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WFC-17 Pekar vs Keane 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cory McDanver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gilden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cory McDanver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Gilden!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDanver shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gilden sprawls well. Gilden wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. McDanver gets slowly back to his feet.
McDanver wants to clinch.
McDanver shoots in for a takedown but Gilden shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gilden.
Gilden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gilden shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McDanver's guard.
Gilden trying to control but McDanver is working from the bottom.
Gilden working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gilden trying to control the position from guard on top but McDanver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McDanver throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
McDanver looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gilden is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDanver wants to improve his position but instead Gilden has moved into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilden controlling the action here.
McDanver missing with punches from the bottom.
McDanver gets full guard.
Gilden postures up in McDanver's guard and throws a big left but McDanver blocks it.
Gilden wanted to stand there but McDanver had control of the position.
McDanver throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
McDanver tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McDanver throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now McDanver is on top in guard.
Gilden is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
McDanver loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McDanver lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McDanver accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McDanver pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gilden is keeping the position for now.
Gilden looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gilden looks gassed!
McDanver cracks Gilden with a solid left hand.
McDanver throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gilden works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gilden wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilden preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McDanver lands a couple of decent looking shots.
McDanver tries to free his leg and advance position but Gilden is retaining full guard.
Gilden has momentary wrist control but McDanver slips an elbow through the middle.
Gilden wants to get back to his feet but McDanver is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
McDanver sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gilden's guard.
McDanver wants to work for an arm triangle but Gilden is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
McDanver is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDanver lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McDanver lands a heavy elbow.
McDanver 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.
A nice elbow there by McDanver.
McDanver dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by McDanver.
McDanver putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gilden working to try and regain half guard.
McDanver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McDanver postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gilden looks a forlorn figure.
McDanver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cory McDanver dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McDanver gets a clinch.
McDanver gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
McDanver is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
McDanver is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gilden has managed to free his arm - good work.
McDanver is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gilden is looking to escape.
McDanver trying to pass the guard but Gilden defending well.
Gilden blocking the ground and pound attempt from McDanver.
McDanver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDanver trying to mount his opponent but Gilden defends it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McDanver shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gilden manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gilden controls McDanver momentarily but McDanver frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gilden is on top in guard.
McDanver working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gilden doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gilden manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McDanver will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Cory McDanver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McDanver manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
A nice elbow there by McDanver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilden squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
McDanver looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McDanver cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gilden tries to hold on but McDanver pushes him away.
McDanver jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gilden manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The strikes coming from McDanver are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
McDanver in the domination position with Gilden hanging on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDanver working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McDanver has knee on belly and moves into mount.
McDanver landing shots from mount.
McDanver landing punches.
McDanver unloading with bombs!
McDanver takes Gilden's back.
Can Gilden hold on?! McDanver is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Gilden wants to control his opponent's hands but McDanver gets his hands free.
McDanver is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Gilden defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
McDanver lands punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDanver throwing wild punches that miss their target.
McDanver lands punches and elbows.
McDanver has his arm under Gilden's chin here. Game over son! McDanver squeezes tightly and Gilden is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Cory McDanver!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ribeiro Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allen has chosen Mann gegen Mann by Rammstein as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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185 lbs
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Brawler
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ribeiro Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse Allen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Allen avoiding damage.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Allen won't allow it.
Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Allen scores with a takedown into Gracie's guard.
Gracie wants to stand and escape but Allen is having none of it.
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Allen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Allen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Allen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Allen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Allen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Allen trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Allen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Allen tries to stand but Gracie is controlling from the bottom.
Allen looking to pass the guard.
Allen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Allen has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Allen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Allen stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen wants to stand but Gracie has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Allen with a hook.
Gracie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Allen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short uppercut from Allen.
Allen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Allen pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Allen slowing the pace effectively.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Allen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ribeiro Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Allen has Gracie pushed against the cage.
Allen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen controlling the action here.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allen is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Allen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jesse Allen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gracie shoots in and bounces Allen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Allen keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Allen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracie can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Allen's attempts to control the action.
Gracie sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Allen passes to side control.
Allen trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
Allen wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jesse Allen just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Allen moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Allen.
Allen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gracie pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gracie but Gracie pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Allen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Allen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Allen is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen wants to stand but Gracie has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Allen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Allen looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Allen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ribeiro Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Allen clinches up against the cage.
Allen breaks the clinch.
Allen clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Allen stalling against the cage.
Gracie has Allen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Allen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Allen has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Gracie clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Allen wants to control but Gracie manages to buck him off and is now in Allen's guard! Nice work there by Gracie!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Allen is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Allen wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Allen is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up.
Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Allen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Allen manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Allen's guard.
Allen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Allen circles away easily
and Allen counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie stuffs the takedown attempt from Allen. Allen gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
BOOM! Gracie connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Allen reaches up to try and pull Gracie in and control his posture, but Gracie latches on to an arm and pivots quickly for an armbar! Allen taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ribeiro Gracie!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jabari Okoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okoro's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Creepin by Chamillionaire feat. Ludacris. Swagger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by More Human Then Human. The key to victory for Jabari Okoro has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent |
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Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jabari Okoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dirk Swagger!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okoro tries to clinch but Swagger is having none of it.
Okoro scores with a nice body kick.
Swagger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Okoro swivels and escapes.
Okoro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Okoro is looking to clinch.
Okoro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okoro tries to clinch but Swagger is having none of it.
Okoro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Okoro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Swagger attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Swagger fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swagger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okoro doesn't manage to clinch there - Swagger circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swagger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Swagger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Okoro tries to clinch up but Swagger circles away and keeps his distance.
Swagger slaps away a takedown attempt from Okoro, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Okoro lands with a slapping head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okoro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swagger fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Okoro avoids it really well and circles away.
Jabari Okoro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Swagger.
Swagger misses with a takedown attempt - Okoro sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okoro tries to clinch up but Swagger circles away and keeps his distance.
Swagger closes this distance looking for a takedown but Okoro circles away.
Swagger fails with a takedown attempt.
Okoro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Swagger fails with the takedown.
Swagger fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swagger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okoro moves in looking to clinch but Swagger pushes him off.
Okoro leaves Swagger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Swagger takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swagger fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Swagger looks gassed!
Okoro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Okoro tries to clinch up but Swagger circles away and keeps his distance.
Okoro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swagger.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch but Swagger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Okoro throws a nice head kick!
Swagger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Okoro is fending him off so far but Swagger persists. Nope, Okoro circles away and we're back to standing.
Okoro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Okoro looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okoro looking for a sweep. Not yet Okoro, not yet.
Okoro trying to keep a closed guard but Swagger is proving a slippery customer.
Okoro is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Okoro trying to control the position.
Swagger wants to control from the top but Okoro keeps moving.
Okoro is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Swagger is controlling him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Okoro closes the distance and pushes Swagger back into the cage.
Swagger goes for a takedown in the clinch but Okoro prevents it.
Okoro looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jabari Okoro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Swagger shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Okoro is trying to defend but Swagger finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Okoro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Swagger is working away from the top position though.
Swagger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Swagger wants to pass to mount but Okoro is defending the position.
Swagger is working for a submission of some sort.
Swagger is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Okoro is just riding it out for now. Swagger eventually gives up the hold.
Swagger is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Okoro's head.
Swagger is looking for a kimura but Okoro is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Swagger to get the leverage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okoro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jabari Okoro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okoro tries to clinch there but Swagger circles away.
Swagger shoots for a takedown but Okoro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Okoro wants to clinch up but Swagger keeps it at a distance.
Okoro moves in looking to clinch but Swagger pushes him off.
Okoro scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Swagger keeps the fight on the outside.
Swagger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okoro fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Swagger avoids it really well and circles away.
Swagger dives in and grabs Okoro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Okoro pushes down on Swagger's head and hops out.
Swagger shoots in for a takedown but Okoro shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jabari Okoro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Swagger.
Okoro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Swagger sprawls well. Swagger wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Okoro gets slowly back to his feet.
Okoro is looking to clinch.
Okoro moves in looking to clinch but Swagger pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro wants to clinch.
Okoro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okoro tries to clinch up but Swagger circles away and keeps his distance.
Okoro tries to clinch but Swagger is having none of it.
Okoro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Okoro tries to clinch up.
Okoro wants to clinch up but Swagger keeps it at a distance.
Swagger shoots in but no luck this time.
Swagger tries to score a power double leg takedown but Okoro sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Swagger somewhat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Okoro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swagger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okoro is looking to clinch.
Swagger dives in and grabs Okoro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Okoro pushes down on Swagger's head and hops out.
Okoro tries to clinch up.
Okoro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Swagger defends it nicely.
Okoro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Okoro is looking to clinch.
Okoro is looking to clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Swagger crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Okoro - the referee stops the clock and Swagger gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Okoro. Swagger manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
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 Jabari Okoro will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Swagger keeps the fight on the outside.
Jabari Okoro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swagger shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Okoro as he avoids it easily.
Okoro clinches.
Okoro taking a breather.
Okoro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Okoro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okoro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Dirk Swagger has been cut.
Okoro stops a takedown attempt from Swagger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okoro lands a nice knee to the body.
Swagger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swagger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Okoro is looking to control Swagger's arms but Swagger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Okoro has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Okoro.
Knees to the body from Okoro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoro is stalling here.
Swagger drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jabari Okoro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Swagger.
Okoro leaning his opponent against the cage.
Swagger wants a takedown.
The referee is keeping an eye on Okoro - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Okoro misses with a knee to the head.
Okoro looking to stall.
Okoro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Okoro scores a nice knee to the body.
Swagger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Okoro obliges.
Okoro is pushing Swagger up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Okoro looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Okoro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Swagger wants a takedown.
A short right from Okoro on the inside.
Okoro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Okoro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swagger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Okoro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Swagger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swagger blocks it with crossed arms.
Swagger is trying to drag Okoro to the mat but Okoro just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Okoro stalling in the clinch but Swagger improves position.
Okoro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Swagger changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Okoro fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Swagger keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Swagger is defended easily by Okoro.
Swagger fails to land the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch but Swagger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Swagger swats away the attempt to clinch by Okoro.
Swagger dives in and grabs Okoro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Okoro pushes down on Swagger's head and hops out.
Okoro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swagger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Okoro throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Swagger.
Swagger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Okoro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dirk Swagger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jabari Okoro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Swagger fails to land the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jabari Okoro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Okoro, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jabari Okoro!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Deluna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deluna has chosen King Without a Crown as his entrance music. Chris Deluna told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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18
175 lbs
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19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wayne Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Deluna!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deluna moves into the clinch.
Deluna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deluna managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Deluna keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Deluna obliges.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Deluna.
Jones is trying to break free.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Deluna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Deluna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Deluna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones avoiding damage as Deluna throws knees to the body.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Deluna comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Deluna missing with knees to the body.
Deluna tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Deluna scores with a knee to the head.
Deluna tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Deluna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Deluna has the dominant position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Deluna gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Deluna misses with a knee strike.
Deluna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deluna lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones looking for a takedown.
Deluna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Deluna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
Jones is trying to break free.
Deluna looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Deluna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deluna missing with knees to the body.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jones breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Deluna.
Deluna tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Deluna misses with a series of wild punches.
Deluna tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones pushes Deluna up against the cage in a clinch.
Deluna working Jones over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Deluna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones tries to circle away but Deluna has him pinned against the cage.
Deluna with a knee to the head.
Deluna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Deluna.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Deluna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Deluna lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Deluna connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deluna lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Deluna lands a damaging elbow.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deluna lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deluna working Jones over with knees to the body.
Deluna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Deluna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deluna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deluna tries to clinch up
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
Deluna fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
Deluna looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Deluna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Deluna scores with a knee to the head.
Deluna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deluna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones tries for a takedown but Deluna manages to get underhooks.
Deluna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones goes for a takedown in the clinch but Deluna prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Deluna landing knees to the head.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Deluna is controlling him.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Deluna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Deluna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Deluna connects with a knee to the head.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Deluna dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Deluna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deluna tries to clinch
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Deluna lands a knee to the body.
Deluna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Deluna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones tries to break free but Deluna pushes him back against the cage.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
Deluna with a knee to the head.
Jones is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Deluna.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deluna tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Deluna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looking to stall.
Deluna lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Deluna scores a nice knee to the body.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deluna landing knees to the head.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Deluna lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Deluna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Deluna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Deluna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Deluna is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Deluna takes a knee to the side of the body.
Deluna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Deluna won't allow it.
Deluna misses with an elbow strike.
Deluna landing knees to the head.
Deluna throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Deluna, against the cage.
Jones jumps guard.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing Deluna from standing up.
Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Deluna defends well.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deluna wants to stand but Jones has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Deluna stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Deluna takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Deluna closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deluna is defending well for now.
Deluna lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Deluna connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Deluna misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deluna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Deluna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Deluna misses with a knee to the head.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Deluna is controlling him.
Deluna working Jones over with knees to the body.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deluna misses with a knee strike.
Deluna throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Deluna is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Deluna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Deluna gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Deluna lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Deluna connects with a knee to the head.
Deluna tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Deluna.
Deluna trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Deluna.
Deluna missing with knees to the body.
Deluna lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Deluna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Deluna misses with a few strikes there.
Jones tries to clinch there but Deluna circles away.
Deluna tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
Deluna tries to clinch up
and Jones counters with an inside leg kick.
Deluna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deluna lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jones lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Deluna looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jones gets to his feet. Deluna looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jones dives in and grabs Deluna's left leg, looking for a takedown. Deluna pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Deluna wants to clinch
and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Deluna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deluna lands a knee to the head.
Jones trying to stall but Deluna improves his position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Deluna.
Deluna throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Deluna missing with knees to the body.
Deluna looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Deluna lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Deluna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deluna utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Deluna pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A knee to the head by Deluna.
Deluna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deluna is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Deluna putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Deluna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Deluna looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Deluna smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Deluna tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Deluna closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Deluna landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deluna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deluna tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Deluna throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Chris Deluna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deluna clinches but Jones breaks the clinch
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Deluna.
Deluna dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Deluna darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wayne Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Deluna.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deluna wants to clinch
and Jones counters by clinching up.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deluna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deluna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Deluna is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones avoiding damage as Deluna throws knees to the body.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Deluna.
Deluna tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Deluna.
Deluna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deluna landing knees to the head.
Jones tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Deluna just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Deluna.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Deluna tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Deluna shows good takedown defense.
Deluna drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Deluna tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Deluna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deluna lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Deluna lands a nice elbow.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Deluna is controlling him.
Deluna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deluna is defending well for now.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Deluna improves position.
Deluna stops a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones jumps guard but Deluna stands there with Jones around his waist. Jones gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Deluna with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deluna lands a nice elbow.
Chris Deluna is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones jumps guard but Deluna stands there with Jones around his waist. Jones gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Deluna unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Deluna 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Deluna!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muay Thai Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Mars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike comes to the cage accompanied by Break Yourself Fool. Muay Thai Mike has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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168 lbs
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Muay Thai Mike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ethan Mars!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mars has a takedown stuffed.
Mars tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mike misses with a low kick.
Mike connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mike tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mars decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mike's guard.
Mars pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mike is keeping the position for now.
Mike wants to stand but Mars is controlling the position.
Mike is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike wants to stand and escape but Mars is having none of it.
Mars drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mars jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mike wants to stand but Mars is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mike keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mike clinches.
Mike looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mike tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mars avoids it.
Mike missing with knees to the body.
Mars stalling.
Mike creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mars's defenses.
Mike tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mars avoids it.
Mike lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mike putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mars in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mars takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike lands an elbow just above Mars 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mike throws an elbow but misses.
Mars tries to pull guard but Mike holds him up against the cage and eventually Mars drops back down to his feet.
Mike lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mars stalling in the clinch but Mike improves position.
Mike with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mars is looking to control Mike's arms but Mike gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mars has his back to the cage.
Mars blocks an elbow strike from Mike.
Mike prevents Mars from breaking the clinch.
Mike tries a knee to the head but Mars blocks it.
Mike is breathing heavily.
Mike with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mars tries for a takedown. No joy.
Muay Thai Mike has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Mars.
Mars turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mars wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mike, who protects the arm well.
Mars is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mike knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mars trying to control the position but Mike is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mars is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mike knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mike wants to get back to his feet but Mars drags him back down.
Mike seems a little lost for a moment, as Mars dominates the positioning.
Mars is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mike knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mike is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mars has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mike is looking for a sweep.
Mars is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mike has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mars trying to control the action but Mike is working from the bottom.
Mars sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mike is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mars wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mike, who protects the arm well.
Mars tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Mars dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mike lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mike scores with a head kick.
Mike looks for the body kick but Mars saw that one coming.
Mike throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mike tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mike tries to clinch but Mars is having none of it.
Mike pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mike throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mars avoids the head kick by Mike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mars swings for the body but Mike moves out of range.
Mike tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mars decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mike's guard.
Mars trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mars drops back looking for a leg! Mike is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mike manages to kick Mars off! Mars jumps back into Mike's guard.
Mars trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mike keeping moving, preventing Mars from controlling successfully.
Mars passes Mike's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike is staying active underneath Mars, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mike pushes Mars off looking to stand but Mars dives back in and keeps control.
Mars is looking to advance position but Mike won't allow it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mars has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mike.
Mike throws a front kick aimed at Mars's knee but Mars avoids it well.
Mike throws a sloppy head kick and Mars moves out of range easily.
Mike tries to clinch up but Mars circles away and keeps his distance.
Mike throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mike.
Mars tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mike paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mike walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mars checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mars if he has to take too many more of those.
Mike misses with a head kick.
Mike fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mars is looking to clinch.
Mike lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mike misses with a head kick.
Mike tries to clinch up but Mars circles away and keeps his distance.
Mike scores with a spinning back kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mike looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mike is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mike plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mars avoids the head kick by Mike.
Mike throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mike throws a leg kick that misses.
Mike throws a sloppy head kick and Mars moves out of range easily.
Mike gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mike tries to land knees in the clinch but Mars avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mars looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mike just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mars's brow.
Mars tries to circle away but Mike has him pinned against the cage.
Mike throws an elbow but it misses.
Mike misses with a knee to the head.
Mike gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mars looking for a takedown.
Mars slowing the pace effectively.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muay Thai Mike dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A head kick misses from Mike.
Mars takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mars tries to close the distance and clinch but Mike swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mike tries a head kick but it misses.
Mike throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mars swings for the body but Mike moves out of range.
Mike throws a sloppy head kick and Mars moves out of range easily.
Mars fails to land the takedown.
Mars tries to clinch but Mike is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mars gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Mike.
Mike lands an elbow that stopped Mars in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Mike.
Mars looking for a takedown.
Mike lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mars takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mike just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mars's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mike just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mars's brow.
Mike has Mars pressed against the cage, preventing Mars from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Mike.
Mike with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mars blocks an elbow strike.
Mike creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mike lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mike utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mars has Mike pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mike manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Muay Thai Mike has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Mars.
Mike lands an elbow inside.
Mike gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mars.
Mike lands an elbow inside that Mars shrugs off.
Mike comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mike creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mars's defenses.
Mike comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mike misses with an elbow over the top.
Mars has Mike pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Mars pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Mike tumbling to the mat - Mars dives into Mike's guard.
Mars stands and throws Mike's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mars sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mike is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mike is looking to reverse the position.
Mike is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mars tries for a kimura but Mike is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mars has hold of Mike's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Mike tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Mars cranks the arm and Mike screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Mike, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ethan Mars!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joze Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with "Monster" by Skillet blaring out of the sound system. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Excellent 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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joze Perez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Perez misses the target.
Williams shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Perez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Williams is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Perez has escaped the position, nice work there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Perez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Williams in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Williams thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Williams wants to control but Perez is keeping him busy.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Williams thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Perez tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Williams has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Williams fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Perez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Perez catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Alex Williams has been cut.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Perez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Perez fails to land with a series of punches.
Perez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez throws out a powerful jab.
Perez cracks Williams with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Williams falls to his knees and Perez doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joze Perez!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waleed Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malik comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Be Touched. Waleed Malik had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Waleed Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Malik wants to clinch.
Lee shoots in for a double leg but Malik sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A head kick misses from Malik.
Lee has closed the distance and engaged Malik in a clinch.
Malik is trying to break the clinch but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Malik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee wants to clinch
and Malik counters with a nice body kick.
Lee looks gassed!
Lee wants to clinch up but Malik keeps it at a distance.
Malik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lee holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malik pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malik wants to clinch
and Lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malik tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Malik missing with knees to the body.
Malik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malik bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Malik throws a head kick that misses.
Malik clinches with his opponent.
Malik missing with knees to the body.
Malik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malik throws the kick towards the body but Lee avoids it.
Lee closes the distance but Malik moves to the side
and Malik makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lee really felt that one!
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Malik.
Malik pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Malik tries to clinch
and Lee counters with a single leg into guard. Malik didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malik keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Malik knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lee on the ground.
Lee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malik has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Lee off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Malik circles away.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Malik moves out of range easily.
Waleed Malik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lee rushes Malik and presses him up against the cage.
Malik manages to break the clinch.
Malik keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Malik wants to clinch.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Malik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Malik rushes Lee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malik with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Malik throws a head kick that misses
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee throws a push kick but Malik slaps the foot to one side.
Lee shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lee was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Malik is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Lee throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lee trying to control but Malik is having none of it.
Lee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Malik to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Malik shrugs it off.
Lee raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Waleed Malik will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lee tries to clinch up
and Malik counters with a big head kick but Lee shrugs it off.
Malik throws a head kick that misses
and Lee counters with a good, hard body kick but Malik shrugs it off.
Malik looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Malik trying to land knees to the body.
Lee breaks from the clinch.
Malik swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lee counters with a one-two to the body.
A head kick by Malik misses
and Lee counters by clinching up.
A frustrated look appears on Malik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Malik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lee manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Malik wants to stand but Lee has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Lee is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Malik frees his head nicely. Oh but Lee has switched to an armbar! Malik is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Bruce Lee!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Emperor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedor Emperor has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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245 lbs
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265 lbs
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Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Brawler
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fedor Emperor !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar fails with the takedown.
Emperor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lesnar shoots in and drives through. Emperor sprawls well.
Lesnar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Emperor 's guard.
Emperor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Emperor throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Emperor 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.
Emperor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lesnar stays in close to Emperor 's body and controls the position.
Emperor 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.
Emperor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lesnar sitting in guard here, content to control.
Emperor has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Emperor striking off his back but it's not causing Lesnar any problems.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emperor will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lesnar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lesnar won't allow Emperor to sweep him here.
Emperor throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Emperor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Emperor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lesnar is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emperor with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Lesnar can't handle though.
Lesnar trying to control but Emperor is working from the bottom.
Emperor is trying to control the position but Lesnar postures up.
Lesnar stays in close to Emperor 's body and controls the position.
Emperor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lesnar is one step ahead there.
Emperor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lesnar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Emperor striking off his back.
Lesnar 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to control but Emperor is working from the bottom.
Emperor trying to strike off his back.
Emperor striking off his back.
Emperor controls Lesnar momentarily but Lesnar frees himself.
Lesnar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lesnar trying to control but Emperor is working from the bottom.
Emperor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emperor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lesnar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lesnar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lesnar wants to control from the top but Emperor keeps moving.
Lesnar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lesnar postures up.
Emperor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lesnar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Emperor is tightening it up a little... Lesnar has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Lesnar reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Lesnar taps out! nice BJJ there by Emperor !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Fedor Emperor !
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Irv Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Anson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anson has chosen ''South of Heaven'' by The Electric Hellfire Club as his entrance music. Seth Anson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Irv Goldman's chin.
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219 lbs
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220 lbs
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Counter striker
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Irv Goldman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seth Anson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anson thows a body shot but no joy.
Anson misses with a two punch combination.
A shot to de liver by Anson. Beautiful body shot.
Anson tries to bum rush Goldman with a series of wild strikes but Goldman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Goldman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anson was well out of range. Poor timing from Goldman.
Goldman slips a jab from Anson.
Goldman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anson.
Goldman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Anson tries to avoid it but Goldman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Anson to the ground. Anson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Goldman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Anson sprawls well. Anson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Goldman gets slowly back to his feet.
Seth Anson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goldman defending well as Anson loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown by Goldman or perhaps it was just good defense by Anson which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Irv Goldman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anson dips to his left and cracks Goldman with an uppercut!
Anson fails to land with a series of punches.
Goldman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Anson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anson lands a right hook to the body.
Goldman is breathing heavily.
Anson scores with a jab. Goldman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anson misses with a looping left.
Goldman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Anson cracks Goldman with a hook to the temple - Goldman is on wobbly legs here! Anson swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Goldman falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Anson wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Seth Anson!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Pekar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Padraig Keane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pekar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dead Joe, by The Birthday Party. Padraig Keane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
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177 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harvey Pekar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Keane!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keane walks into a straight right hand from Pekar.
Pekar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keane.
Pekar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pekar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Keane. Keane obviously looking to wear him down.
Pekar darts in and clinches Keane up against the cage.
Keane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pekar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pekar misses with the head strike.
Pekar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keane tries to circle away but Pekar has him pinned against the cage.
Keane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keane misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pekar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pekar wants to get back to striking at distance but Keane won't allow it.
Keane blocks an elbow strike from Pekar.
Keane blocks an elbow strike from Pekar.
Keane is trying to force a seperation but Pekar has the dominant position.
Pekar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pekar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pekar misses with a double jab.
Harvey Pekar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pekar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Keane on the side of the head.
Keane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pekar scores with a jab to the body.
Keane moves out of range of the strikes.
Keane tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pekar fails to land with a series of punches.
Keane misses with a combination
and Pekar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar jabs at Keane's body.
Pekar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pekar avoids a kick to the body.
Pekar misses with a looping right.
Pekar avoids the head kick by Keane.
Keane slaps away a takedown attempt from Pekar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pekar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Keane is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Keane moves out of range of the strikes.
Keane slips under a jab from Pekar.
Keane lands a head kick!
Pekar tries to clinch up.
Keane scores with a three punch combo!
Keane will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pekar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Padraig Keane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keane.
A combination from Keane does no damage.
Pekar moves in looking to clinch but Keane pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekar is looking to clinch but Keane is avoiding it.
Keane misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pekar misses with a double jab
and Keane counters with a two punch combo.
Pekar looks to score with a jab to the body but Keane is just out of range.
Pekar is looking to clinch.
Pekar missing with a left hand there. Keane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pekar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keane counters with a nice kick to the body.
Keane tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pekar wants to clinch.
Pekar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Keane.
Keane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pekar circles away quickly and effectively.
Pekar scores with a punch to the head.
Pekar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pekar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pekar lunges at Keane with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Keane's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keane comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keane circles away quickly and effectively.
Keane misses with a double jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Keane.
Pekar throws a lazy right hand but Keane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pekar tries to clinch there but Keane circles away.
Keane with a jab.
Pekar throws a sloppy head kick
and Keane counters with a nice body kick.
Keane misses with a looping right.
Keane misses with a combination
and Pekar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pekar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pekar moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pekar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pekar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keane is defending well for now.
Pekar misses with the head strike.
Pekar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pekar lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pekar lands an uppercut.
Pekar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Keane or not.
Pekar scores with a hook to the body.
Keane wants to get back to striking at distance but Pekar won't allow it.
Pekar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Keane napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Pekar is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keane is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pekar working the ground and pound but Keane is defending the strikes.
Keane parries the strikes from Pekar easily there. Pekar is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Keane to escape.
You can see the frustration on Keane's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pekar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keane wants to control but Pekar postures up.
Keane is not content to let Pekar control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Keane parries the strikes from Pekar easily there. Pekar is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Keane to escape.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pekar moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pekar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pekar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Poor strikes thrown by Pekar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Keane tries to reverse the position but Pekar maintains control.
Keane tries to lock up and control but Pekar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Keane gets back to half guard.
Nice strikes from Pekar there.
Keane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pekar.
Keane holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Keane pushes Pekar off looking to stand but Pekar dives back in and keeps control.
Keane trying to control from the bottom.
Pekar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Keane tries to roll over but Pekar keeps him under control.
Keane is breathing heavily.
Pekar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar drops an elbow to the side of Keane's head.
Pekar stops Keane from getting back to his feet.
Pekar is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pekar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Keane defending well though.
Keane is trying to stand back up but Pekar is controlling him
Pekar looks to land a strike but Keane avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Pekar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Keane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pekar tries to free his leg and advance position but Keane is retaining full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pekar wants to slow Keane down by chopping away at his legs.
Pekar throws a leg kick but Keane sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pekar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pekar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pekar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keane moves away.
Keane swinging wildly here.
Pekar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pekar throws a big shot that misses.
Keane misses with a hook.
Pekar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pekar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pekar throws and elbow that misses. Keane uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pekar's guard. Nice move by Keane!
Keane trying to control the position from guard on top but Pekar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Keane tries to stand but Pekar is controlling from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Keane stands up from Pekar's guard - Keane perhaps looking for a knockout.
A nice combination there by Keane.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pekar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Keane in his tracks.
Harvey Pekar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keane moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keane takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pekar just misses with a punch to the body.
Pekar's corner calls for a 1-2. Pekar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pekar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Keane. Keane circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Keane throws a series of punches but Pekar moves out of range.
Pekar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pekar looks to land a combination. Keane sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Keane is looking to slow Pekar down with leg kicks.
Pekar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keane throws an overhand right that lands on Pekar's shoulder, as Pekar tries to avoid the shot.
Pekar lands a head shot.
Pekar misses with a body shot
and Keane counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pekar throws a body punch but Keane moves out of range.
Pekar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pekar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Keane goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pekar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keane connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice jab there from Pekar.
Pekar blocks a head kick by Keane.
Some wild striking there from Keane.
Pekar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keane looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pekar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Harvey Pekar is winning the standup battle so far.
Pekar walks into a straight right hand from Keane.
Pekar blocks a head kick by Keane.
Pekar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pekar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pekar misses with a body shot.
Pekar tries to bum rush Keane with a series of wild strikes but Keane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Keane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pekar.
An inside leg kick from Keane misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar scores with a jab.
Pekar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keane.
Keane lands a front kick.
Keane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pekar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Keane on the side of the head.
Pekar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pekar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pekar lands a jab to the head.
Pekar avoids the head kick by Keane.
Keane throws a hook to the side of Pekar's head but Pekar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pekar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keane avoids it really well and circles away.
Keane feints and then cracks Pekar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pekar down.
A right-left combo lands from Pekar.
Nice straight punches there by Pekar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pekar.
Keane has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Keane dodges the punch combination from Pekar.
Pekar fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pekar throws out a powerful jab.
Keane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pekar.
Keane's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Keane duly obliges.
Pekar misses with a hook.
A left lands for Keane.
Pekar throws a combination that misses
and Keane counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pekar throws a big shot that misses.
Pekar fails with a takedown attempt.
Keane scores with a kick to the body.
Pekar gets a clinch.
Keane tries to break free but Pekar pushes him back against the cage.
Pekar lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pekar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pekar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar lands a hook that snaps the head of Keane backwards.
Pekar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Keane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pekar.
Pekar wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harvey Pekar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Keane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Keane checks a leg kick.
Keane keeps the fight on the outside.
Keane fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pekar on the side of the head.
Pekar looks to land a right hand but Keane moved out of range.
Pekar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pekar shoots in but Keane avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pekar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Keane.
Keane misses with a double jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Keane.
Pekar throws a combination that misses
and Keane counters with a three punch combo that has Pekar backing up. Pekar nods at Keane to acknowledge the strikes.
A lazy left from Pekar finds it's target.
Pekar misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekar thows a leg kick but Keane checks it
and Keane counters with a nice body kick.
Keane throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pekar.
Keane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pekar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Keane scores with a nice body kick.
Pekar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Keane looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keane bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Keane will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keane ducks under a wild hook from Pekar.
Pekar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pekar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pekar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Keane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pekar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keane.
Keane takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Pekar connects with a nice looking jab.
Keane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Harvey Pekar did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pekar avoids the head kick by Keane.
Keane misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pekar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Keane fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pekar sizes up Keane with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pekar misses with a few strikes there.
Keane has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Keane slips a straight right by Pekar.
Keane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keane throws a hook but Pekar avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Keane.
Keane cracks Pekar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Keane thumps Pekar with a low kick.
Pekar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Keane takes one on the button.
Keane swats away the attempt to clinch by Pekar.
Pekar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pekar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Keane. Keane circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pekar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pekar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Keane counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar throws the left hand but Keane avoids the punch easily.
Pekar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Keane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Keane misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keane misses with a series of wild punches.
Keane is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Pekar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pekar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Keane on the side of the head.
Pekar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pekar throws a series of punches but Keane moves out of range.
Pekar throws a big shot that misses.
Pekar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pekar misses with a body punch
and Keane counters with a good low kick that Pekar was not able to check.
Keane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pekar.
Keane misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pekar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keane counters with a left and a right that stings Pekar.
Pekar cracks Keane with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pekar moves out of range of the body kick from Keane.
Pekar lands a nice hook to Keane's body. Keane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Keane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pekar scores with a jab.
Pekar scores with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Keane both land. Nice combination.
Pekar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pekar throws a jab when Keane was well out of range.
Keane doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Keane lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pekar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pekar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Keane slips a straight right by Pekar.
Pekar gets a clinch.
Pekar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pekar works on Keane's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pekar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keane backwards.
Pekar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pekar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pekar closes the distance and clinches.
Pekar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pekar misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Pekar.
A right hand to the body from Pekar.
A short body shot lands from Pekar as the two fighters clinch.
Pekar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pekar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Keane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pekar cracks a nice hook into Keane's ribs.
Pekar lands a slapping body shot.
Pekar tries to clinch but Keane moves away
and Keane counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pekar's knee momentarily.
Pekar digs a good body shot into Keane's ribs.
Keane walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A punch combination from Keane misses.
Pekar moves into the clinch.
Pekar lands a body punch.
Pekar lands a body punch.
Pekar cracks Keane with a nice body shot.
Pekar works on Keane's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pekar lands a shoulder strike.
Pekar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Keane gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Keane tries to break the clinch but Pekar is controlling the position.
Keane takes a shot to the head.
Keane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pekar's efforts to push away.
Pekar misses with the head strike.
Keane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pekar walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pekar wants to clinch
and Keane counters with a straight right hand.
Keane throws a nice looking combination but Pekar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pekar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left lands for Pekar.
A swing and a miss from Keane.
Pekar is looking to clinch.
Pekar jabs Keane right on the nose. Keane blinks but takes it well.
Pekar cracks Keane with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar had his way with Padraig Keane in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Keane lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pekar's sensitive parts.
Keane finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Keane takes a jab right on the kisser.
Keane bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pekar drives through and clinches with Keane against the cage.
Pekar tries to break the clinch but Keane is controlling the position.
Pekar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Keane working hard to break the clinch.
Keane blocks an uppercut.
Keane blocking some punches.
Pekar has a couple of punches blocked by Keane.
Pekar tries to throw a body punch but Keane avoids it by throwing Pekar back against the cage.
Pekar swings wildly with an uppercut but Keane uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Keane fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keane dodges an elbow strike from Pekar.
Pekar cracks Keane with a nice body shot.
Harvey Pekar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pekar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keane breaks the clinch.
Pekar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keane.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Keane swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keane checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pekar clinches up with Keane and pushes him back against the cage.
Keane manages to break the clinch.
Keane throws a head kick that misses.
Pekar closes the distance and clinches.
Pekar lands a body punch.
Pekar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pekar misses with a wild combination.
Pekar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pekar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pekar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keane circles away quickly and effectively.
Keane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keane throws a right hand that Pekar ducks under and follows up with a left that Pekar also avoids with ease.
Keane walks into a straight right hand from Pekar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pekar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Keane is fending him off so far but Pekar persists. Nope, Keane circles away and we're back to standing.
Keane falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pekar counters with a nice uppercut.
Keane throws a series of punches but Pekar moves out of range.
Pekar throws a one two combo.
Pekar throws a right hand that Keane ducks under and follows up with a left that Keane also avoids with ease.
Pekar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pekar thuds a left hand into Keane's body.
Pekar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pekar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pekar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keane backwards.
Keane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pekar.
Keane blocks the elbow strike.
Pekar gets through Keane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Keane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pekar connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar dodges the punch combination from Keane.
Pekar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pekar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Keane counters with a nice uppercut.
Keane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Keane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pekar looks to score with a jab to the body but Keane is just out of range.
Pekar lands a jab to the head.
Pekar tries to close the distance and clinch but Keane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keane tried to score with a low kick but Pekar checks it.
Pekar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pekar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pekar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pekar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pekar fails with a takedown attempt.
Pekar swings for the body but Keane moves out of range.
Keane chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keane misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pekar throws a head kick that misses.
Keane moves away from the strike by Pekar.
Keane looks to land a body kick but Pekar moved away.
Pekar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Keane counters with a series of strikes. Pekar will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pekar takes one to the side of the head.
Pekar misses the shot to the body.
Pekar tries to clinch there but Keane circles away.
Keane looks to land a combination but Pekar avoids it well.
Pekar misses with a combination
and Keane counters with a head kick.
Padraig Keane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keane connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pekar momentarily.
Keane throws a head kick that Pekar semi-blocks.
Pekar throws an overhand right that lands on Keane's shoulder, as Keane tries to avoid the shot.
Pekar throws a low kick, looking for Keane's leg but Keane calmly moves out of range.
Pekar takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harvey Pekar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pekar has Keane up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pekar.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harvey Pekar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pekar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:46
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harvey Pekar!
Harvey Pekar is the new welterweight champion!
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