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Ascension 317 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sven Dufva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Romano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romano has chosen Nicotina Groove by SUBSONICA as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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177 lbs
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185 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven Dufva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Romano!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dufva tries a head kick but it misses.
Dufva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A clash of legs there as Romano blocks the low kick.
Romano is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Romano lands a slapping body shot.
Romano throws a push kick but Dufva slaps the foot to one side.
Romano shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dufva misses the shot to the body.
Dufva throws a head kick that misses.
Romano throws a body punch but Dufva moves out of range.
Romano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Romano scores with a nice right hand.
Dufva throws a sloppy body shot
and Romano counters with a nice uppercut.
Romano misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dufva misses with a body kick.
Dufva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dufva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dufva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dufva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dufva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dufva misses with a low kick.
Romano misses with a left hand
and Dufva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dufva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Romano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dufva scores with a leg kick.
Dufva lands a head kick. Romano smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dufva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Romano at a distance.
Romano throws a body shot but no joy.
Dufva is looking to wear down Romano with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Romano is looking to land body kicks.
Samuel Romano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romano wants to slow Dufva down by chopping away at his legs.
A leg kick checked by Romano.
Romano is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Romano connects with a crisp jab.
Romano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romano misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano misses with an uppercut. Dufva saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dufva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Romano was covering up waiting for the punch and Dufva finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Romano is trying to keep Dufva in close.
Dufva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dufva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dufva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dufva is in close to Romano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dufva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dufva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dufva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dufva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dufva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dufva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Romano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dufva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dufva stands up over Romano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dufva is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dufva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dufva distracts Romano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dufva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romano keeping full guard, as Dufva tries to pass.
Dufva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Romano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Romano wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dufva avoids a kick to the body.
Dufva cracks the inside of Romano's front leg.
Dufva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romano.
Romano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Romano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dufva scores with a nice right hand.
Dufva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Romano's head backwards.
Dufva walks into a jab.
Romano misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Dufva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dufva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Romano checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Dufva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dufva throws a leg kick but Romano moved away.
Dufva takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Dufva throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano lands a lovely overhand right.
Romano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Romano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dufva tries to clinch there but Romano circles away.
Romano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dufva's calf.
Samuel Romano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Romano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dufva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romano.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dufva.
A leg kick checked by Romano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dufva moves away.
Romano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dufva throws a low kick but Romano moves out of range easily.
Dufva throws a body punch but Romano moves out of range.
Romano throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dufva connects with a high kick.
Good exchange - Romano coming out on top.
Romano avoids the body shot from Dufva.
Dufva throws a head kick but Romano moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Romano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dufva doesn't seem phased though.
Dufva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dufva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Romano is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Romano tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dufva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Romano tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Dufva easily slips into full mount!
Dufva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Romano is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dufva drops a big elbow. That's hurt Romano! More shots from Dufva and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Dufva!
Sven Dufva thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Ramsay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ramsay comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. Hernandez has chosen Immortal Technique - Golpe De Estado as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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28
239 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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230 lbs
22 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gordon Ramsay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramsay avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Ramsay thuds a left hand into Hernandez's body.
Some bone on bone action there as Hernandez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ramsay gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Hernandez misses.
We've been hearing reports that Ramsay has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hernandez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hernandez's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hernandez's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ramsay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramsay.
Hernandez feints and then cracks Ramsay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramsay down.
Hernandez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ramsay stuns Hernandez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ramsay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hernandez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hernandez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hernandez tries to score with a low kick but Ramsay moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramsay fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hernandez is out of range.
Ramsay tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hernandez! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick by Hernandez misses
enabling Ramsay to counter with a crisp jab.
Ramsay moves out of range of the strikes.
Ramsay is looking to wear down Hernandez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ramsay bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ramsay!
Hernandez throws a jab when Ramsay was well out of range.
Ramsay keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ramsay connects with a high kick.
Ramsay lands a leg kick that knocks Hernandez off balance momentarily.
Hernandez throws a low kick but Ramsay moves out of range easily.
A clash of legs there as Hernandez blocks the low kick.
Hernandez feints a counter leg kick.
Gordon Ramsay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez throws a nice looking combination but Ramsay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Ramsay avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.
Ramsay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hernandez.
Hernandez lands with an overhand left.
Hernandez keeps Ramsay at a distance using the push kick.
Hernandez misses with a low kick.
Ramsay misses with a low kick.
Oooooh!!! Hernandez has knocked Ramsay down with a huge combo! Hernandez steps away and waves a wobbly Ramsay back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ramsay is rocked!
It looks like Gordon Ramsay has been cut.
Hernandez circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Ramsay tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Hernandez wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sergio Hernandez!
Sergio Hernandez managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, PRODUCT OF CHAMPIONS , into his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Itagaki Fukuzawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukuzawa comes into the arena with In Flames - Colony blaring out of the sound system. Lester has chosen Twisted as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153 lbs
22 - 10 - 0 |
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148 lbs
48 - 23 - 3 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Itagaki Fukuzawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fukuzawa.
Lester slips under a jab from Fukuzawa.
Some bone on bone action there as Fukuzawa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lester lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lester throws out a loose jab but Fukuzawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fukuzawa throws a big counter combination but Lester scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lester scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lester digs a good body shot into Fukuzawa's ribs.
Fukuzawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lester was well out of range. Poor timing from Fukuzawa.
Lester throws out a leg kick but Fukuzawa moves out of range and Lester only half commits.
Lester avoids the body shot from Fukuzawa.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lester! But no joy.
A big left from Lester misses.
Fukuzawa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lester on the side of the head.
Lester connects with a looping right hand.
Lester misses with a left hand
and Fukuzawa counters with a nice body shot.
Lester on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lester misses with an uppercut
and Fukuzawa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lester works Fukuzawa's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Fukuzawa misses with a right hand
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
Fukuzawa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lester chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fukuzawa can pounce on him.
Moe Lester is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fukuzawa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from Lester does it's job there.
Fukuzawa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lester thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lester, as that shot connected.
Lester 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.
Lester misses with the body kick
and Fukuzawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fukuzawa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lester.
Fukuzawa slips a straight right by Lester.
Lester stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fukuzawa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fukuzawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Lester finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fukuzawa lands with a hook. Lester tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lester bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester jabs at Fukuzawa's body.
Lester scores with a jab. Fukuzawa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lester tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fukuzawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lester misses the body punch
and Lester takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fukuzawa misses with a wild body shot.
Fukuzawa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fukuzawa.
Lester on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lester slips under a jab from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa blocks a leg kick.
Fukuzawa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lester defends it nicely.
Fukuzawa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Fukuzawa as he checks the leg kick.
Lester scores with a jab.
Fukuzawa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lester is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fukuzawa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lester. Fukuzawa shrugs it off though.
A big left from Fukuzawa misses.
Lester takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fukuzawa has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lester.
Fukuzawa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fukuzawa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lester rushes Fukuzawa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fukuzawa tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fukuzawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lester blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Lester.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fukuzawa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Fukuzawa avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester missing with knees to the body.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as Fukuzawa controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa prevents a body shot from Lester.
Fukuzawa wants the takedown. Lester is fighting it off but Fukuzawa persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Lester's guard against the cage.
Lester pulls Fukuzawa in close to prevent any damage.
Lester keeping moving, preventing Fukuzawa from controlling successfully.
Fukuzawa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lester swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fukuzawa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lester's guard.
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 Itagaki Fukuzawa will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fukuzawa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fukuzawa throws a body punch but Lester moves out of range.
Fukuzawa misses with a two punch combination.
Lester fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lester throws a lazy uppercut
and Fukuzawa counters with a straight right hand.
Fukuzawa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fukuzawa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lester was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lester wants to land a leg kick but Fukuzawa is out of range.
Fukuzawa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fukuzawa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fukuzawa moves away.
Lester walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fukuzawa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lester moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lester tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukuzawa misses the shot to the body.
Lester takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lester steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fukuzawa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Itagaki Fukuzawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Good standup being displayed there by Fukuzawa as he connects with a hook.
Fukuzawa jabs Lester right on the nose. Lester blinks but takes it well.
A slow jab from Lester misses its intended target.
Fukuzawa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lester.
Fukuzawa throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lester tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Fukuzawa is in Lester's guard.
Lester pulls Fukuzawa in to control the position.
Lester tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fukuzawa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fukuzawa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lester is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Fukuzawa works over Lester with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester has his hands on Fukuzawa's head, controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lester throws a chopping leg kick but Fukuzawa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fukuzawa throws a shot from downtown. Lester moves away and avoids it.
Fukuzawa with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick from Lester misses.
Fukuzawa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lester can do to turn this around?
Fukuzawa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fukuzawa tries to score with a low kick but Lester moves his leg out of the way.
Fukuzawa looks to land a right hand but Lester moved out of range.
Fukuzawa throws a jab but it's blocked by Lester.
It looks like Fukuzawa has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Lester throws a body punch but Fukuzawa moves out of range.
Lester looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lester lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Lester.
Fukuzawa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lester holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fukuzawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fukuzawa throws a hook to the side of Lester's head but Lester sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fukuzawa cracks Lester with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lester lands a front kick.
Fukuzawa throws a poor cross that misses
and Lester counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lester.
Lester throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fukuzawa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lester has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lester and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fukuzawa moves out of range of the body kick.
Lester misses the jab.
It looked like Fukuzawa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lester.
The fighters circling - Fukuzawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lester with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fukuzawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fukuzawa scores with a hook to the body. Lester takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester misses with a straight left.
Fukuzawa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Fukuzawa misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fukuzawa, as that shot connected.
Fukuzawa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
Lester tests Fukuzawa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lester waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fukuzawa.
Lester motions for Fukuzawa to come forward. Lester throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fukuzawa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lester.
Fukuzawa throws the left hand but Lester avoids the punch easily.
Lester wants to counter with a clinch but Fukuzawa pushes him away.
Lester will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fukuzawa is looking to counter punch.
Lester takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lester throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fukuzawa counters with a right hand to the body.
Lester moves out of range of the leg kick from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa backing away here, and Lester unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lester lands a leg kick that knocks Fukuzawa off balance momentarily.
Fukuzawa misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Itagaki Fukuzawa dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Fukuzawa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lester. Lester obviously looking to wear him down.
Lester with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fukuzawa throws a looping overhand right but Lester ducks down to avoid it.
Fukuzawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lester uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fukuzawa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fukuzawa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lester throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lester scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lester lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lester tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fukuzawa misses with a wild body shot.
Lester connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester avoids a punch combination nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Fukuzawa blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lester can pounce on him.
Fukuzawa throws a leg kick but Lester sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fukuzawa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lester looks to land a body kick but Fukuzawa moved away.
Fukuzawa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fukuzawa misses with a body punch
and Lester finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lester is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lester fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fukuzawa checks it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lester.
Fukuzawa feints a jab promting Lester to slip. Fukuzawa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lester slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fukuzawa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lester misses with a body kick.
Fukuzawa misses with a low kick.
Lester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fukuzawa.
Lester throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Lester misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa throws the left hand but Lester avoids the punch easily.
Fukuzawa slips a straight right by Lester.
A counter left hand to the body from Fukuzawa misses its target.
Lester lands a jab.
Fukuzawa tests Lester's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lester moves into the clinch.
Lester lands with a right to the head.
Fukuzawa takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Itagaki Fukuzawa has been cut.
Fukuzawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fukuzawa slowing the pace effectively.
Knees to the body from Lester.
Fukuzawa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fukuzawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa tries to stall but Lester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fukuzawa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fukuzawa misses with the head strike.
Lester pushes off an throws an elbow but Fukuzawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fukuzawa misses with a punch to the body.
Lester lands with a light punch inside.
Fukuzawa is trying to force a seperation but Lester has the dominant position.
Lester prevents a body shot from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lester blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Fukuzawa fails to land.
Lester lands an elbow just above Fukuzawa 's eye.
Fukuzawa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Fukuzawa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fukuzawa takes an elbow to the temple.
Lester trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fukuzawa taking a breather.
Lester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fukuzawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by Fukuzawa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lester.
Fukuzawa scores with a shot to the side of Lester's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fukuzawa backwards.
Fukuzawa has Lester pressed against the cage.
Lester has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fukuzawa.
Lester lands an elbow that stopped Fukuzawa in his tracks for a moment.
Fukuzawa tries a knee to the head but Lester blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Lester.
Lester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fukuzawa's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fukuzawa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Moe Lester!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Itagaki Fukuzawa!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Moe Lester!
Moe Lester wins by split decision!
A very excited looking Moe Lester made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Camacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragon Warfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragon Warfist acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Camacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Hilo, Dragon Warfist!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camacho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Warfist momentarily.
Camacho attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Camacho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warfist misses with a low kick.
Camacho is looking to counter punch.
Camacho seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Camacho takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Warfist looks to land a body kick but Camacho moved away.
Warfist throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Warfist throws a low kick but Camacho avoids it.
It appears Camacho was looking to counter with a kick there.
Warfist lands a nice leg kick that just misses Camacho's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick from Warfist misses.
Camacho misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Warfist.
Camacho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Warfist connects with a leg kick. Camacho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Camacho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Warfist.
Warfist takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Warfist throws a push kick but Camacho slaps the foot to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Camacho misses the target.
Warfist takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Warfist throws a leg kick but Camacho moved away.
An inside leg kick from Camacho misses.
Warfist throws a sloppy body shot
and Camacho counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Dragon Warfist has been cut.
Warfist swinging wildly here.
Camacho moves out of range of the strikes.
Warfist stuns Camacho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Camacho lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Warfist lands a nice looking body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camacho tries a low kick but Warfist avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warfist swings widly with a right hand
and Camacho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Camacho, right into the meat.
Warfist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Camacho throwing a counter right hand but Warfist manages to avoid it.
Warfist displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Camacho throws out the jab.
Warfist uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Camacho.
A chopping leg kick lands by Camacho.
Camacho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Camacho.
Camacho throws a hook but Warfist blocks it.
Camacho throws a jab but it's blocked by Warfist.
Camacho will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Warfist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camacho.
Camacho tried to counter with a leg kick but Warfist avoided it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Warfist.
Warfist looks to score with a jab to the body but Camacho is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist tries to land a body kick
and Camacho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab, jab by Warfist - just one landing.
Nice body kick there by Warfist.
Warfist thuds his right hand into Camacho's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice straight punches there by Camacho. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Camacho.
Camacho checks a leg kick.
Warfist uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Camacho has time to react.
Warfist rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Camacho counters with a solid body kick.
Camacho lands a left and a right that send Warfist crashing to the mat, dazed. Camacho thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Warfist is rocked!
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!
Camacho circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Warfist to the canvas! Warfist doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Camacho keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Camacho!
A relieved looking Miguel Camacho 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yin Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riggs's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Immortal Technique- The Cause of Death. Tao has chosen Philip Bailey - Walking on the Chinese Wall as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Yin Tao enters the cage!
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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
35 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yin Tao!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tao defending well as Riggs loads up on a big left hand.
Tao looks to score with a jab to the body but Riggs is just out of range.
Riggs loads up on a big right hand but Tao slips the punch.
Tao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tao darts in trying to clinch
and Riggs counters with a nice body shot.
Tao scores with a nice body kick.
Riggs throws a low kick but Tao moves out of range easily.
Tao thinks about the counter body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Riggs blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tao looks to score with a jab to the body but Riggs is just out of range.
Riggs misses with a hook. Tao ducked under it nicely.
Riggs has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sloppy strikes from Tao. Those never looked like landing.
Riggs feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Riggs throws a body punch but Tao moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tao is looking to slow Riggs down with leg kicks.
A shot to the body from Riggs misses
and Tao counters by clinching up.
Tao has Riggs pressed against the cage, preventing Riggs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tao misses with a punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Tao has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch on the inside from Tao fails to land.
Riggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tao digs a right hand underneath Riggs's ribcage. Riggs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Riggs's efforts to push away.
Riggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yin Tao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tao.
Riggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Tao.
Tao misses the jab.
Riggs tried to counter with a leg kick but Tao avoided it.
Riggs misses with a looping right.
Tao throws a lazy uppercut
and Tao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tao lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Riggs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tao's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riggs scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tao doesn't seem bothered though.
Riggs just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Tao misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Riggs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Riggs cracks Tao with a good jab.
Riggs misses with an uppercut.
Riggs takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice body kick there by Tao.
Tao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Riggs lunges at Tao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tao's hand.
Riggs tries to land a leg kick but Tao saw it coming and moves away.
Tao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tao. Riggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riggs. Tao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riggs fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs looks to land a left hand but Tao moved out of range nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tao.
Riggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Tao is just out of range.
Riggs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tao to score with a decent uppercut.
Riggs blocks the body kick.
Tao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Riggs swings for the body but Tao moves out of range.
Riggs slips a straight right by Tao.
Tao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Riggs throws a hook to the side of Tao's head but Tao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tao tries to counter by closing the distance.
Riggs slips a straight right by Tao.
It looked like Riggs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tao looks to land a right hand but Riggs moved out of range.
Good exchange - Tao coming out on top.
A swing and a miss from Riggs.
A little jabbing left from Tao on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tao.
Tao throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Riggs.
Tao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Riggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Riggs throws a head kick that misses.
Tao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Riggs on the side of the head.
Riggs connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tao throws a jab but it's blocked by Riggs.
Tao connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Riggs checks a leg kick.
Riggs is looking to counter punch.
Tao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riggs.
Tao scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riggs attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tao goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A left lands for Tao.
Tao has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tao slips under a jab from Riggs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Riggs.
Tao tries to clinch but Riggs moves out of range.
As Tao backs away, Riggs returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Riggs swings for the body but Tao moves out of range.
Tao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Riggs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tao. Tao obviously looking to wear him down.
Tao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Riggs misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tao.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tao - that will leave a mark!
Riggs takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs looks for the body kick but Tao saw that one coming.
Riggs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yin Tao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big left from Riggs misses.
Tao tries to counter with a clinch but Riggs shakes him off and moves away.
Riggs finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Riggs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tao misses with a straight left.
Tao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tao thows a body kick. Riggs tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Riggs looks for the body kick but Tao saw that one coming.
Tao wants to counter the offense by Riggs and move into the clinch position.
Tao lands a jab to the nose.
Riggs cracks the inside of Tao's front leg.
Riggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riggs scoring well with a low kick there.
Tao looks to land a left hand but Riggs moved out of range nicely.
Tao 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yin Tao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Tao.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Riggs.
Tao avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tao wants to counter the offense by Riggs and move into the clinch position.
Riggs finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Riggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tao lands a jab to Riggs's midsection.
Tao clobbers Riggs with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Riggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tao counters with a nice uppercut.
Tao misses with a body kick.
Riggs is looking to counter punch.
Riggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Tao.
Riggs misses with a straight right.
Tao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tao slips a jab from Riggs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tao throws a jab but it's blocked by Riggs.
Riggs was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tao throws a leg kick
and Riggs counters with a good, hard body kick but Tao shrugs it off.
Tao stuns Riggs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tao lands with an uppercut that bounces Riggs off the cage and back into range.
Riggs fails to land with a series of punches.
Riggs misses with an uppercut.
Riggs sets himself, and Tao steps forward looking for the clinch! Riggs avoids it this time.
Tao scores with a punch to the head.
Tao connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tao throws out a powerful jab.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Riggs tried to counter with a leg kick but Tao avoided it.
Riggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big left from Riggs misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Tao does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao works Riggs's body with a nice hook.
Tao takes a kick to the side of the head.
Riggs throws a body punch but Tao moves out of range.
Riggs takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tao misses with a few strikes there.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tao moves away.
Tao is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Riggs scores with a nice head shot.
Riggs looks to land a body kick but Tao moved away.
Tao misses with the combination.
Riggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tao manages to avoid it.
Tao wants to counter with a clinch but Riggs pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tao tests Riggs's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tao tried to score with a low kick but Riggs checks it.
As Tao backs away, Riggs returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Riggs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tao.
Riggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riggs throws a big shot that misses.
Riggs misses with a body shot.
Tao is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tao lands a front kick.
Tao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Riggs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Riggs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tao swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Riggs's calf.
Tao misses with a left hand
and Tao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Riggs.
Tao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tao, right into the meat.
Some bone on bone action there as Riggs checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Riggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tao scores with a leg kick.
Tao closes the distance but Riggs moves to the side
and Riggs counters with a left to the body.
Tao looks to land a right hand but Riggs moved out of range.
Riggs looks to land a body kick but Tao moved away.
Riggs gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Riggs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Riggs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Riggs misses.
Martin Riggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Riggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tao manages to avoid it.
Well,Riggs is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Tao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riggs.
Riggs missing with a left hand there. Tao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tao moves away.
Riggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riggs.
Riggs misses with a wild body shot.
Tao blocks the body kick.
Riggs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tao. Tao obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tao prevents Riggs from breaking the clinch.
Tao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riggs blocking some punches.
Tao misses with the head strike.
Tao swings wildly with an uppercut but Riggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Riggs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Riggs blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tao.
Riggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from Tao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Riggs misses with a body kick.
Riggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tao lands a nice looking kick to the body. Riggs takes a step back to recover.
Tao avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Tao does it's job there.
Tao lands with a shot to the body.
Tao scores with a spinning back kick!
Tao throws a leg kick which misses Riggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Riggs tries to avoid it.
Tao slips a jab from Riggs.
Tao goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yin Tao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tao has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Yin Tao!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Yin Tao!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Yin Tao!
Yin Tao wins by unanimous decision!
Yin Tao seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neno Pejovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riel Dan Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pejovsky comes into the arena with Rick Ross feat. Young Jeezy - War Ready blaring out of the sound system. Reyes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad House Music ('98 Dub Mix) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Riel Dan Reyes was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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178 lbs
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Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neno Pejovsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Riel Dan Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pejovsky throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reyes's waist but Reyes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pejovsky off to one side.
Reyes feints the counter takedown.
Pejovsky jabs Reyes right on the nose. Reyes blinks but takes it well.
Reyes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pejovsky, as that shot connected.
Reyes moves out of range of the leg kick from Pejovsky.
A jab from Reyes misses.
Reyes slips under a jab from Pejovsky.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Nice sprawl there from Reyes as Pejovsky shoots in.
A left and a right from Reyes both land. Nice combination.
Jab from Pejovsky.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.
Reyes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Reyes has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pejovsky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reyes moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Reyes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A counter left hand to the body from Pejovsky misses its target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reyes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pejovsky looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Reyes tries to move into range but Pejovsky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pejovsky slips under a jab.
Pejovsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pejovsky staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes doesn't manage to clinch there - Pejovsky circles away.
Reyes misses with a looping left.
Pejovsky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reyes.
Reyes misses with a series of wild punches.
Pejovsky with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reyes to score with a decent uppercut.
Pejovsky walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Reyes misses the jab.
Pejovsky uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reyes has time to react.
Reyes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pejovsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pejovsky fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Reyes avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neno Pejovsky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pejovsky thumps Reyes with a low kick.
Pejovsky shoots for a double leg takedown but Reyes sprawls well. He's pushed Pejovsky's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Pejovsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pejovsky slips a straight right by Reyes.
Reyes missing with a left hand there. Pejovsky was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a hook but Pejovsky blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pejovsky moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reyes missing with a left hand there. Pejovsky was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pejovsky clobbers Reyes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A cross from Reyes lands.
Reyes misses with a hook. Pejovsky ducked under it nicely.
Reyes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reyes misses with a looping right.
Reyes sizes up Pejovsky with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Reyes slips under a jab from Pejovsky.
Reyes with the counter takedown but Pejovsky avoids it easily.
Pejovsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reyes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pejovsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pejovsky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Pejovsky.
Reyes connects with a right hand. Pejovsky shakes it off.
Pejovsky tries for a takedown but Reyes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pejovsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.
Pejovsky throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes misses with a body shot.
Pejovsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reyes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes digs a good hook to Pejovsky's body.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pejovsky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reyes throws a body shot but no joy.
Reyes looks to land a left hand but Pejovsky moved out of range nicely.
Pejovsky swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pejovsky lands a really nice looking cross but Reyes seems unphased.
Reyes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pejovsky.
Reyes throws a right and a left that both miss.
A counter left hand to the body from Pejovsky misses its target.
Nice uppercut lands for Reyes. That snapped Pejovsky's head back.
Pejovsky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reyes lands with a nice body punch.
Reyes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Reyes misses with a looping left.
Reyes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pejovsky works Reyes's body with a nice hook.
Pejovsky lands a nice looking body shot.
Pejovsky thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the liver by Reyes. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pejovsky wants to land a leg kick but Reyes is out of range.
Pejovsky fails with a takedown attempt.
Reyes walks into a left hand.
Pejovsky shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reyes's guard.
Pejovsky wants to control from the top but Reyes keeps moving.
Reyes working a defensive guard here.
Reyes keeping moving, preventing Pejovsky from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reyes looking for a sweep. Not yet Reyes, not yet.
Pejovsky postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Riel Dan Reyes will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pejovsky misses with a body shot.
Pejovsky throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Reyes changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Reyes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pejovsky finds it's way round the side to connect with Reyes's head.
The fighters circling - Pejovsky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reyes scores with a body shot.
Pejovsky works the jab nicely.
Pejovsky needs to keep his hands up - Reyes had a free shot at his head there.
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Pejovsky looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Reyes!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pejovsky working the ground and pound from side control.
Reyes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pejovsky wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pejovsky lands some shots froms side control.
The ground and pound from Pejovsky seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
I wouldn't like to be where Reyes is right now.
Pejovsky creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pejovsky wants to control but Reyes is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pejovsky laying and praying for a moment but Reyes takes advantage and regains half guard.
Pejovsky wants to take a breather but Reyes is having none of it.
Reyes wants to control but Pejovsky is keeping busy.
Pejovsky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reyes defending well though.
Reyes works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Reyes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pejovsky is stalling in the full guard.
Pejovsky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pejovsky is looking to work some ground and pound but Reyes has wrist control.
Pejovsky throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Pejovsky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pejovsky waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reyes.
Pejovsky bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
Reyes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pejovsky has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reyes finds it's way round the side to connect with Pejovsky's head.
Reyes stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pejovsky defends well and Reyes ends up having to push Pejovsky into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Pejovsky slips a straight right by Reyes.
Pejovsky moves forwards but Reyes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Pejovsky slips a jab and a cross from Reyes.
Pejovsky lands a jab to the head.
Pejovsky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reyes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pejovsky.
A punch lands to the side of Pejovsky 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Reyes takes a swing at Pejovsky's ribcage but misses.
Reyes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Reyes throws a body punch but Pejovsky moves out of range.
Riel Dan Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Pejovsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pejovsky jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reyes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pejovsky ducks under a wild hook from Reyes.
Reyes misses with a wild body shot.
Jab, jab by Pejovsky - just one landing.
Pejovsky throws a body shot but no joy.
Pejovsky cracks Reyes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pejovsky takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pejovsky connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pejovsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reyes tries to move into range but Pejovsky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pejovsky bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reyes's head.
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Pejovsky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pejovsky throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reyes's waist but Reyes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pejovsky off to one side.
Reyes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pejovsky looks to score with a jab to the body but Reyes is just out of range.
Reyes throws the left hand but Pejovsky avoids the punch easily.
Reyes swings for the body but Pejovsky moves out of range.
Pejovsky throws a jab but it's blocked by Reyes.
Pejovsky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reyes.
Pejovsky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reyes.
Pejovsky misses with a hook.
Pejovsky scores with a shot to the body.
Pejovsky throws a jab when Reyes was well out of range.
Pejovsky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reyes.
Pejovsky throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neno Pejovsky dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Pejovsky uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reyes.
Pejovsky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reyes throws a body shot but no joy.
Reyes loads up on a big right hand but Pejovsky slips the punch.
Reyes lands a jab to Pejovsky's midsection.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pejovsky moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pejovsky.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reyes.
Pejovsky blocking some punches.
Reyes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pejovsky gets underhooks to prevent Reyes's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes wants to get back to striking at distance but Pejovsky won't allow it.
Reyes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pejovsky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pejovsky looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pejovsky throws an elbow that misses.
Reyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Pejovsky controls his hands.
Pejovsky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reyes.
Pejovsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reyes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pejovsky prevents Reyes from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Reyes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pejovsky working Reyes over with knees to the body.
Reyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pejovsky blocks an uppercut.
Pejovsky lands a shot to the body.
Reyes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pejovsky tries a body shot but Reyes blocks it.
Reyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reyes tries to break free but Pejovsky pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pejovsky.
Reyes jumps guard but Pejovsky turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Neno Pejovsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riel Dan Reyes.
Pejovsky tries to throw a body punch but Reyes avoids it by throwing Pejovsky back against the cage.
Pejovsky scores with a shot to the side of Reyes's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pejovsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pejovsky.
Pejovsky throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reyess head.
It looks like Riel Dan Reyes has been cut.
Pejovsky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pejovsky lands with a light punch inside.
Pejovsky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Reyes lands with a left to the head.
Reyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Pejovsky.
Pejovsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Pejovsky - that landed with a thud.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Pejovsky lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Reyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pejovsky throws a head punch that misses.
Reyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reyes misses with the head strike.
Reyes lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reyes working hard to break the clinch.
Reyes lands a shoulder strike.
Pejovsky tries to throw a body punch but Reyes avoids it by throwing Pejovsky back against the cage.
Pejovsky lands a knee to the head.
Reyes swings wildly with an uppercut but Pejovsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reyes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reyes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reyes can't find room to land a body shot as Pejovsky controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Neno Pejovsky.
I think Pejovsky has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Neno Pejovsky!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Neno Pejovsky!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Neno Pejovsky!
Neno Pejovsky wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Neno Pejovsky started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Hoffman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arni Jarnkarl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Hoffman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Hoffman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arni Jarnkarl!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffman moves forwards but Jarnkarl connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oooooh!!! Hoffman has knocked Jarnkarl down with a huge combo! Hoffman steps away and waves a wobbly Jarnkarl back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Jarnkarl is rocked!
It looks like Arni Jarnkarl has been cut.
Jarnkarl slips a straight right by Hoffman.
Hoffman looks to throw the jab but Jarnkarl is out of range.
Hoffman looks to throw the jab but Jarnkarl is out of range.
Jarnkarl looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hoffman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jarnkarl is still on wobbly legs! Can Hoffman finish him?
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!
Jarnkarl throws a big shot that misses.
Jarnkarl seems to have recovered his senses.
Hoffman throws a right and a left that Jarnkarl avoids nicely.
Jarnkarl scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hoffman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoffman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jarnkarl sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A clash of legs there as Jarnkarl blocks the low kick.
Jarnkarl looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoffman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hoffman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cylon Training Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Jarnkarl slips under a jab from Hoffman.
Hoffman sets himself, and Jarnkarl steps forward looking for the clinch! Hoffman avoids it this time.
Jarnkarl showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoffman.
Jarnkarl misses with a looping right.
Jarnkarl tries to clinch up but Hoffman circles away and keeps his distance.
Hoffman is looking to counter punch.
Hoffman works the jab nicely.
Jarnkarl defending well as Hoffman loads up on a big left hand.
Jarnkarl steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoffman.
Hoffman thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman avoids the head kick by Jarnkarl.
Nice body kick there by Hoffman.
Hoffman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jarnkarl counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jarnkarl throws a hook but Hoffman avoids it easily.
Jarnkarl buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jarnkarl throws a jab when Hoffman was well out of range.
Good shot there by Jarnkarl.
Hoffman misses with a straight right.
Hoffman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jarnkarl bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hoffman's head.
Hoffman throws out a loose jab but Jarnkarl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarnkarl swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman throws a sloppy head kick
and Jarnkarl counters with a straight right hand.
Hoffman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jarnkarl cracks Hoffman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A shot to the body from Hoffman misses
and Jarnkarl counters with a nice uppercut.
Hoffman looks to throw the jab but Jarnkarl is out of range.
Jarnkarl checks a leg kick.
Jarnkarl throws a big counter head kick but Hoffman avoids it with no problem.
Hoffman looks to land a left hand but Jarnkarl moved out of range nicely.
Jarnkarl throws a hook but Hoffman blocks it.
Hoffman swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jarnkarl lands a really nice looking cross but Hoffman seems unphased.
Hoffman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jarnkarl has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jarnkarl takes one on the button.
Hoffman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Jarnkarl.
Hoffman defending well as Jarnkarl loads up on a big left hand.
Hoffman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hoffman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jarnkarl counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hoffman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jarnkarl doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jarnkarl. Hoffman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jarnkarl missing with a left hand there. Hoffman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hoffman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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 Jack Hoffman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arni Jarnkarl's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jarnkarl stuns Hoffman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jarnkarl takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hoffman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jarnkarl moves away.
Jarnkarl tries a quick counter leg kick but Hoffman is wise to it.
Hoffman blocks the body kick.
Hoffman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hoffman swings widly with a right hand
and Jarnkarl connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jarnkarl throws a sloppy head kick and Hoffman moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarnkarl lands an overhand right.
Jarnkarl's corner calls for a 1-2. Jarnkarl obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hoffman throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoffman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jarnkarl walks into a straight right hand from Hoffman.
Jack Hoffman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoffman misses with a hook to the body
and Jarnkarl counters with a flying knee that drops Hoffman!
Jarnkarl prevents Hoffman from getting back to his feet.
Jarnkarl is looking to work some ground and pound but Hoffman has wrist control.
Jarnkarl slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jarnkarl works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hoffman is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jarnkarl is controlling him well.
Hoffman is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jarnkarl connects with a decent elbow.
Jarnkarl trying to control the action but Hoffman is working from the bottom.
Jarnkarl happy to just control the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jarnkarl misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jarnkarl has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hoffman takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jarnkarl cracks Hoffman with a big elbow.
Jarnkarl trying to control the position but Hoffman is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jarnkarl lands a nice forearm strike.
Jarnkarl scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman taking a bit of punishment here - Jarnkarl scoring with strikes.
Jarnkarl works to advance to full mount. Hoffman defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hoffman trying desperately to get to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Jarnkarl.
Jarnkarl raining down shots from the mount!
Jarnkarl fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hoffman is trying to stand up.
Jarnkarl scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hoffman?
Jarnkarl trying to control but Hoffman is having none of it.
Jarnkarl looking to finish Hoffman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hoffman!
Jarnkarl raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman is trying to stand.
Jarnkarl has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Jarnkarl landing shots from mount.
Hoffman really wants to buck Jarnkarl off and get back to his feet.
Jarnkarl breaks from Hoffman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hoffman's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hoffman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jarnkarl on the ground.
Hoffman is squirming around, avoiding Jarnkarl's attempts to control the action.
Arni Jarnkarl has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jarnkarl with a couple of short strikes.
Hoffman is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Jarnkarl controlling the position easily from mount.
Hoffman taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arni Jarnkarl showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arni Jarnkarl's cut.
That's time! Hoffman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jarnkarl scoring well with a low kick there.
Hoffman throws out a loose jab but Jarnkarl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarnkarl connects with a right hand. Hoffman shakes it off.
Hoffman throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoffman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hoffman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jarnkarl moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoffman throws a front kick aimed at Jarnkarl's knee but Jarnkarl avoids it well.
Nice shot by Hoffman.
Donk. Jarnkarl catches Hoffman right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoffman misses with a hook
and Jarnkarl counters with a stiff right hand.
Hoffman throws a looping overhand right but Jarnkarl ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Hoffman.
Arni Jarnkarl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hoffman swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jarnkarl counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hoffman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jarnkarl.
Hoffman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hoffman looks for the body kick but Jarnkarl saw that one coming.
It seemed like Jarnkarl was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jarnkarl scores with a sloppy right hand. Hoffman should have avoided that one.
Hoffman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jarnkarl.
Jarnkarl lands a jab to the nose.
A jab from Jarnkarl misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman misses with a right hand
and Jarnkarl counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jarnkarl avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jarnkarl! But no joy.
Jarnkarl takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jarnkarl doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Hoffman.
Hoffman misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarnkarl swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hoffman.
Arni Jarnkarl is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jarnkarl clinches.
Jarnkarl struggles to land a body shot inside as Hoffman controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Jarnkarl fails to land.
Jarnkarl lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hoffman trying to control the position but instead, Jarnkarl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoffman into the cage.
Hoffman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jarnkarl has a couple of punches blocked by Hoffman.
Jarnkarl tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoffman's elbow.
Jack Hoffman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman is trying to break the clinch but Jarnkarl is controlling him.
Hoffman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hoffman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jarnkarl has Hoffman pressed against the cage, preventing Hoffman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jarnkarl throws a head punch that misses.
Hoffman has had enough of the clinch but Jarnkarl keeps him there for the moment.
Hoffman takes a shot to the head.
Hoffman blocks a body shot from Jarnkarl.
Jarnkarl lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoffman backwards.
Jarnkarl swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jarnkarl tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jarnkarl goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoffman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jarnkarl lands a right hand.
Jarnkarl throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoffman.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arni Jarnkarl comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jarnkarl has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Arni Jarnkarl!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Arni Jarnkarl!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Arni Jarnkarl!
Arni Jarnkarl wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Arni Jarnkarl made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Eric Lynch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Allen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Allen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Allen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Allen throws a low kick but Lynch avoids it.
It looked like Lynch wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Lynch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Allen lands with a nice body kick.
Allen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Allen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lynch thumps Allen with a low kick.
Allen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lynch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Allen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lynch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Allen backs away, Lynch returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Lynch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lynch thuds his right hand into Allen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lynch looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen throws a leg kick
and Lynch counters with a single leg into guard. Allen didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lynch won't allow Allen to sweep him here.
Allen pulls Lynch in to control the position.
Lynch trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
Lynch postures up.
Allen isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lynch stacks Allen on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lynch!
You can see the frustration on Allen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Allen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lynch off and has taken his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to control Lynch but Lynch is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Lynch is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Allen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen struggling to land strikes to the head as Lynch covers up.
Even with his hooks in, Allen manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Lynch covers up after that shot from Allen.
Lynch looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands with a hammerfist to the side of Lynch's head.
Allen patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Allen is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Lynch has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Lynch trying to control the hands but Allen breaks the grip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Allen scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allen is trying to control but Lynch is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen avoids the attempt from Lynch to control.
Allen unloads with some shots from mount but Lynch bucks and avoids them well.
Allen misses with a head shot.
Lynch really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Allen trying to control but Lynch is having none of it.
Allen unloads with some shots from mount but Lynch bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Allen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lynch throws a leg kick
and Lynch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Allen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Allen throws the kick towards the body but Lynch avoids it.
Allen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Allen throws out a loose jab but Lynch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lynch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Allen scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice defenses there by Lynch.
Allen scores with the left hand. Lynch knows he should have avoided that one.
Allen swings for the body but Lynch moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lynch misses with a kick to the body.
Allen is looking to chop away at Lynch's legs.
Lynch throws a lazy body kick
and Allen counters with a straight right hand.
Lynch is rocked!
Allen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Allen throws an uppercut from hell that sends Lynch clean off his feet! He's out cold! Allen stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barry Allen!
Barry Allen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henkka Seppala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seppala is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Children of Bodom - Smile pretty for the devil. Anthony Anastasio had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Anastasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henkka Seppala!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anastasio tries to move into range but Seppala moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Seppala throws a jab but it's blocked by Anastasio.
Anastasio throwing a counter right hand but Seppala manages to avoid it.
Seppala throws an overhand right that lands on Anastasio's shoulder, as Anastasio tries to avoid the shot.
Seppala misses with a looping left.
Seppala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seppala misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seppala goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Anastasio scores with a head kick. Seppala tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seppala. That's going to slow Anastasio down.
Seppala 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.
Seppala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anastasio throws a wild body kick that Seppala sees coming a mile off.
Seppala slips a straight right by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a shot from downtown. Seppala moves away and avoids it.
Anastasio throws a hook but Seppala avoids it easily.
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
Seppala lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seppala connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seppala goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Anastasio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seppala clobbers Anastasio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Seppala is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anastasio.
Anastasio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Anastasio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seppala moves away.
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Seppala on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anastasio throws a push kick but Seppala slaps the foot to one side.
Seppala turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anastasio misses with a body kick.
Seppala throws a big shot that misses.
Anastasio throws a solid leg kick but Seppala takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anastasio.
Seppala throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Seppala tried to score with a low kick but Anastasio checks it.
Seppala checks the leg kick.
Anastasio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seppala.
Anastasio throws a quick counter kick to the body but Seppala avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppala checks a leg kick.
Anastasio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab, jab by Seppala - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Seppala crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Anastasio - the referee stops the clock and Seppala gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Anastasio. Seppala manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Anastasio connects with a leg kick. Seppala looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Anastasio lands a jab to the nose.
Anastasio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seppala.
Seppala scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Anastasio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Anastasio thows a body kick. Seppala tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Anastasio tries to clinch but Seppala moves out of range.
Anastasio takes a swing at Seppala's ribcage but misses.
Anastasio moves out of range of the body kick from Seppala.
Anthony Anastasio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anastasio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seppala.
Anastasio lands a jab to the head.
Seppala fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anastasio manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Anastasio.
Anastasio takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Seppala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seppala looks to score with a jab to the body but Anastasio is just out of range.
Seppala thuds his shin into the meat of Anastasio's side.
Anastasio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seppala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Seppala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seppala lands a nice looking body shot.
Seppala is looking to score with low kicks.
Seppala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Seppala takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A head kick by Seppala misses
enabling Anastasio to counter with a crisp jab.
Seppala is rocked!
Seppala tries a head kick but it misses.
Anastasio thinks about countering with a head kick.
Seppala is still on wobbly legs! Can Anastasio finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anastasio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Seppala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anastasio lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Seppala seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Anastasio sizes up Seppala with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Seppala throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Seppala throws a leg kick which misses Anastasio's front leg but catches the back leg as Anastasio tries to avoid it.
Anastasio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anastasio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seppala.
Seppala throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a predictable looking body shot
and Seppala counters with a three punch combo that has Anastasio backing up. Anastasio nods at Seppala to acknowledge the strikes.
Anastasio cracks Seppala with an open hand slap.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Anastasio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Seppala looks to land a combination but Anastasio avoids it well.
Anastasio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick and Seppala moves out of range easily.
Anastasio is looking to land body kicks.
A good leg kick by Anastasio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Henkka Seppala will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Seppala staying out of range there.
Seppala scores with a hook.
Anastasio blocks a head kick by Seppala.
Henkka Seppala seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seppala blocks a head kick by Anastasio.
Seppala scores with a nice body kick.
Seppala takes a jab right on the kisser.
Seppala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Some wild striking there from Seppala.
Anastasio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A quick step to the side and Anastasio tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anastasio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anastasio backing away here, and Seppala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Anastasio swings for the body but Seppala moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seppala checks a leg kick.
Seppala looks to throw the jab but Anastasio is out of range.
Seppala closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio is trying to maintain the position but Seppala is very close to passing his half guard.
Anastasio tries to roll over but Seppala keeps him under control.
Anastasio is refusing to be controlled, as Seppala sits in half guard.
Anastasio has a hand on Seppala's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Seppala takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Seppala throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Anastasio taking shots to the head.
Seppala has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Seppala misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppala controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anastasio wants to control but Seppala is having none of it.
Seppala tries to control but Anastasio wriggling away.
Anastasio wants to hold on but Seppala pushes him away.
Seppala lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Anastasio hang on?
Seppala sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Seppala can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anastasio is looking to escape.
Seppala looking to ground and pound but Anastasio is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio is wriggling around trying to escape.
Seppala lands a big elbow.
Seppala looking to control but Anastasio is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Anastasio holds on for dear life, controlling Seppala's posture momentarily.
Anastasio tries to hold on but Seppala pushes him away.
Seppala is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Anastasio can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio can't escape the position.
Seppala unloads with some shots from mount but Anastasio bucks and avoids them well.
Anastasio tries to reverse the position but Seppala maintains control.
Anastasio slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Seppala trying to control from half guard but Anastasio is working away.
Henkka Seppala has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anastasio is trying is best to control the position here.
Seppala prevents Anastasio from improving his position.
Seppala misses with a head shot. Anastasio uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henkka Seppala 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.
Seppala throws a big shot that misses.
Anastasio thinks about countering with a body kick.
Seppala misses the shot to the body.
Seppala takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Seppala goes for a double leg but Anastasio avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Anastasio continues to drive forward.
Seppala throws a leg kick that misses.
Anastasio throwing a counter right hand but Seppala manages to avoid it.
Seppala throws a body shot but no joy.
Anastasio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anastasio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anastasio blocks a head kick by Seppala.
Anastasio throws a head kick but Seppala moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anastasio just misses with a punch to the body.
Seppala throws a jab when Anastasio was well out of range.
Anastasio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A solid body kick from Anastasio.
Seppala looks to score with a jab to the body but Anastasio is just out of range.
Seppala misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seppala bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Anastasio's head.
Seppala scores with a jab. Anastasio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Seppala shoots and misses
and Anastasio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Seppala avoids the head kick by Anastasio.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anastasio.
Anastasio misses with a hook. Seppala ducked under it nicely.
Anastasio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seppala.
Anastasio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anastasio misses with a low kick.
Anastasio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Seppala appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Seppala swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A leg kick checked by Seppala.
Seppala takes a swing at Anastasio's ribcage but misses.
Anastasio throws a leg kick
and Seppala counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seppala looks for a takedown but Anastasio sprawls well.
Anthony Anastasio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henkka Seppala.
Anastasio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seppala swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anastasio misses with a leg kick.
Seppala throws a solid leg kick but Anastasio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Seppala.
A little feinted left hand from Anastasio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Some wild striking there from Seppala.
Anastasio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Anastasio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Seppala misses with a hook to the body
and Anastasio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Seppala is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Anastasio slips under a jab from Seppala.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anastasio.
Anastasio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio scores with a hook to the body. Seppala takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for Anastasio.
A lazy body kick from Anastasio
and Seppala counters with a straight right hand.
A leg kick checked by Seppala.
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick and Seppala moves out of range easily.
Seppala throws a shot from downtown. Anastasio moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Seppala misses with the combination.
Anastasio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
Seppala thows a body kick. Anastasio tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seppala chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Seppala misses with a right hand
and Anastasio counters with a good low kick that Seppala was not able to check.
A jab from Seppala misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seppala will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Anastasio.
Anastasio is looking to score with low kicks.
Seppala with the counter takedown but Anastasio avoids it easily.
Anastasio slips a jab from Seppala.
Seppala misses with a series of wild punches.
Seppala scores with a jab to the body.
Seppala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Anthony Anastasio did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Anastasio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Seppala with a hook.
Seppala loads up on a big right hand but Anastasio slips the punch.
Seppala avoids the head kick by Anastasio.
Seppala throws a hook to the side of Anastasio's head but Anastasio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anastasio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Seppala connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anastasio scrambles back to his feet.
Anastasio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Seppala connects with a nice looking jab.
Seppala's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Anastasio checks a leg kick.
Nice cross by Seppala.
Seppala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Anastasio scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Nice shot lands for Seppala.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio wants to land a leg kick but Seppala is out of range.
Seppala throws a nice looking combination but Anastasio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Seppala blocks a head kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio checks a low kick from Seppala.
Seppala misses with a leg kick
enabling Anastasio to counter with a crisp jab.
Seppala blocks a head kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a good cross that connects.
Seppala scoring well with a low kick there.
Anastasio throws a solid leg kick but Seppala takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anastasio.
Anastasio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anastasio lands a jab to the nose.
Seppala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a leg kick but Seppala checks it.
Seppala chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppala lets loose with a powerful body kick. Anastasio will feel that in the morning.
Seppala blocks a head kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Anastasio. Those never looked like landing.
Anastasio moves out of range as Seppala throws a body kick.
Anastasio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seppala is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Seppala throws a hook but Anastasio blocks it.
Anastasio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Anastasio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Seppala has time to react.
Anastasio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seppala.
Anastasio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Seppala connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anastasio scrambles back to his feet.
Seppala buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anastasio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seppala uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anastasio.
Seppala looks to land a right hand but Anastasio moved out of range.
Anastasio swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Anastasio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Seppala on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Anastasio throws a body shot but no joy.
Seppala takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Seppala connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anastasio. Anastasio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Anastasio throws a low kick but Seppala avoids it.
Anastasio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Seppala just misses with a punch to the body.
Seppala pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Seppala has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Anastasio throws a right and a left that both miss.
And Seppala tries to counter it with a takedown but Anastasio pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Seppala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anastasio was well out of range. Poor timing from Seppala.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seppala misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Seppala misses the target.
Anastasio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seppala misses with a low kick as Anastasio jumps back.
Seppala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crunch! Anastasio slams his shin into Seppala's torso.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seppala throws a head kick that misses.
Anastasio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anastasio throws a head kick but Seppala moves out of range.
Seppala with the counter takedown but Anastasio avoids it easily.
Seppala swinging wildly here.
Seppala lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Anastasio feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seppala's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Anthony Anastasio will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Anastasio scoring well with a low kick there.
Anastasio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seppala blocks the body kick.
Seppala avoids the head kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio backing away here, and Seppala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good leg kick by Anastasio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anastasio looks to land a left hand but Seppala moved out of range nicely.
Seppala checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anastasio tries to bum rush Seppala with a series of wild strikes but Seppala uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Seppala misses with a body shot.
Anastasio tried to counter with a leg kick but Seppala avoided it.
Seppala throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anastasio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seppala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Seppala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seppala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seppala gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seppala throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Seppala connects with a high kick.
Seppala rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anastasio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seppala throws a low kick but Anastasio avoids it.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Anastasio! Seppala is out on his feet! Anastasio rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Seppala is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Seppala is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Anastasio!
After winning the bout, Anthony Anastasio 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Yury Vesnev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommie Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Don't Shoot Shotgun. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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159 lbs
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164 lbs
24 - 8 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yury Vesnev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommie Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vesnev misses with a hook. Gunn ducked under it nicely.
Gunn thuds his shin into the meat of Vesnev's side.
Gunn misses with a body kick.
Gunn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vesnev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vesnev throws a body shot but no joy.
Vesnev throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Gunn counter with a right hand.
Gunn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vesnev looks to land a combination but Gunn avoids it well.
Vesnev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circling - Vesnev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunn feints the counter takedown.
Gunn dives in for a single leg takedown but Vesnev sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vesnev moves away from the strike by Gunn.
Vesnev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vesnev takes a swing at Gunn's ribcage but misses.
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vesnev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Gunn misses
and Vesnev counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gunn, right into the meat.
Vesnev moves out of range of the body kick from Gunn.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gunn.
Gunn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vesnev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gunn moves out of range of the leg kick from Vesnev.
Gunn has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gunn misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Vesnev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gunn clinches.
Gunn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gunn works on Vesnev's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gunn.
Vesnev tries to pull guard but Gunn holds him up against the cage and eventually Vesnev drops back down to his feet.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vesnev.
Vesnev swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vesnev misses with a punch to the body.
Vesnev struggles to land a body shot inside as Gunn controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gunn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vesnev is trying to pull guard but Gunn has him pressed against the cage.
Vesnev manages to break the clinch.
Vesnev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunn manages to avoid it.
Gunn tried to score with a low kick but Vesnev checks it.
Vesnev tries to counter with a takedown but Gunn is quick to defend against it.
Gunn throws a series of punches but Vesnev avoids them all with ease.
Vesnev lands a glancing blow to the side of Gunn's head.
Gunn misses with a leg kick
and Vesnev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gunn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gunn scores with a jab. Vesnev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vesnev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gunn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gunn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vesnev moves out of range as Gunn strikes.
Vesnev feinted with a counter takedown.
Vesnev shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vesnev slips a straight right by Gunn.
Gunn gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunn trying to control the pace.
Vesnev trying to hold on to Gunn's head to control him but Gunn postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn slips a nice elbow through Vesnev's hands, connecting with Vesnev's forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vesnev regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Gunn.
Gunn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Vesnev is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gunn trying to control the position from guard on top but Vesnev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommie Gunn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vesnev misses with a hook
and Gunn counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Vesnev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vesnev.
Gunn misses with a leg kick.
Gunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vesnev's calf.
Vesnev swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gunn makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Vesnev really felt that one!
Gunn is looking to slow Vesnev down with leg kicks.
A big right from Vesnev misses.
Gunn follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Vesnev cracks Gunn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gunn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vesnev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vesnev throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vesnev misses with a low kick.
Gunn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gunn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn scores with a nice strike.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn connects with a body shot that sends Vesnev's belly button to the back.
Gunn clobbers Vesnev with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vesnev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vesnev misses with a hook. Gunn ducked under it nicely.
Gunn looks to land a left hand but Vesnev moved out of range nicely.
Vesnev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vesnev throws the left hand but Gunn avoids the punch easily.
Gunn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vesnev manages to avoid it.
Gunn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vesnev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gunn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev swings widly with a right hand
enabling Gunn to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunn clobbers Vesnev with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vesnev throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vesnev scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Vesnev works to advance to full mount. Gunn defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Vesnev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vesnev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vesnev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gunn is looking to get to half guard.
Vesnev with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev landing strikes from the mount.
Gunn is looking to get to half guard.
Gunn blocking the ground and pound.
Gunn tries to hold on but Vesnev pushes him away.
Gunn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vesnev scoring with strikes but Gunn is staying in there.
Vesnev avoids the attempt from Gunn to control.
Vesnev cracks Gunn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is looking to get to half guard.
Vesnev has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gunn's face.
Vesnev unloading with bombs!
Vesnev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vesnev lands a couple of good shots and Gunn has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
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!
Gunn covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Vesnev doesn't have the hooks in and Gunn manages to turn into his guard.
Gunn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yury Vesnev dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Vesnev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vesnev misses with a wild body shot.
Vesnev swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Vesnev slips under a jab from Gunn.
Tommie Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vesnev lands a right hook to the body.
Gunn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gunn looks for the body kick but Vesnev saw that one coming.
It looked like Vesnev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vesnev throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunn is looking to clinch.
Vesnev leaves Gunn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vesnev shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vesnev showed some decent athleticism there.
Yury Vesnev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn is staying active underneath Vesnev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vesnev is pressing down on Gunn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gunn is holding on for now.
Vesnev wants to take a breather but Gunn is having none of it.
Vesnev tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gunn knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gunn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gunn wants to control but Vesnev passes easily into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Vesnev slips a nice elbow through Gunn's hands, connecting with Gunn's forehead.
Gunn tries to roll over but Vesnev keeps him under control.
Vesnev trying to mount his opponent but Gunn defends it.
Vesnev trying to control from half guard but Gunn is working away.
Vesnev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gunn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vesnev throwing shots but Gunn is blocking nicely.
Vesnev has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vesnev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gunn trying to hold on to Vesnev's head to control him but Vesnev postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Vesnev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vesnev takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is looking to clinch.
Tommie Gunn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunn jabs Vesnev to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gunn is looking to clinch.
Gunn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vesnev looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gunn swings widly with a right hand
and Vesnev counters with a one-two to the body.
Vesnev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gunn throws a shot from downtown. Vesnev moves away and avoids it.
Vesnev changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Gunn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vesnev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gunn can pounce on him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gunn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gunn fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yury Vesnev clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Vesnev misses with a looping left.
Gunn looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Gunn throws a jab when Vesnev was well out of range.
Vesnev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vesnev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gunn wants to counter with a clinch but Vesnev pushes him away.
Gunn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vesnev's head backwards.
Vesnev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vesnev connects with a leg kick. Gunn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vesnev manages to avoid it.
Vesnev moves out of range as Gunn throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vesnev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gunn dodges the punch combination from Vesnev.
A leg kick checked by Gunn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vesnev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gunn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vesnev misses with a looping right.
Gunn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vesnev misses the shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Gunn there.
Gunn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vesnev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunn.
A shot to the liver by Gunn. Beautiful body shot.
Vesnev cracks Gunn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vesnev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gunn.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gunn or perhaps it was just good defense by Vesnev, which made it look bad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Vesnev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gunn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
Vesnev misses with the head strike.
Gunn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vesnev.
Gunn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gunn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vesnev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vesnev manages to break the clinch.
Gunn lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gunn.
Gunn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vesnev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gunn thinking.
Vesnev shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gunn defends it nicely.
Vesnev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunn manages to avoid it.
Vesnev throws a body kick that misses.
Gunn misses with a kick to the body.
Gunn tries for a takedown but Vesnev circles away easily
and Vesnev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vesnev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A little feinted left hand from Vesnev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gunn gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Gunn uses from the top position.
Gunn throws a big elbow that misses.
Vesnev is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gunn being controlled here momentarily.
Vesnev wants to sweep here but Gunn controlling him for the moment.
Gunn trying to control but Vesnev is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Yury Vesnev will probably get the nod.
That's time! Vesnev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Gunn is looking to land body kicks.
Vesnev shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gunn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vesnev can pounce on him.
Vesnev scores with a hook to the body. Gunn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gunn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vesnev gets caught flat footed, as Gunn shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Vesnev pulls Gunn in to control the position.
Gunn scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vesnev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gunn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vesnev is pulling down on Gunn's head. It's preventing any offense from Gunn, at least for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vesnev wants to sweep but no luck.
Vesnev wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gunn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gunn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vesnev misses with a looping left.
Gunn takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Vesnev misses.
Gunn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vesnev on the side of the head.
Gunn misses the jab.
Vesnev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev shoots in for a takedown but Gunn shows good takedown defense.
Vesnev thuds a left hand into Gunn's body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Vesnev.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vesnev tries to score with some ground and pound. Gunn controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on Gunn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gunn is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Vesnev's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gunn won't allow Vesnev to pass to mount.
Gunn manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vesnev throws a big right hand that misses.
Vesnev postures up.
Gunn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gunn keeps trying to improve his position.
Vesnev throws a big right hand that misses.
Vesnev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vesnev passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Vesnev landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn can't do much from the bottom here.
Vesnev trying to control the position but Gunn is working away.
Vesnev avoids the strikes from the bottom by Gunn.
Gunn wants to control but Vesnev postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Vesnev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vesnev fails with a takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yury Vesnev showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Vesnev has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Yury Vesnev!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Yury Vesnev!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Yury Vesnev!
Yury Vesnev wins by unanimous decision!
Yury Vesnev retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Yury Vesnev thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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