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Ascension 89 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Breneman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Espinoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Breneman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Claudio Espinoza!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breneman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Espinoza.
Espinoza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Breneman throws out a loose jab but Espinoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Espinoza defending well as Breneman loads up on a big left hand.
Breneman misses with a wild body shot.
Espinoza throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Espinoza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Breneman scores with a nice head shot.
Breneman throws a body shot but no joy.
Espinoza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Breneman.
Breneman misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Espinoza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Breneman takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Espinoza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Espinoza walks into a straight right hand from Breneman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Espinoza tenderised Breneman's leg. Breneman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Breneman has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Breneman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Breneman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Breneman blocks the body kick.
Breneman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Espinoza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Breneman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Espinoza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Breneman misses with a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Espinoza has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Espinoza tried to score with a low kick but Breneman checks it.
Espinoza throws a wild body kick that Breneman sees coming a mile off.
Espinoza moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Breneman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Espinoza's hands.
Breneman lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Espinoza.
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!
Espinoza pushes Breneman away with a front kick.
Claudio Espinoza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Espinoza throws a right hand that misses
and Breneman counters with a shoot takedown. Espinoza fights it but they end up in guard.
Breneman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Espinoza tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Breneman throwing strikes from guard but Espinoza blocks nicely.
Breneman tries to free his leg and advance position but Espinoza is retaining full guard.
Espinoza 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.
Espinoza has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Breneman should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Espinoza has tightened it up now! Breneman should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Claudio Espinoza!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Claudio Espinoza waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Microscopic Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmer Octopulus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt's entrance music is Bad to The Bone . A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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144 lbs
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 18 - 3, fighting out of London, Microscopic Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmer Octopulus!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt misses with a hook.
Octopulus moves out of range as Hunt throws a body kick.
Octopulus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Octopulus checks a leg kick.
Hunt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
Hunt is looking to chop away at Octopulus's legs.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Octopulus's front leg but catches the back leg as Octopulus tries to avoid it.
Octopulus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sloppy strikes from Hunt. Those never looked like landing.
Octopulus takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Octopulus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Octopulus throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Octopulus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Decent striking displayed by Octopulus there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Octopulus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Octopulus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Octopulus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Octopulus.
An inside leg kick lands from Hunt.
Hunt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hunt lands a nice hook to Octopulus's body. Octopulus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Octopulus throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Octopulus is looking to score with low kicks.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Hunt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hunt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jimmer Octopulus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Octopulus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hunt scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hunt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Octopulus walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hunt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Hunt tenderised Octopulus's leg. Octopulus is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Octopulus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Octopulus tries to score with a low kick but Hunt moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick from Octopulus misses.
Octopulus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hunt is able to avoid easily.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Octopulus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt drops his hands momentarily and Octopulus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hunt lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Octopulus.
Octopulus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hunt is looking to wear down Octopulus with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Octopulus punishes Hunt's body with a nice straight punch.
Octopulus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hunt is able to avoid easily.
Good leg kick by Hunt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Octopulus looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Octopulus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hunt doesn't seem phased though.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Octopulus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hunt throws a front kick aimed at Octopulus's knee but Octopulus avoids it well.
Hunt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
Hunt lands a leg kick that knocks Octopulus off balance momentarily.
Octopulus works Hunt's body with a nice hook.
Octopulus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Octopulus misses with a wild body shot.
Octopulus drops Hunt with a beautiful combination! Hunt stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Octopulus is looking for the KO!
Hunt is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hunt scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Hunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt takes a swing at Octopulus's ribcage but misses.
Octopulus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Hunt lands a body shot.
Hunt seems to have got his legs back now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hunt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Octopulus lands with a shot to the body.
Octopulus looks to land a combination but Hunt avoids it well.
Hunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Octopulus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hunt scores with a sloppy right hand. Octopulus should have avoided that one.
Hunt misses with a few strikes there.
Hunt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Octopulus checks it well.
Octopulus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Octopulus misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Octopulus is looking to score with low kicks.
Octopulus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunt thuds his right hand into Octopulus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
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 Microscopic Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hunt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Octopulus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Octopulus avoids them all with ease.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hunt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Octopulus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Octopulus with a jab.
A low kick from Hunt misses
and Octopulus counters with a leg kick.
Octopulus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Octopulus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt lands an overhand right.
Octopulus takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Octopulus lands a really nice looking cross but Hunt seems unphased.
Hunt looks to land a body kick but Octopulus moved away.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Octopulus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hunt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Octopulus is out of range and Hunt settles back down.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Hunt misses with the body kick
and Octopulus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hunt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Microscopic Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Octopulus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Octopulus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hunt.
Hunt thuds his shin into the meat of Octopulus's side.
Octopulus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Octopulus misses with a leg kick.
Octopulus connects with an inside leg kick.
Hunt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Octopulus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Octopulus. That did some damage!
Octopulus is looking to score with low kicks.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Octopulus is able to avoid easily.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Octopulus saw that one coming.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
Octopulus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt with a hook.
Hunt slips a jab from Octopulus.
Octopulus misses with a body shot
and Hunt counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hunt.
Hunt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Octopulus blocking some punches.
Octopulus tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Octopulus back against the cage.
Octopulus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Octopulus working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Octopulus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hunt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Octopulus is keeping busy.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hunt.
A head punch on the inside from Octopulus fails to land.
Octopulus has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Hunt lands an uppercut.
Octopulus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt presses Octopulus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Octopulus throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt taking a breather.
A short right from Octopulus.
Hunt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Octopulus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Octopulus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Octopulus motions for Hunt to come forward. Octopulus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Octopulus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hunt takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Octopulus throws a leg kick
and Hunt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Octopulus prevents a body shot from Hunt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
A short right from Hunt on the inside.
Hunt stalling.
A bit of stalling here from Octopulus.
Hunt tries a body shot but Octopulus blocks it.
Hunt tries a body shot but Octopulus blocks it.
Hunt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunt.
Microscopic Hunt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hunt has Octopulus pressed against the cage, preventing Octopulus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
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 Microscopic Hunt will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Octopulus misses with a straight left.
Octopulus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Octopulus walks into a left hand.
Hunt scores with a jab.
Octopulus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hunt.
Octopulus looks to land a right hand but Hunt moved out of range.
Octopulus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hunt clinches.
Hunt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Octopulus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Hunt scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Hunt.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hunt.
Octopulus misses with the head strike.
Octopulus working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Octopulus throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Octopulus takes a shot to the head.
Octopulus lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hunt or not.
Octopulus is trying to maintain a safe position but Hunt gets an underhook and turns Octopulus into the cage.
Octopulus blocking some punches.
Octopulus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunt lands with a light punch inside.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hunt misses with a punch to the body.
Octopulus misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Octopulus's elbow.
Octopulus is trying to stall.
Jimmer Octopulus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hunt on the inside.
Octopulus tries to break the clinch but Hunt is controlling the position.
Hunt blocking some punches.
Octopulus lands with a light punch inside.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Octopulus's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Octopulus tries to break the clinch but Hunt is controlling the position.
Octopulus blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Hunt.
Hunt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Octopulus throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunt.
A short right from Hunt.
Octopulus is rocked!
Octopulus misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Octopulus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt swings for the body but Octopulus moves out of range.
Octopulus works the jab nicely.
Hunt sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hunt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hunt misses with a head kick.
Hunt getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hunt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hunt closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Octopulus's front leg but catches the back leg as Octopulus tries to avoid it.
Hunt throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Octopulus tries to land a leg kick but Hunt saw it coming and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Octopulus wants to land a leg kick but Hunt is out of range.
Hunt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Octopulus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Microscopic Hunt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hunt.
A shot to the liver by Octopulus. Beautiful body shot.
Hunt fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hunt.
Octopulus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hunt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Octopulus throws a low kick but Hunt moves out of range easily.
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Octopulus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Octopulus's head but Octopulus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Octopulus missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Octopulus, as that shot connected.
Octopulus misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Microscopic Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hunt 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Microscopic Hunt!
A very excited looking Microscopic Hunt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimentiy Boykin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Vigilante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boykin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Пересмотри. The crowd seem to be enjoying Vigilante's choice of entrance music: Skyscraper. Dimentiy Boykin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimentiy Boykin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vinny Vigilante!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boykin cracks Vigilante with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Boykin tries for a takedown but Vigilante circles away easily
and Vigilante counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boykin wants to clinch up but Vigilante keeps it at a distance.
Dimentiy Boykin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vigilante displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boykin.
Boykin darts in looking for a takedown but Vigilante gets double underhooks and turns Boykin into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimentiy Boykin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boykin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vigilante connects with the punch.
Vigilante throws a wild body kick that Boykin sees coming a mile off.
Boykin avoids the body shot from Vigilante.
Boykin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vigilante counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vigilante looks to score with a jab to the body but Boykin is just out of range.
Vigilante lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Boykin clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boykin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vigilante is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boykin managing to block the knees to the body from Vigilante.
Boykin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Boykin takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Dimentiy Boykin has been cut.
Vigilante manages to break the clinch.
Boykin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vigilante as he avoids it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Vigilante.
Boykin is breathing heavily.
Vigilante closes the distance and pushes Boykin back into the cage.
Nice elbow from Vigilante.
Vigilante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vigilante lands a left hand.
Boykin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Boykin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vigilante lands an elbow just above Boykin 's eye.
Vigilante utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vigilante lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two 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!
Vigilante fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vigilante lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Boykin is trying to pull guard but Vigilante has him pressed against the cage.
Vigilante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boykin tries to pull guard but Vigilante holds him up against the cage and eventually Boykin drops back down to his feet.
Vigilante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vigilante stops a takedown attempt from Boykin.
Vigilante lands an elbow that stopped Boykin in his tracks for a moment.
Vigilante misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Vigilante on the inside.
Boykin tries to pull guard but Vigilante won't allow it.
Vigilante prevents the takedown attempt.
Boykin fails to pull guard.
Vigilante gets underhooks to prevent Boykin's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Vigilante.
Vigilante lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vigilante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vigilante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vigilante lands a nice elbow.
Vigilante keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boykin's efforts to push away.
Vigilante has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Boykin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Vigilante can turn it around.
Boykin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vigilante to keep the fight standing.
Boykin works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Vigilante 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.
Vigilante has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Boykin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Vigilante manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Boykin has Vigilante in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boykin is looking for a triangle here but Vigilante uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boykin regains half guard.
Boykin wants to control but Vigilante is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Vigilante is controlling the pace.
Boykin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinny Vigilante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dimentiy Boykin's cut.
That's time! Boykin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Boykin fails with the takedown.
Vigilante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vigilante has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vigilante looks to land a combination but Boykin avoids it well.
Vigilante looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boykin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A good leg kick by Vigilante.
Boykin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Boykin throws a shot from downtown. Vigilante moves away and avoids it.
Vigilante throws a jab when Boykin was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boykin misses with a takedown attempt
and Vigilante counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimentiy Boykin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Boykin with that takedown attempt.
Vigilante lands a big head kick that sends Boykin tumbling to the mat! Vigilante takes a step backwards and waves Boykin back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boykin fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boykin tries to clinch but Vigilante moves out of range.
Vigilante keeps Boykin at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boykin dives in for a single leg takedown but Vigilante sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Vigilante lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vigilante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown attempt by Boykin or perhaps it was just good defense by Vigilante, which made it look bad.
Boykin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vigilante.
Vigilante dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vigilante digs a good body shot into Boykin's ribs.
Vigilante thumps Boykin with a low kick.
Vigilante lands a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vigilante.
Vigilante is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boykin blocks a head kick by Vigilante.
Horrible takedown attempt by Boykin or perhaps it was just good defense by Vigilante, which made it look bad.
Vigilante moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vigilante misses with a body shot.
Vigilante chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab lands there for Boykin.
Vigilante cracks Boykin with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Boykin looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Vigilante finish him?
Vigilante feints and then cracks Boykin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boykin down.
Boykin lands with a good body shot.
Boykin misses with a takedown
and Vigilante counters with a huge left! Boykin is in big trouble! He's backing up but Vigilante isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Boykin from any more damage. A dominating finish by Vigilante!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinny Vigilante!
Our winner, Vinny Vigilante, 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Bam Jackass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackass comes into the arena with Jackass theme song blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bam Jackass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Austin Williams!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackass is just out of range.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Jackass misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jackass throws a head kick that misses
and Williams counters with a head kick.
Jackass tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams scores with a shot to the body.
Jackass tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Austin Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackass.
Jackass clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage.
Jackass is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackass throws an elbow but misses.
Williams pushes Jackass back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Williams has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jackass clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Williams gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Williams somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Williams is controlling the position but Jackass somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Williams wants to pass to mount but Jackass is defending the position.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Williams is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams is looking to stall here but Jackass recovers full guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams stays in close to Jackass's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams throws a strike but Jackass rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Williams trying to control the position here.
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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is looking for a triangle but Jackass pushes his legs off easily.
Williams is trying to control the position but Jackass postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams avoids the head kick by Jackass.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Austin Williams dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Williams. Jackass shrugs it off though.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. Jackass should have avoided that one.
Williams with a hook.
Jackass rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jackass stops a takedown attempt from Williams.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Jackass, against the cage.
Jackass scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jackass is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackass lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Jackass tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Williams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jackass gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jackass unloads a knee to the mid-section.
I was talking to Jackass's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jackass pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bam Jackass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Austin Williams.
Jackass prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackass misses with an elbow over the top.
Jackass misses with an elbow strike.
Jackass landing knees to the body.
Jackass lands a damaging elbow.
Jackass throws an elbow that misses.
Williams has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jackass after a bit of a struggle.
Williams wants a takedown.
Jackass throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jackass lands a knee to the head.
Williams scores with a shoulder strike.
Jackass is pressed up against the cage. Williams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jackass down to the mat. Jackass avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
A shot to the liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Jackass 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jackass slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackass tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Jackass is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams looks to land a left hand but Jackass moved out of range nicely.
Jackass tries to clinch
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Williams looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jackass pushes Williams off looking to stand but Williams dives back in and keeps control.
Williams perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Williams prevents Jackass from standing back up.
Williams trying to pass the guard but Jackass defending well.
Williams throwing shots but Jackass is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jackass is trying to stand up here but Williams is controlling him well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackass tries to clinch up.
Williams lands a high kick!
Williams swinging wildly here.
Williams cracks Jackass with a good jab.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackass tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Jackass tries to clinch but Williams moves away
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackass looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Jackass counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Williams is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams swings for the body but Jackass moves out of range.
Jackass is looking to clinch.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jackass is able to avoid easily.
Williams throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackass fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackass doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Jackass moves into the clinch successfully.
Jackass landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackass trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Austin Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackass fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackass tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams lands a head kick!
Jackass lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jackass doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Austin Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackass moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Jackass saw that one coming.
Jackass forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackass working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Williams will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jackass up against the cage.
Jackass lands an elbow inside.
Jackass tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
Jackass with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackass swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jackass lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Jackass throws an elbow but it misses.
Bam Jackass has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jackass lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackass fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackass tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackass throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackass tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackass looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Williams seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Williams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackass is staying active underneath Williams, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Williams with the ground and pound but Jackass uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Williams wants to control from the top but Jackass keeps moving.
Williams works over Jackass with some ground and pound from guard.
Bam Jackass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four 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.
Williams wants to control from the top but Jackass keeps moving.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jackass takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jackass tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Jackass sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jackass tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Jackass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams drives through with a takedown into guard.
Williams postures up in Jackass's guard and throws a big left but Jackass blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Williams!
Our winner, Austin Williams, 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.
The defeated Bam Jackass had this to say: 'Im on drugs again. I all ways lose when iv had that sweet white powder!!!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caiaphas Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Blaylock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaylock has chosen Head Like a Hole as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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32
290 lbs
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24 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Caiaphas Caine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Dirk Blaylock!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaylock misses with a jab to the body
and Caine counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Caine stays in close to Blaylock's body and controls the position.
Caine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Blaylock looking to control.
Caine trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaylock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blaylock is adopting a defensive guard.
We've been hearing that Caine has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Blaylock keeping moving, preventing Caine from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaylock 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.
Blaylock manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Caine manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Caine pulls Blaylock in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaylock throwing strikes but missing.
Blaylock trying to control the position from guard on top but Caine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Caine 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 two 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.
Caine pulls Blaylock in to control the position.
Caine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blaylock.
Caine is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Blaylock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Caine. Blaylock shrugs it off though.
Blaylock slips under a jab.
Jab by Caine.
Blaylock throws an off balance right hand
and Caine counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blaylock wants to control but Caine postures up.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blaylock manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Blaylock throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Caine to regain full guard.
Blaylock is fighting to break Caine's control of his arms but Caine is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Blaylock postures up in Caine's guard and throws a big left but Caine blocks it.
Blaylock must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Blaylock throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Blaylock accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blaylock wants to control from the top but Caine keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine trying to control the position here.
Blaylock throws an elbow that misses. Caine uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Blaylock's guard. Nice move by Caine!
Caine postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaylock looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caine is one step ahead there.
Caine trying to control but Blaylock is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caiaphas Caine dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A telegraphed right hand from Blaylock misses the target.
Caine misses with a head kick.
Caine scores with a leg kick.
Blaylock loads up on a big right hand but Caine slips the punch.
Caine misses with a head kick.
Blaylock misses with a looping left.
Dirk Blaylock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blaylock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Caine counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Caine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blaylock can do to turn this around?
Caine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaylock keeping moving, preventing Caine from controlling successfully.
Blaylock is trying to control the position but Caine postures up.
Caine postures up in Blaylock's guard and throws a big left but Blaylock blocks it.
Blaylock is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine is trying to control but can't.
Blaylock throwing shots but Caine is blocking nicely.
Blaylock thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Caine is trying to control but can't.
Caine keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blaylock throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Caine to regain full guard.
Blaylock looking to sit in guard and control but Caine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Blaylock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine won't allow Blaylock to sweep him here.
Caine controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Blaylock working a defensive guard here.
Caine lands a couple of elbows.
Caine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Blaylock throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Blaylock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Caiaphas Caine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Caine won't allow Blaylock to sweep him here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Caine postures up in Blaylock's guard and throws a big left but Blaylock blocks it.
Caine advances to half guard.
Caine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caine trying to mount his opponent but Blaylock defends it.
Caine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Blaylock has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Caine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blaylock is not content to let Caine control the position.
Caine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Caine missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Caine throwing shots but Blaylock is blocking nicely.
Caine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blaylock's head.
Caine is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Blaylock has managed to free his arm - good work.
Caine working the head and body with strikes.
Caine prevents Blaylock from improving his position.
Caine stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Caine is pressing down on Blaylock's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blaylock is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caiaphas Caine dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Blaylock clobbers Caine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Caiaphas Caine has been cut.
Nice shot by Caine.
Caine cracks Blaylock with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blaylock misses the shot to the body.
Blaylock cracks Caine with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blaylock misses with a straight left.
Caine lands the left hand.
Blaylock misses with a wild combination.
Blaylock has a takedown stuffed.
Jab by Caine.
Blaylock scores with a nice right hand.
Blaylock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaylock throws a lazy right hand but Caine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Caine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blaylock might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Caine scores with a takedown into Blaylock's guard.
Caine postures up.
Blaylock wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Blaylock is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Caine drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Blaylock manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Caine has Blaylock in his guard.
Blaylock throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock won't allow Caine to sweep him here.
Caine preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Blaylock wants to control from the top but Caine keeps moving.
Blaylock is looking to work some ground and pound but Caine has wrist control.
Blaylock trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Caine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Blaylock.
Dirk Blaylock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Blaylock trying to control but Caine is working from the bottom.
Blaylock is fighting to break Caine's control of his arms but Caine is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Blaylock throws a poor cross that misses
and Caine counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Caine.
Blaylock has his foot on Caine's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Caine works his way back into a safe position though.
Blaylock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Blaylock keeping full guard, as Caine tries to pass.
Blaylock tries to strike from the bottom.
Blaylock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blaylock wants to sweep but no luck.
Blaylock bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Caine's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Caine is on top in guard.
Caine postures up and lands a big shot to Blaylock's brow.
Caine with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caine with a nice head shot there.
Caine stopping the sweep attempt from Blaylock.
Caine slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaylock is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Caiaphas Caine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Caine 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.
Blaylock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Caine slows the pace down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Caiaphas Caine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Caine 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 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caiaphas Caine!
Caiaphas Caine made sure to mention his sponsor, VIRAL COMBAT in his post fight interview.
Dirk Blaylock spoke after the fight, saying 'It's about time someone beats me. Congrats, you were the better man today.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Linne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Luvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linne comes to the cage accompanied by Arcturus - The Chaos Path. Luvi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica- Creeping Death kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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43
158 lbs
40 - 20 - 0 |
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34
150 lbs
17 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebastien Linne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Luvi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luvi tries to clinch up.
Linne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice body punch from Luvi.
We've been told by Linne's head coaches at The Stray Dogs that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Luvi takes a swing at Linne's ribcage but misses.
Luvi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Linne counters with a solid body kick.
A head kick from Luvi lands but Linne takes it in his stride.
Luvi throws a front kick that sends Linne stumbling back into the cage.
Luvi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luvi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Linne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luvi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Linne fails with the takedown.
Linne walks into a straight right hand from Luvi.
Luvi misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Linne darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Linne moves out of range as Luvi throws a body kick.
Luvi misses the shot to the body.
Luvi connects with a jab.
Luvi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Linne's hands.
Luvi cracks a nice hook into Linne's ribs.
Luvi throws a right hand that Linne ducks under and follows up with a left that Linne also avoids with ease.
Luvi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paul Luvi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luvi darts in and clinches Linne up against the cage.
Luvi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luvi struggles to land a body shot inside as Linne controls his hands.
Luvi prevents a body shot from Linne.
Luvi throws a head punch that misses.
Luvi stalls.
Linne tries to break the clinch but Luvi is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linne blocks a body shot from Luvi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Linne.
Linne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Linne lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luvi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Linne is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Luvi to the mat. Luvi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Linne throwing strikes but missing.
Linne chips away with some ground and pound.
Linne trying to control but Luvi is working from the bottom.
Linne postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Linne throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luvi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Linne.
Luvi is looking to stand up but Linne isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Linne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Luvi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Luvi wants to pass to mount but Linne is defending the position.
Linne wants to control but Luvi is keeping busy.
Luvi trying to pass the guard but Linne defending well.
Luvi trying to advance position but Linne counters by regaining guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luvi won't allow Linne to sweep him here.
Luvi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luvi. That's going to slow Linne down.
Linne takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Luvi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Linne.
Luvi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Linne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Luvi throws a head kick but Linne moves out of range.
Linne misses with an uppercut. Luvi saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luvi lands with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Luvi.
Linne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Luvi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Luvi moves out of range of the body kick from Linne.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Linne is defended easily by Luvi.
Luvi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Linne.
Linne goes for a double leg but Luvi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Luvi continues to drive forward.
Linne has hold of one of Luvi's legs. Luvi is fighting the takedown attempt but Linne gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Luvi wants to sweep here but Linne controlling him for the moment.
Luvi has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Linne has passed into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Linne throwing strikes but Luvi manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Luvi is looking to take a break and control but Linne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luvi is staying tight to Linne's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Luvi has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Luvi misses the shot to the body.
Luvi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Linne.
Linne looks to throw the jab but Luvi is out of range.
Luvi misses with a body shot.
That's two 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.
Linne is looking to land body kicks.
Luvi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luvi throws a head kick that misses.
Linne misses with an uppercut. Luvi saw that one coming.
Linne moves out of range of the leg kick from Luvi.
Linne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linne ducks right into an uppercut from Luvi.
Luvi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luvi misses with a wild combination.
Luvi moves out of range of the body kick.
Luvi blocks the body kick.
Linne misses with a hook.
Linne shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Linne throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linne connects with a leg kick. Luvi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Linne throws a body shot but no joy.
That kick from Luvi tenderised Linne's leg. Linne is trying to keep his angry face on.
Linne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luvi. Luvi obviously looking to wear him down.
Linne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Luvi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastien Linne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luvi throws a nice head kick!
Linne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Luvi tries a head kick but it misses.
Linne fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Luvi throws a lazy head kick
and Linne makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Luvi really felt that one!
A looping hook to the body misses from Luvi. Linne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luvi defending well as Linne loads up on a big left hand.
Luvi throws a sloppy head kick and Linne moves out of range easily.
Linne staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Luvi.
Luvi takes a swing at Linne's ribcage but misses.
Luvi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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!
Linne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Linne misses with a body kick.
Linne darts in looking for a takedown but Luvi gets double underhooks and turns Linne into the cage.
Luvi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Linne blocks an uppercut.
Luvi blocks a body shot from Linne.
Linne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Luvi.
Luvi misses with a body punch.
Luvi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Luvi.
Luvi throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Luvi 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!
Luvi lands a jab to Linne's midsection.
Linne shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Luvi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Linne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luvi moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice cross by Luvi.
Nice sprawl there from Luvi as Linne shoots in.
Linne throws a right hand that misses
and Luvi counters with a left and a right that stings Linne.
Luvi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luvi just misses with a punch to the body.
Linne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Luvi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Linne.
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!
Luvi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Linne scores with a push kick.
Luvi lands a head kick!
Luvi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luvi tests Linne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luvi throws a right and a left that Linne avoids nicely.
Luvi instigates a clinch.
Linne goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luvi prevents it.
Luvi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Luvi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linne backwards.
Luvi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luvi has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Linne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luvi.
Linne misses with an uppercut.
Luvi moves out of range of the body kick from Linne.
Some wild striking there from Luvi.
Sebastien Linne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Luvi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linne drops his hands momentarily and Luvi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Linne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paul Luvi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luvi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linne tries to throw a body punch but Luvi avoids it by throwing Linne back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luvi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luvi.
Luvi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luvi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Linne misses with a wild body shot.
Paul Luvi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Linne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Linne misses with a double jab.
Linne throws out a loose jab but Luvi uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luvi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Luvi.
Luvi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Linne looks to land a combination but Luvi avoids it well.
Luvi slips a jab and a cross from Linne.
Luvi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luvi connects with a single shot there.
Linne takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Luvi scores with a body shot.
Luvi keeps Linne at a distance using the push kick.
Luvi scores with a spinning back kick!
Luvi throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luvi throws a head kick that half lands.
Luvi connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luvi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Linne's head.
Linne throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot lands for Luvi.
Luvi throws a head kick that Linne semi-blocks.
Linne throws a poor cross that misses
and Luvi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Linne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luvi.
Luvi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Linne's calf.
Luvi scores with a jab.
Luvi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luvi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Linne's head backwards.
Luvi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Linne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Luvi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Linne bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Luvi's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Luvi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Luvi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Luvi!
A very excited looking Paul Luvi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Sebastien Linne stepped up to the mic, saying 'Feel proud now, huh? Beating up an old man like me? '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Avery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). He arrived on a last minute flight shortly after looking tired and unhappy. Officials decided the fight should still take place, much to the delight of the fans in attendance.
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed and Marcus Avery. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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34
284 lbs
31 - 9 - 1 |
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26
258 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Avery!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali Baba Mohammed pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ali Baba Mohammed has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ali Baba Mohammed swings for the body but Avery moves out of range.
Avery gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ali Baba Mohammed shoots in for a double leg but Avery sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Avery plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed has been cut.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a lazy right hand but Avery sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Avery slips under a jab from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Avery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Avery gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a leg kick which misses Avery's front leg but catches the back leg as Avery tries to avoid it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Avery has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Avery tries to clinch there but Ali Baba Mohammed circles away.
Avery misses with a leg kick.
Avery uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali Baba Mohammed .
Avery shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ali Baba Mohammed 's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Avery avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Avery preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Avery's guard.
Avery working for a triangle but Ali Baba Mohammed defends it easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed works over Avery with some ground and pound from guard.
Avery looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Avery wants to sweep but no luck.
Avery throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ali Baba Mohammed missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Avery looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avery is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ali Baba Mohammed trying to control the position from guard on top but Avery is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Avery avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ali Baba Mohammed trying to control but Avery is working from the bottom.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands a couple of digs.
Ali Baba Mohammed is looking to work some ground and pound but Avery has wrist control.
Avery is looking for a triangle but Ali Baba Mohammed pushes his legs off easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed wants to control from the top but Avery keeps moving.
Ali Baba Mohammed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avery is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ali Baba Mohammed defends well.
Ali Baba Mohammed postures up in Avery's guard and throws a big left but Avery blocks it.
Ali Baba Mohammed got a little sloppy there for a moment and Avery has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ali Baba Mohammed has managed to get both his arms back between Avery's legs - danger averted.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws an elbow that misses. Avery uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ali Baba Mohammed 's guard. Nice move by Avery!
Ali Baba Mohammed is looking for a triangle but Avery pushes his legs off easily.
Ali Baba Mohammed 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.
Avery working some strikes from top position.
Ali Baba Mohammed wants to sweep here but Avery controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed trying to keep a closed guard but Avery is proving a slippery customer.
Avery controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ali Baba Mohammed escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Avery gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ali Baba Mohammed keeping moving, preventing Avery from controlling successfully.
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 Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Avery stuffs the takedown attempt from Ali Baba Mohammed . Ali Baba Mohammed gets slowly back to his feet.
Ali Baba Mohammed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Avery was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a one two combo.
Ali Baba Mohammed tries a low kick but Avery avoids it.
Avery staying out of range there.
Avery has Ali Baba Mohammed up against the cage in a clinch.
Avery lands a body punch in the clinch.
Avery tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ali Baba Mohammed smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali Baba Mohammed misses with a wild body shot.
Avery tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Avery is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avery lands with an uppercut that bounces Ali Baba Mohammed off the cage and back into range.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands a jab to the nose.
Avery throws a head kick but Ali Baba Mohammed moves out of range.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ali Baba Mohammed sizes up Avery with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a right hand that Avery ducks under and follows up with a left that Avery also avoids with ease.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands a left and a right that send Avery crashing to the mat, dazed. Ali Baba Mohammed thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali Baba Mohammed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali Baba Mohammed scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Avery keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ali Baba Mohammed .
Avery slips under a jab.
Ali Baba Mohammed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Avery.
Avery goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ali Baba Mohammed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Avery moves away.
Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed is winning the standup battle so far.
Avery takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ali Baba Mohammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Avery.
Ali Baba Mohammed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Avery tries to work over Ali Baba Mohammed 's front leg with a kick but Ali Baba Mohammed checks it.
Avery throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ali Baba Mohammed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Avery is rocked!
Ali Baba Mohammed misses with a wild body shot.
Avery lands with a slapping head kick.
Ali Baba Mohammed lands a big uppercut and Avery crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Avery looks OK. Ali Baba Mohammed waves Avery back to his feet!
Avery is still on wobbly legs! Can Ali Baba Mohammed finish him?
Avery drops his hands momentarily. Ali Baba Mohammed doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Avery staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Avery doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed !
In his post fight interview, Mohammed Sheik Allah Ali Baba Mohammed gave a big smile as he said 'Allah snackbar! Allah snackbar! All praise to the magical genie in the sky!! The true pedophile mohammed has blessed us!!'.
Marcus Avery spoke after the fight, saying 'Oh man, thanks for the support, I am still young and will just keep getting better.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katsuro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mar Vell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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
35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Katsuro Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mar Vell!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Vell.
A low kick from Vell is predictable there
and Sato counters with a takedown into side control.
Sato tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vell is trying to get back to half guard.
Sato misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sato throws an elbow but Vell slips to the side and avoids it well.
Vell prevents Sato from moving into mount.
Vell struggling a bit here.
Sato is working Vell over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sato tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sato has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vell is looking for a sweep.
Sato working the head and body with strikes.
Sato advances nicely into full mount.
Vell bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sato 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.
Vell trying to control the position from guard on top but Sato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vell is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sato lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vell pulls Sato in close to prevent any damage.
Sato trying to control but Vell is working from the bottom.
Sato stands up over Vell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vell is controlling Sato's posture.
Sato sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vell's guard.
Vell trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vell regains full guard. Nicely done.
Vell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sato.
Vell is trying to control the position but Sato postures up.
Sato showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sato looking to pass the guard.
Vell is pulling down on Sato's head to control his posture.
Vell is trying to keep Sato in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vell slips under a jab from Sato.
Sato swings for the body but Vell moves out of range.
Sato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sato misses with a wild body shot.
That kick from Vell tenderised Sato's leg. Sato is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vell scores with a decent looking hook.
Sato throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Vell was covering up waiting for the punch and Sato finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Vell has Sato pulled in close to control his posture.
Vell trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuro Sato dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sato avoids a kick to the body.
Vell connects with a body shot.
Vell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vell swings for the body but Sato moves out of range.
Vell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sato is out of range.
Vell scoring well with a low kick there.
Vell scores with a shot to the body.
Sato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sato moves out of range of the body kick from Vell.
A slow jab from Vell misses its intended target.
Sato misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vell scores with a sloppy right hand. Sato should have avoided that one.
It looks like Katsuro Sato has been cut.
Vell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sato manages to avoid it.
Mar Vell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sato throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vell.
Sato throws a hook to the side of Vell's head but Vell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sato gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vell.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sato scores with a push kick.
Vell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sato.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vell moves away.
Sato throws a nice head kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by Sato. That's going to slow Vell down.
That's two 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!
Sato connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sato decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Vell's guard.
Vell controls Sato momentarily but Sato frees himself.
Vell can't keep his opponent in guard - Sato advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Vell is defending well.
Vell is refusing to be controlled, as Sato sits in half guard.
Vell is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Sato jumps into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato in side control, throwing shots but Vell defends.
Sato tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vell can do to turn this around?
Vell is looking to reverse the position.
Sato passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Vell!
The referee warns Vell that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sato is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vell wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sato.
Sato with the ground and pound from mount.
Sato scoring with strikes but Vell is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vell wants to control but Sato is having none of it.
Sato thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sato raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato thowing shots but they're missing.
Sato raining down hammerfists from mount.
Vell takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Vell avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sato.
Sato lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuro Sato dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Katsuro Sato's cut.
That's time! Sato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sato gets a double leg takedown into Vell's guard.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Vell is keeping the position.
Sato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sato scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sato pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vell is keeping the position for now.
Katsuro Sato overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vell looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato wants to control from the top but Vell keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vell is pulling down on Sato's head. It's preventing any offense from Sato, at least for the moment.
Vell keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Vell throws a leg kick which misses Sato's front leg but catches the back leg as Sato tries to avoid it.
Vell just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Sato.
Sato lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sato looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but Vell is just out of range.
Mar Vell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato slips a jab from Vell.
Vell throws the left hand but Sato avoids the punch easily.
Vell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sato looks to throw a body kick
and Vell counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sato's knee momentarily.
Vell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A swing and a miss from Sato.
Vell steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sato. That one must have hurt.
Vell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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!
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vell.
Vell throws a sloppy head kick and Sato moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sato stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vell looks to throw the jab but Sato is out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sato or perhaps it was just good defense by Vell, which made it look bad.
Sato throws out a loose jab but Vell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato tries for a takedown but Vell circles away easily
and Vell counters with a body kick that stops Sato in his tracks momentarily.
Sato throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Vell.
Vell thows a leg kick but Sato checks it
and Sato counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vell looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Vell is trying to control the position but Sato postures up.
Sato being controlled here momentarily.
Sato trying to control the position from guard on top but Vell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vell throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Vell working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sato doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sato manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that's the end of the fight!
Katsuro Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sato, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsuro Sato!
Katsuro Sato took some time post fight to say the following; 'I'm just that good!'.
Mar Vell was interviewed post fight and said 'Tarmo asked me to take it easy on you.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karnak Mandazur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yury Vesnev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yury Vesnev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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155 lbs
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159 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karnak Mandazur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yury Vesnev!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mandazur takes one to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vesnev. Mandazur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mandazur 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.
A good leg kick by Mandazur.
Vesnev blocks a head kick by Mandazur.
Vesnev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mandazur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vesnev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mandazur bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vesnev's head backwards.
Mandazur throws a low kick but Vesnev avoids it.
Vesnev with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mandazur to score with a decent uppercut.
Vesnev walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mandazur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A left and a right from Vesnev both land. Nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vesnev looks to score with a jab to the body but Mandazur is just out of range.
Mandazur tries to work over Vesnev's front leg with a kick but Vesnev checks it.
Vesnev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mandazur moves away.
Vesnev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mandazur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Vesnev coming out on top.
Vesnev is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mandazur rather than just go for the knockout.
Mandazur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vesnev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good shot there by Vesnev.
Mandazur throws a leg kick
and Vesnev counters with a single leg into guard. Mandazur didn't expect that.
Vesnev sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mandazur's guard.
Vesnev trying to mount his opponent but Mandazur defends it.
Vesnev is keen to just control but Mandazur is a slippery customer.
Mandazur is trying is best to control the position here.
Vesnev drops an elbow to the side of Mandazur's head.
Mandazur trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vesnev is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev landing punches.
Mandazur wants to control but Vesnev is having none of it.
Mandazur is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Vesnev tries to control but Mandazur wriggling away.
Mandazur can't escape the position.
Vesnev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vesnev misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Mandazur is squirming around, avoiding Vesnev's attempts to control the action.
Vesnev avoids the attempt from Mandazur to control.
Vesnev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev landing strikes from the mount and Mandazur is in trouble!
Vesnev trying to control but Mandazur is having none of it.
Mandazur tries to hold on but Vesnev postures up.
Mandazur is trying to escape the mount.
Mandazur tries to lock up and control but Vesnev gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vesnev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vesnev wants to control the pace but Mandazur is squirming around nicely.
Vesnev misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Mandazur is looking to improve his position but Vesnev isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev lands a nice shot to the head.
Mandazur is rocked!
Vesnev lands a big elbow - Mandazur is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Mandazur is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Yury Vesnev!
Yury Vesnev is the new lightweight champion!
Our winner, Yury Vesnev, 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.
The defeated Karnak Mandazur had this to say: 'CTD exploit im shocked'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tarmo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gun Slinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hovi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die for Metal. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tarmo Hovi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gun Slinga!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hovi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Slinga is out of range and Hovi settles back down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hovi - that will leave a mark!
Hovi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slinga.
Hovi is looking to slow Slinga down with leg kicks.
Slinga tries to clinch but Hovi moves out of range.
Hovi misses with a wild body shot.
Slinga takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Slinga closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hovi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Slinga fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice body punch from Slinga.
Slinga misses with a straight right.
Hovi misses with a hook to the body
and Slinga counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hovi avoids the body shot from Slinga.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Slinga.
Hovi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slinga doesn't seem bothered though.
Slinga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga misses with a wild body shot.
Hovi misses with a hook.
Slinga works Hovi's body with a nice hook.
Slinga lands a lovely overhand right.
Hovi jabs at Slinga's body.
Hovi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Slinga moves in looking to clinch but Hovi pushes him off.
Hovi ducks under a wild hook from Slinga.
Hovi feints and then cracks Slinga's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Slinga down.
Hovi avoids a kick to the body.
Slinga throws a lazy right hand but Hovi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Slinga fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hovi is looking to land body kicks.
Hovi is looking to wear down Slinga with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hovi swings for the body but Slinga moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Slinga throws a body kick that misses.
Hovi misses with a low kick.
Hovi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slinga thuds his shin into the meat of Hovi's side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hovi tries to land a leg kick but Slinga saw it coming and moves away.
Slinga with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hovi to score with a decent uppercut.
Slinga throws a leg kick but Hovi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hovi just misses with a punch to the body.
Slinga checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hovi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Slinga - the referee stops the clock and Hovi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Slinga. Hovi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Slinga misses.
Tarmo Hovi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slinga takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hovi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slinga, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hovi slips under a jab.
Slinga scores with a jab. Hovi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hovi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hovi. Slinga does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick from Hovi misses.
Slinga getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Slinga tries to move into range but Hovi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hovi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Slinga gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hovi.
Hovi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Slinga.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hovi. That's going to slow Slinga down.
Hovi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hovi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hovi misses with a wild body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hovi.
Slinga misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slinga throws a leg kick
and Hovi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Slinga won't be happy with that.
A lull in the action here as Hovi stalls from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hovi in side control, throwing shots but Slinga defends.
Slinga is looking for a sweep.
Slinga takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
It looks like Gun Slinga has been cut.
An elbow from Hovi crashes against the mat.
Slinga takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hovi goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Slinga rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Hovi's guard! Nice work there by Slinga!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarmo Hovi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Slinga tries to clinch up but Hovi circles away and keeps his distance.
Hovi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Slinga.
Hovi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Slinga lands a slapping body shot.
Slinga thows a body kick. Hovi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A low kick from Slinga is predictable there
and Hovi counters with a single leg into guard. Slinga didn't expect that.
Hovi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hovi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slinga trying to control the position here.
Hovi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Slinga swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga has Hovi pulled in close to control his posture.
Slinga keeping moving, preventing Hovi from controlling successfully.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hovi here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hovi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hovi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slinga can do to turn this around?
Hovi trying to control the position from guard on top but Slinga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hovi moves out of range as Slinga strikes.
Hovi misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hovi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Slinga misses with a body shot
and Hovi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Slinga won't be happy with that.
Hovi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Slinga has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hovi 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.
Sloppy strikes there by Hovi.
Hovi working the strikes but Slinga uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Hovi is trying to control. Slinga wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hovi is stalling here. Slinga is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hovi seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Slinga has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hovi is looking to regain half guard here but Slinga keeps moving and retains side control.
Tarmo Hovi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hovi is not content to let Slinga control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hovi is trying to get back to half guard.
Slinga taking a breather here.
Hovi is trying to improve his position.
That's four 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.
Slinga is looking to take a break and control but Hovi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hovi is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Slinga is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Slinga controlling the position easily from mount.
Hovi is looking to improve his position but Slinga isn't that keen on the idea.
Slinga controlling his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Slinga seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Hovi is holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarmo Hovi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
That's time! Hovi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hovi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hovi lands with a kick to the temple. Slinga shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hovi throws an overhand right that lands on Slinga's shoulder, as Slinga tries to avoid the shot.
That kick from Slinga tenderised Hovi's leg. Hovi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good standup being displayed there by Hovi as he connects with a hook.
Slinga tries to clinch up.
Hovi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hovi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slinga.
Hovi moves out of range as Slinga throws a body kick.
Hovi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Slinga has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hovi throws a jab when Slinga was well out of range.
Slinga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hovi throws a push kick but Slinga slaps the foot to one side.
Slinga connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hovi momentarily.
Slinga lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hovi misses with a wild body shot.
Slinga has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hovi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hovi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Slinga throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hovi misses with a body kick.
Slinga throws a body shot but no joy.
Hovi moves out of range as Slinga strikes.
Slinga tries to work over Hovi's front leg with a kick but Hovi checks it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hovi!
Slinga moves out of range of the leg kick from Hovi.
Hovi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slinga's calf.
Hovi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Slinga.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Hovi slams his shin into Slinga's torso.
Hovi throws a head kick that misses.
Slinga misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hovi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Slinga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Hovi as he connects with a hook.
Hovi throws a sloppy head kick and Slinga moves out of range easily.
Hovi is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick from Hovi lands but Slinga takes it in his stride.
Slinga moves out of range of the body kick.
Hovi takes one to the side of the head.
Hovi gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Slinga counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hovi thinking.
Slinga lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slinga takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hovi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Slinga scores with a body shot.
Slinga lands a leg kick that knocks Hovi off balance momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hovi, right into the meat.
Slinga moves out of range of the leg kick from Hovi.
Slinga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hovi.
Hovi checks a leg kick nicely.
Hovi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slinga.
Hovi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Slinga counters with a good low kick that Hovi was not able to check.
Hovi misses the shot to the body.
Hovi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hovi takes a swing at Slinga's ribcage but misses.
Slinga throws a right hand that Hovi ducks under and follows up with a left that Hovi also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slinga misses with a jab to the body
and Hovi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slinga is not content to let Hovi control the position.
Slinga is looking for a sweep. Hovi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Slinga blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hovi.
Hovi thows a huge punch but Slinga dodges it nicely.
Slinga trying to hold on to Hovi's head to control him but Hovi postures up.
Hovi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Tarmo Hovi did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hovi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hovi swings for the body but Slinga moves out of range.
Hovi blocks the body kick.
Hovi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slinga throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hovi counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Slinga!
Hovi with the ground and pound but Slinga regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Hovi wants to control but Slinga is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hovi misses with a head shot. Slinga uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hovi is looking to work some ground and pound but Slinga has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hovi is looking to work some ground and pound but Slinga has wrist control.
Hovi throws a big elbow that misses.
Hovi tries to free his leg and advance position but Slinga is retaining full guard.
Slinga looking for a sweep. Not yet Slinga, not yet.
Hovi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hovi postures up in Slinga's guard and throws a big left but Slinga blocks it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Slinga throws a body shot but no joy.
Slinga looks to score with a jab to the body but Hovi is just out of range.
Hovi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slinga.
Slinga tries to clinch up but Hovi circles away and keeps his distance.
Slinga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga checks a low kick from Hovi.
Hovi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Slinga lands with a nice body kick.
Slinga lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Slinga tries to clinch but Hovi moves out of range.
Slinga throws a low kick, looking for Hovi's leg but Hovi calmly moves out of range.
Hovi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slinga, right into the meat.
Slinga with a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Slinga. Hovi shrugs it off though.
Slinga jabs Hovi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hovi lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hovi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slinga manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Slinga.
Hovi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Good work by Slinga as he checks the leg kick.
Hovi throws a leg kick
and Slinga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Slinga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hovi.
Hovi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Slinga drives through and clinches with Hovi against the cage.
Hovi breaks from the clinch.
Hovi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hovi misses the shot to the body.
Hovi staying out of range there.
Slinga is looking to clinch.
Hovi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from Hovi misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hovi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hovi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slinga.
Hovi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Slinga throws an overhand right that lands on Hovi's shoulder, as Hovi tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slinga fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hovi on the side of the head.
Slinga's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hovi lands a head kick!
Slinga takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good shot there by Hovi.
A solid body kick from Hovi.
Slinga throws the left hand but Hovi avoids the punch easily.
Hovi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slinga throws out the jab.
Slinga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hovi manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Tarmo Hovi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hovi throws a wild body kick that Slinga sees coming a mile off.
Slinga thuds his shin into the meat of Hovi's side.
Hovi throws a low kick but Slinga moves out of range easily.
Slinga throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A leg kick checked by Hovi.
Nice body punch from Hovi.
Slinga turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Slinga throws a hook to the side of Hovi's head but Hovi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Slinga lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hovi blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Hovi.
Hovi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slinga misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hovi. Slinga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slinga misses with a body shot
and Hovi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Slinga won't be happy with that.
Slinga taking a bit of punishment here - Hovi scoring with strikes.
Hovi tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hovi throwing strikes but Slinga manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Slinga trying to control the position but Hovi is working away.
Slinga tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hovi regains half guard there - taking advantage of Slinga's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Hovi tries to roll over but Slinga keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga wants to free his trapped foot but Hovi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hovi wants to control but Slinga is keeping busy and won't allow it.
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!
Slinga with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hovi tries to roll over but Slinga keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slinga wants to stand but Hovi has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Slinga controlling the action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Hovi trying to hold on to Slinga's head to control him but Slinga postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hovi misses with a head kick.
Slinga misses with a left hand
and Hovi counters with a single leg into guard. Slinga didn't expect that.
Hovi postures up.
Gun Slinga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slinga 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.
Hovi scoring with punches to the head and body.
That has opened up Gun Slinga's cut even more.
Hovi is pushing down on Slinga's leg trying to pass to half guard. Slinga is fighting to maintain full guard but Hovi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hovi is pressing down on Slinga's thigh, looking to free his foot. Slinga is holding on for now.
Ground and pound from Hovi.
Slinga trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Slinga makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Slinga.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tarmo Hovi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hovi, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tarmo Hovi!
Tarmo Hovi retains his heavyweight title!
After the fight, Tarmo Hovi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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