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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lambo Aventador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Amazing- Kanye West. Lambo Aventador had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lambo Aventador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Mir!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aventador misses with a hook.
Nice sprawl there from Aventador as Mir shoots in.
Aventador gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mir trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aventador keeping moving, preventing Mir from controlling successfully.
Aventador can't keep his opponent in guard - Mir advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aventador is refusing to be controlled, as Mir sits in half guard.
Mir missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aventador won't allow Mir to pass to mount.
Mir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mir wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aventador keeps working.
Aventador trying to control here.
Mir works his way into side control.
Mir wants to control but Aventador is keeping him busy.
Mir might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Aventador haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Aventador is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mir is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Aventador is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Aventador is looking for a sweep.
The strikes coming from Mir are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aventador is looking to regain half guard here but Mir keeps moving and retains side control.
Aventador regains half guard.
Mir is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mir scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mir seems to be looking for submissions.
Aventador wants to improve his position but Mir is controlling well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Aventador misses with a jab to the body
and Mir counters with a straight right hand.
Mir closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mir lands in his opponent's guard.
Aventador looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mir trying to control the position from guard on top but Aventador is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Aventador is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Mir dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Aventador scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aventador looks to throw the jab but Mir is out of range.
Aventador misses with a straight left.
Aventador misses with a looping right.
Aventador bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Aventador takes a swing at Mir's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir swats away the attempt to clinch by Aventador.
Mir shoots in looking for a takedown but Aventador manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mir's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Aventador fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mir dives in and scores a takedown into Aventador's guard.
Aventador keeping full guard, as Mir tries to pass.
Mir's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mir throws a big right hand that misses.
Mir trying to control but Aventador is working from the bottom.
Mir tries to free his leg and advance position but Aventador is retaining full guard.
Mir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aventador works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aventador keeping moving, preventing Mir from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Aventador tries to clinch there but Mir circles away.
Aventador jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Aventador scores with a nice right hand.
Aventador lands with an uppercut that bounces Mir off the cage and back into range.
Mir darts in looking for a takedown but Aventador gets double underhooks and turns Mir into the cage.
It looked like Aventador wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Aventador misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mir shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Aventador sprawls well. Aventador wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mir gets slowly back to his feet.
Lambo Aventador has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Mir.
Mir slips a jab and a cross from Aventador.
And Mir tries to counter it with a takedown but Aventador pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mir has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aventador tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aventador throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Lambo Aventador is winning the standup battle so far.
Mir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lambo Aventador is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aventador fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mir on the side of the head.
Aventador throws a looping overhand right but Mir ducks down to avoid it.
Aventador is looking to clinch but Mir is avoiding it.
Aventador tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mir manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mir swats away the attempt to clinch by Aventador.
Mir feints the counter takedown.
A big left from Aventador misses.
Mir with the counter takedown but Aventador avoids it easily.
Mir moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lambo Aventador seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mir pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aventador changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Mir throws a poor cross that misses
and Aventador counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Aventador lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
Mir misses with a few strikes there.
Aventador attempts a counter takedown but Mir avoids it well and moves away.
Mir gets a takedown into half guard.
Mir throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Aventador to regain full guard.
Mir trying to control but Aventador is working from the bottom.
Aventador seems keen to control Mir's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lambo Aventador dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Mir avoids the body shot from Aventador.
Mir with the counter takedown but Aventador avoids it easily.
Aventador tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aventador scores with a decent looking hook.
Aventador stuns Mir with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aventador is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Aventador feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mirs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aventador looks to land a combination but Mir avoids it well.
Aventador loads up on a big right hand but Mir slips the punch.
Aventador swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Aventador finds it's target.
Mir waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aventador.
Mir shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Aventador pinned against the cage. Aventador gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aventador misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mir.
Frank Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aventador tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mir was well out of range. Poor timing from Aventador.
Mir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mir takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mir gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aventador counters with a straight right hand.
Mir has a takedown stuffed.
Lambo Aventador has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Mir.
Mir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mir closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Aventador's guard.
Aventador trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aventador wants to stand up but Mir is controlling him.
Mir trying to control but Aventador is working from the bottom.
Mir is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mir trying to control but Aventador is working from the bottom.
Mir prevents Aventador from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir trying to control the position from guard on top but Aventador is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aventador. Mir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mir is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mir shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Aventador is trying to defend but Mir finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mir looks to land a strike but Aventador avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mir is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir trying to control the position from guard on top but Aventador is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mir wants to control from the top but Aventador keeps moving.
Mir not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Aventador controlling Mir's posture.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mir is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lambo Aventador showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aventador has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lambo Aventador!
Lambo Aventador thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Frank Mir was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm sorry I let you guys down but I'm gonna come back, and I'm gonna be better than ever. Thnk you fans.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Opdauhl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Fistface (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
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235 lbs
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Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barry Opdauhl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Fistface!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Opdauhl.
It looks like Matt Fistface has been cut.
Opdauhl scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fistface throws a left and a right that both miss
and Opdauhl counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fistface is trying to break the clinch but Opdauhl is controlling him.
Opdauhl lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fistface.
Fistface wants to get back to striking at distance but Opdauhl won't allow it.
Fistface blocks a body shot from Opdauhl.
Fistface working hard to break the clinch.
Fistface wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Opdauhl tries a body shot but Fistface blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fistface tries to circle away but Opdauhl has him pinned against the cage.
Opdauhl lands a nice shot to the body.
Opdauhl lands a nice uppercut.
Opdauhl lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fistface backwards.
Fistface is rocked!
That has opened up Matt Fistface's cut even more.
Opdauhl creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Fistface's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Fistface drops to his knees and Opdauhl pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Opdauhl!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Kelleher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington's entrance music is Snuffed Out by Streetlife. A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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220 lbs
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212 lbs
3 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonard Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Kelleher!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ben Watson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelleher tries to clinch but Washington moves away
and Washington counters with a low kick, right behind Kelleher 's knee.
Kelleher fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Washington checks it well.
Kelleher has managed to clinch.
Washington tries a body shot but Kelleher blocks it.
Washington misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
Kelleher lands with a right to the head.
Kelleher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Washington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelleher lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelleher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Kelleher.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington prevents a body shot from Kelleher.
Nice body punch from Washington.
Washington scores with a shot to the side of Kelleher's head.
Washington pushes Kelleher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kelleher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelleher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelleher lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Washington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelleher backwards.
Washington misses with an elbow over the top.
Kelleher can't find room to land a body shot as Washington controls the action.
Nice body punch from Kelleher.
Kelleher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Washington misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Kelleher.
Kelleher pushes Washington back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Washington.
Kelleher blocks an uppercut.
Kelleher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelleher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Washington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelleher backwards.
Washington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelleher backwards.
Kelleher tries a body shot but Washington blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Washington.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Washington.
Kelleher has a couple of punches blocked by Washington.
Kelleher misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelleher misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelleher.
Washington pushes Kelleher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kelleher lands with a short shot to the head.
Kelleher swings wildly with an uppercut but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington lands with a light punch inside.
Washington throws an elbow that misses.
Kelleher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Leonard Washington has been cut.
Washington blocking some punches.
Washington blocks an uppercut.
Kelleher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelleher can't find room to land a body shot as Washington controls the action.
Washington lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Washington.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Washington.
Kelleher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Washington's elbow.
Washington lands with a left to the head.
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kelleher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Washington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Washington blocks a body shot from Kelleher.
Washington misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelleher.
Kelleher blocks a body shot from Washington.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Washington.
Washington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Washington is trying to stall.
Washington lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kelleher backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Kelleher.
Kelleher is leaning against Washington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kelleher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kelleher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kelleher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelleher.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelleher.
A nice left hand lands by Kelleher.
Kelleher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Kelleher.
Washington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kelleher.
Washington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
Washington swings wildly with an uppercut but Kelleher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonard Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonard Washington's cut.
That's time! Washington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kelleher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As Kelleher tries to get set, Washington tries to push him back and clinch up but Kelleher manages to avoid the attempt.
Kelleher has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sean Kelleher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington swats away the attempt to clinch by Kelleher.
An attempted straight right counter from Washington misses the target.
Sean Kelleher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kelleher is looking to clinch.
Kelleher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oooooh!!! Kelleher has knocked Washington down with a huge combo! Kelleher steps away and waves a wobbly Washington back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Washington is rocked!
Kelleher tries to clinch up but Washington circles away and keeps his distance.
Oh Washington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Washington misses with a looping left.
Kelleher pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've been told by Washington's head coaches at Palazzo Paisano that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kelleher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Washington swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Washington seems to have got his legs back now.
Kelleher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washington connects with the punch.
Kelleher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kelleher digs a good hook to Washington's body.
Kelleher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Washington.
Washington throws a wild hook but Kelleher just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Washington gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Kelleher raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Kelleher!
In his post fight interview, Sean Kelleher started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Legionarivs Sakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucjan Anielski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakara comes to the cage accompanied by The Rise of Sakara. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Legionarivs Sakara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lucjan Anielski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ron Honeybunn and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anielski blocks the body kick.
Sakara loads up on a big right hand but Anielski slips the punch.
Anielski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sakara moves away.
Sakara throws a body shot but no joy.
Anielski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sakara misses with a few strikes there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sakara.
Sakara misses with a hook to the body
and Anielski counters with a straight right hand.
Sakara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sakara doesn't manage to clinch there - Anielski circles away.
Anielski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sakara tries to land a leg kick but Anielski saw it coming and moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anielski! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Sakara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sakara throws a jab but it's blocked by Anielski.
Sakara misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sakara chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Anielski can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anielski throws a body punch but Sakara moves out of range.
Anielski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sakara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anielski ducks right into an uppercut from Sakara.
Sakara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anielski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakara.
Sakara is looking to clinch but Anielski is avoiding it.
Anielski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anielski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sakara.
Anielski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Anielski slips a jab and a cross from Sakara.
A shot to the body from Sakara misses
and Anielski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sakara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anielski manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakara lands with a nice body punch.
Sakara is looking to wear down Anielski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Anielski misses with a double jab.
Sakara looks to score with a jab to the body but Anielski is just out of range.
Anielski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakara throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Anielski to counter with a crisp jab.
Anielski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anielski scores with a spinning back kick!
Sakara tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anielski blocks the body kick.
Anielski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sakara under the eye.
Anielski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A low kick from Sakara is predictable there
and Anielski counters with a nice body kick.
Anielski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sakara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sakara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anielski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sakara scores with a decent looking hook.
Sakara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sakara takes a swing at Anielski's ribcage but misses.
Anielski scores with a hook.
Sakara lands a really nice looking cross but Anielski seems unphased.
Sakara misses with a wild body shot.
Sakara's corner calls for a 1-2. Sakara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sakara chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Anielski can pounce on him.
Sakara misses with a double jab.
Sakara throws a sloppy body shot
and Anielski counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anielski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sakara throws a shot from downtown. Anielski moves away and avoids it.
Anielski throws a looping overhand right but Sakara ducks down to avoid it.
Anielski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sakara.
Anielski misses with a leg kick
and Sakara counters with a nice leg kick.
Anielski takes a swing at Sakara's ribcage but misses.
Anielski walks into a jab.
Anielski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sakara bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Anielski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sakara throws a body punch but Anielski moves out of range.
Sakara jabs at Anielski's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Legionarivs Sakara dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sakara is looking to score with low kicks.
Anielski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sakara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sakara looks to land a right hand but Anielski moved out of range.
Sakara fails to land with a series of punches.
Sakara tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anielski counters with an outside leg kick.
Anielski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakara misses the body punch
and Anielski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anielski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Anielski avoids the body shot from Sakara.
Sakara avoids the body shot from Anielski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anielski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A low kick from Sakara is predictable there
and Anielski counters with a three punch combo that has Sakara backing up. Sakara nods at Anielski to acknowledge the strikes.
Anielski tries to score with a low kick but Sakara moves his leg out of the way.
Sakara just misses with a punch to the body.
Sakara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sakara on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Anielski. Anielski obviously looking to wear him down.
Anielski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sakara misses with a wild body shot.
Sakara throws out a loose jab but Anielski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakara misses with a wild body shot.
Anielski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sakara throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Legionarivs Sakara is winning the standup battle so far.
Anielski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anielski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anielski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Sakara does it's job there.
Sakara lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sakara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anielski's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Anielski duly obliges.
Anielski throws a big shot that misses.
Anielski misses the shot to the body.
Lucjan Anielski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anielski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sakara eats them both and turns towards Anielski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Anielski lands a nice looking body shot.
Legionarivs Sakara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anielski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakara looks to score with a jab to the body but Anielski is just out of range.
Anielski lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakara misses with a body shot.
Anielski sizes up Sakara with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sakara is looking to slow Anielski down with leg kicks.
Anielski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sakara just misses with a punch to the body.
Anielski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sakara misses with a looping left.
Anielski steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sakara.
Sakara attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sakara misses with a shot to the body
enabling Anielski to counter with a crisp jab.
Anielski misses with a right hand
enabling Sakara to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice combination there by Anielski.
Nice body punch from Sakara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anielski tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anielski throws out a powerful jab.
Sakara scores with a nice strike.
Anielski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anielski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sakara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anielski misses with an uppercut.
Sakara half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sakara throws a body shot but no joy.
Anielski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sakara throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sakara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anielski manages to avoid it.
Anielski throws a big shot that misses.
Sakara swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Anielski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lucjan Anielski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sakara drives through and clinches with Anielski against the cage.
Anielski keeps control of Sakara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sakara taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Anielski tries to throw a body punch but Sakara avoids it by throwing Anielski back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakara.
Anielski lands with a short shot to the head.
Sakara is trying to stall.
Anielski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anielski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sakara is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Anielski as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anielski breaks from the clinch.
Sakara throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anielski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sakara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anielski was well out of range. Poor timing from Sakara.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sakara. Anielski does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakara looks to throw the jab but Anielski is out of range.
Despite the aggression on Anielski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Anielski jabs Sakara right on the nose. Sakara blinks but takes it well.
Sakara lands a head shot.
Anielski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anielski lands with a nice body punch.
Sakara misses with a wild body shot.
Anielski flicks out a counter leg kick but Sakara steps away.
Anielski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sakara.
Anielski tries a quick counter leg kick but Sakara is wise to it.
Anielski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sakara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anielski throws out a counter right but Sakara avoids it with no problem.
Anielski blocks a low kick nicely.
Anielski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sakara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Anielski counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sakara ducks right into an uppercut from Anielski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Sakara is predictable there
and Anielski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sakara misses with a wild combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakara throws a poor cross that misses
and Anielski counters with a stiff right hand.
Sakara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Anielski counter with a right hand.
Sakara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anielski throws a counter combo.
Sakara throws an overhand right that lands on Anielski's shoulder, as Anielski tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Anielski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anielski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anielski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anielski loads up on a big right hand but Sakara slips the punch.
Sakara throws the kick towards the body but Anielski avoids it.
Anielski misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anielski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sakara looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sakara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anielski cracks a nice hook into Sakara's ribs.
Sakara misses with a hook to the body
and Anielski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anielski misses with an uppercut. Sakara saw that one coming.
Sakara throws a body punch but Anielski moves out of range.
Sakara works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anielski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Anielski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sakara.
Anielski is looking for the big counter here.
Anielski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sakara.
Anielski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Anielski throws a wild body kick that Sakara sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakara misses with a body punch
and Anielski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sakara scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sakara lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Anielski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Anielski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sakara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anielski manages to avoid it.
Sakara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anielski moves in looking to clinch but Sakara pushes him off.
Anielski checks a leg kick nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Sakara as he connects with a hook.
Anielski uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sakara has time to react.
Sakara misses the shot to the body.
Despite the aggression on Anielski's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sakara misses with a body shot.
Anielski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lucjan Anielski.
I think Anielski 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucjan Anielski!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Lucjan Anielski waved his t-shirt featuring Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Axel Whitecoat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamish Gaffney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitecoat comes into the arena with Seven Nation Army blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Axel Whitecoat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Hamish Gaffney!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaffney throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Whitecoat's head.
Gaffney throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Whitecoat's waist but Whitecoat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gaffney off to one side.
Whitecoat throwing a counter right hand but Gaffney manages to avoid it.
Gaffney tries for a takedown but Whitecoat sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Whitecoat misses the target.
Gaffney fails with the takedown
and Whitecoat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Axel Whitecoat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hamish Gaffney.
Gaffney comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whitecoat avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Whitecoat misses the target.
Gaffney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Whitecoat misses the target.
Gaffney shoots in for a double leg but Whitecoat sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitecoat is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Whitecoat throws an overhand right that drops Gaffney like a sack of potatoes! Whitecoat dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axel Whitecoat!
An intense looking Axel Whitecoat took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'That's four victims in a row now...I will fight whomever BFT puts in front of me next. Aussie Aussie Aussie!!! Oi Oi Oi!!!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Bandridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaice Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bandridge comes to the cage accompanied by 6 pack of beer- Hank 3. Brad Bandridge has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Bandridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kaice Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Bandridge, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bandridge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bandridge lands with a shot to the body.
Bandridge scores with a jab to the body.
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bandridge manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bandridge throws a body shot but no joy.
Gunn shoots in but Bandridge avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It looked like Bandridge wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gunn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bandridge has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Madz **21 Elite coaches** in the buildup to the fight.
Bandridge avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bandridge appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gunn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bandridge swings widly with a right hand
and Gunn 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.
Bandridge drops Gunn with a beautiful combination! Gunn stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Bandridge is looking for the KO!
It looks like Kaice Gunn has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bandridge.
A slow jab from Bandridge misses its intended target.
Gunn tries to clinch up but Bandridge circles away and keeps his distance.
Bandridge feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gunn sprawling to the canvas! Gunn rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bandridge finish him?!
Gunn is rocked!
No joy there for Bandridge, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunn throws out a counter right but Bandridge avoids it with no problem.
Gunn is still on wobbly legs! Can Bandridge finish him?
Gunn tries a head kick but it misses.
Gunn seems to have recovered his senses.
Gunn scores with the left hand. Bandridge knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bandridge takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bandridge with a jab.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Bandridge on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bandridge lands with a straight right. Gunn didn't see that one coming.
Gunn fails with the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gunn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gunn blocks a jab.
Bandridge cracks Gunn with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Gunn looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bandridge finish him?
That has opened up Kaice Gunn's cut even more.
Bandridge avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bandridge throws a body shot but no joy.
Bandridge moves out of range as Gunn strikes.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bandridge enables Gunn to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bandridge manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bandridge is pulling down on Gunn's head. It's preventing any offense from Gunn, at least for the moment.
Bandridge 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.
Gunn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is looking to work some ground and pound but Bandridge has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bandridge utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gunn looking to sit in guard and control but Bandridge gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gunn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bandridge lands a couple of digs.
Gunn trying to strike off his back.
Gunn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bandridge can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gunn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gunn is looking to stand up but Bandridge isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn wants to sweep but no luck.
Bandridge avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gunn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bandridge can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bandridge is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The cut above Kaice Gunn's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Bandridge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaice Gunn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bandridge connects with a right hand. Gunn shakes it off.
Bandridge misses with a looping left.
Gunn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kaice Gunn's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bandridge misses with the combination.
A slow jab from Bandridge misses its intended target.
Gunn tries to clinch but Bandridge is having none of it.
Bandridge scores with a one two! Gunn had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bandridge misses with the combination.
Gunn steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bandridge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bandridge drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
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!
Bandridge fails to land with a series of punches.
Gunn wants to counter with a clinch but Bandridge pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Bandridge.
Gunn pushes Bandridge up against the cage in a clinch.
Bandridge tries to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling the position.
Gunn connects with a knee to the head.
Bandridge goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunn has picked Bandridge up - he's going for a ride! Gunn dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Bandridge is looking for a sweep. Gunn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gunn tries to stand and escape but Bandridge is controlling the position.
Gunn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gunn tries to stand and escape but Bandridge is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is looking to take a break and control but Bandridge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gunn is looking to stall here but Bandridge recovers full guard.
Gunn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gunn tries to free his leg and advance position but Bandridge is retaining full guard.
Bandridge managing to control the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gunn looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandridge is looking to sweep but instead, Gunn has passed into half guard.
Gunn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bandridge keeps working.
Bandridge has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gunn is working away from the top position though.
Bandridge manages to get to full guard.
Gunn trying to control but Bandridge is working from the bottom.
Gunn sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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.
Gunn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bandridge throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gunn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bandridge misses with a few strikes there.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandridge was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Gunn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bandridge, pushing him back against the cage.
Gunn tries for a takedown but Bandridge manages to get underhooks.
Bandridge being controlled against the cage.
Bandridge has had enough of the clinch but Gunn keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gunn.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brad Bandridge will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaice Gunn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bandridge fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunn tries to clinch but Bandridge moves out of range.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Bandridge circles away.
Gunn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandridge.
Gunn clinches up against the cage.
Gunn keeps control of Bandridge as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gunn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bandridge is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gunn lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bandridge keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gunn is keen to just control but Bandridge is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandridge moves into full guard.
Bandridge bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gunn's guard.
Gunn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn trying to control the position.
Kaice Gunn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gunn has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bandridge has passed into side control.
Bandridge working away.
Gunn is looking to reverse the position.
Gunn is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bandridge asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Gunn manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gunn tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bandridge has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Kaice Gunn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is squirming around, avoiding Bandridge's attempts to control the action.
Bandridge fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kaice Gunn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brad Bandridge!
Brad Bandridge made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'It's Bandytime baby'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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215 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Robinson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Dave Doom!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Doom.
Doom connects with an inside leg kick.
Doom sizes up Robinson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Doom leaves Robinson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Robinson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robinson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Doom wants to improve his position but Robinson is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doom regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Robinson.
Doom has his hands on Robinson's head, controlling the position.
Robinson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Doom is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Robinson wants to control from the top but Doom keeps moving.
Robinson postures up in Doom's guard and throws a big left but Doom blocks it.
Doom wants to sweep here but Robinson controlling him for the moment.
Robinson passes Doom's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Doom tries to get to full guard but Robinson has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice strikes from Robinson there.
Doom tries to roll over but Robinson keeps him under control.
Robinson misses with a head shot. Doom uses the momentum to regain guard.
Robinson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Doom holds on and takes a little breather.
Doom avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Robinson tries to free his leg and advance position but Doom is retaining full guard.
Robinson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A nice leg kick lands there from Doom.
Robinson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Doom napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Robinson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Robinson misses with the ground and pound.
Robinson with the ground and pound but Doom regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Robinson is pressing down on Doom's thigh, looking to free his foot. Doom is holding on for now.
Robinson is working for a kimura but Doom is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson passes to full mount!
Doom wants to control but Robinson is having none of it.
Robinson lands with some strikes.
It looks like Dave Doom has been cut.
Doom wants to hold on but Robinson pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doom is looking to improve his position but Robinson isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Robinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Doom's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Robinson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Robinson is trying to control the action in half guard but Doom is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Robinson seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson is thwarting Doom's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doom tries to get to full guard but Robinson has control of the leg.
Robinson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson looking for a submission but Doom manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Doom avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Doom trying to control the position.
Robinson throwing strikes from guard but Doom blocks nicely.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Chris Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two 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.
Doom misses the jab.
Doom cracks a nice hook into Robinson's ribs.
Robinson misses with a low kick.
Robinson backing away here, and Doom unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Doom throws a low kick, looking for Robinson's leg but Robinson calmly moves out of range.
Robinson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Doom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Doom pushes Robinson away with a front kick.
Doom bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Robinson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Doom sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Robinson somewhat.
Robinson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Doom dodges the punch combination from Robinson.
Robinson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Doom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Doom. That snapped Robinson's head back.
Nice defenses there by Doom.
Robinson has his takedown stuffed
and Doom counters with a nice body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doom is looking to slow Robinson down with leg kicks.
Doom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doom keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Robinson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick from Doom lands but Robinson takes it in his stride.
It looks like Chris Robinson has been cut.
Doom tried to score with a low kick but Robinson checks it.
Robinson is looking to chop away at Doom's legs.
Nice defenses there by Doom.
Doom works over Robinson's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Doom defends well and Robinson ends up having to push Doom into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Robinson looks for a takedown but Doom sprawls well.
Robinson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Doom looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
You can see the frustration on Doom's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Doom is looking for a sweep.
Robinson working away.
Chris Robinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Doom is looking for a sweep.
Robinson in side control, throwing shots but Doom defends.
Doom wants to control but Robinson postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Doom showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Doom gets the takedown into side control.
Robinson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Robinson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Doom working the head and body with strikes.
Robinson is looking to reverse the position.
Robinson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Robinson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Doom wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Robinson taking a bit of punishment here - Doom scoring with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doom moves into full mount!
Doom lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Robinson hang on?
Doom controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Robinson looks a forlorn figure.
Doom tries to control but Robinson wriggling away.
Doom punishing his opponent with strikes.
Robinson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Doom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robinson's head.
Robinson is not content to let Doom control the position.
Robinson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Robinson is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom is pressing down on Robinson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Robinson is holding on for now.
Robinson trying to control here.
Doom wants to free his trapped foot but Robinson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Doom is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Robinson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doom.
Doom winds up and cracks Robinson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Doom looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Doom lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Robinson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Robinson works his way to full guard. Good work.
My spies in Fokai Academy inform me that Doom has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Doom postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doom in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Robinson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Doom can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Doom thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Doom wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
Doom postures up in Robinson's guard and throws a big left but Robinson blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doom trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Robinson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Doom manages to get himself to full guard.
Doom wants to sweep here but Robinson controlling him for the moment.
Robinson trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Doom manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson wants to get back to his feet but Doom is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Doom really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Robinson lands a head shot.
Robinson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Robinson works his way into side control.
Robinson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Doom is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Robinson working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doom is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Doom is not content to let Robinson control the position.
Robinson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson thows a huge punch but Doom dodges it nicely.
Robinson is thwarting Doom's attempts to control the position.
Robinson passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Robinson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Doom tries to hold on but Robinson postures up.
Robinson landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom working to try and regain half guard.
Robinson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Doom has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Doom!
Doom working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Robinson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Doom works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Doom working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Robinson's thigh. Robinson counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Doom passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Doom looking for a submission but Robinson manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Doom looking to pass the guard.
Robinson working a defensive guard here.
Doom prevents Robinson from getting back to his feet.
Robinson keeping moving, preventing Doom from controlling successfully.
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.
Robinson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Robinson is trying to control the action in half guard but Doom is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Robinson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Doom defending well though.
Doom wants to improve his position but Robinson is controlling well.
Robinson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson wants to take a breather but Doom is having none of it.
Doom is defending against the submission attempts here by Robinson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Robinson had his way with Dave Doom in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Doom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robinson.
Robinson misses with a low kick.
Robinson looks for a takedown but Doom sprawls well.
Doom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Doom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doom scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice shot by Doom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Doom tenderised Robinson's leg. Robinson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Robinson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick misses from Doom.
Doom keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom looks for the body kick but Robinson saw that one coming.
Robinson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A low kick from Doom misses
and Robinson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Robinson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chris Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Doom.
Robinson misses with a looping right.
Doom appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Robinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robinson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Doom circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doom closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Doom works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Doom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robinson working to try and regain half guard.
Doom lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Robinson hang on?
Doom punishing his opponent with strikes.
Robinson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Robinson is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns Robinson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Doom connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Robinson is trying to stand up.
Robinson 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.
Robinson is squirming around, avoiding Doom's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson can't escape the position.
Doom lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Robinson is rocked!
Robinson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oh Robinson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Robinson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robinson seems to have got his legs back now.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Doom punishing his opponent with strikes.
Doom has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Doom! Robinson is hurt baaadly! Doom is firing away with more strikes - Robinson is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Doom!
Dave Doom is the new light heavyweight champion!
Dave Doom decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan McAlister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jong comes to the cage accompanied by Nobody Nobody. McAlister is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Althia and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking. 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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290 lbs
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259 lbs
34 - 29 - 3 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kim Jong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 29 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Duncan McAlister!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McAlister with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jong throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kim Jong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jong misses the body punch
and McAlister connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McAlister moves into range and connects with a jab.
Good shot there by McAlister.
Jong lands with a kick to the temple. McAlister shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jong looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jong throws a right hand that misses
and McAlister counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice jab there from Jong.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jong finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under McAlister's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Jong falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duncan McAlister!
A very excited looking Duncan McAlister made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Hymen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Hymen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brock Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hymen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hymen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lesnar is able to avoid easily.
Hymen throws a hook to the side of Lesnar's head but Lesnar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lesnar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hymen swivels and escapes.
Hymen throws a hook to the side of Lesnar's head but Lesnar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lesnar scores with a body shot.
Lesnar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hymen is fending him off so far but Lesnar persists. Nope, Hymen circles away and we're back to standing.
Lesnar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesnar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lesnar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hymen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hymen working a defensive guard here.
Lesnar slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar prevents Hymen from standing back up.
Lesnar is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lesnar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lesnar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lesnar throwing strikes here but Hymen is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lesnar avoids the attempt from Hymen to control.
Hymen is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lesnar looking to ground and pound but Hymen is blocking nicely.
Lesnar sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lesnar misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lesnar lands a couple of good shots and Hymen has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Well, with Lesnar on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Hymen is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Lesnar missing with strikes.
Hymen showing good submission defense here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lesnar scores with punches and elbows.
Hymen defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Lesnar's arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hymen defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Lesnar's arms.
Lesnar misses with punches from the back.
Hymen trying to control the position but Lesnar manages to sink in the hooks.
Lesnar is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Hymen is defending well though. Lesnar let's go of the attempt for now.
Lesnar working for a choke but Hymen is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hymen is having to fend off submission attempts from Lesnar, who is looking to sink in the choke. Lesnar doesn't have the hooks in though and Hymen manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Lesnar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hymen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hymen is posturing up here but Lesnar has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Hymen tries to roll out but it's too tight and Hymen has to tap! Slick submission there by Lesnar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brock Lesnar!
Brock Lesnar is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Brock Lesnar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chelios comes to the cage accompanied by In Waves. Bronson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Death to the apple gerls. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chev Chelios!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Bronson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chelios is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bronson.
Chelios staying out of range there.
Chelios swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bronson counters with a nice body kick.
Bronson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chelios.
Bronson throws the left hand but Chelios avoids the punch easily.
Chelios throws a jab when Bronson was well out of range.
Bronson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bronson avoids the body shot from Chelios.
The crowd cheers as Bronson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chelios doesn't seem phased though.
Bronson loads up on a big right hand but Chelios slips the punch.
It looked like Chelios was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Chelios looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Bronson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chelios turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bronson misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Chelios to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Chelios is predictable there
and Bronson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chelios misses with a hook
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.
A big right from Bronson misses.
Bronson swings for the body but Chelios moves out of range.
Bronson connects with an inside leg kick.
Chelios fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chelios fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bronson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bronson tries to keep at a distance but Chelios has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chelios lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chelios cracks Bronson with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bronson.
Bronson is trying to push Chelios away but Chelios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bronson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bronson struggles to land a body shot inside as Chelios controls his hands.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronson is trying to maintain a safe position but Chelios gets an underhook and turns Bronson into the cage.
Bronson trying to control the position but instead, Chelios has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bronson into the cage.
Bronson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bronson tries to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bronson.
Bronson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Chelios throws an elbow that misses.
Chelios looking to throw knees to the head but Bronson is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chelios lands a nice elbow.
Bronson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chelios seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bronson can turn it around.
Bronson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chelios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bronson is looking to break free of the clinch but Chelios has double underhooks.
Bronson manages to break the clinch.
Chelios takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chelios steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Chelios is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot lands for Chelios.
Bronson misses the jab.
Bronson lands with a cross.
Chelios moves out of range of the body kick.
Chelios went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Chelios lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios swings widly with a right hand
and Bronson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bronson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chelioss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bronson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Bronson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chelios fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bronson on the side of the head.
Chelios throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, jab by Bronson - just one landing.
Bronson digs a good body shot into Chelios's ribs.
Bronson throws a good cross that connects.
Bronson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chelios lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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 Chev Chelios will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chelios walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Chelios checks a low kick from Bronson.
Chelios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bronson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chelios dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bronson. That did some damage!
Bronson throws a right and a left that Chelios avoids nicely.
Chelios throws a jab but it's blocked by Bronson.
Bronson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chelios.
Chelios misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson misses with a hook
and Chelios counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bronson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chelios blocks a jab.
Chelios scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bronson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bronson misses with a low kick.
Chelios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Bronson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chelios.
Bronson misses with a right hand
and Chelios cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Bronson misses.
Bronson punishes Chelios's body with a nice straight punch.
Charles Bronson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bronson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chelios jabs at Bronson's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bronson.
Nice body kick there by Bronson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chelios blocks a head kick by Bronson.
Bronson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Chelios misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bronson. That's going to slow Chelios down.
Chelios misses with a kick to the body.
Bronson misses with a body kick.
Chelios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bronson.
Chelios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson misses with an uppercut
and Chelios counters with a nice body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bronson.
Bronson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Chelios fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bronson just manages to avoid it.
Chelios scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bronson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Bronson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromChelios.
Bronson thumps Chelios with a low kick.
Chelios tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bronson counters with a body kick that stops Chelios in his tracks momentarily.
Chelios checks a leg kick.
Bronson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bronson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chelios's sensitive parts.
Chelios lands with a hook. Bronson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chelios blocks a leg kick.
Chelios was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bronson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chelios scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bronson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson catches Chelios with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bronson moves out of range as Chelios strikes.
Chelios gets a clinch.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bronson as Chelios tries to tie him up.
Chelios tries a body shot but Bronson blocks it.
Chelios looking to stall.
Bronson tries to throw a body punch but Chelios avoids it by throwing Bronson back against the cage.
Chelios tries to throw a body punch but Bronson avoids it by throwing Chelios back against the cage.
Bronson can't find room to land a body shot as Chelios controls the action.
Chelios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bronson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chelios swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bronson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chelios.
Bronson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bronson misses with a body kick.
Chelios seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Bronson misses with a double jab.
Chelios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chelios bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Charles Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson ducks right into an uppercut from Chelios.
Bronson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson throws a low kick but Chelios avoids it.
Bronson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chelios stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chelios rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bronson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios moves into the clinch.
Chelios throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bronson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chelios misses with some punches.
Chelios lands with a short shot to the head.
Bronson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chev Chelios has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bronson.
Chelios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bronson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bronson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chelios lands a nice knee to the body.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bronson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bronson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chelios lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chelios obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chelios.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson takes a shot to the head.
Chelios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chelios lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bronson backwards.
Chelios scores with a shot to the side of Bronson's head.
Chelios cracks Bronson with a nice body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Chelios.
Chelios lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chelios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chelios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bronson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chelios's brow.
Chelios tries a knee to the head but Bronson blocks it.
Chelios lands an elbow that stopped Bronson in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios has Bronson pressed against the cage.
Chelios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chelios lands a knee to the head.
Chelios lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Chelios.
Chelios lands an uppercut.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chelios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chelios's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chelios bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bronson's head.
Bronson walks into a jab.
Chelios scores with a leg kick.
Chelios throws a jab when Bronson was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Chelios.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chelios throws a leg kick which misses Bronson's front leg but catches the back leg as Bronson tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Bronson.
Chelios gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chelios stalling against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bronson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bronson blocks the elbow strike.
Bronson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Chelios on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chelios just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bronson's brow.
Chelios can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
Bronson scores with a hook to the body.
Bronson tries to break free but Chelios pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chev Chelios clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bronson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bronson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bronson missing with a left hand there. Chelios was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bronson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Bronson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Bronson. That snapped Chelios's head back.
Chelios misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Bronson.
Bronson's corner calls for a 1-2. Bronson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios throws a looping overhand right but Bronson ducks down to avoid it.
Chelios uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Good exchange - Chelios coming out on top.
A jab lands there for Bronson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Bronson avoids it well.
Bronson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bronson lands with a good body shot.
Bronson thumps Chelios with a low kick.
Chelios's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Chelios duly obliges.
Chelios lands a head shot.
Chelios throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Chelios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bronson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chelios misses with a body shot.
Bronson flicks out a counter leg kick but Chelios steps away.
Bronson sizes up Chelios with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chelios tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chelios goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bronson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chelios sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chev Chelios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chelios throws a series of punches but Bronson avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot lands for Bronson.
Chelios throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chelios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bronson feints a counter leg kick.
Bronson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chelios.
Bronson misses with an uppercut.
Chelios avoids the body shot from Bronson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios misses with a body shot.
Bronson cracks the inside of Chelios's front leg.
Nice cross by Bronson.
Bronson misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Chelios.
Chelios takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - Chelios throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bronson! But no joy.
Chelios lands a glancing blow to the side of Bronson's head.
Bronson moves away from the strike by Chelios.
Chelios looks to land a left hand but Bronson moved out of range nicely.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson throws a right hand that misses
and Chelios counters with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a jab but it's blocked by Chelios.
Bronson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chelios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chelios slips a jab from Bronson.
Chelios is looking for a counter combo.
Bronson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bronson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chelios catches Bronson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bronson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chelios has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bronson finds it's way round the side to connect with Chelios's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Charles Bronson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Chelios defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
Bronson lands a leg kick that knocks Chelios off balance momentarily.
Chelios looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good exchange - Bronson coming out on top.
Bronson throws a leg kick but Chelios sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chelios is looking for a counter combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chelios.
Chelios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bronson.
Bronson connects with a single shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chelios ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bronson moves away.
Some wild striking there from Chelios.
Chelios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bronson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chelios throws out a loose jab but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chelios is looking to counter punch.
Bronson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chelios.
Chelios throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson throws a poor cross that misses
and Chelios counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bronson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chelios throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Bronson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bronson misses with a straight right.
Chelios half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bronson swings widly with a right hand
and Chelios counters with a nice body shot.
Bronson lands a really nice looking cross but Chelios seems unphased.
Chelios misses with a left hand
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a lunging right hand
and Chelios counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
Chelios misses with a wild combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chelios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bronson was well out of range. Poor timing from Chelios.
Bronson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Bronson staying out of range there.
Chelios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chelios has closed the distance and engaged Bronson in a clinch.
Bronson struggles to land a body shot inside as Chelios controls his hands.
Chelios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bronson or not.
Bronson blocking some punches.
Bronson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.
Chelios controlling the action here for a moment.
Bronson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bronson managing to block the knees to the body from Chelios.
Chelios lands a right hand.
Chelios can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
Bronson lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Chelios.
Bronson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bronson misses with a jab to the body
and Chelios counters with a stiff right hand.
Chelios swings for the body but Bronson moves out of range.
Chelios cracks Bronson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Chelios was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Chelios seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A low kick from Bronson misses
and Chelios counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bronson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bronson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Left hook, right uppercut from Chelios.
Bronson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chelios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bronson lands with a right hand.
Bronson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Chelios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chelios scores with a jab to the head.
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 Chev Chelios.
I think Chelios 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 48:47
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 48:47
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chev Chelios!
Chev Chelios retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Chev Chelios thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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