wabbit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson tries to clinch but Wabbit is having none of it.
Wabbit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
No joy there for Wabbit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson forces Wabbit back against the cage and clinches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wabbit is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Wabbit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Wabbit is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jackson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wabbit wants to take the fight to the mat but Jackson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wabbit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wabbit jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jackson walks away with a smile on his face. Wabbit gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wabbit. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson closes the distance but Wabbit moves to the side
and Wabbit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wabbit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Wabbit lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Wabbit moves out of range easily.
Teddy Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wabbit lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Wabbit circles away and keeps his distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wabbit, as that shot connected.
Jackson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wabbit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wabbit lands a right hook to the body.
Wabbit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Roger Wabbit is winning the standup battle so far.
Wabbit looks to land a combination but Jackson avoids it well.
Jackson closes the distance but Wabbit moves to the side
and Wabbit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson darts in trying to clinch
and Wabbit counters with a straight right hand.
Jackson defending well as Wabbit loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Jackson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wabbit misses with a hook.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Wabbit keeps it at a distance.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Jackson closes the distance but Wabbit moves to the side
and Wabbit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Jackson rushes Wabbit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wabbit can't get the takedown.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Wabbit avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Wabbit working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wabbit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jackson's brow.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
It looks like Roger Wabbit has been cut.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wabbit misses with a punch on the inside.
Wabbit misses with the head strike.
Jackson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wabbit in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wabbit avoids it.
Wabbit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wabbit's brow.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Jackson blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Wabbit.
Wabbit blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Wabbit avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teddy Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roger Wabbit's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jackson is looking to clinch but Wabbit is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Wabbit or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Wabbit lands with a cross.
Wabbit drives through with a takedown into Jackson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Jackson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jackson wants to stand but Wabbit is controlling the position.
Wabbit throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Wabbit postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wabbit stops Jackson from standing up.
Jackson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jackson wants it to stay on the feet.
Jackson throws a nice head kick!
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wabbit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wabbit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wabbit stuns Jackson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jackson closes the distance and pushes Wabbit back into the cage.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Wabbit avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Wabbit takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wabbit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson lands an elbow inside.
Wabbit takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wabbit's brow.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wabbit.
Roger Wabbit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wabbit can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Wabbit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wabbit's defenses.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wabbit avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Wabbit avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jackson misses with an elbow strike.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wabbit looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Wabbit avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
Teddy Jackson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wabbit wants to take the fight to the mat but Jackson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wabbit can't get the takedown.
Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
Wabbit dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Wabbit takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Wabbit 's eye.
Jackson lands an elbow just above Wabbit 's eye.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wabbit avoids it.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Teddy Jackson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jackson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson pushes off an throws an elbow but Wabbit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wabbit changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jackson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Wabbit keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wabbit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Jackson closes the distance but Wabbit moves to the side
enabling Wabbit to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wabbit.
Jackson wants to clinch but Wabbit slips to the side
letting Wabbit counter with a right hand.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jackson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wabbit blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Wabbit swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wabbit is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jackson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teddy Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jackson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teddy Jackson!
Teddy Jackson got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Cabrillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hell Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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30
186 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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32
180 lbs
18 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Cabrillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hell Rose!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrillo misses with a lunging right hand
and Rose counters with a straight right hand.
Rose throws a hook but Cabrillo avoids it easily.
Cabrillo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rose.
Rose lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cabrillo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose closes the distance and clinches.
Cabrillo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cabrillo backwards.
Rose told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Rose avoiding damage.
Rose is pressed up against the cage. Cabrillo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rose down to the mat. Rose avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cabrillo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rose back to the cage. Cabrillo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rose misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose instigates a clinch.
Cabrillo misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cabrillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose tries to work over Cabrillo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrillo throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
I was talking to Cabrillo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rose blocks an uppercut.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cabrillo managing to block the knees to the body from Rose.
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
Cabrillo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rose lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrillo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Cabrillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rose working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Cabrillo is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Cabrillo fails to land.
Rose working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Rose.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rose stalls.
Rose lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with a punch on the inside.
Cabrillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rose throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Rose.
Rose scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rose scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cabrillo is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Cabrillo.
Rose landing knees to the body.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cabrillo.
A short right from Rose.
Rose lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands a nice knee to the body.
Cabrillo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rose gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rose lands an elbow inside that Cabrillo shrugs off.
It looks like Juan Cabrillo has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rose.
Rose stops a takedown attempt from Cabrillo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Cabrillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose leaning against his opponent.
A short left from Rose.
Oh Cabrillo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rose gets through Cabrillo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rose lands a body punch.
Rose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rose dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rose obliges.
Rose lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cabrillo or not.
Cabrillo seems to have got his legs back now.
Cabrillo takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Rose.
Rose blocks an elbow strike from Cabrillo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rose.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Cabrillo controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cabrillo gets through Rose's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rose breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Rose. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rose.
Rose fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cabrillo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rose darts in and clinches Cabrillo up against the cage.
Cabrillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cabrillo backwards.
Cabrillo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cabrillo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabrillo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cabrillo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cabrillo is working for takedown but Rose is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rose's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cabrillo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hell Rose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Cabrillo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rose throws a hook but Cabrillo blocks it.
Hell Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose throws a head kick that misses.
Cabrillo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rose napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cabrillo wants to control but Rose is keeping him busy.
Rose tries to bench press Cabrillo off him but Cabrillo keeps the position.
Rose struggling a bit here.
Rose keeping his opponent close.
Sloppy strikes there by Cabrillo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrillo lands some shots froms side control.
Cabrillo tries to advance position but instead Rose slips a leg back in to half guard.
Cabrillo is stalling here. Rose is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cabrillo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rose has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Rose has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rose slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose trying to control the position but Cabrillo is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Rose tries to stand but Cabrillo is controlling his head.
Rose is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cabrillo is being controlled here.
Rose decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cabrillo to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose missing with a left hand there. Cabrillo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Cabrillo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rose looks to land a combination but Cabrillo avoids it well.
Cabrillo moves away from the strike by Rose.
Rose has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rose there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cabrillo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rose finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rose scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cabrillo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cabrillo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rose.
Rose thuds his right hand into Cabrillo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rose instigates a clinch.
Cabrillo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rose pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose blocks an elbow strike from Cabrillo.
Rose landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cabrillo throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Rose on the inside.
Rose trying to control the position but instead, Cabrillo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rose into the cage.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Rose stalling in the clinch but Cabrillo improves position.
Cabrillo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose lands a body shot.
Rose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rose scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose manages to break the clinch.
Cabrillo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rose finds it's way round the side to connect with Cabrillo's head.
Rose rushes Cabrillo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rose lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hell Rose showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Juan Cabrillo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rose rushes Cabrillo and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Rose.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rose.
Rose gets through Cabrillo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rose.
Rose lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rose cracks Cabrillo with a nice body shot.
Rose lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rose throws a big uppercut that drops Cabrillo! More strikes from Rose and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cabrillo lies dazed against the cage as Rose celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hell Rose!
Hell Rose 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Gotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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22
151 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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34
152 lbs
17 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Gotti!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gotti.
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gotti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gotti cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
Gotti has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as White is landing a low percentage of strikes.
White takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice defenses there by White.
We've been hearing reports that White has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gotti throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Gotti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gotti is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gotti tries a head kick but it misses.
White gets a clinch.
White has Gotti pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gotti manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
White manages to break the clinch.
Nice straight punches there by White. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of White.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big left from White misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gotti.
Gotti moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Gotti throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Gotti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gotti dodges the punch combination from White.
White fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gotti shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. White eats them both and turns towards Gotti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Gotti does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White shoots for a takedown but Gotti saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White moves into the clinch.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Gotti.
White cracks Gotti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A leg kick checked by White.
Gotti misses with a head kick.
Gotti looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White dives in and scores a takedown into Gotti's guard.
White slips nicely into half guard.
White works his way into side control.
White has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White tries to control but Gotti wriggling away.
Gotti tries to reverse the position but White maintains control.
White wants to control the pace but Gotti is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White landing punches.
White pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
White content just to control the position here.
White looking to finish Gotti with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gotti!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gotti is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
White working for a guillotine from mount but Gotti is in no mood to give up.
White trying to control but Gotti is having none of it.
White is working for a guillotine from mount but Gotti frees his head quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gotti is bucking up trying to escape but White cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny White dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
White clinches up against the cage.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gotti prevents the takedown attempt.
Gotti is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from White.
White has hold of one of Gotti's legs. Gotti is fighting the takedown attempt but White gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
White wants to control from the top but Gotti keeps moving.
Gotti wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
Danny White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
White controls from within his opponent's guard.
White pushing down on Gotti's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gotti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with White. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti is staying active underneath White, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
White sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gotti defending well though.
Gotti is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
White moves into full mount! Gotti won't be happy about that!
Gotti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by White.
Gotti tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
White looking to control but Gotti is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
White wants to control the pace but Gotti is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White goes for an armbar but Gotti turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Gotti.
White 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.
Gotti slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
White being controlled for a moment.
White is looking for a sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White looking for a sweep but Gotti has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotti throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
White is trying to escape the mount.
Gotti is trying to control here but White has managed to regain half guard.
White is looking for a sweep. Gotti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
White scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gotti throws a head kick that misses.
Gotti tries to keep at a distance but White has taken the fight into the clinch.
White lands a nice elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White lands an elbow inside.
White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny White dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
White uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
White connects with a nice looking jab.
White scores with a takedown into Gotti's guard.
Gotti keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
White stays in close to Gotti's body and controls the position.
White wants to control from the top but Gotti keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Danny White wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gotti stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gotti wants it to stay on the feet.
Gotti fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti misses with a combination
and White counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Gotti. Those never looked like landing.
Gotti moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jimmy Gotti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jimmy Gotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gotti throws a body kick that misses.
White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jimmy Gotti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White blocks the body kick.
White is looking to slow Gotti down with leg kicks.
White fails with the takedown
enabling Gotti to counter with a crisp jab.
Danny White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gotti.
White tries for a takedown but Gotti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gotti keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White moves out of range as Gotti throws a body kick.
Gotti misses with a jab, cross combination.
White closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gotti takes an elbow to the temple.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gotti breaks the clinch.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Gotti misses the target.
White has his takedown stuffed
and Gotti counters with a head kick. That will keep White thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gotti throws a sloppy head kick
and White counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
White stops Gotti from getting back to his feet.
White frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White controlling his opponent.
Gotti keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny White!
After the fight, Danny White was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Yee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Taylor !
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yee thuds his right hand into Taylor 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yee misses with a wild body shot.
Yee connects with a crisp jab.
Taylor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor slips a straight right by Yee.
Taylor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yee.
Taylor has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jason Yee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
Yee misses the jab.
Taylor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yee misses with an uppercut.
Taylor shoots in and gets a takedown into Yee's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Taylor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taylor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Yee wants to sweep but no luck.
Yee is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Yee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee is trying to keep Taylor in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jason Yee wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yee pushes Taylor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taylor can't get the takedown.
Taylor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yee misses with an uppercut.
Yee stalks Taylor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Taylor 's face. Taylor staggers backwards, shaken.
Taylor slips a straight right by Yee.
Taylor looking to score a takedown here. Yee is defending well but Taylor drives through and ends up in Yee's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Yee.
Taylor wants to control from the top but Yee keeps moving.
Yee is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.
Yee wants to stand but Taylor is controlling the position.
Taylor controlling from the top position.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Yee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Yee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor .
Yee misses with a left hand
and Taylor counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yee's guard now.
Yee trying to control the position.
Yee managing to control the position.
Yee looking for a sweep. Not yet Yee, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yee trying to control the position.
Jason Yee has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Taylor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yee jabs Taylor right on the nose. Taylor blinks but takes it well.
Yee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Taylor stuns Yee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yee clinches.
Taylor 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Taylor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taylor is trying to push Yee away but Yee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Yee did well to prevent Taylor getting side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yee defending well though.
Yee works his way to full guard. Good work.
Taylor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taylor is looking to work some ground and pound but Yee has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yee is keeping the position for now.
Yee has his hands on Taylor 's head, controlling the position.
Taylor trying to control but Yee is working from the bottom.
Yee is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yee wants to stand but Taylor is controlling the position.
Yee is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Taylor looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Taylor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yee trying to keep a closed guard but Taylor is proving a slippery customer.
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 Jason Yee will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yee lands with an overhand left.
Yee keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Taylor is rocked!
Yee plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Taylor swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Taylor face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jason Yee!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Gaskins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaskins comes to the cage accompanied by Killing In The Name Of. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Gaskins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Harris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Gaskins.
Harris misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Gaskins misses.
A head kick misses from Gaskins.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gaskins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harris paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris throws a shot 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!
Gaskins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harris 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 Gaskins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gaskins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gaskins avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harris checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gaskins lands a big head kick that sends Harris tumbling to the mat! Gaskins takes a step backwards and waves Harris back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gaskins 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.
Harris avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris stuns Gaskins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gaskins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gaskins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Gaskins settles back down.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Gaskins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gaskins sprawls well. Gaskins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
Harris jabs Gaskins to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Gaskins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gaskins.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harris with a jab.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Gaskins moves his leg out of the way.
Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaskins looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Gaskins trying to control the position.
Gaskins has his hands on Harris's head, controlling the position.
Harris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
We're going to have a standup here because Donald Gaskins wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Gaskins takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paul Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Harris.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Gaskins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaskins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaskins. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gaskins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Gaskins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donald Gaskins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Gaskins.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Gaskins off balance momentarily.
Harris lands with a cross.
Gaskins throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Harris steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gaskins. That one must have hurt.
Gaskins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Gaskins settles back down.
Harris throws a series of punches but Gaskins avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaskins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harris cracks Gaskins with a good jab.
Gaskins throws a chopping leg kick but Harris manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gaskins counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris thumps Gaskins with a low kick.
Gaskins scores with a kick to the body.
Gaskins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris throws a leg kick
letting Gaskins counter with a right hand.
Harris attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gaskins moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gaskins misses with a low kick as Harris jumps back.
Gaskins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gaskins avoids the head kick by Harris.
Gaskins throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gaskins ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Gaskins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch combination from Gaskins misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donald Gaskins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
That's time! Gaskins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harris tries for a takedown but Gaskins sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gaskins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gaskins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gaskins misses with a two punch combination.
Gaskins throws a front kick aimed at Harris's knee but Harris avoids it well.
Gaskins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harris checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gaskins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gaskins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris cracks Gaskins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harris gets a double leg takedown into Gaskins's guard.
Harris won't allow Gaskins to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaskins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris stands and throws Gaskins's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but Gaskins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gaskins managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Harris.
Gaskins struggling a bit here.
Harris working the ground and pound from side control.
Gaskins is trying to control Harris's posture but Harris avoids it.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but Gaskins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harris looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gaskins is avoiding damage well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaskins sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Gaskins is looking to control Harris's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gaskins avoid being mounted?
Harris is trying to control the action in half guard but Gaskins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gaskins keeps working.
Gaskins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
Harris prevents Gaskins from improving his position.
Gaskins is trying to stand back up but Harris is controlling him
Harris wants to control but Gaskins is keeping him busy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaskins regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gaskins working a defensive guard here.
Gaskins keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gaskins is keeping the position for now.
Harris throws a big elbow that misses.
Gaskins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gaskins is looking to stand up but Harris isn't so interested in that idea.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jab from Harris.
Harris moves away from the strike by Gaskins.
Gaskins lands a left and a right that send Harris crashing to the mat, dazed. Gaskins thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gaskins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Gaskins checks a leg kick.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That has opened up Paul Harris's cut even more.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gaskins slips a jab and a cross from Harris.
Harris avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gaskins throws a leg kick
so Harris counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gaskins controlling Harris's posture.
Harris trying to control but Gaskins is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Donald Gaskins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
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.
Harris misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Gaskins counter with a right hand.
Harris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harris throws a leg kick but Gaskins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gaskins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harris moves away from the strike by Gaskins.
Nice shot lands for Gaskins.
Gaskins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harris throws a chopping leg kick but Gaskins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gaskins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gaskins lands a right hook to the body.
Harris checks a low kick from Gaskins.
A leg kick checked by Harris.
Gaskins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
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!
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gaskins's sensitive parts.
Donald Gaskins is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaskins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Gaskins.
Harris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gaskins doesn't seem bothered though.
Gaskins throws a front kick aimed at Harris's knee but Harris avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaskins. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Gaskins misses with a low kick.
Harris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gaskins's hands.
Gaskins scores with a head kick. Harris tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gaskins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gaskins as he jumps to the side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris cracks Gaskins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Paul Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a low kick but Gaskins avoids it.
Gaskins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Gaskins down.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaskins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gaskins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The cut above Paul Harris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Harris throws a low kick but Gaskins avoids it.
Gaskins throws a head kick that misses
and Harris decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gaskins's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Harris working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Harris looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Harris won't allow Gaskins to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaskins wants to stand but Harris is controlling the position.
Gaskins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaskins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paul Harris has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gaskins misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris thows a body shot but no joy.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gaskins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gaskins delivers a nice body kick.
Harris misses with a hook. Gaskins ducked under it nicely.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gaskins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gaskins throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris connects with a body shot that sends Gaskins's belly button to the back.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gaskins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gaskins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Harris.
I think Gaskins 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Gaskins!
Donald Gaskins 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Lindgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Madrigal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madrigal is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil Jon-Throw it Up. Mikael Lindgren could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Julio Madrigal's chin.
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikael Lindgren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Julio Madrigal!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindgren buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Madrigal takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lindgren - that will leave a mark!
Julio Madrigal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lindgren ducks under a wild hook from Madrigal.
Madrigal swings for the body but Lindgren moves out of range.
Madrigal throws a jab when Lindgren was well out of range.
Lindgren scores with a leg kick.
Lindgren tests Madrigal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Madrigal throws a hook to the side of Lindgren's head but Lindgren sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Madrigal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lindgren connects with the punch.
Madrigal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Madrigal moves out of range of the body kick from Lindgren.
Lindgren scores with a shot to the body.
Lindgren jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Madrigal misses.
Madrigal on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Madrigal checks a low kick from Lindgren.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren thows a body shot but no joy.
Lindgren throws a head kick but Madrigal moves out of range.
Lindgren has been working on his boxing with his coaches at New York MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Nice sprawl there from Lindgren as Madrigal shoots in.
Madrigal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Mikael Lindgren has been cut.
Lindgren cracks a nice hook into Madrigal's ribs.
Madrigal checks a leg kick.
Lindgren takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lindgren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindgren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Madrigal.
Lindgren misses the shot to the body.
Lindgren throws a leg kick but Madrigal sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lindgren - that will leave a mark!
Madrigal throws a lazy right hand but Lindgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Madrigal throws an off balance right hand
and Lindgren counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Madrigal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lindgren trying to control the action but Madrigal is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal is trying to maintain the position but Lindgren is very close to passing his half guard.
Madrigal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lindgren.
Lindgren is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Madrigal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Madrigal is trying to get back to full guard.
Madrigal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lindgren pulls his head out easily.
Madrigal tries to roll over but Lindgren keeps him under control.
Lindgren thows a huge punch but Madrigal dodges it nicely.
Lindgren thows a huge punch but Madrigal dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal actively working from the bottom here.
Lindgren 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.
Lindgren is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lindgren seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Madrigal is refusing to be controlled, as Lindgren sits in half guard.
Madrigal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Madrigal blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lindgren.
Lindgren missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Madrigal is looking to improve his position.
Lindgren drops an elbow to the side of Madrigal's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Madrigal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal won't allow Lindgren to pass to mount.
Madrigal is looking to control Lindgren's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Madrigal avoid being mounted?
Lindgren wants to control but Madrigal is keeping him busy.
Madrigal is pressing down on Lindgren's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lindgren with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madrigal wants to stand up but Lindgren is controlling him.
Madrigal trying to strike off his back.
Madrigal working for a triangle but Lindgren defends it easily.
Madrigal keeping moving, preventing Lindgren from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lindgren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Lindgren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Lindgren's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lindgren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Madrigal misses with a two punch combination.
Lindgren swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Madrigal misses with a hook.
Lindgren misses with a body kick.
Madrigal takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lindgren avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lindgren misses with a head kick.
Lindgren throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lindgren is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lindgren cracks Madrigal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lindgren misses with a wild body shot.
Madrigal moves out of range of the body kick.
Madrigal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lindgren is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, jab by Madrigal - just one landing.
Madrigal misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Lindgren. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lindgren.
Lindgren walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Madrigal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Madrigal tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Madrigal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lindgren. Lindgren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lindgren thows a body kick. Madrigal tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Madrigal connects with a looping right hand.
Madrigal cracks a nice hook into Lindgren's ribs.
Lindgren lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lindgren misses with a low kick.
Lindgren wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lindgren motions for Madrigal to come forward. Lindgren throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Madrigal misses with an uppercut.
Madrigal scores with a shot to the body.
Lindgren smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lindgren. Madrigal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madrigal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren blocks a jab.
Madrigal misses with a body shot.
Lindgren slips a jab from Madrigal.
Lindgren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Madrigal throws a lazy right hand but Lindgren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lindgren misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Madrigal crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lindgren - the referee stops the clock and Madrigal gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lindgren. Madrigal manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Madrigal misses.
Madrigal lands with a shot to the body.
Crunch! Lindgren slams his shin into Madrigal's torso.
Lindgren throws the kick towards the body but Madrigal avoids it.
Madrigal misses with the combination.
Lindgren pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Madrigal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Madrigal connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal ducks right into an uppercut from Lindgren.
Lindgren is looking to land body kicks.
Mikael Lindgren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Madrigal fails to land with a series of punches.
Lindgren lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lindgren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lindgren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindgren misses with a body shot.
Madrigal slips under a jab.
Lindgren lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Madrigal fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lindgren sprawls well initially but Madrigal persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lindgren regains full guard. Nicely done.
Madrigal scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lindgren had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Madrigal defends it easily.
Madrigal working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal scoring with some ground and pound.
Madrigal lands a couple of elbows.
Madrigal throws a strike but Lindgren rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lindgren trying to control the position from guard on top but Madrigal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Madrigal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lindgren!
Lindgren is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lindgren 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.
A close second round but Julio Madrigal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mikael Lindgren's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Madrigal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindgren.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madrigal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big right from Lindgren misses.
Madrigal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Madrigal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lindgren slips under a jab.
Lindgren misses with a hook.
Madrigal swings for the body but Lindgren moves out of range.
Lindgren ducks under a wild hook from Madrigal.
Lindgren lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lindgren attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Madrigal cracks Lindgren with an open hand slap.
Lindgren walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Madrigal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Madrigal blocks a head kick by Lindgren.
Madrigal throws out a loose jab but Lindgren uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindgren moves out of range of the strikes.
Lindgren throws a quick inside leg kick.
Madrigal misses with a straight left.
Lindgren ducks right into an uppercut from Madrigal.
Lindgren lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Madrigal moves out of range as Lindgren throws a body kick.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madrigal scores with a jab.
Madrigal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lindgren connects with a nice looking jab.
Lindgren throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lindgren throws a low kick but Madrigal moves out of range easily.
Madrigal moves out of range as Lindgren throws a body kick.
A lazy left from Madrigal finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal misses with a hook.
Madrigal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lindgren connects with a leg kick. Madrigal looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madrigal throws a series of punches but Lindgren avoids them all with ease.
Madrigal cracks Lindgren with a good jab.
Mikael Lindgren is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Madrigal misses.
Nice defenses there by Lindgren.
Lindgren scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Madrigal doesn't seem bothered though.
Madrigal misses with a looping left.
Lindgren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lindgren takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lindgren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Madrigal misses the target.
Lindgren throws a head kick but Madrigal moves out of range.
Lindgren sizes up Madrigal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lindgren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lindgren circles away.
Lindgren defending well as Madrigal loads up on a big left hand.
Lindgren takes a jab right on the kisser.
Madrigal avoids a kick to the body.
Lindgren connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lindgren gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Madrigal.
Madrigal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lindgren.
Lindgren is looking to land body kicks.
Madrigal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lindgren fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lindgren slips a jab from Madrigal.
Lindgren scores with a push kick.
Madrigal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Madrigal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lindgren throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lindgren slaps away a takedown attempt from Madrigal, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mikael Lindgren has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Madrigal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Madrigal blocks the low kick.
Lindgren tries to work over Madrigal's front leg with a kick but Madrigal checks it.
Nice cross by Madrigal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindgren dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Madrigal. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Madrigal misses its intended target.
Lindgren misses with a head kick.
Madrigal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Madrigal.
Decent striking displayed by Madrigal there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lindgren fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Madrigal checks it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Lindgren.
Lindgren connects with a looping right hand.
Lindgren connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Mikael Lindgren did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Mikael Lindgren's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lindgren misses with a low kick.
Lindgren swings for the body but Madrigal moves out of range.
Madrigal has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lindgren.
Madrigal tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lindgren swivels and escapes.
Lindgren throws a jab but it's blocked by Madrigal.
Madrigal lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Lindgren finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Madrigal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lindgren throws a low kick but Madrigal moves out of range easily.
Madrigal drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lindgren looking to control.
Madrigal is working Lindgren over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Madrigal is in close to Lindgren's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Madrigal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Madrigal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lindgren is keeping the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madrigal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madrigal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Madrigal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lindgren works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Madrigal tries to free his leg and advance position but Lindgren is retaining full guard.
Lindgren looking for a guillotine here but Madrigal defends easily.
Madrigal throwing strikes but missing.
Madrigal is in close to Lindgren's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindgren trying to keep a closed guard but Madrigal is proving a slippery customer.
Lindgren is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Madrigal working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lindgren is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Madrigal defends well.
Madrigal stands up over Lindgren, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Madrigal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Madrigal lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal scoring with some ground and pound.
Lindgren has his feet on Madrigal's thighs here. He's pushed Madrigal off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Madrigal screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mikael Lindgren!
Mikael Lindgren retains his welterweight title!
Mikael Lindgren made sure to mention his sponsor, Conviction in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Julio Madrigal stepped up to the mic, saying 'Props to him, he beat me fair and square this time. I will go back to the gym and get better, I'm going to win my belt back.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Al an (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al an!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nick Fury!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fury with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling an to score with a decent uppercut.
Fury misses with a hook.
an moves out of range of the body kick.
an throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fury will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fury stuffs the takedown attempt from an. an gets slowly back to his feet.
an throws a chopping leg kick but Fury manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
an throws out a powerful jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Fury.
an tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fury sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten an somewhat.
Fury looks to land a combination but an avoids it well.
an changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fury tries to avoid it but an manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fury to the ground. Fury escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al an. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
an connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fury defending well as an loads up on a big left hand.
an scores with a hook to the body. Fury takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
an scores with a sloppy right hand. Fury should have avoided that one.
an connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fury lands a nice looking body shot.
an fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fury on the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by an.
Fury takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fury lands an overhand right.
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!
Fury throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fury throws out a leg kick but an moves out of range and Fury only half commits.
Fury fakes the leg kick and cracks an in the body.
an thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury stuffs the takedown.
A cross from Fury lands.
an looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fury looks to land a body kick but an moved away.
an takes one on the button.
an blocks a head kick by Fury.
A telegraphed right hand from Fury misses the target.
an keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fury.
Fury rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and an counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by an.
an missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
an postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
an tries to free his leg and advance position but Fury is retaining full guard.
an throws a big right hand that misses.
Fury tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
an is looking to work some ground and pound but Fury has wrist control.
an trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
an is looking to work some ground and pound but Fury has wrist control.
an stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fury swivels though and keeps the full guard.
an throws a big elbow that misses.
an makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fury looking to control.
an postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fury avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
an is looking to work some ground and pound but Fury has wrist control.
Fury is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Fury is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fury working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from an.
Fury not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
an throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nick Fury has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Fury swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
an drives through with a takedown into Fury's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
an throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fury not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al an dominated that 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.
Fury is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice shot lands for an.
an lands a nice hook to Fury's body. Fury takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
an shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
an working over Fury with some ground and pound. Fury looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
an 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.
Fury manages to get to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
an pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fury is keeping the position for now.
Fury is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
an cracks Fury with a solid left hand.
Fury manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. an manages to get himself to full guard.
an wants to hit a switch here but Fury passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for an there!
an tries to hold on but Fury pushes him away.
an is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
an is working to get back to half guard.
Fury trying to control but an is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury fails to move to back control.
an tries to hold on but Fury postures up.
an is trying desperately to improve position.
Fury with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Fury is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fury is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Al an seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
an scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
an throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fury's head.
Nick Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
an throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fury shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
an throws a sloppy body shot
and Fury counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
an connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
an shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fury sprawls well. Fury wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. an gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Fury.
Fury throws a low kick but an avoids it.
Al an is winning the standup battle so far.
Fury throws out a loose jab but an uses good head movement to avoid it.
an moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fury checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fury swings for the body but an moves out of range.
Fury tries to move into range but an moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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!
an looks to score with a jab to the body but Fury is just out of range.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but an moves away.
an ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
an shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fury as he jumps to the side.
an dives in for a single leg takedown but Fury sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al an. That's going to take a lot out of him.
an blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
an misses with the head strike.
an's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fury defends well against a solid takedown attempt from an.
Fury on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al an dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fury swings for the body but an moves out of range.
an misses with a hook. Fury ducked under it nicely.
Fury drops an with a beautiful combination! an stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Fury is looking for the KO!
an is rocked!
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!
Fury misses with an uppercut.
Oh an is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
an misses the body punch
and Fury rattles an with a well-timed uppercut counter. - an tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Fury dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving an stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nick Fury!
Nick Fury is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Nick Fury thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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