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Hilo Fight 176 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Killer Clown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blue Rak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blue Rak has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Killer Clown's chin.
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Killer Clown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blue Rak!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rak with a hook.
Clown changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rak looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Clown swings around for an armbar but Rak sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Clown's guard.
Clown has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rak has passed into side control.
Rak wants to stand but Clown is controlling his arm.
Clown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rak wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Clown sneaks back into half guard.
Clown kicks off Rak and gets to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rak moves into the clinch.
Rak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rak tries to pull guard but Clown forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clown closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rak quickly recovers to half guard.
Clown is thwarting Rak's attempts to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rak can do anything to dispel that myth.
Clown is looking for a kimura but Rak is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Clown to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clown prevents Rak from improving his position.
Clown uses his free foot to push down on Rak's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clown goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rak turns into him and now he's in Clown's guard.
Rak wants to control from the top but Clown keeps moving.
Clown has Rak pulled in close to control his posture.
Clown wants to hit a switch here but Rak passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Clown there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clown working to try and regain half guard.
Rak controlling from mount.
Rak trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Clown really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Clown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rak wants to control but instead Clown manages to regain half guard.
Clown wants to get back to full guard.
Clown is not content to let Rak control the position.
Rak looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Clown is trying to get back to full guard.
Clown is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
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 Killer Clown will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Clown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clown rushes Rak and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rak tries to pull guard but Clown forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Clown fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rak wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Clown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rak breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clown gets the takedown into side control.
Clown wants to control but Rak is keeping him busy.
Clown is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rak will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clown taking a break here but Rak is having none of it and regains half guard.
Clown is trying to control. Rak wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Clown with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Clown stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Rak throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clown shoots in for a takedown but Rak shows good takedown defense.
Clown tries to clinch up.
Clown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clown misses with a takedown attempt
and Rak counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Killer Clown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clown shoots in but no luck this time.
Rak digs a good body shot into Clown's ribs.
Clown throws a wild hook but Rak just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Clown gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Rak raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blue Rak!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Jay Franlkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Korgan Bloodaxe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franlkin comes into the arena with ACDC- For Those About To Rock blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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180 lbs
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177 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Jay Franlkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Korgan Bloodaxe!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodaxe tries to clinch
and Franlkin counters with a stiff right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe is looking to clinch.
Bloodaxe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Franlkin misses with a straight right.
Franlkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bloodaxe tries to clinch but Franlkin is having none of it.
Bloodaxe gets a clinch.
Franlkin tries a body shot but Bloodaxe blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Franlkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franlkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bloodaxe backwards.
Bloodaxe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bloodaxe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franlkin is defending well for now.
Franlkin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Franlkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bloodaxe.
Franlkin breaks the clinch.
Bloodaxe closes the distance and pushes Franlkin back into the cage.
Franlkin misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodaxe.
Franlkin lands with a right to the head.
Bloodaxe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franlkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Franlkin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Korgan Bloodaxe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe has Franlkin up against the cage in a clinch.
Franlkin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franlkin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bloodaxe swats away the attempt to clinch by Franlkin.
Bloodaxe shapes to counter with a head kick.
Franlkin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bloodaxe can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe has Franlkin up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franlkin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe avoiding damage.
I was talking to Franlkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bloodaxe scores with a knee to the head.
Bloodaxe stalls.
Bloodaxe blocks a body shot from Franlkin.
Franlkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Franlkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bloodaxe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bloodaxe lands a shoulder strike.
Franlkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bloodaxe has Franlkin pressed against the cage.
Bloodaxe lands a nice knee to the body.
Franlkin lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Franlkin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin misses with the head strike.
Franlkin tries to work over Bloodaxe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franlkin is working Bloodaxe over against the cage.
Franlkin is trying to force a seperation but Bloodaxe has the dominant position.
Bloodaxe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodaxe misses with a body punch.
Bloodaxe scores a nice knee to the body.
Bloodaxe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Franlkin tries to work over Bloodaxe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franlkin lands a body punch.
Franlkin misses with a punch to the body.
Bloodaxe landing knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bloodaxe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bloodaxe is trying to maintain a safe position but Franlkin gets an underhook and turns Bloodaxe into the cage.
A short left from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe stalling the fight.
Bloodaxe lands a right hand.
Franlkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Franlkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franlkin misses with a body punch.
Bloodaxe blocks a body shot from Franlkin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bloodaxe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Franlkin is trying to push Bloodaxe away but Bloodaxe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bloodaxe has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Franlkin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bloodaxe can turn it around.
Bloodaxe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Franlkin up against the cage.
Bloodaxe lands a right hand.
Bloodaxe has a couple of punches blocked by Franlkin.
Franlkin managing to block the knees to the body from Bloodaxe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Still in the clinch, Franlkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bloodaxe is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Franlkin avoiding damage as Bloodaxe throws knees to the body.
Bloodaxe scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bloodaxe.
Franlkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Franlkin cracks Bloodaxe with a nice body shot.
Bloodaxe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bloodaxe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Korgan Bloodaxe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bloodaxe closes the distance and pushes Franlkin back into the cage.
Bloodaxe taking a breather.
Bloodaxe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franlkin is defending well for now.
A short right from Franlkin on the inside.
Bloodaxe effectively controlling the action here.
Franlkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franlkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodaxe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franlkin's efforts to push away.
Bloodaxe struggles to land a body shot inside as Franlkin controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franlkin.
Bloodaxe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franlkin lands with a light punch inside.
Bloodaxe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Bloodaxe as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bloodaxe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Franlkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Bloodaxe uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bloodaxe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franlkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franlkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Bloodaxe won't allow it.
Franlkin misses with the head strike.
Bloodaxe working aggressively here.
Bloodaxe wants to stall.
Franlkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franlkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Bloodaxe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Franlkin.
Franlkin takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe misses with a punch on the inside.
Franlkin tries to break the clinch but Bloodaxe is controlling the position.
Franlkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franlkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Bloodaxe won't allow it.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe blocks an uppercut.
Bloodaxe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Franlkin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bloodaxe looking to throw knees to the head but Franlkin is blocking nicely.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Bloodaxe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Franlkin.
Korgan Bloodaxe seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Franlkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franlkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bloodaxe backwards.
Bloodaxe looking to slow down the pace here.
Bloodaxe lands a hook that snaps the head of Franlkin backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franlkin lands with a right to the head.
Bloodaxe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Franlkin is keeping busy.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Bloodaxe.
Franlkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bloodaxe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bloodaxe prevents a body shot from Franlkin.
Franlkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Bloodaxe.
A knee to the head by Bloodaxe.
Franlkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Franlkin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin blocking some punches.
Franlkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franlkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe crunches a lovely knee into Franlkin's ribcage.
Bloodaxe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Franlkin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bloodaxe.
Franlkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bloodaxe tries to land a knee to the head but Franlkin blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Franlkin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Franlkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Bloodaxe won't allow it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Franlkin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bloodaxe rushes Franlkin and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franlkin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bloodaxe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franlkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bloodaxe blocks a body shot from Franlkin.
Franlkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Bloodaxe.
Franlkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bloodaxe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bloodaxe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franlkin backwards.
Bloodaxe with a knee to the head.
Bloodaxe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franlkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bloodaxe lands a good knee to the midsection. Franlkin won't want to take too many of those.
Bloodaxe tries to stall but Franlkin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A body shot lands from Franlkin.
Franlkin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Franlkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Bloodaxe controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Franlkin.
Franlkin has a couple of punches blocked by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe prevents a body shot from Franlkin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Korgan Bloodaxe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Franlkin misses with an uppercut
and Bloodaxe counters with a low kick, right behind Franlkin 's knee.
Bloodaxe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Franlkin throws a hook to the side of Bloodaxe's head but Bloodaxe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Franlkin checks a leg kick nicely.
Bloodaxe is looking to clinch but Franlkin is avoiding it.
Franlkin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bloodaxe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bloodaxe is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Franlkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bloodaxe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franlkin is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circling - Bloodaxe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloodaxe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franlkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Franlkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bloodaxe tries to clinch up.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bloodaxe throws a sloppy head kick and Franlkin moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franlkin tries to clinch but Bloodaxe moves out of range.
Bloodaxe darts in trying to clinch
and Franlkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bloodaxe cracks Franlkin with an open hand slap.
Franlkin throws a right hand that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a low kick, right behind Franlkin 's knee.
Franlkin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Franlkin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bloodaxe doesn't manage to clinch there - Franlkin circles away.
Bloodaxe scores with a nice head shot.
Bloodaxe clinches with his opponent.
Bloodaxe lands a hook that snaps the head of Franlkin backwards.
Bloodaxe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bloodaxe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franlkin.
Richard Jay Franlkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin tries to throw a body punch but Bloodaxe avoids it by throwing Franlkin back against the cage.
Bloodaxe blocks an uppercut.
Franlkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franlkin managing to block the knees to the body from Bloodaxe.
Franlkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Franlkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bloodaxe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Franlkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodaxe pushes Franlkin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Franlkin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Franlkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bloodaxe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franlkin avoids it.
Good body shot from Franlkin.
Bloodaxe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Franlkin can't find room to land a body shot as Bloodaxe controls the action.
Bloodaxe taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bloodaxe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Franlkin fails to land.
Franlkin blocking some punches.
Bloodaxe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Franlkin has a couple of punches blocked by Bloodaxe.
Franlkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bloodaxe blocking some punches.
Bloodaxe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bloodaxe lands with a left to the head.
Franlkin presses Bloodaxe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bloodaxe crunches a lovely knee into Franlkin's ribcage.
Franlkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franlkin moves into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Franlkin breaks from the clinch.
Bloodaxe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bloodaxe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Franlkin finds it's target.
Franlkin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bloodaxe has managed to clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Franlkin working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Franlkin misses with the head strike.
Franlkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bloodaxe wants to stall.
Franlkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bloodaxe blocks an uppercut.
Bloodaxe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franlkin scores with a hook to the body.
Bloodaxe taking a breather.
Franlkin tries to throw a body punch but Bloodaxe avoids it by throwing Franlkin back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Richard Jay Franlkin.
Well Bloodaxe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Korgan Bloodaxe!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell Rubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoff Sanburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanburg has chosen Black Sabbath - War Pigs as his entrance music. Geoff Sanburg is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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155 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maxwell Rubin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geoff Sanburg!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanburg throws a low kick but Rubin avoids it.
Sanburg attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rubin throws a body punch but Sanburg moves out of range.
Sanburg drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Rubin defends it well.
Rubin connects with a body shot.
Sanburg tries to land a front kick but Rubin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanburg throws a front kick aimed at Rubin's knee but Rubin avoids it well.
Rubin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rubin has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Sanburg taking a bit of punishment here - Rubin scoring with strikes.
Sanburg tries to bench press Rubin off him but Rubin keeps the position.
Rubin in side control, throwing shots but Sanburg defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanburg tries to improve position but can't.
Rubin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rubin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanburg struggling a bit here.
Sanburg tries to buck Rubin off but Rubin is having none of it.
Rubin in side control, throwing shots but Sanburg defends.
Rubin tries to move to mount but Sanburg blocks the move with his legs.
Rubin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sanburg is looking for a sweep.
Sanburg avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rubin.
Rubin lands a nice forearm strike.
Sanburg tries to buck Rubin off but Rubin is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sanburg tries to bench press Rubin off him but Rubin keeps the position.
Sanburg can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanburg is trying to get back to half guard.
Sanburg is not content to let Rubin control the position.
Sanburg avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rubin.
Rubin tries to advance to mount but Sanburg denies him.
Sanburg takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin tries to move to mount but Sanburg blocks the move with his legs.
Sanburg tries to buck Rubin off but Rubin is having none of it.
Rubin scores with punches from side control.
Sanburg being controlled for a moment.
Rubin moves into full mount!
Rubin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanburg can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rubin 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.
Sanburg regains half guard.
Sanburg is looking for a sweep. Rubin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rubin working over Sanburg with some ground and pound. Sanburg looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanburg is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanburg moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sanburg looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanburg, not yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanburg keeping full guard, as Rubin tries to pass.
Rubin is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxwell Rubin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sanburg misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Rubin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rubin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanburg can do to turn this around?
Rubin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanburg throws a leg kick
and Rubin counters with a single leg into guard. Sanburg didn't expect that.
Sanburg trying to keep a closed guard but Rubin is proving a slippery customer.
Rubin is in close to Sanburg's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rubin trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanburg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanburg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sanburg has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rubin has managed to get both his arms back between Sanburg's legs - danger averted.
Sanburg working a defensive guard but Rubin passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin is keen to just control but Sanburg is a slippery customer.
Rubin slips a nice elbow through Sanburg's hands, connecting with Sanburg's forehead.
Sanburg trying to hold on to Rubin's head to control him but Rubin postures up.
Rubin trying to control the action but Sanburg is working from the bottom.
Sanburg gets full guard.
Rubin landing some decent shots from guard.
Rubin chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanburg looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rubin is one step ahead there.
Rubin trying to control but Sanburg is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanburg is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanburg is on top in guard.
Sanburg stopping the sweep attempt from Rubin.
Rubin working a defensive guard here.
Sanburg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rubin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanburg wants to control from the top but Rubin keeps moving.
Rubin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanburg defends well.
Rubin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sanburg slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rubin is trying to control the position but Sanburg postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sanburg shoots in looking for a takedown. Rubin tries to sprawl out of it but Sanburg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rubin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rubin misses with a body shot.
Sanburg appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rubin looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanburg is just out of range.
Rubin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanburg moves away.
Rubin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rubin misses the shot to the body.
Sanburg throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rubin tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sanburg is in Rubin's guard.
Sanburg got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rubin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sanburg has managed to get both his arms back between Rubin's legs - danger averted.
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 Maxwell Rubin will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Both fighters circling a little - Sanburg finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sanburg turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rubin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanburg dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rubin. That did some damage!
Rubin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sanburg lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sanburg.
Rubin blocks a head kick by Sanburg.
Sanburg lands a jab to the nose.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanburg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanburg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
As Sanburg tries to get set, Rubin tries to push him back and clinch up but Sanburg manages to avoid the attempt.
Rubin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanburg tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rubin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanburg is still trying to improve position.
Rubin grinds an elbow into Sanburg's temple.
Rubin working away.
Rubin working the ground and pound from side control.
Sanburg is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rubin's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Rubin is looking to advance position but Sanburg won't allow it.
Sanburg is pressing down on Rubin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rubin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sanburg working for a triangle but Rubin defends it easily.
Rubin wants to control from the top but Sanburg keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanburg wants to sweep but no luck.
Maxwell Rubin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanburg working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rubin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rubin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rubin pushing down on Sanburg's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sanburg is looking for a sweep. Rubin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin wants to control but Sanburg is keeping him busy.
Rubin wants to pass the guard but Sanburg is defending well.
Sanburg tries to roll over but Rubin keeps him under control.
Rubin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Geoff Sanburg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanburg is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rubin pulls his head out easily.
Rubin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rubin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rubin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanburg moves away.
Sanburg misses with a hook. Rubin ducked under it nicely.
Maxwell Rubin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rubin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sanburg lands a body shot.
Rubin fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanburg flicks out a counter leg kick but Rubin steps away.
Rubin just misses with a punch to the body.
Rubin has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxwell Rubin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanburg shoots in but no luck this time.
Rubin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rubin is looking to wear down Sanburg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanburg scores with a push kick.
Rubin shoots in and gets a takedown into Sanburg's guard.
Rubin engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sanburg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Geoff Sanburg.
I think Rubin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxwell Rubin!
An out of breath and clearly excited Maxwell Rubin thanked Four Aces Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
In defeat, Geoff Sanburg stepped up to the mic, saying 'Butt cheeks....'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazaki Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Barbossa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fujita's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica-Enter Sandman. Barbossa has chosen Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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42
286 lbs
38 - 22 - 0 |
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36
242 lbs
19 - 18 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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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
38 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kazaki Fujita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Barbossa!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbossa throws a hook but Fujita blocks it.
Fujita throws a one two combo.
It looks like Jake Barbossa has been cut.
Fujita has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Irish Collar-and-Elbow Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Barbossa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barbossa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fujita swivels and escapes.
Barbossa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fujita tries to score a power double leg takedown but Barbossa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fujita somewhat.
Fujita throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Fujita.
Fujita connects with a looping right hand.
Kazaki Fujita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujita scores with the left hand. Barbossa knows he should have avoided that one.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown but Fujita shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fujita bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fujita lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fujita misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa dives in and grabs Fujita's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fujita pushes down on Barbossa's head and hops out.
Fujita is looking to counter punch.
Kazaki Fujita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Barbossa.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fujita.
Fujita has closed the distance and engaged Barbossa in a clinch.
Barbossa jumps guard but Fujita stands there with Barbossa around his waist. Barbossa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Barbossa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fujita prevents it.
Fujita breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barbossa misses with an uppercut. Fujita saw that one coming.
Barbossa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big right from Barbossa misses.
Fujita throws a nice looking combination but Barbossa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbossa shoots in and bounces Fujita off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Barbossa trying to control the position from guard on top but Fujita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barbossa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita keeping moving, preventing Barbossa from controlling successfully.
Barbossa being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Barbossa trying to control the position from guard on top but Fujita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barbossa avoids the body shot from Fujita.
Barbossa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fujita tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barbossa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barbossa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fujita pinned against the cage. Fujita gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fujita fails to land with a series of punches.
Barbossa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fujita pinned against the cage. Fujita gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fujita doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbossa circles away.
Barbossa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fujita throws out the jab.
Barbossa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fujita misses with a hook.
It seemed like Barbossa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fujita scores with a punch to the head.
Barbossa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Barbossa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fujita ducks under a wild hook from Barbossa.
A punch lands to the side of Barbossa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Barbossa lands a really nice looking cross but Fujita seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazaki Fujita dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Barbossa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fujita jabs Barbossa right on the nose. Barbossa blinks but takes it well.
Fujita is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Barbossa trying to control the position from guard on top but Fujita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fujita is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barbossa wants to control from the top but Fujita keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbossa stands up and waves to Fujita to follow him.
Fujita lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barbossa circles away quickly and effectively.
Barbossa shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Fujita's guard.
Barbossa sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fujita utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barbossa stops Fujita from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita has control of Barbossa's left arm, preventing Barbossa from doing any damage.
Fujita keeping moving, preventing Barbossa from controlling successfully.
Fujita is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbossa can do to turn this around?
Barbossa throws a strike but Fujita rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Barbossa controlling Fujita's posture.
Fujita controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Barbossa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita is working Barbossa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jake Barbossa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fujita sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barbossa is on top in guard.
Fujita is pulling down on Barbossa's head. It's preventing any offense from Barbossa, at least for the moment.
Barbossa trying to control but Fujita is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Barbossa wants to get up but he can't break Fujita's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Barbossa wants to control from the top but Fujita keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Fujita stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fujita wants it to stay on the feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fujita. That's going to slow Barbossa down.
Fujita is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fujita, as that shot connected.
Fujita thuds his shin into the meat of Barbossa's side.
Barbossa shoots in looking for a takedown. Fujita tries to sprawl out of it but Barbossa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fujita manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barbossa missing with a left hand there. Fujita was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fujita shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Barbossa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazaki Fujita dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Barbossa'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!
Barbossa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fujita's hands.
Fujita loads up on a big right hand but Barbossa slips the punch.
Fujita shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Barbossa sprawls well. Barbossa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fujita gets slowly back to his feet.
Barbossa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fujita sprawls well. Fujita wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barbossa gets slowly back to his feet.
Barbossa just misses with a punch to the body.
Barbossa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fujita sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbossa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fujita counters with a straight right hand.
Kazaki Fujita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Barbossa.
Fujita throws a series of strikes that have Barbossa backpedaling.
Fujita throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fujita stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fujita wants it to stay on the feet.
Kazaki Fujita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbossa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbossa closes the distance and clinches up with Fujita, looking for a takedown. Barbossa pushes Fujita against the cage but Fujita circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fujita throws a head kick but Barbossa moves out of range.
Barbossa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fujita.
Fujita keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Barbossa 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.
Fujita misses with a two punch combination.
Fujita is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fujita clinches up against the cage.
Barbossa looking for a takedown.
Barbossa can't get the takedown.
Barbossa tries to pull guard but Fujita holds him up against the cage and eventually Barbossa drops back down to his feet.
Barbossa fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita controlling the action here for a moment.
Fujita breaks from the clinch.
Fujita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barbossa.
Fujita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barbossa.
Barbossa shoots for a takedown but Fujita saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fujita lands a left and a right that send Barbossa crashing to the mat, dazed. Fujita thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Barbossa is rocked!
Fujita has managed to clinch.
Barbossa is still on wobbly legs! Can Fujita finish him?
Fujita breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Fujita.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Fujita moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Barbossa! Fujita continues to tee off on Barbossa, landing with a left and a right! Fujita connects with a right hand that leaves Barbossa sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Fujita!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kazaki Fujita!
During a confident post fight interview, Kazaki Fujita thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Jake Barbossa stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm no stranger to losses. This one is no different than the others. I'll bounce back. Congratulations to my opponent. Great fighter.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bonald Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John The Iron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hell's Bells. The Iron has chosen Slippin as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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30
139 lbs
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28
146 lbs
18 - 11 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bonald Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, John The Iron!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but The Iron defends well and Scott ends up having to push The Iron into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The Iron has closed the distance and engaged Scott in a clinch.
The Iron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scott's elbow.
The Iron misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scott blocking some punches.
The Iron tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing The Iron back against the cage.
Scott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scott connects with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Iron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Iron gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scott swings for the body but The Iron moves out of range.
The Iron wants to clinch.
The Iron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Iron tries to close the distance and clinch up but Scott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Iron fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Scott, pushing him back against the cage.
The Iron misses with a punch to the body.
Scott jumps guard and drags The Iron to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The Iron stopping the sweep attempt from Scott.
The Iron must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Scott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Iron.
The Iron is looking to work some ground and pound but Scott has wrist control.
The Iron with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Iron stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Scott swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Scott not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Scott has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Iron can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The Iron wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
Scott lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Scott trying to control the position from guard on top but The Iron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scott forces his way into half guard.
Scott trying to control the action but The Iron is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to pass the half guard into mount. The Iron knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Scott is working hard here to advance position.
The Iron told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Scott is working for a kimura but The Iron is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scott trying to mount his opponent but The Iron defends it.
The Iron wants to improve his position but Scott is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Scott throwing shots but The Iron is blocking nicely.
The Iron is pressing down on Scott's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The Iron controls Scott momentarily but Scott frees himself.
The Iron keeping full guard, as Scott tries to pass.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Scott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Iron was well out of range. Poor timing from Scott.
The Iron tries to clinch but Scott is having none of it.
The Iron gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Scott manages to pull guard.
Scott had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Iron defends it easily.
The Iron postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bonald Scott dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A solid body kick from Scott.
Scott wants to slow The Iron down by chopping away at his legs.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Iron manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scott takes a swing at The Iron's ribcage but misses.
Scott closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The Iron tries to bench press Scott off him but Scott keeps the position.
Scott working away.
The Iron tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Scott wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Scott trying to control the action but The Iron is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott is really struggling to control The Iron but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott working away.
The Iron tries to improve position but can't.
Scott avoids the strikes from the bottom by The Iron.
The Iron is trying to work for a sweep but Scott has mounted him!
The Iron is in all sorts of trouble here.
Scott pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The Iron tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Scott jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… The Iron is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by The Iron and Scott has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Iron is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Iron struggling a bit here.
Scott advances nicely into full mount.
Scott controlling the position easily from mount.
Scott looking to control but The Iron is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Iron is working to get back to half guard.
The Iron sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Scott works his way into side control.
Scott moves into full mount!
Scott wants to take The Iron's back but he can't do it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Iron is working to get back to half guard.
The Iron tries to hold on but Scott postures up.
Scott prevents The Iron from getting the reversal.
Scott controlling the pace for now.
Bonald Scott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Scott takes The Iron's back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Iron covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Scott seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under The Iron's chin but The Iron turns very nicely into Scott's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by The Iron.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bonald Scott dominated that second round.
That's time! Scott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The Iron fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Iron wants to clinch.
The Iron uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scott.
The Iron wants to clinch.
The Iron clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott breaks from the clinch.
Scott fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Scott lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The Iron with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Scott to score with a decent uppercut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Scott is defended easily by The Iron.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Iron tries to close the distance and clinch but Scott swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Scott tries to counter by moving into the clinch but The Iron manages to circle out of the way.
The Iron wants to clinch up but Scott keeps it at a distance.
Bonald Scott is winning the standup battle so far.
The Iron doesn't manage to clinch there - Scott circles away.
The Iron gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from The Iron fails to land.
Scott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Iron can do to turn this around?
The Iron prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bonald Scott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Iron works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scott tries to pull guard but The Iron forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Scott's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scott really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Scott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, The Iron scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Iron can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
The Iron misses with a punch on the inside.
Bonald Scott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Iron misses with some punches.
The Iron can't find room to land a body shot as Scott controls the action.
The Iron throws a head punch that misses.
Scott prevents a body shot from The Iron.
Scott throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Iron has a couple of punches blocked by Scott.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scott.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
Scott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Iron throws an elbow but it misses.
The Iron avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
The Iron goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scott takes a shot to the head.
The Iron working aggressively here.
John The Iron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Iron tries a body shot but Scott blocks it.
The Iron lands a shot to the body.
The Iron is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Iron.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Iron lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by The Iron.
A nice left hand lands by Scott.
The Iron working aggressively here.
The Iron tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing The Iron back against the cage.
The Iron wants to stall.
Scott prevents a body shot from The Iron.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Iron misses with some punches.
The Iron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scott's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Scott.
Scott is trying to break the clinch but The Iron has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Iron.
The Iron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scott's elbow.
Good body shot from The Iron.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Iron creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Iron tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing The Iron back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Iron lands a shot to the body.
Scott is working for takedown but The Iron is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scott.
Scott controlling the action here for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
John The Iron comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Scott 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bonald Scott!
Bonald Scott 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Crack Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarik Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crack Hack is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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166 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Crack Hack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tarik Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in and drives through. Hack sprawls well.
Hack gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Hack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Hack holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A shot in the inside from Hack.
Johnson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hack is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Johnson seems to be looking for submissions.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hack keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hack makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hack.
Hack has his feet on Johnson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hack bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Crack Hack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarik Johnson.
Hack moves into the clinch.
Hack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Hack.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hack lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hack.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hack obliges.
Johnson looks winded!
Hack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Our sources have told us that Hack has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hack.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hack lands a right hand.
Hack pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hack tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hack.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hack.
Hack lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Hack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson is working for takedown but Hack is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hack just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Hack lands with a right to the head.
Johnson is working for takedown but Hack is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hack crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Hack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Hack.
Hack lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Hack lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hack lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson is rocked!
Hack lands an elbow inside.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Hack finish him?
Hack lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Hack pushes Johnson against the cage. Hack is working some dirty boxing. Hack pushes off with a quick right hook! Johnson goes down! Johnson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hack moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crack Hack!
During a confident post fight interview, Crack Hack 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rastaphan Dominatrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by Monster by Skillet. Johnny Blaze could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rastaphan Dominatrix's chin.
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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
15 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rastaphan Dominatrix!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominatrix blocks a head kick by Blaze.
Dominatrix takes a swing at Blaze's ribcage but misses.
Dominatrix wants to slow Blaze down by chopping away at his legs.
Blaze gets a clinch.
Blaze lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blaze throws an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dominatrix avoids a wild elbow strike from Blaze.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blaze.
Blaze tries a body shot but Dominatrix blocks it.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominatrix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominatrix lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dominatrix backwards.
It looks like Rastaphan Dominatrix has been cut.
Blaze pushes off an throws an elbow but Dominatrix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dominatrix tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Dominatrix back against the cage.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Dominatrix misses with the head strike.
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze throws an elbow that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dominatrix's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaze blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dominatrix is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Blaze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Blaze takes a shot to the head.
Dominatrix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Dominatrix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dominatrix lands a shot to the body.
Blaze keeps control of Dominatrix as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dominatrix works on Blaze's body with a couple of short punches.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominatrix blocks an uppercut.
Dominatrix scores with a shot to the side of Blaze's head.
Come on Dominatrix - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaze.
Blaze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Blaze.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dominatrix is trying to maintain a safe position but Blaze gets an underhook and turns Dominatrix into the cage.
Blaze working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
A short left from Blaze.
Dominatrix trying to control the position but instead, Blaze has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dominatrix into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Blaze.
Dominatrix avoids the elbow strike from Blaze, against the cage.
Blaze tries to work over Dominatrix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominatrix manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dominatrix 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominatrix ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blaze takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Johnny Blaze has been cut.
Blaze chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've been told by Blaze's head coaches at Boston MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dominatrix drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Blaze manages to get back to half guard.
Dominatrix landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Blaze is trying to stand.
Dominatrix throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blaze kicks Dominatrix off and gets back to his feet.
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!
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Dominatrix was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Blaze slips a jab and a cross from Dominatrix.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Dominatrix circles away.
Dominatrix digs a good hook to Blaze's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blaze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominatrix gets tackled into the cage by Blaze. Blaze maintains the clinch.
Blaze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dominatrix looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dominatrix tries to circle away but Blaze has him pinned against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Dominatrix avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Blaze misses with a punch to the body.
Dominatrix prevents a body shot from Blaze.
Dominatrix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blaze throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Blaze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Blaze fails to land.
Blaze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dominatrix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominatrix uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Johnny Blaze will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dominatrix swings for the body but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze clinches.
Blaze tries to work over Dominatrix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominatrix has had enough of the clinch but Blaze keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominatrix.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnny Blaze has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Dominatrix avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blaze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dominatrix's brow.
Blaze has Dominatrix pressed against the cage, preventing Dominatrix from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Blaze - that landed with a thud.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as Dominatrix controls his hands.
Dominatrix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dominatrix wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominatrix manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dominatrix keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.
Blaze slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dominatrix looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominatrix trying to keep a closed guard but Blaze is proving a slippery customer.
Blaze is looking to pass into half guard but Dominatrix pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dominatrix is in guard.
Dominatrix pushing down on Blaze's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dominatrix is pressing down on Blaze's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blaze is holding on for now.
Dominatrix is looking to pass Blaze's guard but actually Blaze recovers to full guard.
Dominatrix loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominatrix pushing down on Blaze's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Blaze keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blaze keeping control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blaze trying to control here.
Dominatrix thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blaze's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze is pressing down on Dominatrix's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Dominatrix looking to sit in guard and control but Blaze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dominatrix is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Blaze is aware though and is defending well.
Blaze stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dominatrix swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rastaphan Dominatrix has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blaze controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dominatrix escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Blaze gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dominatrix is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominatrix is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blaze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Blaze trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Blaze slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Blaze won't allow Dominatrix to sweep him here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominatrix. Blaze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze gets a clinch.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Blaze misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rastaphan Dominatrix will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dominatrix.
A jab from Blaze finds it's way through Dominatrix's defenses.
Dominatrix throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blaze wants to clinch.
Dominatrix misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blaze tries to clinch
enabling Dominatrix to counter with a crisp jab.
Blaze tries to clinch up.
Blaze moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominatrix tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Dominatrix back against the cage.
Dominatrix blocking some punches.
Dominatrix wants to get back to striking at distance but Blaze won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Blaze.
Dominatrix lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blaze lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Dominatrix prevents a body shot from Blaze.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dominatrix.
Dominatrix breaks from the clinch.
Dominatrix connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dominatrix uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blaze stuffs the takedown attempt from Dominatrix. Dominatrix gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaze tries to clinch up.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Dominatrix misses with a hook
and Blaze counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Blaze.
Blaze misses with an elbow strike.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dominatrix tries a body shot but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominatrix can't break the clinch.
Dominatrix is looking to break free of the clinch but Blaze has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Blaze prevents Dominatrix from breaking the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dominatrix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dominatrix breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dominatrix.
Dominatrix connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rastaphan Dominatrix seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blaze buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze throws a leg kick but Dominatrix checks it.
Dominatrix misses the jab.
Blaze clinches up with Dominatrix and pushes him back against the cage.
Blaze lands a right hand.
That has opened up Rastaphan Dominatrix's cut even more.
Blaze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Blaze.
Dominatrix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dominatrix is trying to break the clinch but Blaze is controlling him.
Blaze pushes off an throws an elbow but Dominatrix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Dominatrix avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Dominatrix can't get the takedown.
Johnny Blaze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rastaphan Dominatrix.
Dominatrix avoids the elbow strike from Blaze, against the cage.
Dominatrix lands a body shot.
Dominatrix tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Dominatrix back against the cage.
Dominatrix is trying to push Blaze away but Blaze has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dominatrix avoids a wild elbow strike from Blaze.
Dominatrix tries a body shot but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dominatrix throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Dominatrix can't find room to land a body shot as Blaze controls the action.
Blaze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Dominatrix.
Dominatrix avoiding damage as Blaze throws knees to the body.
Dominatrix dodges an elbow strike from Blaze.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominatrix cracks Blaze with a nice body shot.
Blaze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dominatrix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominatrix working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dominatrix blocks an elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Dominatrix - that landed with a thud.
Blaze has a couple of punches blocked by Dominatrix.
Still in the clinch, Blaze scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze tries to stall but Dominatrix uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blaze prevents a body shot from Dominatrix.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blaze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dominatrix's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blaze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blaze.
Dominatrix breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Dominatrix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blaze is looking to counter with a body kick.
Dominatrix throws an overhand right that lands on Blaze's shoulder, as Blaze tries to avoid the shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Blaze.
I think Blaze 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Blaze!
After the fight, Johnny Blaze was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Rastaphan Dominatrix stepped up to the mic, saying 'Oh well, my camp thought I would get beat, I don't learn too fast since I get punched so often. Congrats to the new champ.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Galaxy Nexus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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27
163 lbs
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170 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Galaxy Nexus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nexus digs a good body shot into Brandao's ribs.
Nexus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nexus looks to land a left hand but Brandao moved out of range nicely.
It appears Brandao was looking to counter with a kick there.
Brandao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nexus has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Brandao is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Brandao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nexus throws out the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brandao.
Nexus lands with a straight right. Brandao didn't see that one coming.
Brandao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brandao moves out of range as Nexus strikes.
Brandao wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nexus throws a hook but Brandao blocks it.
Nexus digs a good body shot into Brandao's ribs.
Nexus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nexus moves out of range as Brandao throws a body kick.
Nexus ducks under a wild hook from Brandao.
Nexus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brandao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pearson Spector Litt in the buildup to the fight.
Nexus missing with a left hand there. Brandao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao throws a right hand that Nexus ducks under and follows up with a left that Nexus also avoids with ease.
Brandao misses with a body shot.
Nexus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nexus misses with a few strikes there.
An attempted straight right counter from Brandao misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Nexus to counter with a crisp jab.
Brandao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nexus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brandao connects with a solid leg kick.
Nexus throws a series of punches but Brandao moves out of range.
A slow jab from Nexus misses its intended target.
Nexus avoids the body shot from Brandao.
Nexus scores with a jab.
Brandao lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nexus backs up against the cage.
Brandao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brandao lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Nexus misses.
Brandao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nexus.
Brandao throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Brandao cracks a nice hook into Nexus's ribs.
Brandao scores with a jab to the body.
Nexus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nexus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Brandao. Beautiful body shot.
Brandao cracks Nexus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brandao ducks under a wild hook from Nexus.
Brandao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nexus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brandao slips a jab and a cross from Nexus.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brandao.
Nexus stuns Brandao with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nexus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Nexus.
Brandao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nexus.
Nexus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A clash of legs there as Nexus blocks the low kick.
Brandao drops his hands momentarily and Nexus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brandao throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slow jab from Nexus misses its intended target.
Nexus just misses with a punch to the body.
Brandao with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nexus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brandao circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice body kick there by Brandao.
Nexus moves out of range as Brandao throws a body kick.
Brandao takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nexus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brandao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nexus throws out the jab.
Nexus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brandao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nexus.
Nexus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nexus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brandao.
Brandao tests Nexus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brandao.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nexus is looking to chop away at Brandao's legs.
Nexus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nexus misses the shot to the body.
Nexus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brandao throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nexus avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao lands a leg kick that knocks Nexus off balance momentarily.
Brandao leaves Nexus with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
It appears Brandao was looking to counter with a kick there.
Brandao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brandao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nexus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nexus tries to score a power double leg takedown but Brandao sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nexus somewhat.
Brandao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Some wild striking there from Brandao.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nexus slips a jab from Brandao.
Brandao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nexus.
Nexus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brandao.
Brandao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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 Diego Brandao will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Brandao scores with a kick to the body.
Nexus takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nexus looks to throw the jab but Brandao is out of range.
Brandao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nexus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diego Brandao is winning the standup battle so far.
Brandao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Galaxy Nexus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nexus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nexus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nexus scores with a decent looking hook.
Nexus misses with a wild body shot.
Brandao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brandao connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brandao looks to land a body kick but Nexus moved away.
Brandao misses with a low kick.
Nexus takes a swing at Brandao's ribcage but misses.
Brandao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nexus cracks Brandao with a good jab.
Nexus scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Brandao pushes Nexus up against the cage in a clinch.
Brandao misses with a body punch.
Brandao scores with a shoulder strike.
Nexus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nexus misses with a body punch.
Brandao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brandao looking to slow down the pace here.
Nexus is looking to break free of the clinch but Brandao has double underhooks.
Brandao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brandao digs a right hand underneath Nexus's ribcage. Nexus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brandao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nexus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nexus throws a leg kick but Brandao moved away.
Brandao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nexus throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nexus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nexus avoids a kick to the body.
Brandao lands a nice looking body shot.
Brandao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nexus.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brandao throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nexus. Brandao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nexus throws a hook but Brandao avoids it easily.
Nexus missing with a left hand there. Brandao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brandao scores with a hook to the body. Nexus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brandao lands with a cross.
Brandao is looking to clinch but Nexus is avoiding it.
Nexus throws a jab but it's blocked by Brandao.
Brandao thuds his right hand into Nexus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nexus throws a jab when Brandao was well out of range.
Brandao tries to counter by clinching up but Nexus breaks away and moves out of range.
Brandao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nexus misses with a hook.
Nexus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brandao.
Nexus misses the shot to the body.
Nexus throws a shot from downtown. Brandao moves away and avoids it.
Brandao jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nexus takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nexus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Nexus.
Nexus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nexus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Brandao is able to avoid easily.
Nice defenses there by Brandao.
Brandao cracks Nexus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brandao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brandao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brandao cracks a nice hook into Nexus's ribs.
Brandao cracks Nexus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandao fails in his attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Nexus misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nexus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brandao. Brandao obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Nexus misses its intended target.
Brandao throws a leg kick which misses Nexus's front leg but catches the back leg as Nexus tries to avoid it.
Brandao cracks the inside of Nexus's front leg.
Nexus fails to land with a series of punches.
Nexus ducks right into an uppercut from Brandao.
Nexus misses with an uppercut. Brandao saw that one coming.
Brandao ducks under a wild hook from Nexus.
Brandao tries to land a front kick but Nexus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brandao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nexus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nexus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brandao wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brandao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nexus needs to keep his hands up - Brandao had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Nexus misses.
A quick step to the side and Brandao tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandao scoring well with a low kick there.
Nexus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brandao moves away.
Nexus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Brandao dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Brandao is looking to slow Nexus down with leg kicks.
Nexus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Nexus.
Brandao wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brandao scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nexus just misses with a punch to the body.
Nexus throws a series of strikes that have Brandao backpedaling.
Brandao cracks a nice hook into Nexus's ribs.
A combination from Nexus does no damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brandao.
Brandao avoids the body shot from Nexus.
Nexus fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nexus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nexus misses with a leg kick
and Brandao counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brandao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nexus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nexus is rocked!
Brandao cracks Nexus on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Nexus falls backwards against the cage. Brandao follows up with more strikes that drop Nexus to his knees. Brandao keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Nexus! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Brandao!
Our winner, Diego Brandao, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Galaxy Nexus had this to say: 'Close to retirement now, been at the top a long time considering how average I am.'.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clinton Hessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiichi Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keiichi Yamada has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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197 lbs
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205 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clinton Hessler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keiichi Yamada!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamada avoids the body shot from Hessler.
Yamada is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hessler throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamada counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hessler!
Yamada tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yamada has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yamada is trying to get an arm triangle but Hessler is defending well.
Yamada is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hessler is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamada working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yamada goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Hessler has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Yamada but great work by Hessler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada tries to improve position but can't.
Hessler looks up at the clock and then as Yamada takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hessler smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hessler landing a few strikes.
Hessler trying to control the position but Yamada is working away.
Yamada sneaks back into half guard.
Yamada tries to get to full guard but Hessler has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hessler sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Yamada manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yamada is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Yamada is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hessler has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hessler trying to control but Yamada is working from the bottom.
Hessler stopping the sweep attempt from Yamada.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hessler trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hessler will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yamada is on top in guard.
Hessler is trying to keep Yamada in close.
Yamada tries to free his leg and advance position but Hessler is retaining full guard.
Hessler looking to control.
Yamada passes into half guard.
Hessler wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada seems to be looking for submissions.
Yamada is working for a kimura but Hessler is defending it quite comfortably.
Yamada is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hessler has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hessler won't allow Yamada to pass to mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yamada is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Hessler still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Hessler has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Hessler trying to control the position but Yamada is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiichi Yamada dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hessler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamada manages to avoid it.
Yamada drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hessler defends it well.
Hessler misses with a combination
and Yamada counters with a single leg into guard. Hessler didn't expect that.
Yamada advances to half guard.
Hessler wants to get back to full guard.
Yamada is pressing down on Hessler's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hessler is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamada passes to side control.
Yamada has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yamada wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hessler, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Hessler has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Yamada but great work by Hessler.
Yamada tries to bench press Hessler off him but Hessler keeps the position.
Hessler scores with punches from side control.
Keiichi Yamada has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yamada is trying to get back to half guard.
Hessler grinds an elbow into Yamada's temple.
Hessler is chipping away with strikes.
Yamada is looking to regain half guard here but Hessler keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hessler tries to move to mount but Yamada blocks the move with his legs.
Yamada is looking for a sweep.
Yamada takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Yamada is looking to regain half guard here but Hessler keeps moving and retains side control.
Yamada looks to move to half guard but instead Hessler has passed into mount! Damn!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hessler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hessler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hessler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yamada slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hessler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yamada keeps working.
Hessler lands with a punch from half guard.
Yamada moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Yamada tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hessler trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yamada working for submissions but it's allowed Hessler to get to half guard.
Yamada looking for submissions off his back.
Hessler lands with a punch from half guard.
Yamada tries to get to full guard but Hessler has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamada is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hessler pulls his head out easily.
Hessler wants to free his trapped foot but Yamada is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clinton Hessler dominated that second round.
That's time! Hessler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Yamada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yamada slips under a jab.
Yamada changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hessler looks to land a left hand but Yamada moved out of range nicely.
Yamada takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yamada avoids the body shot from Hessler.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hessler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hessler takes a swing at Yamada's ribcage but misses.
Yamada changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hessler jabs Yamada to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Yamada blocks the low kick.
Yamada changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hessler throws a leg kick
and Yamada decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hessler's guard.
Yamada wants to pass the guard but Hessler is keeping the position.
Yamada trying to move into half guard but instead Hessler has managed to sweep!
Yamada looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hessler puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hessler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yamada keeps working.
Yamada makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Yamada.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hessler throws a big elbow that misses.
Yamada looking for a guillotine here but Hessler defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamada keeping moving, preventing Hessler from controlling successfully.
Hessler won't allow Yamada to sweep him here.
Yamada lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Hessler is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada tries to roll over but Hessler keeps him under control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hessler in particular looking to stall.
Yamada tries to get to full guard but Hessler has control of the leg.
Hessler working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Yamada is pressing down on Hessler's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hessler postures up in Yamada's guard and throws a big left but Yamada blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hessler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yamada preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yamada looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hessler is one step ahead there.
Hessler connects with a couple of short punches.
Yamada has his foot on Hessler's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hessler works his way back into a safe position though.
Hessler works over Yamada with some ground and pound from guard.
Hessler is working Yamada over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yamada has momentary wrist control but Hessler slips an elbow through the middle.
Hessler sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yamada's guard.
Hessler is controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clinton Hessler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hessler 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clinton Hessler!
An intense looking Clinton Hessler took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'That was for Lee, stick this on the end of your KO of the year champ. '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Boulami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Panikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulami's entrance music is The Rock - Mustapha Ibrahim. A fine choice. Panikov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fighters. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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177 lbs
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25
175 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Omar Boulami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sergey Panikov!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panikov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boulami throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boulami connects with a crisp jab.
Boulami closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Panikov did well to prevent Boulami getting side control.
Panikov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Boulami's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Boulami's back!
Panikov somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Boulami tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Panikov controlling the pace for now.
Panikov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
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!
Panikov avoids the attempt from Boulami to control.
Poor strikes thrown by Panikov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Boulami holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Panikov tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Panikov sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Panikov throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Panikov tries to control but Boulami wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boulami doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Boulami wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Panikov.
Panikov prevents Boulami from getting the reversal.
Panikov looking to finish with strikes here!
Panikov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Panikov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Panikov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Boulami working to try and regain half guard.
Panikov punching from mount but Boulami doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Panikov misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Panikov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Boulami is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulami tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Boulami regains half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Panikov tries to stand and escape but Boulami is controlling the position.
Panikov trying to control the action but Boulami is working from the bottom.
Boulami controlling the position for now.
Panikov throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Boulami to regain full guard.
Boulami utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Boulami preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Panikov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boulami looking to control.
Boulami keeping moving, preventing Panikov from controlling successfully.
Panikov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panikov wants to control from the top but Boulami keeps moving.
Boulami bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Panikov's guard.
Panikov working a defensive guard here.
Panikov might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Boulami haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Boulami postures up in Panikov's guard and throws a big left but Panikov blocks it.
Panikov is trying to keep Boulami in close.
Panikov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Boulami looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panikov looking for a sweep. Not yet Panikov, not yet.
Panikov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Boulami is looking to control Panikov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Boulami avoid being mounted?
Boulami works his way to full guard. Good work.
Boulami keeping full guard, as Panikov tries to pass.
Boulami controlling Panikov's posture.
Panikov wants to control from the top but Boulami keeps moving.
Panikov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Panikov dominated that round.
That's time! Boulami's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Panikov throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Omar Boulami has been cut.
Boulami slips under a jab.
Panikov tries to bum rush Boulami with a series of wild strikes but Boulami uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boulami clobbers Panikov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Boulami throws a body shot but no joy.
Panikov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boulamis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boulami misses with a hook. Panikov ducked under it nicely.
Nice body punch from Panikov.
Sloppy strikes from Panikov. Those never looked like landing.
Panikov misses with a lunging right hand
and Boulami counters with a straight right hand.
Boulami shoots in and bounces Panikov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Panikov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Panikov is controlling Boulami's posture.
Boulami postures up in Panikov's guard and throws a big left but Panikov blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panikov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boulami postures up and lands a big shot to Panikov's brow.
Panikov working a defensive guard here.
Boulami sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Panikov's guard.
Panikov trying to control from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Boulami connects with a nice short shot to Panikov's temple.
Panikov has hold of Boulami's hands but Boulami slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Boulami is looking to take a break and control but Panikov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Boulami missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panikov tries to get to full guard but Boulami has control of the leg.
Boulami not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Panikov is looking for a sweep. Boulami is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boulami will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Panikov desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Boulami working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Panikov manages to get to full guard.
Panikov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Panikov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Panikov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boulami missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panikov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Boulami is one step ahead there.
Boulami working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Panikov's head.
Boulami's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Boulami in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Boulami trying to control but Panikov is working from the bottom.
Boulami advances to half guard.
Boulami trying to control the action but Panikov is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Panikov wants to control but Boulami is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Boulami there.
Panikov is trying to maintain the position but Boulami is very close to passing his half guard.
Panikov wants to improve his position but Boulami is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Panikov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Panikov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boulami tries to get to full guard but Panikov has control of the leg.
Panikov trying to control the action but Boulami is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Omar Boulami dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Omar Boulami's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Panikov wants to clinch.
Boulami takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Boulami uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Panikov.
A leg kick checked by Panikov.
Panikov scores with a hook to the body. Boulami takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Panikov has Boulami up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Panikov fails to land.
Panikov working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panikov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Panikov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Boulami blocks an uppercut.
Boulami working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boulami fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boulami lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panikov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boulami backwards.
Panikov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boulami taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Boulami.
Boulami lands a right hand.
Boulami pressing his opponent against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Panikov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Panikov.
Panikov throws a punch but it's blocked by Boulami.
Panikov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boulami's elbow.
Boulami blocks an uppercut.
Panikov blocks an uppercut.
Panikov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boulami walks into a stiff left hand from Panikov.
Panikov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boulami half committed to a counter leg kick.
Panikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Panikov throws a good cross that connects.
Omar Boulami's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulami misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boulami connects with a right hand. Panikov shakes it off.
Boulami misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Panikov. Boulami does a little dance to reset his feet.
Panikov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boulami's head.
Panikov looks to land a left hand but Boulami moved out of range nicely.
Panikov misses with a looping left.
Panikov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Boulami counters with a nice body kick.
Panikov misses with a lunging right hand
and Boulami counters with a left to the body.
Boulami tries for a takedown but Panikov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Boulami 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.
Panikov drops Boulami with a beautiful combination! Boulami stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Panikov is looking for the KO!
Boulami is rocked!
Boulami connects with a solid leg kick.
Oh Boulami is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sergey Panikov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Panikov takes a swing at Boulami's ribcage but misses.
Boulami seems to have got his legs back now.
Panikov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Boulami.
Panikov misses with a straight left.
Sergey Panikov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panikov cracks Boulami with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Boulami looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Panikov finish him?
Omar Boulami's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Panikov cracks Boulami with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Boulami tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Panikov pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Boulami is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergey Panikov!
Sergey Panikov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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