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Natural Selection Round 3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Prince Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prince Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prince Adam has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
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197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Prince Adam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Prince Adam!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince Adam takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Prince Adam avoids the body shot from Prince Adam.
Prince Adam feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Prince Adam's calf.
Prince Adam lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Prince Adam misses the jab.
Prince Adam seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Prince Adam scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Prince Adam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prince Adam scores with a kick to the midsection.
Prince Adam throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Prince Adam uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam lands a nice leg kick that just misses Prince Adam's sensitive parts.
Prince Adam takes a jab right on the kisser.
Prince Adam steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Prince Adam. That one must have hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prince Adam stuns Prince Adam with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prince Adam.
Prince Adam lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince Adam throws a nice head kick!
Prince Adam throws a body punch but Prince Adam moves out of range.
Prince Adam throws a leg kick which misses Prince Adam's front leg but catches the back leg as Prince Adam tries to avoid it.
Prince Adam ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Prince Adam buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam avoids the body shot from Prince Adam.
Prince Adam takes a swing at Prince Adam's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Prince Adam.
Prince Adam lands with a thumping leg kick.
Prince Adam throws a nice outside leg kick.
Prince Adam misses with a wild body shot.
Prince Adam avoids the body shot from Prince Adam.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince Adam connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prince Adam throws a sloppy body shot
and Prince Adam counters with a nice kick to the body.
Prince Adam's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Prince Adam clinches up against the cage.
Prince Adam blocks a body shot from Prince Adam.
Prince Adam swings wildly with an uppercut but Prince Adam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prince Adam lands with a right to the head.
Prince Adam scores with a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Prince Adam to work.
Nice body punch from Prince Adam - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Prince Adam.
Prince Adam lands with a left to the head.
Prince Adam is rocked!
Prince Adam working aggressively here.
Prince Adam is still on wobbly legs! Can Prince Adam finish him?
Prince Adam's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Prince Adam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince Adam misses with a hook from the clinch.
Come on Prince Adam - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince Adam.
Prince Adam working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince Adam misses with some punches.
Prince Adam tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Prince Adam throws a head punch that misses.
Prince Adam fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prince Adam throws a punch but it's blocked by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam blocks an uppercut.
Prince Adam throws a punch but it's blocked by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice body punch from Prince Adam - that landed with a thud.
Prince Adam lands with a right to the head.
Prince Adam misses with some punches.
Prince Adam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Prince Adam's elbow.
Prince Adam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prince Adam lands a right hook to the body.
Prince Adam misses the shot to the body.
Prince Adam looks to land a right hand but Prince Adam moved out of range.
Prince Adam tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prince Adam was well out of range. Poor timing from Prince Adam.
Prince Adam turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Prince Adam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prince Adam looks to score with a jab to the body but Prince Adam is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Prince Adam lands a nice hook to Prince Adam's body. Prince Adam takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Prince Adam lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Prince Adam.
Prince Adam misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prince Adam.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prince Adam. Prince Adam does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prince Adam throws a body punch but Prince Adam moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Prince Adam!
Whack! Prince Adam lands a heavy head kick that drops Prince Adam. The ref tackles Prince Adam to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Prince Adam was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Prince Adam!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lajos Tisza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Prudnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Lajos Tisza has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lajos Tisza seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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139 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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148 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lajos Tisza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ruslan Prudnikov!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prudnikov checks a low kick from Tisza.
Prudnikov throws a head kick but Tisza moves out of range.
Prudnikov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Prudnikov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tisza is defended easily by Prudnikov.
Tisza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tisza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Prudnikov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tisza is rocked!
Prudnikov looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Prudnikov backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Tisza's temple! It sends Tisza violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Prudnikov celebrates and the doctors try to help Tisza!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Ruslan Prudnikov!
An out of breath Ruslan Prudnikov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dong Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bragainho Prado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dong Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bragainho Prado!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prado throws a right and a left that both miss.
Prado throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
Long clinches.
Long escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Long scores with a crisp jab that stopped Prado in his tracks.
Long throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prado sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prado with a poor takedown
and Long holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Long manages to break the clinch.
Prado misses with a body shot.
Prado with a lazy takedown attempt
and Long counters with a single leg into guard. Prado didn't expect that.
Our spies down at at Nonprofit Vegas Elite $50 ($1000 value) inform us that Prado has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Long passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Long moves into full mount! Prado won't be happy about that!
Long lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Long landing strikes from the mount.
Prado is rocked!
Long controlling from the full mount.
Long with a couple of short strikes.
Prado is still in real trouble! Can Long finish him?
Long cracks Prado with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dong Long!
Dong Long thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Bragainho Prado had this to say: 'Luego tiempo ganago'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eye Land (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Barns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eye Land is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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174 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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176 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eye Land!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Barns!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Land lands with a kick to the ribs.
A low kick from Barns is predictable there
and Land counters with a thumping low kick.
Land forces Barns back against the cage and clinches.
Land manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barns. Land does a little dance to reset his feet.
Land throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barns checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Land.
Land moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Land goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barns looks for a takedown but Land sprawls well.
Land tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barns is able to avoid easily.
Land avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eye Land seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Land throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Land is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Land enables Barns to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Land manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Barns in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Barns engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Barns wants to pass the guard but Land is keeping the position.
Barns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barns drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Barns jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barns forces his way into half guard.
Barns moves nicely into side control.
Barns taking a breather here.
Land on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Land tries to get out of the position.
Barns creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Land sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barns creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barns thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Barns slows the pace down.
Land takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Barns lands some shots froms side control.
Barns staying calm.
Barns looking to control but instead Land has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barns is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barns is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Land sees it coming and defends easily.
Barns winds up and cracks Land with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barns looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Let's hope that Barns has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Barns dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barns drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Land regains half guard.
Danny Barns has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barns working over Land with some ground and pound. Land looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Barns is taking a breather. Land says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Barns passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Land!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Land is bucking up trying to escape but Barns cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barns is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Land has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Land!
Barns has control of Land's left arm, preventing Land from doing any damage.
Barns looking for a sweep. Not yet Barns, not yet.
Land wants to control from the top but Barns keeps moving.
Barns has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Land doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Barns is tightening it up a little... Land has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Land reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Land taps out! Nice BJJ there by Barns!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Danny Barns!
Danny Barns spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edward Teach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lim Hyun Gyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lim Hyun Gyu 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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180 lbs
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182 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
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Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Edward Teach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lim Hyun Gyu!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teach gets a double leg takedown into Gyu's guard.
Gyu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Teach is aware though and is defending well.
Gyu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gyu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Teach is aware though and is defending well.
Teach landing some decent shots from guard.
Gyu being controlled here, momentarily.
Gyu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Teach throws a big right hand that misses.
Teach missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Teach postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gyu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teach is working Gyu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Teach landing some decent shots from guard.
Teach is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Teach landing some decent shots from guard.
Teach lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teach lands a couple of elbows.
Teach postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gyu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Teach sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gyu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gyu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Teach connects with a couple of short punches.
Teach works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gyu is looking to control Teach's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gyu avoid being mounted?
Teach working over Gyu with some ground and pound. Gyu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Teach working over Gyu with some ground and pound. Gyu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Teach winds up and cracks Gyu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gyu trying to control but Teach postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gyu looking for submissions off his back.
Gyu wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gyu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Teach scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gyu trying to control but Teach postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Teach connects with a nice short shot to Gyu's temple.
Teach seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gyu felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Teach is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Teach there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teach working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gyu has hold of Teach's hands but Teach slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gyu is rocked!
Teach takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gyu is still in real trouble! Can Teach finish him?
Teach is working for a submission of some sort.
Teach lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Gyu! More strikes land and this one is all over! Teach jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Teach!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claude Renou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Mustacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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191 lbs
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189 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Counter fighter
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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 Hilo, Claude Renou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danilo Mustacho!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renou defending well as Mustacho loads up on a big left hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Renou.
Renou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mustacho.
Renou lands a leg kick that knocks Mustacho off balance momentarily.
Renou lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Renou misses with a head kick.
Renou takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Renou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mustacho.
Renou misses with a body kick.
Mustacho throws a lazy right hand but Renou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid body kick from Renou.
Renou tests Mustacho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Renou moves out of range as Mustacho strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renou lands a head shot.
Mustacho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Renou.
Mustacho on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Danilo Mustacho has been cut.
Mustacho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Renou was well out of range. Poor timing from Mustacho.
Mustacho misses with a wild body shot.
Renou scores with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Mustacho misses the target.
A jab from Renou finds it's way through Mustacho's defenses.
Mustacho is rocked!
Mustacho walks straight into a right hand from Renou - that's dropped him! Renou jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Mustacho from any more punishment! Mustacho complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Claude Renou!
During a confident post fight interview, Claude Renou thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Aires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Aires has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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191 lbs
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Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruno Aires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adrian Locke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aires uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Locke.
Locke looks to throw the jab but Aires is out of range.
Aires swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aires defending well as Locke loads up on a big left hand.
Aires misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Locke. Aires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aires pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aires moves forwards but Locke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aires misses with a right hand
and Locke counters with a nice double leg into side control. Aires won't be happy with that.
Locke tries to move to mount but Aires blocks the move with his legs.
Aires tries to bench press Locke off him but Locke keeps the position.
An elbow from Locke crashes against the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Aires is looking to regain half guard here but Locke keeps moving and retains side control.
Locke misses with the ground and pound.
Aires tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Aires regains half guard, as Locke was trying to land strikes.
Aires looking for submissions off his back.
Aires makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Aires.
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.
Locke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aires swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Locke trying to control the position from guard on top but Aires is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aires utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Aires is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Aires is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Locke felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Locke actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Locke wants to get back to full guard.
Aires controlling the action here.
Aires is thwarting Locke's attempts to control the position.
Locke wants to improve his position but Aires is controlling well.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Locke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Aires controlling the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A head kick misses from Aires.
Locke misses with a straight left.
Aires cracks Locke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aires bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've been told by Aires's head coaches at Intelligent Design that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Locke fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aires avoids it really well and circles away.
Locke shoots and misses
and Aires counters with an inside leg kick.
Aires throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Locke looks to land a right hand but Aires moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Adrian Locke will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Locke misses with a looping right.
An inside leg kick from Aires misses.
Locke misses with a wild body shot.
Locke looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Locke blocks the leg kick.
Locke misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aires.
Aires slips a straight right by Locke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aires walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Locke checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aires lands with a nice body punch.
Aires throws a head kick but Locke moves out of range.
Aires motions for Locke to come forward. Aires throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aires throws a leg kick but Locke checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires misses with a body kick.
Locke is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Aires throws a wild body kick that Locke sees coming a mile off.
Locke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aires looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Locke ducks under a wild hook from Aires.
Aires ducks under a wild hook from Locke.
Aires misses with a kick to the body.
Aires misses with a body shot.
Locke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Locke tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aires connects with a single shot there.
Aires just misses with a punch to the body.
Aires misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aires throws the kick towards the body but Locke avoids it.
Locke throws the left hand but Aires avoids the punch easily.
Locke blocks a leg kick.
Aires leaves Locke with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Locke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aires.
Locke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aires defends it nicely.
Bruno Aires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Locke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aires throws a nice outside leg kick.
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.
Locke looks to score with a jab to the body but Aires is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Aires avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Locke looks to land a right hand but Aires moved out of range.
Aires throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aires lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Locke finds it's way through Aires's defenses.
A bone on bone clash there as Locke blocks the leg kick.
Bruno Aires is winning the standup battle so far.
Aires throws a low kick, looking for Locke's leg but Locke calmly moves out of range.
Locke takes a swing at Aires's ribcage but misses.
Aires fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Locke swings for the body but Aires moves out of range.
Locke misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aires throws a head kick that Locke semi-blocks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Aires 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 Locke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Locke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Locke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A good leg kick by Aires.
Locke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Locke looks to score with a jab to the body but Aires is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Locke tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Aires defends well and Locke ends up having to push Aires into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Aires slowing the pace effectively.
Locke misses with some punches.
Aires leaning against his opponent.
Locke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aires misses with the head strike.
Aires is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Aires fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Locke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aires breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Aires dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Aires avoids the body shot from Locke.
Aires getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Aires looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Locke was well out of range. Poor timing from Aires.
Locke takes a swing at Aires's ribcage but misses.
Locke fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Locke misses the jab.
Locke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Locke avoids the body shot from Aires.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aires just misses with a punch to the body.
Locke fails with the takedown.
Aires misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.
Aires throws a leg kick but Locke sees it coming and moves out of range.
Aires is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Locke can do to turn this around?
Locke throws a lazy right hand but Aires sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Locke throws a sloppy body shot
and Aires counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aires fakes the leg kick and cracks Locke in the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Locke checks a leg kick.
Locke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aires throws a nice head kick!
Locke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Locke.
Bruno Aires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Locke.
Aires throws a leg kick but Locke checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke checks a low kick from Aires.
Locke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Locke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Locke gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aires counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Aires scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aires lands a really nice looking cross but Locke seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Locke misses its intended target.
Aires with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aires throws a nice head kick!
Aires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Locke.
A big right from Locke misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aires keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Locke was well out of range. Poor timing from Aires.
Locke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Locke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aires fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Locke is out of range.
Aires slaps away a takedown attempt from Locke, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aires scores with a jab to the jaw.
Locke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Aires sprawls well. Aires wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Locke gets slowly back to his feet.
Locke throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Locke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aires defends it nicely.
Locke on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Locke shoots in for a takedown but Aires shows good takedown defense.
Locke moves out of range of the leg kick from Aires.
Locke misses with a wild body shot.
Locke moves out of range of the body kick.
Aires lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Locke blocks a head kick by Aires.
Locke throws a jab but it's blocked by Aires.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Aires showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aires has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Aires!
Bruno Aires thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Master Keya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faimalaga Luka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master Keya had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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195 lbs
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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Good kicks
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Keya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Faimalaga Luka!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Luka.
Master Keya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keya gets a clinch.
Keya lands a body shot.
Keya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Keya lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Luka fails to land.
Keya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keya.
A right handed body shot lands from Keya.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luka.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Luka looking to stall.
Keya is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keya lands with a short shot to the head.
Keya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Luka on the inside.
Luka misses with the head strike.
Keya displaying some good clinch control by pressing Luka up against the cage.
Keya prevents Luka from breaking the clinch.
Keya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Keya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keya lands with a left to the head.
Keya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keya blocks a body shot from Luka.
Keya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keya.
Still in the clinch, Keya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keya blocks a body shot from Luka.
Keya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luka.
Keya lands a shot to the body.
Luka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luka is rocked!
Keya misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Luka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luka manages to break the clinch.
Luka misses with a straight left.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luka's coach down at Intelligent Design was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Luka's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Luka is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keya.
Luka is still on wobbly legs! Can Keya finish him?
Keya swings wildly with an uppercut but Luka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Keya.
Luka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Keya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luka seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keya.
Luka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luka throws a punch but it's blocked by Keya.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keya lands a shoulder strike.
Keya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keya is struggling to control the position.
Luka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Keya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luka tries to circle away but Keya has him pinned against the cage.
Luka blocking some punches.
Keya lands a shoulder strike.
Keya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Keya throws a head punch that misses.
Keya lands a shoulder strike.
Luka stalling.
Keya misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Master Keya dominated that round.
That's time! Keya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Luka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Keya loads up on a big right hand but Luka slips the punch.
Some wild striking there from Keya.
Luka gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Keya gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Master Keya!
Our winner, Master Keya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuba Boulwiha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade has chosen Dance Gavin Dance - Strawberry Swisher pt. III as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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282 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yuba Boulwiha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wayne Wade!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boulwiha throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wade's waist but Wade gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Boulwiha off to one side.
Boulwiha fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wade avoids it really well and circles away.
Wade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boulwiha.
Wade lands a jab-cross combination.
Wade misses with a wild combination.
Wade misses with a double jab.
Boulwiha shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wade as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuba Boulwiha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boulwiha shoots in looking for a takedown but Wade manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Boulwiha's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Boulwiha fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wade thuds his right hand into Boulwiha's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wade bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boulwiha's head.
Boulwiha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wade.
Wade lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wade throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boulwiha.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boulwiha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wade counters with a right hand to the body.
Wade stuffs the takedown attempt from Boulwiha. Boulwiha gets slowly back to his feet.
Boulwiha shoots in looking for a takedown but Wade manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Boulwiha's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Boulwiha takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Wade on the inside.
Boulwiha jumps guard and drags Wade to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Boulwiha manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wade manages to get himself to full guard.
Boulwiha trying to control the position from guard on top but Wade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boulwiha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boulwiha forces his way into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulwiha is trying to control the action in half guard but Wade is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boulwiha seems to be working for a kimura but Wade defends the submission attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boulwiha looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Boulwiha is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wade has managed to free his arm - good work.
Boulwiha has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wade can do anything to dispel that myth.
Boulwiha tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wade knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade looks like he's trying to stand up.
Boulwiha is trying for a kimura here. Wade looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Boulwiha wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yuba Boulwiha!
Yuba Boulwiha retains his heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Yuba Boulwiha started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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