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AMS FC 110: Unprovoked PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Stahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slayer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, MESHUGGAH - Bleed . Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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224 lbs
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Slayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruno Stahl!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stahl clinches up against the cage.
Stahl tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slayer's elbow.
Stahl tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Stahl pushes Slayer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Frank Slayer has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Slayer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Bruno Stahl has been cut.
Stahl swings wildly with an uppercut but Slayer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stahl tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Stahl blocks a body shot from Slayer.
Stahl misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Slayer.
Slayer scores with a shoulder strike.
Slayer landing knees to the head.
Slayer connects with a knee to the head.
We've been informed that Stahl has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Stahl throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
Stahl lands a left hand.
Slayer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Slayer.
Stahl doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slayer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Slayer prevents a body shot from Stahl.
Slayer is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Stahl is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stahl can't find room to land a body shot as Slayer controls the action.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stahl misses with some punches.
Stahl misses with a punch to the body.
Stahl throws a head punch that misses.
Stahl makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Slayer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Slayer blocking some punches.
Stahl misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Stahl.
Slayer lands a knee to the head.
Stahl tries to work over Slayer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stahl misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stahl throws a punch but it's blocked by Slayer.
Slayer manages to break the clinch.
Slayer closes the distance and clinches up with Stahl, looking for a takedown. Slayer pushes Stahl against the cage but Stahl circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slayer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slayer throws a head kick that half lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stahl misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick lands from Slayer that sends Stahl to the canvas. Stahl tries to scramble back to his feet but Slayer brings him back down into side control.
Stahl is rocked!
Stahl tries to improve position but can't.
Stahl is still in real trouble! Can Slayer finish him?
Slayer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Slayer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stahl, who protects the arm well.
Slayer tries to advance to mount but can't.
Stahl seems to have recovered his senses.
Stahl is trying to get back to half guard.
Slayer lands a nice forearm strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stahl is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Slayer tries to move to mount but Stahl blocks the move with his legs.
Slayer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Slayer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stahl keeps working.
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.
Slayer with the ground and pound but Stahl regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Slayer is looking to advance position but Stahl won't allow it.
Slayer wants to control but Stahl is keeping him busy.
Stahl wants to control but Slayer is keeping busy.
Stahl blocking the ground and pound attempt from Slayer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Slayer dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Stahl moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Slayer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stahl can do to turn this around?
Slayer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stahl moves into range and clinches up with Slayer.
Slayer scores with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Bruno Stahl's cut even more.
Slayer has picked Stahl up - he's going for a ride! Slayer dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Stahl tries to kick Slayer off in order to stand up. Slayer Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slayer has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Stahl!
Slayer landing strikes from the mount and Stahl is in trouble!
Stahl regains half guard.
Stahl works his way to full guard. Good work.
Slayer throwing strikes but missing.
Slayer postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Stahl is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Slayer, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stahl is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Stahl tries to free his leg and advance position but Slayer is retaining full guard.
Slayer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stahl defends it easily.
Stahl is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Slayer is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stahl is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slayer lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Slayer trying to control but Stahl is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer connects with a couple of short punches.
Slayer forces his way into half guard.
Well, if Slayer is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Slayer decides to return to a standing position.
Stahl changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stahl clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stahl takes a knee to the side of the body.
Slayer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stahl backwards.
Stahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Stahl on the inside.
Slayer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Slayer.
Stahl is breathing heavily.
Slayer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stahl in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Slayer.
Slayer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stahl backwards.
Slayer lands a nice knee to the body.
Slayer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stahl misses with a body punch.
Slayer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Slayer.
Frank Slayer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short body shot lands from Slayer as the two fighters clinch.
Slayer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Slayer landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Slayer dominated that second round.
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! This is the final round!
Slayer scores with a jab to the head.
Slayer rushes Stahl and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stahl has a couple of punches blocked by Slayer.
Slayer lands a nice knee to the body.
Slayer lands a nice uppercut.
Slayer lands an elbow inside that Stahl shrugs off.
Slayer lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Stahl manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stahl scores with a punch to the head.
Slayer closes the distance and clinches up with Stahl, looking for a takedown. Slayer pushes Stahl against the cage but Stahl circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Slayer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab from Slayer.
The cut above Bruno Stahl's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Slayer walks into a left hand.
Slayer feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stahl takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer stands up and waves to Stahl to follow him.
Stahl darts in and clinches Slayer up against the cage.
Stahl takes a shot to the head.
Stahl lands a body punch.
Slayer missing with knees to the body.
Stahl misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slayer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stahls head.
Slayer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stahl backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Slayer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Slayer.
Slayer gets through Stahl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stahl misses with a hook from the clinch.
Slayer lands a good knee to the midsection. Stahl won't want to take too many of those.
Slayer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bruno Stahl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slayer lands a nice knee to the body.
Slayer has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Stahl clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Slayer is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Stahl is trying to break free.
Stahl holding both Slayer 's hands and preventing any damage.
Stahl looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer has good solid back control here.
Slayer keeps control of the position as Stahl tries to break free.
Stahl trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Slayer has his arm under Stahl's chin here. Game over son! Slayer squeezes tightly and Stahl is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Frank Slayer!
A victorious Frank Slayer thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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34
143 lbs
24 - 7 - 0 |
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28
147 lbs
21 - 14 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fabricio Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Nathan Silver!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Carvalho misses.
Silver punishes Carvalho's body with a nice straight punch.
Carvalho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carvalho drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Carvalho takes one to the chin there.
Silver moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silver lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silver lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carvalho's sensitive parts.
Carvalho misses with an uppercut
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Carvalho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver lands a head shot.
It looks like Fabricio Carvalho has been cut.
Carvalho blocks a head kick by Silver.
Silver lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carvalho takes one on the button.
Silver throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Carvalho's head.
Carvalho feints and as Silver raises his hands in defense, Carvalho changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silver is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Carvalho is aware though and is defending well.
Silver has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carvalho can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Our spies down at at Gorilla Warfare MMA inform us that Silver has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Carvalho trying to control from Silver's half guard. Silver has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Silver has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carvalho can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Carvalho has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silver keeping full guard, as Carvalho tries to pass.
Silver trying to keep a closed guard but Carvalho is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silver working for a triangle but Carvalho defends it easily.
Silver had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carvalho defends it easily.
Silver doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silver throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Carvalho escapes and throws Silver's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver defending against the ground and pound.
Silver tries to bench press Carvalho off him but Carvalho keeps the position.
Carvalho is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silver knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Silver is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silver slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Silver keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
Silver looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Carvalho trying to control the position from guard on top but Silver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silver managing to control the position.
Silver is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Carvalho is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabricio Carvalho's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silver fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Carvalho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Carvalho shoots in and gets a takedown into Silver's guard.
Silver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silver working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Carvalho doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Carvalho manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silver is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Carvalho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Carvalho will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver is adopting a defensive guard.
Silver looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Carvalho passes into half guard.
Carvalho is looking to take a break and control but Silver is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Carvalho prevents Silver from improving his position.
Silver trying to control here.
Carvalho controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silver slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silver has his foot on Carvalho's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Carvalho works his way back into a safe position though.
Silver is trying to control the position but Carvalho postures up.
Silver looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Carvalho passes into half guard.
Silver is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Carvalho pulls his head out easily.
Silver trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver actively working from the bottom here.
Silver is staying active underneath Carvalho, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Carvalho takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nathan Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Silver - just one landing.
Silver fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carvalho on the side of the head.
Carvalho darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silver manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Carvalho pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silver is keeping the position for now.
Silver is looking for a triangle but Carvalho pushes his legs off easily.
Carvalho stands and throws Silver's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silver is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nathan Silver will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fabricio Carvalho's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Carvalho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice jab there from Silver.
Silver dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carvalho. That did some damage!
Jab, jab by Silver - just one landing.
Silver scores with a decent looking hook.
Silver pushes Carvalho away with a front kick.
Silver fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Carvalho sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A solid body kick from Silver.
Carvalho takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silver thuds his shin into the meat of Carvalho's side.
Silver cracks the inside of Carvalho's front leg.
Silver throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Carvalho on the side of the head.
Nathan Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carvalho shoots in and bounces Silver off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silver had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carvalho defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Carvalho is fighting to break Silver's control of his arms but Silver is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Carvalho trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Silver is looking for a triangle but Carvalho pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silver escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Carvalho gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silver is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silver has his foot on Carvalho's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Carvalho works his way back into a safe position though.
Silver is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Carvalho defends well.
Silver has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carvalho can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fabricio Carvalho overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Carvalho stacks Silver on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Carvalho!
Carvalho misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silver tries to improve position but can't.
Carvalho trying to control the position but Silver is working away.
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.
Carvalho tries to score with some ground and pound. Silver controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Carvalho trying to control the action but Silver is working from the bottom.
Silver manages to work his way to half guard, despite Carvalho's best efforts.
Fabricio Carvalho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nathan Silver is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carvalho seems to be working for a kimura but Silver defends the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Silver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silver winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Silver!
A victorious Nathan Silver thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sean Tallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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27
145 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Tallon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Dickens!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tallon gets caught napping as Dickens dives in and scores a takedown. Tallon manages to retain guard.
Tallon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dickens postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tallon keeping moving, preventing Dickens from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dickens is looking to work some ground and pound but Tallon has wrist control.
Dickens throws a big right hand that misses.
Dickens working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dickens lands a couple of digs.
Tallon looking for a sweep. Not yet Tallon, not yet.
Dickens throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tallon 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.
Dickens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dickens is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tallon keeping moving, preventing Dickens from controlling successfully.
Dickens throwing strikes but missing.
Dickens throws a big elbow that misses.
Tallon is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dickens is aware though and is defending well.
Tallon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tallon pulls Dickens in to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Tallon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tallon lands a really nice looking cross but Dickens seems unphased.
Tallon leaves Dickens with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dickens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dickens throws a head kick that misses.
Dickens takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tallon just misses with a punch to the body.
Tallon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tallon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dickens tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dickens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tallon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tallon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tallon scores with a jab. Dickens acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dickens misses with a body shot
and Tallon counters with a two punch combo.
Dickens is rocked!
Dickens wants to stay close but Tallon steps back to make room for something. Dickens seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Tallon and Dickens drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sean Tallon!
Our winner, Sean Tallon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaxon Robert Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akiro Sata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sata has chosen Onward to Victory! as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
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143 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Jaxon Robert Campbell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akiro Sata!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sata scores with a shot to the body.
Sata misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Campbell's head coaches at Gorilla Warfare MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Campbell throws a head kick but Sata moves out of range.
Campbell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Campbell throws a leg kick
letting Sata counter with a right hand.
Campbell tries to work over Sata's front leg with a kick but Sata checks it.
Sata thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sata scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Campbell throws a front kick aimed at Sata's knee but Sata avoids it well.
Campbell misses with a low kick.
Sata throws a right hand that Campbell ducks under and follows up with a left that Campbell also avoids with ease.
Sata avoids the head kick by Campbell.
Campbell throws a head kick that misses.
Campbell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Campbell tenderised Sata's leg. Sata is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sata throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Sata scores with a four punch combination!
Campbell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sata appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Campbell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Campbell misses
enabling Sata to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sata throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Campbell tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sata is in Campbell's guard.
Sata wants to control from the top but Campbell keeps moving.
Sata postures up and lands a big shot to Campbell's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Campbell controlling Sata's posture.
Campbell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sata controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sata has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sata throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sata works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sata not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Campbell is staying active underneath Sata, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sata working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Sata throwing shots but Campbell is blocking nicely.
Sata is looking to take a break and control but Campbell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Campbell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sata.
Campbell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sata is looking for a kimura here.
Sata trying to control the action but Campbell is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is pressing down on Sata's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sata is in close to Campbell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sata passes Campbell's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sata working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sata wants to control but Campbell is keeping him busy.
Sata prevents Campbell from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sata tries to pass to full mount but Campbell defends it.
Campbell trying to control from the bottom.
Sata is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Campbell reverses the position - he's now on top in Sata's guard.
Campbell postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sata has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Campbell is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sata.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sata. Campbell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Campbell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sata.
Campbell jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Sata scores with the left hand. Campbell knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akiro Sata dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sata misses with a body shot.
Sata has Campbell up against the cage in a clinch.
Campbell leaning against his opponent.
Sata has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sata tries for a takedown but Campbell manages to get underhooks.
Campbell lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sata jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Campbell walks away with a smile on his face. Sata gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sata is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Campbell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sata avoids a kick to the body.
Campbell throws out a leg kick but Sata moves out of range and Campbell only half commits.
Sata blocks a low kick nicely.
Sata misses with a body punch
and Campbell makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sata really felt that one!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sata 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.
Campbell misses with a low kick.
Sata scores with a hook.
Campbell misses with a hook.
Sata throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sata connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sata manages to avoid it.
Sata works Campbell's body with a nice hook.
Sata gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sata lands a nice uppercut.
Campbell digs a right hand into Sata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sata's gas tank.
Campbell lands a body shot in the clinch.
Campbell lands a knee to the body.
Campbell misses with a punch to the body.
Sata has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Campbell avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jaxon Robert Campbell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akiro Sata.
Stalling in the clinch from Campbell.
Campbell trying to land knees to the body.
Sata misses with a knee strike.
Campbell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sata just misses with a elbow thrown towards Campbell's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campbell misses with a body punch.
Campbell misses with an elbow over the top.
Sata is looking to control Campbell's arms but Campbell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sata has his back to the cage.
Campbell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Campbell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sata lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sata tries to break free but Campbell pushes him back against the cage.
Campbell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sata goes for a takedown in the clinch but Campbell prevents it.
Nice body punch from Campbell - that landed with a thud.
Campbell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Campbell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Campbell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Campbell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sata's elbow.
Campbell lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sata changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Campbell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Campbell throws a solid leg kick but Sata takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Campbell.
Akiro Sata seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sata throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sata has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Sata.
Sata is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Campbell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A right hook to the body lands for Campbell.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Campbell.
Campbell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sata is breathing heavily.
Campbell taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sata tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Campbell just stands there and leans against the cage.
Campbell missing with knees to the body.
Campbell works on Sata's body with a couple of short punches.
Campbell stalling the fight.
Sata has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Campbell misses with a body punch.
Campbell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Campbell.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell missing with knees to the body.
Sata jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Campbell walks away with a smile on his face. Sata gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Campbell misses with a leg kick.
Sata tries to bum rush Campbell with a series of wild strikes but Campbell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campbell misses with a shot to the body
and Sata counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sata fails to land the takedown.
Campbell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Campbell throws a chopping leg kick but Sata manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Campbell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Campbell tries a head kick but it misses.
Sata is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Campbell rather than just go for the knockout.
Campbell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sata lands a really nice looking cross but Campbell seems unphased.
Sata swings for the body but Campbell moves out of range.
Campbell misses with a low kick as Sata jumps back.
Sata blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaxon Robert Campbell dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Campbell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sata punishes Campbell's body with a nice straight punch.
Sata rushes Campbell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sata avoiding damage as Campbell throws knees to the body.
Sata avoiding damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Campbell.
Sata scores with a shot to the side of Campbell's head.
Campbell misses with a knee strike.
Campbell prevents the takedown attempt.
Campbell is trying to maintain a safe position but Sata gets an underhook and turns Campbell into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sata is trying to trip Campbell. He has hold of a leg but Campbell is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Sata persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Campbell scrambles and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sata clinches up with Campbell and pushes him back against the cage.
Campbell is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell effectively controlling the action here.
Sata managing to block the knees to the body from Campbell.
Sata turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sata manages to end up in side control.
Sata scores with punches from side control.
Sata misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Campbell is looking to reverse the position.
Sata sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Campbell is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Campbell regains half guard, as Sata was trying to land strikes.
Sata is working for a kimura here but Campbell manages to reverse the position and he's now in Sata's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sata striking off his back but it's not causing Campbell any problems.
Sata looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sata keeping full guard, as Campbell tries to pass.
Sata is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sata is looking for a triangle here but Campbell uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sata manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sata moves into full mount! Campbell won't be happy about that!
Sata lands a heavy elbow.
Campbell sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Campbell is trying to control but can't.
Sata seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Campbell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Sata is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Campbell defends it well.
Campbell trying to control from the bottom.
Sata missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sata is looking to take a break and control but Campbell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akiro Sata comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sata 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akiro Sata!
An out of breath Akiro Sata thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ksawery Koltun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Longbow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Longbow is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hero. Ksawery Koltun had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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143 lbs
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139 lbs
8 - 5 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Ksawery Koltun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Longbow!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longbow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Longbow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Koltun to score with a decent uppercut.
Longbow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koltun misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Longbow.
Koltun lands a glancing blow to the side of Longbow's head.
Longbow tries a low kick but Koltun avoids it.
Longbow swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Koltun counters with a shoot takedown. Longbow fights it but they end up in guard.
Koltun got a little sloppy there for a moment and Longbow has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koltun has managed to get both his arms back between Longbow's legs - danger averted.
Koltun trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Longbow working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Koltun doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Longbow is tightening it up a little... Koltun has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Koltun reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Koltun taps out! Nice BJJ there by Longbow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Henry Longbow!
A victorious Henry Longbow thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Galasso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Enzo Galasso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie White!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White connects with a body shot.
White scores with a punch to the head.
Galasso falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a low kick, right behind Galasso 's knee.
A nice combination there by Galasso.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Galasso drops White with a nice combination! Galasso dives into White's guard, looking to finish!
White is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Galasso drops back looking for a leg! White is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and White manages to kick Galasso off! Galasso jumps back into White's guard.
Galasso wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White is pulling down on Galasso's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Galasso manages to get himself to full guard.
Galasso looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
White stands up from guard. Let's bang!
White moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Galasso throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Galasso on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Galasso takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Galasso takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Galasso has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Coffee Shop in the buildup to the fight.
White takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galasso throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
White is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Galasso throws out the jab.
A head kick by White misses
and Galasso connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Galasso misses with a series of wild punches.
White throws a combination that misses
and Galasso counters with a stiff right hand.
White throws a series of punches but Galasso avoids them all with ease.
Galasso throws a series of strikes that have White backpedaling.
Galasso on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Galasso paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Galasso throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Galasso throws a right and a left that both miss.
White only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Galasso scores with a jab.
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Galasso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Enzo Galasso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from White is predictable there
and Galasso counters with a straight right hand.
Galasso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Galasso dodges the punch combination from White.
Galasso throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
Galasso looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Galasso moves away.
Galasso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Galasso keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
White scores with a body shot.
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Galasso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
Galasso throws out a powerful jab.
A cross from Galasso lands.
White throws a nice head kick!
Galasso stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Galasso rather than just go for the knockout.
Galasso misses with a series of wild punches.
White scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galasso throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Galasso's calf.
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 Enzo Galasso will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
White misses the shot to the body.
Galasso throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
White throws a chopping leg kick but Galasso manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
White swings for the body but Galasso moves out of range.
Galasso was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Galasso throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Galasso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Galasso takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
White lands with a kick to the ribs.
Galasso misses with a series of wild punches.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Galasso counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galasso throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Galasso displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galasso swinging wildly here.
Galasso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
Galasso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Galasso misses with a hook
and White makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Galasso moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
Good exchange - Galasso coming out on top.
Galasso avoids the head kick by White.
Galasso was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
Galasso misses with a series of wild punches.
Enzo Galasso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Galasso has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galasso misses with the combination.
White slips under a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galasso with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling White to score with a decent uppercut.
White walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Galasso fails to land with a series of punches.
Galasso throws a good cross that connects.
Galasso avoids the head kick by White.
Galasso takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Galasso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Galasso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Galasso is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by White!
The crowd cheers as White lands an impressive looking overhand right. Galasso doesn't seem phased though.
Galasso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice side step and White releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A combination from Galasso does no damage.
Galasso misses with a jab, cross combination.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Galasso throwing a counter right hand but White manages to avoid it.
Enzo Galasso is winning the standup battle so far.
Galasso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Galasso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A kick lands to the mid section there for White.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White connects with a leg kick. Galasso looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jab from White.
White moves out of range as Galasso strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Galasso was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Sloppy strikes from Galasso. Those never looked like landing.
White connects with a body shot.
Galasso has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from White finds it's way round the side to connect with Galasso's head.
White works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Galasso. That did some damage!
Galasso misses with a looping right.
Galasso moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
White throws a low kick but Galasso avoids it.
Galasso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galasso lands with a nice body punch.
White connects with a high kick.
White has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Galasso on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eddie White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Galasso falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a slapping leg kick.
White cracks Galasso with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Galasso throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Galasso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Galasso 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.
A big right from Galasso misses.
A nice side step and White releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Galasso tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Galasso misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galasso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Galasso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White connects with a single shot there.
Galasso throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galasso takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White sizes up Galasso with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Galasso was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Galasso throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Galasso cracks White with a right hand to the side of the head.
White fakes the leg kick and cracks Galasso in the body.
Galasso misses with a looping left.
White misses with a body shot.
Galasso throws a right and a left that both miss.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Galasso's calf.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by White!
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Galasso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galasso misses with a jab, cross combination.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White throws a series of punches but Galasso avoids them all with ease.
Galasso ducks under a wild hook from White.
A quick step to the side and Galasso tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Galasso misses with an uppercut.
Galasso lands with an overhand left.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Galasso throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White misses the shot to the body.
Galasso throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a one-two to the body.
White wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Galasso ducks right into an uppercut from White.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a good body shot.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White misses with a body kick.
Galasso dodges the punch combination from White.
Galasso misses with a series of wild punches.
White connects with the punch.
Galasso throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Galasso misses with a combination
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Galasso checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick but Galasso sees it coming and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Galasso does a little dance to reset his feet.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Some bone on bone action there as Galasso checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Galasso walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Galasso.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Galasso connects with a crisp jab.
Galasso is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie White!
An out of breath Eddie White thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Penzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogan Aye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
200 lbs
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28
218 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Penzer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shogan Aye!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penzer swinging wildly here.
Penzer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Aye fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Penzer checks it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aye. That's going to slow Penzer down.
Penzer lets loose with a powerful body kick. Aye will feel that in the morning.
Penzer scores with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Penzer.
Mario Penzer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aye avoids the body shot from Penzer.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penzer checks a leg kick.
Penzer gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Aye counters with a single leg into guard. Penzer didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penzer wants to sweep here but Aye controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penzer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aye manages to get himself to full guard.
Aye lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Penzer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aye is one step ahead there.
Aye avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Penzer wants to sweep here but Aye controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penzer trying to control the position.
Penzer working for a triangle but Aye defends it easily.
Penzer throws his legs up looking for a submission but Aye uses it to pass to side control.
Aye tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penzer takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Aye wants to lay and pray for a moment but Penzer keeps working.
Penzer reaches up around Aye's neck trying to control. But Aye takes advantage instantly and he's locked on an arm triangle! Big trouble for Penzer! Oh that looks nasty! A human being's head is not meant to turn that color! Penzer is out! He's gone limp! The ref steps in to break the fighters up and Aye celebrates the victory with the fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Shogan Aye!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Incheol Wonha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titan Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rain has chosen Die for Metal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Incheol Wonha could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Titan Rain's chin.
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142 lbs
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139 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Incheol Wonha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Titan Rain!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rain blocks a jab.
Rain was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rain blocks a jab.
Titan Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wonha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wonha cracks Rain with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Titan Rain has been cut.
A shot to the liver by Rain. Beautiful body shot.
Wonha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rain misses with a low kick.
Wonha stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wonha wants it to stay on the feet.
Wonha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rain manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Rain. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rain.
Wonha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain throws a leg kick that misses.
Wonha lunges at Rain with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rain's hand.
Rain looks to land a left hand but Wonha moved out of range nicely.
Wonha blocks a leg kick.
Wonha misses with a hook. Rain ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wonha.
Incheol Wonha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rain moves forwards but Wonha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rain misses with a wild body shot.
Rain moves out of range of the leg kick from Wonha.
Wonha jabs Rain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rain.
Rain misses with an uppercut.
Wonha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wonha throws out the jab.
Wonha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wonha moves away from the strike by Rain.
As Rain tries to get set, Wonha tries to push him back and clinch up but Rain manages to avoid the attempt.
Rain plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rain throws a leg kick but Wonha moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rain, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wonha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rain lands an overhand right.
Wonha doesn't manage to clinch there - Rain circles away.
A leg kick checked by Wonha.
Rain thumps Wonha with a low kick.
Rain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wonha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wonha is looking to clinch but Rain is avoiding it.
Rain avoids the body shot from Wonha.
Rain appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wonha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rain.
Wonha darts in trying to clinch
and Rain counters with a single leg into guard. Wonha didn't expect that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain throwing strikes from guard but Wonha blocks nicely.
Rain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rain is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rain has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rain not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rain pushes down on Wonha's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wonha on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rain throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rain thows a huge punch but Wonha dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wonha is staying active underneath Rain, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rain missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wonha on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rain lands a nice short elbow.
Rain missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rain looks to land a strike but Wonha avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Rain pushing down on Wonha's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rain landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rain with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rain passes the guard and advances to mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rain breaks from Wonha's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Titan Rain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Titan Rain's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wonha wants to clinch
and Rain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rain scores with a punch to the head.
A low kick from Rain misses
and Wonha counters by clinching up.
Rain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wonha lands an elbow that stopped Rain in his tracks for a moment.
Wonha lands a nice elbow.
Rain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wonha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rain avoids the elbow strike from Wonha, against the cage.
Wonha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rain connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rain misses with a low kick.
Wonha gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rain to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rain loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wonha not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rain trying to control the position from guard on top but Wonha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wonha is trying to control the position but Rain postures up.
Rain loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rain looking to sit in guard and control but Wonha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rain looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Wonha passes into side control.
Wonha is looking to take a break and control but Rain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rain gets back to half guard.
Rain tries to roll over but Wonha keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rain keeps working.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rain lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab by Rain.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rain.
Titan Rain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wonha tries to clinch up but Rain circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonha misses with a looping left.
Wonha tries to land a leg kick but Rain saw it coming and moves away.
Rain ducks under a wild hook from Wonha.
Rain has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wonha has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain blocks the elbow strike.
Wonha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rain makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rain tries to circle away but Wonha has him pinned against the cage.
Wonha tries a knee to the head but Rain blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wonha.
Wonha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rain's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rain is trying to pull guard but Wonha has him pressed against the cage.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rain.
Rain lands an uppercut.
Wonha working Rain over with knees to the body.
Wonha lands a body shot.
Wonha gets underhooks to prevent Rain's takedown attempt.
Rain throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
Rain cracks Wonha with a nice body shot.
Rain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rain fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Titan Rain will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Titan Rain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Wonha jabs Rain right on the nose. Rain blinks but takes it well.
A slow jab from Rain misses its intended target.
Rain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wonha takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rain fails with a takedown attempt.
Wonha slips under a jab from Rain.
Rain moves forwards but Wonha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wonha looks to land a left hand but Rain moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain lands with an uppercut that bounces Wonha off the cage and back into range.
Wonha throws the left hand but Rain avoids the punch easily.
Rain scores with a one two! Wonha had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rain throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wonha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wonha is looking to counter the offense by Rain and move into the clinch.
Rain throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rain. That's going to slow Wonha down.
Wonha walks into a jab.
Rain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wonha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Wonha misses the target.
Wonha misses with a straight left.
Wonha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wonha fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain misses with a head kick.
Rain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wonha's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wonha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wonha.
Wonha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rain throws a leg kick that misses.
Rain misses with a low kick.
Rain swats away the attempt to clinch by Wonha.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wonha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rain misses with a takedown attempt
and Wonha counters by moving into the clinch.
Incheol Wonha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Titan Rain.
Rain tries to break free but Wonha pushes him back against the cage.
Rain has a couple of punches blocked by Wonha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rain.
Rain decides to pull guard.
Rain looking for a guillotine here but Wonha defends easily.
Rain looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wonha is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wonha gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rain working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wonha doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wonha manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wonha controlling from the top position.
Incheol Wonha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wonha throws a big right hand that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Titan Rain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Titan Rain!
Titan Rain decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Greiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgy Fokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greiner comes to the cage accompanied by August Burns Red - Spirit Breaker. 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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216 lbs
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Greiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georgy Fokin!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fokin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Greiner in his tracks.
Greiner lands with an uppercut that bounces Fokin off the cage and back into range.
Greiner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Greiner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Greiner tries to bum rush Fokin with a series of wild strikes but Fokin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Greiner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Greiner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fokin in his tracks.
Fokin moves out of range as Greiner strikes.
A low kick from Greiner is predictable there
and Fokin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fokin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greiner can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fokin controls the pace.
Fokin works over Greiner with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fokin preventing the sweep.
Fokin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Greiner's head.
Fokin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Greiner is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fokin controlling from the top position.
Greiner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fokin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fokin trying to control but Greiner is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fokin works over Greiner with some ground and pound from guard.
Fokin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Fokin won't allow Greiner to sweep him here.
Fokin wants to control from the top but Greiner keeps moving.
Fokin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Greiner is keeping the position for now.
Greiner looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Greiner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matt Greiner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fokin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Georgy Fokin has been cut.
Fokin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greiner walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fokin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fokin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fokin with a nice cross.
Fokin clinches up with Greiner and pushes him back against the cage.
Greiner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fokin controlling the action here for a moment.
Greiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fokin tries to bum rush Greiner with a series of wild strikes but Greiner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Greiner went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Greiner.
Fokin checks a leg kick nicely.
Greiner throws a chopping leg kick but Fokin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Greiner throws a hook to the side of Fokin's head but Fokin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fokin checks a low kick from Greiner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fokin just misses with a punch to the body.
Greiner throws out a loose jab but Fokin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greiner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greiner throws a head kick that half lands.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Greiner 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 Fokin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fokin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Greiner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fokin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Greiner drops his hands momentarily and Fokin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fokin throws a lazy right hand but Greiner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Greiner is looking to counter punch.
A big right from Greiner misses.
Fokin drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Greiner defends it well.
Fokin misses with a straight left.
Greiner throws a leg kick that misses.
Fokin drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Greiner defends it well.
Fokin fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Georgy Fokin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Georgy Fokin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fokin punishes Greiner's body with a nice straight punch.
Greiner throws a hook but Fokin avoids it easily.
Fokin with the counter takedown but Greiner avoids it easily.
Greiner throws a shot from downtown. Fokin moves away and avoids it.
Fokin drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Greiner defends it well.
Fokin throws a jab when Greiner was well out of range.
Greiner takes one on the button.
Fokin throws a body shot but no joy.
Greiner moves away from the strike by Fokin.
And Greiner counters with a quick kick to the body but Fokin blocks it.
Fokin lands a slapping body shot.
Greiner looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jab from Greiner.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greiner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Greiner missing with a left hand there. Fokin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Fokin there.
Greiner lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fokin connects with a right hand. Greiner shakes it off.
Nice straight punches there by Fokin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fokin.
Greiner throws a head kick that misses.
Matt Greiner is winning the standup battle so far.
Fokin misses with a straight left.
Fokin throws a body shot but no joy.
Greiner connects with a body shot.
Greiner just misses with a punch to the body.
Fokin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Matt Greiner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Greiner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fokin misses with an uppercut.
Greiner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fokin.
Fokin tests Greiner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fokin misses with a left hand
and Greiner counters with a straight right hand.
Good work by Fokin as he checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fokin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Greiner.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greiner misses with a hook. Fokin ducked under it nicely.
Fokin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fokin lands with a cross.
Greiner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And Fokin tries to counter it with a takedown but Greiner pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Greiner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Greiner misses with a head kick.
Fokin drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Greiner defends it well.
Fokin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Greiner manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Greiner controls Fokin momentarily but Fokin frees himself.
Fokin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Greiner's head.
Fokin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin is working Greiner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fokin postures up and lands a big shot to Greiner's brow.
Fokin controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fokin wants to control from the top but Greiner keeps moving.
Fokin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Greiner's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fokin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fokin pushing down on Greiner's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fokin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Fokin content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fokin prevents Greiner from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georgy Fokin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Georgy Fokin'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!
Fokin lands with a shot to the body.
Fokin misses with an uppercut.
Greiner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fokin blocks a head kick by Greiner.
Fokin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fokin throws a shot to the body.
Fokin avoids the head kick by Greiner.
Fokin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Greiner throws a push kick but Fokin slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fokin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fokin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Greiner!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Greiner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Greiner that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Greiner regains half guard.
Greiner is refusing to be controlled, as Fokin sits in half guard.
Fokin trying to mount his opponent but Greiner defends it.
Fokin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Fokin blocks the strikes from Greiner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greiner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fokin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fokin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Greiner is looking to improve his position.
Greiner tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Fokin has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin landing punches.
Fokin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Greiner is looking to escape.
Fokin lands a couple of good shots and Greiner has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Fokin trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Greiner doesn't escape.
Greiner rolls, trying to escape but Fokin keeps control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fokin is controlling the position but Greiner somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Greiner has hold of Fokin's hands but Fokin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Greiner is trying to control but can't.
Greiner looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fokin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Greiner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fokin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fokin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that's the end of the fight!
Georgy Fokin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fokin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georgy Fokin!
Georgy Fokin 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zoran Markovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Quint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Zoran Markovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sam Quint!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quint.
A big left from Quint misses.
Markovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Quint moves out of range of the body kick from Markovic.
A nice side step and Quint releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Markovic swings for the body but Quint moves out of range.
Markovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Quint fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Markovic misses with a looping left.
Quint misses with a body kick.
Quint takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Markovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Markovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Quint under the eye.
Markovic moves out of range as Quint strikes.
Quint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quint misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Markovic misses the target.
Markovic throws a sloppy head kick and Quint moves out of range easily.
Quint only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Quint takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Quint loads up on a big right hand but Markovic slips the punch.
Markovic misses with a body punch
and Quint counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Markovic, right into the meat.
Quint has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quint misses with a body punch.
Markovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quint misses with a punch on the inside.
Quint throws a head punch that misses.
Quint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quint misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quint is struggling to control the position.
Quint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Markovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Markovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quint's elbow.
Quint lands with a light punch inside.
Markovic misses with the head strike.
Markovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Quint controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Markovic.
Markovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Quint scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quint swings wildly with an uppercut but Markovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Markovic blocks an uppercut.
Markovic leaning against his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Quint.
Quint throws a punch but it's blocked by Markovic.
Markovic lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quint misses with a punch to the body.
Quint makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Markovic.
Quint lands with a right to the head.
Markovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Quint backwards.
Quint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quint leaning against his opponent.
Markovic effectively controlling the action here.
Quint blocks a body shot from Markovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quint blocks an uppercut.
Quint tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Markovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Quint controls his hands.
Quint fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quint working aggressively here.
Markovic slowing the pace effectively.
Quint misses with some punches.
Markovic blocking some punches.
Markovic blocks an elbow strike from Quint.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quint.
Quint goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Markovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quint lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quint is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Quint is leaning against Markovic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Quint on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Quint as Markovic tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Quint fails to land.
Markovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Quint scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Markovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Markovic tries to work over Quint's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Quint has Markovic pressed against the cage.
Markovic tries a body shot but Quint blocks it.
Quint misses with a hook to the ribs.
Markovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Quint.
Markovic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Quint up against the cage.
Markovic blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Quint dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Quint rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Markovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Markovic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quint is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Markovic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Markovic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Markovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zoran Markovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Markovic.
Quint moves out of range of the body kick.
Markovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Markovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quint lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Markovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Quint throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Markovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Markovic checks the leg kick.
Quint attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Markovic.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quint. Markovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Markovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Markovic is looking to wear down Quint with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Markovic, right into the meat.
A clash of legs there as Markovic blocks the low kick.
Quint scores with a kick to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Markovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quint replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Markovic blocks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markovic lands a nice shot that snaps Quint's head back.
Quint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quint takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice uppercut there from Markovic.
Quint jabs at Markovic's body.
Markovic throws a looping overhand right but Quint ducks down to avoid it.
Quint moves away from the strike by Markovic.
Markovic is looking to slow Quint down with leg kicks.
Markovic throws a front kick that sends Quint stumbling back into the cage.
Markovic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quint looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Quint scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Markovic misses with a wild body shot.
Markovic takes a swing at Quint's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Markovic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Quint.
A bone on bone clash there as Quint blocks the leg kick.
Quint looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Quint misses with a right hand
and Markovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A right-left combo lands from Quint.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quint changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Markovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Quint throws a right and a left that Markovic avoids nicely.
Quint lands a leg kick that knocks Markovic off balance momentarily.
Quint throws a jab when Markovic was well out of range.
Markovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quint moves out of range of the leg kick from Markovic.
A low kick from Markovic is predictable there
and Quint counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zoran Markovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Markovic lands a leg kick that knocks Quint off balance momentarily.
Markovic misses the shot to the body.
Quint throws an overhand right that lands on Markovic's shoulder, as Markovic tries to avoid the shot.
Markovic scores with a nice right hand.
Quint misses with a low kick.
Quint looks to score with a jab to the body but Markovic is just out of range.
Quint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Markovic.
Markovic fires out a quick counter leg kick but Quint just manages to avoid it.
Quint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Markovic.
Quint throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Markovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Markovic throws a body kick that misses.
Quint flicks out a counter leg kick but Markovic steps away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quint cracks the inside of Markovic's front leg.
A slow jab from Quint misses its intended target.
Markovic was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Markovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Quint fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quint throws a hook but Markovic avoids it easily.
Markovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quint avoids a punch combination nicely.
Quint swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quint looks for the body kick but Markovic saw that one coming.
Quint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Markovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quint lands with a cross.
Quint throws a big shot that misses.
Markovic moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Quint tries to land a leg kick but Markovic saw it coming and moves away.
Quint has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Markovic.
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!
Quint tries to bum rush Markovic with a series of wild strikes but Markovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quint displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Markovic throws out the jab.
Markovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Quint's head.
Quint's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quint will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
It looked like Markovic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
An inside leg kick lands from Markovic.
Markovic misses with a straight left.
Markovic scores with a jab.
Markovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quint.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quint 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 Markovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Markovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Markovic avoids the head kick by Quint.
Quint closes the distance looking to clinch
and Markovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Quint checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Quint throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Quint gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Markovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Markovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Quint connects with a solid leg kick.
Quint thuds a left hand into Markovic's body.
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 Zoran Markovic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Markovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Markovic.
Quint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Markovic misses its target.
Quint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Markovic moves away.
Quint blocks the body kick.
Markovic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Markovic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Markovic checks the leg kick.
Markovic throws a body punch but Quint moves out of range.
Markovic cracks Quint with a good jab.
Quint misses with an uppercut.
Quint pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Markovic avoids the body shot from Quint.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quint throws a right and a left that both miss.
Markovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quint throws out the jab.
Markovic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Quint lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quint closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Markovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quint looks to throw the jab but Markovic is out of range.
Quint throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Quint lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Markovic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Quint misses the shot to the body.
Markovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Markovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Markovic throws an overhand right that lands on Quint's shoulder, as Quint tries to avoid the shot.
Markovic throws a wild body kick that Quint sees coming a mile off.
Quint misses with a jab, cross combination.
Markovic moves forwards but Quint connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Quint does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Quint changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Markovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quint.
Markovic lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Markovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Quint moves out of range as Markovic throws a body kick.
The fighters circling - Quint throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quint avoids a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Markovic lands a nice hook to Quint's body. Quint takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Markovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quint shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quint throws a hook to the side of Markovic's head but Markovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Markovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Markovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Quint's jab looks to have found its range, popping Markovic under the eye.
Markovic delivers a nice body kick.
Quint tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quint takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quint takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Quint steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Markovic cracks the inside of Quint's front leg.
Quint's jab looks to have found its range, popping Markovic under the eye.
Markovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Markovic swings for the body but Quint moves out of range.
Markovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quint at a distance.
Quint throws a sloppy body shot
and Markovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quint throws the left hand but Markovic avoids the punch easily.
Quint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Markovic.
Quint on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Quint takes a swing at Markovic's ribcage but misses.
Quint will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Quint misses.
Quint misses the jab.
Markovic misses with a hook.
Quint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Markovic.
Markovic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Quint throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Markovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Quint avoids the body shot from Markovic.
A countering left hand to the body from Quint misses.
That kick from Quint tenderised Markovic's leg. Markovic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Markovic.
Markovic scores with a nice right hand.
Quint connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Markovic. Beautiful body shot.
Quint takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Markovic swings for the body but Quint moves out of range.
Markovic throws the left hand but Quint avoids the punch easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Markovic.
Markovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quint punishes Markovic's body with a nice straight punch.
Quint has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Quint smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Markovic misses with an uppercut. Quint saw that one coming.
Quint lands a nice leg kick that just misses Markovic's sensitive parts.
No joy there for Quint, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Markovic scores with a hook.
Markovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Markovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Markovic thows a body kick. Quint tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Markovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Markovic throws out a loose jab but Quint uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zoran Markovic clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Markovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quint avoids the body shot from Markovic.
A nice leg kick lands there from Markovic.
Quint misses the shot to the body.
Markovic misses with a leg kick.
Markovic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Quint finds it's way through Markovic's defenses.
Quint throws a head kick but Markovic moves out of range.
Markovic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quint's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Markovic, as that shot connected.
Markovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Quint connects with the punch.
Markovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quint misses the shot to the body.
Markovic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Quint misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quint tries to clinch there but Markovic circles away.
Markovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quint sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Markovic takes a swing at Quint's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quint thumps Markovic with a low kick.
Markovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Markovic throws a front kick aimed at Quint's knee but Quint avoids it well.
Quint let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Markovic cracks a nice hook into Quint's ribs.
Quint misses with the combination.
Markovic misses with an uppercut.
Markovic lands an overhand right.
Quint looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Markovic works Quint's body with a nice hook.
Quint throws a front kick aimed at Markovic's knee but Markovic avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Quint.
Quint appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Markovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Markovic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Markovic connects with a body shot.
Quint throws a low kick, looking for Markovic's leg but Markovic calmly moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Quint does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Markovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Markovic staying out of range there.
Markovic scores with a nice body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Quint 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Markovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quint has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Markovic.
Quint throws the kick towards the body but Markovic avoids it.
Quint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Markovic throws the kick towards the body but Quint avoids it.
Markovic misses with a wild body shot.
Markovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quint moves away.
Quint throws a low kick, looking for Markovic's leg but Markovic calmly moves out of range.
Markovic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Markovic lands with a right hand.
Markovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quint throws out the jab.
Markovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Markovic is looking to land body kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Markovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quint moves out of range of the body kick from Markovic.
A nice inside leg kick there by Markovic. That's going to slow Quint down.
A jab lands there for Markovic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Markovic.
Markovic thuds a left hand into Quint's body.
Quint takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Quint tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Markovic is able to avoid easily.
Markovic punishes Quint's body with a nice straight punch.
Markovic misses with a jab to the body
and Quint counters with a good low kick that Markovic was not able to check.
Markovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Markovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Markovic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Markovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Quint off the cage and back into range.
Quint throws a hook but Markovic blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markovic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quint works over Markovic's head and body with a nice combination.
Markovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Quint checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Markovic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Quint tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Markovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch lands to the side of Markovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
An inside leg kick from Markovic misses.
Markovic takes a swing at Quint's ribcage but misses.
A solid body kick from Markovic.
Markovic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Markovic does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Markovic throws a shot from downtown. Quint moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Quint misses.
Quint misses with a body shot.
Quint throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zoran Markovic had his way with Sam Quint in that round.
That's time! Markovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A big right from Markovic misses.
Quint tries to move into range but Markovic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Markovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Markovic half committed to a counter leg kick.
Quint lands a nice shot that snaps Markovic's head back.
Quint uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Quint scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Quint takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Quint moves away from the strike by Markovic.
Quint throws a counter combo.
Markovic looks to land a body kick but Quint moved away.
Markovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quint.
Quint chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quint closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Quint shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Markovic's guard.
Markovic is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markovic misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quint lands a nice uppercut.
Markovic working aggressively here.
Quint misses with the head strike.
Markovic lands a nice uppercut.
Quint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Quint can't find room to land a body shot as Markovic controls the action.
Quint throws an elbow but it misses.
Markovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quint backwards.
Markovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Markovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Markovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quint throws a leg kick but Markovic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Markovic tries to work over Quint's front leg with a kick but Quint checks it.
Markovic moves into range and connects with a jab.
Quint misses with an uppercut. Markovic saw that one coming.
Sam Quint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quint lands with a nice body punch.
Quint tries to land a body kick
and Markovic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Quint looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Markovic lands a jab to Quint's midsection.
Crunch! Markovic slams his shin into Quint's torso.
Markovic with a nice cross.
Markovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Quint.
Quint goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Markovic, right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Markovic.
Quint lands a jab to Markovic's midsection.
Markovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quint at a distance.
Markovic lands with a good body shot.
Markovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Quint.
Markovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quint looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Markovic.
Quint steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markovic misses the shot to the body.
Markovic throws an overhand right that lands on Quint's shoulder, as Quint tries to avoid the shot.
Quint moves out of range of the strikes.
Quint takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Markovic tries to land a front kick but Quint steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Quint misses the shot to the body.
Quint moves out of range of the body kick.
Markovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Quint off the cage and back into range.
Quint lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Markovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Quint misses the jab.
Markovic connects with a jab.
Quint takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Quint dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Markovic.
Quint throws a series of punches but Markovic avoids them all with ease.
Markovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Quint was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Markovic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markovic misses with a looping right.
Quint looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Markovic misses the shot to the body.
Quint getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A big right from Quint misses.
Quint pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Markovic looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Markovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Quint takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
An inside leg kick from Quint misses.
Markovic lunges at Quint with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quint's hand.
Quint takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Quint on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quint throws a body punch but Markovic moves out of range.
Zoran Markovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Quint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Quint throws a shot from downtown. Markovic moves away and avoids it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Quint!
And that's the end of the fight!
Zoran Markovic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Markovic 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 49:46
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zoran Markovic!
Zoran Markovic retains his bantamweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Zoran Markovic made sure he mentioned Perkele!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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