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CCF 198: Muntz vs. Crowe PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lyle Willems (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Volk Kruth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Volk Kruth is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lyle Willems!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Volk Kruth!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've been informed that Kruth 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.
Kruth throws a front kick aimed at Willems's knee but Willems avoids it well.
Kruth slips a jab and a cross from Willems.
Willems throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Willems bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Willems misses with an uppercut. Kruth saw that one coming.
Kruth has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Willems.
Kruth looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kruth connects with a leg kick. Willems looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kruth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Willems.
Kruth lands a head kick. Willems smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Lyle Willems has been cut.
Kruth dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willems. That did some damage!
Willems fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kruth is out of range.
Willems is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Kruth finds it's way through Willems's defenses.
Willems is rocked!
Good leg kick by Kruth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oh Willems is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kruth is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Willems flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Willems is out cold! Kruth holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Volk Kruth!
Our winner, Volk Kruth, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Glen Quagmire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vann Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vann Knight acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Glen Quagmire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vann Knight!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quagmire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
Quagmire clinches up with Knight and pushes him back against the cage.
Quagmire missing with knees to the body.
Quagmire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Quagmire lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knight is trying to force a seperation but Quagmire has the dominant position.
Quagmire tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Knight avoiding damage as Quagmire throws knees to the body.
Quagmire dodges an elbow strike from Knight.
A knee to the head by Quagmire.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Quagmire tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quagmire misses with a knee strike.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Quagmire.
Quagmire lands a nice uppercut.
Knight has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Quagmire seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Knight can turn it around.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quagmire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Quagmire.
Knight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quagmire misses with a knee to the head.
Quagmire blocks an elbow strike from Knight.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight scores with a shot to the side of Quagmire's head.
Quagmire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quagmire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Quagmire tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Knight manages to break the clinch.
Quagmire moves into the clinch successfully.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quagmire throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quagmire trying to land knees to the body.
Knight manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Knight tenderised Quagmire's leg. Quagmire is trying to keep his angry face on.
Knight scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight throws a series of punches but Quagmire avoids them all with ease.
Knight misses with a low kick.
Knight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quagmire throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Quagmire looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick
and Quagmire counters with an inside leg kick.
Quagmire throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Knight throws a body punch but Quagmire moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quagmire lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Knight has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Knight and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Both fighters circling a little - Quagmire finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Quagmire throws a wild body kick that Knight sees coming a mile off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quagmire connects with a jab.
Quagmire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quagmire.
Knight moves out of range as Quagmire throws a body kick.
Knight appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Glen Quagmire has been cut.
Knight lands a really nice looking cross but Quagmire seems unphased.
Knight thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quagmire lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knight's sensitive parts.
Quagmire doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quagmire.
Quagmire avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knight throws a low kick but Quagmire avoids it.
Quagmire was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Left hook, right uppercut from Knight.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Quagmire takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quagmire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Quagmire walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
An inside leg kick from Quagmire misses.
Knight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Quagmire moves out of range easily.
Quagmire keeps Knight at a distance using the push kick.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Quagmire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left lands for Quagmire.
Quagmire takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Quagmire lunges at Knight with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Knight's hand.
Quagmire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Quagmire is out of range and Knight settles back down.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Quagmire circles away.
Quagmire looks to land a body kick but Knight moved away.
Knight connects with an inside leg 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 Glen Quagmire will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glen Quagmire'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.
Quagmire dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knight. That did some damage!
Knight fakes the leg kick and cracks Quagmire in the body.
Knight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quagmire throws a looping overhand right but Knight ducks down to avoid it.
Quagmire throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Knight takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quagmire doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quagmire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knight doesn't seem bothered though.
Knight fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Quagmire checks it well.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Knight lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quagmire has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quagmire and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vann Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight lands with a kick to the temple. Quagmire shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Knight throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight is looking to chop away at Quagmire's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quagmire blocks a head kick by Knight.
Some bone on bone action there as Quagmire checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Quagmire lands an overhand right.
Quagmire tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Quagmire blocks the low kick.
Knight scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quagmire gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quagmire pushes Knight away with a front kick.
Knight takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That kick from Quagmire tenderised Knight's leg. Knight is trying to keep his angry face on.
Quagmire swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight tries to land a leg kick but Quagmire saw it coming and moves away.
Knight works Quagmire's body with a nice hook.
Knight slips a jab from Quagmire.
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!
Quagmire throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quagmire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quagmire throws a leg kick but Knight moved away.
Knight staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire lands a right hook to the body.
Quagmire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quagmire tries to clinch
and Knight counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quagmire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quagmire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knight can pounce on him.
No joy there for Quagmire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quagmire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quagmire misses with a head kick.
Quagmire steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knight. That one must have hurt.
Knight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knight throws a low kick but Quagmire avoids it.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Knight avoids the head kick by Quagmire.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knight.
Knight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Knight.
Quagmire scores with a jab. Knight acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knight lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quagmire's sensitive parts.
Knight finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Quagmire misses with a straight right.
Knight misses with a right hand
and Quagmire counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knight gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Knight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Quagmire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knight throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Quagmires head.
Quagmire landing knees to the head.
It looks like Vann Knight has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight throws an elbow that misses.
Knight throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Quagmire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Quagmire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
Knight creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Quagmire misses with a knee to the head.
Knight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quagmire throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Quagmire moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Quagmire is looking to chop away at Knight's legs.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knight cracks the inside of Quagmire's front leg.
Quagmire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quagmire throws a push kick but Knight slaps the foot to one side.
Quagmire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quagmire.
Knight with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quagmire throws a jab when Knight was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Glen Quagmire will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Knight lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knight connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Quagmire momentarily.
Quagmire motions for Knight to come forward. Quagmire throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knight does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Quagmire went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Knight with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quagmire throws a leg kick which misses Knight's front leg but catches the back leg as Knight tries to avoid it.
A lazy left from Quagmire finds it's target.
Quagmire misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Quagmire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quagmire throws the kick towards the body but Knight avoids it.
Quagmire moves out of range as Knight strikes.
Quagmire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Quagmire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quagmire rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knight counters with a low kick, right behind Quagmire 's knee.
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!
Knight on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Quagmire. Quagmire obviously looking to wear him down.
A clash of legs there as Quagmire blocks the low kick.
A good leg kick by Knight.
Quagmire tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quagmire was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quagmire. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quagmire just misses with a punch to the body.
Knight is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Quagmire is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knight lands a head shot.
Knight defending well as Quagmire loads up on a big left hand.
Quagmire throws a half hearted mid kick.
Quagmire misses with a low kick.
Quagmire blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight lands a leg kick that knocks Quagmire off balance momentarily.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight lands with a nice body punch.
Knight misses with a low kick.
Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Quagmire throws a solid leg kick but Knight takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Quagmire.
Knight now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Quagmire as he checks the leg kick.
Knight will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Some bone on bone action there as Knight checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A lazy body kick from Knight
and Quagmire counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quagmire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight flicks out a counter leg kick but Quagmire steps away.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quagmire. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quagmire swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knight moves away from the strike by Quagmire.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
Quagmire tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Quagmire on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quagmire is looking to clinch.
Knight throws a counter combo.
Quagmire is looking to clinch but Knight is avoiding it.
Knight is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Quagmire with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quagmire.
Knight is looking to chop away at Quagmire's legs.
Quagmire checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quagmire blocks a leg kick.
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quagmire. That did some damage!
Knight throws a chopping leg kick but Quagmire manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quagmire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quagmire.
Quagmire moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.
Quagmire closes the distance and pushes Knight back into the cage.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Quagmire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quagmire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quagmire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Quagmire landing knees to the body.
Knight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knight breaks the clinch.
Knight avoids the head kick by Quagmire.
Quagmire misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quagmire misses with a body kick.
Quagmire tries a low kick but Knight avoids it.
Knight tries a quick counter leg kick but Quagmire is wise to it.
Quagmire tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Quagmire avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knight scores with a jab to the head.
Knight cracks Quagmire with an open hand slap.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vann Knight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Quagmire 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Vann Knight!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Vann Knight!
Vann Knight wins by majority decision!
Vann Knight spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cosmo Oarsman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Lucania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucania is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Murder Inc. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cosmo Oarsman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Salvatore Lucania!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucania takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lucania's corner calls for a 1-2. Lucania obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lucania takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lucania 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.
Lucania with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oarsman to score with a decent uppercut.
Oarsman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Death Valley Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Lucania keeps the fight on the outside.
Lucania tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Oarsman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lucania. Lucania circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lucania fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lucania moves out of range of the strikes.
Oarsman is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lucania takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lucania lands a lovely overhand right.
Lucania on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Oarsman. Oarsman obviously looking to wear him down.
Lucania tries to score with a low kick but Oarsman moves his leg out of the way.
Oarsman throws a head kick that misses.
Oarsman throws a hook to the side of Lucania's head but Lucania sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lucania crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Oarsman - the referee stops the clock and Lucania gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Oarsman. Lucania manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lucania scores with a punch to the head.
Lucania throws a front kick aimed at Oarsman's knee but Oarsman avoids it well.
Cosmo Oarsman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lucania avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oarsman drives through and clinches with Lucania against the cage.
Oarsman tries to land a knee to the head but Lucania blocks with his arms.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Salvatore Lucania has been cut.
Lucania wants to get back to striking at distance but Oarsman won't allow it.
Oarsman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lucania lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oarsman backwards.
Oarsman misses with a punch to the body.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oarsman lands a good knee to the midsection. Lucania won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oarsman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Oarsman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucania is trying to push Oarsman away but Oarsman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lucania lands an elbow that stopped Oarsman in his tracks for a moment.
Lucania tries to break free but Oarsman pushes him back against the cage.
Lucania blocks an elbow strike from Oarsman.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oarsman throws an elbow but misses.
Oarsman connects with a knee to the head.
Oarsman throws an elbow but it misses.
Lucania misses with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lucania avoiding damage as Oarsman throws knees to the body.
Oarsman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oarsman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lucania lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oarsman throws a punch but it's blocked by Lucania.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lucania cracks Oarsman with a nice body shot.
Lucania wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Oarsman prevents a body shot from Lucania.
A short left from Lucania.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oarsman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lucania's brow.
Lucania's coach down at ~T~ Troid - Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lucania's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lucania managing to block the knees to the body from Oarsman.
Lucania has a couple of punches blocked by Oarsman.
Nice body punch from Oarsman - that landed with a thud.
Lucania tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lucania avoiding damage as Oarsman throws knees to the body.
Oarsman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lucania is defending well for now.
Oarsman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lucania blocks the elbow strike.
Oarsman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lucanias head.
Lucania breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucania swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Oarsman misses its intended target.
Oarsman scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Lucania misses the target.
Oarsman misses with the combination.
Oarsman moves out of range of the body kick from Lucania.
Nice straight punches there by Oarsman. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oarsman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oarsman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oarsman rushes Lucania and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Lucania.
Oarsman gets through Lucania's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oarsman blocks a body shot from Lucania.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oarsman.
Lucania escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lucania throws out a loose jab but Oarsman uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lucania is defended easily by Oarsman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cosmo Oarsman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Salvatore Lucania's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oarsman moves in looking to clinch but Lucania pushes him off.
Lucania throws a head kick that misses.
Lucania avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oarsman is looking to clinch but Lucania is avoiding it.
Cosmo Oarsman is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice shot by Oarsman.
Oarsman tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Oarsman.
Oarsman clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oarsman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lucania wants to break free but Oarsman has control.
Oarsman misses with a knee to the head.
Lucania escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oarsman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania fails with the takedown.
Lucania throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oarsman cracks Lucania with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lucania walks into a straight right hand from Oarsman.
Oarsman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lucania can do to turn this around?
Oarsman doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucania circles away.
And Lucania tries to counter it with a takedown but Oarsman pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lucania throws a head kick that misses
and Oarsman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucania paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lucania changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lucania throws an overhand right that lands on Oarsman's shoulder, as Oarsman tries to avoid the shot.
Cosmo Oarsman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oarsman is looking to clinch.
Oarsman instigates a clinch.
Oarsman blocks an elbow strike.
Lucania using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oarsman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oarsman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lucania has a couple of punches blocked by Oarsman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lucania wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lucania breaks the clinch.
Lucania throws a leg kick but Oarsman checks it.
A head kick misses from Oarsman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oarsman ducks under a wild hook from Lucania.
Lucania loads up on a big right hand but Oarsman slips the punch.
Lucania chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Oarsman can pounce on him.
Oarsman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oarsman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lucania tries a head kick but it misses.
Oarsman wants to clinch.
And Lucania tries to counter it with a takedown but Oarsman pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucania takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oarsman avoids the head kick by Lucania.
Oarsman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lucania pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lucania missing with a left hand there. Oarsman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oarsman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Oarsman throws a right hand that Lucania ducks under and follows up with a left that Lucania also avoids with ease.
Lucania feints the counter takedown.
Oarsman tries to clinch up.
Oarsman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lucania avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lucania swats away the attempt to clinch by Oarsman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman instigates a clinch.
Lucania wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lucania breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lucania is looking to score with low kicks.
Lucania keeps the fight on the outside.
Lucania is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Oarsman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucania swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And Lucania tries to counter it with a takedown but Oarsman pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Oarsman has Lucania up against the cage in a clinch.
Lucania looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lucania blocks a body shot from Oarsman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oarsman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oarsman lands a shoulder strike.
Oarsman pushes off an throws an elbow but Lucania leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lucania just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oarsman's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cosmo Oarsman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Salvatore Lucania'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. This is the final round!
Oarsman tries to clinch there but Lucania circles away.
And Lucania tries to counter it with a takedown but Oarsman pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Oarsman is looking to clinch.
Oarsman is looking to clinch.
Oarsman moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Lucania.
A short right from Lucania on the inside.
Oarsman missing with knees to the body.
Oarsman misses with a punch to the body.
Lucania pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oarsman tries to clinch but Lucania is having none of it.
Oarsman is looking to clinch but Lucania is avoiding it.
Lucania with the counter takedown but Oarsman avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oarsman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oarsman tries to clinch but Lucania moves out of range.
Lucania throws a hook but Oarsman blocks it.
Oarsman fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lucania misses with a straight left.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucania paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Oarsman.
Oarsman tries to clinch up but Lucania circles away and keeps his distance.
Oarsman fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Lucania.
Oarsman doesn't manage to clinch there - Lucania circles away.
Oarsman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lucania changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Oarsman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lucania's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lucania duly obliges.
Lucania misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman tries to clinch but Lucania is having none of it.
Lucania changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Oarsman tries to clinch up.
Oarsman pushes Lucania up against the cage in a clinch.
Lucania has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cosmo Oarsman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oarsman landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oarsman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lucania has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lucania tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lucania is looking to break free of the clinch but Oarsman has double underhooks.
Lucania takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lucania takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lucania manages to break the clinch.
Lucania is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Oarsman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lucania doesn't seem bothered though.
Oarsman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lucania on the side of the head.
Oarsman has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oarsman throws an elbow but misses.
Oarsman pushes off an throws an elbow but Lucania leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Lucania's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lucania breaks from the clinch.
Oarsman is looking to clinch.
Nice cross by Oarsman.
Oarsman moves in looking to clinch but Lucania pushes him off.
Oarsman closes the distance and clinches.
Lucania has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Salvatore Lucania has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice right hand lands inside from Oarsman.
Oarsman lands an elbow inside that Lucania shrugs off.
Lucania breaks from the clinch.
Oarsman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oarsman moves into range and clinches up with Lucania.
Oarsman lands with a right to the head.
Lucania dodges an elbow strike from Oarsman.
Oarsman gets through Lucania's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucania pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucania swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lucania swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oarsman looks for the body kick but Lucania saw that one coming.
Cosmo Oarsman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oarsman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lucania swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oarsman moves in looking to clinch but Lucania pushes him off.
Lucania takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oarsman swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oarsman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Oarsman.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cosmo Oarsman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oarsman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Cosmo Oarsman!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Cosmo Oarsman!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Cosmo Oarsman!
Cosmo Oarsman wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Cosmo Oarsman thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigory Gukepshev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gukepshev might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Iron Man. Clay Thomas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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275 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grigory Gukepshev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clay Thomas!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gukepshev dips to his left and cracks Thomas with an uppercut!
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Gukepshev misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming.
Thomas backs away from a small jab... but Gukepshev lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Thomas crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Gukepshev with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Grigory Gukepshev!
A very excited looking Grigory Gukepshev 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Knut Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Nickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flybanger - Cavalry. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Knut Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johan Nickson!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ysengrin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nickson scrambles back to his feet.
Nickson wants to slow Ysengrin down by chopping away at his legs.
Nickson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johan Nickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nickson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ysengrin counters with a stiff right hand.
Nickson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ysengrin rushes Nickson and presses him up against the cage.
Nickson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nickson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nickson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ysengrin is out of range.
Nickson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nickson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Knut Ysengrin has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ysengrin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nickson is out of range and Ysengrin settles back down.
Nickson misses with a few strikes there.
Ysengrin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ysengrin lands with an uppercut that bounces Nickson off the cage and back into range.
Ysengrin misses the jab.
Nickson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nickson slips under a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Nickson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Nickson. Those never looked like landing.
Oooooh!!! Nickson has knocked Ysengrin down with a huge combo! Nickson steps away and waves a wobbly Ysengrin back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ysengrin is rocked!
Ysengrin walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Ysengrin limp body while Nickson jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johan Nickson!
Johan Nickson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes into the arena with The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julian Knight!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight gets the takedown into side control.
Crowe is trying to improve his position.
Crowe might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Knight looks up at the clock and then as Crowe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Knight smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Knight throws a strike aimed at the side of Crowe's head but Crowe avoids it well.
Crowe tries to bench press Knight off him but Knight keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crowe manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Knight tries to get to full guard but Crowe has control of the leg.
Crowe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Knight is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Knight with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Crowe wants to control but Knight is keeping him busy.
Crowe throwing shots but Knight is blocking nicely.
Crowe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knight defending well though.
Knight wants to get back to full guard.
Knight wants to control but Crowe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crowe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knight manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crowe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knight has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crowe has managed to get both his arms back between Knight's legs - danger averted.
Crowe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Crowe is in close to Knight's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Crowe is looking to work some ground and pound but Knight has wrist control.
Crowe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knight has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crowe has managed to get both his arms back between Knight's legs - danger averted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Crowe has picked Knight up and slammed him! Knight can't keep hold of the triangle and Crowe manages to pass to side control!
Crowe is putting a hurting on Knight here, landing some big shots from side control.
Crowe trying to control the position but Knight is working away.
Crowe in side control lands a decent elbow.
Knight is looking to reverse the position.
Knight gets back to half guard.
Crowe lands strikes from half guard.
Crowe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Knight wants to get back to full guard.
Knight works his way to full guard. Good work.
Knight is looking for a triangle but Crowe pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Crowe from controlling successfully.
Crowe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Crowe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Crowe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knight is keeping the position for now.
Crowe trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knight is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Crowe is aware though and is defending well.
Knight escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Crowe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crowe's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Crowe trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knight has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crowe has managed to get both his arms back between Knight's legs - danger averted.
Knight is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Crowe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crowe trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crowe won't allow Knight to sweep him here.
Crowe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Knight is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crowe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanton Crowe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Knight blocks a jab.
Crowe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knight.
Crowe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Crowe tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Crowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Knight has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crowe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Crowe.
Crowe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knight tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Crowe on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe presses Knight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crowe has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crowe is pressed up against the cage. Knight has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Crowe down to the mat. Crowe avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Knight misses with a looping left.
Crowe half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jab from Knight.
Crowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Crowe lands a nice shot that snaps Knight's head back.
Crunch! Crowe slams his shin into Knight's torso.
Crowe thows a body kick. Knight tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Knight is breathing heavily.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Crowe connects with a leg kick. Knight looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Knight throws a hook to the side of Crowe's head but Crowe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crowe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knight looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crowe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knight can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Crowe.
Crowe's corner calls for a 1-2. Crowe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Crowe throws a low kick, looking for Knight's leg but Knight calmly moves out of range.
Crowe drops Knight with a straight right hand, right on the button! Crowe follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanton Crowe!
In his post fight interview, Stanton Crowe started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conan Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heffo Klumpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klumpo has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Heffo Klumpo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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29
272 lbs
21 - 10 - 0 |
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281 lbs
32 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conan Drogo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heffo Klumpo!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogo lands a head kick!
It looks like Heffo Klumpo has been cut.
Klumpo throws the left hand but Drogo avoids the punch easily.
Klumpo misses with an uppercut.
Drogo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Klumpo. Klumpo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Drogo looks to throw the jab but Klumpo is out of range.
Klumpo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drogo looks to score with a jab to the body but Klumpo is just out of range.
Drogo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Drogo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cell Block Six in the buildup to the fight.
Klumpo misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drogo. Klumpo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drogo is looking to slow Klumpo down with leg kicks.
Klumpo misses with the body kick
and Drogo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Drogo scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo moves out of range as Klumpo strikes.
Klumpo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Drogo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Drogo tries to free his leg and advance position but Klumpo is retaining full guard.
Klumpo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Klumpo has an active guard here but Drogo has managed to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo prevents Klumpo from improving his position.
Klumpo with the active half guard here but Drogo passes nicely into side control.
Drogo working the body and head with strikes.
Drogo trying to control the position but Klumpo is working away.
Klumpo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Drogo working the ground and pound.
Klumpo is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klumpo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Klumpo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Klumpo looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Drogo working the head and body with strikes.
Klumpo is looking to improve his position.
Drogo 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.
Ground and pound from Drogo.
Drogo moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Klumpo.
Klumpo is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo lands a few punches from side control.
Drogo working the ground and pound.
Drogo cracks Klumpo with a big right hand but Klumpo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Klumpo is trying to get back to half guard.
Drogo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Klumpo to see if he's OK.
Klumpo is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klumpo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Drogo connects with a decent elbow.
Klumpo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Klumpo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Drogo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Klumpo keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Drogo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Klumpo is trying to get back to half guard.
Klumpo is not content to let Drogo control the position.
Drogo staying calm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conan Drogo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heffo Klumpo's cut.
That's time! Drogo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Klumpo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drogo gets a double leg takedown into Klumpo's guard.
Drogo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Klumpo is keeping the position for now.
Klumpo has his foot on Drogo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Drogo works his way back into a safe position though.
Drogo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klumpo can do to turn this around?
Klumpo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Drogo stacks Klumpo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Drogo!
Klumpo tries to buck Drogo off but Drogo is having none of it.
The referee asks Drogo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Drogo prefers to stall for the moment though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klumpo is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drogo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Drogo wants to control but Klumpo is keeping him busy.
Klumpo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Drogo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo grinds an elbow into Klumpo's temple.
Klumpo tries to buck Drogo off but Drogo is having none of it.
Drogo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Drogo scores with a couple of short elbows.
Klumpo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.
Klumpo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Drogo working the ground and pound.
Klumpo is trying to get back to half guard.
Conan Drogo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Klumpo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Drogo winds up and cracks Klumpo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Drogo controlling the action here.
Klumpo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Drogo landing some decent shots from guard.
Klumpo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Drogo is aware though and is defending well.
Drogo content to stall in guard here.
Drogo trying to control but Klumpo is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo landing with the ground and pound.
Drogo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Drogo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Drogo lands a couple of digs.
Klumpo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Drogo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Klumpo throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Drogo escapes and throws Klumpo's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Klumpo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Klumpo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Klumpo.
Drogo misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Klumpo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klumpo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klumpo looks to land a strike but Drogo avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Drogo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Klumpo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Klumpo is looking to work some ground and pound but Drogo has wrist control.
Drogo controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Klumpo is looking to work some ground and pound but Drogo has wrist control.
Klumpo is in close to Drogo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Klumpo throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conan Drogo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Heffo Klumpo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Klumpo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drogo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drogo works Klumpo's body with a nice hook.
Heffo Klumpo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klumpo is looking to land body kicks.
Drogo scores with a head kick. Klumpo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Drogo moves out of range as Klumpo strikes.
Drogo avoids the body shot from Klumpo.
Heffo Klumpo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drogo scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Drogo.
Drogo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klumpo is staying active underneath Drogo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Drogo is really struggling to control Klumpo but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Klumpo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drogo pulls his head out easily.
Drogo winds up and cracks Klumpo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Klumpo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drogo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klumpo looking for a kimura from the bottom but Drogo passes into side control!
Klumpo is looking for a sweep.
Klumpo keeps trying to improve his position.
Klumpo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Klumpo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Klumpo is rocked!
Drogo landing a few strikes.
Klumpo is still in real trouble! Can Drogo finish him?
Drogo cracks Klumpo with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Drogo immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Klumpo is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Drogo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conan Drogo!
Conan Drogo is the new super heavyweight champion!
Conan Drogo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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36
210 lbs
46 - 13 - 0 |
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32
212 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
46 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah checks a low kick from Narushima.
Narushima slips under a jab.
Narushima throws a series of punches but Judah avoids them all with ease.
Narushima just misses with a punch to the body.
Judah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Narushima comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Judah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Judah! But no joy.
Judah blocks a head kick by Narushima.
A head kick from Narushima lands but Judah takes it in his stride.
It looks like David Judah has been cut.
Judah throws a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Narushima.
Judah pushes Narushima up against the cage in a clinch.
Judah told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah lands with a short shot to the head.
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!
Judah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Narushima blocks an elbow strike.
Judah digs a right hand into Narushima's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Narushima's gas tank.
Narushima has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Narushima throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Narushima dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Narushima tries a body shot but Judah blocks it.
Judah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Judah pushes Narushima back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Narushima breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judah throws a head kick that misses.
Judah lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Narushima thuds a left hand into Judah's body.
Judah checks a leg kick nicely.
Narushima looks to land a body kick but Judah moved away.
Narushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judah moves away.
Judah wants to counter with a clinch but Narushima pushes him away.
Narushima throws a quick inside leg kick.
Judah misses with a few strikes there.
Narushima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Judah.
Narushima walks into a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judah 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.
Narushima scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a head kick but Narushima moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Narushima.
A good leg kick by Narushima.
An inside leg kick from Narushima misses.
Narushima throws a leg kick
and Judah counters with a nice uppercut.
Judah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judah lands a head shot.
Judah on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Narushima lands a nice shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Judah.
Narushima connects with a nice looking jab.
Judah wants to clinch.
Judah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima moves away from the strike by Judah.
Narushima misses with a body shot.
Judah blocks a leg kick.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
Narushima attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Judah lands a body shot.
Narushima is looking to chop away at Judah's legs.
Narushima is looking to wear down Judah with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Narushima misses with an attempted mid kick.
Narushima takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Narushima connects with a solid leg kick.
Narushima scores with a jab to the body.
Narushima scores with a jab to the head.
Narushima lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Narushima throws a push kick but Judah slaps the foot to one side.
Narushima 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.
Judah avoids the body shot from Narushima.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah throws out a counter right but Narushima avoids it with no problem.
Judah digs a good body shot into Narushima's ribs.
Good leg kick by Narushima there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Judah jabs at Narushima's body.
Both fighters circling a little - Narushima finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jab by Narushima.
Judah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narushima manages to avoid it.
Ryo Narushima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narushima changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Judah shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Narushima misses with a left hand
and Judah counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Narushima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Narushima.
Narushima thumps Judah with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Narushima fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.
Judah paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Narushima misses the shot to the body.
Judah throws a hook but Narushima avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Narushima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Judah's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Judah wants to clinch.
Narushima scores with a push kick.
Narushima connects with a body shot that sends Judah's belly button to the back.
Judah moves out of range of the body kick from Narushima.
Judah swings widly with a right hand
and Narushima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Narushima can pounce on him.
Narushima uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Judah. That's going to slow Narushima down.
David Judah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Narushima moves into range and connects with a jab.
Judah is rocked!
Judah lands an overhand right.
Judah is still on wobbly legs! Can Narushima finish him?
Judah misses with a head kick.
It appears Narushima was looking to counter with a kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judah tries to clinch but Narushima moves out of range.
Judah seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima scores with a nice body kick.
Judah is breathing heavily.
Judah checks a leg kick.
Narushima feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judah's calf.
Narushima connects with a solid leg kick.
Narushima throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Narushima is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Judah can do to turn this around?
A chopping leg kick lands by Narushima.
Narushima throws a nice outside leg kick.
Narushima wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Narushima blocks a head kick by Judah.
Narushima is looking to chop away at Judah's legs.
Judah takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ryo Narushima is winning the standup battle so far.
Narushima scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Judah with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Narushima to score with a decent uppercut.
Judah looks up at the clock. Bad move! Narushima lands a right hand from hell, dropping Judah. Narushima pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryo Narushima!
Ryo Narushima is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ryo Narushima thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lester Jangles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arturo Atunes 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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31
194 lbs
24 - 8 - 1 |
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22
190 lbs
14 - 2 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lester Jangles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Atunes. Those never looked like landing.
Jangles avoids the head kick by Atunes.
Jangles just misses with a punch to the body.
Arturo Atunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jangles blocks a low kick nicely.
We've been hearing reports that Jangles has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Jangles looks to land a body kick but Atunes moved away.
Atunes misses with a hook. Jangles ducked under it nicely.
Atunes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jangles closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Atunes to the mat! Atunes manages to get full guard.
Atunes keeping moving, preventing Jangles from controlling successfully.
Jangles makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jangles postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jangles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jangles works over Atunes with some ground and pound from guard.
Atunes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jangles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Atunes is working away from the top position though.
Jangles gets back to full guard.
Jangles is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Atunes is aware though and is defending well.
Atunes is looking to work some ground and pound but Jangles has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atunes trying to control but Jangles is working from the bottom.
Atunes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jangles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Atunes trying to control but Jangles is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jangles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jangles trying to control the position.
Jangles keeping moving, preventing Atunes from controlling successfully.
Atunes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jangles is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Atunes defends well.
Jangles keeping moving, preventing Atunes from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jangles is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Atunes won't allow Jangles to sweep him here.
Atunes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jangles is keeping the position for now.
Jangles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Atunes thuds his shin into the meat of Jangles's side.
Atunes moves out of range as Jangles strikes.
Atunes looks to land a combination but Jangles avoids it well.
Jangles misses with a hook. Atunes ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Atunes! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jangles has time to react.
Atunes scores with a nice head shot.
Atunes misses with a hook.
Jangles shoots in looking for a takedown. Atunes tries to sprawl out of it but Jangles keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Atunes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Atunes scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Lester Jangles has been cut.
Atunes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jangles misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jangles walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jangles.
Jangles thuds a left hand into Atunes's body.
Atunes tries a head kick but it misses.
Jangles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arturo Atunes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lester Jangles's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jangles throws the kick towards the body but Atunes avoids it.
Jangles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Atunes sprawls well. Atunes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jangles gets slowly back to his feet.
Atunes avoids a kick to the body.
Atunes is looking to chop away at Jangles's legs.
Jangles connects with an inside leg kick.
Jangles drops his hands momentarily and Atunes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jangles misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Atunes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Atunes lands a head kick!
Arturo Atunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jangles is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Atunes moves in looking to clinch but Jangles pushes him off.
Jab, jab by Atunes - just one landing.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Jangles.
It seemed like Atunes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Atunes looks to land a left hand but Jangles moved out of range nicely.
Jangles tries to counter with a takedown but Atunes is quick to defend against it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes scores with a head kick.
Jangles misses with a low kick.
Jangles misses with a head kick.
Atunes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Atunes works Jangles's body with a nice hook.
Jangles takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jangles misses with a low kick.
Jangles looks to land a body kick but Atunes moved away.
Atunes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Atunes lands a jab-cross combination.
Jangles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Some wild striking there from Atunes.
Jangles moves out of range of the body kick.
Atunes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jangles lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jangles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Atunes's hands.
Jangles closes the distance and clinches up with Atunes, looking for a takedown. Jangles pushes Atunes against the cage but Atunes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jangles doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Atunes counters with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lester Jangles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atunes throws a body punch but Jangles moves out of range.
Atunes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jangles. That one must have hurt.
Atunes connects with a jab.
Atunes tries to land a leg kick but Jangles saw it coming and moves away.
Atunes connects with a right hand. Jangles shakes it off.
Both fighters circling a little - Atunes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jangles walks into a left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Atunes.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Jangles.
Atunes tries to clinch but Jangles moves out of range.
Atunes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jangles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Atunes at a distance.
Atunes dips to his left and cracks Jangles with an uppercut!
Atunes moves out of range of the leg kick from Jangles.
Atunes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Atunes misses.
Atunes scores with a sloppy right hand. Jangles should have avoided that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jangles.
Atunes jabs Jangles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jangles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
Jangles closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jangles misses with an attempted mid kick.
Atunes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Atunes scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Atunes.
Jangles is looking to score with low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes digs a good hook to Jangles's body.
Atunes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jangles misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Atunes is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jangles takes a swing at Atunes's ribcage but misses.
Atunes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A lazy left from Atunes finds it's target.
Jangles lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Atunes, as that shot connected.
Atunes tries to clinch but Jangles moves away
and Jangles counters with a nice body kick.
Atunes is breathing heavily.
Atunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jangles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jangles connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Arturo Atunes has been cut.
Jangles scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Atunes misses its intended target.
A big left from Jangles misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Atunes blocks the leg kick.
Jangles avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Atunes 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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Atunes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Atunes tries to move into range but Jangles moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Atunes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jangles is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jangles goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Atunes misses the target.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jangles.
Atunes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Atunes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jangles throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atunes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Jangles needs to keep his hands up - Atunes had a free shot at his head there.
Jangles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Atunes digs a good hook to Jangles's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jangles takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jangles moves out of range of the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Atunes.
Atunes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Atunes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jangles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Atunes has Jangles up against the cage in a clinch.
Jangles working aggressively here.
Jangles is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Atunes is defending well.
Jangles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jangles struggles to land a body shot inside as Atunes controls his hands.
Jangles lands with a light punch inside.
Atunes lands with a short shot to the head.
Atunes looking to slow down the pace here.
Jangles throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes presses Jangles against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Atunes lands with a short shot to the head.
Atunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jangles's efforts to push away.
Atunes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jangles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Atunes swings wildly with an uppercut but Jangles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atunes lands an uppercut.
Atunes prevents a body shot from Jangles.
A right hand to the body from Atunes.
Jangles working aggressively here.
Atunes lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Jangles fails to land.
Jangles presses Atunes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Atunes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arturo Atunes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jangles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jangles scores with a shot to the side of Atunes's head.
Jangles tries to throw a body punch but Atunes avoids it by throwing Jangles back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes looking to slow down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jangles.
A hook to the body from Atunes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Atunes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jangles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jangles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jangles misses with the head strike.
Atunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atunes blocking some punches.
Atunes misses with some punches.
Atunes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Atunes throws a head punch that misses.
Atunes has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jangles seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Atunes can turn it around.
Nice body punch from Atunes.
Atunes lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Atunes.
Atunes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jangles avoids it.
Atunes cracks Jangles with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jangles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atunes effectively controlling the action here.
Jangles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Atunes - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atunes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atunes lands with a light punch inside.
Jangles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atunes taking a breather.
Atunes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jangles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jangles blocks an uppercut.
Jangles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jangles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Atunes motions for Jangles to come forward. Atunes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Atunes gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Jangles counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Atunes!
Jangles working the head with strikes.
Atunes is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Atunes really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Jangles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Atunes misses with a low kick as Jangles jumps back.
Atunes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jangles looks to land a body kick but Atunes moved away.
Atunes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jangles misses with a body kick.
That kick from Atunes tenderised Jangles's leg. Jangles is trying to keep his angry face on.
Atunes tries to bum rush Jangles with a series of wild strikes but Jangles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jangles tries to land a body kick
and Atunes counters with a straight right hand.
Atunes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jangles connects with a body shot that sends Atunes's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jangles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Atunes.
Jangles swings for the body but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jangles throws a hook but Atunes blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jangles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atunes.
Jangles throws a shot to the body.
Atunes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jangles dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Atunes. That did some damage!
Atunes throws a hook to the side of Jangles's head but Jangles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Atunes tries to close the distance and clinch but Jangles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jangles moves forwards but Atunes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Atunes cracks Jangles with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Atunes throws a body punch but Jangles moves out of range.
Jangles moves out of range as Atunes strikes.
Jangles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atunes manages to avoid it.
Atunes misses with a straight left.
Atunes misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jangles misses with an uppercut. Atunes saw that one coming.
Atunes shapes to counter with a head kick.
Jangles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jangles misses with a kick to the body.
Jangles avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Atunes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jangles looks to land a combination but Atunes avoids it well.
Jangles waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atunes.
Jangles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Atunes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jangles has time to react.
A telegraphed right hand from Atunes misses the target.
Jangles appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jangles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jangles throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jangles slips a jab from Atunes.
Atunes connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jangles chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Atunes can pounce on him.
Atunes connects with a jab.
Atunes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jangles.
Atunes lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed right hand from Jangles misses the target.
Jangles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jangles looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Atunes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jangles throws a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Atunes is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jangles is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jangles is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Atunes is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jangles is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Atunes defends well.
Jangles keeping moving, preventing Atunes from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Atunes dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Atunes throws the kick towards the body but Jangles avoids it.
Atunes throws an overhand right that lands on Jangles's shoulder, as Jangles tries to avoid the shot.
Jangles is looking to counter punch.
Atunes lands a really nice looking cross but Jangles seems unphased.
Atunes moves away from the strike by Jangles.
Jangles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Atunes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Atunes lands with an overhand left.
Atunes throws a hook but Jangles blocks it.
Jab, jab by Atunes - just one landing.
A thudding body kick lands there by Atunes!
Atunes wants to slow Jangles down by chopping away at his legs.
Atunes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jangles. That one must have hurt.
Atunes throws a chopping leg kick but Jangles manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
No joy there for Atunes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jangles slips under a jab.
Jangles defending well as Atunes loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Jangles misses the target.
A nice side step and Atunes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice takedown defense from Atunes. No joy for Jangles on that attempt.
Jangles throws a body punch but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes lands with a shot to the body.
Jangles takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Atunes moves out of range of the body kick.
Atunes wants to counter the offense by Jangles and move into the clinch position.
Jangles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Atunes throws a series of strikes that have Jangles backpedaling.
Atunes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A clash of legs there as Jangles blocks the low kick.
Jangles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jangles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Atunes moves away.
Jangles blocks a head kick by Atunes.
Lester Jangles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atunes looks to land a body kick but Jangles moved away.
Jangles looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jangles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jangles. Atunes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atunes misses with a body kick.
Well,Jangles is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Jangles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Atunes under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jangles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Atunes as he avoids it easily.
Jangles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Atunes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Atunes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jangles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Atunes sprawls well. Atunes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jangles gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lester Jangles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jangles looks to score with a jab to the body but Atunes is just out of range.
Atunes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jangles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Atunes fakes the leg kick and cracks Jangles in the body.
Jangles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Atunes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Atunes.
Atunes checks the leg kick.
Atunes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jangles. Jangles circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Atunes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jangless jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Atunes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jangles.
A left and a right from Atunes both land. Nice combination.
Atunes connects with a jab.
Jangles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes throws a leg kick but Jangles sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jangles drops down looking for a counter takedown but Atunes sprawls and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atunes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Atunes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jangles's hands.
Jangles stuns Atunes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atunes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jangles tries to counter with a takedown but Atunes is quick to defend against it.
Atunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jangles.
Atunes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good leg kick by Atunes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Arturo Atunes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot lands for Atunes.
Atunes connects with a single shot there.
Atunes has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jangles.
Atunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes feints and then cracks Jangles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jangles down.
Atunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arturo Atunes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Atunes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Arturo Atunes!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Arturo Atunes!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Arturo Atunes!
Arturo Atunes wins by unanimous decision! Arturo Atunes retains his middleweight title!
Arturo Atunes looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Like to thank Keller for the shot, and Rad for having me here. Keller I respect you, you is a great fighter. I thank the Lord Jesus, and the LA fans are awesome.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Muntz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe has chosen Noah Gundersen - Oh Death as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Nelson Muntz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slim Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe just misses with a punch to the body.
Muntz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A thudding body kick lands there by Muntz!
Muntz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crowe misses with a left hand
and Muntz counters with a stiff right hand.
Crowe connects with a nice looking jab.
Crowe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Muntz takes a swing at Crowe's ribcage but misses.
Crowe checks a leg kick.
Crowe staying out of range there.
Muntz lands a head shot.
Crowe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Muntz to score with a decent uppercut.
Muntz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crowe. Crowe obviously looking to wear him down.
Crowe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Muntz will feel that in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muntz was well out of range. Poor timing from Crowe.
Muntz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Crowe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Muntz.
Crowe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Muntz in his tracks.
Muntz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crowe connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Crowe.
Muntz is looking to land body kicks.
Crowe is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Crowe throws a jab but it's blocked by Muntz.
Slim Crowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crowe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muntz manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Muntz. Those never looked like landing.
Muntz throws a right and a left that Crowe avoids nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Muntz blocks the leg kick.
Muntz checks a leg kick.
It looked like Muntz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Muntz swinging wildly here.
Muntz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muntz missing with a left hand there. Crowe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crowe throws out a counter right but Muntz avoids it with no problem.
Muntz takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muntz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crowe scores with a punch to the head.
Muntz 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.
Crowe lands a front kick.
Muntz lands a nice looking body kick.
A slow jab from Crowe misses its intended target.
Muntz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Muntz avoids a kick to the body.
Crowe just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Muntz misses the target.
Crowe defending well as Muntz loads up on a big left hand.
Crowe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Crowe lands a nice looking kick to the body. Muntz takes a step back to recover.
Crowe throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe moves away from the strike by Muntz.
Muntz throws a body shot but no joy.
Muntz throws an overhand right that lands on Crowe's shoulder, as Crowe tries to avoid the shot.
Crowe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crowe misses with a leg kick
and Crowe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Muntz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crowe flicks out a counter leg kick but Muntz steps away.
Muntz misses the shot to the body.
Crowe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Muntz is out of range.
It looked like Muntz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crowe misses with a head kick.
Muntz throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Crowe.
Crowe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Muntz lands an overhand right.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Crowe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Muntz - the referee stops the clock and Crowe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Muntz. Crowe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muntz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Crowe, as that shot connected.
Crowe misses with a body punch
and Muntz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crowe.
Crunch! Muntz slams his shin into Crowe's torso.
Crowe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Muntz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Crowe manages to circle out of the way.
Muntz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crowe.
Crowe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Muntz gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Crowe counters with a nice uppercut.
Muntz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Muntz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crowe.
Muntz is looking to chop away at Crowe's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muntz takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Crowe moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Crowe tries to bum rush Muntz with a series of wild strikes but Muntz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little feinted left hand from Muntz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slim Crowe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Crowe throws a leg kick but Muntz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Crowe looks to land a right hand but Muntz moved out of range.
Crowe throws a shot to the body.
Crowe dodges the punch combination from Muntz.
Crowe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Crowe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crowe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muntz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Muntz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Despite the aggression on Crowe's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Muntz might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Crowe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Muntz.
Muntz avoids the head kick by Crowe.
Muntz loads up on a big right hand but Crowe slips the punch.
Crowe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Muntz is just out of range.
Muntz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Crowe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crowe wants to land a leg kick but Muntz is out of range.
Muntz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crowe was well out of range. Poor timing from Muntz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Muntz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crowe.
A swing and a miss from Crowe.
It looked like Muntz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Muntz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Muntz lands with a cross.
Crowe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Muntz misses with a straight right.
Muntz darts in and clinches Crowe up against the cage.
Crowe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crowe lands a nice uppercut.
Crowe throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Muntz fails to land.
Crowe throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muntz.
Muntz misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muntz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crowe scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe scores with a hook to the body.
Crowe misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Muntz.
Muntz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muntz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Muntz breaks from the clinch.
Crowe swings widly with a right hand
and Muntz counters with a leg kick.
Crowe throws a jab when Muntz was well out of range.
Crowe cracks Muntz with an open hand slap.
Crowe works the jab nicely.
Muntz slips under a jab from Crowe.
Muntz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Crowe blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muntz throws the kick towards the body but Crowe avoids it.
Crowe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Muntz. That did some damage!
Muntz lands a body shot.
Muntz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crowe.
Crowe blocks the body kick.
Crowe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Crowe.
A bone on bone clash there as Muntz blocks the leg kick.
Crowe looks to throw a body kick
and Muntz counters with a nice leg kick.
Crowe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Muntz.
Muntz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crowe's head.
Muntz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Muntz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Crowe lands a body shot.
Crowe throws a leg kick but Muntz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Muntz is looking for a counter combo.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe lands a big head kick that sends Muntz tumbling to the mat! Crowe takes a step backwards and waves Muntz back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Muntz is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crowe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crowe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muntz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Crowe slips under a jab.
Crowe misses with a low kick.
Muntz clinches.
Muntz lands an uppercut.
Crowe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muntz avoids the body shot from Crowe.
A combination from Muntz does no damage.
Crowe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muntz checks a low kick from Crowe.
Crowe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slim Crowe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crowe misses with a low kick.
Muntz scores with a punch to the head.
Crowe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Muntz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowe moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Crowe! But no joy.
Crowe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Slim Crowe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crowe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crowe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Muntz keeps Crowe at a distance using the push kick.
Muntz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crowe tries to land a leg kick but Muntz saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muntz scores with a nice strike.
Muntz looks to score with a jab to the body but Crowe is just out of range.
Muntz checks the leg kick.
A solid body kick from Crowe.
Crowe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muntz throws a wild body kick that Crowe sees coming a mile off.
Muntz avoids a kick to the body.
Muntz misses the body punch
and Crowe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Muntz.
Crowe let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Crowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muntz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Muntz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Crowe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crowe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crowe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Crowe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muntz.
Crowe slips under a jab from Muntz.
Crowe looks to land a left hand but Muntz moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Crowe.
Crowe has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Muntz.
Muntz throws a hook but Crowe avoids it easily.
Muntz blocks a leg kick.
Muntz lands with a slapping head kick.
Crowe throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muntz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Crowe is rocked!
Muntz slips under a jab.
Crowe is still on wobbly legs! Can Muntz finish him?
Muntz lands a front kick.
Muntz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crowe misses with an uppercut. Muntz saw that one coming.
Muntz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crowe seems to have recovered his senses.
Muntz scores with a kick to the body.
Muntz scores with a nice body kick.
Crowe cracks Muntz with an open hand slap.
Muntz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throws a body kick that misses.
Crowe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Crowe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crowe misses with a hook
and Muntz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Muntz swinging wildly here.
Crowe throws a leg kick that misses.
Muntz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crowe throws a nice looking combination but Muntz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Crowe misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muntz. Crowe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Muntz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muntz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crowe.
Crowe misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Muntz tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crowe looks to land a left hand but Muntz moved out of range nicely.
Muntz lands with a nice body kick.
Crowe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muntz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muntz tries to clinch but Crowe moves out of range.
Muntz misses the jab.
Crowe falls off balance throwing a combination
and Muntz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Muntz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Crowe throws a poor cross that misses
and Muntz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crowe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Muntz checks a low kick from Crowe.
It looked like Muntz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Nelson Muntz did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Crowe avoids the body shot from Muntz.
Crowe lands with a shot to the body.
Crowe throws a body kick that misses.
Crowe lands a head kick!
Muntz throws a hook but Crowe avoids it easily.
Crowe throws the left hand but Muntz avoids the punch easily.
Muntz scores with a spinning back kick!
Muntz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Crowe. That one must have hurt.
Muntz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muntz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crowe misses with a straight left.
It appears Muntz was looking to counter with a kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowe. Muntz does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid body kick from Crowe.
Crowe looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Crowe.
Muntz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crowe staying out of range there.
Crowe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Muntz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crowe finds it's way round the side to connect with Muntz's head.
Muntz looks to land a body kick but Crowe moved away.
Muntz throws a hook but Crowe avoids it easily.
Crowe follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Crowe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Muntz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crowe throws a low kick but Muntz moves out of range easily.
A jab from Crowe misses.
Muntz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crowe moves away.
Crowe defending well as Muntz loads up on a big left hand.
Muntz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crowe.
A nice side step and Crowe releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muntz slips under a jab from Crowe.
Crowe throws a nice head kick!
Crowe looks to land a left hand but Muntz moved out of range nicely.
Muntz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crowe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muntz throws a leg kick which misses Crowe's front leg but catches the back leg as Crowe tries to avoid it.
Crowe keeps Muntz at a distance using the push kick.
Crowe misses with a body shot.
Muntz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice body kick from Crowe.
Crowe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muntz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Muntz lands a nice shot to the body.
Muntz misses with a body kick.
Crowe looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muntz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A clash of legs there as Muntz blocks the low kick.
A swing and a miss from Crowe.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Muntz - that will leave a mark!
Muntz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Muntz swinging wildly here.
Crowe throws out a counter right but Muntz avoids it with no problem.
Crowe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Muntz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crowe.
Muntz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muntz moves out of range of the body kick from Crowe.
A punch combination from Crowe misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Muntz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Crowe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Muntz's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Muntz throws a lazy body kick
and Crowe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crowe scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good work by Muntz as he checks the leg kick.
Muntz jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Muntz slips under a jab from Crowe.
Crowe blocks a head kick by Muntz.
Muntz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Crowe.
Crowe throws a leg kick
and Muntz counters with a two punch combo.
Muntz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Crowe misses with a kick to the body.
Crowe digs a good body shot into Muntz's ribs.
Crowe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slim Crowe dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Both fighters circling a little - Crowe finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Good work by Muntz as he checks the leg kick.
Muntz jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Muntz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crowe.
Crowe throws out a powerful jab.
Muntz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Crowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crowe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Muntz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Muntz misses with a lunging right hand
and Crowe counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muntz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Crowe takes a step back to recover.
A jab lands there for Muntz.
Muntz slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muntz clobbers Crowe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Crowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Muntz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crowe finds it's way round the side to connect with Muntz's head.
Crowe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muntz lands a nice shot to the body.
Muntz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crowe.
Crowe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Muntz doesn't seem bothered though.
Crowe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Muntz moves away.
Crowe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muntz.
Muntz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Good standup being displayed there by Muntz as he connects with a hook.
Muntz slips under a jab from Crowe.
Muntz fakes the leg kick and cracks Crowe in the body.
Muntz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nelson Muntz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe lands a head kick. Muntz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Oh Muntz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crowe steps in with a hook that catches Muntz right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Crowe follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Muntz looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slim Crowe! Slim Crowe retains his welterweight title!
Slim Crowe tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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