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T83: Sloan vs Blackburn PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Suu Kii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dias has chosen Skrillex - Ragga Bomb as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suu Kii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Dias!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kii swats away the attempt to clinch by Dias.
Kii lands an overhand right.
Dias tries to clinch but Kii moves out of range.
Kii looks to land a body kick but Dias moved away.
Kii misses the jab.
Dias darts in looking for a takedown but Kii gets double underhooks and turns Dias into the cage.
Kii clinches up against the cage.
Dias swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kii is leaning against Dias and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dias misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dias misses with a double jab.
Dias misses with a few strikes there.
Kii throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dias has managed to clinch.
Dias's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kii has a couple of punches blocked by Dias.
Kii is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kii connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dias's face.
Dias lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kii lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dias is rocked!
It looks like Ricardo Dias has been cut.
Kii lands an uppercut.
Dias is still on wobbly legs! Can Kii finish him?
Kii unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Dias! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Kii is unloading with more strikes now! Dias drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suu Kii!
Our winner, Suu Kii, 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Konrad Husky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hart has chosen Amish Paradise as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Konrad Husky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah Hart!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Husky shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Husky looks to throw a body kick
and Hart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Husky just misses with a punch to the body.
Husky scores with a jab. Hart acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hart checks the leg kick nicely there.
Husky backing away here, and Hart unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hart moves out of range as Husky strikes.
Hart flicks out a counter leg kick but Husky steps away.
Husky throws a half hearted mid kick.
Husky 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.
Hart looking for a guillotine here but Husky defends easily.
Hart looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hart has his foot on Husky's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Husky works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart looking for a sweep. Not yet Hart, not yet.
Husky postures up.
Hart keeping moving, preventing Husky from controlling successfully.
Hart looking for a guillotine here but Husky defends easily.
Husky landing with the ground and pound.
Husky sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hart's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hart is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Husky pulls his head out easily.
Hart is looking for a sweep. Husky is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hart is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Husky pulls his head out easily.
Husky is looking to advance position but Hart won't allow it.
Husky passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hart regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart won't allow Husky to pass to mount.
Hart is staying active underneath Husky, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've been hearing that Husky has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hart works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hart is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hart looking to hit a scissor sweep but Husky is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hart controlling the position.
Hart has his foot on Husky's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Husky works his way back into a safe position though.
Husky distracts Hart with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hart is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Husky defends well.
Husky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hart preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hart is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hart has his foot on Husky's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Husky works his way back into a safe position though.
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 Konrad Husky will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hart or perhaps it was just good defense by Husky, which made it look bad.
Hart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Husky.
Husky lands a nice hook to Hart's body. Hart takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Husky throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Husky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hart throws out the jab.
Hart blocks the body kick.
Hart looks to score with a jab to the body but Husky is just out of range.
As Hart tries to get set, Husky tries to push him back and clinch up but Hart manages to avoid the attempt.
Hart throws a hook but Husky blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Husky misses with a wild combination.
Husky takes a swing at Hart's ribcage but misses.
Hart lands with a thumping leg kick.
Husky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hart manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Husky moves out of range of the body kick from Hart.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Husky.
Husky works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Husky cracks Hart with a big elbow.
Hart regains half guard.
Hart wants to get back to full guard.
Husky thows a huge punch but Hart dodges it nicely.
Hart actively working from the bottom here.
Hart is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Husky pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hart is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Husky pulls his head out easily.
Husky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hart can do to turn this around?
Hart trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Husky manages to pass to mount!
Hart is working to get back to half guard.
Hart taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hart is desperately trying to improve his position but Husky has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hart blocking the ground and pound attempt from Husky.
Hart is looking for a sweep. Husky is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Husky wants to pass to mount but Hart is defending the position.
Hart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hart looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hart is looking to control Husky's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hart avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hart tries to roll over but Husky keeps him under control.
Konrad Husky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Husky missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Husky is looking to take a break and control but Hart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Husky looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hart wants to get back to full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konrad Husky dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Husky motions for Hart to come forward. Husky throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hart looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Husky lands a slapping body shot.
Husky shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Husky works over Hart with some ground and pound from guard.
Hart controls Husky momentarily but Husky frees himself.
Hart has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Husky is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Hart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Husky in side control lands a decent elbow.
Husky working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hart trying to hold on to Husky's head to control him but Husky postures up.
Hart tries to roll over but Husky keeps him under control.
Husky wants to take a breather but Hart is having none of it.
Hart won't allow Husky to pass to mount.
Hart tries to roll over but Husky keeps him under control.
Hart is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hart is looking to control Husky's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hart avoid being mounted?
Elijah Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hart tries to get to full guard but Husky has control of the leg.
Husky is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hart sees it coming and defends easily.
Konrad Husky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Husky trying to control the action but Hart is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Husky rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hart counters with a nice low kick that buckles Husky's knee momentarily.
Hart takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Husky tries to clinch up.
Husky moves into range and clinches up with Hart.
Hart throws an elbow that misses.
Husky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hart's elbow.
Hart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Husky blocking some punches.
Hart lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hart jumps guard but Husky stands there with Hart around his waist. Hart gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hart misses with a punch to the body.
Hart makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hart can't get the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Husky avoids a wild elbow strike from Hart.
Hart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hart misses with a body punch.
Hart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hart struggles to land a body shot inside as Husky controls his hands.
Hart can't find room to land a body shot as Husky controls the action.
Hart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Husky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Husky.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hart just misses with a elbow thrown towards Husky's brow.
Hart misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Husky gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hart is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Husky trying to control the position from guard on top but Hart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Konrad Husky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Husky, 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konrad Husky!
Konrad Husky decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Elijah Hart spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm sorry Jebediah and Ishmael, I let you down again.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shape Shifter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flores's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The XX - Intro. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael Flores!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Shape Shifter!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shifter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shifter appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shifter moves into range and clinches up with Flores.
Shifter gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Shifter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shifter is looking for a kimura but Flores is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shifter to get the leverage.
Shifter trying to pass the guard but Flores defending well.
Flores is trying to control but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flores wants to improve his position but Shifter is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shifter is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Flores defends it well.
Shifter wants to pass the guard but Flores is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Flores is trying is best to control the position here.
Shifter seems to be looking for submissions.
Flores is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Vendetta Alliance London Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Flores gets full guard.
Flores 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.
Shifter being controlled here momentarily.
That's two 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.
Shifter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Flores swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shifter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Flores avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shifter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shifter throwing strikes from guard but Flores blocks nicely.
Shifter throwing strikes from guard but Flores blocks nicely.
Shifter tries to free his leg and advance position but Flores is retaining full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores connects with a nice looking jab.
Flores misses the jab.
Flores clinches up with Shifter and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flores.
Flores is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Flores softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shifter breaks the clinch.
Flores moves in looking to clinch but Shifter pushes him off.
Flores closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Flores throws a head punch that misses.
Shifter blocks a body shot from Flores.
Flores tries to throw a body punch but Shifter avoids it by throwing Flores back against the cage.
Flores scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shifter tries to land a knee to the head but Flores blocks with his arms.
Flores tries to circle away but Shifter has him pinned against the cage.
Shifter is trying to trip Flores. He has hold of a leg but Flores is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Shifter persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shifter is looking to work some ground and pound but Flores has wrist control.
Flores is trying to control the position but Shifter postures up.
Shifter stopping the sweep attempt from Flores.
Shifter looking to pass the guard.
Shifter forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shifter is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Flores avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shifter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shape Shifter dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Flores moves into the clinch successfully.
Flores lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Shifter lands a takedown into guard.
Flores is trying to keep Shifter in close.
Shifter is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Shape Shifter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shifter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shifter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Flores swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Flores looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shifter is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shifter throws a big elbow that misses.
Flores looking to control.
Flores looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Flores fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rafael Flores is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shifter scores with a takedown into Flores's guard.
Shifter looking to pass the guard.
Shifter postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Flores is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Shifter, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shifter throws his legs up looking for a submission but Flores uses it to pass to side control.
Shifter is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Shifter manages to get to full guard.
Flores looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Shifter tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shifter working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Flores doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Flores manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Flores slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Shifter tries to bench press Flores off him but Flores keeps the position.
Shifter throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Shifter sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
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.
Shifter tries to roll over but Flores keeps him under control.
Shifter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shifter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Flores pulls his head out easily.
Shifter is looking for a sweep. Flores is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Shifter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Flores's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Flores's back!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Flores trying to control the hands but Shifter won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shape Shifter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Shifter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Shifter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Shifter is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Flores has escaped the position, nice work there.
Shifter is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Flores is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Shifter looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shifter goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Flores rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Shifter's guard! Nice work there by Flores!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores wants to control from the top but Shifter keeps moving.
Shifter looking for a guillotine here but Flores defends easily.
Shifter is looking for a triangle but Flores pushes his legs off easily.
Shifter wants to hit a switch here but Flores passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Shifter there!
Rafael Flores has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Shifter is trying desperately to improve position.
Flores wants to take Shifter's back but he can't do it this time.
Shifter is trying to escape the mount.
Shifter gets back to half guard.
Shifter moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Shifter working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Flores doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Flores manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores won't allow Shifter to sweep him here.
Shifter has an active guard here but Flores has managed to pass into half guard.
Flores passes to side control.
Flores controls the position from side control.
Shifter is looking to regain half guard here but Flores keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four 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.
Shifter sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Shifter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shifter.
Shifter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shape Shifter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Flores wants to get up but he can't break Shifter's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Shifter working for a triangle but Flores defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shape Shifter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Shifter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shape Shifter!
After the big win, Shape Shifter made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Rafael Flores was interviewed post fight and said 'I lost. This means you pulled guard from clinch and subbed me, right Johnny? '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ken Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Norvell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masters comes to the cage accompanied by Simply the Best. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Ken Masters !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Brad Norvell!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norvell closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Norvell lands in his opponent's guard.
Masters keeping moving, preventing Norvell from controlling successfully.
Norvell postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Masters keeping moving, preventing Norvell from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norvell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norvell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Masters utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Norvell throwing strikes from guard but Masters blocks nicely.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Masters tests Norvell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Norvell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Norvell connects with a body shot.
Norvell avoids the head kick by Masters .
Norvell with the counter takedown but Masters avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Masters .
A jab from Norvell misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters throws a head kick that half lands.
Masters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Norvell.
Norvell throws a jab but it's blocked by Masters .
Masters lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Masters .
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!
Masters needs to keep his hands up - Norvell had a free shot at his head there.
Norvell throws a right and a left that Masters avoids nicely.
Norvell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Norvell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circle, before Masters throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Norvell's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Masters lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Ken Masters !
Ken Masters decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toktogulovich Bakiyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Thorpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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163 lbs
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158 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toktogulovich Bakiyev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kirk Thorpe!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakiyev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Bakiyev misses.
Bakiyev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thorpe.
Thorpe misses with an uppercut
and Bakiyev counters with a straight right hand.
Thorpe scores with a jab.
The fighters circling - Thorpe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bakiyev takes a swing at Thorpe's ribcage but misses.
Thorpe slips a jab from Bakiyev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorpe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thorpe misses with an uppercut.
Thorpe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bakiyev throws a body punch but Thorpe moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorpe swings widly with a right hand
and Bakiyev counters with a nice uppercut.
Bakiyev drops his hands momentarily and Thorpe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bakiyev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thorpe slips a jab from Bakiyev.
It seemed like Thorpe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bakiyev ducks under a wild hook from Thorpe.
Bakiyev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bakiyev, as that shot connected.
Bakiyev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thorpe.
Bakiyev lands a nice hook to Thorpe's body. Thorpe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bakiyev swings for the body but Thorpe moves out of range.
Thorpe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Thorpe - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Thorpe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thorpe working aggressively here.
Thorpe can't find room to land a body shot as Bakiyev controls the action.
Thorpe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thorpe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thorpe struggles to land a body shot inside as Bakiyev controls his hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorpe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Bakiyev's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thorpe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thorpe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bakiyev's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorpe misses with a punch on the inside.
Thorpe scores with a shot to the side of Bakiyev's head.
Bakiyev blocks an uppercut.
Bakiyev blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Thorpe - that landed with a thud.
Thorpe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bakiyev blocks an uppercut.
Bakiyev blocks a body shot from Thorpe.
Bakiyev is trying to break the clinch but Thorpe is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Thorpe as the two fighters clinch.
Bakiyev can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorpe keeps control of Bakiyev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thorpe has Bakiyev pressed against the cage, preventing Bakiyev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thorpe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Thorpe.
Thorpe misses with a punch to the body.
Bakiyev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thorpe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakiyev was well out of range. Poor timing from Thorpe.
Thorpe rushes Bakiyev and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thorpe misses with the head strike.
Thorpe scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Thorpe dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thorpe misses with a looping left.
Thorpe swings for the body but Bakiyev moves out of range.
Bakiyev lands with a shot to the body.
Thorpe misses with a hook to the body
enabling Bakiyev to counter with a crisp jab.
Thorpe takes a swing at Bakiyev's ribcage but misses.
Thorpe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bakiyev counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Bakiyev. That snapped Thorpe's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakiyev. Thorpe does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakiyev throws a body punch but Thorpe moves out of range.
A jab from Thorpe misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thorpe. Bakiyev does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Bakiyev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thorpe lands with a hook. Bakiyev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakiyev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bakiyev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bakiyev swats away the attempt to clinch by Thorpe.
Thorpe works Bakiyev's body with a nice hook.
Bakiyev misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thorpe. Bakiyev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bakiyev scores with a sloppy right hand. Thorpe should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorpe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thorpe throws an off balance right hand
and Bakiyev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toktogulovich Bakiyev is winning the standup battle so far.
Thorpe connects with a crisp jab.
Bakiyev slips a straight right by Thorpe.
Bakiyev's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thorpe under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thorpe walks into a stiff left hand from Bakiyev.
Thorpe connects with a single shot there.
Bakiyev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bakiyev scores with a sloppy right hand. Thorpe should have avoided that one.
Bakiyev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thorpe was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakiyev.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorpe slips under a jab from Bakiyev.
Thorpe walks into a jab.
Thorpe walks into a left hand.
Thorpe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thorpe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bakiyev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thorpe scores with a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Thorpe in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Thorpe breaks from the clinch.
Bakiyev throws a shot to the body.
Thorpe connects with a looping right hand.
Bakiyev scores with a hook to the body. Thorpe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakiyev throws a shot to the body.
Thorpe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thorpe avoids the body shot from Bakiyev.
Thorpe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakiyev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bakiyev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thorpe.
Thorpe swings for the body but Bakiyev moves out of range.
Thorpe scores with a punch to the head.
Thorpe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakiyev punishes Thorpe's body with a nice straight punch.
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 Toktogulovich Bakiyev will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bakiyev misses with a body shot
and Thorpe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bakiyev is rocked!
Bakiyev misses with a wild body shot.
Oh Bakiyev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kirk Thorpe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bakiyev looks up at the clock. Bad move! Thorpe lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bakiyev. Thorpe pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk Thorpe!
In his post fight interview, Kirk Thorpe gave a big smile as he said 'Captains log book. Wintime. I got my 4th Win today and still feel like there is more to add to my abilities. Looking forward to my next opponent.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Landen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ossilus Chiarmanda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chiarmanda has chosen Long live my homeland, my free Tajikistan! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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162 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Landen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ossilus Chiarmanda!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Landen quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Chiarmanda moves out of range as Landen strikes.
A jab from Chiarmanda does it's job there.
Paul Landen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Landen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chiarmanda! But no joy.
Landen throws a body shot but no joy.
Chiarmanda feints and then cracks Landen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Landen down.
A jab from Chiarmanda finds it's way through Landen's defenses.
Landen lands with an overhand left.
Landen throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chiarmanda lands the left hand.
Landen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Landen jabs Chiarmanda to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chiarmanda moves out of range of the body kick.
Ossilus Chiarmanda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landen lands with a right hand.
Landen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chiarmanda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chiarmanda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Landen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Landen.
Landen tries to free his leg and advance position but Chiarmanda is retaining full guard.
Chiarmanda keeping moving, preventing Landen from controlling successfully.
Chiarmanda wants to sweep here but Landen controlling him for the moment.
Chiarmanda has his hands on Landen's head, controlling the position.
Let's hope that Chiarmanda has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chiarmanda is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Landen looks for the body kick but Chiarmanda saw that one coming.
Landen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chiarmanda's calf.
Chiarmanda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Landen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Landen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Landen misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen dives in for a single leg takedown but Chiarmanda sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Chiarmanda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chiarmanda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Landen.
Landen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Landen looks to throw the jab but Chiarmanda is out of range.
Chiarmanda is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Landen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Landen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Landen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab from Chiarmanda.
Landen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chiarmanda rushes Landen and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen throws a punch but it's blocked by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda lands with a right to the head.
Landen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chiarmanda throws an elbow but misses.
I was talking to Landen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chiarmanda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Landen is defending well for now.
Landen lands a nice uppercut.
Landen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda misses with a body punch.
Landen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Landen.
A right hand to the body from Landen.
Chiarmanda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Landen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Landen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Landen.
Chiarmanda misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Landen.
Chiarmanda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chiarmanda looks winded!
Landen lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Landen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Landen misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body kick from Landen.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Landen.
Chiarmanda's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Landen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chiarmanda scrambles back to his feet.
Nice shot by Landen.
Landen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chiarmanda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Chiarmanda blocks a jab.
Chiarmanda misses with a head kick.
Landen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Landen misses the target.
Landen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It seemed like Chiarmanda was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Landen misses with a right hand
and Chiarmanda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chiarmanda looks to land a body kick but Landen moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chiarmanda throws a jab but it's blocked by Landen.
Paul Landen is winning the standup battle so far.
Landen just misses with a punch to the body.
Landen throws a leg kick which misses Chiarmanda's front leg but catches the back leg as Chiarmanda tries to avoid it.
Chiarmanda has Landen up against the cage in a clinch.
Chiarmanda tries to work over Landen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Landen lands a nice uppercut.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Landen's defenses.
Landen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paul Landen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Landen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Landen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chiarmanda can do to turn this around?
Chiarmanda misses with a punch to the body.
Chiarmanda misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Landen.
Landen swings wildly with an uppercut but Chiarmanda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Chiarmanda.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Landen misses with a body punch.
Chiarmanda makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chiarmanda tries to land knees in the clinch but Landen avoids the damage to the body.
Landen can't find room to land a body shot as Chiarmanda controls the action.
Landen working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Chiarmanda fails to land.
Landen leaning against his opponent.
Landen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda misses with a punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Landen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landen lands a shoulder strike.
Landen scores with a shoulder strike.
Chiarmanda tries to land knees in the clinch but Landen avoids the damage to the body.
Landen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Landen blocks a body shot from Chiarmanda.
Landen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Landen misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chiarmanda misses with a knee strike.
Chiarmanda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Landen misses with a body punch.
Chiarmanda lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chiarmanda.
Landen is looking to break free of the clinch but Chiarmanda has double underhooks.
Chiarmanda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chiarmanda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Landen backwards.
Chiarmanda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Landen managing to block the knees to the body from Chiarmanda.
Landen misses with a punch to the body.
Chiarmanda misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Landen as the two fighters clinch.
Landen manages to break the clinch.
Landen throws a hook to the side of Chiarmanda's head but Chiarmanda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chiarmanda misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chiarmanda lands a jab.
Chiarmanda closes the distance and pushes Landen back into the cage.
Landen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landen misses with a punch on the inside.
Landen lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landen.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Landen's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landen.
Landen lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Chiarmanda.
Landen prevents a body shot from Chiarmanda.
Landen lands a body punch.
Chiarmanda blocks an uppercut.
Landen manages to break the clinch.
Chiarmanda throws a leg kick that is checked
and Landen counters with a body kick.
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 Paul Landen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Chiarmanda misses with a body shot.
Landen lands with a hook. Chiarmanda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chiarmanda throws a lazy head kick
and Landen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Landen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Chiarmanda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chiarmanda. Landen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Landen.
Chiarmanda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slapping leg kick lands for Landen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice jab there from Landen.
Chiarmanda wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Chiarmanda misses its intended target.
Chiarmanda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chiarmanda tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Landen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chiarmanda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Landen lands a jab to Chiarmanda's midsection.
Chiarmanda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chiarmanda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chiarmanda takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Landen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chiarmanda.
Landen scores with a jab.
Ossilus Chiarmanda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landen misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiarmanda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That kick from Chiarmanda tenderised Landen's leg. Landen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Landen has a takedown stuffed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chiarmanda scores with a jab to the jaw.
Landen misses with a kick to the body.
Chiarmanda has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Chiarmanda takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Landen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Landen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chiarmanda looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Chiarmanda sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Landen.
Nice cross by Landen.
Landen blocks a jab.
Chiarmanda misses with a wild combination.
Landen misses with a looping left.
Nice jab there from Landen.
Chiarmanda dodges the punch combination from Landen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Landen misses with a takedown
letting Chiarmanda counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Landen scoring well with a low kick there.
Landen misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiarmanda counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Landen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chiarmanda swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Landen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Landen connects with a looping right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Landen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Landen, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Landen!
After winning the bout, Paul Landen 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Tuomari Hurmio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ode Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hurmio's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Black Star. Ode Jokinen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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141 lbs
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tuomari Hurmio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Ode Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurmio lands with a straight right. Jokinen didn't see that one coming.
Jokinen misses with a leg kick.
Hurmio tries to clinch but Jokinen is having none of it.
Hurmio's corner calls for a 1-2. Hurmio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Hurmio shoots for a double leg takedown but Jokinen sprawls well. He's pushed Hurmio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut. Hurmio saw that one coming.
Hurmio appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hurmio dives in for a single leg takedown but Jokinen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hurmio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jokinen - that will leave a mark!
Hurmio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jokinen's head.
Hurmio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jokinen misses with a hook. Hurmio ducked under it nicely.
Jokinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hurmio looks to land a right hand but Jokinen moved out of range.
Jokinen throws an overhand right that lands on Hurmio's shoulder, as Hurmio tries to avoid the shot.
Jokinen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jokinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hurmio momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hurmio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jokinen at a distance.
Jokinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Jokinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Hurmio misses
and Jokinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Jokinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hurmio is fending him off so far but Jokinen persists. Nope, Hurmio circles away and we're back to standing.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hurmio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hurmio looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
Jokinen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hurmio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jokinen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Hurmio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hurmio slaps away a takedown attempt from Jokinen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice body punch from Hurmio.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Hurmio scores with a jab.
Jokinen misses the body punch
and Hurmio counters with a nice body shot.
Hurmio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hurmio throws a body punch but Jokinen moves out of range.
Hurmio throws out a leg kick but Jokinen moves out of range and Hurmio only half commits.
Hurmio swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jokinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Hurmio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hurmio connects with a looping right hand.
Jokinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hurmio 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.
Jokinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hurmio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses.
Jokinen blocks the body kick.
Hurmio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Hurmio moved out of range.
Hurmio appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jokinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hurmio can pounce on him.
Jokinen tries a low kick but Hurmio avoids it.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Jokinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jokinen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hurmio looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jokinen is looking for a sweep. Hurmio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jokinen actively working from the bottom here.
Jokinen wants to sweep but Hurmio has passed to side control!
Jokinen tries to bench press Hurmio off him but Hurmio keeps the position.
Jokinen is trying to work for a sweep but Hurmio has mounted him!
Jokinen regains half guard.
Jokinen wants to improve his position but Hurmio is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen is refusing to be controlled, as Hurmio sits in half guard.
Jokinen moves into full guard.
Hurmio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jokinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hurmio is one step ahead there.
Hurmio is in close to Jokinen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurmio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomari Hurmio dominated that 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.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hurmio misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jokinen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hurmio - the referee stops the clock and Jokinen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hurmio. Jokinen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tuomari Hurmio is winning the standup battle so far.
Hurmio tests Jokinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jokinen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hurmio's guard.
Jokinen looking to pass the guard.
Jokinen throwing strikes from guard but Hurmio blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio is pulling down on Jokinen's head to control his posture.
Jokinen trying to control but Hurmio is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hurmio pulls Jokinen in to control the position.
Jokinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jokinen throws a big elbow that misses.
Jokinen stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Hurmio has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Jokinen manages to get his head free but now Hurmio has transitioned to an armbar! Jokinen grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Hurmio! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tuomari Hurmio!
Tuomari Hurmio retains his featherweight title!
Tuomari Hurmio bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Psmith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Psmith has chosen Can't C Me by 2Pac as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
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180 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rupert Psmith!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psmith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Psmith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henderson scrambles back to his feet.
Psmith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Rupert Psmith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Psmith takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Psmith throws a body kick that misses.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Psmith circles away quickly and effectively.
Psmith cracks Henderson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Henderson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweat Lodge in the buildup to the fight.
Henderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Psmith throws a low kick but Henderson avoids it.
As Psmith backs away, Henderson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Henderson throws a jab when Psmith was well out of range.
A big left from Psmith misses.
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Psmith. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab from Henderson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Psmith.
Henderson is looking to counter with a body kick.
Henderson throws a front kick that sends Psmith stumbling back into the cage.
Psmith is looking to land body kicks.
Psmith looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Henderson fakes the leg kick and cracks Psmith in the body.
Psmith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henderson lands a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Psmith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Henderson pushes Psmith up against the cage in a clinch.
Psmith lands a body punch in the clinch.
Psmith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Psmith lands a body shot in the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Psmith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Psmith as the two fighters clinch.
Psmith cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Psmith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Psmith misses with a punch to the body.
Psmith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Psmith throws a punch but it's blocked by Henderson.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Psmith blocks with his arms.
Psmith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Psmith is blocking nicely.
Psmith lands a body shot.
Psmith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Psmith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Psmith misses with a punch on the inside.
Psmith scores with a shoulder strike.
Psmith blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psmith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Psmith blocks it with crossed arms.
Psmith tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Psmith back against the cage.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Psmith blocks it.
Psmith tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Psmith back against the cage.
A short right from Psmith on the inside.
Psmith misses with a body punch.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.
Psmith blocks a body shot from Henderson.
Psmith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Psmith misses with a punch to the body.
Psmith misses with some punches.
Henderson blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to work over Psmith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Psmith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Psmith misses with the head strike.
Psmith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Psmith throws a punch but it's blocked by Henderson.
Psmith has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Psmith misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson takes a shot to the head.
Psmith tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Psmith lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Henderson.
Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rupert Psmith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fighters circling - Henderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Psmith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Psmith looks for the body kick but Henderson saw that one coming.
Henderson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Psmith throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Psmith. Psmith obviously looking to wear him down.
Psmith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Henderson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Psmith lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Henderson throws a leg kick which misses Psmith's front leg but catches the back leg as Psmith tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Psmith looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good leg kick by Henderson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Psmith.
Henderson misses with a body kick.
Rupert Psmith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Psmith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Psmith feints and then cracks Henderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henderson down.
Psmith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Henderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Psmith.
Henderson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Psmith will feel that in the morning.
Henderson slips a jab from Psmith.
Henderson avoids a kick to the body.
Psmith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Psmith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Psmith throws a looping overhand right but Henderson ducks down to avoid it.
Henderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Henderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Psmith is looking to score with low kicks.
Psmith throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psmith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henderson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Psmith just manages to avoid it.
Psmith throws a push kick but Henderson slaps the foot to one side.
Henderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Psmith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick from Henderson.
Psmith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson blocks the body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Psmith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Henderson - the referee stops the clock and Psmith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Henderson. Psmith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Psmith.
Psmith catches Henderson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Crunch! Psmith slams his shin into Henderson's torso.
Henderson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Henderson throws a jab when Psmith was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psmith lands a front kick.
Psmith tries to clinch up.
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Psmith looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Psmith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henderson.
Henderson blocks a leg kick.
Psmith bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Henderson throws a body punch but Psmith moves out of range.
Psmith stuns Henderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Psmith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Henderson throws a head kick but Psmith moves out of range.
Psmith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Henderson tried to counter with a leg kick but Psmith avoided it.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psmith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Psmith scores with a spinning back kick!
Psmith throws a hook to the side of Henderson's head but Henderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Henderson counters with a quick kick to the body but Psmith blocks it.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Psmith.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Psmith throws a wild body kick that Henderson sees coming a mile off.
Henderson moves forwards but Psmith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Psmith walks forward, straight into a front kick from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Psmith lands a high kick!
Psmith throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Henderson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Henderson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rupert Psmith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Psmith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Psmith throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Henderson's head.
Henderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Henderson blocks the body kick.
Psmith tries a head kick but it misses.
Psmith tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Henderson thumps Psmith with a low kick.
Psmith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A leg kick checked by Henderson.
It looked like Henderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Psmith.
Psmith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
Psmith lands a leg kick that knocks Henderson off balance momentarily.
Psmith pushes Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Psmith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Psmith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Psmith blocks with his arms.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Psmith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Henderson.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Psmith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Psmith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Psmith tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Psmith back against the cage.
Henderson lands a knee to the body.
Psmith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Psmith blocking some punches.
Julius Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Psmith tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Psmith back against the cage.
Henderson digs a right hand into Psmith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Psmith's gas tank.
Henderson landing knees to the head.
It looks like Rupert Psmith has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Psmith won't allow it.
Psmith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Henderson lands a knee to the head.
Psmith is rocked!
Henderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Psmith is still on wobbly legs! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson steps in with a hook that catches Psmith right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Henderson follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Psmith looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Henderson!
A relieved looking Julius Henderson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mats Söderlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickle comes to the cage accompanied by Edu Kehäkettunen & Stig Dogg - Kullii . Mats Söderlund is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Travis Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mats Söderlund!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Söderlund.
It looks like Travis Bickle has been cut.
Söderlund rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bickle counters with a two punch combo.
Söderlund ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body. Söderlund takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bickle connects with a solid leg kick.
Söderlund pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bickle throws a leg kick but Söderlund sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bickle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bickle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Söderlund.
Bickle quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Söderlund misses with a kick to the body
and Söderlund takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Mats Söderlund has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bickle.
Bickle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Söderlund at a distance.
Bickle ducks under a wild hook from Söderlund.
Söderlund blocks a jab.
Söderlund was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Söderlund throws a leg kick
letting Bickle counter with a right hand.
Söderlund 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.
Bickle tests Söderlund's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bickle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Söderlund misses with a body shot
and Bickle counters with an inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Bickle.
Bickle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Söderlund has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Söderlund there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bickle misses with a looping right.
Bickle misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Söderlund. Bickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bickle clobbers Söderlund with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bickle is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Söderlund takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Söderlund misses with the body kick
and Bickle counters with a nice body kick.
Söderlund throws a sloppy body shot
and Bickle counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bickle throws a leg kick but Söderlund sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bickle ducks under a wild hook from Söderlund.
Bickle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Söderlund takes a swing at Bickle's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Söderlund, as that shot connected.
Söderlund looks to land a left hand but Bickle moved out of range nicely.
Bickle is looking to counter punch.
Söderlund throws a looping overhand right but Bickle ducks down to avoid it.
Söderlund takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Söderlund on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Söderlund throws a push kick but Bickle slaps the foot to one side.
Bickle ducks under a wild hook from Söderlund.
Bickle cracks Söderlund with an open hand slap.
Bickle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bickle looks to land a left hand but Söderlund moved out of range nicely.
Söderlund misses the shot to the body.
Bickle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bickle is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Söderlund moves out of range of the body kick from Bickle.
Bickle works Söderlund's body with a nice hook.
Söderlund looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Söderlund cracks Bickle with an open hand slap.
Bickle misses with a straight right.
Bickle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Söderlund.
Söderlund throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Söderlund looks to land a body kick but Bickle moved away.
Bickle slips a jab from Söderlund.
Bickle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bickle 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.
Bickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Söderlund's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bickle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Söderlund scrambles back to his feet.
Bickle misses with a body shot.
Bickle scores with a hook.
Söderlund lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bickle jabs Söderlund to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Söderlund pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Söderlund moves out of range as Bickle throws a body kick.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Söderlund.
Söderlund keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Söderlund closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bickle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bickle lands with a good body shot.
Söderlund moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bickle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bickle!
Söderlund misses with a low kick.
Bickle is looking to counter with head kicks.
Bickle takes a swing at Söderlund's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickle is looking to clinch but Söderlund is avoiding it.
Bickle throws a looping overhand right but Söderlund ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Söderlund darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Söderlund staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Bickle dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Söderlund defending well as Bickle loads up on a big left hand.
Söderlund pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Söderlund throws out a loose jab but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickle. Söderlund does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bickle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Söderlund.
Bickle appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Söderlund misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Söderlund misses the jab.
Bickle slips under a jab.
Söderlund uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickle.
Söderlund throws a big counter head kick but Bickle avoids it with no problem.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Söderlund might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bickle has got the better of the exchanges.
Bickle lands a leg kick that knocks Söderlund off balance momentarily.
Söderlund blocks a head kick by Bickle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle tries a low kick but Söderlund avoids it.
Bickle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Söderlund just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickle. Söderlund does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Bickle tenderised Söderlund's leg. Söderlund is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bickle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bickle moves forwards but Söderlund connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bickle throws a looping overhand right but Söderlund ducks down to avoid it.
Bickle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Söderlund.
Bickle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Söderlund jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Söderlund takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bickle throws a sloppy head kick and Söderlund moves out of range easily.
Söderlund steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bickle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Söderlund looks to land a body kick but Bickle moved away.
Söderlund throws a head kick but Bickle moves out of range.
Bickle loads up on a big right hand but Söderlund slips the punch.
Bickle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Söderlund.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle misses with a right hand
and Söderlund makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Söderlund misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Söderlund's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Söderlund. Bickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bickle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Söderlund can do to turn this around?
Söderlund throws a shot from downtown. Bickle moves away and avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Söderlund, right into the meat.
Bickle checks a low kick from Söderlund.
Bickle scores with a head kick.
Bickle pushes Söderlund away with a front kick.
Bickle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Söderlund swings widly with a right hand
and Bickle counters with a nice uppercut.
Bickle throws a sloppy head kick
and Söderlund counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A good leg kick by Söderlund.
Söderlund scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bickle throws a body punch but Söderlund moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bickle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Söderlund throws an overhand right that lands on Bickle's shoulder, as Bickle tries to avoid the shot.
Bickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bickle looks to land a right hand but Söderlund moved out of range.
Bickle checks a low kick from Söderlund.
Bickle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Söderlund throws a wild body kick that Bickle sees coming a mile off.
Bickle throws a quick counter head kick but Söderlund was just out of range.
Söderlund scores with a head kick. Bickle tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Söderlund uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickle.
Söderlund misses with a hook to the body
and Bickle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A shot to the body from Bickle misses
and Söderlund counters with a nice uppercut.
Söderlund takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Söderlund scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Bickle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Söderlund avoids a kick to the body.
Bickle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Söderlund.
Bickle swings widly with a right hand
enabling Söderlund to counter with a crisp jab.
Bickle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Söderlund.
Bickle throws a wild body kick that Söderlund sees coming a mile off.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Söderlund throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bickle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Söderlund throws a head kick that misses.
Nice shot by Bickle.
Söderlund scores with a kick to the body.
Bickle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Söderlund moves away from the strike by Bickle.
A nice side step and Söderlund releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Söderlund throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mats Söderlund showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Bickle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Söderlund.
Söderlund looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bickle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Söderlund moves away.
Söderlund has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Söderlund connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bickle momentarily.
Söderlund tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bickle was well out of range. Poor timing from Söderlund.
Söderlund misses with a hook. Bickle ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Söderlund misses.
Bickle lands with a good body shot.
Bickle connects with an inside leg kick.
Bickle takes one to the chin there.
Bickle throws a solid leg kick but Söderlund takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bickle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Söderlund pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bickle throws a right hand that Söderlund ducks under and follows up with a left that Söderlund also avoids with ease.
Söderlund closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bickle throws a leg kick but Söderlund moved away.
A nice side step and Söderlund releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bickle lands a slapping body shot.
Söderlund throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Söderlund stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bickle.
Bickle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Söderlund follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Söderlund uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bickle.
Söderlund just misses with a punch to the body.
Söderlund connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bickle momentarily.
Söderlund just misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle fires out a quick counter leg kick but Söderlund just manages to avoid it.
Söderlund throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bickle throws a big counter combination but Söderlund scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bickle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Söderlund.
Bickle tries to clinch but Söderlund moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Söderlund! But no joy.
Bickle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle misses the shot to the body.
Bickle throws a sloppy head kick and Söderlund moves out of range easily.
Bickle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Söderlund misses with a left hand
and Bickle counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle is looking to clinch.
Bickle swings widly with a right hand
letting Söderlund counter with a right hand.
Bickle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Söderlund moves away.
Söderlund takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Söderlund misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bickle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A left lands for Bickle.
Bickle connects with a single shot there.
Bickle avoids the head kick by Söderlund.
A little feinted left hand from Bickle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bickle cracks the inside of Söderlund's front leg.
Bickle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Söderlund moves out of range of the strikes.
Söderlund swings for the body but Bickle moves out of range.
Bickle lands with a hook. Söderlund tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bickle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bickle connects with a high kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bickle, right into the meat.
Söderlund on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bickle. Bickle obviously looking to wear him down.
Söderlund throws a shot from downtown. Bickle moves away and avoids it.
Söderlund lands with a cross.
Both fighters circling a little - Söderlund finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bickle misses the body punch
and Söderlund counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Söderlund misses with a hook.
Bickle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Söderlund moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Söderlund misses with a left hand
and Söderlund takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle slips a jab and a cross from Söderlund.
Söderlund looks to land a left hand but Bickle moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Bickle was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Söderlund.
Söderlund throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bickle jabs at Söderlund's body.
Söderlund throws a head kick that misses.
Söderlund just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBickle.
Travis Bickle is winning the standup battle so far.
Bickle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bickle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bickle avoids the body shot from Söderlund.
Söderlund throws a lazy body kick
and Bickle counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bickle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Söderlund gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Bickle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bickle 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Bickle!
Our winner, Travis Bickle, 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Blackburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cameron Sloan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Blackburn!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloan swats away the attempt to clinch by Blackburn.
Sloan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Blackburn shoots in looking for a takedown but Sloan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blackburn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A little feinted left hand from Sloan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Blackburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blackburn fails with the takedown.
Sloan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Humboldt Park Elite Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Sloan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sloan scores with a sloppy right hand. Blackburn should have avoided that one.
Blackburn shoots in but no luck this time.
Cameron Sloan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Blackburn.
Sloan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Sloan.
It looks like Charles Blackburn has been cut.
Sloan misses with a body shot.
Blackburn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sloan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Blackburn dives in for a single leg takedown but Sloan sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Nice jab there from Sloan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blackburn is looking to clinch but Sloan is avoiding it.
Blackburn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sloan. That one must have hurt.
Blackburn on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Blackburn looks winded!
Sloan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blackburn momentarily.
Sloan lands with an uppercut that bounces Blackburn off the cage and back into range.
Blackburn is rocked!
Blackburn walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Blackburn limp body while Sloan jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cameron Sloan!
Our winner, Cameron Sloan, 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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