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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noah McAdoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eguardo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McAdoo comes to the ring accompanied by Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. Eguardo Garcia is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Noah McAdoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eguardo Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McAdoo lands a jab to Garcia's midsection.
McAdoo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Garcia looks for a takedown but McAdoo sprawls well.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McAdoo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia tries to clinch up but McAdoo circles away and keeps his distance.
McAdoo is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McAdoo lands a jab.
It looks like Eguardo Garcia has been cut.
McAdoo digs a good body shot into Garcia's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming McAdoo to the mat! McAdoo manages to get full guard.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Garcia throws a strike but McAdoo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Garcia is looking to stand up but McAdoo isn't so interested in that idea.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet but McAdoo passes into half guard.
McAdoo is trying for a kimura here. Garcia looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! McAdoo wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Noah McAdoo!
Our winner, Noah McAdoo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Sykes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Villak Martinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Deathlike Silencce - Next to your grave. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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277 lbs
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247 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Sykes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Villak Martinson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykes manages to avoid it.
Bill Sykes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sykes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinson.
Sykes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Martinson misses with a series of wild punches.
Sykes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson blocks it.
Martinson scores with a spinning back kick!
Martinson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martinson slips under a jab from Sykes.
Jab by Martinson.
Martinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sykes.
Sykes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinson manages to avoid it.
Martinson throws out a leg kick but Sykes moves out of range and Martinson only half commits.
Martinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sykes throws out a loose jab but Martinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykes lands a slapping body shot.
Sykes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson avoids it easily.
Sykes throws a lazy right hand but Martinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sykes scores with a nice head shot.
Sykes scores with a jab. Martinson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinson throws a head kick that misses.
Sykes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinson scores with a jab to the body.
Martinson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martinson slips a straight right by Sykes.
Martinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sykes.
Martinson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykes lands a right hook to the body.
Sykes lands a slapping body shot.
Sykes connects with a jab.
Martinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykes was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinson.
Martinson throws out a powerful jab.
Martinson looks to throw the jab but Sykes is out of range.
Sykes misses with an uppercut. Martinson saw that one coming.
Martinson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sykes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinson.
Sykes throws a body shot but no joy.
Sykes stuns Martinson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Martinson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sykes connects with a looping right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Martinson misses.
Martinson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Martinson throws the left hand but Sykes avoids the punch easily.
Sykes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson avoids it easily.
Sykes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sykes misses with a looping right.
Martinson feints and then cracks Sykes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sykes down.
The crowd cheers as Sykes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Martinson doesn't seem phased though.
Martinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sykes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martinson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykes.
Martinson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sykes keeps the fight on the outside.
Sykes takes one to the chin there.
Sykes thuds his right hand into Martinson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Martinson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Martinson misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sykes ducks under a wild hook from Martinson.
Sykes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykes misses with an uppercut. Martinson saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Sykes misses the target.
Martinson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sykes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martinson. Martinson obviously looking to wear him down.
Sykes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martinson counters with a left and a right that stings Sykes.
Sykes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martinson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sykes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martinson slips under a jab from Sykes.
Sykes sizes up Martinson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sykes connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sykes throws a jab but it's blocked by Martinson.
Martinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sykes moves away.
It looked like Sykes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Martinson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sykes blocks the body kick.
Sykes scores with a jab to the head.
Martinson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sykes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sykes loads up on a big right hand but Martinson slips the punch.
Sykes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykes throws a jab when Martinson was well out of range.
Sykes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martinson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sykes.
Martinson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sykes lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinson.
Martinson has Sykes pressed against the ropes, preventing Sykes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sykes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martinson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sykes is trying to break the clinch but Martinson is controlling him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Sykes is breathing heavily.
Martinson blocking some punches.
Martinson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Sykes wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Martinson scores with a hook to the body.
Martinson pushes Sykes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Martinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Villak Martinson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Martinson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sykes should have avoided that one.
Martinson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sykes momentarily.
Martinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykes was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinson.
Martinson closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Sykes throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Sykes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martinson.
Martinson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sykes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Martinson can turn it around.
Martinson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sykes backwards.
Martinson pushes Sykes back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinson misses with a body punch.
Martinson blocks an uppercut.
Sykes scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sykes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sykes lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Martinson.
Martinson blocking some punches.
Martinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martinson.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinson.
Martinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykes throws a hook to the side of Martinson's head but Martinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinson scores with a body shot.
Sykes avoids a kick to the body.
Martinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sykes.
Sykes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Martinson scores with a leg kick.
Martinson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sykes should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Sykes.
Martinson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martinson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Martinson drives through and clinches with Sykes against the ropes.
Martinson scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Martinson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sykes throws a poor cross that misses
and Martinson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sykes thinking.
Martinson slips under a jab from Sykes.
Martinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sykes throws a good cross that connects.
Sykes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinson manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Martinson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson avoids it easily.
Sykes misses with an uppercut. Martinson saw that one coming.
Sykes throws a right hand that misses
and Martinson counters with a body kick that stops Sykes in his tracks momentarily.
Sykes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sykes throws a hook but Martinson blocks it.
Martinson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Martinson 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinson throws a good cross that connects.
Sykes avoids the body shot from Martinson.
Sykes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martinson moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Sykes misses.
Nice defenses there by Martinson.
Martinson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Martinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sykes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martinson staying out of range there.
Martinson throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Sykes.
Martinson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sykes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martinson on the side of the head.
Martinson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sykes blocks a head kick by Martinson.
Sykes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykes was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinson.
Martinson needs to keep his hands up - Sykes had a free shot at his head there.
Sykes misses the jab.
Martinson throws a sloppy head kick and Sykes moves out of range easily.
Sykes throws out a loose jab but Martinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Martinson lands a jab to Sykes's midsection.
Martinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sykes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinson. Sykes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sykes misses with a straight right.
Martinson clinches with his opponent.
Martinson lands a shot to the body.
Martinson lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinson lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Martinson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martinson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinson.
Sykes is rocked!
Sykes throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Sykes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinson lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Martinson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martinson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sykes to his knees! Martinson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Villak Martinson!
Villak Martinson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Octavius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Meade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Meade is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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245 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Otto Octavius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Meade!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Octavius misses with a wild body shot.
Octavius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Meade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Octavius misses the target.
Meade gets caught flat footed, as Octavius shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Octavius slips nicely into half guard.
Octavius prevents Meade from standing back up.
Octavius wants to work for an arm triangle but Meade is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Octavius is thwarting Meade's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meade is looking for a sweep. Octavius is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Octavius is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Meade is just riding it out for now. Octavius eventually gives up the hold.
Meade is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meade has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Octavius is working away from the top position though.
Octavius works his way into side control.
Meade is trying to improve his position.
Octavius trying to control the position but Meade is working away.
Octavius controlling the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Octavius trying to control the action but Meade is working from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sloppy strikes there by Octavius.
Meade is trying to get back to half guard.
Octavius is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Meade has escaped the position, nice work there.
Octavius goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Meade rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Octavius's guard! Nice work there by Meade!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Octavius not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
My spies in Ironfist MMA inform me that Meade has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Octavius has his foot on Meade's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Meade works his way back into a safe position though.
Octavius wants to sweep but no luck.
Meade wants to control from the top but Octavius keeps moving.
Octavius has his foot on Meade's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Meade works his way back into a safe position though.
Octavius looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Meade is defending well. Octavius quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Meade has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Octavius celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Otto Octavius!
Otto Octavius was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hannibal Barca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bernard Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Barca there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barca tries to keep at a distance but Patterson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Barca lands a body punch.
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barca lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Patterson has picked Barca up - he's going for a ride! Patterson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Patterson is keen to just control but Barca is a slippery customer.
Patterson trying to advance position but Barca counters by regaining guard.
Patterson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barca is keeping the position for now.
Barca pulls Patterson in close to his closed guard and prevents Patterson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Patterson tries to free his leg and advance position but Barca is retaining full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca is pulling down on Patterson's head to control his posture.
Patterson wants to pass the guard but Barca is keeping the position.
Patterson drops back looking for a leg! Barca is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Barca manages to kick Patterson off! Patterson jumps back into Barca's guard.
Barca is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Barca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Barca connects with the punch.
Patterson takes the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Barca scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barca lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barca can't find room to land a body shot as Patterson controls the action.
Barca lands a nice shot to the body.
Barca gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Patterson.
Barca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Barca walks away with a smile on his face. Patterson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Patterson misses with a takedown attempt - Barca sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hannibal Barca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernard Patterson.
A jab from Patterson misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Patterson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Barca avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Barca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Patterson or not.
Patterson has clasped his hands together around Barca's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Patterson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barca keeps working.
Barca gets back to half guard.
Patterson is working for a submission of some sort.
Barca trying to hold on to Patterson's head to control him but Patterson postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca is trying to stand.
Patterson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barca won't allow Patterson to pass to mount.
Patterson prevents Barca from improving his position.
Barca trying to control but Patterson postures up.
Patterson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Barca sees it coming and defends easily.
Patterson working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Barca's thigh. Barca counters though and makes it back to full 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 Hannibal Barca will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barca stuffs the takedown.
Patterson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barca.
Barca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barca cracks Patterson with an open hand slap.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barca.
The crowd cheers as Barca lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patterson doesn't seem phased though.
Barca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Patterson fails with the takedown
and Barca counters with a nice leg kick.
Patterson fails to land the takedown.
Hannibal Barca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernard Patterson.
Barca scores with a leg kick.
Patterson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Barca is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Patterson, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Patterson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barca is aware though and is defending well.
Barca won't allow Patterson to sweep him here.
Patterson is looking for a triangle but Barca pushes his legs off easily.
Patterson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barca can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Barca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?
Patterson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barca defends it easily.
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.
Patterson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barca gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Barca stays in close to Patterson's body and controls the position.
Patterson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Barca controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Patterson has his foot on Barca's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Barca works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Patterson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Patterson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barca defends it easily.
Patterson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Barca lands with a hook. Patterson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Patterson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Barca sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Patterson or perhaps it was just good defense by Barca, which made it look bad.
Barca lands a jab to Patterson's midsection.
Barca lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barca lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Patterson with a poor takedown
and Barca counters with a nice leg kick.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Barca. No joy for Patterson on that attempt.
Barca is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Barca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Barca has closed the distance and engaged Patterson in a clinch.
Barca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Barca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pattersons head.
A bit of stalling here from Barca.
Nice body punch from Barca - that landed with a thud.
Barca pressing his opponent against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Barca dominated that second round.
That's time! Barca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Patterson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Barca gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Patterson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Barca controls Patterson momentarily but Patterson frees himself.
Barca wants to sweep here but Patterson controlling him for the moment.
Barca is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca keeping moving, preventing Patterson from controlling successfully.
Barca manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Patterson manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson is looking for a triangle but Barca pushes his legs off easily.
Patterson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Patterson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Patterson pulls Barca in close to his closed guard and prevents Barca from doing any damage or advancing position.
Barca controlling from the top position.
Bernard Patterson has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barca continues to stall.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Patterson is looking for a triangle but Barca pushes his legs off easily.
Barca slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Barca throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Patterson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barca gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
More hug and hope from Barca.
Barca keeping full guard, as Patterson tries to pass.
Patterson is looking to advance position but Barca has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Patterson is still trying to improve position.
Patterson tries to improve his position but instead Barca has taken his back!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Patterson is trying to break free.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barca keeps control of the position easily here as Patterson tries to buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Hannibal Barca did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Barca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Patterson.
Patterson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barca circles away.
Barca throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hannibal Barca is winning the standup battle so far.
Patterson dives in and grabs Barca's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barca pushes down on Patterson's head and hops out.
Hannibal Barca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernard Patterson.
Barca connects with a single shot there.
Barca is looking to slow Patterson down with leg kicks.
Barca scores with a punch to the head.
Patterson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barca lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Patterson misses with a takedown
and Barca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patterson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barca but Barca pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice jab there from Barca.
Patterson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Patterson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Barca catches Patterson right on the button with a cross.
Patterson is rocked!
Patterson has his takedown stuffed
and Barca counters with a head kick that drops Patterson to the mat! Patterson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Patterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Barca finish him?
Patterson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barca has Patterson pressed against the ropes.
Barca throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barca lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barca lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from Barca.
Barca effectively controlling the action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barca.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson looking for a takedown.
Hannibal Barca has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patterson.
Barca holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Barca lands with a short shot to the head.
Barca lands with a left to the head.
Barca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson takes a shot to the head.
Barca stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barca scores with a shot to the side of Patterson's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barca.
Barca working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barca is working Patterson over against the ropes.
Barca lands a nice uppercut.
Barca unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Patterson! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Barca is unloading with more strikes now! Patterson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hannibal Barca!
Hannibal Barca spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaspard Wasp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Elsner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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20
164 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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27
170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaspard Wasp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michal Elsner!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wasp cracks a nice hook into Elsner's ribs.
Wasp thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Elsner if he has to take too many more of those.
Elsner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And Elsner tries to counter it with a takedown but Wasp pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wasp moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice left hand lands by Wasp.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wasp.
Wasp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gaspard Wasp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wasp closes the distance looking to clinch
and Elsner decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wasp's guard.
Wasp might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wasp wants to stand up but Elsner is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wasp preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wasp seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Elsner throws a big right hand that misses.
Elsner stops Wasp from standing up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wasp drops Elsner with a beautiful combination! Elsner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Wasp is looking for the KO!
Elsner is rocked!
It looks like Michal Elsner has been cut.
Wasp batters Elsner with a massive right followed by a huge left! Elsner is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Wasp lands a final crushing right hand to drop Elsner to the mat with a gruesome thud! Wasp is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gaspard Wasp!
Gaspard Wasp took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FJCP Healthy Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sega Genesis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaltje Klinjsma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genesis's entrance music is Sonic the hedgehog theme song -by GENESIS . A fine choice. Aaltje Klinjsma acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sega Genesis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aaltje Klinjsma!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Genesis misses with a takedown attempt - Klinjsma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Klinjsma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Genesis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Klinjsma misses with a body shot
and Genesis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Klinjsma's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Klinjsma has his feet on Genesis's thighs here. He's pushed Genesis off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Genesis screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aaltje Klinjsma!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Aaltje Klinjsma waved his t-shirt featuring FJCP Healthy Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.
Sega Genesis spoke after the fight, saying 'You cheated. ....using cheat codes isnt fair...'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Macari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago Macari has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Macari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Omar Little!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Thiago Macari has been cut.
Little digs a good body shot into Macari's ribs.
Macari swings for the body but Little moves out of range.
Little tries a quick counter leg kick but Macari is wise to it.
Macari gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Little counters with an inside leg kick.
Macari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Little is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Little lands a leg kick that knocks Macari off balance momentarily.
Little paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Little lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Little lands a left and a right that send Macari crashing to the mat, dazed. Little thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Macari is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Little throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oh Macari is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Little pushes Macari away with a front kick.
Macari seems to have got his legs back now.
Little buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Macari tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Little swivels and escapes.
Macari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Macari sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Macari is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Little throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Macari crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Omar Little!
Omar Little decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Belt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood comes to the ring accompanied by Linkin Park - Numb. Belt is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dance of the Knights. This should be fireworks!
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214 lbs
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225 lbs
21 - 19 - 0 |
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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
27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Youngblood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Red Belt!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Youngblood scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Red Belt has been cut.
Youngblood misses with a series of wild punches.
Youngblood moves into the clinch successfully.
Youngblood has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Belt regains guard immediately.
Belt working a defensive guard here.
Belt controlling the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Belt wants to improve his position but instead Youngblood has moved into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belt trying to hold on to Youngblood's head to control him but Youngblood postures up.
Youngblood lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Belt has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Youngblood is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Belt is controlling Youngblood's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood blocks the strikes from Belt.
Youngblood trying to mount his opponent but Belt defends it.
Belt is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Youngblood pulls his head out easily.
Belt actively working from the bottom here.
Youngblood trying to control from half guard but Belt is working away.
Youngblood scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Belt is looking to control Youngblood's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Belt avoid being mounted?
Belt won't allow Youngblood to pass to mount.
Youngblood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Belt is trying to maintain the position but Youngblood is very close to passing his half guard.
Belt looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Youngblood.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Belt is refusing to be controlled, as Youngblood sits in half guard.
Belt is doing well to control the position and prevent Youngblood from advancing to side control.
Belt has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Youngblood is working away from the top position though.
Belt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Youngblood.
Youngblood looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Youngblood blocks the strikes from Belt.
Belt looking for submissions off his back.
Youngblood is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Belt punching from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood is keeping busy.
Youngblood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Youngblood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Belt gets full guard.
Belt controls Youngblood momentarily but Youngblood frees himself.
Belt has his foot on Youngblood's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Youngblood works his way back into a safe position though.
Belt looking to control.
Belt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Youngblood.
Belt thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Youngblood is looking to work some ground and pound but Belt has wrist control.
Belt working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Youngblood doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Youngblood manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Belt trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Youngblood trying to control but Belt is working from the bottom.
Youngblood has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Belt is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Belt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Youngblood defends well.
Youngblood trying to control the position from guard on top but Belt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Youngblood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Youngblood looking to pass the guard.
Belt is trying to keep Youngblood in close.
Belt is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Youngblood is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Youngblood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Red Belt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Youngblood scores with a kick to the body.
Youngblood lands a leg kick that knocks Belt off balance momentarily.
Youngblood doesn't manage to clinch there - Belt circles away.
Youngblood forces Belt back against the ropes and clinches.
Youngblood jumps guard.
Youngblood keeping moving, preventing Belt from controlling successfully.
Youngblood is controlling Belt's posture.
Belt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belt wants to control from the top but Youngblood keeps moving.
Youngblood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood is keeping busy.
Belt moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Youngblood forces his way into half guard.
Belt makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Belt.
Youngblood throwing strikes from guard but Belt blocks nicely.
Belt is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Belt trying to control the position.
Belt might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Youngblood haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Belt keeping moving, preventing Youngblood from controlling successfully.
Youngblood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Belt can do to turn this around?
Youngblood content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Belt looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Youngblood postures up.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood passes easily into half guard.
Belt is controlling Youngblood's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Youngblood trying to control from half guard but Belt is working away.
Belt is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Belt is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Youngblood is staying active.
Youngblood throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Belt is staying active underneath Youngblood, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Youngblood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Belt is refusing to be controlled, as Youngblood sits in half guard.
Belt landing small, sideways elbows.
Belt trying to control from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Youngblood fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Belt to the ground. Youngblood is now in Belt's guard.
Belt working a defensive guard here.
Youngblood tries to free his leg and advance position but Belt is retaining full guard.
Belt is trying to control the position but Youngblood postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belt looking for a guillotine here but Youngblood defends easily.
Youngblood landing with the ground and pound.
Belt managing to control the position.
Belt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Youngblood manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Belt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Youngblood trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Belt 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.
Matt Youngblood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Red Belt's cut.
That's time! Youngblood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Belt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Youngblood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belt changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Youngblood forces Belt back against the ropes and clinches.
Belt wants a takedown.
Youngblood tries to break the clinch but Belt is controlling the position.
Belt has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Youngblood uses from the top position.
Youngblood slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Youngblood tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Youngblood has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Youngblood throws a strike aimed at the side of Belt's head but Belt avoids it well.
Belt is trying to control Youngblood's posture but Youngblood avoids it.
Youngblood working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belt on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Youngblood working away.
Belt stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Belt tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Youngblood avoids the strikes from the bottom by Belt.
Youngblood looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Belt is avoiding damage well.
Belt is looking to regain half guard here but Youngblood keeps moving and retains side control.
Youngblood working away.
Belt tries to improve position but can't.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood postures up.
Belt is looking for a sweep.
Youngblood lands a few punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt is trying to get back to half guard.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood postures up.
Belt is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Youngblood off and has taken his back!
Belt looking for the RNC.
Belt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Belt misses with an elbow to the head.
Belt looking for the choke but no joy.
I really don't envy Youngblood right now.
Belt doesn't have the hooks in and Youngblood manages to turn into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood with a flurry of punches that miss.
Youngblood advances position into side control!
Youngblood working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Belt manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Belt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Belt throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Youngblood to regain full guard.
Belt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Youngblood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Belt passes Youngblood's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Belt looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Youngblood missing with punches from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belt is working for a submission of some sort.
Belt scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Belt is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Youngblood is trying to control but can't.
Youngblood is looking for a sweep. Belt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Matt Youngblood did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Red Belt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Youngblood shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Youngblood was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Belt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Youngblood wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Belt sneaks back into half guard.
Belt is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Youngblood pulls his head out easily.
Belt trying to control from the bottom.
Youngblood stands up and beckons Belt to join him on the feet.
Youngblood throws a nice looking combination but Belt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Youngblood lands a two punch combo.
Youngblood lands with a straight right. Belt didn't see that one coming.
Matt Youngblood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Youngblood drops Belt with a nice combination! Youngblood dives into Belt's guard, looking to finish!
Belt is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Youngblood in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Belt is still in real trouble! Can Youngblood finish him?
Belt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Youngblood postures up and lands a big shot to Belt's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Belt not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Youngblood throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Belt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Belt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Youngblood defending well though.
Belt seems to have recovered his senses.
Youngblood is defending against the submission attempts here by Belt.
Belt seems to be working for a kimura but Youngblood defends the submission attempt.
Belt is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Youngblood is just riding it out for now. Belt eventually gives up the hold.
Youngblood is looking to improve his position.
Youngblood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Belt throws a strike but Youngblood avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belt postures up in Youngblood's guard and throws a big left but Youngblood blocks it.
Belt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Belt throwing strikes from guard but Youngblood blocks nicely.
Belt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Belt pushing down on Youngblood's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Belt misses with a head shot. Youngblood uses the momentum to regain guard.
Belt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Youngblood's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Belt postures up in Youngblood's guard and throws a big left but Youngblood blocks it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Youngblood takes the fight into the clinch.
Belt drops down looking for an ankle pick but Youngblood pulls his leg out and moves away.
Youngblood lunges at Belt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Belt's hand.
Nice sprawl there from Youngblood as Belt shoots in.
Belt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Belt makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Youngblood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Belt passes Youngblood's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Youngblood had his way with Red Belt in that round.
The cut man is working on Red Belt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Belt closes the distance and clinches up with Youngblood, looking for a takedown. Belt pushes Youngblood against the ropes but Youngblood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Youngblood lands with a shot to the body.
Youngblood throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Belt is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Youngblood with a body shot.
Youngblood throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Belt was covering up waiting for the punch and Youngblood finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Youngblood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Youngblood postures up in Belt's guard and throws a big left but Belt blocks it.
Belt has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Youngblood is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Belt.
Belt is looking to regain half guard here but Youngblood keeps moving and retains side control.
Belt is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Youngblood working the ground and pound.
Belt is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood is trying to get an arm triangle but Belt is defending well.
Youngblood in side control, throwing shots but Belt defends.
Youngblood working away.
Belt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Belt is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Youngblood are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Belt struggling a bit here.
Youngblood wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Belt, who protects the arm well.
Youngblood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Belt down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belt has one of Youngblood's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Belt wants to control but Youngblood postures up.
Youngblood in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Youngblood are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Youngblood blocks the strikes from Belt.
Youngblood wants to stand but Belt has his arm trapped.
Belt tries to improve position but can't.
Belt can't do much from the bottom here.
Youngblood in side control, throwing shots but Belt defends.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Belt's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Matt Youngblood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Belt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Youngblood wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Belt's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Belt trying to remain calm as Youngblood controls from the top position.
Youngblood trying to control the position but Belt is working away.
Youngblood connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Belt some visible discomfort.
Youngblood is looking to take a break and control but Belt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Belt can't do much from the bottom here.
Belt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Belt wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Youngblood is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Belt's shoulder. That is not cool.
Belt is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Youngblood off and has taken his back!
Belt is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Youngblood knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Youngblood for a finish.
Youngblood is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Belt gets his way!
Red Belt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Belt throws strikes from the back but Youngblood rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Youngblood.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Youngblood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Youngblood has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 50:45
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 50:45
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Youngblood!
An out of breath and clearly excited Matt Youngblood thanked Sparta Fightware for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurgen Murgen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 Jurgen Murgen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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153 lbs
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Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Ramos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurgen Murgen!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Murgen is trying to control but can't.
Murgen is trying to stand.
Murgen is refusing to be controlled, as Ramos sits in half guard.
Ramos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Murgen trying to control from the bottom.
Murgen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ramos.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos is nestled in close to Murgen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ramos is pressing down on Murgen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Murgen is holding on for now.
Ramos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murgen tries to kick Ramos off but Ramos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ramos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ramos prevents Murgen from improving his position.
Ramos is looking to take a break and control but Murgen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Murgen tries to kick Ramos off but Ramos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ramos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ramos wants to pass to mount but Murgen is defending the position.
Murgen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ramos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ramos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ramos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ramos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Murgen.
Ramos misses with a body shot
and Murgen counters with a two punch combo.
Ramos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murgen moves out of range as Ramos strikes.
Nice jab there from Murgen.
Murgen tries to clinch up but Ramos circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Ramos misses the target.
Murgen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramos was well out of range. Poor timing from Murgen.
Ramos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ramos misses with a hook to the body
and Murgen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murgen looks to throw the jab but Ramos is out of range.
Murgen misses with a body kick.
Murgen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Tony Ramos has been cut.
Ramos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ramos scores with a nice head shot.
Murgen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murgen misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Murgen misses
and Ramos counters with a shoot takedown. Murgen fights it but they end up in guard.
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!
Murgen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Murgen wants to sweep here but Ramos controlling him for the moment.
Ramos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murgen keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Murgen wants to sweep here but Ramos controlling him for the moment.
Murgen being controlled here, momentarily.
Murgen keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
Ramos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ramos throwing strikes from guard but Murgen blocks nicely.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jurgen Murgen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murgen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murgen catches Ramos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ramos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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 Tony Ramos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tony Ramos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murgen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jurgen Murgen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramos shoots in for a takedown but Murgen shows good takedown defense.
Ramos misses with a straight right.
Murgen cracks Ramos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Ramos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Murgen keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
Murgen trying to control the position.
Murgen keeping moving, preventing Ramos from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos distracts Murgen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ramos preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murgen controls Ramos momentarily but Ramos frees himself.
Ramos is looking to pass into half guard but Murgen pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Murgen is in guard.
Murgen passes Ramos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Murgen trying to control from Ramos's half guard. Ramos has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Murgen won't allow Ramos to sweep him here.
Murgen throws a strike but Ramos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ramos throws a strike but Murgen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Murgen trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tony Ramos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murgen throws a big right hand that misses.
Murgen preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murgen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murgen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ramos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Murgen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ramos is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Murgen!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramos tries to control but Murgen wriggling away.
Ramos controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ramos avoids the attempt from Murgen to control.
Murgen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ramos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Murgen is trying to maintain the position but Ramos is very close to passing his half guard.
Ramos wants to free his trapped foot but Murgen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Murgen felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos is trying to control the action in half guard but Murgen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Murgen tries to roll over but Ramos keeps him under control.
Murgen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Murgen is refusing to be controlled, as Ramos sits in half guard.
Ramos stops Murgen from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramos prevents Murgen from improving his position.
Ramos wants to take a breather but Murgen is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Ramos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tony Ramos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murgen.
Ramos misses with a looping right.
Murgen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ramos avoids the body shot from Murgen.
Good shot there by Murgen.
Ramos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Murgen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ramos works over Murgen with some ground and pound from guard.
Ramos preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos wants to pass the guard but Murgen is keeping the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Murgen is on top in guard.
Murgen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos controls Murgen momentarily but Murgen frees himself.
Murgen is stalling in the full guard.
Murgen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Murgen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Murgen landing with the ground and pound.
Murgen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ramos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Murgen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ramos is looking to improve his position.
Ramos is working hard here to advance position.
Ramos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ramos tries to get out of the position.
Ramos trying to hold on to Murgen's head to control him but Murgen postures up.
Ramos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramos. Murgen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murgen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramos throws out the jab.
Jurgen Murgen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ramos punishes Murgen's body with a nice straight punch.
Ramos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murgen misses with an uppercut. Ramos saw that one coming.
Murgen throws a lazy uppercut
and Ramos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murgen misses with a wild body shot.
Ramos throws an off balance right hand
and Murgen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murgen 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.
Murgen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Murgen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murgen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murgen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murgen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murgen misses the shot to the body.
Murgen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ramos checks it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos cracks Murgen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ramos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murgen tries to clinch but Ramos moves out of range.
Ramos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murgen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ramos throws a hook to the side of Murgen's head but Murgen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramos misses with a lunging right hand
and Murgen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murgen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jab by Murgen.
Murgen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murgen slips under a jab from Ramos.
Murgen avoids the body shot from Ramos.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murgen! But no joy.
Ramos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jurgen Murgen really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Ramos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Ramos misses the shot to the body.
Murgen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ramos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ramos misses with a hook. Murgen ducked under it nicely.
Ramos misses with a series of wild punches.
Ramos avoids the body shot from Murgen.
Ramos throws the left hand but Murgen avoids the punch easily.
Murgen throws out a counter right but Ramos avoids it with no problem.
Murgen lands with a straight right. Ramos didn't see that one coming.
Ramos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Murgen.
Ramos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murgen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ramos.
Murgen tries to clinch but Ramos moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murgen scores with a hook.
Murgen defending well as Ramos loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Murgen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ramos misses with a looping right.
Ramos drives through with a takedown into Murgen's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ramos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ramos tries to free his leg and advance position but Murgen is retaining full guard.
Murgen is looking to stand back up but Ramos counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Murgen.
Murgen tries to get to full guard but Ramos has control of the leg.
Ramos 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.
Ramos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murgen is trying to stand back up but Ramos is controlling him
Murgen is looking to improve his position.
Murgen controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Ramos is keen to just control but Murgen is a slippery customer.
Murgen is trying to stand back up but Ramos is controlling him
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ramos throws a body punch but Murgen moves out of range.
Ramos missing with a left hand there. Murgen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos takes a swing at Murgen's ribcage but misses.
Murgen avoids the body shot from Ramos.
Ramos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Murgen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A shot to the liver by Ramos. Beautiful body shot.
Ramos connects with a single shot there.
Ramos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murgen was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramos.
Murgen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murgen tries to clinch there but Ramos circles away.
Murgen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murgen tries a head kick but it misses.
Ramos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ramos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Ramos misses its target.
Murgen swings widly with a right hand
and Ramos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws a lazy right hand but Murgen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murgen tries a quick counter leg kick but Ramos is wise to it.
A big left from Ramos misses.
Ramos manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Murgen on his heels. He'll look to pass Murgen's guard now, I'm sure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murgen is trying to keep Ramos in close.
Ramos is pushing down on Murgen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Murgen is fighting to maintain full guard but Ramos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ramos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Murgen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ramos working over Murgen with some ground and pound. Murgen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ramos wants to control but Murgen is keeping him busy.
Murgen is trying to get back to full guard.
Ramos wants to free his trapped foot but Murgen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Ramos had his way with Jurgen Murgen in that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Ramos's cut.
That's time! Ramos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Murgen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ramos just misses with a punch to the body.
Murgen cracks a nice hook into Ramos's ribs.
Ramos throws a series of punches but Murgen moves out of range.
Ramos throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Murgen counter with a right hand.
Murgen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murgen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ramos moves away from the strike by Murgen.
Murgen misses with an uppercut
and Ramos counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murgen misses with a low kick as Ramos jumps back.
Ramos misses with a few strikes there.
Ramos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murgen lands with a shot to the body.
Murgen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ramos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murgen looks to land a left hand but Ramos moved out of range nicely.
Ramos misses with a body shot.
Ramos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murgen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murgen digs a good hook to Ramos's body.
Murgen lands with a straight right. Ramos didn't see that one coming.
Ramos throws an overhand right that lands on Murgen's shoulder, as Murgen tries to avoid the shot.
Murgen misses with an uppercut.
Ramos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Murgen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murgen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ramos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Ramos.
Murgen misses with a straight right.
Ramos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Murgen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ramos checks it well.
Murgen connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramos walks into a jab.
Ramos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murgen works the jab nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ramos, as that shot connected.
Murgen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ramos looks to score with a jab to the body but Murgen is just out of range.
Ramos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramos loads up on a big right hand but Murgen slips the punch.
Ramos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ramos prevents Murgen from getting back to his feet.
Ramos wants to control from the top but Murgen keeps moving.
Murgen controls Ramos momentarily but Ramos frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Murgen is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murgen trying to control but Ramos is working from the bottom.
Ramos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jurgen Murgen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramos working a defensive guard here.
Murgen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ramos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murgen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murgen trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ramos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jurgen Murgen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ramos 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 48:47
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 48:47
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tony Ramos!
A very excited looking Tony Ramos rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miles Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miles Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Silva!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Davis wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Davis is defending well.
Davis tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Silva trying to control the position but Davis is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Silva wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Davis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Davis has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Davis struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Davis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Davis prevents Silva from improving position.
Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Davis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva works to advance to full mount. Davis defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working for a guillotine from mount but Davis frees his head quite easily.
Silva moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Davis has worked his arm free - good work by Davis!
Davis tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Davis rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Silva's guard! Nice work there by Davis!
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Davis from controlling successfully.
Silva trying to control the position.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Davis pushes his legs off easily.
Davis trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Danga de danga de dang - Davis scores with a four punch combination!
Miles Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Davis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Davis throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis throws a good cross that connects.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Davis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Davis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Davis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva with a poor takedown
letting Davis counter with a right hand.
Miles Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Silva.
Davis cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Davis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Davis throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Davis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Davis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a combination that misses
and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Davis's guard.
Silva drops back, looking for a kneebar! Davis looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Davis looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Davis!
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Davis's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roberto Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Davis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Davis is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Davis trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Silva felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Silva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Davis defends it easily.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davis.
Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Davis defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Davis has picked Silva up and slammed him! Silva can't keep hold of the triangle and Davis manages to pass to side control!
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Davis advances to mount.
Davis wants to stand but Silva is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Davis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Davis loaded up on that one.
Davis goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Silva turns into him and now he's in Davis's guard.
Davis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miles Davis dominated that second round.
That's time! Davis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Davis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Davis throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Davis is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Davis is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Davis defends the submission attempt.
Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Davis defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Davis is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Davis wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Davis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva prevents Davis from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Davis wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Davis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Davis tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Davis is looking to escape.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Silva is thwarting Davis's attempts to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Davis duly obliges.
Davis lands a jab-cross combination.
Miles Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Davis is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Davis is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Silva really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Davis misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Davis won't be happy with that.
Silva tries for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Davis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Davis is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis tries to improve position but can't.
Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Davis struggling a bit here.
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.
Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Davis, who protects the arm well.
Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Davis sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
Silva is working for an americana but Davis has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Silva was thinking about the submission.
Silva won't allow Davis to sweep him here.
Silva passes Davis's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Davis is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Davis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Davis is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Silva dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Davis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Davis as he connects with a hook.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Davis lands a right hook to the body.
Davis stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Davis lands a slapping body shot.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Silva dives in and grabs Davis's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Davis enables Silva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Davis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Silva looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Silva wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
Davis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davis's guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Davis keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva stands and throws Davis's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Davis is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davis keeps working.
Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Davis is defending well.
Roberto Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the position.
Davis tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Silva presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Davis is looking to escape.
Davis wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Silva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Davis is surviving well by controlling Silva's body position as best he can.
Silva tries to control but Davis wriggling away.
Silva working for a submission but Davis is keeping him at bay.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davis is trying desperately to improve position.
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 Miles Davis.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 46:49
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 47:48
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Silva!
A very excited looking Roberto Silva 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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