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Heroic 164:New Era PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelos Bellanova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Oppelaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Angelos Bellanova has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Angelos Bellanova seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Angelos Bellanova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Oppelaar!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bellanova showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oppelaar.
Oppelaar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oppelaar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bellanova moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bellanova lands a nice hook to Oppelaar's body. Oppelaar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bellanova throws a wild body kick that Oppelaar sees coming a mile off.
Oppelaar moves out of range of the body kick.
Bellanova showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oppelaar.
Oppelaar lands a jab to Bellanova's midsection.
Bellanova throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bellanova jabs at Oppelaar's body.
Bellanova tries to clinch up.
Bellanova comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bellanova avoids the head kick by Oppelaar.
Oppelaar throws a combination that misses
and Bellanova counters by clinching up.
Oppelaar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bellanova misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oppelaar working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oppelaar can't break the clinch.
Oppelaar is trying to maintain a safe position but Bellanova gets an underhook and turns Oppelaar into the cage.
Oppelaar is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bellanova is defending well.
Bellanova is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oppelaar is defending well for now.
Bellanova keeps control of Oppelaar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bellanova prevents Oppelaar from breaking the clinch.
Bellanova tries to throw a body punch but Oppelaar avoids it by throwing Bellanova back against the cage.
Bellanova misses with a punch on the inside.
Oppelaar tries to circle away but Bellanova has him pinned against the cage.
Oppelaar is trying to break the clinch but Bellanova is controlling him.
Oppelaar tries to circle away but Bellanova has him pinned against the cage.
Oppelaar is looking to break free of the clinch but Bellanova has double underhooks.
Oppelaar is trying to push Bellanova away but Bellanova has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Oppelaar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bellanova fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oppelaar throws a body punch but Bellanova moves out of range.
Bellanova looks to land a combination but Oppelaar avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellanova walks into a left hand.
It looks like Angelos Bellanova has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bellanova scores with a jab to the body.
Oppelaar scores with a hook to the body. Bellanova takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bellanova lands with a cross.
Oppelaar throws a right hand that Bellanova ducks under and follows up with a left that Bellanova also avoids with ease.
Oppelaar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bellanova cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bellanova bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oppelaar throws a combination that misses
and Bellanova counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oppelaar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oppelaar looks to throw the jab but Bellanova is out of range.
Dennis Oppelaar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bellanova throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oppelaar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bellanova misses with a head kick.
Bellanova lands a really nice looking cross but Oppelaar seems unphased.
Bellanova cracks a nice hook into Oppelaar's ribs.
Oppelaar misses with a double jab.
Oppelaar misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bellanova looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Oppelaar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bellanova is looking to wear down Oppelaar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
No joy there for Oppelaar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oppelaar looks winded!
Oppelaar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bellanova.
Oppelaar misses with a double jab
enabling Bellanova to counter with a crisp jab.
Bellanova showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oppelaar.
Bellanova lands with a good body shot.
Oppelaar misses with a double jab
and Bellanova connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bellanova connects with a good right hand that stumbles Oppelaar. Oppelaar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheers as Bellanova lands an impressive looking overhand right. Oppelaar doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oppelaar is looking to land body kicks.
Good leg kick by Bellanova there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellanova fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Oppelaar.
Bellanova lands with an overhand left.
Oppelaar is rocked!
BOOM! Bellanova lands a beautiful left hook that drops Oppelaar. Oppelaar tries to recover but Bellanova is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Oppelaar lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelos Bellanova!
After the fight, Angelos Bellanova 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Begbie Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jinhai Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franco comes into the arena with Born Slippy blaring out of the sound system. 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Begbie Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jinhai Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida clobbers Franco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Franco does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That kick from Franco tenderised Yoshida's leg. Yoshida is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franco manages to avoid it.
Franco throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Franco scores with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Franco.
Yoshida scores with a jab.
Yoshida throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Franco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yoshida lands a nice looking body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yoshida takes a jab right on the kisser.
That kick from Yoshida tenderised Franco's leg. Franco is trying to keep his angry face on.
Franco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yoshida.
Franco on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yoshida. Yoshida obviously looking to wear him down.
Yoshida throws the kick towards the body but Franco avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yoshida misses with a looping left.
A big right from Yoshida misses.
Franco looks for the body kick but Yoshida saw that one coming.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.
Yoshida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Franco misses.
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.
Franco wants to slow Yoshida down by chopping away at his legs.
Yoshida takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Franco with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Franco avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Franco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yoshida fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Franco checks it well.
Franco takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco lands with a straight right. Yoshida didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Yoshida has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yoshida there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yoshida throws a leg kick
and Franco counters with an inside leg kick.
Yoshida clobbers Franco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yoshida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franco cracks Yoshida with a right hand to the side of the head.
Franco slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Franco drops his hands momentarily and Yoshida takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Franco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franco is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Yoshida throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yoshida moves out of range of the leg kick from Franco.
Yoshida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida is looking to slow Franco down with leg kicks.
Yoshida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Franco moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Franco misses with a kick to the body.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franco tries to work over Yoshida's front leg with a kick but Yoshida checks it.
Yoshida misses with a body kick.
That kick from Franco tenderised Yoshida's leg. Yoshida is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yoshida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Franco. That did some damage!
Franco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franco's sensitive parts.
Franco is looking to slow Yoshida down with leg kicks.
Yoshida throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Franco stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco throws a leg kick
and Yoshida counters with a thumping low kick.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Franco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yoshida, pushing him back against the cage.
Franco misses with a punch on the inside.
Franco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yoshida throws an elbow but misses.
Franco is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Franco misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoshida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Franco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yoshida tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.
Franco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yoshida backwards.
Yoshida lands with a right to the head.
Franco tries to throw a body punch but Yoshida avoids it by throwing Franco back against the cage.
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 Begbie Franco will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Franco takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yoshida slips a jab and a cross from Franco.
Franco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jinhai Yoshida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franco slips a jab from Yoshida.
Yoshida throws a head kick that misses.
Yoshida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yoshida scores with the left hand. Franco knows he should have avoided that one.
Franco scores with a jab to the jaw.
A low kick from Franco is predictable there
and Yoshida counters by clinching up.
Yoshida lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franco backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yoshida tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Franco just stands there and leans against the cage.
Yoshida is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco blocks a body shot from Yoshida.
Franco has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Yoshida controls the action.
Yoshida is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Franco misses with a body punch.
Franco can't break the clinch.
Franco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franco tries to work over Yoshida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoshida lands with a short shot to the head.
Yoshida swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Franco as the two fighters clinch.
Yoshida digs a right hand underneath Franco's ribcage. Franco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshida struggles to land a body shot inside as Franco controls his hands.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco managing to block the knees to the body from Yoshida.
Franco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida clinches up against the cage.
Franco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yoshida misses with the head strike.
Franco prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
Franco is looking to break free of the clinch but Yoshida has double underhooks.
Yoshida tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Franco smiles and moves away.
Franco fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yoshida on the side of the head.
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.
Begbie Franco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoshida misses with an uppercut.
Yoshida is looking to chop away at Franco's legs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yoshida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a wild body shot.
Franco moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Franco blocks the body kick.
Yoshida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yoshida takes a swing at Franco's ribcage but misses.
Yoshida takes a swing at Franco's ribcage but misses.
Yoshida clinches up against the cage.
Franco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franco takes an elbow to the temple.
Franco gets through Yoshida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Franco.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franco pushes Yoshida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franco stalling the fight.
Yoshida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoshida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Begbie Franco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jinhai Yoshida.
Yoshida unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida is controlling him.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yoshida tries to throw a body punch but Franco avoids it by throwing Yoshida back against the cage.
Franco wants to stall.
Yoshida lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yoshida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franco avoids it.
Franco lands an uppercut.
Franco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jinhai Yoshida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Yoshida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franco can pounce on him.
Franco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yoshida at a distance.
Yoshida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yoshida throws a lazy head kick
and Franco counters with a nice body shot.
Yoshida lands with a kick to the ribs.
Franco misses with a two punch combination.
Yoshida throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Franco cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yoshida wants to clinch up but Franco keeps it at a distance.
Franco cracks Yoshida with a good jab.
Yoshida looks to score with a jab to the body but Franco is just out of range.
Franco throws a lazy head kick
and Yoshida counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yoshida drops his hands momentarily and Franco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Franco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yoshida or not.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshida fails to land.
Yoshida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Franco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshida's elbow.
Franco working hard to break the clinch.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Franco is trying to break free.
Franco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franco misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yoshida.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike.
Franco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yoshida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco blocks an uppercut.
Franco scores with a hook to the body.
Yoshida cracks Franco with a nice body shot.
Yoshida lands an elbow inside.
Yoshida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoshida can't find room to land a body shot as Franco controls the action.
Yoshida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franco is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yoshida throws an elbow but misses.
Franco blocks a body shot from Yoshida.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yoshida.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage.
Yoshida jumps guard but Franco turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jinhai Yoshida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yoshida misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franco prevents a body shot from Yoshida.
Franco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franco scores with a nice body kick.
Franco has Yoshida up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franco.
Yoshida scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Franco on the inside.
Yoshida misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Franco.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Yoshida is controlling him.
Yoshida blocks an uppercut.
Franco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yoshida utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yoshida working Franco over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yoshida gets through Franco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yoshida unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yoshida presses Franco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yoshida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franco avoids a wild elbow strike from Yoshida.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoshida creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Franco is trying to push Yoshida away but Yoshida has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yoshida tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jinhai Yoshida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yoshida has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jinhai Yoshida!
Our winner, Jinhai Yoshida, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Coll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonidas Sheynauvah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonidas Sheynauvah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vincent Coll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonidas Sheynauvah!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coll throws a wild body kick that Sheynauvah sees coming a mile off.
Coll throws a body kick that misses.
Sheynauvah throws a jab when Coll was well out of range.
Sheynauvah throws a sloppy head kick and Coll moves out of range easily.
Coll looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Coll doesn't manage to clinch there - Sheynauvah circles away.
Sheynauvah takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sheynauvah takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Coll tries to clinch up.
Sheynauvah avoids the head kick by Coll.
Jab, jab by Coll - just one landing.
Sheynauvah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sheynauvah throws a hook to the side of Coll's head but Coll sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Coll lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sheynauvah doesn't seem phased though.
Sheynauvah moves out of range of the body kick from Coll.
Coll goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sheynauvah moves out of range of the body kick.
Coll moves away from the strike by Sheynauvah.
Coll throws a push kick but Sheynauvah slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheynauvah jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sheynauvah looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sheynauvah.
Sheynauvah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Coll takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sheynauvah.
It looks like Vincent Coll has been cut.
Jab by Sheynauvah.
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!
Coll throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Leonidas Sheynauvah has been cut.
Coll tries to clinch but Sheynauvah is having none of it.
Coll fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sheynauvah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sheynauvah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Coll throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Coll lands with a shot to the body.
Sheynauvah throws a hook to the side of Coll's head but Coll sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coll swings for the body but Sheynauvah moves out of range.
Sheynauvah misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coll throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sheynauvah throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Coll counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sheynauvah looks winded!
Coll tries to clinch there but Sheynauvah circles away.
Coll fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sheynauvah, pushing him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Coll with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sheynauvah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sheynauvah landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sheynauvah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coll looking to throw knees to the head but Sheynauvah is blocking nicely.
Sheynauvah looking to throw knees to the head but Coll is blocking nicely.
Coll will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sheynauvah up against the cage.
Sheynauvah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Coll leaning against his opponent.
Sheynauvah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coll connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
I was talking to Coll's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The referee is keeping an eye on Coll - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sheynauvah missing with knees to the body.
Sheynauvah is looking to break free of the clinch but Coll has double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Sheynauvah.
Sheynauvah trying to land knees to the body.
Sheynauvah tries to land knees in the clinch but Coll avoids the damage to the body.
Sheynauvah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sheynauvah trying to land knees to the body.
Sheynauvah managing to block the knees to the body from Coll.
Coll lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Coll landing knees to the body.
Coll presses Sheynauvah against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sheynauvah lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coll blocks a body shot from Sheynauvah.
Coll lands a good knee to the midsection. Sheynauvah won't want to take too many of those.
Coll unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coll obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coll scores with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Coll.
Coll prevents Sheynauvah from breaking the clinch.
Coll putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sheynauvah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sheynauvah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coll has Sheynauvah pushed against the cage.
Coll stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Coll throws a knee to the head but misses.
Coll taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Coll with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sheynauvah has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Sheynauvah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coll.
Coll connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coll scores with a knee to the head.
Sheynauvah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coll avoids it.
Sheynauvah tries to land knees in the clinch but Coll avoids the damage to the body.
Coll controlling the action here for a moment.
Sheynauvah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Coll dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Sheynauvah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Coll.
Nice body kick from Coll.
Coll smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Coll's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Coll duly obliges.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Coll.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coll scores with a push kick.
Sheynauvah moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sheynauvah on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sheynauvah blocks a head kick by Coll.
Coll tries to clinch
and Sheynauvah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Coll tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sheynauvah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Coll throws a sloppy head kick and Sheynauvah moves out of range easily.
Sheynauvah is breathing heavily.
Coll is looking to clinch but Sheynauvah is avoiding it.
Sheynauvah moves out of range of the body kick.
Sheynauvah misses with a looping right.
Coll cracks Sheynauvah with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coll throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Coll tries a head kick but it misses.
Coll is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Coll lands a body shot.
Sheynauvah swings widly with a right hand
and Coll counters with a stiff right hand.
Coll cracks Sheynauvah with a hook to the temple - Sheynauvah is on wobbly legs here! Coll swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Sheynauvah falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Coll wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Vincent Coll!
A very excited looking Vincent Coll rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Gallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven S Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svensson has chosen Muay Thai as his entrance music. 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Gallo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sven S Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Svensson.
Svensson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gallo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gallo misses with a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Svensson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Gallo lands with a shot to the body.
Svensson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gallo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svensson manages to avoid it.
Gallo lands with a cross.
Svensson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Svensson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gallo. Svensson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Svensson tries a head kick but it misses.
Gallo avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Svensson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Svensson blocks a jab.
Gallo blocks a head kick by Svensson.
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!
Gallo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Svensson lands with a kick to the temple. Gallo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Svensson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Svensson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Svensson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gallo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo lands a head shot.
Sven S Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gallo lands a head shot.
Gallo swings for the body but Svensson moves out of range.
Gallo scores with a shot to the body.
Svensson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Svensson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A good leg kick by Svensson.
Svensson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Svensson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Svensson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gallo is able to avoid easily.
Gallo is looking to wear down Svensson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been told by Gallo's head coaches at GTi Boot Camp that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Svensson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gallo. Gallo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Svensson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gallo moves away.
Svensson throws a body kick that misses.
Svensson throws a shot to the body.
Gallo clinches up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svensson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gallo walks away with a smile on his face. Svensson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gallo looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Svensson throws a looping overhand right but Gallo ducks down to avoid it.
Svensson works the jab nicely.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gallo.
Gallo misses the shot to the body.
Gallo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Svensson manages to avoid it.
Svensson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Svensson lands with a slapping head kick.
Svensson lands a leg kick that knocks Gallo off balance momentarily.
Gallo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Gallo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Svensson. That's going to slow Gallo down.
Svensson scores with a nice right hand.
Gallo moves away from the strike by Svensson.
Gallo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Svensson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gallo's calf.
Gallo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gallo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gallo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gallo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svensson.
Svensson just misses with a punch to the body.
Gallo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gallo lands a slapping body shot.
Gallo lands a jab.
Gallo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svensson moves away.
Svensson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Svensson. Gallo shrugs it off though.
Gallo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Svensson looks to land a left hand but Gallo moved out of range nicely.
Gallo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Svensson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Svensson cracks Gallo with an open hand slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson throws a lazy uppercut
and Gallo counters with a one-two to the body.
Gallo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Svensson counters with a good, hard body kick but Gallo shrugs it off.
Gallo scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallo throws a series of punches but Svensson avoids them all with ease.
A lazy left from Svensson finds it's target.
Svensson misses with a head kick.
Gallo scores with a jab to the body.
Gallo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gallo avoids the head kick by Svensson.
Gallo is looking to clinch but Svensson is avoiding it.
Gallo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Svensson was well out of range. Poor timing from Gallo.
Gallo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Svensson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gallo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gallo misses the shot to the body.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gallo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Svensson can pounce on him.
Gallo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, jab by Gallo - just one landing.
Gallo blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Svensson. Gallo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Svensson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven S Svensson 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.
Gallo lands the left hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Gallo blocks the leg kick.
Svensson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Svensson. That's going to slow Gallo down.
Svensson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gallo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Svensson.
Svensson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gallo.
Svensson scores with a hook to the body. Gallo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Svensson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Svensson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Svensson scores with a kick to the body.
Gallo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Svensson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Svensson throws a low kick but Gallo moves out of range easily.
Svensson connects with the punch.
Sven S Svensson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svensson lands a nice looking body shot.
Gallo just misses with a punch to the body.
Gallo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Svensson connects with a leg kick. Gallo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo misses with a looping left.
Gallo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svensson.
Svensson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Svensson scoring well with a low kick there.
Gallo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svensson moves away.
Svensson lands with a shot to the body.
Svensson throws a leg kick but Gallo moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Svensson.
Svensson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Svensson, right into the meat.
Gallo moves out of range of the body kick.
Gallo avoids the head kick by Svensson.
Svensson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gallo looks to land a right hand but Svensson moved out of range.
Gallo thows a body shot but no joy.
Svensson throws a front kick that sends Gallo stumbling back into the cage.
Gallo avoids the head kick by Svensson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallo thows a body shot but no joy.
Svensson misses with a hook. Gallo ducked under it nicely.
Svensson misses with a looping left.
Gallo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Svensson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Svensson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Svensson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gallo.
Gallo works over Svensson's head and body with a nice combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gallo punishes Svensson's body with a nice straight punch.
Gallo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gallo avoids a kick to the body.
Gallo misses with a body shot.
That kick from Svensson tenderised Gallo's leg. Gallo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gallo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Svensson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Svensson lands a really nice looking cross but Gallo seems unphased.
A looping hook to the body misses from Svensson. Gallo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Svensson closes the distance and pushes Gallo back into the cage.
Gallo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Svensson is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson lands a knee to the body.
Gallo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gallo tries to work over Svensson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gallo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gallo swings wildly with an uppercut but Svensson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallo blocks an uppercut.
Gallo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Svensson is keeping busy.
Svensson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gallo.
Gallo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Svensson scores with a shoulder strike.
Svensson missing with knees to the body.
Svensson lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallo working aggressively here.
Svensson scores a nice knee to the body.
Svensson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gallo avoids it.
Gallo presses Svensson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gallo blocks an uppercut.
Gallo working aggressively here.
Svensson pushes Gallo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gallo misses with a body punch.
Gallo struggles to land a body shot inside as Svensson controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Svensson on the inside.
Gallo throws a punch but it's blocked by Svensson.
Svensson tries to pull guard but Gallo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Svensson pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svensson trying to keep a closed guard but Gallo is proving a slippery customer.
Gallo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Svensson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gallo defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven S Svensson 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!
An inside leg kick from Svensson misses.
Svensson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gallo lands a jab to the nose.
Svensson tries to score with a low kick but Gallo moves his leg out of the way.
Gallo misses with a wild combination.
Svensson misses with a body shot.
Svensson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gallo is out of range.
Gallo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gallo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Svensson can pounce on him.
Gallo swinging wildly here.
Gallo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Svensson.
Gallo looks to land a right hand but Svensson moved out of range.
Svensson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gallo in his tracks.
Svensson throws out a loose jab but Gallo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo thuds his right hand into Svensson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Svensson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Svensson.
Gallo lands a right hook to the body.
Gallo looks to score with a jab to the body but Svensson is just out of range.
Gallo throws a series of punches but Svensson avoids them all with ease.
Svensson scores with a head kick.
Gallo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Svensson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svensson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gallo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Svensson scores with a jab to the body.
Svensson throws a leg kick which misses Gallo's front leg but catches the back leg as Gallo tries to avoid it.
Gallo lands a jab to Svensson's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Svensson, as that shot connected.
Svensson misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Svensson connects with a body shot that sends Gallo's belly button to the back.
Svensson scores with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Gallo. Beautiful body shot.
Svensson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gallo is able to avoid easily.
Svensson throws a leg kick which misses Gallo's front leg but catches the back leg as Gallo tries to avoid it.
Sven S Svensson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gallo blocks a jab.
Svensson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gallo checks a leg kick.
Gallo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Svensson lands a nice shot to the body.
Svensson throws the kick towards the body but Gallo avoids it.
Joe Gallo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Svensson wants to land a leg kick but Gallo is out of range.
Gallo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svensson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo stuns Svensson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Svensson lands a nice shot to the body.
Svensson misses with a head kick.
Gallo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svensson.
Gallo misses with an uppercut.
Gallo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Svensson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Svensson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gallo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Svensson connects with an inside leg kick.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gallo.
Svensson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Svensson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gallo doesn't seem bothered though.
Svensson tests Gallo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Svensson thows a body shot but no joy.
Svensson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Svensson lands a lovely overhand right.
Gallo takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensson misses with an uppercut.
Svensson lands a really nice looking cross but Gallo seems unphased.
Svensson scoring well with a low kick there.
Gallo staying out of range there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Svensson.
Svensson throws a hook but Gallo avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallo slips a jab from Svensson.
Svensson stuns Gallo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Svensson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Svensson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gallo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Svensson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gallo. Svensson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gallo avoids the head kick by Svensson.
Svensson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Gallo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sven S Svensson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Svensson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven S Svensson!
Sven S Svensson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Impaler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald has chosen EARTH CRISIS: DESTROY THE MACHINES as his entrance music. Ronald McDonald is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Vlad Impaler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronald McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald misses the shot to the body.
Impaler fails with the takedown
and McDonald counters with a solid body kick.
Impaler blocks the body kick.
McDonald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McDonald lands a left hand.
McDonald misses with a hook from the clinch.
Impaler manages to break the clinch.
Impaler shoots in for a double leg but McDonald sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Impaler shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McDonald pinned against the cage. McDonald gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vlad Impaler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Impaler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDonald.
Impaler is trying hard to land a takedown here. McDonald sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Impaler shoots in looking for a takedown. McDonald tries to sprawl out of it but Impaler keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McDonald manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McDonald connects with a high kick.
It looks like Vlad Impaler has been cut.
Impaler avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Impaler tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McDonald defends well and Impaler ends up having to push McDonald into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Impaler prevents a body shot from McDonald.
Impaler is looking for a takedown.
Impaler looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Impaler blocks an uppercut.
Impaler goes for a takedown in the clinch but McDonald prevents it.
McDonald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Impaler's face.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDonald.
McDonald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McDonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDonald crunches a lovely knee into Impaler's ribcage.
McDonald throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Impaler wants a takedown.
McDonald pushes Impaler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McDonald throws a punch but it's blocked by Impaler.
Impaler is trying to work for a single leg takedown but McDonald pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Impaler turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Impaler manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonald is looking for a sweep.
McDonald struggling a bit here.
McDonald keeps Impaler under control for a moment.
Impaler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Impaler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Impaler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Impaler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Impaler looking to punish the body of his opponent here but McDonald is avoiding damage well.
McDonald pushes Impaler away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Impaler gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Impaler working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Impaler looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tries to buck Impaler off but Impaler is having none of it.
Impaler wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by McDonald, who protects the arm well.
Impaler tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Impaler landing a few strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Impaler.
McDonald wants to control but Impaler postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Impaler tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Impaler working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Impaler thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
McDonald bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Impaler has his takedown stuffed
and McDonald counters with a slapping leg kick.
McDonald shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDonald lands a right hook to the body.
Impaler shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Impaler feints and as McDonald raises his hands in defense, Impaler changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
McDonald trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ronald McDonald will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vlad Impaler's cut.
That's time! Impaler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McDonald darts in and clinches Impaler up against the cage.
McDonald lands a right hand that snaps the head of Impaler backwards.
McDonald lands a knee to the head.
Impaler tries to score a body lock takedown but McDonald shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Impaler changes levels and goes for a takedown here. McDonald fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vlad Impaler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Impaler shoots for a takedown but McDonald saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vlad Impaler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Impaler tries for a takedown but McDonald circles away easily
and McDonald counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Impaler fails to land the takedown.
McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McDonald pushes Impaler up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McDonald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald scores with a hook to the body.
McDonald lands a left hand that snaps the head of Impaler backwards.
Impaler tries to score a body lock takedown but McDonald shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
McDonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Impaler avoids the damage to the body.
Impaler drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Impaler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Impaler looking for a takedown.
McDonald misses with a punch on the inside.
McDonald scores with a knee to the head.
Impaler goes for a takedown in the clinch but McDonald prevents it.
McDonald stops a takedown attempt from Impaler.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McDonald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Impaler's elbow.
McDonald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McDonald.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but Impaler blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Impaler looking for a takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDonald.
McDonald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McDonald lands with a right to the head.
Impaler is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but Impaler blocks it.
McDonald lands with a light punch inside.
Impaler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vlad Impaler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald lands an overhand right.
Impaler closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming McDonald to the mat! McDonald manages to get full guard.
McDonald 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.
Impaler trying to control the position from guard on top but McDonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Impaler wants to pass the guard but McDonald is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Impaler throwing strikes but missing.
Impaler trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
Impaler won't allow McDonald to get back to his feet.
Impaler looking to pass the guard.
McDonald wants to stand but Impaler is controlling the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
McDonald is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Impaler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Impaler lands a nice shot that snaps McDonald's head back.
McDonald throws the kick towards the body but Impaler avoids it.
Impaler fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
McDonald throws a push kick but Impaler slaps the foot to one side.
Impaler shoots in looking for a takedown but McDonald manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Impaler's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
McDonald is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Impaler rather than just go for the knockout.
Horrible takedown by Impaler or perhaps it was just good defense by McDonald which made him look bad.
McDonald lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ronald McDonald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Impaler with a poor takedown
and McDonald counters with a right hand to the body.
Ronald McDonald is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McDonald clinches up with Impaler and pushes him back against the cage.
Impaler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Impaler is looking to take this one to the mat.
McDonald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McDonald lands a shoulder strike.
Impaler is looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald McDonald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vlad Impaler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Impaler moves away and avoids it.
McDonald scores with a leg kick.
McDonald is looking to slow Impaler down with leg kicks.
Impaler swinging wildly here.
McDonald tries to clinch up.
Impaler fails to land the takedown.
Impaler shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McDonald as he avoids it easily.
Impaler with a lazy takedown attempt
and McDonald counters with a nice low kick that buckles Impaler's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vlad Impaler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Impaler shoots and misses
and McDonald counters with a slapping leg kick.
McDonald lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McDonald rushes Impaler and presses him up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McDonald.
Impaler wants a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Impaler drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonald crunches a lovely knee into Impaler's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McDonald lands an uppercut.
McDonald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Impaler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McDonald lands a hook that snaps the head of Impaler backwards.
Impaler is rocked!
McDonald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Impaler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McDonald lands with a short shot to the head.
McDonald lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Impaler.
McDonald working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McDonald.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McDonald scores with a nice hook to the head.
McDonald lands a body shot.
Impaler has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. McDonald avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Impaler has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by McDonald after a bit of a struggle.
McDonald has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Impaler - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from McDonald, and another! Impaler is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ronald McDonald!
Ronald McDonald took some time post fight to say the following; 'Honestly, I had no idea I was going to get this opportunity! I've had a seriously tough career, and it feels so good to be champ again! I didn't know if this day was ever going to come again, but it did! Thank you creator! Keep waking up world, we have douche bags to remove! BROKEN HALO PRIDE!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Okabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramazan Temel (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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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
35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Okabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramazan Temel!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okabe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Temel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Okabe just misses with a punch to the body.
Okabe 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.
Okabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Temel.
Okabe throws a looping overhand right but Temel ducks down to avoid it.
Okabe lands a nice shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Okabe blocks the leg kick.
Okabe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Temel throws a leg kick but Okabe checks it.
Donk. Temel catches Okabe right on the button with a cross.
Okabe blocks a low kick nicely.
Temel throws the kick towards the body but Okabe avoids it.
Okabe clobbers Temel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Temel connects with a leg kick. Okabe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Okabe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Temel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Okabe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Okabe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Okabe works the jab nicely.
Okabe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Okabe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Temel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Okabe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Temel tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Okabe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jab, jab by Okabe - just one landing.
Temel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Okabe.
Temel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Okabe's calf.
Okabe blocks a head kick by Temel.
Okabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Temel.
A good leg kick by Temel.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Okabe checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Temel.
Temel misses with a body kick.
Okabe with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Okabe swings for the body but Temel moves out of range.
A big right from Okabe misses.
Temel throws a low kick but Okabe avoids it.
Temel blocks a jab.
Temel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Temel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Okabe is out of range and Temel settles back down.
Temel misses with a low kick.
Temel throws a leg kick but Okabe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Okabe takes the fight into the clinch.
Okabe lands a left hand.
Temel stops a takedown attempt from Okabe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okabe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Temel backwards.
Okabe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Okabe is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Temel is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenji Okabe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Temel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Temel leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Temel.
Okabe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Temel is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Okabe works on Temel's body with a couple of short punches.
Okabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Temel takes a shot to the head.
Temel misses with the head strike.
Temel blocks an uppercut.
Okabe throws a punch but it's blocked by Temel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Temel misses with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Temel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Temel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Okabes head.
Temel is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Okabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Okabe wants to take the fight to the mat but Temel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Okabe is looking to take this one to the mat.
Okabe prevents a body shot from Temel.
Okabe working aggressively here.
Temel has a couple of punches blocked by Okabe.
Temel has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Temel can't find room to land a body shot as Okabe controls the action.
Temel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Temel throws a punch but it's blocked by Okabe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Temel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Okabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okabe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ramazan Temel will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Okabe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Okabe lands a jab.
Temel dips to his left and cracks Okabe with an uppercut!
Temel has managed to clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Temel.
Temel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Okabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Okabe fails to land.
Okabe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Temel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Temel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Okabe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Temel.
Temel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Temel can't find room to land a body shot as Okabe controls the action.
Temel misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Temel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Okabe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Okabe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Temel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Okabe.
Okabe working aggressively here.
Temel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Temel tries to throw a body punch but Okabe avoids it by throwing Temel back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Temel.
Temel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Okabe is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ramazan Temel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Temel misses with the head strike.
Temel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Okabe walks into a stiff left hand from Temel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okabe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A thudding body kick lands there by Temel!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Temel misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Okabe is defended easily by Temel.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenji Okabe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid body kick from Temel.
Temel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Okabe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Temel scores with a hook to the body. Okabe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A good leg kick by Temel.
A slapping leg kick lands for Temel.
Okabe tries to clinch there but Temel circles away.
Temel connects with a solid leg kick.
Temel scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Temel lands with a hook. Okabe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Temel closes the distance and pushes Okabe back into the cage.
Temel has a couple of punches blocked by Okabe.
Temel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Temel blocking some punches.
Temel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Temel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Temel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okabe.
Temel tries to work over Okabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okabe works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Okabe passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Okabe working the head and body with strikes.
Okabe 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Temel gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Okabe landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Temel is looking to get to half guard.
Okabe unloads with some shots from mount but Temel bucks and avoids them well.
Okabe lands a big shot there that rocks Temel but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Temel wants to control but Okabe is having none of it.
Temel manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Temel won't allow Okabe to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ramazan Temel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Temel throws a poor cross that misses
and Okabe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Temel's guard.
Okabe looking to pass the guard.
Temel wants to control the position but Okabe says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Temel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Okabe.
Temel slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Okabe trying to control but Temel is working from the bottom.
Okabe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okabe wants to control from the top but Temel keeps moving.
Okabe is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kenji Okabe has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Temel throws out a leg kick but Okabe moves out of range and Temel only half commits.
A chopping leg kick lands by Temel.
Okabe is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Okabe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Temel goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ramazan Temel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Temel darts in and clinches Okabe up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Temel stalls.
Temel misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Okabe cracks Temel with a nice body shot.
Okabe has clasped his hands together around Temel's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Temel is trying to work for a sweep but Okabe has mounted him!
Temel is desperately trying to improve his position but Okabe has a good base and remains in mount.
Temel manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okabe is looking to advance position but Temel won't allow it.
Kenji Okabe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Okabe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Temel wants to control but Okabe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Temel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Okabe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okabe is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Temel sees it coming and defends easily.
Okabe is trying to control the action in half guard but Temel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Temel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Okabe.
Kenji Okabe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Temel trying to control but Okabe postures up.
Temel gets back to full guard.
Temel looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Temel is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Okabe is aware though and is defending well.
Okabe advances position into side control!
Temel has one of Okabe's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Okabe laying and praying for a moment but Temel takes advantage and regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Temel wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okabe looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Okabe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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 Kenji Okabe.
I think Temel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramazan Temel!
An out of breath Ramazan Temel thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bagful Donkeys (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carwin comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Donkeys has chosen Pelageya & Darya Moroz - Walking through a field with a horse as his entrance music. Shane Carwin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bagful Donkeys's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shane Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bagful Donkeys!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donkeys throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carwin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Carwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Donkeys.
Donkeys cracks the inside of Carwin's front leg.
Carwin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A punch combination from Carwin misses.
Carwin swings for the body but Donkeys moves out of range.
Carwin throws a right and a left that Donkeys avoids nicely.
Donkeys cracks Carwin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donkeys swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donkeys. Donkeys obviously looking to wear him down.
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!
Carwin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Donkeys counters with a one-two to the body.
Donkeys rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carwin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carwin lands with a hook. Donkeys tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Carwin lands with a cross.
Carwin swings widly with a right hand
and Donkeys counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donkeys scores with a nice head shot.
Carwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donkeys scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Donkeys.
Donkeys takes a jab right on the kisser.
Donkeys keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carwin.
Carwin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donkeys uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carwin.
Carwin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donkeys.
Donkeys scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carwin throws a hook but Donkeys avoids it easily.
Donkeys cracks a nice hook into Carwin's ribs.
Donkeys lands with an uppercut that bounces Carwin off the cage and back into range.
Donkeys lands a jab to the head.
Carwin 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!
Carwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donkeys swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donkeys scores with a spinning back kick!
Carwin is breathing heavily.
Donkeys pounces like a tiger and cracks Carwin with a vicious hook! Carwin is down but not out! Donkeys follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bagful Donkeys!
A relieved looking Bagful Donkeys thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Cabreros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabreros comes to the cage accompanied by Love is what i got. Mateus Gracie told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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170 lbs
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177 lbs
26 - 15 - 0 |
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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
43 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Peter Cabreros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mateus Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabreros looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Cabreros sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cabreros jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cabreros tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cabreros dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cabreros just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cabreros.
Gracie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cabreros sprawls well initially but Gracie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gracie trying to control from Cabreros's half guard. Cabreros has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie lands a couple of elbows.
Gracie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cabreros has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabreros managing to control the position.
Cabreros preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Cabreros is keeping the position.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Cabreros is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cabreros swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cabreros wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Cabreros is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cabreros slips a jab from Gracie.
Gracie clinches.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as Cabreros tries to tie him up.
Cabreros lands an uppercut.
Cabreros misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie pushes Cabreros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie digs a right hand into Cabreros's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cabreros's gas tank.
Cabreros misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie taking a breather.
Gracie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cabreros.
Gracie presses Cabreros against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cabreros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Gracie.
Gracie gets through Cabreros's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cabreros misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Cabreros backwards.
Still in the clinch, Gracie scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cabreros blocks an uppercut.
Cabreros lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cabreros on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cabreros misses with some punches.
Cabreros lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cabreros breaks from the clinch.
Cabreros staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Gracie.
A low kick from Gracie is predictable there
and Cabreros counters with a nice body shot.
Cabreros bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cabreros catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cabreros lands a head kick!
Gracie wants to land a leg kick but Cabreros is out of range.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
Cabreros attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gracie.
Cabreros misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabreros throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cabreros.
Cabreros wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Gracie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cabreros's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mateus Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cabreros stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cabreros throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Cabreros.
Cabreros thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Cabreros throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Cabreros is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cabreros's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cabreros misses with a body shot.
Cabreros listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Cabreros takes one on the button.
Peter Cabreros is winning the standup battle so far.
Cabreros throws a shot to the body.
Cabreros thuds his shin into the meat of Gracie's side.
Gracie with a hook.
Cabreros checks a low kick from Gracie.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cabreros if he has to take too many more of those.
Peter Cabreros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cabreros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
A jab lands there for Cabreros.
Gracie misses with a low kick as Cabreros jumps back.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cabreros manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabreros lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gracie misses the jab.
A left lands for Cabreros.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Gracie scores with a four punch combination!
Gracie is looking to chop away at Cabreros's legs.
Cabreros misses with a low kick.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Cabreros.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cabreros scores with a leg kick.
Cabreros tries a head kick but it misses.
Cabreros changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cabreros tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice takedown defense from Cabreros. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Cabreros takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie digs a good hook to Cabreros's body.
Cabreros 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Cabreros cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cabreros bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cabreros scores with a jab to the head.
Cabreros uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Cabreros saw that one coming.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cabreros - that will leave a mark!
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Cabreros throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabreros fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabreros feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cabreros manages to avoid it.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Cabreros cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Cabreros moves out of range of the body kick.
Cabreros looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Cabreros jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cabreros thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Cabreros thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cabreros.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie avoids a kick to the body.
Gracie slips a straight right by Cabreros.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Cabreros connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabreros takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cabreros throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Gracie lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Cabreros dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Cabreros lands a front kick.
Cabreros feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Cabreros shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cabreros buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cabreros cracks Gracie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gracie takes a kick to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Cabreros does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cabreros fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Cabreros shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Cabreros lands.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cabreros slips under a jab.
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gracie is rocked!
Cabreros thows a leg kick but Gracie checks it
and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cabreros's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cabreros looking to control.
Cabreros looking for a sweep. Not yet Cabreros, not yet.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Cabreros keeps moving.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie trying to control but Cabreros is working from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Mateus Gracie hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Good leg kick by Cabreros there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cabreros avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabreros moves away.
Cabreros slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Cabreros.
Gracie throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cabreros makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cabreros connects with a single shot there.
Cabreros scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Cabreros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gracie clinches.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Cabreros manages to break the clinch.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Cabreros.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cabreros plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cabreros cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cabreros thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Cabreros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie tries to work over Cabreros's front leg with a kick but Cabreros checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Peter Cabreros has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateus Gracie.
Cabreros lands with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Cabreros.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Cabreros lands with a nice body punch.
Cabreros lands a jab.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cabreros is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
A jab from Cabreros misses.
Cabreros scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cabreros throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cabreros misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cabreros.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the body from Cabreros misses
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gracie postures up in Cabreros's guard and throws a big left but Cabreros blocks it.
Gracie trying to control but Cabreros is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Cabreros showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cabreros 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Cabreros!
Peter Cabreros 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chung Quela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wei Pei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quela comes to the cage accompanied by Queen of the Rodeo. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Chung Quela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wei Pei!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pei is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pei looks to land a right hand but Quela moved out of range.
Quela slips under a jab from Pei.
Pei on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quela misses with a body kick.
Pei stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quela.
Pei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quela looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pei ducks under a wild hook from Quela.
Nice uppercut lands for Quela. That snapped Pei's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Quela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've been informed that Pei has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pei jabs at Quela's body.
Pei ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Quela has Pei up against the cage in a clinch.
Pei blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pei.
Quela is looking to break free of the clinch but Pei has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quela misses with a straight right.
Pei is looking to chop away at Quela's legs.
Pei works the jab nicely.
Quela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pei.
Pei fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quela looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pei ducks under a wild hook from Quela.
A head kick misses from Quela.
Quela takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quela works Pei's body with a nice hook.
Pei throws out a loose jab but Quela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pei misses with a left hand
and Quela counters with a thumping low kick.
Quela just misses with a punch to the body.
Quela throws the kick towards the body but Pei avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pei.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quela avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quela does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pei looks to land a combination. Quela sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Quela lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Quela misses with a straight left.
Quela throws a hook to the side of Pei's head but Pei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quela jabs Pei right on the nose. Pei blinks but takes it well.
Quela throws a poor cross that misses
and Pei counters with a left to the body.
Pei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quela throws a sloppy head kick and Pei moves out of range easily.
Quela tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quela throws a hook but Pei blocks it.
Pei ducks under a wild hook from Quela.
Quela throws a body punch but Pei moves out of range.
Quela feints and then cracks Pei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pei down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quela moves out of range of the body kick from Pei.
Quela pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quela takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Quela misses with a leg kick.
Pei swings for the body but Quela moves out of range.
Quela misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Quela lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pei doesn't seem phased though.
Quela doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pei throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Quela walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pei lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Quela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pei.
Pei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quela in his tracks.
Quela throws a body punch but Pei moves out of range.
Quela misses with an uppercut
and Pei makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quela throws out a loose jab but Pei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quela misses with a low kick.
Pei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quela manages to avoid it.
Quela throws a hook to the side of Pei's head but Pei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pei scores with a jab. Quela acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pei swinging wildly here.
Pei avoids a kick to the body.
A big right from Pei misses.
Quela throws out a loose jab but Pei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quela slips under a jab.
Pei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pei fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quela looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Quela throws out a leg kick but Pei moves out of range and Quela only half commits.
A big left from Pei misses.
Nice uppercut there from Quela.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wei Pei dominated that round.
That's time! Quela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Quela misses with a left hand
and Pei counters with an inside leg kick.
Quela tests Pei's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pei tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pei pivots, looking for a leg kick but Quela is out of range and Pei settles back down.
Pei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quela moves away.
Pei cracks Quela with a good jab.
A slow jab from Quela misses its intended target.
Pei throws a body kick that misses.
Quela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Quela scores with a leg kick.
Pei motions for Quela to come forward. Pei throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Quela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quela.
Quela pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pei misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela throws a right hand that Pei ducks under and follows up with a left that Pei also avoids with ease.
Pei throws a big shot that misses.
Quela misses with a looping right.
Pei cracks Quela with a good jab.
Quela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quela 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.
Pei throws a jab when Quela was well out of range.
Quela misses with a hook. Pei ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Quela blocks the leg kick.
Quela gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pei.
Pei misses with a double jab.
Quela needs to keep his hands up - Pei had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pei swings away with a body shot that misses
and Quela connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wei Pei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good shot there by Pei.
Pei scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pei scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quela misses the jab.
Quela lands a nice looking body kick.
Pei turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pei lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quela missing with a left hand there. Pei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pei walks into a stiff left hand from Quela.
Quela lands with a cross.
Pei drops Quela with a beautiful combination! Quela stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pei is looking for the KO!
Quela is rocked!
Quela cracks Pei with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oh Quela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice leg kick lands there from Quela.
Quela throws a wild body kick that Pei sees coming a mile off.
Quela throws a nice looking combination but Pei bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pei plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Quela swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Quela face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wei Pei!
Wei Pei seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shavo Odin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle comes into the arena with Wasted blaring out of the sound system. Shavo Odin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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264 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Kyle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shavo Odin!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Odin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Odin cracks a nice hook into Kyle's ribs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kyle 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 Odin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Odin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kyle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Odin throws a shot to the body.
Kyle missing with a left hand there. Odin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Odin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kyle's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Kyle.
Odin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Odin avoids a kick to the body.
Kyle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Odin throws a head kick that misses.
Kyle lands a lovely overhand right.
Kyle scores with a hook.
Odin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kyle was covering up waiting for the punch and Odin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Odin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kyle is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kyle working a defensive guard but Odin passes into half guard.
Kyle wants to control but Odin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Odin is working for an americana but Kyle has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Odin was thinking about the submission.
Kyle looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Odin has picked Kyle up and slammed him! Kyle can't keep hold of the triangle and Odin manages to pass to side control!
Kyle tries to bench press Odin off him but Odin keeps the position.
Kyle is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Odin off and has taken his back!
Kyle 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.
Odin is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Kyle off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Kyle is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Odin avoids the strikes from Kyle.
A lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Odin knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Odin for a finish.
Odin trying to control the position but Kyle manages to sink in the hooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Odin tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Kyle looking to finish with strikes here!
Kyle landing shots from mount.
Kyle dominating with strikes here.
Odin wants to control but Kyle is having none of it.
Kyle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kyle thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odin taking shots to the head.
Odin is bucking up trying to escape but Kyle cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Odin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Odin is looking to improve his position.
Odin is trying to control but can't.
Odin is positioning himself well to prevent Kyle advancing to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Odin wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kyle looks to land a strike but Odin avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Kyle scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Odin has his hands on Kyle's head, controlling the position.
Kyle trying to control the position from guard on top but Odin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kyle throws a strike but Odin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kyle is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Odin is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Odin looking to pass the guard.
Kyle wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Kyle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kyle. That's going to slow Odin down.
Kyle looks to throw the jab but Odin is out of range.
Odin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kyle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Odin. Kyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Odin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kyle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Odin dives in and grabs Kyle's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kyle pushes down on Odin's head and hops out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kyle looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Odin!
Odin sneaks back into half guard.
Kyle prevents Odin from improving his position.
Kyle seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Odin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odin is looking to get back to full guard here but Kyle has managed to pass to side control instead.
Kyle lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Odin down.
Kyle tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kyle working the ground and pound.
Kyle lands a decent elbow from side control.
Odin prevents Kyle from moving into mount.
Kyle tries to score with some ground and pound. Odin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Odin manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kyle's best efforts.
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!
Kyle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mark Kyle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Odin is staying active underneath Kyle, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kyle 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.
Kyle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kyle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Odin desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Kyle is keen to just control but Odin is a slippery customer.
Kyle throwing shots but Odin is blocking nicely.
Kyle is thwarting Odin's attempts to control the position.
Kyle thows a huge punch but Odin dodges it nicely.
Odin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kyle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kyle's back!
Odin has the hooks in. Kyle is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Odin connects with a big shot to the side of Kyle's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odin gets his hands free as Kyle looks to control.
Kyle is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Odin gets his way!
Odin struggling to keep hold of the position.
Kyle is trying to get back to his feet but Odin has full control of the position and if anything, Kyle has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Kyle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Odin working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Kyle is really stuck here.
Odin trying to control momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyle tries to roll but Odin sticks to his back.
Kyle trying to control the hands but Odin breaks the grip.
Kyle tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Odin avoids the attempt from Kyle to control.
Kyle regains half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyle is looking for a sweep. Odin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mark Kyle will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kyle feints and as Odin raises his hands in defense, Kyle changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Odin working a defensive guard here.
Kyle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Odin trying to keep a closed guard but Kyle is proving a slippery customer.
Odin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kyle wants to get back to full guard.
Odin is looking for a kimura here.
Kyle is in trouble now - Odin has advanced to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle working to try and regain half guard.
Kyle tries to hold on but Odin pushes him away.
Kyle can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle is squirming around, avoiding Odin's attempts to control the action.
Odin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Odin landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Odin prevents Kyle from getting the reversal.
Odin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kyle is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kyle is in a horrible position here. Odin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kyle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Odin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Odin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Odin with a couple of short strikes.
Kyle is wriggling around trying to escape.
Odin lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odin landing shots from mount.
Odin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kyle is trying to escape the mount.
Odin lands a big elbow.
Kyle is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kyle is squirming around, avoiding Odin's attempts to control the action.
Odin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Kyle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kyle is trying desperately to improve position.
Kyle seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyle is working hard here to advance position.
Odin postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Kyle badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Odin around the waist but Odin pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Odin is the winner by TKO! Odin jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shavo Odin! Shavo Odin retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath Shavo Odin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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