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GAMMA#478 Curry v Cuenca PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Jay Z- Big Pimpin. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White wants to clinch up but Henderson keeps it at a distance.
White takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
White throws a nice head kick!
White throws a series of punches but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White 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.
Henderson tries to sprawl but White drives through with a takedown into half guard.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
White 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.
White working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Henderson's thigh. Henderson counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White postures up in Henderson's guard and throws a big left but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson has control of White's left arm, preventing White from doing any damage.
White advances to half guard.
Henderson keeping hold of White's head, controlling as best he can.
White is thwarting Henderson's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
White not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henderson won't allow White to pass to mount.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
White seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Henderson throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Henderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a body kick.
White closes the distance and pushes Henderson back into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
Henderson misses with some punches.
Henderson connects with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Henderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
White manages to break the clinch.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
Henderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White appears to be looking for a big counter.
Henderson throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Henderson with a hook.
Henderson staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson moves out of range of the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henderson as he avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henderson.
Henderson delivers a nice body kick.
White tries to clinch up.
White shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
White trying to advance position but Henderson counters by regaining guard.
White being controlled here momentarily.
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 Danny White will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
White misses with a right hand
and Henderson counters with a nice uppercut.
White shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than White was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
White working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
White wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Check out the look on White's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Henderson is trying to control White's posture but White avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White is trying to get an arm triangle but Henderson is defending well.
White tries for a kimura but Henderson is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White trying to control the action but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Henderson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but White has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
White wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
White has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Henderson!
White thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
White goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Henderson turns into him and now he's in White's guard.
Henderson is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henderson is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Henderson trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
White lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Henderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Henderson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of White, into his guard.
Henderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
White wants to pass the guard but Henderson is keeping the position.
White is fighting to break Henderson's control of his arms but Henderson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
White working some strikes from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
White wants to pass the guard but Henderson is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny White dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Henderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Henderson connects with a solid leg kick.
Henderson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but White checks it well.
It looked like White was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
White lands with a nice body punch.
White fails with the takedown.
White drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
White is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henderson has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White wants to control for a moment but Henderson uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson trying to control here.
White is looking for a kimura but Henderson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for White to get the leverage.
Henderson is doing well to control the position and prevent White from advancing to side control.
White is pressing down on Henderson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henderson is holding on for now.
Danny White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
White seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Henderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Henderson is looking to improve his position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for White on that attempt.
Henderson throws a leg kick which misses White's front leg but catches the back leg as White tries to avoid it.
Henderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Henderson connects with a high kick.
White chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Henderson can pounce on him.
Jab by Henderson.
Henderson thumps White with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as White blocks the leg kick.
Danny White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Henderson.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
White swings for the body but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Henderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
White throws a push kick but Henderson slaps the foot to one side.
Henderson fakes the leg kick and cracks White in the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from White.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henderson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters circling a little - Henderson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
White scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
White fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and White wants it to stay on the feet.
Henderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White shoots for a takedown but Henderson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henderson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henderson.
Henderson feints and then cracks White's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow White down.
Henderson throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
White needs to keep his hands up - Henderson had a free shot at his head there.
Mike Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Henderson dodges an elbow strike from White.
White blocks a body shot from Henderson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Henderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think White 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Danny White!
Danny White bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Convicted Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ayrton Pena Milani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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285 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Convicted Killer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ayrton Pena Milani!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Killer. Beautiful body shot.
Pena Milani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pena Milani's coach down at Black Hand Vegas was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pena Milani's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Killer scores with a decent looking hook.
Pena Milani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pena Milani tries to move into range but Killer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Ayrton Pena Milani has been cut.
Pena Milani avoids the body shot from Killer.
Killer tries to clinch up
and Pena Milani counters with a series of strikes. Killer will be more careful next time no doubt.
A cross from Killer lands.
Killer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Killer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
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!
Pena Milani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Killer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Killer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Killer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Pena Milani.
Pena Milani thinks about the counter body kick.
A head kick misses from Killer.
Pena Milani tries to clinch but Killer moves away
and Killer counters with a head kick that drops Pena Milani to the mat! Pena Milani scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Killer scores with a spinning back kick!
Killer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crack! A monster head kick from Killer and Pena Milani falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Killer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Convicted Killer!
A less than humble Convicted Killer misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le has chosen Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great elbows
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Charles.
Charles defending well as Le loads up on a big left hand.
Le lands a body shot.
Charles pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Le back to the cage. Charles follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Le circles away quickly and effectively.
Le dodges the punch combination from Charles.
Charles walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Le misses with an attempted mid kick.
Le scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles misses with a wild combination.
Le tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Le.
Charles lets loose with a powerful body kick. Le will feel that in the morning.
Le misses with a hook. Charles ducked under it nicely.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Le.
Charles moves away from the strike by Le.
Le clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles scores with a shot to the side of Le's head.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Our sources have told us that Charles has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Charles blocking some punches.
Le throws a head punch that misses.
Le lands a body punch in the clinch.
Le lands a left hand that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le scores with a shot to the side of Charles's head.
Le lands with a short shot to the head.
Le tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Le misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles avoids a wild elbow strike from Le.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Le pushes off an throws an elbow but Charles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Charles lands with a light punch inside.
Charles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Le's efforts to push away.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Le pulls his leg out and moves away.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Charles.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le throws out the jab.
Charles attempts a counter takedown but Le avoids it well and moves away.
Charles lands a jab to the head.
Charles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Le looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Charles lands a slapping body shot.
Le fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Charles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Le takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Charles gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Le counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Le takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Le finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Charles connects with the punch.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Le is just out of range.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phan Tran Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Charles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le pushes Charles up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Le.
Charles misses with the head strike.
Le misses with a punch to the body.
Le cracks Charles with a nice body shot.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles works on Le's body with a couple of short punches.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
Charles working aggressively here.
Le makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Charles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Charles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Charles.
Le avoids the elbow strike from Charles, against the cage.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le breaks from the clinch.
Le closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow.
Le wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le lands a hook that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Still in the clinch, Le scores with a nice short uppercut.
Charles blocks a body shot from Le.
Le blocks an elbow strike from Charles.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stalling in the clinch from Le.
Charles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le stalling the fight.
Charles throws an elbow that misses.
Nice body punch from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phan Tran Le dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Le lands a nice shot that snaps Charles's head back.
Le looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Charles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Le misses with a straight left.
Charles throws a big counter combination but Le scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Charles lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Charles has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Charles.
Le swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le lands a body shot in the clinch.
Le manages to break the clinch.
Le moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Charles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Le at a distance.
Le blocks a head kick by Charles.
Le takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Charles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Le checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Charles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Le.
Charles is looking to counter with a body kick.
Charles scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Charles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Charles misses its target.
Le checks a leg kick nicely.
Charles blocks a jab.
Charles misses with a low kick.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Le is just out of range.
A big right from Le misses.
Le slips a jab from Charles.
Le circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Charles drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Le follows Charles to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phan Tran Le!
A victorious Phan Tran Le thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaako Meritähti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaako Meritähti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaako Meritähti!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meritähti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Paul Jones has been cut.
Meritähti digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jones working away.
Jones fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Meritähti has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jones 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.
Meritähti can't do much from the bottom here.
Meritähti takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position but Meritähti is working away.
Jones tries to score with some ground and pound. Meritähti controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Meritähti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones throws a strike aimed at the side of Meritähti's head but Meritähti avoids it well.
Jones swings around for an armbar but Meritähti sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Jones's guard.
Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Meritähti from controlling successfully.
Meritähti passes Jones's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jones looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Meritähti pushes past his half guard into mount!
Meritähti avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Meritähti controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones tries to hold on but Meritähti pushes him away.
Jones slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Meritähti is pressing down on Jones's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jones is holding on for now.
Meritähti prevents Jones from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Meritähti passes into side control, despite Jones's attempt to control the position.
Meritähti tries to advance to mount but can't.
Meritähti wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Meritähti off and has taken his back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones looking for the choke from the back.
Meritähti is trying to break free.
Meritähti is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
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 Paul Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Jones's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Meritähti takes one to the side of the head.
Meritähti throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Meritähti lands with a shot to the body.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meritähti sprawls well. Meritähti wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Meritähti misses the shot to the body.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Meritähti is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meritähti moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Meritähti sprawls well.
Meritähti throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Meritähti lands with a right hand.
Jones walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meritähti leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Meritähti throws a big counter head kick but Jones avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a hook.
Meritähti is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jones with a body shot.
Meritähti jabs at Jones's body.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Meritähti throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Meritähti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meritähti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jaako Meritähti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meritähti moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meritähti manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meritähti is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jones striking off his back but it's not causing Meritähti any problems.
Meritähti must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Meritähti passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meritähti not doing much here.
Meritähti is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jones gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Meritähti is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but Meritähti has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jones wants to improve his position but Meritähti is controlling well.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Meritähti is working away from the top position though.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Paul Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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.
Meritähti performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jones is not content to let Meritähti control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Meritähti doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaako Meritähti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Jones's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meritähti.
Meritähti walks into a jab.
Some wild striking there from Meritähti.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Meritähti throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Meritähti misses with a wild body shot.
Jones appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Meritähti lands with a slapping head kick.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones walks into a straight right hand from Meritähti.
Jones throws a leg kick but Meritähti checks it.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Meritähti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meritähti misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meritähti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meritähti but Meritähti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Meritähti.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Meritähti as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A lazy left from Meritähti finds it's target.
A low kick from Jones misses
and Meritähti counters with a stiff right hand.
Meritähti misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Meritähti misses with a looping left.
Jones with a poor takedown
and Meritähti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jones is rocked!
Meritähti throws a monster overhand right that drops Jones! Meritähti follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaako Meritähti!
After winning the bout, Jaako Meritähti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ava Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Denke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noel comes to the cage accompanied by A Moment. Denke has chosen Runnin With The Devil as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ava Noel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karl Denke!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denke motions for Noel to come forward. Denke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Noel is looking to counter punch.
Denke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Noel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Denke scores with a nice head shot.
That kick from Denke tenderised Noel's leg. Noel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Denke misses with a wild body shot.
Noel punishes Denke's body with a nice straight punch.
Denke jabs Noel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A cross from Noel lands.
Noel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Noel moves out of range of the body kick.
Karl Denke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Denke 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.
Noel avoids the body shot from Denke.
Denke lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Noel misses
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Noel lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters circling - Denke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Some wild striking there from Noel.
Denke follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Noel digs a good hook to Denke's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Noel.
A big right from Noel misses.
Denke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Noel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Denke. Noel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noel tried to counter with a leg kick but Denke avoided it.
Noel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Noel swats away the attempt to clinch by Denke.
Noel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Denke manages to avoid it.
Good shot there by Noel.
A nice leg kick lands there from Noel.
A decent looking cross lands there for Denke.
Denke ducks under a wild hook from Noel.
Noel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Denke darts in looking for a takedown but Noel gets double underhooks and turns Denke into the cage.
Noel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Denke punishes Noel's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Denke.
Denke has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Denke throws a series of punches but Noel moves out of range.
Denke thows a leg kick but Noel checks it
and Noel counters with a two punch combo.
Noel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Denke throws a leg kick but Noel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Denke rushes Noel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Noel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Noel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Noel works Denke's body with a nice hook.
Noel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denke.
Denke lands a slapping body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Denke.
Noel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Denke throws out the jab.
A low kick from Denke is predictable there
and Noel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Denke missing with a left hand there. Noel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Denke throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke checks a leg kick.
Denke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Denke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Denke tries to clinch but Noel is having none of it.
Noel stalks Denke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Denke's face. Denke staggers backwards, shaken.
Denke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Noel looks to land a left hand but Denke moved out of range nicely.
Noel defending well as Denke loads up on a big left hand.
Noel blocks a head kick by Denke.
Noel moves out of range of the strikes.
Denke blocks a low kick nicely.
Noel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Denke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Denke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Denke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Noel misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Noel manages to avoid it.
Ava Noel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Denke blocks a low kick nicely.
Noel is looking to wear down Denke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A big left from Noel misses.
Denke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Denke drives through and clinches with Noel against the cage.
Noel breaks the clinch.
Denke throws a leg kick but Noel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Denke is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Denke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Noel.
Noel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Noel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Denke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Noel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Noel.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denke misses with a low kick.
Denke avoids the body shot from Noel.
Noel blocks a jab.
Noel misses with a few strikes there.
Denke let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ava Noel dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Denke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Noel counters with a nice leg kick.
Noel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Denke was well out of range. Poor timing from Noel.
Noel lands with a nice body punch.
Denke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Noel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Denke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Noel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Noel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Noel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Denke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Noel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Noel lands a nice hook to Denke's body. Denke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Noel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Denke connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Denke throws a hook but Noel avoids it easily.
Noel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Denke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Noel counters with an outside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Denke checks a leg kick.
Noel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Denke checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denke takes a swing at Noel's ribcage but misses.
Noel is looking to counter punch.
Good leg kick by Denke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Denke shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Noel 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.
Noel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Denke staying out of range there.
Denke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Noel.
Noel throws the left hand but Denke avoids the punch easily.
Denke follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Noel cracks Denke with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Denke cracks Noel with an open hand slap.
Noel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denke tries a quick counter leg kick but Noel is wise to it.
Noel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Denke throws a hook but Noel avoids it easily.
Denke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That kick from Noel tenderised Denke's leg. Denke is trying to keep his angry face on.
Noel misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denke lands with a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Noel there.
Noel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Denke can do to turn this around?
Noel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Denke throws a push kick but Noel slaps the foot to one side.
Denke closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Noel quickly recovers to half guard.
Noel is looking to escape.
Denke is looking to take a break and control but Noel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Denke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noel wants to get back to his feet.
Denke perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Noel looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Denke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Noel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Noel looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Denke. Noel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Denke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Noel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Denke throws a series of punches but Noel moves out of range.
Noel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Denke missing with a left hand there. Noel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Noel slips a jab from Denke.
Noel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Denke.
Denke connects with an inside leg kick.
Denke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Noel.
Noel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Noel duly obliges.
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!
Noel moves out of range as Denke strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Noel.
Denke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Noel connects with a leg kick. Denke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke throws a low kick but Noel avoids it.
That kick from Denke tenderised Noel's leg. Noel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Denke misses with an uppercut
and Noel counters with a nice uppercut.
Ava Noel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Denke throws a shot from downtown. Noel moves away and avoids it.
Noel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Noel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Denke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Noel tries to bum rush Denke with a series of wild strikes but Denke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Denke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Denke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Denke throws a hook to the side of Noel's head but Noel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Noel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ava Noel is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Noel's calf.
Denke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Noel is able to avoid easily.
Noel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Noel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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 Ava Noel will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Noel throws a hook but Denke blocks it.
Denke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Noel scores with a hook to the body. Denke takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Noel connects with a body shot that sends Denke's belly button to the back.
Denke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Denke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Noel checks it well.
Denke wants to clinch.
Denke throws a leg kick
and Noel counters with a nice uppercut.
Denke lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Noel tries to bum rush Denke with a series of wild strikes but Denke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Noel throws out a leg kick but Denke moves out of range and Noel only half commits.
A clash of legs there as Noel blocks the low kick.
Denke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Noel went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Denke circles away quickly and effectively.
Denke lands an overhand right.
Noel fails to land with a series of punches.
Noel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denke dodges the punch combination from Noel.
Karl Denke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Noel lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Denke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Denke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Denke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Noel manages to avoid it.
Noel misses with a hook. Denke ducked under it nicely.
A clash of legs there as Denke blocks the low kick.
Denke lands with a kick to the ribs.
Noel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Denke. Noel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noel misses with an uppercut. Denke saw that one coming.
Noel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Noel throws a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke throws a low kick, looking for Noel's leg but Noel calmly moves out of range.
Noel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Denke throws out the jab.
Noel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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!
Nice uppercut lands for Noel. That snapped Denke's head back.
Noel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Denke.
A telegraphed right hand from Noel misses the target.
Noel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Noel throws a one two combo.
Denke misses with a double jab
and Noel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Noel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Denke ducks right into an uppercut from Noel.
Noel misses with a wild body shot.
Denke throws a low kick but Noel avoids it.
Noel checks a low kick from Denke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Noel can pounce on him.
Noel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Denke scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Noel avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Denke.
Denke trying to control the action but Noel is working from the bottom.
Denke taking a breather here.
Ava Noel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Noel throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Denke swings widly with a right hand
and Noel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Noel tries to bum rush Denke with a series of wild strikes but Denke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noel keeps the fight on the outside.
Denke scoring well with a low kick there.
Denke lands a leg kick that knocks Noel off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke throws a jab when Noel was well out of range.
Noel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A right-left combo lands from Noel.
A slow jab from Denke misses its intended target.
Noel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Noel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Noel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Denke tries to land a front kick but Noel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Noel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Denke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Denke throws a looping overhand right but Noel ducks down to avoid it.
Noel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Noel.
Noel scores with a nice strike.
Denke misses with a jab to the body
and Noel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Denke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Denke throws a lazy right hand but Noel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ava Noel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Noel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ava Noel!
Ava Noel very nearly forgot to thank GREEN!160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter comes to the cage accompanied by All you need is love. Torturo has chosen Mogwai - Katrien as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Marko Torturo enters the cage!
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217 lbs
43 - 20 - 4 |
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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
32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 20 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter moves out of range of the strikes.
Torturo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Potter.
Potter scores with a nice right hand.
Potter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torturo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torturo.
Potter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Torturo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Potter scrambles back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. Torturo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potter throws a looping overhand right but Torturo ducks down to avoid it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Potter shrugs it off though.
Potter has been working on his boxing with his coaches at MagicalFatFarm in the buildup to the fight.
Torturo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Potter takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
Torturo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Potter.
Torturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Potter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo walks into a straight right hand from Potter.
Torturo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Potter throws out a powerful jab.
Potter blocks the body kick.
Potter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Potter just misses with a punch to the body.
Potter takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Torturo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Torturo throws a big shot that misses.
Good leg kick by Torturo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Torturo looks for the body kick but Potter saw that one coming.
Potter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Torturo clinches up with Potter and pushes him back against the cage.
Torturo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torturo working aggressively here.
Potter manages to break the clinch.
A cross from Potter lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Potter shrugs it off though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo misses with a few strikes there.
Torturo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Torturo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torturo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Potter under the eye.
Torturo throws a chopping leg kick but Potter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Potter throwing a counter right hand but Torturo manages to avoid it.
Potter misses with a hook.
Torturo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Potter shrugs it off though.
Torturo connects with a high kick.
Potter throws the left hand but Torturo avoids the punch easily.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Torturo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torturo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Potter.
Torturo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Potter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Potter misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Torturo! But no joy.
Torturo throws a combination that misses
and Potter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Potter blocks the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Potter blocks the leg kick.
Potter tries to clinch up.
Torturo misses with a leg kick
and Potter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Torturo misses with a punch on the inside.
Potter wants to break free but Torturo has control.
Nice body punch from Torturo.
Still in the clinch, Potter scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Torturo.
Torturo misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Potter's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torturo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Potter takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torturo.
Potter manages to break the clinch.
Torturo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Torturo tries to get set, Potter tries to push him back and clinch up but Torturo manages to avoid the attempt.
Torturo looks to land a body kick but Potter moved away.
Good work by Potter as he checks the leg kick.
Potter is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Torturo misses its intended target.
Torturo is looking to slow Potter down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torturo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Potter if he has to take too many more of those.
Potter slips a straight right by Torturo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Torturo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Torturo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Potter avoids a kick to the body.
Torturo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Potter has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torturo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Potter misses.
No joy there for Potter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Torturo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Potter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A slow jab from Potter misses its intended target.
Potter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And Torturo responds with a good body kick, but Potter manages to step out the way in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torturo clobbers Potter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Torturo slips a straight right by Potter.
A head kick misses from Torturo.
It looked like Potter was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Torturo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Potter shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo digs a good body shot into Potter's ribs.
Marko Torturo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter throws a lazy right hand but Torturo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torturo.
Torturo connects with a right hand. Potter shakes it off.
Potter checks a leg kick nicely.
Potter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Potter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Potter is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Torturo Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Potter is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Marko Torturo!
During a confident post fight interview, Marko Torturo 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Kris Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Povetkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hong Entrance Song. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
17 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kris Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Povetkin!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong throws a front kick that sends Povetkin stumbling back into the cage.
Hong looks to land a left hand but Povetkin moved out of range nicely.
Hong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hong misses with a wild body shot.
Hong digs a good hook to Povetkin's body.
A clash of legs there as Povetkin blocks the low kick.
Hong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hong misses the shot to the body.
Hong throws a nice inside leg kick.
Povetkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A clash of legs there as Povetkin blocks the low kick.
Hong throws a chopping leg kick but Povetkin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Povetkin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses the shot to the body.
Povetkin works the jab nicely.
Povetkin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hong. That did some damage!
Povetkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Povetkin misses with an uppercut. Hong saw that one coming.
Hong fires out a quick counter leg kick but Povetkin just manages to avoid it.
Hong tried to score with a low kick but Povetkin checks it.
Kris Hong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Povetkin avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Povetkin! But no joy.
Povetkin throws a good cross that connects.
An inside leg kick lands from Hong.
Povetkin motions for Hong to come forward. Povetkin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hong.
A slapping leg kick lands for Povetkin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws the kick towards the body but Povetkin avoids it.
Hong fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Povetkin on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Povetkin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hong lands a leg kick that knocks Povetkin off balance momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Hong. That snapped Povetkin's head back.
A jab from Povetkin misses.
Hong throws a half hearted mid kick.
Povetkin throws out a counter right but Hong avoids it with no problem.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hong lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Povetkin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Povetkin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Povetkin unleashes a big counter combination but Hong bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hong delivers a nice body kick.
Povetkin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Povetkin moves out of range of the leg kick from Hong.
Povetkin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Povetkin thuds his right hand into Hong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Povetkin looks to throw the jab but Hong is out of range.
Povetkin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Povetkin misses with a low kick.
Povetkin swings widly with a right hand
enabling Hong to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick misses from Hong.
Povetkin feints a counter leg kick.
Hong throws a leg kick but Povetkin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hong staying out of range there.
Povetkin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Povetkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Povetkin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Povetkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
Povetkin avoids the head kick by Hong.
Povetkin misses with a straight right.
Hong throws a front kick aimed at Povetkin's knee but Povetkin avoids it well.
A lazy left from Povetkin finds it's target.
Hong is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Povetkin blocks a leg kick.
Hong tries a head kick but it misses.
Hong connects with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Hong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hong thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Povetkin if he has to take too many more of those.
That kick from Hong tenderised Povetkin's leg. Povetkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Povetkin checks a leg kick.
Hong backing away here, and Povetkin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kris Hong 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.
Hong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Povetkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hong throws a body shot but no joy.
Povetkin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Povetkin can do to turn this around?
Povetkin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hong misses with a looping right.
Povetkin scores with a three punch combo!
Hong misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Povetkin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Povetkin was well out of range. Poor timing from Hong.
Povetkin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hong throws an overhand right that lands on Povetkin's shoulder, as Povetkin tries to avoid the shot.
Povetkin throws out a counter right but Hong avoids it with no problem.
Kris Hong is winning the standup battle so far.
Hong avoids the body shot from Povetkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong lands an overhand right.
Povetkin avoids the body shot from Hong.
Hong misses with a hook to the body
and Povetkin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jab from Povetkin.
Povetkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from Hong misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Povetkin. Hong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hong appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Povetkin tries to land a leg kick but Hong saw it coming and moves away.
Hong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Povetkin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Povetkin.
Povetkin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Povetkin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hong misses with an uppercut.
Povetkin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Povetkin misses with a low kick.
Hong quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Povetkin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hong has got the better of the exchanges.
Hong lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Povetkin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Povetkin misses with a two punch combination.
That kick from Hong tenderised Povetkin's leg. Povetkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Povetkin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Povetkin feints and then cracks Hong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hong down.
Hong throws a push kick but Povetkin slaps the foot to one side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hong.
Hong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Povetkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hong.
Povetkin is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A good leg kick by Hong.
Hong misses with a looping right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hong.
Hong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hong lunges at Povetkin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Povetkin's hand.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Povetkin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hong with a body shot.
Hong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Povetkin throws a right and a left that Hong avoids nicely.
Hong swings widly with a right hand
and Povetkin counters with a three punch combo that has Hong backing up. Hong nods at Povetkin to acknowledge the strikes.
Good shot there by Povetkin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Povetkin moves away.
Povetkin lands a head shot.
Povetkin avoids the head kick by Hong.
Povetkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Povetkin misses with a hook. Hong ducked under it nicely.
Hong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice body punch from Hong.
Hong wants to slow Povetkin down by chopping away at his legs.
Hong is looking to slow Povetkin down with leg kicks.
Hong misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Povetkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hong lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hong takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kris Hong dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hong swings for the body but Povetkin moves out of range.
Hong throws a leg kick that misses.
Alexander Povetkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hong throws a sloppy head kick
and Povetkin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hong scores with a nice right hand.
Hong drops his hands momentarily and Povetkin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Povetkin with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hong.
Povetkin looks to land a combination but Hong avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong misses the body punch
and Povetkin counters with a thumping low kick.
Povetkin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Povetkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Povetkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hong tries to land a front kick but Povetkin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong throws a nice inside leg kick.
A low kick from Hong is predictable there
and Povetkin counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hong.
Hong throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Povetkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hong. Hong obviously looking to wear him down.
Povetkin moves out of range of the body kick from Hong.
Povetkin scores with a body shot.
Hong connects with a leg kick. Povetkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hong wants to land a leg kick but Povetkin is out of range.
Povetkin throws out a counter right but Hong avoids it with no problem.
Hong connects with the punch.
Hong blocks a low kick nicely.
Hong fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Povetkin checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Povetkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Povetkin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hong.
Povetkin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Povetkin feints a counter leg kick.
Hong throws a low kick but Povetkin avoids it.
Povetkin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hong.
Hong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That kick from Hong tenderised Povetkin's leg. Povetkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
A bone on bone clash there as Povetkin blocks the leg kick.
Hong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Povetkin manages to avoid it.
Povetkin misses with an uppercut. Hong saw that one coming.
Hong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Povetkin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a hook.
Nice body kick there by Hong.
Hong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Povetkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Povetkin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hong with a body shot.
Hong throws a low kick but Povetkin moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Povetkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Povetkin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hong.
Hong tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Povetkin is able to avoid easily.
Povetkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Povetkin tries to score with a low kick but Hong moves his leg out of the way.
Alexander Povetkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hong tries a low kick but Povetkin avoids it.
Hong throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Povetkin on the side of the head.
Hong throws a low kick but Povetkin moves out of range easily.
Povetkin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Povetkin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Povetkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
Hong misses with a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Povetkin! But no joy.
Hong scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hong misses with a wild body shot.
Hong throws a leg kick that is checked
and Povetkin counters with a left and a right that stings Hong.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Povetkin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Povetkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hong misses the shot to the body.
You can see that Povetkin has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hong tries to land a front kick but Povetkin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hong throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kris Hong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hong has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kris Hong!
Kris Hong was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurmas Uusisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves's entrance music is Rob Zombie - Scum of the earth . A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Uusisto's choice of entrance music: System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B.. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 lbs
21 - 4 - 0 |
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178 lbs
39 - 19 - 1 |
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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
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fernando Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurmas Uusisto!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uusisto moves out of range of the body kick from Alves.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Uusisto.
Uusisto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Uusisto.
Alves stuns Uusisto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alves blocks a head kick by Uusisto.
Alves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Uusisto at a distance.
Alves misses with a low kick.
Uusisto misses with a leg kick.
Uusisto misses the shot to the body.
Uusisto wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves throws a low kick but Uusisto avoids it.
Uusisto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Uusisto with a poor takedown
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uusisto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uusisto feints the counter takedown.
Alves scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've been told by Alves's head coaches at School Of Fighting that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A jab from Alves does it's job there.
Nice shot lands for Alves.
Uusisto shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice jab there from Alves.
The fighters circling - Alves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Uusisto with the counter takedown but Alves avoids it easily.
Alves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves lands a leg kick that knocks Uusisto off balance momentarily.
Alves tries to work over Uusisto's front leg with a kick but Uusisto checks it.
Uusisto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Uusisto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alves but Alves pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fernando Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jurmas Uusisto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Uusisto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uusisto misses the jab.
Alves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alves pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jab, jab by Uusisto - just one landing.
Uusisto misses with the combination.
Alves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Alves lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fernando Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uusisto misses with an uppercut. Alves saw that one coming.
Uusisto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Uusisto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Uusisto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
And Uusisto tries to counter it with a takedown but Alves pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Uusisto misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto scores with a nice strike.
Alves defending well as Uusisto loads up on a big left hand.
Alves throws a head kick but Uusisto moves out of range.
Uusisto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A head kick misses from Uusisto.
Uusisto blocks a jab.
Uusisto throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Uusisto throws a sloppy head kick
and Alves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alves throws a big shot that misses.
Fernando Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Alves throws a hook but Uusisto avoids it easily.
Uusisto feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Uusisto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Uusisto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Alves 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.
Uusisto is looking to work some ground and pound but Alves has wrist control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Uusisto working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Alves wants to control the position but Uusisto says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Alves gets full guard.
Uusisto trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Uusisto scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Alves dominated that round.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Alves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Uusisto is defended easily by Alves.
Alves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Uusisto looks for a takedown but Alves sprawls well.
Alves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves throws a head kick that Uusisto semi-blocks.
It looks like Jurmas Uusisto has been cut.
Uusisto avoids the body shot from Alves.
Uusisto feints the counter takedown.
Uusisto shoots in and bounces Alves off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Alves wants to stand up but Uusisto is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uusisto trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uusisto showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Uusisto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Uusisto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Uusisto slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Uusisto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uusisto wants to sweep but no luck.
Uusisto keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Uusisto is looking for a triangle but Alves pushes his legs off easily.
Alves got a little sloppy there for a moment and Uusisto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Alves has managed to get both his arms back between Uusisto's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Uusisto looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Alves postures up in Uusisto's guard and throws a big left but Uusisto blocks it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Uusisto takes a swing at Alves's ribcage but misses.
Alves appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Alves throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alves avoids the body shot from Uusisto.
Uusisto throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves thuds a left hand into Uusisto's body.
Alves lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Alves scores with a body shot.
Alves fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Uusisto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Uusisto throws a big shot that misses.
Uusisto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as Uusisto shoots in.
Fernando Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jurmas Uusisto.
Uusisto is breathing heavily.
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!
Alves connects with an inside leg kick.
Alves misses with a looping left.
Alves throws the left hand but Uusisto avoids the punch easily.
Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Uusisto can do to turn this around?
A slapping body kick lands there for Alves.
Alves keeps Uusisto at a distance using the push kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Alves. Uusisto shrugs it off though.
Alves's corner calls for a 1-2. Alves obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Uusisto tries to score with a low kick but Alves moves his leg out of the way.
Alves moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Alves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jurmas Uusisto's cut.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Alves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Uusisto sizes up Alves with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Uusisto throws a jab but it's blocked by Alves.
Alves was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Uusisto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alves lands a front kick.
Uusisto misses with an uppercut
and Uusisto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Uusisto lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alves is looking to counter punch.
Alves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alves slips a straight right by Uusisto.
Alves appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Alves blocks the body kick.
Alves throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Uusisto with the counter takedown but Alves avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uusisto tries for a takedown but Alves circles away easily
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Alves comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Uusisto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alves looks for the body kick but Uusisto saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uusisto throws a wild body kick that Alves sees coming a mile off.
Alves missing with a left hand there. Uusisto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Uusisto drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Alves defends it well.
Uusisto walks into a straight right hand from Alves.
Alves scores with a jab to the jaw.
Alves takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Uusisto moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
No joy there for Uusisto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alves stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Uusisto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Uusisto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Uusisto jabs Alves right on the nose. Alves blinks but takes it well.
Good leg kick by Alves there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alves scores with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Uusisto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alves slips a straight right by Uusisto.
Alves jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Alves fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Uusisto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alves looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Alves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Uusisto. That did some damage!
Alves throws a lazy right hand but Uusisto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jurmas Uusisto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alves lands a leg kick that knocks Uusisto off balance momentarily.
Alves scores with a jab to the head.
Alves moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alves stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alves connects with a body shot.
Alves lands a jab.
Uusisto gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Uusisto's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Alves fails to land.
Uusisto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvess head.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Uusisto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Alves.
Uusisto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Uusisto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Uusisto moves away.
Uusisto tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alves fakes the leg kick and cracks Uusisto in the body.
Uusisto shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alves lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto throws a big shot that misses.
Alves ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Uusisto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Alves darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A low kick from Uusisto misses
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Alves scores with a decent looking hook.
Fernando Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alves connects with a nice looking jab.
Uusisto is rocked!
Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Uusisto.
Alves looks to land a body kick but Uusisto moved away.
Uusisto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Uusisto.
Uusisto shoots for a takedown but Alves saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Alves.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alves, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Alves!
A victorious Fernando Alves thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Stefans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ted Stefans!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Pierre Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trudeau slips a jab from Stefans.
Trudeau looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Trudeau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stefans.
Trudeau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stefans gets tackled into the cage by Trudeau. Trudeau maintains the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stefans.
Stefans tries a knee to the head but Trudeau blocks it.
Stefans working aggressively here.
Trudeau working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Stefans blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Stefans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stefans blocks an uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Stefans has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Stefans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trudeau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Trudeau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stefanss head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stefans's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a head punch that misses.
Stefans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trudeau blocks it with crossed arms.
Stefans throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefans misses with a punch to the body.
Trudeau throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Trudeau.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Stefans.
Trudeau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trudeau looking to stall.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Stefans.
Trudeau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stefans blocking some punches.
Trudeau can't break the clinch.
Stefans misses with a knee to the head.
Trudeau misses with a body punch.
Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trudeau scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Trudeau.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stefans.
Trudeau avoiding damage as Stefans throws knees to the body.
Trudeau gets through Stefans's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Trudeau.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefans lands a shoulder strike.
Stefans throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stefans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trudeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stefans blocking some punches.
Stefans lands a nice shot to the body.
Trudeau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Stefans.
Trudeau looking for a takedown.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Trudeau has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Trudeau lands with a right to the head.
Trudeau tries to throw a body punch but Stefans avoids it by throwing Trudeau back against the cage.
Stefans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stefans.
Trudeau blocks a body shot from Stefans.
Trudeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stefans misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trudeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau is looking to control Stefans's arms but Stefans gets an underhook and turns him. Now Trudeau has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau managing to block the knees to the body from Stefans.
Trudeau tries to throw a body punch but Stefans avoids it by throwing Trudeau back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stefans - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Trudeau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stefans tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Trudeau avoids it.
Good body shot from Trudeau.
Trudeau tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stefans just stands there and leans against the cage.
Trudeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Trudeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stefans misses with a body punch.
Trudeau breaks from the clinch.
Stefans gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Trudeau.
Trudeau takes the fight into the clinch.
Stefans is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trudeau is defending well for now.
Stefans blocking some punches.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Stefans.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stefans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stefans misses with a knee strike.
Stefans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stefans misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trudeau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stefans backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stefans lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trudeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stefans scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Pierre Trudeau has been cut.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trudeau pushes Stefans back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau misses with the head strike.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stefans's elbow.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stefans gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ted Stefans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pierre Trudeau.
Trudeau scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Trudeau dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stefans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trudeau.
Trudeau moves into the clinch.
Trudeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stefans tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Stefans.
Stefans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stefans throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trudeaus head.
A shot in the inside from Trudeau.
Stefans blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stefans blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stefans looking to throw knees to the head but Trudeau is blocking nicely.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trudeau.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stefans lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefans trying to land knees to the body.
Stefans lands a body punch in the clinch.
Trudeau has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stefans putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Trudeau in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Trudeau is breathing heavily.
Stefans lands a hook that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Trudeau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trudeau tries to break the clinch but Stefans is controlling the position.
Stefans struggles to land a body shot inside as Trudeau controls his hands.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stefans scores with a shot to the side of Trudeau's head.
Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stefans throws a head punch that misses.
Stefans connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trudeau's face.
Trudeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stefans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stefans throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Stefans doesn't manage to clinch there - Trudeau circles away.
Stefans ducks right into an uppercut from Trudeau.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stefans looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stefans throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trudeau holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stefans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stefans.
Stefans working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trudeau misses with a body punch.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stefans misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Stefans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stefans is working Trudeau over against the cage.
Trudeau wants to break free but Stefans has control.
Trudeau breaks from the clinch.
Trudeau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stefans counters with a straight right hand.
Stefans slips a straight right by Trudeau.
Stefans tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Trudeau manages to circle out of the way.
Trudeau misses with a left hand
and Stefans counters with a crisp right hand that drops Trudeau! Stefans lets Trudeau back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Trudeau is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefans slips under a jab from Trudeau.
Stefans thinks about countering with a head kick.
A low kick from Trudeau is predictable there
and Stefans counters with a good, hard body kick but Trudeau shrugs it off.
Trudeau takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Stefans throws a sloppy head kick and Trudeau moves out of range easily.
Trudeau darts in and clinches Stefans up against the cage.
Trudeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stefans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stefans.
Stefans lands a body shot.
Stefans scores with a shoulder strike.
Stefans is working Trudeau over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stefans.
Stefans lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stefans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stefans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stefans misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stefans.
Stefans connects with a knee to the head.
Trudeau is still on wobbly legs! Can Stefans finish him?
That has opened up Pierre Trudeau's cut even more.
Pierre Trudeau seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stefans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Stefans.
Trudeau is trying to push Stefans away but Stefans has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Trudeau seems to have recovered his senses.
Trudeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stefans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stefans can't find room to land a body shot as Trudeau controls the action.
Stefans lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stefans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stefans.
Stefans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trudeau is trying to pull guard but Stefans turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stefans connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trudeau's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stefans works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stefans takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stefans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Stefans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Stefans lands a leg kick that knocks Trudeau off balance momentarily.
Trudeau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stefans.
Stefans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trudeau misses with a body shot.
Stefans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stefans blocks a jab.
Stefans was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pierre Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trudeau fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stefans looks to land a left hand but Trudeau moved out of range nicely.
Trudeau looks to score with a jab to the body but Stefans is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau jabs at Stefans's body.
Trudeau moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Trudeau.
A short uppercut from Trudeau.
Trudeau is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stefans pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stefans scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trudeau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stefans backwards.
Trudeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stefans misses with the head strike.
Stefans tries a body shot but Trudeau blocks it.
Stefans swings wildly with an uppercut but Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau can't find room to land a body shot as Stefans controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trudeau.
Trudeau misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stefans.
Trudeau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trudeau blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trudeau tries to throw a body punch but Stefans avoids it by throwing Trudeau back against the cage.
Stefans tries a knee to the head but Trudeau blocks it.
Trudeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau misses with a straight left.
Stefans connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trudeau momentarily.
Trudeau drops his hands momentarily and Stefans takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Trudeau thuds a left hand into Stefans's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Stefans.
Stefans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trudeau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stefans.
Trudeau misses with a hook.
Stefans takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Trudeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stefans swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Trudeau with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Stefans.
Trudeau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ted Stefans is winning the standup battle so far.
Stefans is looking to clinch but Trudeau is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trudeau! But no joy.
Trudeau rushes Stefans and presses him up against the cage.
Stefans gets through Trudeau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stefans struggles to land a body shot inside as Trudeau controls his hands.
Stefans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stefans throws a head punch that misses.
Trudeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Stefans takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Trudeau.
Trudeau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Trudeau fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Trudeau fails to land.
Trudeau lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stefans blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stefans has Trudeau pulled in close to control his posture.
Stefans lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Stefans trying to control the position from guard on top but Trudeau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stefans is looking to work some ground and pound but Trudeau has wrist control.
Stefans showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trudeau looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Trudeau really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Trudeau changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Trudeau has closed the distance and engaged Stefans in a clinch.
Stefans digs a right hand into Trudeau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trudeau's gas tank.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Stefans.
A head punch on the inside from Stefans fails to land.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefans uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stefans.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stefans lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Trudeau misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stefans.
A nice left hand lands by Stefans.
Still in the clinch, Stefans scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stefans obliges.
Trudeau is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Stefans.
Stefans softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stefans lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stefans lands a knee to the head.
Stefans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trudeau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stefans with a knee to the head.
Stefans lands with a short shot to the head.
Trudeau is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Stefans gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stefans lands a nice knee to the body.
Stefans lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Stefans.
Stefans lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Trudeau to his knees! Stefans keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Stefans!
Ted Stefans retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Ted Stefans, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuenca has chosen 2pac - Troublesome '96 as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ricard Cuenca enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
49 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricard Cuenca!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuenca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Curry misses with an uppercut.
Cuenca pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Curry jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cuenca throws a body punch but Curry moves out of range.
Cuenca misses with a head kick.
Curry is looking to counter punch.
That kick from Curry tenderised Cuenca's leg. Cuenca is trying to keep his angry face on.
Curry walks into a straight right hand from Cuenca.
Curry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crunch! Curry slams his shin into Cuenca's torso.
Curry takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cuenca jabs at Curry's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuenca takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Curry misses with a hook.
Cuenca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cuenca checks a low kick from Curry.
Cuenca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Curry throws a jab when Cuenca was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry tries to land a body kick
and Curry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cuenca thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Curry if he has to take too many more of those.
Curry definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Curry throws an overhand right that lands on Cuenca's shoulder, as Cuenca tries to avoid the shot.
Curry looks for the body kick but Cuenca saw that one coming.
Cuenca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cuenca takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Curry connects with a leg kick. Cuenca looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cuenca gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cuenca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cuenca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Curry's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curry.
Good body shot from Curry.
Cuenca throws a punch but it's blocked by Curry.
Cuenca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curry lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cuenca blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cuenca backwards.
A short right from Curry.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curry.
Curry avoids a wild elbow strike from Cuenca.
Curry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curry lands a body punch in the clinch.
Curry misses with the head strike.
Curry blocking some punches.
Curry tries to throw a body punch but Cuenca avoids it by throwing Curry back against the cage.
Cuenca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Curry lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cuenca misses with a punch on the inside.
Cuenca throws a punch but it's blocked by Curry.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Curry.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curry misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry avoids the elbow strike from Cuenca, against the cage.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curry blocking some punches.
Cuenca has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Curry seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cuenca can turn it around.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cuenca.
Curry's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cuenca blocks a body shot from Curry.
Curry tries to break free but Cuenca pushes him back against the cage.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Curry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Cuenca scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cuenca lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Curry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Curry.
Curry tries to work over Cuenca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cuenca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cuenca throws an elbow that misses.
Cuenca struggles to land a body shot inside as Curry controls his hands.
A bit of stalling here from Cuenca.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curry gets through Cuenca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Curry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cuenca backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cuenca just misses with a elbow thrown towards Curry's brow.
Curry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cuenca has a couple of punches blocked by Curry.
Cuenca scores with a shoulder strike.
Cuenca blocks a body shot from Curry.
Cuenca has Curry pushed against the cage.
Cuenca pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Curry fails to land.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Cuenca.
Cuenca lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cuenca takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cuenca slips under a jab.
Cuenca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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 Arthur Curry will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Curry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cuenca swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Curry throws a lazy right hand but Cuenca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A leg kick checked by Cuenca.
Cuenca only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Curry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cuenca scores with a head kick. Curry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cuenca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curry misses the jab.
Curry lands a really nice looking cross but Cuenca seems unphased.
Curry scores with a nice right hand.
Cuenca swings for the body but Curry moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cuenca is looking to clinch.
Curry misses with a leg kick
and Cuenca counters with a stiff right hand.
Curry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Curry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Cuenca.
Curry swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Curry slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry keeps Cuenca at a distance using the push kick.
Cuenca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Curry checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Curry tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Curry misses with a straight right.
A head kick by Cuenca misses
and Curry counters with a straight right hand.
Cuenca blocks a leg kick.
Cuenca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Curry. Curry circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cuenca tries to clinch but Curry moves out of range.
Cuenca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cuenca slips a jab from Curry.
Cuenca throws out a counter right but Curry avoids it with no problem.
Cuenca connects with a looping right hand.
Cuenca attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jab from Cuenca.
Curry throws a sloppy head kick and Cuenca moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cuenca.
Cuenca throws a low kick but it's checked well by Curry.
Curry thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry misses the jab.
As Curry backs off Cuenca throws a huge counter combo but Curry manages to avoid it all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curry throws an overhand right that lands on Cuenca's shoulder, as Cuenca tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Cuenca.
Curry looks to throw a body kick
and Cuenca counters with an inside leg kick.
Arthur Curry is winning the standup battle so far.
Cuenca forces Curry back against the cage and clinches.
Cuenca pushes Curry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curry.
Cuenca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
Curry scores with a shoulder strike.
Cuenca gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Curry tries to throw a body punch but Cuenca avoids it by throwing Curry back against the cage.
Cuenca tries to work over Curry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cuenca working aggressively here.
Cuenca misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Cuenca fails to land.
Curry misses with a punch on the inside.
Cuenca pushes off an throws an elbow but Curry leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry has a couple of punches blocked by Cuenca.
Cuenca has a couple of punches blocked by Curry.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Curry.
Cuenca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuenca swings wildly with an uppercut but Curry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curry breaks the clinch.
Curry throws a head kick but Cuenca moves out of range.
Cuenca lands a lovely overhand right.
Cuenca checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cuenca thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Curry if he has to take too many more of those.
Curry tries to score with a low kick but Cuenca moves his leg out of the way.
Cuenca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cuenca lands with a slapping head kick.
Cuenca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cuenca scores with a jab. Curry acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Curry just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry misses with a hook.
Cuenca throws out a counter right but Curry avoids it with no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Curry throws out a loose jab but Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuenca swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Curry misses with a body kick.
Curry stuns Cuenca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Curry.
Cuenca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curry.
No joy there for Cuenca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Curry takes one to the side of the head.
Curry finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Curry throws a low kick but Cuenca avoids it.
Cuenca misses with a looping right.
Curry is looking to counter punch.
Cuenca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cuenca.
Nice jab there from Curry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ricard Cuenca will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.
Cuenca lands a jab-cross combination.
A big right from Curry misses.
Curry sizes up Cuenca with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cuenca waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curry.
Curry connects with a right hand. Cuenca shakes it off.
Curry missing with a left hand there. Cuenca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Curry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cuenca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Curry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cuenca.
Cuenca shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Curry wants to land a leg kick but Cuenca is out of range.
Cuenca closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Cuenca misses.
Curry misses with a body kick.
Cuenca follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Curry blocks a jab.
Curry sizes up Cuenca with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab from Curry does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry throws a leg kick but Cuenca moved away.
Curry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Curry misses with a wild body shot.
Cuenca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cuenca slips a jab from Curry.
Curry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Curry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cuenca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cuenca steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Curry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cuenca moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Curry throws a poor cross that misses
and Cuenca counters with a nice body kick.
Curry misses with a straight right.
Curry just misses with a punch to the body.
Cuenca has managed to clinch.
Cuenca is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Curry dodges an elbow strike from Cuenca.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curry prevents a body shot from Cuenca.
Curry misses with a body punch.
Curry working aggressively here.
Cuenca misses with some punches.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Cuenca.
Curry blocks the elbow strike.
Cuenca has a couple of punches blocked by Curry.
Cuenca avoiding damage.
Cuenca lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cuenca blocking some punches.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Curry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cuenca blocking some punches.
Curry misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca gets through Curry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cuenca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Cuenca.
Curry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cuenca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cuenca throws an elbow that misses.
Cuenca throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Curry avoids a wild elbow strike from Cuenca.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Curry struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuenca controls his hands.
Cuenca tries to throw a body punch but Curry avoids it by throwing Cuenca back against the cage.
Curry lands with a short shot to the head.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricard Cuenca seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cuenca takes a shot to the head.
Cuenca misses with the head strike.
Curry has a couple of punches blocked by Cuenca.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curry.
Cuenca has Curry pressed against the cage, preventing Curry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Curry managing to block the knees to the body from Cuenca.
Curry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuenca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cuenca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
Curry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuenca.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curry misses with the head strike.
Cuenca blocks a body shot from Curry.
Curry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cuenca backwards.
Curry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Curry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curry connects with a nice looking jab.
Curry slips under a jab from Cuenca.
Curry throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ricard Cuenca just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Curry.
Cuenca misses with a body shot.
Cuenca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Curry throws out a loose jab but Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuenca slips under a jab from Curry.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cuenca! But no joy.
Cuenca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Curry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cuenca misses with a body kick.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curry throws a leg kick which misses Cuenca's front leg but catches the back leg as Cuenca tries to avoid it.
Cuenca rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Curry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cuenca is out of range.
Curry connects with a leg kick. Cuenca looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cuenca fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Curry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Curry throws a leg kick which misses Cuenca's front leg but catches the back leg as Cuenca tries to avoid it.
Cuenca pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Curry back to the cage. Cuenca follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cuenca lands a nice looking kick to the body. Curry takes a step back to recover.
Curry catches Cuenca with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Curry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Curry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Curry misses with a looping right.
Cuenca is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Curry motions for Cuenca to come forward. Curry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cuenca is looking for the big counter here.
Cuenca connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curry momentarily.
Cuenca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Curry.
Cuenca looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cuenca tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Curry counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands a head shot.
Cuenca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Curry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Curry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Curry tried to counter with a leg kick but Cuenca avoided it.
Cuenca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Curry. Curry obviously looking to wear him down.
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!
Curry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cuenca's head.
Curry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cuenca.
Cuenca feints a counter leg kick.
Curry connects with a jab.
Cuenca tries to land a front kick but Curry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Curry was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Curry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cuenca counters with a body kick.
Curry delivers a nice body kick.
Cuenca misses with a hook
and Curry counters with a leg kick.
Curry 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.
Curry thows a leg kick but Cuenca checks it
and Cuenca counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands with an uppercut that bounces Cuenca off the cage and back into range.
Curry throws a head kick but Cuenca moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Cuenca.
A jab from Curry misses.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Cuenca.
Cuenca lands a nice shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Curry.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Cuenca.
Curry throws a poor cross that misses
and Cuenca counters with a nice leg kick.
Curry moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cuenca moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curry.
Cuenca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Curry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry misses with a punch on the inside.
Cuenca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Curry.
Curry can't find room to land a body shot as Cuenca controls the action.
Cuenca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cuenca scores with a shoulder strike.
Cuenca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cuenca throws an elbow but misses.
Curry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Curry avoiding damage as Cuenca throws knees to the body.
Cuenca lands a left hand that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Cuenca misses with a punch on the inside.
Curry manages to break the clinch.
Curry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuenca manages to avoid it.
Curry slips under a jab from Cuenca.
A swing and a miss from Cuenca.
A little feinted left hand from Curry on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Ricard Cuenca will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cuenca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cuenca digs a good body shot into Curry's ribs.
Curry blocks a leg kick.
Cuenca feints and then cracks Curry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Curry down.
Cuenca throws a low kick but Curry avoids it.
Curry scores with a kick to the midsection.
Curry looks to throw the jab but Cuenca is out of range.
Cuenca has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Curry.
Curry takes a swing at Cuenca's ribcage but misses.
Curry is looking to slow Cuenca down with leg kicks.
Curry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Curry backs off Cuenca throws a huge counter combo but Curry manages to avoid it all.
Cuenca's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry moves out of range of the leg kick from Cuenca.
Curry was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cuenca looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cuenca slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Curry lands a lovely overhand right.
Curry looks to throw the jab but Cuenca is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuenca checks a leg kick.
Curry misses with a hook. Cuenca ducked under it nicely.
Curry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cuenca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice cross by Cuenca.
Curry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Curry looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Curry misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body kick there by Cuenca.
Cuenca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curry. That did some damage!
Curry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Cuenca misses.
Curry lands a front kick.
Cuenca throws a hook but Curry blocks it.
Sloppy strikes from Cuenca. Those never looked like landing.
Curry throws a shot to the body.
Cuenca misses with a leg kick
and Curry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arthur Curry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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!
Jab, jab by Curry - just one landing.
Cuenca cracks the inside of Curry's front leg.
Cuenca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curry. That did some damage!
Cuenca swings for the body but Curry moves out of range.
Curry throws out a powerful jab.
Curry throws a leg kick that misses.
Curry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cuenca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cuenca moves out of range as Curry throws a body kick.
Curry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cuenca connects with the punch.
Nice jab there from Curry.
Cuenca looks to score with a jab to the body but Curry is just out of range.
That kick from Cuenca tenderised Curry's leg. Curry is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good work by Cuenca as he checks the leg kick.
Curry lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Curry misses with a lunging right hand
and Cuenca counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cuenca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Curry.
Cuenca takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cuenca checks a leg kick.
Curry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cuenca.
Curry looks for the body kick but Cuenca saw that one coming.
Cuenca rushes Curry and presses him up against the cage.
Curry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cuenca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Currys head.
Cuenca lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curry working aggressively here.
Ricard Cuenca is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Curry fails to land.
Curry has a couple of punches blocked by Cuenca.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuenca.
Cuenca misses with an elbow over the top.
Curry takes a shot to the head.
Cuenca lands an elbow inside that Curry shrugs off.
It looks like Arthur Curry has been cut.
Curry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Curry misses.
Curry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cuenca.
Cuenca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Curry ducks right into an uppercut from Cuenca.
Curry tests Cuenca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cuenca throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Cuenca.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricard Cuenca.
I think Cuenca has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:49
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ricard Cuenca!
Ricard Cuenca is the new middleweight champion!
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