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Syn 367 - Rise To Power PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Adekambi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Philippe Njewel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adekambi comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop. Mohammed Adekambi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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147 lbs
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145 lbs
20 - 11 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mohammed Adekambi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Philippe Njewel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adekambi looks to land a combination. Njewel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Adekambi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Njewel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adekambi misses with a body shot.
Adekambi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Njewel.
Njewel staying out of range there.
Crunch! Adekambi slams his shin into Njewel's torso.
Njewel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Adekambi.
Adekambi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Njewel throws a hook but Adekambi blocks it.
Adekambi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mohammed Adekambi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adekambi tries to clinch up.
Adekambi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Njewel to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adekambi is trying to control the position but Njewel postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adekambi has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Njewel has passed into side control.
Adekambi tries to improve position but can't.
Adekambi tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Njewel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Njewel working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Adekambi is looking to get to half guard.
Njewel has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Adekambi's face.
Njewel pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Njewel unloads with some shots from mount but Adekambi bucks and avoids them well.
Njewel raining down shots from the mount!
Njewel scoring with strikes but Adekambi is staying in there.
Poor strikes thrown by Njewel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Adekambi wants to hold on but Njewel pushes him away.
Njewel lands a couple of good shots and Adekambi has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Njewel softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Njewel is trying to stick to Adekambi's back but Adekambi is turning into Njewel. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Njewel's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Adekambi.
Adekambi passes Njewel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Njewel is looking for a sweep. Adekambi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Njewel trying to control here.
Njewel is trying to get back to full guard.
Njewel trying to hold on to Adekambi's head to control him but Adekambi postures up.
Adekambi trying to control the action but Njewel is working from the bottom.
Adekambi throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Njewel to regain full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Adekambi landing with the ground and pound.
Njewel has his hands on Adekambi's head, controlling the position.
Njewel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adekambi scoring with some ground and pound.
Adekambi trying to control but Njewel is working from the bottom.
Njewel working for submissions but it's allowed Adekambi to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Philippe Njewel dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Njewel tries to work over Adekambi's front leg with a kick but Adekambi checks it.
Njewel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adekambi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Adekambi wants to control but Njewel is keeping him busy.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Njewel is looking to get back to full guard here but Adekambi has managed to pass to side control instead.
Adekambi taking a break here but Njewel is having none of it and regains half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Njewel is staying active underneath Adekambi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adekambi is controlling the pace.
Adekambi is thwarting Njewel's attempts to control the position.
Njewel desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Adekambi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Njewel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Adekambi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
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.
Njewel manages to get to full guard.
Adekambi wants to control from the top but Njewel keeps moving.
Njewel is trying to keep Adekambi in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Njewel throws a hook but Adekambi avoids it easily.
Adekambi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Njewel.
Adekambi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Njewel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Njewel goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Njewel blocks the leg kick.
Adekambi misses with a body kick.
Adekambi misses the body punch
and Njewel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adekambi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Njewel throws a body shot but no joy.
Adekambi appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Njewel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Adekambi will feel that in the morning.
Njewel throws a push kick but Adekambi slaps the foot to one side.
Adekambi works Njewel's body with a nice hook.
Adekambi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adekambi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Njewel.
Adekambi tries to counter by clinching up but Njewel breaks away and moves out of range.
Adekambi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Adekambi fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Njewel looks for the body kick but Adekambi saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Njewel has a takedown stuffed.
Adekambi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adekambi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Njewel!
Adekambi tries to clinch up
and Njewel counters with a straight right hand.
Njewel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adekambi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from Adekambi.
Adekambi fails with the takedown
letting Njewel counter with a right hand.
Adekambi is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Martin Philippe Njewel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Njewel is pawing at Adekambi, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Adekambi's nose. Adekambi is badly hurt! Njewel pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Adekambi tries desperately to hold on but Njewel is relentless in his assault! As Adekambi receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Njewel away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Philippe Njewel!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Martin Philippe Njewel waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bai Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scot Goodbarrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goodbarrel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Rumjacks - An Irish Pub Song. Scot Goodbarrel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bai Yu's chin.
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27
195 lbs
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190 lbs
10 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bai Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Scot Goodbarrel!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Bai Yu has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yu.
Goodbarrel misses with a low kick.
Goodbarrel throws a low kick but Yu moves out of range easily.
We've been told by Yu's head coaches at Loucademia muito crazy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Yu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Goodbarrel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Goodbarrel scores with a head kick.
Goodbarrel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yu on the side of the head.
Yu is rocked!
Goodbarrel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Oh Yu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yu drops his hands momentarily and Goodbarrel needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Yu just on the top of the head. Yu drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Yu - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Scot Goodbarrel!
A less than humble Scot Goodbarrel misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Hale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hale comes to the cage accompanied by Dead Sara - Weatherman. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
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173 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Hale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hale tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brandao counters with a series of strikes. Hale will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brandao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hale moves out of range as Brandao throws a body kick.
Hale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brandao manages to avoid it.
Hale looks to score with a jab to the body but Brandao is just out of range.
Brandao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hale scores with a spinning back kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from Brandao.
Hale thuds a left hand into Brandao's body.
Hale clinches up against the cage.
Brandao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hale steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brandao. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hale looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hale has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Slaughterhouse MMA in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hale takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hale cracks Brandao with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hale avoids a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Hale.
Brandao 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.
Hale throws a body shot but no joy.
Brandao only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Brandao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hale.
Brandao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brandao scores with a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Hale. Beautiful body shot.
Brandao throws a hook but Hale blocks it.
Brandao swings widly with a right hand
and Hale counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Hale trying to mount his opponent but Brandao defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hale looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hale throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brandao manages to get to full guard.
Hale slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao won't allow Hale to pass to mount.
Hale is trying to control. Brandao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hale perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hale prevents Brandao from improving his position.
Brandao is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hale scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hale scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brandao in his tracks.
Brandao swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hale counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brandao 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 Hale has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hale and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hale steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brandao. That one must have hurt.
Hale is looking to wear down Brandao with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hale changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brandao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hale connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brandao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hale walks into a stiff left hand from Brandao.
Brandao cracks a nice hook into Hale's ribs.
Brandao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brandao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hale tries to clinch there but Brandao circles away.
Hale lands a slapping body shot.
A slow jab from Brandao misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hale. Brandao does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Hale dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Brandao just misses with a punch to the body.
Hale takes a jab right on the kisser.
A shot to the liver by Brandao. Beautiful body shot.
Brandao lands a glancing blow to the side of Hale's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hale. Brandao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brandao misses with a body kick.
Hale thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brandao looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Brandao connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brandao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hale's hands.
Brandao misses with a low kick as Hale jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hale throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brandao counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Brandao.
Brandao throws a body shot but no joy.
Brandao slips a straight right by Hale.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Hale misses
and Brandao makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hale tries to bum rush Brandao with a series of wild strikes but Brandao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diego Brandao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brandao changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brandao misses with a wild body shot.
Brandao misses with a straight right.
Brandao with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hale misses with a looping right.
Brandao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hale takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brandao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hale throws out the jab.
Brandao throws a lazy right hand but Hale sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hale thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brandao if he has to take too many more of those.
Brandao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hale.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hale.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hale manages to avoid it.
Brandao misses with a wild body shot.
Brandao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hale throws a body kick that misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Brandao.
Brandao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hale.
Diego Brandao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brandao ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hale throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hale wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brandao lands a head kick!
Brandao throws a body punch but Hale moves out of range.
Hale lands a nice hook to Brandao's body. Brandao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hale checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brandao throws out the jab.
Hale just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brandao.
An attempted straight right counter from Hale misses the target.
Hale uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brandao throws a head kick that half lands.
Hale gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brandao lands a nice shot to the body.
Brandao breaks the clinch.
Hale looks for the body kick but Brandao saw that one coming.
Brandao throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brandao swings for the body but Hale moves out of range.
Hale feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Brandao lands a nice looking body shot.
Brandao lands with a nice body punch.
Good leg kick by Hale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao misses with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brandao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brandao throws a head kick but Hale moves out of range.
Brandao moves out of range of the body kick from Hale.
Hale keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brandao lands a nice hook to Hale's body. Hale takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brandao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hale scores with a sloppy right hand. Brandao should have avoided that one.
Brandao gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hale counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brandao throws a head kick that misses.
Brandao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Brandao throws a hook but Hale blocks it.
Good work by Brandao as he checks the leg kick.
Brandao steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hale moves out of range of the body kick from Brandao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Brandao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Hale lands a right hook to the body.
Brandao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hale looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hale scores with the left hand. Brandao knows he should have avoided that one.
Brandao tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brandao connects with a looping right hand.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Brandao enables Hale to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Brandao manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Brandao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brandao is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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!
Hale moves into full guard.
Hale has control of Brandao's left arm, preventing Brandao from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao wants to get up but he can't break Hale's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hale bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brandao's guard.
Brandao keeping moving, preventing Hale from controlling successfully.
Hale preventing the sweep.
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.
Hale tries to free his leg and advance position but Brandao is retaining full guard.
Hale looking to sit in guard and control but Brandao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hale is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brandao defends well.
Brandao wanted to stand there but Hale had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brandao preventing the sweep.
Hale is trying to keep Brandao in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Brandao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brandao manages to avoid it.
Brandao throws a sloppy head kick
and Hale counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Brandao!
Brandao is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brandao is not content to let Hale control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hale looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Brandao is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brandao is pushing Hale's head away, looking to escape. Hale manages to hold on to the position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hale wants to control but Brandao is keeping him busy.
Brandao taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Hale showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hale has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Hale!
Brandon Hale 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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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Numero Cero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Quintana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cero's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hate Me Now - Nas. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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160 lbs
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167 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Numero Cero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Julio Quintana!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cero avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cero throws the left hand but Quintana avoids the punch easily.
Quintana scores with a sloppy right hand. Cero should have avoided that one.
Cero has been working on his boxing with his coaches at gym closing in the buildup to the fight.
A good leg kick by Quintana.
Cero takes a swing at Quintana's ribcage but misses.
Quintana only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A lazy left from Quintana finds it's target.
Quintana throws a leg kick which misses Cero's front leg but catches the back leg as Cero tries to avoid it.
Cero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quintana.
Quintana avoids a kick to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Cero there.
Cero throws a head kick that misses.
Cero misses with a body shot.
Cero dips to his left and cracks Quintana with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cero's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Quintana connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cero scrambles back to his feet.
Cero lands a nice shot that snaps Quintana's head back.
Cero checks the leg kick.
Cero thinks about countering with a head kick.
Quintana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cero's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cero duly obliges.
Cero smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cero throws a jab but it's blocked by Quintana.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cero darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Quintana moves forwards but Cero connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cero misses with the combination.
Cero lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cero.
Cero throws a body punch but Quintana moves out of range.
Cero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quintana has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cero misses with a wild body shot.
Cero lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quintana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quintana throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cero.
A clash of legs there as Cero blocks the low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quintana lands a leg kick that knocks Cero off balance momentarily.
Cero misses the shot to the body.
Cero gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Quintana motions for Cero to come forward. Quintana throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cero ducks under a wild hook from Quintana.
Quintana avoids the head kick by Cero.
Quintana throws a head kick that misses.
Cero is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cero throws a lazy right hand but Quintana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cero works the jab nicely.
Quintana scores with a takedown into Cero's guard.
Cero wants to stand and escape but Quintana is having none of it.
Quintana is looking to work some ground and pound but Cero has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cero wants to stand up but Quintana is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quintana accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Quintana postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quintana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Quintana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cero lands with a straight right. Quintana didn't see that one coming.
An inside leg kick from Quintana misses.
Cero defending well as Quintana loads up on a big left hand.
Quintana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cero fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Numero Cero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quintana blocks the body kick.
Cero keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cero misses with a body shot.
Cero tries a head kick but it misses.
Cero misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Cero. That snapped Quintana's head back.
Quintana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quintana shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Quintana showed some decent athleticism there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cero is trying to stand back up but Quintana is controlling him
Cero blocking the ground and pound attempt from Quintana.
Cero tries to roll over but Quintana keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cero is refusing to be controlled, as Quintana sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Numero Cero will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Quintana listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cero lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cero connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cero lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cero clobbers Quintana with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheers as Quintana lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cero doesn't seem phased though.
Cero misses with a hook
and Quintana counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cero won't be happy with that.
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!
Cero explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Cero throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quintana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Quintana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cero.
Quintana changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Quintana throws a leg kick which misses Cero's front leg but catches the back leg as Cero tries to avoid it.
Numero Cero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cero throws a head kick that half lands.
Cero explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Quintana.
Cero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quintana.
Quintana throws a shot from downtown. Cero moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cero.
Quintana throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Cero does it's job there.
Cero cracks Quintana with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Quintana moves away from the strike by Cero.
Cero loads up on a big right hand but Quintana slips the punch.
Cero checks the leg kick.
Quintana connects with a nice looking jab.
Cero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quintana throws a low kick but Cero avoids it.
Quintana is looking to slow Cero down with leg kicks.
Cero scores with a punch to the head.
Cero misses with an uppercut. Quintana saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Cero checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cero is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters circling - Cero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Quintana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cero at a distance.
Cero connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Quintana avoids the body shot from Cero.
Quintana slips under a jab from Cero.
Cero moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Quintana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cero.
Quintana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quintana.
Cero throws a sloppy head kick and Quintana moves out of range easily.
Cero slips a straight right by Quintana.
Quintana with a jab.
Quintana throws a body shot but no joy.
Cero misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cero tried to score with a low kick but Quintana checks it.
Quintana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cero throws a looping overhand right but Quintana ducks down to avoid it.
Cero avoids the body shot from Quintana.
Cero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quintana.
Cero bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cero lands a slapping body shot.
Quintana ducks under a wild hook from Cero.
Quintana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cero.
Cero walks into a straight right hand from Quintana.
Good leg kick by Quintana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cero checks a low kick from Quintana.
Cero changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cero throws a body punch but Quintana moves out of range.
Cero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quintana.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Quintana. Cero shrugs it off though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quintana.
Quintana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cero throws out the jab.
Quintana scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quintana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cero. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cero. Quintana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cero avoids the body shot from Quintana.
Cero misses the body punch
letting Quintana counter with a right hand.
Quintana scores with a sloppy right hand. Cero should have avoided that one.
Cero cracks Quintana with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Quintana takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cero scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking cross lands there for Quintana.
Quintana avoids the body shot from Cero.
And Quintana tries to counter it with a takedown but Cero pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Quintana feints and then cracks Cero's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cero down.
Good standup being displayed there by Quintana as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Julio Quintana will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A jab from Cero misses.
Quintana takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quintana.
Quintana misses with a leg kick
and Cero counters with a nice uppercut.
Quintana slips a jab from Cero.
Quintana avoids the head kick by Cero.
Cero throws a sloppy head kick
and Quintana counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Quintana stops Cero from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quintana postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cero wants to stand and escape but Quintana is having none of it.
Quintana controls from within his opponent's guard.
Quintana wants to pass the guard but Cero is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quintana loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Quintana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cero throws a leg kick that is checked
and Quintana counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cero avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Quintana.
Cero wants to get back to his feet.
Quintana looks to land a strike but Cero avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Quintana is in close to Cero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Quintana with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cero has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Quintana has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Cero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Quintana works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
That's two 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!
Cero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cero decides to return to a standing position.
Cero explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cero turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quintana misses with a body kick.
Cero tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quintana takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quintana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Quintana has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Quintana scores with a head kick.
Quintana avoids the head kick by Cero.
Quintana fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cero is out of range.
Cero is looking to counter punch.
Cero throws a big shot that misses.
Quintana feints the counter takedown.
Quintana misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quintana takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quintana.
Cero avoids the body shot from Quintana.
Quintana ducks right into an uppercut from Cero.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cero, right into the meat.
Quintana drops his hands momentarily and Cero takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Quintana misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cero counters with a head kick. That will keep Quintana thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A slow jab from Quintana misses its intended target.
Nice body kick there by Cero.
Quintana scores with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cero.
Cero misses the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quintana with a nice cross.
Cero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cero connects with a crisp jab.
Cero connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Quintana throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quintana throws an overhand right that lands on Cero's shoulder, as Cero tries to avoid the shot.
Cero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quintana.
A cross from Cero lands.
Cero throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nice cross by Cero.
Quintana is looking to slow Cero down with leg kicks.
Cero misses with a looping left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Quintana.
An inside leg kick from Quintana misses.
Cero with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Cero.
Quintana ducks under a wild hook from Cero.
And that's the end of the fight!
Numero Cero showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cero has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Numero Cero!
Numero Cero was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borden Chantry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael D Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D Amato is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mike Tyson Post-Fight Interview with Jim Gray. This should be fireworks!
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212 lbs
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226 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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World class 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
16 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borden Chantry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael D Amato!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D Amato ducks under a wild hook from Chantry.
Chantry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck D Amato on the side of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that D Amato has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Chantry tries a head kick but it misses.
Chantry sizes up D Amato with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chantry lands with a straight right. D Amato didn't see that one coming.
Chantry scores with a crisp jab that stopped D Amato in his tracks.
Chantry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
D Amato let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Chantry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A lazy left from Chantry finds it's target.
Chantry fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops D Amato to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! D Amato looks to clinch but Chantry throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! D Amato taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Borden Chantry!
During a confident post fight interview, Borden Chantry thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bucky The Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Carlos Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Badger's entrance music is Jump Around. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 17 - 4, fighting out of New York, Bucky The Badger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Carlos Linhares!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linhares takes one to the chin there.
The Badger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Linhares. That did some damage!
The Badger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Linhares. That one must have hurt.
Nice body punch from The Badger.
Linhares misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Badger.
Linhares misses with a body shot
and The Badger counters with a nice uppercut.
Luis Carlos Linhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Badger scores with a head kick.
The Badger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Linhares.
The Badger checks a leg kick.
Linhares takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Badger checks the leg kick.
The Badger 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Badger feints and then cracks Linhares's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Linhares down.
Linhares lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Badger circles away quickly and effectively.
Linhares fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Linhares lands with an uppercut that bounces The Badger off the cage and back into range.
The Badger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Linhares avoids a kick to the body.
The Badger uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Linhares has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares scores with a nice head shot.
The Badger is looking to score with low kicks.
The Badger tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Linhares.
Linhares lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Linhares thows a leg kick but The Badger checks it
and The Badger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Linhares looks to land a right hand but The Badger moved out of range.
Linhares lands with an overhand left.
The Badger defending well as Linhares loads up on a big left hand.
Linhares misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheers as Linhares lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Badger doesn't seem phased though.
Linhares throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Linhares looks to throw the jab but The Badger is out of range.
The Badger appears to be looking for a big counter.
Linhares lands a jab to The Badger's midsection.
The Badger has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Beast in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Badger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Linhares.
The Badger has closed the distance and engaged Linhares in a clinch.
Linhares misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Badger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhares dodges an elbow strike from The Badger.
Linhares misses with a hook from the clinch.
Linhares lands an elbow just above The Badger 's eye.
Nice elbow from The Badger.
The Badger misses with a knee strike.
Linhares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Badger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Linhares fails to land.
The Badger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Badger blocks an uppercut.
The Badger misses with an elbow strike.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Badger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Badger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Badger trying to land knees to the body.
Linhares tries to throw a body punch but The Badger avoids it by throwing Linhares back against the cage.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Linhares has a couple of punches blocked by The Badger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Linhares lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Badger just misses with a elbow thrown towards Linhares's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Linhares fails to land.
Linhares digs a right hand underneath The Badger's ribcage. The Badger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Badger missing with knees to the body.
The Badger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Linhares misses with a punch to the body.
Linhares tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Badger misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Badger scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Linhares swings wildly with an uppercut but The Badger uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Badger misses with a knee to the head.
Linhares lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Badger or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Badger.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Linhares avoids it.
Linhares pushes off an throws an elbow but The Badger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linhares tries to work over The Badger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Linhares misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Linhares.
The Badger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Badger taking a breather.
The Badger blocking some punches.
The Badger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Badger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Badger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Linhares is defending well for now.
The Badger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Badger lands a nice elbow.
The Badger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Linhares misses with an elbow over the top.
Linhares prevents a body shot from The Badger.
Linhares blocks a body shot from The Badger.
The Badger lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bucky The Badger will probably get the nod.
That's time! The Badger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The Badger moves out of range as Linhares throws a body kick.
The Badger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Linhares misses.
The Badger tries to work over Linhares's front leg with a kick but Linhares checks it.
Linhares misses with a low kick.
The Badger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from The Badger.
The Badger lands a glancing blow to the side of Linhares's head.
The Badger moves away from the strike by Linhares.
The Badger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Linhares.
The Badger blocks the body kick.
The Badger is looking to counter the offense by Linhares and move into the clinch.
Linhares throws a push kick but The Badger slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Linhares showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Badger.
Linhares misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from The Badger.
Linhares misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Badger avoids the head kick by Linhares.
Linhares avoids the body shot from The Badger.
Linhares throws a leg kick
and The Badger counters with an outside leg kick.
Linhares lands a body shot.
The Badger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Linhares looks to throw a body kick
letting The Badger counter with a right hand.
The Badger misses with a few strikes there.
Linhares thinks about the counter body kick.
The Badger tries to clinch but Linhares moves out of range.
The Badger throws a lazy right hand but Linhares sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Badger looks to land a left hand but Linhares moved out of range nicely.
Linhares misses with a straight right.
Linhares throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Badger.
The Badger throws a nice looking combination but Linhares bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Linhares throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Linhares takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Badger moves forwards but Linhares connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares throws out a powerful jab.
Linhares throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Badger.
Linhares looks for the body kick but The Badger saw that one coming.
The Badger moves out of range as Linhares strikes.
Luis Carlos Linhares seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Linhares keeps the fight on the outside.
The Badger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Linhares to score with a decent uppercut.
Linhares throws a body kick that misses
and The Badger counters with a nice body shot.
Linhares throws a hook to the side of The Badger's head but The Badger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Linhares blocks a head kick by The Badger.
Linhares throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The Badger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Badger 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.
The Badger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Badger jabs Linhares right on the nose. Linhares blinks but takes it well.
Linhares takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Linhares misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Linhares manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Linhares there.
A left lands for Linhares.
Linhares throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Badger on the side of the head.
Linhares moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by The Badger as he checks the leg kick.
The Badger throws an overhand right that lands on Linhares's shoulder, as Linhares tries to avoid the shot.
Linhares scores with a spinning back kick!
The Badger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Linhares in his tracks.
The Badger avoids a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Badger.
The Badger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Linhares checks a low kick from The Badger.
The Badger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Linhares.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linhares looks to throw a body kick
and The Badger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Badger defending well as Linhares loads up on a big left hand.
The Badger appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger connects with a nice looking jab.
Linhares scores with a kick to the midsection.
The Badger has Linhares up against the cage in a clinch.
Linhares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Linhares takes an elbow to the forehead.
Linhares fails to pull guard.
Linhares goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Linhares misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Badger throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Badger throws an elbow but misses.
Linhares dodges an elbow strike from The Badger.
Linhares lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Linhares swings wildly with an uppercut but The Badger uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by The Badger.
The Badger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Linhares.
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 Bucky The Badger will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
The Badger motions for Linhares to come forward. The Badger throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Linhares throws a head kick that half lands.
Jab, jab by The Badger - just one landing.
Linhares feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits The Badgers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Badger.
The Badger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Badger is looking to slow Linhares down with leg kicks.
The Badger avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Badger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Linhares throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Badger throws an overhand right that lands on Linhares's shoulder, as Linhares tries to avoid the shot.
Linhares doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Badger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Badger swings for the body but Linhares moves out of range.
Linhares throws out a counter right but The Badger avoids it with no problem.
Linhares swings widly with a right hand
and The Badger counters with a slapping leg kick.
Good shot there by The Badger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares cracks The Badger with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Linhares scores with a three punch combo!
The Badger throws a hook to the side of Linhares's head but Linhares sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Badger uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Linhares has time to react.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Badger checks a leg kick.
The Badger connects with a jab.
Linhares looks to land a combination but The Badger avoids it well.
The Badger throws a big counter combination but Linhares scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
The Badger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The Badger takes a swing at Linhares's ribcage but misses.
The Badger throws out a loose jab but Linhares uses good head movement to avoid it.
Linhares only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Linhares moves away from the strike by The Badger.
The Badger slips a straight right by Linhares.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Badger throws a leg kick which misses Linhares's front leg but catches the back leg as Linhares tries to avoid it.
Linhares blocks the body kick.
Linhares throws a looping overhand right but The Badger ducks down to avoid it.
The Badger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Luis Carlos Linhares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares misses with a wild body shot.
The Badger rushes Linhares and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Badger throws an elbow but misses.
Linhares is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Badger to keep the fight standing.
The Badger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
The Badger blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Badger obliges.
Linhares takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Badger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Linhares has a couple of punches blocked by The Badger.
The Badger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Linhares tries a body shot but The Badger blocks it.
The Badger lands an elbow that stopped Linhares in his tracks for a moment.
Linhares's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Linhares misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from The Badger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Linhares's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Badger.
The Badger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The Badger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Linhares.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Linhares.
Linhares lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Linhares.
Linhares works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The Badger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Linhares has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Badger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Badger prevents a body shot from Linhares.
Linhares misses with a hook from the clinch.
Linhares misses with a short punch on the inside.
Linhares jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Badger walks away with a smile on his face. Linhares gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Badger misses with a wild body shot.
Linhares drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Linhares lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linhares lands with a kick to the ribs.
The Badger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Badger jabs at Linhares's body.
The Badger clinches up with Linhares and pushes him back against the cage.
Linhares tries a body shot but The Badger blocks it.
Linhares has a couple of punches blocked by The Badger.
Good body shot from Linhares.
Linhares lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
The Badger blocks a body shot from Linhares.
Linhares lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Linhares throws a head punch that misses.
The Badger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Linhares has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Linhares has had enough of the clinch but The Badger keeps him there for the moment.
Linhares looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Linhares misses with a hook from the clinch.
Linhares misses with the head strike.
Linhares is leaning against The Badger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bucky The Badger.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Badger, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bucky The Badger!
A relieved looking Bucky The Badger thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Burgundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feodor Shemelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shemelianenko has chosen Fedor Entrance Music as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ron Burgundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Feodor Shemelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgundy wants to clinch up but Shemelianenko keeps it at a distance.
Shemelianenko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A shot to the liver by Shemelianenko. Beautiful body shot.
Shemelianenko has closed the distance and engaged Burgundy in a clinch.
Burgundy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shemelianenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Burgundy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burgundy.
Burgundy blocks a body shot from Shemelianenko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shemelianenko taking a breather.
Shemelianenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burgundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgundy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shemelianenko jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burgundy walks away with a smile on his face. Shemelianenko gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Burgundy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Shemelianenko clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Shemelianenko.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shemelianenko scores with a shot to the side of Burgundy's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shemelianenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Burgundy backwards.
Shemelianenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Burgundy backwards.
A body shot lands from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko struggles to land a body shot inside as Burgundy controls his hands.
Shemelianenko tries a body shot but Burgundy blocks it.
Burgundy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shemelianenko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy lands with a short shot to the head.
It looks like Feodor Shemelianenko has been cut.
Shemelianenko blocks an uppercut.
Burgundy prevents a body shot from Shemelianenko.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Burgundy trying to control the position but instead, Shemelianenko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Burgundy into the cage.
Shemelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by Burgundy.
Shemelianenko has Burgundy pushed against the cage.
Shemelianenko missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko blocks an uppercut.
Shemelianenko working aggressively here.
Burgundy tries to break free but Shemelianenko pushes him back against the cage.
Burgundy manages to break the clinch.
Shemelianenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shemelianenko feints a counter leg kick.
Burgundy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burgundy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Coffee Shop in the buildup to the fight.
No joy there for Shemelianenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shemelianenko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burgundy, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko is pushing Burgundy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Shemelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Burgundy blocks with his arms.
Burgundy pushes off an throws an elbow but Shemelianenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burgundy tries a body shot but Shemelianenko blocks it.
Shemelianenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burgundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burgundy has had enough of the clinch but Shemelianenko keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Burgundy backwards.
Burgundy tries to work over Shemelianenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burgundy is trying to push Shemelianenko away but Shemelianenko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shemelianenko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shemelianenko stalling in the clinch but Burgundy improves position.
Burgundy wants to get back to striking at distance but Shemelianenko won't allow it.
Burgundy prevents a body shot from Shemelianenko.
Burgundy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shemelianenko ducks under a wild hook from Burgundy.
Shemelianenko looking to score a takedown here. Burgundy is defending well but Shemelianenko drives through and ends up in Burgundy's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shemelianenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Burgundy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burgundy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shemelianenko wants to control from the top but Burgundy keeps moving.
Burgundy looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy keeping full guard, as Shemelianenko tries to pass.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shemelianenko is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Burgundy wants to stand up but Shemelianenko is controlling him.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Shemelianenko fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burgundy.
Shemelianenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ron Burgundy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch lands to the side of Shemelianenko 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shemelianenko misses with a hook. Burgundy ducked under it nicely.
Burgundy misses with a left hand
and Shemelianenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shemelianenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burgundy is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Feodor Shemelianenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Feodor Shemelianenko'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.
Burgundy takes a swing at Shemelianenko's ribcage but misses.
Burgundy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shemelianenko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shemelianenko staying out of range there.
Shemelianenko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burgundy thows a leg kick but Shemelianenko checks it
and Shemelianenko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Burgundy's knee momentarily.
Shemelianenko digs a good hook to Burgundy's body.
Feodor Shemelianenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shemelianenko swings for the body but Burgundy moves out of range.
Burgundy keeps the fight on the outside.
Burgundy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shemelianenko.
A head kick misses from Shemelianenko.
Burgundy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shemelianenko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burgundy misses with a two punch combination.
Ron Burgundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burgundy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burgundy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Burgundy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Burgundy. Burgundy obviously looking to wear him down.
Shemelianenko throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Shemelianenko misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shemelianenko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burgundy feints a jab promting Shemelianenko to slip. Burgundy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Shemelianenko slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shemelianenko blocks a leg kick.
Shemelianenko misses with a body shot.
Burgundy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Burgundy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shemelianenko. Burgundy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shemelianenko lands a nice looking body shot.
Shemelianenko thuds a left hand into Burgundy's body.
Burgundy misses with a hook. Shemelianenko ducked under it nicely.
Burgundy throws a right and a left that Shemelianenko avoids nicely.
Burgundy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shemelianenko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgundy throws a chopping leg kick but Shemelianenko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Burgundy misses with a wild body shot.
Burgundy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burgundy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A swing and a miss from Burgundy.
Shemelianenko thows a body kick. Burgundy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko connects with a crisp jab.
Burgundy misses with a body kick.
Burgundy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shemelianenko connects with a single shot there.
Burgundy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Burgundy throws a looping overhand right but Shemelianenko ducks down to avoid it.
Burgundy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A swing and a miss from Burgundy.
A little jabbing left from Shemelianenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Burgundy looks for the body kick but Shemelianenko saw that one coming.
Feodor Shemelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shemelianenko moves into the clinch.
Burgundy prevents a body shot from Shemelianenko.
A short body shot lands from Shemelianenko as the two fighters clinch.
Burgundy blocks a body shot from Shemelianenko.
Shemelianenko lands with a left to the head.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Shemelianenko throws a punch but it's blocked by Burgundy.
Shemelianenko avoids a wild elbow strike from Burgundy.
Shemelianenko tries a body shot but Burgundy blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shemelianenko scores with a shoulder strike.
Shemelianenko misses with the head strike.
Shemelianenko lands a nice uppercut.
Shemelianenko is trying to maintain a safe position but Burgundy gets an underhook and turns Shemelianenko into the cage.
Shemelianenko working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Shemelianenko - that landed with a thud.
Burgundy avoiding damage as Shemelianenko throws knees to the body.
Burgundy misses with some punches.
A short right from Shemelianenko on the inside.
Shemelianenko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shemelianenko.
Burgundy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shemelianenko lands a shoulder strike.
Shemelianenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burgundy's elbow.
Burgundy can't find room to land a body shot as Shemelianenko controls the action.
Shemelianenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shemelianenko misses with some punches.
Burgundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burgundy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Burgundy is rocked!
It looks like Ron Burgundy has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burgundy gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Burgundy tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Shemelianenko is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Burgundy buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Burgundy!! Burgundy is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Shemelianenko throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Feodor Shemelianenko!
A very excited looking Feodor Shemelianenko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Borschev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Dobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitry Borschev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Dobson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dobson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Borschev swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dobson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Borschev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice body kick from Dobson.
Borschev is breathing heavily.
Dobson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Borschev avoids the head kick by Dobson.
Dobson punishes Borschev's body with a nice straight punch.
Dobson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dobson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dobson scores with a push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dobson lands a big right hand that sends Borschev crashing to the mat! Dobson stays standing though and waves Borschev back to his feet!
Borschev is rocked!
It looks like Dmitry Borschev has been cut.
Borschev leaves his chin hanging out and Dobson seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Borschev crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ben Dobson!
Our winner, Ben Dobson, 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Colon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Rocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ki:Theory - Stand By Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Colon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Rocker!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Colon fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rocker just manages to avoid it.
Rocker throws a hook but Colon blocks it.
Colon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Colon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rocker throws a looping overhand right but Colon ducks down to avoid it.
Rocker lands a jab to the nose.
Rocker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Rocker finds it's way through Colon's defenses.
Rocker scores with a hook.
Rocker thows a leg kick but Colon checks it
and Colon counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocker working aggressively here.
Rocker prevents a body shot from Colon.
Colon swings wildly with an uppercut but Rocker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Colon can't find room to land a body shot as Rocker controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colon struggles to land a body shot inside as Rocker controls his hands.
Rocker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rocker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocker throws a predictable looking body shot
and Colon counters with a head kick.
Rocker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Colon moves away.
Rocker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Colon is able to avoid easily.
Colon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rocker lands a head shot.
Nice body punch from Rocker.
Rocker lands a head shot.
Santiago Colon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rocker closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rocker prevents Colon from improving his position.
Colon has hold of Rocker's hands but Rocker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rocker throwing shots but Colon is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colon wants to improve his position but Rocker is controlling well.
Colon trying to hold on to Rocker's head to control him but Rocker postures up.
Colon wants to get back to full guard.
Rocker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Colon is controlling Rocker's trapped leg to prevent Rocker from advancing to side control.
Rocker trying to control the action but Colon is working from the bottom.
Rocker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Colon defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colon controlling the position well.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rocker wants to pass the guard but Colon is defending well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Colon avoids the head kick by Rocker.
Colon walks into a left hand.
Rocker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rocker throws a series of punches but Colon moves out of range.
Rocker throws a shot to the body.
Rocker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rocker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Colon lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Colon misses with a straight left.
Colon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rocker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocker misses with a leg kick
and Colon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rocker misses the jab.
Rocker misses with an uppercut
and Colon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rocker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Colon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Colon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Colon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rocker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rocker has his takedown stuffed
and Colon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Rocker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rocker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rocker swats away the attempt to clinch by Colon.
Colon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rocker.
Rocker thumps Colon with a low kick.
Colon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rocker's calf.
Colon tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rocker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocker throws out a leg kick but Colon moves out of range and Rocker only half commits.
Colon is looking to counter punch.
Rocker swings for the body but Colon moves out of range.
Rocker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Colon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rocker throws a right hand that misses
and Colon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Colon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rocker.
Colon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rocker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ricky Rocker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rocker defending well as Colon loads up on a big left hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rocker, as that shot connected.
Rocker looks to throw the jab but Colon is out of range.
Colon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rocker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Colon scrambles back to his feet.
Rocker dips to his left and cracks Colon with an uppercut!
Colon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rocker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Colon tries to counter by clinching up but Rocker breaks away and moves out of range.
Rocker tries to land a front kick but Colon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Colon pushes Rocker away with a front kick.
Colon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocker closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Colon quickly recovers to half guard.
Colon wants to control but Rocker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Colon gets full guard.
Rocker stopping the sweep attempt from Colon.
Colon is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Colon trying to control the position.
Rocker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Colon is keeping the position for now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Colon is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rocker is looking to improve his position.
Rocker moves into full guard.
Rocker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Colon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Colon content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Colon landing with the ground and pound.
Rocker wants to sweep here but Colon controlling him for the moment.
Colon trying to control the position from guard on top but Rocker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rocker is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Colon is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Rocker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rocker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rocker moves out of range of the strikes.
Colon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rocker.
Colon thinks about countering with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Rocker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Colon is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rocker.
Colon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ricky Rocker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Colon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rocker, right into the meat.
Rocker throws a low kick but Colon moves out of range easily.
Rocker misses with an uppercut
and Colon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocker throws a punch but it's blocked by Colon.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rocker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Colon.
Colon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Colon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rocker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Colon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rockers head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rocker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rocker tries to stall but Colon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Colon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Colon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Colon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rocker misses with a punch to the body.
Rocker is leaning against Colon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rocker goes for a takedown attempt but Colon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Colon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Colon throwing a counter right hand but Rocker manages to avoid it.
Colon connects with a leg kick. Rocker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rocker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Colon.
Rocker misses the jab.
Colon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rocker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Colon misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocker looks to score with a jab to the body but Colon is just out of range.
Colon moves out of range of the leg kick from Rocker.
Rocker lands a head shot.
Rocker has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rocker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Colon checks a leg kick.
Rocker throws a big shot that misses.
Colon wants to clinch up but Rocker keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rocker. Colon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Colon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rocker. That one must have hurt.
Rocker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Rocker.
Rocker looks to throw the jab but Colon is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colon misses with a hook.
Rocker slips a straight right by Colon.
A jab from Rocker finds it's way through Colon's defenses.
Colon drives through and clinches with Rocker against the cage.
Colon tries a body shot but Rocker blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rocker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rocker is trying to force a seperation but Colon has the dominant position.
Rocker working aggressively here.
Colon misses with a punch on the inside.
Rocker prevents a body shot from Colon.
Colon tries to work over Rocker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rocker prevents a body shot from Colon.
Rocker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Colon's elbow.
Colon is leaning against Rocker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rocker trying to control the position but instead, Colon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rocker into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Colon.
Rocker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Colon.
Colon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Colon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Colon fails to land.
Colon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Colon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Colon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rocker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Colon walks away with a smile on his face. Rocker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Colon ducks under a wild hook from Rocker.
Rocker swings for the body but Colon moves out of range.
Colon avoids the head kick by Rocker.
Colon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Colon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Colon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rocker. That one must have hurt.
Colon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ricky Rocker just about did enough to take it.
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.
Colon moves in looking to clinch but Rocker pushes him off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rocker.
Rocker misses with a takedown attempt - Colon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Colon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rocker lands with a straight right. Colon didn't see that one coming.
Rocker misses with a low kick as Colon jumps back.
Rocker throws a shot from downtown. Colon moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocker takes a swing at Colon's ribcage but misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rocker.
Some wild striking there from Colon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Colon. That did some damage!
Rocker looks for the body kick but Colon saw that one coming.
Colon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Colon throws a low kick, looking for Rocker's leg but Rocker calmly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Rocker misses.
Rocker throws a big shot that misses.
Colon misses with a straight right.
Rocker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rocker misses with a leg kick.
Colon quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Rocker throws a chopping leg kick but Colon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Colon is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rocker.
Rocker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Rocker.
Colon tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rocker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Colon regains half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Colon is looking to improve his position.
Rocker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Colon keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Rocker with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colon moves into full guard.
Colon keeping full guard, as Rocker tries to pass.
Colon is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ricky Rocker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Colon keeping moving, preventing Rocker from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Colon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jab from Rocker.
Rocker misses with an uppercut
and Colon counters with a straight right hand.
Rocker misses with a looping right.
Colon seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rocker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Colon.
Colon lands a left and a right that send Rocker crashing to the mat, dazed. Colon thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Rocker is rocked!
It looks like Ricky Rocker has been cut.
Rocker misses with a body kick.
Rocker is still on wobbly legs! Can Colon finish him?
Some bone on bone action there as Rocker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And Rocker tries to counter it with a takedown but Colon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rocker seems to have recovered his senses.
Rocker throws a leg kick that is checked
and Colon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Colon.
Rocker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocker shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Colon napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Colon prevents Rocker from improving position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Rocker dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Rocker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rocker throws a lazy uppercut
and Colon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santiago Colon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rocker lands with a kick to the ribs.
Colon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Colon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rocker moves out of range as Colon strikes.
Rocker tries to work over Colon's front leg with a kick but Colon checks it.
Colon misses with a wild combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rocker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocker lands a jab to Colon's midsection.
Rocker punishes Colon's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rocker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rocker shoots and misses
and Colon counters with a straight right hand.
Colon misses with a hook. Rocker ducked under it nicely.
Rocker keeps the fight on the outside.
Colon is looking to clinch but Rocker is avoiding it.
Rocker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Colon.
Colon moves out of range of the strikes.
Colon throws a leg kick but Rocker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rocker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Colon tries to close the distance and clinch but Rocker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rocker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Colon doesn't seem bothered though.
Rocker works the jab nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Colon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Colon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Colon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rocker misses with a wild body shot.
Colon tries to counter by clinching up but Rocker breaks away and moves out of range.
Colon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rocker. Rocker obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Colon wants to clinch up but Rocker keeps it at a distance.
Rocker drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Colon defends it well.
Rocker looks to throw the jab but Colon is out of range.
Colon seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nice defenses there by Rocker.
Colon checks a leg kick.
Colon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rocker.
Rocker 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colon lands with a nice body punch.
Colon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rocker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Colon.
Colon tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Rocker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Colon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rocker on the side of the head.
Colon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A good leg kick by Colon.
Colon tries to clinch there but Rocker circles away.
Rocker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Colon counters by moving into the clinch.
Colon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Colon misses with a body punch.
Colon misses with a punch on the inside.
Colon blocks an uppercut.
Rocker prevents a body shot from Colon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Rocker.
Rocker breaks from the clinch.
Rocker connects with a solid leg kick.
Rocker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Colon.
Rocker connects with an inside leg kick.
Rocker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Colon doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Colon drops his hands momentarily and Rocker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rocker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No joy there for Rocker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rocker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rocker just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromColon.
Colon throws a wild body kick that Rocker sees coming a mile off.
Rocker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rocker with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Rocker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rocker 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Rocker! Ricky Rocker retains his welterweight title!
Ricky Rocker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Santiago Colon stepped up to the mic, saying 'Shit'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Renato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renato's entrance music is I Want My Tears Back. A fine choice. Tiago Renato has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiago Renato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Love!
Renato on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Renato defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
Love ducks right into an uppercut from Renato.
Renato digs a good body shot into Love's ribs.
Love moves out of range of the body kick.
Love thumps Renato with a low kick.
Renato loads up on a big right hand but Love slips the punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Renato down.
Love lands a head shot.
Renato moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renato moves away from the strike by Love.
Love throws a half hearted mid kick.
Renato lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab from Renato.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Renato.
We've been told by Renato's head coaches at Death Valley Training Facility that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Renato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Renato blocks the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Renato misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love slips a straight right by Renato.
Love has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Renato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tiago Renato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Renato defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
Renato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Renato scores with a decent looking hook.
Renato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Renato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Love throws a chopping leg kick but Renato manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Love takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A thudding body kick lands there by Love!
Love tries to land a front kick but Renato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Renato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Renato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from Love misses.
Renato throws a head kick that misses.
Renato lands with a cross.
Renato throws the left hand but Love avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Renato misses.
Renato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Renato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Renato looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Renato misses with a looping right.
Love throws a head kick but Renato moves out of range.
Love looks for the body kick but Renato saw that one coming.
Renato was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Renato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Love misses with a body shot.
Renato throws a right hand that misses
and Renato takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Love lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throws the kick towards the body but Renato avoids it.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Love cracks Renato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Renato throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Love darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Love tries to move into range but Renato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Renato stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Love.
Love scoring well with a low kick there.
Love lands a nice shot to the body.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Renato gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Renato lands a head shot.
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!
Love lands a nice leg kick that just misses Renato's sensitive parts.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Renato ducks down to avoid it.
Love lands a really nice looking cross but Renato seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a double jab.
Renato throws a leg kick
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Renato throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Love.
It seemed like Love was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Renato keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Renato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Love misses with a kick to the body
and Renato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Love looks to land a combination but Renato avoids it well.
Love misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Renato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Love thinking.
Love jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Renato 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.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Renato.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Renato misses.
Renato ducks under a wild hook from Love.
It looked like Renato was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Love.
Renato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Renato lands a leg kick that knocks Love off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vagner Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Renato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Love's sensitive parts.
Renato looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Renato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Renato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Renato fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Love is out of range.
Love looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Love misses with a low kick as Renato jumps back.
Renato swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Renato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Renato moves out of range of the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Renato, right into the meat.
Love avoids the body shot from Renato.
Love moves out of range of the body kick from Renato.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Renato down.
Renato scores with a hook.
Good shot there by Love.
Love jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Love defending well as Renato loads up on a big left hand.
Vagner Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renato misses with a leg kick.
Love darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Renato tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Love jabs Renato to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Renato avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Renato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Renato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love misses with a body kick.
Renato misses with a body shot
and Love counters with a low kick, right behind Renato 's knee.
Renato ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Renato slips under a jab from Love.
A clash of legs there as Love blocks the low kick.
Love misses with a looping left.
Renato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renato misses with a low kick.
Love only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Renato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Renato misses with a leg kick
and Love counters with a solid body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Renato moves out of range of the strikes.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Renato misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Renato blocks a leg kick.
Love connects with a single shot there.
Love throws a hook to the side of Renato's head but Renato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Renato checks it well.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Renato.
Love connects with a nice looking jab.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Love cracks Renato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Renato.
Love tries to work over Renato's front leg with a kick but Renato checks it.
Renato has taken the fight to the clinch.
Love tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Renato blocks a body shot from Love.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Love lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Love lands a hook that snaps the head of Renato backwards.
Love swings wildly with an uppercut but Renato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Renato misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Renato working aggressively here.
Love lands a shoulder strike.
Renato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Love's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Love jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Renato walks away with a smile on his face. Love gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renato misses with a looping right.
Love looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Renato was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
Renato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Love tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Renato throws a low kick but it's checked well by Love.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Love.
Renato throws a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick from Love misses.
Love avoids the body shot from Renato.
Love feints a counter leg kick.
Renato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love throws a wild body kick that Renato sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vagner Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Renato scores with a nice strike.
A solid leg kick lands there for Renato.
Renato looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Renato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
Love pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Renato throws out a leg kick but Love moves out of range and Renato only half commits.
Renato lands a jab to Love's midsection.
Renato takes one to the chin there.
Renato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Renato is predictable there
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Renato takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Renato is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Renato misses.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Renato.
Love thumps Renato with a low kick.
Renato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Love throws a low kick but it's checked well by Renato.
Love on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Renato. Renato obviously looking to wear him down.
Love avoids the body shot from Renato.
Renato tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Love misses with a low kick as Renato jumps back.
Renato checks the leg kick nicely there.
Renato is looking to counter with a body kick.
Renato misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a good low kick that Renato was not able to check.
Renato getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A jab from Love misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Love. That's going to slow Renato down.
Love connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Renato's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Love as he connects with a hook.
Renato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love tries a quick counter leg kick but Renato is wise to it.
Renato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
A counter left hand to the body from Renato misses its target.
Renato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Love throws a leg kick but Renato sees it coming and moves out of range.
Love closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Renato scores with a body shot.
Renato lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Renato throws a lazy body kick
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Renato lands a jab to Love's midsection.
Renato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Renato was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Renato throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renato.
Love checks a leg kick.
Love appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Love lands a leg kick that knocks Renato off balance momentarily.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Renato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Renato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Renato has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Love.
Love dips to his left and cracks Renato with an uppercut!
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Renato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Renato's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Renato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Love takes a step back to recover.
Renato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice body kick there by Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Renato lands with a straight right. Love didn't see that one coming.
Love misses with a wild combination.
Renato quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Renato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Love takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Love on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Renato. Renato obviously looking to wear him down.
Renato cracks the inside of Love's front leg.
Love swinging wildly here.
A big left from Renato misses.
Love follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Tiago Renato did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Love doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Renato.
Love throws a body punch but Renato moves out of range.
Renato moves out of range of the body kick from Love.
It looked like Renato wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Renato misses the shot to the body.
Renato avoids a kick to the body.
Renato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Renato looks to land a body kick but Love moved away.
Renato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Love doesn't seem bothered though.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love fakes the leg kick and cracks Renato in the body.
Love throws a leg kick
and Renato counters with a nice low kick that buckles Love's knee momentarily.
Love connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Renato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
Renato throws a quick counter kick to the body but Love avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love lands with an overhand left.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some wild striking there from Renato.
Renato missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Renato throws a leg kick
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Renato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Love sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love counters with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Renato. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Renato.
As Love backs away, Renato returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A big left from Love misses.
Renato throws a hook but Love blocks it.
Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Renato. That did some damage!
Renato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Renato misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Renato moves away.
Donk. Love catches Renato right on the button with a cross.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love throws a poor cross that misses
and Renato counters with a nice leg kick.
Renato thuds a left hand into Love's body.
Renato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Renato ducks down to avoid it.
Love slips under a jab from Renato.
Love let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Renato throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Renato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Love connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Renato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renato.
Love takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice uppercut there from Renato.
Love throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Love attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Love wants to slow Renato down by chopping away at his legs.
Renato with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Love to score with a decent uppercut.
Renato swings away with a body shot that misses
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Renato.
Renato misses with a jab to the body
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Love feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Renato's calf.
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!
Renato misses with a wild body shot.
Renato misses with a hook to the body
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Renato thinking.
Renato wants to clinch.
Renato misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Love defending well as Renato loads up on a big left hand.
Love lands with a thumping leg kick.
Renato lands a nice looking body kick.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Renato.
A quick step to the side and Renato tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Renato stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Love.
Renato misses with a looping left.
Renato takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Love moves away from the strike by Renato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Vagner Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Love, right into the meat.
Renato throws a head kick that Love semi-blocks.
Renato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Love throws a low kick but Renato avoids it.
Love is looking to slow Renato down with leg kicks.
Love connects with a looping right hand.
Renato avoids the body shot from Love.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Renato's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Love connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Renato scrambles back to his feet.
Renato throws a hook but Love blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love cracks a nice hook into Renato's ribs.
Renato takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Renato takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Renato lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Love misses with a looping left.
Renato quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Renato checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Renato throws a solid leg kick but Love takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Renato.
Love lands a nice shot that snaps Renato's head back.
Renato lands with a kick to the ribs.
Love bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Renato's head.
Renato lunges at Love with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Love's hand.
Renato clobbers Love with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Love has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Love there as he acknowledges the shot.
Renato walks forward, straight into a front kick from Love.
Nice cross by Renato.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love connects with a body shot that sends Renato's belly button to the back.
Love feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Renato's calf.
Tiago Renato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Renato looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Renato throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Love lands a high kick!
Renato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Love lands with a thumping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Renato misses the target.
Renato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Renato swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Love counters with a leg kick.
Renato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Love lands a nice leg kick that just misses Renato's sensitive parts.
Love takes a swing at Renato's ribcage but misses.
Renato will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Renato lands a jab to Love's midsection.
Renato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Renato.
Renato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Love is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Love checks a leg kick.
Love chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Renato scores with a shot to the body.
Renato dips to his left and cracks Love with an uppercut!
Love is rocked!
Renato misses with a looping left.
Love is still on wobbly legs! Can Renato finish him?
Renato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Love. That did some damage!
Love seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice body punch from Renato.
Love misses with a body punch
and Renato makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Renato rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Renato moves away from the strike by Love.
Renato feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Renato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love lands the left hand.
A big right from Love misses.
Renato moves out of range as Love throws a body kick.
Love misses with a straight left.
Love uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Renato has time to react.
Love takes a swing at Renato's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Renato misses its target.
Renato misses with a body shot.
Love lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Vagner Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Renato throws a jab but it's blocked by Love.
Love fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Renato checks it well.
A low kick from Renato misses
and Love connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Renato counters with a nice right hand that sends Love toppling to the canvas! Love scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Renato finish him?!
Love looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Renato ducks down to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vagner Love.
Well Love 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 46:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Vagner Love!
Vagner Love decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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