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LFC 23: Inferno PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Eshton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Eshton will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Eshton!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza shoots in and gets a takedown into Eshton's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Souza is working Eshton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Souza working some strikes from top position.
Eshton escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Souza gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Souza works over Eshton with some ground and pound from guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Souza postures up and lands a big shot to Eshton's brow.
Eshton had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Souza defends it easily.
Eshton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Souza trying to control but Eshton is working from the bottom.
Eshton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
Souza throws a big right hand that misses.
Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eshton looking for subs off his back but Souza has passed one foot through into half guard.
Eshton looking for submissions off his back.
Eshton looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Eshton should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Eshton looking for submissions off his back.
Eshton looking for submissions off his back.
Eshton is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Souza pulls his head out easily.
Eshton looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Eshton looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Souza slips a nice elbow through Eshton's hands, connecting with Eshton's forehead.
Eshton is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Souza pulls his head out easily.
Eshton looking for submissions off his back.
Souza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Souza working Eshton over with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eshton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Eshton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Souza is aware though and is defending well.
Souza might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Eshton keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Eshton has momentary wrist control but Souza slips an elbow through the middle.
Eshton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Souza landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza working some strikes from top position.
Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Eshton is looking for a triangle but Souza pushes his legs off easily.
Souza chips away with some ground and pound.
Eshton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Souza is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza is in close to Eshton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Eshton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza working some strikes from top position.
Souza with a nice head shot there.
Souza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is working Eshton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Souza wants to pass the guard but Eshton is keeping the position.
Souza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Eshton on the ground.
Souza sitting in guard here, content to control.
Souza trying to control but Eshton is working from the bottom.
Eshton looking for a guillotine here but Souza defends easily.
Eshton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Eshton wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eshton pushes a forearm under Souza's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Souza is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Eshton!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alen Delon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels has chosen Gimme Shelter as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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204 lbs
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212 lbs
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Great wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Alen Delon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delon looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Delon shoots in but no luck this time.
The fighters circling - Delon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice takedown defense from Michaels. No joy for Delon on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alen Delon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Delon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Delon creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Michaels sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Delon tries for a kimura but Michaels is defending well.
The ground and pound from Delon seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Delon misses with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delon is trying to get an arm triangle but Michaels is defending well.
Delon tries to score with some ground and pound. Michaels controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Delon working the ground and pound but Michaels is defending the strikes.
Check out the look on Delon's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Michaels tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Delon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Michaels avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Delon.
Delon working away.
Delon is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Michaels knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Michaels tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Delon fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is trying to control Delon's posture but Delon avoids it.
Michaels manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Delon is looking to control Michaels's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Delon avoid being mounted?
Delon wants to improve his position but Michaels is controlling well.
Delon is working hard here to advance position.
Delon makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Delon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels looking to pass the guard.
Michaels won't allow Delon to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Delon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Michaels is one step ahead there.
Delon trying to keep a closed guard but Michaels is proving a slippery customer.
Michaels wants to stand but Delon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Michaels seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Delon looks for a takedown but Michaels sprawls well.
Nice sprawl there from Michaels as Delon shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Delon checks it well.
Michaels fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Delon is out of range.
Karl Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
Michaels stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michaels wants it to stay on the feet.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Michaels has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Delon is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Michaels throws out a loose jab but Delon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaels throws a hook but Delon blocks it.
Karl Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michaels looks to land a body kick but Delon moved away.
Michaels blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alen Delon dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Michaels takes a swing at Delon's ribcage but misses.
Delon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Delon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Delon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
That kick from Michaels tenderised Delon's leg. Delon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Delon gets the takedown into side control.
Michaels sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Delon is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Michaels doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Delon.
Delon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels wants to control but Delon is keeping busy.
Alen Delon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Michaels is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Delon's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Delon's back!
Michaels is trying to stick to Delon's back but Delon is turning into Michaels. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Michaels's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Delon.
Delon trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Delon preventing the sweep.
Michaels keeping full guard, as Delon tries to pass.
Michaels 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.
Delon stands up over Michaels, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Delon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Michaels is trying to control the position but Delon postures up.
Delon throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Michaels managing to control the position.
Delon looking to pass the guard.
Delon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michaels seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Michaels trying to keep a closed guard but Delon is proving a slippery customer.
Delon is in close to Michaels's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Delon trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delon stopping the sweep attempt from Michaels.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Delon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Delon trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Delon stops Michaels from standing up.
Delon is in close to Michaels's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Delon tries to free his leg and advance position but Michaels is retaining full guard.
Delon trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Delon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Michaels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delon trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Delon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Alen Delon.
Delon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Michaels to score with a decent uppercut.
Michaels misses with a hook. Delon ducked under it nicely.
Michaels defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Delon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delon shoots in but no luck this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delon throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Michaels to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Alen Delon has been cut.
Michaels missing with a left hand there. Delon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Delon dives in and grabs Michaels's left leg, looking for a takedown. Michaels pushes down on Delon's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alen Delon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alen Delon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Delon staying out of range there.
Delon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Michaels tries to avoid it but Delon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Michaels to the ground. Michaels escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Michaels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Delon moves out of range.
Delon shoots in for a takedown but Michaels shows good takedown defense.
Delon is looking to clinch.
Michaels misses with a low kick as Delon jumps back.
Delon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Delon looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Delon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alen Delon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michaels misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a body punch
and Delon counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Delon throws an elbow that misses. Michaels uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Delon's guard. Nice move by Michaels!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Delon trying to control the position.
Michaels is looking to stand up but Delon won't let him.
Michaels preventing the sweep.
Michaels wants to control from the top but Delon keeps moving.
Delon looking for a sweep. Not yet Delon, not yet.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Delon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Michaels's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Michaels swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaels looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Delon trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Delon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Delon.
Delon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Delon lands a couple of elbows.
Michaels has Delon pulled in close to control his posture.
Delon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Delon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Karl Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delon lands a couple of digs.
Delon showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Delon throwing strikes but missing.
Delon trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Michaels is pulling down on Delon's head to control his posture.
Michaels throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Delon wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Delon blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delon avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Michaels stuffs the takedown.
Alen Delon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Good work by Delon as he checks the leg kick.
Delon misses with a kick to the body.
Delon feints and as Michaels raises his hands in defense, Delon changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Delon trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Delon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delon trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alen Delon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Delon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alen Delon!
A victorious Alen Delon thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuji Rikidozan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge comes to the cage accompanied by Tropa de Elite. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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220 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Tiago Jorge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Katsuji Rikidozan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rikidozan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jorge blocks a head kick by Rikidozan.
Jorge tries to clinch there but Rikidozan circles away.
Jorge shoots in for a takedown but Rikidozan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rikidozan lands a left and a right that send Jorge crashing to the mat, dazed. Rikidozan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Jorge looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rikidozan pounces like a tiger and cracks Jorge with a vicious hook! Jorge is down but not out! Rikidozan follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Katsuji Rikidozan!
A relieved looking Katsuji Rikidozan 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uriel Amok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amok comes to the cage accompanied by Devils. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
45 - 21 - 3, fighting out of London, Uriel Amok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amok misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've been informed that Cruz 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.
Cruz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Amok lands a nice shot that snaps Cruz's head back.
Amok closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cruz's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Amok stops Cruz from standing up.
Amok trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz is looking to stand up but Amok isn't so interested in that idea.
Amok looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Amok is controlling him.
Cruz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Amok from controlling successfully.
Amok stands up over Cruz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Amok prevents Cruz from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amok might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Amok is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Amok keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz wants to stand and escape but Amok is having none of it.
Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Amok working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Amok is working Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Amok 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.
Amok stops Cruz from standing up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Amok scoring with punches to the head and body.
Amok won't allow Cruz to get back to his feet.
Amok wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Amok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cruz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz wants to stand up but Amok is controlling him.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Amok from controlling successfully.
Cruz wants to stand and escape but Amok is having none of it.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Amok from controlling successfully.
Amok loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Amok sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Uriel Amok wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Amok.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
Amok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amok moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Amok scores with a shot to the body.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amok was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Amok moves away from the strike by Cruz.
Amok shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cruz sprawls well. Cruz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Amok gets slowly back to his feet.
Cruz throws a lazy uppercut
and Amok counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cruz won't be happy with that.
Cruz throws Amok to one side and escapes!
Cruz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Amok finds it's way round the side to connect with Cruz's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amok misses with a body shot.
Amok avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Amok waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cruz.
Cruz misses with a hook. Amok ducked under it nicely.
Amok dives in and grabs Cruz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cruz pushes down on Amok's head and hops out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amok.
Cruz lands a jab to the nose.
Amok will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Some wild striking there from Cruz.
Amok lands with a shot to the body.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Amok counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cruz won't be happy with that.
Amok looks up at the clock and then as Cruz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Amok smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Cruz wants to get back to his feet but Amok drags him back down.
Amok lands an elbow.
Amok trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Amok tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Amok lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Uriel Amok dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Amok fails to land the takedown.
Amok swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz cracks Amok with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cruz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Amok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Amok looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz tests Amok's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cruz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Uriel Amok has been cut.
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!
A right-left combo lands from Cruz.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Amok.
Cruz misses with a right hand
and Amok counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cruz makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Amok moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cruz cracks Amok with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cruz lands with a good body shot.
Amok shoots in for a takedown but Cruz shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uriel Amok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Amok throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amok.
Amok shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
A big right from Cruz misses.
Amok has a takedown stuffed.
A jab from Cruz misses.
Amok throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amok closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cruz quickly recovers to half guard.
Amok 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.
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!
Amok prevents Cruz from standing back up.
Amok seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cruz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Amok keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Cruz is trying to stand.
Amok trying to mount his opponent but Cruz defends it.
Cruz is trying to stand up here but Amok is controlling him well.
Uriel Amok overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Amok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Amok is trying to control the action in half guard but Cruz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Amok is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Amok wants to pass to mount but Cruz is defending the position.
Cruz is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Amok in particular looking to stall.
Amok missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Amok stops Cruz from getting back to his feet.
Amok missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Amok trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Amok throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz is trying to stand.
Amok is looking to advance position but Cruz won't allow it.
Cruz is trying to stand back up but Amok is controlling him
Cruz kicks off Amok and gets to his feet.
Cruz throws a jab when Amok was well out of range.
Jorge Cruz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Amok scores with a hook to the body. Cruz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Amok feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cruz's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amok looks for the body kick but Cruz saw that one coming.
Amok thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz misses with a left hand
and Amok counters with a shoot takedown. Cruz fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amok prevents Cruz from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Amok throwing strikes but missing.
Amok trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Amok throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Amok won't allow Cruz to get back to his feet.
Amok is looking to work some ground and pound but Cruz has wrist control.
Amok landing some decent shots from guard.
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 Uriel Amok will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Uriel Amok's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Cruz lands a right hook to the body.
Cruz slips a straight right by Amok.
Cruz scores with a jab.
Amok fails with the takedown.
Amok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cruz tests Amok's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Amok shoots in for a takedown but Cruz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Amok ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
A jab lands there for Cruz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amok throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cruz.
Amok lands with a cross.
Amok misses with a straight right.
Amok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
A jab from Cruz finds it's way through Amok's defenses.
Amok connects with a leg kick. Cruz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Amok throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Amok shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Amok was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cruz is trying to get back to his feet.
Amok working the ground and pound from side control.
Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Amok throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Amok staying out of range there.
Amok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Amok closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cruz did well to prevent Amok getting side control.
Cruz is trying to stand.
Well, if Amok is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Cruz pushes Amok off looking to stand but Amok dives back in and keeps control.
Amok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Amok wants to pass to mount but Cruz is defending the position.
Amok throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amok throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Amok prevents Cruz from standing back up.
Amok seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cruz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Amok lands with a punch from half guard.
Amok not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cruz is staying active underneath Amok, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Amok lands a nice short elbow.
Cruz wants to get back to his feet.
Amok wants to control but Cruz is keeping him busy.
Cruz manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jorge Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cruz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cruz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Amok manages to avoid it.
Amok closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cruz did well to prevent Amok getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz has hold of Amok's hands but Amok slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cruz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jorge Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Uriel Amok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amok perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cruz manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Amok keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Amok has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cruz after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uriel Amok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee calls for Amok to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uriel Amok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Amok, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uriel Amok!
A victorious Uriel Amok thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Garcia (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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Marcelo Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Bobby Hill has been cut.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Hill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garcia throws the left hand but Hill avoids the punch easily.
Hill swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Nice cross by Garcia.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Hill's body. Hill takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garcia slips under a jab from Hill.
Hill swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Marcelo Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hill is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Garcia like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Garcia from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Hill!
Bobby Hill managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, CLOSING •‡• LION Clothing •‡• [LAST STOCK in 1DAY, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vasconcelos Vitor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Vasconcelos Vitor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Drake!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Vitor.
A punch combination from Vitor misses.
Vitor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've been told by Vitor's head coaches at The Pit that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Drake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vitor staying out of range there.
Drake connects with a high kick.
Drake has Vitor up against the cage in a clinch.
Vitor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vitor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drake walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like David Drake has been cut.
Vitor throws the kick towards the body but Drake avoids it.
Vitor misses with a low kick.
Drake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitor throws a leg kick but Drake moved away.
Vitor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Drake is out of range.
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vitor.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vitor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drake misses with a hook.
Vitor takes one on the button.
Vitor slips a straight right by Drake.
Drake loads up on a big right hand but Vitor slips the punch.
Vitor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Drake.
Vitor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Drake on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake catches Vitor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vitor staying out of range there.
Vitor 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.
Drake tests Vitor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drake on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vitor.
Vitor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vitor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vitor works the jab nicely.
Vitor defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.
Drake connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vitor's hands.
Vitor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drake looks to land a left hand but Vitor moved out of range nicely.
Vitor throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Drake.
Drake bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vitor's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vitor just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vitor.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Drake throws a leg kick which misses Vitor's front leg but catches the back leg as Vitor tries to avoid it.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Drake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vitor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vitor avoids the body shot from Drake.
Vitor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drake is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vitor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vitor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vitor lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vitor catches Drake with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Drake forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vasconcelos Vitor!
A very excited looking Vasconcelos Vitor made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Kwebek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Fala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Kwebek has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Kwebek!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Fala!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwebek gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kwebek throws an elbow but misses.
Fala landing knees to the head.
It looks like John Kwebek has been cut.
Kwebek blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Fala.
Fala throws an elbow that misses.
Fala avoids a wild elbow strike from Kwebek.
Fala is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kwebek dodges an elbow strike from Fala.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kwebek throws an elbow but misses.
Kwebek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kwebek throws an elbow that misses.
Kwebek creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fala blocks an elbow strike.
Kwebek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kwebek looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kwebek managing to block the knees to the body from Fala.
Fala avoids the elbow strike from Kwebek, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fala throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kwebek is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwebek misses with an elbow over the top.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fala is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kwebek is keeping busy.
Kwebek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kwebek lands an elbow inside that Fala shrugs off.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fala dodges an elbow strike from Kwebek.
Fala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kwebek is defending well for now.
Fala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kwebek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fala trying to land knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kwebek misses with an elbow over the top.
Fala looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kwebek lands an elbow that stopped Fala in his tracks for a moment.
Kwebek dodges an elbow strike from Fala.
Fala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kwebek.
Kwebek pushes off an throws an elbow but Fala leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kwebek creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fala's defenses.
Kwebek lands a damaging elbow.
Kwebek misses with an elbow over the top.
Fala missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fala lands an elbow just above Kwebek 's eye.
Fala tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kwebek avoids it.
Fala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kwebek.
Kwebek throws an elbow that misses.
Kwebek managing to block the knees to the body from Fala.
Kwebek lands an elbow inside.
Fala looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fala putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kwebek in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kwebek is breathing heavily.
Kwebek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fala lands an elbow just above Kwebek 's eye.
Fala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kwebek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kwebek misses with an elbow strike.
Fala landing knees to the body.
Fala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
John Kwebek's cut is getting worse.
Fala throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fala tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kwebek avoids it.
Fala pushes off an throws an elbow but Kwebek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kwebek creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kwebek misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fala avoids a wild elbow strike from Kwebek.
Kwebek takes an elbow to the temple.
Fala avoids the elbow strike from Kwebek, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kwebek throws an elbow but misses.
Kwebek 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, Kwebek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fala's brow.
Fala avoids a wild elbow strike from Kwebek.
Fala comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
John Kwebek's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kwebek avoids the elbow strike from Fala, against the cage.
Fala avoids the elbow strike from Kwebek, against the cage.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it misses.
Fala trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kwebek throws an elbow but misses.
Kwebek looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fala using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kwebek has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fala tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kwebek avoids it.
Fala avoids the elbow strike from Kwebek, against the cage.
Fala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kwebek.
Fala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kwebek.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kwebek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kwebek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fala.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Kwebek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tim Fala!
Tim Fala is the new super heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rostam Samani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris BigOnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boris BigOnes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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240 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rostam Samani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris BigOnes!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BigOnes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Samani.
Samani is looking to slow BigOnes down with leg kicks.
Samani scores with the left hand. BigOnes knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Boris BigOnes has been cut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Samani misses the shot to the body.
Samani scores with a hook to the body. BigOnes 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!
BigOnes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Samani chopping away at his opponent's legs.
BigOnes looks winded!
BOOM! Samani lands a beautiful left hook that drops BigOnes. BigOnes tries to recover but Samani is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and BigOnes lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rostam Samani!
During a confident post fight interview, Rostam Samani thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Tyminski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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199 lbs
28 - 14 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Lukasz Tyminski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyminski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Damme.
Damme lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tyminski's sensitive parts.
Tyminski fakes the leg kick and cracks Damme in the body.
Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Tyminski moves out of range easily.
Damme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tyminski.
Tyminski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tyminski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Damme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyminski.
Tyminski throws a head kick that Damme semi-blocks.
Damme lands a body shot.
Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyminski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Damme throws out a loose jab but Tyminski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damme misses with a looping right.
Tyminski 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.
Damme thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tyminski if he has to take too many more of those.
Tyminski moves out of range as Damme throws a body kick.
Damme tries to clinch but Tyminski is having none of it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Damme, as that shot connected.
Tyminski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Damme doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyminski takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tyminski misses with a few strikes there.
Tyminski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tyminski misses with an uppercut. Damme saw that one coming.
Tyminski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tyminski throws a body shot but no joy.
Damme swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tyminski.
Tyminski throws a hook but Damme blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyminski thuds his shin into the meat of Damme's side.
Tyminski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damme throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tyminski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damme.
Tyminski blocks a head kick by Damme.
Damme takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyminski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tyminski cracks Damme with a good jab.
Damme throws a body kick that misses.
Tyminski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Damme takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tyminski steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Damme. That one must have hurt.
Damme fails to land with a series of punches.
Damme throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tyminski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tyminski checks a leg kick nicely.
Tyminski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tyminski looks to land a right hand but Damme moved out of range.
Tyminski tries to keep at a distance but Damme has taken the fight into the clinch.
Damme tries to circle away but Tyminski has him pinned against the cage.
Damme is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tyminski is keeping busy.
Damme blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyminski.
Tyminski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Damme trying to stall but Tyminski improves his position.
Tyminski blocks a body shot from Damme.
Tyminski throws a head punch that misses.
Damme tries to throw a body punch but Tyminski avoids it by throwing Damme back against the cage.
Tyminski prevents a body shot from Damme.
Damme lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tyminski backwards.
Tyminski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damme misses with a body kick.
Tyminski lands a big head kick that sends Damme tumbling to the mat! Tyminski takes a step backwards and waves Damme back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Damme is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyminski lunges at Damme with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Damme's hand.
Damme is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyminski finish him?
Damme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyminski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Damme has time to react.
Damme avoids the head kick by Tyminski.
Damme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyminski throws a head kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Damme.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damme drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Tyminski.
Tyminski is looking to slow Damme down with leg kicks.
Tyminski stuns Damme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A good leg kick by Tyminski.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyminski. Damme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damme seems to have recovered his senses.
Damme misses with a body kick.
Damme moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Damme ducks under a wild hook from Tyminski.
Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tyminski lands with an overhand left.
Damme misses with a kick to the body.
Damme feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tyminskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damme turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyminski avoids the head kick by Damme.
Damme takes a swing at Tyminski's ribcage but misses.
Tyminski circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lukasz Tyminski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tyminski stuns Damme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Damme wants to clinch
and Tyminski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Damme tries to clinch there but Tyminski circles away.
Tyminski tries to land a front kick but Damme steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice body punch from Tyminski.
Damme walks into a straight right hand from Tyminski.
Damme misses with a body shot.
Damme gets a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damme.
Tyminski scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyminski lands with a light punch inside.
Tyminski misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyminski throws a punch but it's blocked by Damme.
Damme slowing the pace effectively.
Tyminski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyminski trying to control the position but instead, Damme has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tyminski into the cage.
Damme digs a right hand into Tyminski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tyminski's gas tank.
Damme throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyminski.
Tyminski slowing the pace effectively.
Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyminski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Damme lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tyminski lands a nice uppercut.
Damme lands with a right to the head.
Damme has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tyminski throws an elbow but misses.
Tyminski working aggressively here.
Tyminski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Damme throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyminski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damme trying to stall but Tyminski improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Damme takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tyminski works the jab nicely.
Damme throws a wild body kick that Tyminski sees coming a mile off.
Tyminski throws a looping overhand right but Damme ducks down to avoid it.
Tyminski lands a big head kick that sends Damme tumbling to the mat! Tyminski takes a step backwards and waves Damme back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Some wild striking there from Damme.
Tyminski checks a low kick from Damme.
Tyminski throws a series of punches but Damme moves out of range.
Damme takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tyminski misses with a hook. Damme ducked under it nicely.
Damme checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tyminski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyminski works Damme's body with a nice hook.
Damme has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tyminski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyminski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tyminski to score with a decent uppercut.
Tyminski avoids a kick to the body.
Damme takes one to the chin there.
Damme lands a jab-cross combination.
Tyminski is rocked!
Tyminski gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Damme points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Tyminski wakes up just in time to hear Damme thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Van Damme!
An out of breath and clearly excited Van Damme thanked Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felipezoom Insano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ameri CanChopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Insano kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is . CanChopper is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Badass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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255 lbs
32 - 12 - 0 |
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34
249 lbs
24 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipezoom Insano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ameri CanChopper!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Insano is looking to slow CanChopper down with leg kicks.
CanChopper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Insano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but CanChopper checks it well.
Insano 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.
Insano misses with a straight left.
Insano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed CanChopper momentarily.
Insano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
CanChopper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Felipezoom Insano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Insano sizes up CanChopper with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
CanChopper lands a nice looking kick to the body. Insano takes a step back to recover.
Insano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Insano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
CanChopper 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.
Insano misses with a wild combination.
Insano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Insano throws a series of punches but CanChopper avoids them all with ease.
A head kick from CanChopper lands but Insano takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Insano on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Insano.
Insano looks to score with a jab to the body but CanChopper is just out of range.
CanChopper instigates a clinch.
CanChopper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, CanChopper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Insano blocks a body shot from CanChopper.
CanChopper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Insano backwards.
CanChopper misses with a knee strike.
Insano tries to throw a body punch but CanChopper avoids it by throwing Insano back against the cage.
CanChopper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Insano is defending well for now.
CanChopper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Insano is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
CanChopper lands a good knee to the midsection. Insano won't want to take too many of those.
CanChopper scores with a shot to the side of Insano's head.
CanChopper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Felipezoom Insano has been cut.
CanChopper missing with knees to the body.
CanChopper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from CanChopper.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
CanChopper lands a body shot in the clinch.
CanChopper lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for CanChopper.
CanChopper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
CanChopper scores with a shot to the side of Insano's head.
CanChopper lands a nice elbow.
CanChopper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Insano misses with the head strike.
CanChopper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
CanChopper lands a nice knee to the body.
CanChopper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Insanos head.
CanChopper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
CanChopper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
CanChopper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
CanChopper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from CanChopper.
A short uppercut from CanChopper.
CanChopper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Insano.
CanChopper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Insano in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
CanChopper lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
CanChopper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Insano in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
CanChopper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
CanChopper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Insano takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from CanChopper.
A right hook to the body lands for CanChopper.
CanChopper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Insano backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by CanChopper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
CanChopper lands a left hand.
CanChopper lands an elbow that stopped Insano in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from CanChopper.
CanChopper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Insano takes an elbow to the temple.
Felipezoom Insano's cut is getting worse.
Insano takes an elbow to the temple.
CanChopper lands a hook to the side of the head.
CanChopper pushes Insano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from CanChopper.
CanChopper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
CanChopper lands a shoulder strike.
CanChopper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from CanChopper.
CanChopper lands a good knee to the midsection. Insano won't want to take too many of those.
CanChopper 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.
CanChopper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
CanChopper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
CanChopper lands a hook that snaps the head of Insano backwards.
CanChopper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
CanChopper lands a knee to the head.
CanChopper pushes Insano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, CanChopper scores with a nice short uppercut.
CanChopper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
CanChopper scores with a shot to the side of Insano's head.
CanChopper gets through Insano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
CanChopper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Insano is rocked!
CanChopper lands an elbow inside that Insano shrugs off.
Oh Insano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
CanChopper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
CanChopper blocking some punches.
Insano seems to have got his legs back now.
CanChopper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Insano's defenses.
Felipezoom Insano's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
CanChopper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A left hand lands to the body for CanChopper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ameri CanChopper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipezoom Insano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
CanChopper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
CanChopper explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Insano throws a body punch but CanChopper moves out of range.
Insano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
CanChopper lands the left hand.
Insano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and CanChopper counters with a big right hand! Oh Insano is in trouble here! CanChopper follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ameri CanChopper!
A determined Ameri CanChopper didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
In defeat, Felipezoom Insano stepped up to the mic, saying 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. I think this is it I don't have it anymore. Yes I am retiring.'.
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