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The Island Season 2, 185 lbs, Round 4 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dude Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Tetahiti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Dude Love . Dude Love has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dude Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adam Tetahiti!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tetahiti looks to land a left hand but Love moved out of range nicely.
Love seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Love scores with a push kick.
Tetahiti moves out of range of the strikes.
Love jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tetahiti's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tetahiti duly obliges.
Tetahiti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tetahiti throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Tetahiti staying out of range there.
A jab from Tetahiti misses.
Dude Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tetahiti's corner calls for a 1-2. Tetahiti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Love has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tetahiti finds it's way round the side to connect with Love's head.
Tetahiti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tetahiti slips under a jab.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tetahiti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tetahiti.
Tetahiti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Love moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big right from Love misses.
Love misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love staying out of range there.
Love misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetahiti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Love looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tetahiti tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tetahiti blocks a jab.
Tetahiti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Love on the side of the head.
Love throws a hook but Tetahiti avoids it easily.
Love misses with a lunging right hand
and Tetahiti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Love misses the jab.
Tetahiti lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Love misses the jab.
Love misses with a right hand
and Tetahiti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Love is rocked!
A head kick misses from Love.
Tetahiti lands with a straight right. Love didn't see that one coming.
Oh Love is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tetahiti lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Love is looking to close the distance but Tetahiti sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Love crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Love is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Adam Tetahiti!
After winning the bout, Adam Tetahiti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pollux Ulysses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Radioactive-Imagine Dragons. Pollux Ulysses is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pollux Ulysses!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Anderson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ulysses lands a nice looking body shot.
Ulysses wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ulysses scores with a nice right hand.
Ulysses has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Anderson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Anderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ulysses keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson misses the shot to the body.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ulysses.
Ulysses throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ulysses ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ulysses digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
A punch combination from Anderson misses.
Ulysses slips under a jab.
Ulysses fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ulysses darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ulysses is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Anderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Anderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Anderson is rocked!
Pollux Ulysses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Anderson.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ulysses swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ulysses scores with a hook to the body. Anderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ulysses scores with a hook to the body. Anderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ulysses pounces like a tiger and cracks Anderson with a vicious hook! Anderson is down but not out! Ulysses follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pollux Ulysses!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Butch Copeland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phat Funk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Butch Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phat Funk!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copeland misses with a takedown attempt - Funk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Copeland decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Copeland 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.
Funk wants to get back to full guard.
Copeland wants to pass to mount but Funk is defending the position.
Copeland is thwarting Funk's attempts to control the position.
Funk wants to get back to full guard but Copeland has mounted him!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funk is controlling an arm, preventing Copeland from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Copeland tries to control but Funk wriggling away.
Copeland has hold of Funk's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Funk manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Copeland looking to control but Funk is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Copeland wants to take Funk's back here but Funk is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland trying to control but Funk is having none of it.
Copeland wants to take Funk's back but he can't do it this time.
Funk really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Funk can do anything to dispel that myth.
Copeland is working for a guillotine from mount but Funk frees his head quite easily.
Copeland wants to control the pace but Funk is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Copeland working for a submission but Funk is keeping him at bay.
Funk tries to reverse the position but Copeland maintains control.
Copeland is working for a guillotine from mount but Funk frees his head quite easily.
Funk is squirming around, avoiding Copeland's attempts to control the action.
Copeland is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Funk has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copeland is working for a guillotine from mount but Funk frees his head quite easily.
Copeland is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Funk can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Copeland wants to take his opponent's back but Funk doesn't allow it.
Funk has given up his back. Will we see Copeland going for some submissions?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Butch Copeland 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.
Copeland fails with a takedown attempt.
Copeland dives in for a single leg takedown but Funk sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A knee to the head by Funk.
Funk lands a nice knee to the body.
Funk lands a knee to the body.
Copeland tries to pull guard but Funk won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Butch Copeland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Funk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Funk lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Funk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Funk crunches a lovely knee into Copeland's ribcage.
Funk lands a knee to the head.
Copeland takes a knee right on the jaw!
Funk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Copeland in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Funk connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Funk crunches a lovely knee into Copeland's ribcage.
Come on Funk - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Copeland lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Copeland jumps guard but Funk stands there with Copeland around his waist. Copeland gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Copeland fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees to the body from Funk.
Funk scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Funk.
Funk scores with a knee to the head.
Funk lands a nice knee to the body.
Funk scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Copeland letting Funk take a breather here.
Funk scores with a knee to the head.
Funk leaning his opponent against the cage.
Copeland tries to break free but Funk pushes him back against the cage.
Funk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Copeland working hard to break the clinch.
Funk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Copeland's face.
The referee calls for Funk to work.
Copeland is trying to force a seperation but Funk has the dominant position.
Funk lands a good knee to the midsection. Copeland won't want to take too many of those.
Phat Funk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Funk scores a nice knee to the body.
Funk has Copeland pressed against the cage, preventing Copeland from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Funk landing knees to the head.
Funk slows down the pace here.
Funk working Copeland over with knees to the body.
Copeland tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Copeland has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Funk is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Funk landing knees to the head.
Funk's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Funk's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Copeland lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Funk lands a knee to the head.
Funk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Funk with a knee to the head.
Funk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Funk lands a good knee to the midsection. Copeland won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Funk obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funk landing knees to the head.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Funk scores with a knee to the head.
Funk with a knee to the head.
Copeland is rocked!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Funk.
Funk prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Funk.
Knees to the body from Funk.
A knee to the head by Funk.
Funk connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funk stalling the fight.
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Copeland lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Funk landing knees to the head.
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Funk with a knee to the head.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Funk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Funk obliges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Funk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funk working Copeland over with knees to the body.
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Copeland tries to pull guard but Funk forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Funk stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phat Funk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Funk instigates a clinch.
Funk lands a knee to the body.
Funk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Copeland tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Funk just stands there and leans against the cage.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Funk.
Funk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Funk lands a good knee to the midsection. Copeland won't want to take too many of those.
Funk lands a good knee to the midsection. Copeland won't want to take too many of those.
Funk scores a nice knee to the body.
Funk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Copeland's face.
Funk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Copeland's face.
Funk working Copeland over with knees to the body.
Funk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Funk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Funk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funk crunches a lovely knee into Copeland's ribcage.
Copeland wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Funk scores a nice knee to the body.
Copeland takes a knee to the side of the body.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Funk landing knees to the body.
Funk with a knee to the head.
Funk stalling.
Copeland tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Funk just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Funk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Funk.
Funk landing knees to the head.
Funk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Funk working Copeland over with knees to the body.
Funk lands a nice knee to the body.
Funk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Funk lands a knee to the body.
Funk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Funk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Funk scores a nice knee to the body.
Phat Funk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Funk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Funk lands a knee to the body.
Funk scores a nice knee to the body.
Copeland tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Funk smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Butch Copeland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Funk throws the kick towards the body but Copeland avoids it.
Butch Copeland is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funk stuffs the takedown.
Funk clinches up against the cage.
Funk has Copeland pressed against the cage, preventing Copeland from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Funk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Copeland wants to break free but Funk has control.
Copeland is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Funk is defending well.
Copeland tries to pull guard but Funk won't allow it.
Copeland wants a takedown but no success here.
Funk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Funk.
Copeland wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Funk has him pressed against the cage.
Funk prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Funk.
Funk lands a good knee to the midsection. Copeland won't want to take too many of those.
Funk has Copeland pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Funk.
Copeland can't get the takedown.
Funk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Copeland drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Funk gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Copeland tries to score a body lock takedown but Funk shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Butch Copeland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Funk connects with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phat Funk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Funk 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Phat Funk!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Phat Funk!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight for Phat Funk!
Phat Funk wins by unanimous decision!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Berzins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandalay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Berzins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Art Vandalay!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Berzins.
Vandalay gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Berzins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vandalay tries to work over Berzins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Berzins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vandalay can't find room to land a body shot as Berzins controls the action.
Berzins pushes off an throws an elbow but Vandalay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vandalay lands a hook that snaps the head of Berzins backwards.
Berzins throws an elbow but it misses.
Vandalay avoids the elbow strike from Berzins, against the cage.
Berzins throws an elbow but it misses.
Vandalay can't find room to land a body shot as Berzins controls the action.
Vandalay lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Berzins.
Berzins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vandalay scores with a shoulder strike.
Berzins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berzins prevents a body shot from Vandalay.
Berzins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vandalay avoids a wild elbow strike from Berzins.
Vandalay takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berzins lands an elbow inside that Vandalay shrugs off.
Berzins stalling against the cage.
Vandalay's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Vandalay's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Vandalay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Berzins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Berzins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vandalay's brow.
Vandalay lands a body shot.
Vandalay blocks an elbow strike from Berzins.
Vandalay lands a shoulder strike.
Berzins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vandalay misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vandalay.
Vandalay lands a left hand.
A short right from Vandalay.
Vandalay struggles to land a body shot inside as Berzins controls his hands.
Vandalay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berzins.
Berzins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Berzins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Berzins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berzins throws a front kick that sends Vandalay stumbling back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vandalay punishes Berzins's body with a nice straight punch.
Vandalay throws a body punch but Berzins moves out of range.
Berzins is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Berzins is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Vandalay looks to land a combination but Berzins avoids it well.
Vandalay works the jab nicely.
Berzins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Berzins feints and then cracks Vandalay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vandalay down.
Vandalay lands with a nice body punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Berzins.
Vandalay has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Berzins.
Berzins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vandalay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Berzins.
Vandalay throws the left hand but Berzins avoids the punch easily.
Vandalay tries to clinch up but Berzins circles away and keeps his distance.
Vandalay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berzins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandalay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Berzins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vandalay works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Berzins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Berzins connects with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Berzins.
Vandalay closes the distance and clinches.
Vandalay blocks the elbow strike.
Berzins throws an elbow that misses.
Vandalay blocks an elbow strike.
Berzins prevents a body shot from Vandalay.
Vandalay misses with a body punch.
Vandalay can't find room to land a body shot as Berzins controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Berzins.
It looks like Art Vandalay has been cut.
Nice elbow from Berzins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Berzins throws an elbow but it misses.
Berzins lands a damaging elbow.
Vandalay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Berzins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Berzins throws an elbow but it misses.
Berzins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Berzins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vandalay 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.
Berzins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vandalay is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Berzins rather than just go for the knockout.
Vandalay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berzins lands a big head kick that sends Vandalay tumbling to the mat! Berzins takes a step backwards and waves Vandalay back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Vandalay is rocked!
Berzins wants to slow Vandalay down by chopping away at his legs.
Vandalay scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berzins tried to score with a low kick but Vandalay checks it.
Vandalay is looking to clinch but Berzins is avoiding it.
Berzins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vandalay's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circle, before Berzins throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Vandalay's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Berzins lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Daniel Berzins!
Daniel Berzins decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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pop
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