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T68: Aurelio vs Henderson PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Jeferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Crawford is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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171 lbs
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169 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Jeferson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeferson has his takedown stuffed
and Crawford cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crawford leaves Jeferson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jeferson shoots for a double leg takedown but Crawford sprawls well. He's pushed Jeferson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Jeferson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jeferson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Crawford counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jeferson shoots for a double leg takedown but Crawford sprawls well. He's pushed Jeferson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford throws a poor cross that misses
so Jeferson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jeferson prevents Crawford from getting back to his feet.
Jeferson landing some decent shots from guard.
Jeferson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Crawford's head.
Jeferson 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeferson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Crawford is looking to stand back up but Jeferson counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Crawford.
Jeferson lands strikes from half guard.
Jeferson drops an elbow to the side of Crawford's head.
Crawford is trying to stand up here but Jeferson is controlling him well.
Jeferson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jeferson with shots to the head and body - Crawford looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeferson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
It looks like Danny Crawford has been cut.
Jeferson cracks Crawford with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Jeferson!
After winning the bout, Alex Jeferson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Danny Crawford stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to back losses is harsh. I'm going to have to get back to the drawing board and see what my mistakes are.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Ostrowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Sucre comes to the cage accompanied by Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon. Ostrowski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. PC Park - Klatka kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Krzysztof Ostrowski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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215 lbs
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213 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Jose De Sucre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Krzysztof Ostrowski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Sucre misses with a hook. Ostrowski ducked under it nicely.
We've been told by De Sucre's head coaches at Gangsterdamage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
De Sucre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick from Ostrowski misses.
De Sucre scores with a body shot.
Ostrowski misses with a straight left.
It appears De Sucre was looking to counter with a kick there.
Ostrowski throws a poor cross that misses
and De Sucre counters with a right hand to the body.
De Sucre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ostrowski can pounce on him.
De Sucre moves out of range of the body kick.
De Sucre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ostrowski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Sucre. De Sucre obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Ostrowski misses the target.
De Sucre misses with a few strikes there.
Jab, jab by De Sucre - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Sucre checks a leg kick.
Ostrowski slips a straight right by De Sucre.
De Sucre misses with a straight left.
Ostrowski is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
De Sucre misses with a straight right.
Ostrowski blocks a low kick nicely.
De Sucre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ostrowski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Krzysztof Ostrowski has been cut.
Ostrowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Sucre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from De Sucre on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Sucre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ostrowski misses the shot to the body.
De Sucre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ostrowski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre lands with a shot to the body.
Ostrowski takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
De Sucre's corner calls for a 1-2. De Sucre obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back 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!
De Sucre is looking to slow Ostrowski down with leg kicks.
Ostrowski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De Sucre throws a hook but Ostrowski avoids it easily.
Ostrowski misses the shot to the body.
Ostrowski throws a chopping leg kick but De Sucre manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
De Sucre missing with a left hand there. Ostrowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ostrowski 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.
De Sucre throws a low kick but Ostrowski avoids it.
De Sucre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ostrowski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostrowski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ostrowski wants to clinch up but De Sucre keeps it at a distance.
Ostrowski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and De Sucre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Sucre misses with a hook. Ostrowski ducked under it nicely.
Ostrowski with the counter takedown but De Sucre avoids it easily.
De Sucre lands a nice hook to Ostrowski's body. Ostrowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Sucre tries to land a leg kick but Ostrowski saw it coming and moves away.
Ostrowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ostrowski looks winded!
Ostrowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ostrowski throws a sloppy body shot
and De Sucre counters with a nice uppercut.
That has opened up Krzysztof Ostrowski's cut even more.
De Sucre slips a jab from Ostrowski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Sucre looks to land a right hand but Ostrowski moved out of range.
De Sucre lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Sucre scores with a nice strike.
Antonio Jose De Sucre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Sucre lands a jab to the nose.
De Sucre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That kick from De Sucre tenderised Ostrowski's leg. Ostrowski is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Sucre lands a big uppercut and Ostrowski crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ostrowski looks OK. De Sucre waves Ostrowski back to his feet!
Ostrowski is rocked!
The cut above Krzysztof Ostrowski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
De Sucre fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Ostrowski square on the jaw! Damn, Ostrowski is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Jose De Sucre!
Antonio Jose De Sucre bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Geghard Karekin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dias has chosen Skrillex - Ragga Bomb as his entrance music. Ricardo Dias 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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28
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 1 |
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162 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Geghard Karekin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Dias!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karekin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dias wants to clinch up but Karekin keeps it at a distance.
Karekin tries to counter with a takedown but Dias is quick to defend against it.
Karekin dodges the punch combination from Dias.
Karekin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Karekin. No joy for Dias on that attempt.
Karekin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Dias. Those never looked like landing.
Karekin attempts a counter takedown but Dias avoids it well and moves away.
Dias lands a jab-cross combination.
Dias scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dias tries for a takedown but Karekin circles away easily
and Karekin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Karekin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karekin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Karekin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Karekin stops Dias from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karekin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karekin passes into half guard.
Karekin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dias with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karekin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karekin is trying to control. Dias wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ground and pound from Karekin.
Karekin trying to control from half guard but Dias is working away.
Nice strikes from Karekin there.
Karekin is looking to take a break and control but Dias is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karekin stops Dias from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karekin wants to control but Dias is keeping him busy.
Karekin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dias really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Karekin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dias is trying to stand up here but Karekin is controlling him well.
Karekin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dias has hold of Karekin's hands but Karekin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Karekin is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Karekin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dias's face.
Karekin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dias is trying to stand up.
Karekin controlling from the full mount.
Karekin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dias's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karekin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dias looks a forlorn figure.
Karekin cracks Dias with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dias is rocked!
BOOM! Karekin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dias is still in real trouble! Can Karekin finish him?
Karekin working the ground and pound effectively.
Karekin 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.
Karekin lands a big elbow - Dias is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Dias is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Geghard Karekin!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis comes to the cage accompanied by Full Circle. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dan Tucker enters the cage!
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235 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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260 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent 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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Larry Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker slips a jab from Lewis.
Nice uppercut there from Lewis.
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tucker just misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab by Tucker.
Tucker takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Dan Tucker has been cut.
Tucker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tucker stuffs the takedown attempt from Lewis. Lewis gets slowly back to his feet.
Lewis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tucker at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lewis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tucker punishes Lewis's body with a nice straight punch.
Tucker misses the shot to the body.
Lewis wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lewis misses with a straight right.
Tucker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lewis.
Lewis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tucker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lewis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lewis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tucker.
An attempted straight right counter from Lewis misses the target.
Tucker throws an overhand right that lands on Lewis's shoulder, as Lewis tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a shot from downtown. Lewis moves away and avoids it.
Lewis lands a jab to Tucker's midsection.
Tucker ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Tucker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tucker takes one to the chin there.
Tucker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lewis.
Lewis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tucker.
Tucker let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tucker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Lewis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tucker.
Tucker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lewis counters by clinching up.
Tucker controlling the action here for a moment.
Lewis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tucker avoids it.
Lewis is trying to trip Tucker. He has hold of a leg but Tucker is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lewis persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Tucker wants to sweep but no luck.
Lewis has gone for a leg lock! Tucker slips out almost immediately though and dives into Lewis's guard.
Lewis working for a triangle but Tucker defends it easily.
Lewis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tucker passes into side control.
Tucker trying to control the position but Lewis is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lewis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tucker sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lewis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dan Tucker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dan Tucker's cut.
That's time! Lewis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tucker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Tucker misses the target.
Tucker throws a big shot that misses.
Lewis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lewis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tucker connects with a body shot that sends Lewis's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis throws a lazy uppercut
letting Tucker counter with a right hand.
Lewis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tucker finds it's way round the side to connect with Lewis's head.
Lewis misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker lands a slapping body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Tucker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tucker.
Good shot there by Tucker.
Lewis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Tucker coming out on top.
Lewis throws a looping overhand right but Tucker ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Lewis misses the target.
Lewis connects with a body shot.
Tucker cracks a nice hook into Lewis's ribs.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lewis manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Tucker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A slow jab from Tucker misses its intended target.
Dan Tucker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis tries for a takedown but Tucker circles away easily
and Lewis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tucker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tucker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lewis.
Tucker scores with the left hand. Lewis knows he should have avoided that one.
Tucker lands a body shot.
Tucker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lewis doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Tucker does it's job there.
Tucker with a jab.
Lewis is rocked!
Lewis misses with an uppercut. Tucker saw that one coming.
Tucker swings for the body but Lewis moves out of range.
Dan Tucker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lewis throws a right hand that misses
and Tucker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Tucker.
Tucker sends Lewis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Tucker is motioning to the referee to let Lewis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Lewis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tucker feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lewis sprawling to the canvas! Lewis rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tucker finish him?!
Lewis misses with a left hand
and Tucker counters with a huge right that knocks Lewis out cold! Tucker is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dan Tucker!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ode Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giuseppe Vitale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent 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
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Ode Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giuseppe Vitale!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitale tries for a takedown but Jokinen circles away easily
and Jokinen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Vitale chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jokinen can pounce on him.
Vitale takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jokinen lands a leg kick that knocks Vitale off balance momentarily.
Jokinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vitale's calf.
Jokinen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vitale takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokinen.
Jokinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vitale's calf.
Jokinen tried to score with a low kick but Vitale checks it.
Jokinen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vitale scores with a takedown into Jokinen's guard.
Vitale is looking to work some ground and pound but Jokinen has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen wants to sweep but no luck.
Jokinen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jokinen wants to sweep here but Vitale controlling him for the moment.
Vitale loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vitale preventing the sweep.
Vitale content to stall in guard here.
Vitale lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jokinen lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Vitale looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vitale avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitale working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a strike but Vitale rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vitale missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jokinen wants to hit a switch here but Vitale passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jokinen there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vitale lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jokinen wants to hold on but Vitale pushes him away.
Vitale controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jokinen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jokinen tries to hold on but Vitale pushes him away.
Vitale lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is trying to escape the mount.
Vitale landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vitale working Jokinen over with strikes here.
Vitale unloading with bombs!
Jokinen is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vitale raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jokinen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vitale landing punches.
Jokinen is rocked!
Jokinen takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Vitale's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giuseppe Vitale!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drago Kamarad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jojiro Yamanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamarad comes to the cage accompanied by no easy way out. Jojiro Yamanaka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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275 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drago Kamarad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jojiro Yamanaka!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamarad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kamarad takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice defenses there by Yamanaka.
A little jabbing left from Yamanaka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kamarad misses with a straight left.
We've been informed that Yamanaka has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kamarad swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yamanaka counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yamanaka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kamarad counters with a right hand to the body.
Yamanaka scores with a hook to the body. Kamarad takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kamarad swings for the body but Yamanaka moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamarad misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamanaka counters with a one-two to the body.
Kamarad looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamanaka is just 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!
Yamanaka lands a jab to the head.
Jojiro Yamanaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamanaka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamanaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamanaka is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kamarad with a body shot.
Kamarad misses with a looping right.
Yamanaka throws a series of punches but Kamarad avoids them all with ease.
Kamarad tries to bum rush Yamanaka with a series of wild strikes but Yamanaka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yamanaka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kamarad.
Yamanaka throws out a counter right but Kamarad avoids it with no problem.
Yamanaka smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kamarad slips under a jab.
It looked like Kamarad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kamarad misses with a left hand
and Yamanaka counters with a one-two to the body.
Kamarad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamanaka.
Kamarad misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamarad misses with a lunging right hand
and Yamanaka counters with a nice uppercut.
Yamanaka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yamanaka. Kamarad shrugs it off though.
Yamanaka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kamarad throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yamanaka.
It seemed like Yamanaka was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kamarad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamanaka was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamarad.
Yamanaka is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kamarad with a body shot.
Kamarad moves forwards but Yamanaka connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamarad. Yamanaka does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Yamanaka misses.
Kamarad falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yamanaka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamanaka fails to land with a series of punches.
Yamanaka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yamanaka is looking for the big counter here.
Yamanaka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yamanaka throws a one two combo.
Decent striking displayed by Kamarad there.
Kamarad on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Yamanaka misses.
Kamarad scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kamarad missing with a left hand there. Yamanaka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yamanaka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kamarad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamanaka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamanaka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kamarad counters with a three punch combo that has Yamanaka backing up. Yamanaka nods at Kamarad to acknowledge the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Kamarad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yamanaka looks to land a combination but Kamarad avoids it well.
Kamarad lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kamarad misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yamanaka counters with a straight right hand.
Yamanaka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drago Kamarad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamanaka works over Kamarad's head and body with a nice combination.
Yamanaka looks to land a combination. Kamarad sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jojiro Yamanaka dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kamarad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Yamanaka to counter with a crisp jab.
Kamarad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yamanaka was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamarad.
Kamarad connects with a right hand. Yamanaka shakes it off.
Drago Kamarad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kamarad misses with a right hand
and Yamanaka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kamarad misses with a hook.
Yamanaka is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kamarad throws a lazy uppercut
and Yamanaka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kamarad lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kamarad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamarad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kamarad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yamanaka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yamanaka throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kamarad getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamarad lands a glancing blow to the side of Yamanaka's head.
Yamanaka throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yamanaka staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Yamanaka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yamanaka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kamarad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamanaka manages to avoid it.
Yamanaka blocks a jab.
Yamanaka throws a nice looking combination but Kamarad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yamanaka throws a one two combo.
Kamarad throws a body punch but Yamanaka moves out of range.
Yamanaka digs a good hook to Kamarad's body.
Yamanaka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kamarad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamanaka throws a nice looking combination but Kamarad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kamarad throwing a counter right hand but Yamanaka manages to avoid it.
Kamarad throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yamanaka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jojiro Yamanaka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamanaka walks into a jab.
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!
Kamarad scores with a nice right hand.
Kamarad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamanaka.
Kamarad takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kamarad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamarad misses with a straight right.
As Kamarad backs off Yamanaka throws a huge counter combo but Kamarad manages to avoid it all.
Kamarad just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamarad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Yamanaka was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kamarad looks to land a combination but Yamanaka avoids it well.
Yamanaka lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Yamanaka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yamanaka misses with a series of wild punches.
Kamarad takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kamarad looks to land a right hand but Yamanaka moved out of range.
Yamanaka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamarad.
Yamanaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kamarad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamarad misses with a body shot.
Jab from Kamarad.
Kamarad takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kamarad digs a good hook to Yamanaka's body.
Kamarad has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yamanaka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yamanaka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kamarad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kamarad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamanaka moves away.
Yamanaka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kamarad might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kamarad misses with a body shot.
Yamanaka throws a counter combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jojiro Yamanaka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yamanaka displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kamarad.
Yamanaka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kamarad misses with a double jab.
As Kamarad backs off Yamanaka throws a huge counter combo but Kamarad manages to avoid it all.
Yamanaka connects with the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Kamarad. Those never looked like landing.
Kamarad shoots in but no luck this time.
Kamarad misses with a straight left.
Yamanaka unleashes a big counter combination but Kamarad bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamanaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kamarad.
Kamarad throws a big counter combination but Yamanaka scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Yamanaka moves away from the strike by Kamarad.
Yamanaka throws out a counter right but Kamarad avoids it with no problem.
Kamarad throws a looping overhand right but Yamanaka ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamarad misses with a hook. Yamanaka ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Yamanaka.
Yamanaka misses with a few strikes there.
Yamanaka avoids the body shot from Kamarad.
Kamarad throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamanaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kamarad misses with a hook.
Yamanaka shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kamarad eats them both and turns towards Yamanaka to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kamarad slips under a jab.
Kamarad throws a lazy uppercut
and Yamanaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamanaka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kamarad momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamarad takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamarad dodges the punch combination from Yamanaka.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kamarad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Drago Kamarad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamanaka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kamarad finds it's way round the side to connect with Yamanaka's head.
Kamarad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamanaka.
Kamarad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamanaka.
Kamarad walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamarad throws a left and a right that both miss
and Yamanaka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamanaka lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kamarad swings widly with a right hand
and Yamanaka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Yamanaka!
Yamanaka scores with a kick to the body.
Yamanaka slips a jab from Kamarad.
Kamarad looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kamarad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Yamanaka does it's job there.
Yamanaka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamarad will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kamarad drops his hands momentarily and Yamanaka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yamanaka looks to land a right hand but Kamarad moved out of range.
Yamanaka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kamarad to score with a decent uppercut.
Yamanaka throws a series of strikes that have Kamarad backpedaling.
Drago Kamarad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kamarad swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yamanaka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kamarad swings widly with a right hand
and Yamanaka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamanaka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kamarad on the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jojiro Yamanaka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yamanaka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jojiro Yamanaka!
Jojiro Yamanaka decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou The Tooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Tooth has chosen window shopper 50cent as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21
270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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276 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent 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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Condit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lou The Tooth!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Tooth's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Condit connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Tooth scrambles back to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Condit.
Condit lands a nice shot that snaps The Tooth's head back.
Condit cracks a nice hook into The Tooth's ribs.
Condit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Condit. Those never looked like landing.
Condit is looking to clinch but The Tooth is avoiding it.
The Tooth wants to counter the offense by Condit and move into the clinch position.
Condit misses with a few strikes there.
Condit throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Tooth counters by moving into the clinch.
The Tooth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Tooth slows down the pace here.
Condit blocks an elbow strike from The Tooth.
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!
The Tooth keeps control of Condit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Condit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Condit blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit tries to land knees in the clinch but The Tooth avoids the damage to the body.
Condit manages to break the clinch.
Condit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Condit swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Condit moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A punch combination from Condit misses.
Condit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Tooth circles away quickly and effectively.
The Tooth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Condit.
The Tooth feints a counter leg kick.
Condit lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Lou The Tooth has been cut.
Condit misses with a looping right.
The Tooth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
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!
Condit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Tooth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Condit wants to slow The Tooth down by chopping away at his legs.
Condit clinches up with The Tooth and pushes him back against the cage.
Condit wants to break free but The Tooth has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Tooth breaks from the clinch.
Condit comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Condit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Tooth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Tooth takes the fight into the clinch.
Condit lands with a light punch inside.
Condit missing with knees to the body.
Condit wants to get back to striking at distance but The Tooth won't allow it.
The Tooth trying to land knees to the body.
Condit tries to break the clinch but The Tooth is controlling the position.
The Tooth blocks an uppercut.
Condit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Condit missing with knees to the body.
Condit misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Tooth trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit working hard to break the clinch.
Condit is trying to push The Tooth away but The Tooth has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Tooth trying to land knees to the body.
The Tooth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Condit.
Condit is trying to break free.
The Tooth stalling against the cage.
The Tooth blocking some punches.
Condit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Tooth.
Condit tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Condit misses with a punch on the inside.
Condit tries to break the clinch but The Tooth is controlling the position.
The Tooth tries to land knees in the clinch but Condit avoids the damage to the body.
The Tooth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Condit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Tooth throws an elbow that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on The Tooth - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Tooth.
Condit being controlled against the cage.
The Tooth breaks the clinch.
The Tooth walks into a jab.
Condit thows a left - swing and a miss!
Condit looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Condit connects with a crisp jab.
Condit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Condit connects with the punch.
Good work by The Tooth as he checks the leg kick.
Carlos Condit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Tooth tries to clinch but Condit moves out of range.
Condit tries to counter with a takedown but The Tooth is quick to defend against it.
Condit loads up on a big right hand but The Tooth slips the punch.
The Tooth only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Condit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lou The Tooth'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.
Condit throws a lazy right hand but The Tooth sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Condit throws a right and a left that The Tooth avoids nicely.
The Tooth instigates a clinch.
Condit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Condit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Tooth blocks a body shot from Condit.
Condit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Tooth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Tooth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Condit tries to clinch up.
Jab from Condit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Condit misses.
Condit lands a really nice looking cross but The Tooth seems unphased.
Condit throws a chopping leg kick but The Tooth manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Carlos Condit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Tooth moves into range and clinches up with Condit.
The Tooth tries a body shot but Condit blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Tooth managing to block the knees to the body from Condit.
Condit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Tooth avoids the elbow strike from Condit, against the cage.
Condit trying to land knees to the body.
Condit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Tooth trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Condit.
Condit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Condit scores with a shoulder strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from The Tooth in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Condit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Tooth controlling the action here for a moment.
Condit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carlos Condit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Tooth misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit with a knee to the head.
The Tooth avoids the elbow strike from Condit, against the cage.
Condit prevents a body shot from The Tooth.
Condit tries to circle away but The Tooth has him pinned against the cage.
The Tooth lands an elbow inside that Condit shrugs off.
It looks like Carlos Condit has been cut.
The Tooth throws a punch but it's blocked by Condit.
Nice elbow from The Tooth.
Condit tries to circle away but The Tooth has him pinned against the cage.
The Tooth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Tooth leaning against his opponent.
The Tooth keeps control of Condit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Condit working aggressively here.
The Tooth misses with the head strike.
The Tooth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carlos Condit's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Condit working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Tooth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
The Tooth dodges an elbow strike from Condit.
Condit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Tooth can do to turn this around?
Condit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Condit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Condit.
Condit throws a leg kick but The Tooth checks it.
Condit drops The Tooth with a beautiful combination! The Tooth stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Condit is looking for the KO!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Tooth slips under a jab from Condit.
The Tooth wants to counter the offense by Condit and move into the clinch position.
Condit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Tooth is out of range.
The Tooth circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Tooth takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Condit doesn't manage to clinch there - The Tooth circles away.
Condit throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Tooth counters with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Condit misses.
Condit tries to bum rush The Tooth with a series of wild strikes but The Tooth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Condit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Tooth was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Condit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Condit tries to clinch up.
The Tooth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Tooth walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Condit moves in looking to clinch but The Tooth pushes him off.
Condit moves into the clinch successfully.
Condit wants to get back to striking at distance but The Tooth won't allow it.
Condit being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Tooth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Condit dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The Tooth takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Carlos Condit is winning the standup battle so far.
Condit instigates a clinch.
The Tooth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Condit is looking to chop away at The Tooth's legs.
Condit sets himself, and The Tooth steps forward looking for the clinch! Condit avoids it this time.
Nice cross by Condit.
The Tooth slips a jab from Condit.
The Tooth wants to counter with a clinch but Condit pushes him away.
Condit moves in looking to clinch but The Tooth pushes him off.
The Tooth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Condit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tooth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Tooth steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Condit.
Condit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Tooth circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tooth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Tooth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Tooth needs to keep his hands up - Condit had a free shot at his head there.
No joy there for Condit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Condit is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Tooth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Tooth takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Condit swings widly with a right hand
and The Tooth counters with a good low kick that Condit was not able to check.
The Tooth clinches with his opponent.
The Tooth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carlos Condit's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Tooth.
Condit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Condit throws a punch but it's blocked by The Tooth.
The Tooth keeps control of Condit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Tooth unloads a knee to the mid-section. Condit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Tooth keeps control of Condit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Tooth keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Condit's efforts to push away.
The Tooth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Tooth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Tooth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by The Tooth.
Condit fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Tooth pushes Condit up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Condit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Tooth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Condit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lou The Tooth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Tooth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Tooth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Tooth avoiding damage.
A nice left hand lands by Condit.
The Tooth prevents Condit from breaking the clinch.
The Tooth blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Tooth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Condit tries to land a knee to the head but The Tooth blocks with his arms.
Condit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Tooth has him pressed against the cage.
Condit wants to break free but The Tooth has control.
The Tooth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Tooth drives through and clinches with Condit against the cage.
The Tooth misses with the head strike.
Condit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Condit avoiding damage as The Tooth throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Condit.
Condit is trying to break free.
Condit is trying to break free.
Condit tries to break the clinch but The Tooth is controlling the position.
The Tooth stalling the fight.
Condit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Tooth's defenses.
Condit dodges an elbow strike from The Tooth.
The Tooth trying to land knees to the body.
Condit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Condit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Tooth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeez, Carlos Condit's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Condit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Condit tries a body shot but The Tooth blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Condit throws an elbow but misses.
The Tooth taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Condit fails to land.
Condit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Tooth misses with some punches.
The Tooth throws an elbow that misses.
Carlos Condit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Condit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lou The Tooth.
I think Condit has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Condit!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Legstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavius Odoacer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Odoacer has chosen Entrance of the Gladiator as his entrance music. 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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23
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lance Legstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Flavius Odoacer!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Odoacer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Legstrong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Legstrong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Odoacer.
Legstrong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Odoacer.
Odoacer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Legstrong.
Legstrong fails to land the takedown.
Legstrong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Odoacer.
Odoacer throws a jab but it's blocked by Legstrong.
Legstrong bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Odoacer is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Odoacer is looking for a sweep. Legstrong is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Legstrong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Odoacer keeps working.
Odoacer tries to get to full guard but Legstrong has control of the leg.
Legstrong is keen to just control but Odoacer is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odoacer is trying to maintain the position but Legstrong is very close to passing his half guard.
Legstrong seems to be looking for submissions.
Odoacer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Odoacer keeping hold of Legstrong's head, controlling as best he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Odoacer moves into full guard.
Odoacer trying to keep a closed guard but Legstrong is proving a slippery customer.
Legstrong wants to control from the top but Odoacer keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Odoacer cracks Legstrong with a right hand to the side of the head.
Legstrong fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Odoacer avoids it really well and circles away.
Legstrong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Odoacer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Odoacer gets caught napping as Legstrong dives in and scores a takedown. Odoacer manages to retain guard.
Legstrong wants to pass the guard but Odoacer is keeping the position.
Legstrong trying to control but Odoacer is working from the bottom.
Legstrong looking to pass the guard.
Odoacer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Odoacer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Legstrong postures up.
Legstrong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong trying to control the position from guard on top but Odoacer 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.
Odoacer lands a jab.
The fighters circling - Legstrong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Legstrong shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Legstrong showed some decent athleticism there.
Odoacer is concentrating on defense, preventing Legstrong from advancing position.
Odoacer wants to control but Legstrong is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Odoacer has his hands clasped together around Legstrong's back. He's all about the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Odoacer trying to control from the bottom.
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 Lance Legstrong 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.
Legstrong throws a looping overhand right but Odoacer ducks down to avoid it.
Legstrong fails with the takedown.
Odoacer throws a lazy right hand but Legstrong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Legstrong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Legstrong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Legstrong attempts a counter takedown but Odoacer avoids it well and moves away.
Odoacer scores with a nice right hand.
Legstrong shoots in for a takedown but Odoacer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Odoacer throws out a counter right but Legstrong avoids it with no problem.
Odoacer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Odoacer misses with a series of wild punches.
Odoacer misses with a wild combination.
Legstrong connects with a crisp jab.
Odoacer tries to clinch but Legstrong is having none of it.
Legstrong shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Odoacer pinned against the cage. Odoacer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Legstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legstrong dives in and grabs Odoacer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Odoacer pushes down on Legstrong's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odoacer scores with a jab.
Legstrong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Legstrong is trying hard to land a takedown here. Odoacer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Odoacer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Legstrong appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Odoacer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Legstrong.
Lance Legstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legstrong takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big left from Odoacer misses.
Legstrong fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Odoacer misses with a hook.
Legstrong shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Odoacer manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Odoacer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Legstrong seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Odoacer is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Odoacer controls Legstrong momentarily but Legstrong frees himself.
Odoacer wants to sweep here but Legstrong controlling him for the moment.
Legstrong wants to control from the top but Odoacer keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Odoacer is trying to keep Legstrong in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong moves away from the strike by Odoacer.
Odoacer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Odoacer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Legstrong.
Odoacer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Legstrong.
Odoacer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice uppercut there from Legstrong.
Legstrong takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Odoacer 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.
Odoacer lands a body shot.
Odoacer throws a series of punches but Legstrong avoids them all with ease.
Odoacer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Legstrong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Odoacer counters with a three punch combo that has Legstrong backing up. Legstrong nods at Odoacer to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Odoacer swinging wildly here.
Legstrong shoots for a takedown but Odoacer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Legstrong closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Odoacer did well to prevent Legstrong getting side control.
Odoacer is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Legstrong jumps into side control!
Legstrong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Odoacer keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odoacer wants to control but Legstrong postures up.
Lance Legstrong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Odoacer is trying to get back to half guard.
Legstrong wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Odoacer, who protects the arm well.
Odoacer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flavius Odoacer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Legstrong with a nice cross.
Odoacer stuffs the takedown attempt from Legstrong. Legstrong gets slowly back to his feet.
Legstrong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Legstrong there as he acknowledges the shot.
Legstrong fails with the takedown.
Odoacer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Legstrong will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Legstrong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Odoacer slaps away a takedown attempt from Legstrong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legstrong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Legstrong misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Odoacer to counter with a crisp jab.
Legstrong is rocked!
Odoacer fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Legstrong square on the jaw! Damn, Legstrong is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Flavius Odoacer!
A very excited looking Flavius Odoacer 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Niten Dōraku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Kamenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dōraku comes to the cage accompanied by Ides Of Light - Jucifer. Kamenov has chosen Korn - Hey Daddy as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Niten Dōraku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Kamenov!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dōraku lands with a straight right. Kamenov didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Aleksandar Kamenov has been cut.
Kamenov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Niten Dōraku has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Kamenov.
Dōraku misses with a body kick.
Aleksandar Kamenov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kamenov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kamenov misses with a looping right.
Dōraku tries to close the distance and clinch but Kamenov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Kamenov's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kamenov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dōraku looks to throw the jab but Kamenov is out of range.
Kamenov delivers a nice body kick.
Dōraku lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kamenov throws a poor cross that misses
and Dōraku counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Dōraku there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kamenov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kamenov scoring well with a low kick there.
Kamenov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dōraku if he has to take too many more of those.
Dōraku has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kamenov finds it's way round the side to connect with Dōraku's head.
Kamenov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Kamenov.
Kamenov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kamenov cracks Dōraku with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kamenov lands a jab to the nose.
Dōraku swings for the body but Kamenov moves out of range.
Kamenov connects with a right hand. Dōraku shakes it off.
Dōraku avoids the head kick by Kamenov.
Dōraku slips under a jab.
Dōraku thumps Kamenov with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamenov misses with a body shot
and Dōraku counters by moving into the clinch.
Kamenov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dōraku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dōraku is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kamenov struggles to land a body shot inside as Dōraku controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Kamenov.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dōraku creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dōraku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dōraku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Kamenov - that landed with a thud.
Dōraku tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamenov working aggressively here.
Dōraku blocks an uppercut.
Dōraku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kamenov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Kamenov.
Kamenov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dōrakus head.
Kamenov throws a punch but it's blocked by Dōraku.
Dōraku is stalling here.
Kamenov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dōrakus head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dōraku swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dōraku tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kamenov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dōraku is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dōraku has a couple of punches blocked by Kamenov.
Kamenov throws a head punch that misses.
Kamenov tries a body shot but Dōraku blocks it.
Kamenov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dōraku backwards.
Kamenov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dōraku seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kamenov can turn it around.
Dōraku lands a right hand.
Kamenov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dōraku's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kamenov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dōraku fails to land.
Kamenov struggles to land a body shot inside as Dōraku controls his hands.
Kamenov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kamenov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dōraku feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kamenov's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dōraku misses with a straight right.
Dōraku seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kamenov loads up on a big right hand but Dōraku slips the punch.
Dōraku misses with a straight right.
Kamenov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dōraku rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kamenov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dōraku instigates a clinch.
Dōraku pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kamenov lands a shoulder strike.
Dōraku's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dōraku prevents a body shot from Kamenov.
Dōraku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dōraku misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dōraku looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kamenov!
Dōraku is trying to ground and pound but Kamenov uses the momentary lack of control by Dōraku to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Kamenov dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kamenov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch combination from Kamenov misses.
Kamenov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dōraku on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kamenov. Kamenov obviously looking to wear him down.
Good leg kick by Dōraku there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dōraku slips a straight right by Kamenov.
Kamenov misses with a leg kick
and Dōraku counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dōraku is stalling here. Kamenov is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dōraku seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kamenov has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamenov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dōraku keeps working.
Dōraku wants to control but Kamenov postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenov passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dōraku!
Dōraku really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dōraku wants to control but Kamenov is having none of it.
Dōraku keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kamenov looking to control but Dōraku is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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.
Dōraku wants to control but Kamenov is having none of it.
Dōraku gets back to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kamenov in particular looking to stall.
Dōraku is refusing to be controlled, as Kamenov sits in half guard.
Dōraku regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamenov trying to control but Dōraku is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dōraku can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kamenov controls the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dōraku throws a low kick but Kamenov moves out of range easily.
Kamenov counters with a body kick.
Kamenov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kamenov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Aleksandar Kamenov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamenov throws a leg kick which misses Dōraku's front leg but catches the back leg as Dōraku tries to avoid it.
Dōraku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kamenov.
Dōraku throws a wild body kick that Kamenov sees coming a mile off.
Kamenov tries a quick counter leg kick but Dōraku is wise to it.
A big left from Dōraku misses.
Dōraku throws a low kick but Kamenov avoids it.
Kamenov misses the jab.
Kamenov looks to score with a jab to the body but Dōraku is just out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Kamenov. That snapped Dōraku's head back.
Kamenov throws out a loose jab but Dōraku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dōraku is looking to counter punch.
Kamenov loads up on a big right hand but Dōraku slips the punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kamenov connects with a looping right hand.
Niten Dōraku's cut is getting worse.
Kamenov keeps the fight on the outside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dōraku tries to land a front kick but Kamenov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Kamenov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dōraku throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dōraku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kamenov.
Kamenov misses with a body shot.
Crunch! Dōraku slams his shin into Kamenov's torso.
Kamenov lands with a cross.
Dōraku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kamenov misses with a double jab.
Dōraku appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kamenov moves out of range of the body kick.
Kamenov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamenov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kamenov feints and then cracks Dōraku's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dōraku down.
Kamenov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dōraku tries for a takedown but Kamenov circles away easily
and Kamenov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Dōraku misses its intended target.
Dōraku is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice body kick from Kamenov.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dōraku takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kamenov scores with a nice body kick.
Dōraku keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kamenov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kamenov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dōraku's sensitive parts.
Dōraku swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kamenov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kamenov throws out a powerful jab.
Kamenov scores with a jab to the head.
Dōraku is rocked!
Kamenov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Niten Dōraku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aleksandar Kamenov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oh Dōraku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamenov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dōraku in his tracks.
Dōraku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dōraku takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dōraku swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kamenov counters with a huge left! Dōraku is in big trouble! He's backing up but Kamenov isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Dōraku from any more damage. A dominating finish by Kamenov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Kamenov!
After the big win, Aleksandar Kamenov made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
The defeated Niten Dōraku had this to say: 'Thank you for the fight, Jacob. Congrats on the win. Hopefully a rematch once I improve! '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Aurelio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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182 lbs
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Aurelio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aurelio connects with a single shot there.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Aurelio moved out of range nicely.
Henderson throws a right hand that misses
and Aurelio counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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.
Aurelio being controlled here momentarily.
Aurelio throwing strikes but missing.
Aurelio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Aurelio tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henderson trying to control the position.
Aurelio trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is controlling Aurelio's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Aurelio throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson thinks about the counter body kick.
Aurelio throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
Henderson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Aurelio has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Henderson.
Henderson lands a jab to the nose.
Julius Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henderson cracks Aurelio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Henderson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aurelio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Henderson's head backwards.
Henderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aurelio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henderson thuds his shin into the meat of Aurelio's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aurelio moves away.
Aurelio appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Aurelio throws a shot from downtown. Henderson moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aurelio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Henderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Marcelo Aurelio has been cut.
Aurelio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Aurelio is out of range.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Marcelo Aurelio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson jabs Aurelio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Aurelio loads up on a big right hand but Henderson slips the punch.
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aurelio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio throws a series of punches but Henderson moves out of range.
Aurelio fails with a takedown attempt.
Henderson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Aurelio blocks it well.
Aurelio fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Henderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Aurelio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henderson throws a counter combo.
A jab from Aurelio misses.
Nice uppercut there from Aurelio.
Henderson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Aurelio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Aurelio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henderson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henderson. Aurelio does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Aurelio misses its intended target.
Aurelio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aurelio. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aurelio.
No joy there for Aurelio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Henderson, as that shot connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Aurelio.
Aurelio blocks the body kick.
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 Marcelo Aurelio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Aurelio'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.
Aurelio darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Henderson is holding on to half guard well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson gets full guard.
Aurelio tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard.
Henderson has his foot on Aurelio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aurelio works his way back into a safe position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aurelio slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aurelio tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aurelio working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Henderson dodges the ground and pound from Aurelio.
Aurelio trying to control the action but Henderson is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aurelio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aurelio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Henderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henderson is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Henderson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
What's Henderson going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Aurelio postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Henderson some visible discomfort.
Aurelio in side control, throwing shots but Henderson defends.
Henderson felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Henderson is trying to improve his position.
Henderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aurelio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Aurelio trying to control the position but Henderson is working away.
Aurelio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Henderson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Aurelio 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.
Aurelio tries to advance to mount but can't.
Henderson struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio trying to control the action but Henderson is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Aurelio sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Aurelio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aurelio.
Henderson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The crowd cheers as Henderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Aurelio doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Aurelio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Aurelio's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Henderson misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Henderson throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aurelio. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aurelio throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
Aurelio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aurelio misses with a looping right.
Henderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Henderson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henderson wants it to stay on the feet.
Aurelio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Aurelio.
Henderson scores with a spinning back kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henderson keeps Aurelio at a distance using the push kick.
Aurelio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aurelio scores with a nice strike.
Aurelio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Henderson misses with a straight left.
Aurelio half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Aurelio walks forward, straight into a front kick from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Aurelio is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aurelio misses with a combination
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Julius Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aurelio wants to pass to mount but Henderson is defending the position.
Aurelio seems to be looking for submissions.
Henderson tries to get to full guard but Aurelio has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henderson is looking to control Aurelio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Henderson avoid being mounted?
Henderson is concentrating on defense, preventing Aurelio from advancing position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Henderson is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Aurelio has latched onto it... Big trouble! Aurelio pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Henderson is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Aurelio!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcelo Aurelio!
Marcelo Aurelio decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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