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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Am (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bismarck De Jager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jager has chosen My Kreet as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Am!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bismarck De Jager!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Am throws a body punch but De Jager moves out of range.
Am misses with a jab to the body
and De Jager counters with a left to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Am has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
De Jager jabs Am right on the nose. Am blinks but takes it well.
De Jager connects with a good right hand that stumbles Am. Am circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Am tries to clinch up but De Jager circles away and keeps his distance.
Am takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Jager misses with a hook. Am ducked under it nicely.
Am tries to clinch there but De Jager circles away.
Am tries to clinch up.
A big right from Am misses.
Am tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Am gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Jager throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Am.
Am is pushing De Jager up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
De Jager lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Am or not.
Am is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Jager pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Am tries to clinch up
and De Jager makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Am looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Jager scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Jager ducks under a wild hook from Am.
Am throws a sloppy body shot
and De Jager counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice cross by De Jager.
Am has managed to clinch.
De Jager lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Jager lands an uppercut.
Am keeps control of De Jager as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Jager stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Am doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Jager scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Am trying to stall but De Jager improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jager lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Jager wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Am - that landed with a thud.
Am creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Jager can't find room to land a body shot as Am controls the action.
Am tries to throw a body punch but De Jager avoids it by throwing Am back against the cage.
De Jager throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ams head.
Am cracks De Jager with a nice body shot.
Am misses with a hook from the clinch.
Am swings wildly with an uppercut but De Jager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Am misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Am is leaning against De Jager and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Am.
De Jager lands with a right to the head.
Am misses with some punches.
De Jager breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Jager avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Jager lands a jab to Am's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jager shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Am throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Am ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Jager moves away.
Am throws a sloppy body shot
letting De Jager counter with a right hand.
Am doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Am takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Jager avoids the body shot from Am.
Am fails with an attempt to clinch.
Am is looking to wear down De Jager with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
De Jager lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Am takes one to the chin there.
Am fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Jager, pushing him back against the cage.
Am blocking some punches.
De Jager on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Jager looking to slow down the pace here.
Am blocks an uppercut.
Am softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Am prevents De Jager from breaking the clinch.
Am goes for a takedown attempt but De Jager pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Am misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Jager.
De Jager is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Am.
A cross from De Jager lands.
It looks like Sam Am has been cut.
De Jager lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Am goes down and covers up as De Jager starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bismarck De Jager!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baki Kakuto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minoru Suzuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minoru Suzuki told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baki Kakuto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Minoru Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakuto closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Suzuki did well to prevent Kakuto getting side control.
Suzuki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kakuto pulls his head out easily.
Suzuki is pressing down on Kakuto's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Suzuki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Our spies down at at Great Bash Heel inform us that Suzuki has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Kakuto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Suzuki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Suzuki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kakuto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Suzuki has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kakuto should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Suzuki has tightened it up now! Kakuto 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 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Minoru Suzuki!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rangi Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Voorheez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voorheez has chosen Special Ops as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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175 lbs
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170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rangi Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Voorheez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Voorheez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Voorheez wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith misses with the combination.
Voorheez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voorheez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith rushes Voorheez and presses him up against the cage.
Voorheez lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Voorheez.
It looks like Rangi Smith has been cut.
Smith is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Voorheez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Voorheez.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Voorheez obliges.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Voorheez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rangi Smith's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Voorheez moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voorheez lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Voorheez.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Voorheez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Voorheez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Voorheez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
Voorheez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voorheez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voorheez connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith has been working on his balance at Finch Farm, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Voorheez.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands a nice knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head.
Voorheez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith is trying to push Voorheez away but Voorheez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Voorheez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith tries to circle away but Voorheez has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith jumps guard but Voorheez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rangi Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voorheez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith wants to break free but Voorheez has control.
Jason Voorheez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voorheez landing knees to the head.
Voorheez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Voorheez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Voorheez lands a knee to the body.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith tries to circle away but Voorheez has him pinned against the cage.
Voorheez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez working Smith over with knees to the body.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voorheez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Voorheez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Voorheez.
Voorheez tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Voorheez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rangi Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Voorheez wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Voorheez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voorheez prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Voorheez lands an elbow inside.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Voorheez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Voorheez has double underhooks.
Voorheez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voorheez lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Voorheez.
Voorheez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Voorheez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Voorheez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Voorheez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Voorheez.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith tries to score a body lock takedown but Voorheez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jason Voorheez 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.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith tries to pull guard but Voorheez won't allow it.
Voorheez with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voorheez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voorheez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith looking to stall.
Voorheez scores with a knee to the head.
Voorheez lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Voorheez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rangi Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Voorheez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Rangi Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Voorheez won't allow it.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Voorheez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Smith tries to circle away but Voorheez has him pinned against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Voorheez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Voorheez 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Voorheez!
A very excited looking Jason Voorheez 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Bennet Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ifarel Gregorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ifarel Gregorian will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bennet Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ifarel Gregorian!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gregorian throws out a powerful jab.
Gregorian misses the shot to the body.
Benoit fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Benoit avoids the body shot from Gregorian.
Benoit scores with a takedown into Gregorian's guard.
Gregorian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Benoit is working Gregorian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Benoit throws a big elbow that misses.
Gregorian 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benoit wants to control from the top but Gregorian keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Benoit trying to control but Gregorian is working from the bottom.
Gregorian is trying to keep Benoit in close.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Benoit being controlled here momentarily.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Benoit shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gregorian as he avoids it easily.
Benoit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Benoit lunges at Gregorian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gregorian's hand.
Benoit dives in and scores a takedown into Gregorian's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Benoit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit throwing strikes but missing.
Benoit trying to control the position from guard on top but Gregorian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benoit throws a strike but Gregorian rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Benoit has his hands on Gregorian's head, controlling the position.
Gregorian wants to control from the top but Benoit keeps moving.
Gregorian tries to stand but Benoit is controlling from the bottom.
Benoit on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Benoit tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit trying to control the position here.
Gregorian won't allow Benoit to sweep him here.
Benoit is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gregorian pushing down on Benoit's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Benoit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gregorian is working away from the top position though.
Benoit is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Benoit throws a one two combo.
Ifarel Gregorian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benoit moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Benoit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gregorian scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some wild striking there from Benoit.
Benoit moves out of range as Gregorian strikes.
Gregorian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benoit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bennet Benoit dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gregorian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benoit stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benoit closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Benoit lands in his opponent's guard.
Benoit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gregorian is keeping the position for now.
Benoit lands a couple of digs.
Benoit wants to pass the guard but Gregorian is keeping the position.
Benoit knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gregorian on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benoit being controlled here momentarily.
Gregorian has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Chop Shop. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Benoit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benoit with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gregorian keeping moving, preventing Benoit from controlling successfully.
Benoit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Benoit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gregorian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Benoit working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two 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.
Benoit misses with a few strikes there.
Benoit shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gregorian sprawls well. Gregorian wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Benoit gets slowly back to his feet.
Benoit fails to land the takedown.
Benoit decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gregorian wants to get back to his feet.
Bennet Benoit overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Benoit controlling the action here.
Gregorian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Benoit working over Gregorian with some ground and pound. Gregorian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gregorian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Benoit working Gregorian over with strikes.
Gregorian has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Benoit is working away from the top position though.
Benoit lands with a punch from half guard.
Benoit takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Benoit is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Benoit is trying to control. Gregorian wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Benoit misses with a head shot. Gregorian uses the momentum to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregorian looking to control.
Benoit is in close to Gregorian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Benoit won't allow Gregorian to get back to his feet.
Gregorian keeping moving, preventing Benoit from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gregorian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gregorian looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gregorian scores with a jab. Benoit acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Benoit bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gregorian tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bennet Benoit dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gregorian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Benoit.
Benoit fails with a takedown attempt.
Benoit shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gregorian as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bennet Benoit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gregorian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Benoit.
Gregorian jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benoit fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gregorian lands with a right hand.
It looks like Bennet Benoit has been cut.
Ifarel Gregorian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benoit shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gregorian is refusing to be controlled, as Benoit sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorian makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gregorian.
Gregorian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Benoit with a flurry of punches that miss.
Benoit landing with the ground and pound.
Benoit working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Benoit with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ifarel Gregorian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Benoit trying to control but Gregorian is working from the bottom.
Benoit lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Benoit cracks Gregorian with a solid left hand.
Benoit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benoit trying to control the position from guard on top but Gregorian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Benoit's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Benoit landing with the ground and pound.
Gregorian is rocked!
Benoit scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gregorian is still in real trouble! Can Benoit finish him?
Benoit chips away with some ground and pound.
Benoit loads up on a big left hand. Gregorian felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Benoit looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Gregorian can't hide his disappointment, as Benoit celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bennet Benoit!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Kuznetsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apidej Sit Hirun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuznetsov's entrance music is Siberia - Cold winter night whispers. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan Kuznetsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Apidej Sit Hirun!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sit Hirun shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sit Hirun has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sit Hirun goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Sit Hirun.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping left.
Kuznetsov lunges at Sit Hirun with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sit Hirun's hand.
Kuznetsov swings widly with a right hand
and Sit Hirun counters with a big head kick but Kuznetsov shrugs it off.
It looks like Ivan Kuznetsov has been cut.
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sit Hirun checks a leg kick nicely.
Some wild striking there from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a body punch but Sit Hirun moves out of range.
No joy there for Kuznetsov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuznetsov checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sit Hirun lands with a kick to the temple. Kuznetsov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kuznetsov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kuznetsov lands a right hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov swings for the body but Sit Hirun moves out of range.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Sit Hirun blocks a jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a few strikes there.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Sit Hirun was well out of range.
Sit Hirun connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuznetsov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sit Hirun circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuznetsov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sit Hirun showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov connects with a body shot that sends Sit Hirun's belly button to the back.
Sit Hirun has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kuznetsov finds it's way round the side to connect with Sit Hirun's head.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Sit Hirun was well out of range.
Kuznetsov moves away from the strike by Sit Hirun.
Sit Hirun misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice right hand.
Kuznetsov works Sit Hirun's body with a nice hook.
Sit Hirun tried to score with a low kick but Kuznetsov checks it.
Sit Hirun throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetsov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov connects with a jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sit Hirun moves into range and clinches up with Kuznetsov.
Sit Hirun breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sit Hirun seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Kuznetsov shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Sit Hirun is backing up but Kuznetsov catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Sit Hirun covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Kuznetsov Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Kuznetsov!
Ivan Kuznetsov spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuji Nagata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy The Gun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuji Nagata had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yuji Nagata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Timmy The Gun!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Francis DeMontford and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagata shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Gun eats them both and turns towards Nagata to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nagata wants to clinch.
Nagata throws a head kick that misses.
Nagata takes a swing at The Gun's ribcage but misses.
Nagata pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagata pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nagata tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Gun was well out of range. Poor timing from Nagata.
The Gun avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Gun looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nagata misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Gun shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Nagata's guard.
Nagata working for a triangle but The Gun defends it easily.
We've been hearing good reports from Nagata's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Gun passes Nagata's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagata has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. The Gun is working away from the top position though.
The Gun scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Gun really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nagata. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. The Gun lands a nice short elbow.
Nagata manages to get to full guard.
The Gun throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nagata works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nagata working for a triangle but The Gun defends it easily.
Nagata escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Gun gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Gun lands a couple of elbows.
The Gun postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nagata keeping moving, preventing The Gun from controlling successfully.
Nagata looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Gun is one step ahead there.
The Gun is working Nagata over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nagata working for submissions but it's allowed The Gun to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gun prevents Nagata from improving his position.
The Gun winds up and cracks Nagata with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Gun lands with a punch from half guard.
Nagata moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nagata wants to stand and escape but The Gun is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Gun throwing strikes but missing.
Nagata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Gun defends well.
The Gun must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The Gun postures up in Nagata's guard and throws a big left but Nagata blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagata working for a triangle but The Gun defends it easily.
Nagata keeping moving, preventing The Gun from controlling successfully.
The Gun working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nagata's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nagata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Gun defends well.
The Gun trying to control the position from guard on top but Nagata is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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 Yuji Nagata will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nagata tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Gun swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nagata will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nagata tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Gun manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nagata tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Gun paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Gun shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nagata is trying to defend but The Gun finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The Gun thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nagata's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagata trying to hold on to The Gun's head to control him but The Gun postures up.
The Gun looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nagata with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagata is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but The Gun pulls his head out easily.
Nagata is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Gun scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nagata looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nagata is pressing down on The Gun's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The Gun landing with the ground and pound.
Nagata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and The Gun defends well.
The Gun is working Nagata over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Gun throws a strike but Nagata rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nagata stands up from The Gun's guard - Nagata perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nagata fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Gun checks it well.
Nagata misses with a hook.
Nagata gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nagata scores with a hook to the body.
Nagata tries to work over The Gun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nagata.
A nice left hand lands by Nagata.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nagata.
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!
Nagata using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nagata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gun tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nagata lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Timmy The Gun has been cut.
Nagata lands a body shot.
Nagata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Gun wants to take the fight to the mat but Nagata manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
The Gun wants a takedown but no success here.
Yuji Nagata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timmy The Gun.
The Gun is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Nagata.
The Gun tries for a takedown. No joy.
The Gun is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nagata pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nagata is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nagata lands with a short shot to the head.
Nagata is looking to control The Gun's arms but The Gun gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagata has his back to the cage.
Nagata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Gun staying out of range there.
Nagata takes the fight into the clinch.
The Gun changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nagata fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagata misses with a head kick.
Nagata misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yuji Nagata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Nagata misses.
The Gun fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Gun blocks a low kick nicely.
Nagata misses with a head kick.
Nagata throws a sloppy head kick and The Gun moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Nagata misses its intended target.
The Gun takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuji Nagata dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Timmy The Gun's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nagata bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nagata throws a big shot that misses.
Nagata misses with a few strikes there.
Nagata looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nagata throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nagata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Gun looks for a takedown but Nagata sprawls well.
Nagata tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagata explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nagata forces The Gun back against the cage and clinches.
The Gun changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nagata fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagata darts in and clinches The Gun up against the cage.
Nagata is pressed up against the cage. The Gun has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nagata down to the mat. Nagata avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yuji Nagata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timmy The Gun.
Nagata is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Gun.
Nagata throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Gun sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nagata doesn't manage to clinch there - The Gun circles away.
Nagata throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nagata pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Gun dives in for a single leg takedown but Nagata sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The Gun goes for a takedown attempt but Nagata pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nagata tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Timmy The Gun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuji Nagata is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagata misses the shot to the body.
The Gun shoots for a double leg takedown but Nagata sprawls well. He's pushed The Gun's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nagata is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Gun can do to turn this around?
Nagata feints and then cracks The Gun's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Gun down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nagata.
Yuji Nagata is winning the standup battle so far.
Nagata lunges at The Gun with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Gun's hand.
Nagata's corner calls for a 1-2. Nagata obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nagata fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Gun manages to avoid it.
Nagata throws a series of strikes that have The Gun backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagata throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Crunch! Nagata slams his shin into The Gun's torso.
Yuji Nagata is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Gun bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Nagata throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nagata throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nagata. The Gun does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagata fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Gun on the side of the head.
Nagata scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nagata, right into the meat.
Nagata moves in looking to clinch but The Gun pushes him off.
Nagata moves in looking to clinch but The Gun pushes him off.
Nagata fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Gun manages to avoid it.
Nagata throws a head kick that misses.
Nagata lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The Gun takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yuji Nagata is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nagata!
Nagata lands with a kick to the temple. The Gun shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagata throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Gun's head.
Nagata fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Gun avoids the head kick by Nagata.
Nagata tries to clinch up but The Gun circles away and keeps his distance.
Nagata bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Gun shoots for a double leg takedown but Nagata sprawls well. He's pushed The Gun's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nagata scores with a nice right hand.
Nagata bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by The Gun.
Nagata can't do much from the bottom here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuji Nagata showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nagata, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuji Nagata!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caliph James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caliph James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hugo Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Steve Erwin and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from James.
Smith throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hugo Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Smith.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
James tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but James is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James wants to control but Smith postures up.
Smith tries to advance to mount but can't.
James gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Smith there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Smith lands a couple of good shots and James has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
James has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Smith lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Smith.
Smith is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! James is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hugo Smith!
A relieved looking Hugo Smith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Barbaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wendel Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Wendel Clark was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Barbaros!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wendel Clark!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Topper Green and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbaros tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Clark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Eddie Barbaros has been cut.
Clark throws a low kick but it's checked well by Barbaros.
Some bone on bone action there as Barbaros checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barbaros tries to clinch up
and Clark counters with a nice body shot.
Barbaros is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clark has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Barbaros moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbaros wants to clinch
and Clark counters with a straight right hand.
Clark keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbaros doesn't manage to clinch there - Clark circles away.
Barbaros clinches up with Clark and pushes him back against the cage.
Barbaros misses with a knee strike.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barbaros looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clark lands a body punch.
Clark avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbaros.
Clark lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barbaros or not.
Clark is trying to break the clinch but Barbaros is controlling him.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbaros's elbow.
A short left from Clark.
Clark avoiding damage as Barbaros throws knees to the body.
Barbaros takes a shot to the head.
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbaros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clark's brow.
Clark pushes Barbaros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbaros trying to stall but Clark improves his position.
Clark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Clark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barbaros backwards.
Clark lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbaros backwards.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Clark pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clark wants to slow Barbaros down by chopping away at his legs.
Clark throws a wild body kick that Barbaros sees coming a mile off.
Clark avoids the head kick by Barbaros.
Eddie Barbaros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barbaros tries to clinch
and Clark counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Eddie Barbaros's cut is getting worse.
Barbaros closes the distance but Clark moves to the side
and Clark counters with a nice leg kick.
Barbaros is breathing heavily.
A leg kick checked by Barbaros.
Barbaros tries to clinch
and Barbaros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've been told by Barbaros's head coaches at Tetras Bowl that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Clark turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark cracks Barbaros with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Barbaros is rocked!
Clark has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Clark thuds a left hand into Barbaros's body.
Oh Barbaros is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barbaros loses concentration momentarily and Clark pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Barbaros crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Clark finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wendel Clark!
Wendel Clark is the new middleweight champion!
Wendel Clark thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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