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MFN 232: Ground & Pound PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lyon Gaultier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson has chosen The High Road as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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155 lbs
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148 lbs
19 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good low kicks
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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
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lyon Gaultier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson moves forwards but Gaultier connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Anderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson scores with a leg kick.
Gaultier comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gaultier lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gaultier lunges at Anderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Anderson's hand.
Sloppy strikes from Gaultier. Those never looked like landing.
Gaultier jabs at Anderson's body.
Gaultier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson thinks about the counter body kick.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaultier tried to counter with a leg kick but Anderson avoided it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaultier looks to land a body kick but Anderson moved away.
Gaultier looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
Gaultier misses with a looping left.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
We've been told by Gaultier's head coaches at Abobomination Training $700 13 LEGIT elite coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Anderson throws a leg kick but Gaultier sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Anderson connects with a leg kick. Gaultier looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gaultier is looking for a counter combo.
Gaultier avoids the head kick by Anderson.
Gaultier fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gaultier throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Craig Anderson has been cut.
Gaultier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaultier swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gaultier is adopting a defensive guard.
Anderson stops Gaultier from standing up.
Anderson throwing strikes from guard but Gaultier blocks nicely.
Gaultier wants to stand but Anderson is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gaultier has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Anderson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anderson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gaultier tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gaultier is trying to keep Anderson in close.
Anderson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Anderson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Gaultier dives on top into guard.
Our spies down at at Nights Watch MMA Academy inform us that Anderson has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice shot lands for Gaultier.
Gaultier lands a nice shot to the body.
Anderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gaultier's waist but Gaultier gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anderson off to one side.
Anderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gaultier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson misses with a low kick.
Gaultier moves out of range of the leg kick from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaultier.
Gaultier with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaultier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gaultier throws a wild body kick that Anderson sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Anderson misses
and Gaultier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gaultier is looking to slow Anderson down with leg kicks.
Gaultier's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Anderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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!
Gaultier thows a leg kick but Anderson checks it
and Anderson counters with a head kick. That will keep Gaultier thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gaultier works the jab nicely.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gaultier can pounce on him.
Gaultier takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Anderson misses
and Gaultier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gaultier moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lyon Gaultier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaultier throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Anderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gaultier ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gaultier throws a push kick but Anderson slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyon Gaultier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Anderson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gaultier throws a half hearted mid kick.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gaultier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gaultier. That's going to slow Anderson down.
Gaultier chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anderson throws a good cross that connects.
Gaultier sizes up Anderson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Anderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gaultier swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Anderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gaultier throws an overhand right that lands on Anderson's shoulder, as Anderson tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaultier sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gaultier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A leg kick checked by Gaultier.
Anderson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anderson misses with a kick to the body
and Gaultier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gaultier. That's going to slow Anderson down.
Nice jab there from Gaultier.
Gaultier blocks a leg kick.
Gaultier lands with a thumping leg kick.
Anderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaultier.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Gaultier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gaultier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from Gaultier.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gaultier.
Lyon Gaultier is winning the standup battle so far.
Anderson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Anderson motions for Gaultier to come forward. Anderson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson is looking to land body kicks.
Gaultier is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Anderson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gaultier counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Gaultier throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
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!
Anderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Gaultier moved out of range.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gaultier.
Anderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Both fighters circling a little - Gaultier finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gaultier throws a right hand that misses
and Anderson counters with a nice body kick.
A shot to the liver by Gaultier. Beautiful body shot.
Anderson throws a lazy body kick
and Gaultier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gaultier tries to land a leg kick but Anderson saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaultier tries to land a leg kick but Anderson saw it coming and moves away.
Anderson moves forwards but Gaultier connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gaultier throws a body punch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson misses with a leg kick
and Gaultier counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anderson is looking to land body kicks.
Lyon Gaultier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gaultier fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Anderson checks it well.
Gaultier swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anderson.
Anderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gaultier fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Gaultier throws a push kick but Anderson slaps the foot to one side.
Gaultier throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anderson on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier just misses with a punch to the body.
Gaultier scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gaultier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Anderson is predictable there
and Gaultier counters with an outside leg kick.
Gaultier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson feints the counter takedown.
Gaultier fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gaultier throws a head kick that half lands.
Anderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gaultier.
Gaultier lands a jab to the head.
Gaultier throws a leg kick
and Anderson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gaultier!
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gaultier keeps working.
Gaultier is looking to regain half guard here but Anderson keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyon Gaultier dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Craig Anderson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gaultier avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Anderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice jab there from Gaultier.
Gaultier lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick.
Gaultier digs a good body shot into Anderson's ribs.
Gaultier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gaultier misses with a low kick as Anderson jumps back.
Anderson tried to score with a low kick but Gaultier checks it.
Anderson moves out of range as Gaultier throws a body kick.
Anderson feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson checks a low kick from Gaultier.
Anderson tries to move into range but Gaultier moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Anderson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gaultier connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws out a leg kick but Gaultier moves out of range and Anderson only half commits.
Gaultier was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Anderson is looking to chop away at Gaultier's legs.
Anderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Anderson throws a head kick that Gaultier semi-blocks.
A big right from Gaultier misses.
Gaultier checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Anderson throws a solid leg kick but Gaultier takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anderson.
Gaultier was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gaultier tried to score with a low kick but Anderson checks it.
Anderson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gaultier is able to avoid easily.
Gaultier lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gaultier bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gaultier throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaultier.
Anderson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gaultier scores with a shot to the body.
Gaultier swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gaultier lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gaultier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gaultier checks a low kick from Anderson.
Anderson blocks a head kick by Gaultier.
Gaultier lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Anderson avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Anderson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier lands a really nice looking cross but Anderson seems unphased.
Lyon Gaultier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson wants to slow Gaultier down by chopping away at his legs.
Gaultier throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gaultier keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gaultier circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gaultier lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.
Anderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gaultier.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Gaultier moves out of range of the leg kick from Anderson.
Gaultier throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Gaultier throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gaultier.
Anderson misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gaultier scores with a nice body kick.
Gaultier with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anderson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson moves out of range of the body kick from Gaultier.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Anderson tries a knee to the head but Gaultier blocks it.
Craig Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gaultier lands a shot to the body.
Gaultier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gaultier manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Gaultier.
Anderson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gaultier checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyon Gaultier showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gaultier, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyon Gaultier!
Lyon Gaultier thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Olov Hermansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Canadian Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hermansson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rammstein - Ich Will!. Canadian Hero told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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155 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Olov Hermansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Canadian Hero!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Hermansson.
Hermansson misses with a low kick.
Hermansson tried to score with a low kick but Hero checks it.
Hero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hermansson swings for the body but Hero moves out of range.
Hermansson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hero is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hermansson instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hermansson tries to throw a body punch but Hero avoids it by throwing Hermansson back against the cage.
Hermansson takes a shot to the head.
Hero looking to stall.
Hermansson tries to work over Hero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermansson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hermansson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hermansson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hero swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hermansson throwing strikes but missing.
Hermansson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hermansson throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hero keeping moving, preventing Hermansson from controlling successfully.
Hermansson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hermansson sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson trying to control but Hero is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hermansson.
Hermansson lands a nice shot that snaps Hero's head back.
Hero slips a jab from Hermansson.
Hero lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jan Olov Hermansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hermansson misses with a right hand
and Hero counters with a thumping low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hermansson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hero's head backwards.
It looks like Canadian Hero has been cut.
Hermansson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hero drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hero fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hermansson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hermansson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hermansson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hero throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hermansson moves into full guard.
Hero loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've been hearing good reports from Hermansson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hermansson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hero can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hero avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hero postures up in Hermansson's guard and throws a big left but Hermansson blocks it.
Hero must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hero passes Hermansson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hermansson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hero is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hermansson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hermansson controls Hero momentarily but Hero frees himself.
Hero missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hero throwing strikes but missing.
Hero stopping the sweep attempt from Hermansson.
Hermansson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hero defends it easily.
Hermansson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Olov Hermansson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Canadian Hero's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hermansson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hermansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hero was well out of range. Poor timing from Hermansson.
Hermansson lands a jab.
Hermansson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hero is looking for the big counter here.
Hermansson clinches.
Hermansson misses with a punch to the body.
Hero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hermansson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hermanssons head.
Hermansson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hermansson backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Hero.
A left hand lands to the body for Hermansson.
Hero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Hermansson as the two fighters clinch.
Hermansson tries to throw a body punch but Hero avoids it by throwing Hermansson back against the cage.
Hero jumps guard but Hermansson stands there with Hero around his waist. Hero gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hero is struggling to control the position.
Hero tries for a takedown but Hermansson manages to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hermansson as Hero tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Hero fails to land.
Hermansson tries for a takedown but Hero manages to get underhooks.
Hero tries to throw a body punch but Hermansson avoids it by throwing Hero back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Hermansson.
Hermansson can't find room to land a body shot as Hero controls the action.
Hermansson can't find room to land a body shot as Hero controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hero.
Hero tries to throw a body punch but Hermansson avoids it by throwing Hero back against the cage.
Hermansson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hero.
Jan Olov Hermansson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Canadian Hero.
Hero is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hermansson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hermansson presses Hero against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hermansson or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hermansson as Hero tries to tie him up.
Hermansson is stalling here.
Hermansson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hermansson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hero throws a head punch that misses.
Hero tries to stall but Hermansson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hero slows down the pace here.
Hero gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hermansson.
Hero wants the takedown. Hermansson is fighting it off but Hero persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hermansson's guard against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hermansson trying to control the position here.
Hero stopping the sweep attempt from Hermansson.
Hermansson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hero defends it easily.
Hermansson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hero is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hero's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hero distracts Hermansson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hermansson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Canadian Hero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Canadian Hero'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. This is the final round!
Hero moves away from the strike by Hermansson.
Hermansson throws a body punch but Hero moves out of range.
Hermansson thows a leg kick but Hero checks it
and Hero counters with an inside leg kick.
Hermansson misses with an uppercut
and Hero counters with a thumping low kick.
Hermansson throws a hook but Hero blocks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hero checks a leg kick.
Hero throws a fast counter high kick but Hermansson manages to duck under it in time.
Hermansson closes the distance and clinches.
Hero goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hermansson prevents it.
Hermansson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hero pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hero throws a head punch that misses.
Hermansson tries for a takedown but Hero manages to get underhooks.
Hermansson can't find room to land a body shot as Hero controls the action.
Hero is trying to maintain a safe position but Hermansson gets an underhook and turns Hero into the cage.
Hermansson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hero avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Olov Hermansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero tries to score a body lock takedown but Hermansson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hermansson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hero pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hermansson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hermansson misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hermansson tries a low kick but Hero avoids it.
A big left from Hermansson misses.
Hero tries to counter with a clinch but Hermansson shakes him off and moves away.
Hermansson catches Hero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jan Olov Hermansson is winning the standup battle so far.
Hero throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hermansson sizes up Hero with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hermansson looks to land a left hand but Hero moved out of range nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hero.
Hermansson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hero swivels and escapes.
Hero shoots for a double leg takedown but Hermansson sprawls well. He's pushed Hero's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hermansson blocks an uppercut.
Hermansson has a couple of punches blocked by Hero.
Hero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hero is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hermansson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hero tries to stall but Hermansson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hero misses with a punch to the body.
Hero is trying to maintain a safe position but Hermansson gets an underhook and turns Hero into the cage.
Hero content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hero misses with a body punch.
Hermansson pushes Hero back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hermansson can't find room to land a body shot as Hero controls the action.
Hermansson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hero fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hermansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hero moves away.
Hermansson sets himself, and Hero steps forward looking for the clinch! Hermansson avoids it this time.
Hermansson swings for the body but Hero moves out of range.
Hero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hermansson, pushing him back against the cage.
Hero drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hero lands a right hand.
Hermansson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hero after a bit of a struggle.
Hero lands a left hand.
Hero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hermansson is rocked!
Hero struggles to land a body shot inside as Hermansson controls his hands.
Oh Hermansson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hermansson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Hero avoiding damage.
Hermansson prevents a body shot from Hero.
Hermansson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hero prevents it.
A right hook to the body lands for Hero.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hero creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hermansson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hermansson drops to his knees and Hero pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Canadian Hero!
During a confident post fight interview, Canadian Hero 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebasti Perreira De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Garota de Ipanema. Sebasti Perreira De Souza will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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26
184 lbs
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27
187 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perreira De Souza manages to avoid it.
Perreira De Souza shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Santos's guard.
Santos kicks Perreira De Souza off and gets to his feet.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Perreira De Souza steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Santos.
Perreira De Souza scores with a hook.
Perreira De Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perreira De Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Perreira De Souza throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.
Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perreira De Souza.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Perreira De Souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Santos thuds his shin into the meat of Perreira De Souza's side.
Neymar Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Perreira De Souza momentarily.
Santos swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santos as he avoids it easily.
Neymar Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sebasti Perreira De Souza.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Santos.
Perreira De Souza 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.
Santos throws a low kick but Perreira De Souza avoids it.
Perreira De Souza throws a leg kick but Santos moved away.
Santos connects with a jab.
Santos lands a two punch combo.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos lands a right hook to the body.
Santos cracks a nice hook into Perreira De Souza's ribs.
A big left from Perreira De Souza misses.
Santos thuds a left hand into Perreira De Souza's body.
A head kick misses from Santos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perreira De Souza misses with an uppercut.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Perreira De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Santos is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santos's waist but Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Perreira De Souza off to one side.
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perreira De Souza feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Perreira De Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Perreira De Souza is proving a slippery customer.
Perreira De Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perreira De Souza looking to pass the guard.
Santos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Perreira De Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Perreira De Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Santos is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Ballshoi Ballet that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Santos is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Perreira De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Perreira De Souza lands an uppercut.
Perreira De Souza holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Perreira De Souza pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perreira De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
Perreira De Souza wants a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza taking a breather.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Perreira De Souza.
A short left from Santos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perreira De Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santos misses with some punches.
Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Perreira De Souza presses Santos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Perreira De Souza.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos tries to sprawl but Perreira De Souza drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Perreira De Souza looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Santos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neymar Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Perreira De Souza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Neymar Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
Perreira De Souza throws a body kick that misses.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos throws out a powerful jab.
Perreira De Souza misses with a looping right.
Perreira De Souza shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Santos defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Perreira De Souza.
Santos is looking to wear down Perreira De Souza with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Perreira De Souza slips under a jab.
Perreira De Souza tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Perreira De Souza throws a leg kick which misses Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as Santos tries to avoid it.
Santos needs to keep his hands up - Perreira De Souza had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Perreira De Souza misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Perreira De Souza clinches.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Perreira De Souza tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santos smiles and moves away.
Perreira De Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
Perreira De Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Perreira De Souza misses the shot to the body.
Santos throws a low kick but Perreira De Souza moves out of range easily.
Santos looks to land a body kick but Perreira De Souza moved away.
Perreira De Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Santos scores with a nice right hand.
Santos throws a wild body kick that Perreira De Souza sees coming a mile off.
Perreira De Souza blocks the body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Santos.
Perreira De Souza tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Perreira De Souza misses with a head kick.
Perreira De Souza pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Perreira De Souza.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
Santos tries a body shot but Perreira De Souza blocks it.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perreira De Souza can do to turn this around?
Perreira De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Santos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perreira De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Perreira De Souza gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Santos is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Santos has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Perreira De Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Santos is trying to keep Perreira De Souza in close.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Perreira De Souza from controlling successfully.
Santos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Perreira De Souza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Perreira De Souza takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses the jab.
Santos looks for the body kick but Perreira De Souza saw that one coming.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Perreira De Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santos on the side of the head.
Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A shot to the body from Santos misses
and Perreira De Souza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Neymar Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Santos.
Perreira De Souza leaning against his opponent.
Perreira De Souza tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Perreira De Souza keeps him there for the moment.
Santos scores with a shot to the side of Perreira De Souza's head.
Perreira De Souza misses with the head strike.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perreira De Souza slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neymar Santos dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Perreira De Souza tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perreira De Souza moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza throws a leg kick but Santos checks it.
Perreira De Souza dives in and scores a takedown into Santos's guard.
Perreira De Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Santos 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.
Santos controlling Perreira De Souza's posture.
Santos is trying to control the position but Perreira De Souza postures up.
Santos has his hands on Perreira De Souza's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Santos pulls Perreira De Souza in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perreira De Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Perreira De Souza is just out of range.
Neymar Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Perreira De Souza misses with a looping right.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Santos cracks Perreira De Souza with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santos as he avoids it easily.
Neymar Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sebasti Perreira De Souza.
Santos throws a body punch but Perreira De Souza moves out of range.
Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Perreira De Souza 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.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Santos 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 Perreira De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perreira De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perreira De Souza checks a low kick from Santos.
Perreira De Souza misses with a hook
and Santos counters with a good low kick that Perreira De Souza was not able to check.
Perreira De Souza swings for the body but Santos moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Santos.
Santos throws a right and a left that Perreira De Souza avoids nicely.
Perreira De Souza wants to counter the offense by Santos and move into the clinch position.
Santos looks to land a combination. Perreira De Souza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
Perreira De Souza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perreira De Souza tries to clinch
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Perreira De Souza will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos scores with a head kick.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos cracks the inside of Perreira De Souza's front leg.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Santos sets himself, and Perreira De Souza steps forward looking for the clinch! Santos avoids it this time.
Neymar Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.
Perreira De Souza tries to land a leg kick but Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Perreira De Souza cracks Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Perreira De Souza! But no joy.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos misses with a head kick.
And Perreira De Souza responds with a good body kick, but Santos manages to step out the way in time.
Perreira De Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Perreira De Souza has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Perreira De Souza lands a right hand.
Perreira De Souza blocks an uppercut.
Perreira De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perreira De Souza lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Perreira De Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perreira De Souza.
Perreira De Souza displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santos up against the cage.
Perreira De Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Perreira De Souza stalling the fight.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perreira De Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neymar Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, 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 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neymar Santos!
After winning the bout, Neymar Santos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kalervo Kaunismieli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hickock's choice of entrance music: Why can't we be friends. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 lbs
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kalervo Kaunismieli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Hickock!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hickock tries to clinch
enabling Kaunismieli to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaunismieli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kaunismieli walks into a straight right hand from Hickock.
Kaunismieli looks to land a body kick but Hickock moved away.
Hickock closes the distance and pushes Kaunismieli back into the cage.
Kaunismieli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hickock's elbow.
Kaunismieli is looking to control Hickock's arms but Hickock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kaunismieli has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Kaunismieli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hickock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hickock prevents a body shot from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaunismieli avoids the elbow strike from Hickock, against the cage.
Hickock swings wildly with an uppercut but Kaunismieli uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaunismieli lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hickock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kaunismieli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hickock backwards.
Kaunismieli has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kaunismieli stalling in the clinch but Hickock improves position.
Kaunismieli lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaunismieli.
Hickock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kaunismieli's elbow.
Kaunismieli lands with a short shot to the head.
Hickock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kaunismieli tries to work over Hickock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hickock tries to work over Kaunismieli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Kaunismieli.
We've been informed that Hickock has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kaunismieli misses with the head strike.
Kaunismieli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hickock tries to stall but Kaunismieli uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kaunismieli misses with a punch on the inside.
Hickock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kaunismieli's defenses.
Kaunismieli blocking some punches.
Hickock throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli blocks an elbow strike.
Kaunismieli is pushing Hickock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right from Hickock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaunismieli taking a breather.
Hickock throws an elbow but it misses.
Hickock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kaunismielis head.
Kaunismieli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kaunismieli lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kaunismieli tries to work over Hickock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kaunismieli misses with a body punch.
Hickock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hickock lands an elbow inside that Kaunismieli shrugs off.
Kaunismieli working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Kaunismieli.
Hickock lands an uppercut.
Hickock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kaunismieli can't find room to land a body shot as Hickock controls the action.
Kaunismieli swings wildly with an uppercut but Hickock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaunismieli has a couple of punches blocked by Hickock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kaunismieli stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hickock.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hickock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kaunismieli tries a body shot but Hickock blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kaunismieli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hickock throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaunismieli.
Hickock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hickock - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kaunismieli has a couple of punches blocked by Hickock.
Hickock misses with an elbow strike.
Kaunismieli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hickock misses with the body kick
and Hickock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hickock moves out of range of the leg kick from Kaunismieli.
Hickock ducks under a wild hook from Kaunismieli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli throws a body shot but no joy.
Kaunismieli keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Kaunismieli - just one landing.
Kaunismieli moves into the clinch successfully.
Hickock throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaunismieli.
Hickock working aggressively here.
Hickock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Come on Hickock - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hickock taking a breather.
Kaunismieli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kaunismieli - that landed with a thud.
Hickock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kaunismieli is keeping busy.
A short left from Kaunismieli.
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 Kalervo Kaunismieli will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hickock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hickock throws a head kick that misses.
Hickock throws a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hickock connects with a jab.
Kaunismieli misses the jab.
Hickock throws a big counter head kick but Kaunismieli avoids it with no problem.
Hickock throws a hook but Kaunismieli blocks it.
Hickock misses with a head kick.
Hickock tries to clinch but Kaunismieli is having none of it.
Hickock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kaunismieli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kaunismieli lands a jab to the nose.
Hickock throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaunismieli loads up on a big right hand but Hickock slips the punch.
A low kick from Hickock is predictable there
and Kaunismieli counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hickock scores with a sloppy right hand. Kaunismieli should have avoided that one.
Kaunismieli works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaunismieli delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli tries to move into range but Hickock moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kaunismieli dips to his left and cracks Hickock with an uppercut!
Kaunismieli doesn't manage to clinch there - Hickock circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hickock. Kaunismieli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hickock lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kaunismieli will feel that in the morning.
Kaunismieli throws a body punch but Hickock moves out of range.
Hickock throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kaunismieli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kaunismieli blocks a low kick nicely.
Kaunismieli darts in and clinches Hickock up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hickock throws an elbow but misses.
Hickock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli lands an uppercut.
Kaunismieli is trying to stall.
Hickock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Hickock on the inside.
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!
Kaunismieli displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hickock up against the cage.
Hickock blocking some punches.
Hickock is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Kaunismieli fails to land.
Hickock takes a shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kaunismieli has a couple of punches blocked by Hickock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaunismieli.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hickock - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hickock.
Kaunismieli blocking some punches.
Hickock trying to stall but Kaunismieli improves his position.
Kaunismieli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickock misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kaunismieli lands a hook that snaps the head of Hickock backwards.
Kaunismieli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaunismieli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hickock working aggressively here.
Kaunismieli is pushing Hickock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice left hand lands by Hickock.
A short right from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli lands a shoulder strike.
Kaunismieli lands an uppercut.
Kaunismieli misses with a body punch.
Kaunismieli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hickock has a couple of punches blocked by Kaunismieli.
Kalervo Kaunismieli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kaunismieli struggles to land a body shot inside as Hickock controls his hands.
Kaunismieli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli tries to throw a body punch but Hickock avoids it by throwing Kaunismieli back against the cage.
Hickock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kaunismieli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaunismieli throws a head punch that misses.
Hickock misses with a punch on the inside.
Kaunismieli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hickock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hickock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kaunismieli or not.
Kaunismieli working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kaunismieli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hickock backwards.
Kaunismieli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli tries a body shot but Hickock blocks it.
Hickock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hickock.
Hickock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kaunismieli lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalervo Kaunismieli dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kaunismieli misses with a right hand
and Hickock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli misses with a wild body shot.
Kaunismieli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaunismieli takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hickock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hickock swings wildly with an uppercut but Kaunismieli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hickock stalling in the clinch.
Kaunismieli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Hickock.
Kaunismieli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kaunismieli scores with a shoulder strike.
Kaunismieli blocking some punches.
Kaunismieli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Kaunismieli.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hickock tries to score with a low kick but Kaunismieli moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kaunismieli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hickock.
Kaunismieli misses with an uppercut. Hickock saw that one coming.
Hickock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hickock throws a push kick but Kaunismieli slaps the foot to one side.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hickock.
Hickock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hickock attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kaunismieli is looking to counter the offense by Hickock and move into the clinch.
Hickock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hickock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaunismieli manages to avoid it.
Hickock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kaunismieli doesn't manage to clinch there - Hickock circles away.
Hickock throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hickock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kaunismieli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hickock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickock scores with a one two! Kaunismieli had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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!
Kaunismieli throws a jab but it's blocked by Hickock.
A little jabbing left from Hickock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch combination from Hickock misses.
Kaunismieli is looking to slow Hickock down with leg kicks.
Hickock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaunismieli.
The fighters circling - Kaunismieli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hickock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli cracks Hickock with a good jab.
Hickock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kaunismieli misses with a wild body shot.
Kaunismieli misses with a looping left.
Kaunismieli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hickock was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaunismieli.
Hickock throws an overhand right that lands on Kaunismieli's shoulder, as Kaunismieli tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Kaunismieli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fighters circling - Hickock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hickock misses with a wild combination.
Hickock throws a body punch but Kaunismieli moves out of range.
Hickock throws a jab but it's blocked by Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli swings widly with a right hand
and Hickock counters with an outside leg kick.
Hickock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli jabs at Hickock's body.
Hickock is looking to clinch.
Kaunismieli throws a body punch but Hickock moves out of range.
Hickock throws a series of punches but Kaunismieli avoids them all with ease.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kaunismieli.
Hickock avoids a kick to the body.
Hickock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kaunismieli if he has to take too many more of those.
Kaunismieli closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaunismieli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli blocks an uppercut.
Hickock lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaunismieli misses with a punch on the inside.
Kalervo Kaunismieli is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kaunismieli throws a punch but it's blocked by Hickock.
Hickock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kaunismieli working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kaunismieli.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kaunismieli lands a right hand.
Hickock slows down the pace here.
Richard Hickock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kaunismieli throws a head punch that misses.
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 Kalervo Kaunismieli.
Well Kaunismieli has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalervo Kaunismieli!
Our winner, Kalervo Kaunismieli, 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyroil Smoochie Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Borocop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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148 lbs
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153 lbs
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyroil Smoochie Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Borocop!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Smoochie Wallace there.
Smoochie Wallace shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Borocop eats them both and turns towards Smoochie Wallace to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Mark Borocop has been cut.
Smoochie Wallace throws a poor cross that misses
and Borocop counters with a straight right hand.
Smoochie Wallace slips a jab from Borocop.
Smoochie Wallace tries to counter with a takedown but Borocop is quick to defend against it.
Borocop closes the distance and clinches up with Smoochie Wallace, looking for a takedown. Borocop pushes Smoochie Wallace against the cage but Smoochie Wallace circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smoochie Wallace was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smoochie Wallace has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smoochie Wallace there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Borocop crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Smoochie Wallace - the referee stops the clock and Borocop gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Smoochie Wallace. Borocop manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Borocop fails to land with a series of punches.
Smoochie Wallace looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Borocop cracks Smoochie Wallace with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smoochie Wallace looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice cross by Borocop.
Smoochie Wallace takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Borocop's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smoochie Wallace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smoochie Wallace misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smoochie Wallace turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borocop avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Smoochie Wallace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smoochie Wallace cracks Borocop with a big right hand but Borocop just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Smoochie Wallace looks up at the clock and then as Borocop takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Smoochie Wallace smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Borocop managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Smoochie Wallace.
Smoochie Wallace lands an elbow.
Smoochie Wallace creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Smoochie Wallace in side control, throwing shots but Borocop defends.
An elbow from Smoochie Wallace crashes against the mat.
Smoochie Wallace sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Borocop is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Smoochie Wallace misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Smoochie Wallace throws an elbow but Borocop slips to the side and avoids it well.
Borocop is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borocop takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Borocop is trying to work for a sweep but Smoochie Wallace has mounted him!
Borocop is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smoochie Wallace pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smoochie Wallace working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smoochie Wallace connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Smoochie Wallace working Borocop over with strikes here.
Borocop is trying to escape the mount.
Smoochie Wallace breaks from Borocop's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smoochie Wallace fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smoochie Wallace lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Borocop is rocked!
Smoochie Wallace looking to control but Borocop is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Borocop takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Borocop is still in real trouble! Can Smoochie Wallace finish him?
Borocop taking shots to the head.
Smoochie Wallace landing strikes from the mount.
Borocop is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Borocop keeps trying to improve his position.
Borocop seems to have recovered his senses.
Smoochie Wallace scoring with strikes but Borocop is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Smoochie Wallace with the ground and pound from mount.
Borocop is in a horrible position here. Smoochie Wallace smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Smoochie Wallace connects with a bit shot that sees Borocop covering up! More strikes from Smoochie Wallace and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Smoochie Wallace is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyroil Smoochie Wallace!
A very excited looking Tyroil Smoochie Wallace 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Cody Lundin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerzy Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerzy Killer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cody Lundin's chin.
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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
15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cody Lundin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerzy Killer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lundin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Killer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lundin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Killer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lundin.
Lundin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Killer wants to clinch but Lundin slips to the side
and Lundin counters with a three punch combo that has Killer backing up. Killer nods at Lundin to acknowledge the strikes.
Lundin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Killer's sensitive parts.
Killer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Killer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Killer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lundin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lundin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Killer lands with a straight right. Lundin didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Killer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lundin's hands.
Lundin lands a leg kick that knocks Killer off balance momentarily.
Lundin misses with a leg kick
and Killer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lundin is rocked!
Killer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lundin. That did some damage!
Lundin takes one to the chin there.
Oh Lundin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lundin blocks a head kick by Killer.
Lundin seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer throws a body kick that misses.
Killer tries a head kick but it misses.
Lundin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Killer moves forwards but Lundin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Killer doesn't manage to clinch there - Lundin circles away.
Lundin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Killer's head.
Killer scores with a nice strike.
Killer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Killer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lundin.
Lundin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lundin lands a glancing blow to the side of Killer's head.
Killer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Killer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lundin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It appears Lundin was looking to counter with a kick there.
Lundin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Killer tries to clinch there but Lundin circles away.
Lundin is looking to chop away at Killer's legs.
A nice side step and Killer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lundin throws out a loose jab but Killer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Killer misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Killer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lundin.
Killer misses with a wild combination.
Killer missing with a left hand there. Lundin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Killer blocks the body kick.
Lundin blocks a head kick by Killer.
Lundin scores with a push kick.
Lundin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Killer's sensitive parts.
Killer misses with a straight left.
Lundin avoids the head kick by Killer.
Killer walks into a straight right hand from Lundin.
Lundin takes one to the chin there.
Lundin misses with a straight right.
Lundin shoots in and drives through. Killer sprawls well.
Killer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lundin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Killer.
Lundin moves out of range of the body kick from Killer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lundin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Killer has time to react.
Killer throws a push kick but Lundin slaps the foot to one side.
An attempted straight right counter from Lundin misses the target.
Lundin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Killer.
Jerzy Killer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Killer.
Killer tries to clinch but Lundin moves out of range.
Lundin tried to counter with a leg kick but Killer avoided it.
Lundin throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Killer tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lundin is in Killer's guard.
Lundin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lundin stopping the sweep attempt from Killer.
Lundin trying to control the position from guard on top but Killer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lundin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Killer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lundin lands a couple of digs.
Killer trying to control the position here.
Lundin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Killer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
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 Cody Lundin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Killer tries to clinch up but Lundin circles away and keeps his distance.
Lundin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jerzy Killer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lundin gets tackled into the cage by Killer. Killer maintains the clinch.
Lundin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Killer avoids it.
Killer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Killer wants to stall.
Lundin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lundin managing to block the knees to the body from Killer.
Lundin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Killer smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Killer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Killer throws a leg kick but Lundin checks it.
Killer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Killer tries to clinch
and Lundin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lundin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Killer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Killer has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lundin. That's going to slow Killer down.
Lundin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Killer eats them both and turns towards Lundin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Killer throws a lazy body kick
and Lundin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lundin misses with a few strikes there.
Lundin ducks right into an uppercut from Killer.
Killer wants to clinch but Lundin slips to the side
and Lundin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Killer blocks a leg kick.
Lundin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Killer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Killer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lundin, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lundin takes an elbow to the temple.
Killer throws an elbow that misses.
Lundin blocks an elbow strike.
Lundin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Killer backwards.
Lundin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Killer backwards.
Lundin lands a right hand.
Killer blocks a body shot from Lundin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundin jumps guard and drags Killer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Lundin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Killer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Killer seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Lundin looking for a triangle here. Killer is fighting it but it looks tight! Lundin pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Killer is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Cody Lundin!
A determined Cody Lundin didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luigi Vercotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vercotti has chosen Poverty - Ennio Morricone as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Vercotti!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henley fails with the takedown.
Henley scores with the left hand. Vercotti knows he should have avoided that one.
Henley misses with a straight right.
Henley swings for the body but Vercotti moves out of range.
Vercotti motions for Henley to come forward. Vercotti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy left from Henley finds it's target.
Henley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henley lands with an uppercut that bounces Vercotti off the cage and back into range.
Henley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Henley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vercotti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vercotti pivots, looking for a leg kick but Henley is out of range and Vercotti settles back down.
Henley checks a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Vercotti. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henley fails with the takedown
and Vercotti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vercotti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henley was well out of range. Poor timing from Vercotti.
Henley misses with a hook. Vercotti ducked under it nicely.
Henley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Henley tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Vercotti defends well and Henley ends up having to push Vercotti into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Henley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vercotti.
Henley with a lazy takedown attempt
and Vercotti counters with a left to the body.
Henley throws a lazy right hand but Vercotti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vercotti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Henley misses.
Vercotti throws out a counter right but Henley avoids it with no problem.
Henley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slow jab from Henley misses its intended target.
Vercotti throws a big shot that misses.
Vercotti 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vercotti lands with a shot to the body.
Henley misses with an uppercut
enabling Vercotti to counter with a crisp jab.
Henley throws a body punch but Vercotti moves out of range.
Henley walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti swings widly with a right hand
and Henley counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Vercotti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henley is one step ahead there.
Vercotti utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henley throwing strikes but missing.
Henley preventing the sweep.
Henley is working Vercotti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Henley wants to pass the guard but Vercotti is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Henley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vercotti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vercotti has control of Henley's left arm, preventing Henley from doing any damage.
Henley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vercotti bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henley's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Henley's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Henley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Henley controls Vercotti momentarily but Vercotti frees himself.
Henley has his foot on Vercotti's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Vercotti works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vercotti doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Vercotti manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Henley has his foot on Vercotti's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Vercotti works his way back into a safe position though.
Vercotti is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Henley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Henley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vercotti gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Henley is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Vercotti defends well.
Henley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
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 Ben Henley will probably get the nod.
That's time! Henley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Henley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vercotti.
Henley with a nice cross.
A cross from Henley lands.
Henley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vercotti.
Henley with a poor takedown
enabling Vercotti to counter with a crisp jab.
Ben Henley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henley throws out a loose jab but Vercotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vercotti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vercotti.
Henley misses with a hook.
Henley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vercotti flicks out a counter leg kick but Henley steps away.
Vercotti throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Henley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henley with the ground and pound but Vercotti uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Henley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vercotti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henley preventing the sweep.
Vercotti keeping moving, preventing Henley from controlling successfully.
Henley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley throws a big elbow that misses.
Vercotti pulls Henley in close to prevent any damage.
Henley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Henley with a nice head shot there.
Henley is looking to work some ground and pound but Vercotti has wrist control.
Henley slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Henley looking to sit in guard and control but Vercotti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vercotti missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henley doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Henley working for a triangle but Vercotti defends it easily.
Henley keeping moving, preventing Vercotti from controlling successfully.
Ben Henley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henley working for submissions but it's allowed Vercotti to get to half guard.
Henley wants to get back to full guard.
Henley gets back to full guard.
Henley working for a triangle but Vercotti defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vercotti doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Vercotti manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Vercotti trying to control but Henley is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Luigi Vercotti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Henley.
Vercotti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vercotti throws a lazy right hand but Henley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vercotti scores with a nice head shot.
Vercotti tests Henley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Henley throws a hook to the side of Vercotti's head but Vercotti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vercotti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Henleys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vercotti blocks a jab.
Vercotti misses with a body kick.
Henley connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vercotti momentarily.
Henley swings widly with a right hand
and Vercotti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henley misses with a left hand
and Vercotti counters with a left to the body.
Vercotti moves out of range as Henley strikes.
Vercotti misses with a kick to the body.
Vercotti lands a slapping body shot.
Henley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vercotti.
Vercotti slips under a jab from Henley.
Vercotti thuds a left hand into Henley's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Henley dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Vercotti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Henley throws a shot from downtown. Vercotti moves away and avoids it.
Henley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vercotti dodges the punch combination from Henley.
A slow jab from Vercotti misses its intended target.
Vercotti slips a straight right by Henley.
Henley throws out a powerful jab.
Henley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vercotti sprawls well. Vercotti wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henley gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henley throws a body punch but Vercotti moves out of range.
Vercotti scores with a spinning back kick!
Vercotti stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vercotti wants it to stay on the feet.
Henley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Henley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Henley there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti scores with a leg kick.
Vercotti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henley's calf.
Vercotti tries to work over Henley's front leg with a kick but Henley checks it.
Vercotti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Henley shoots and misses
and Vercotti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Henley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henley misses with a hook.
Henley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Henley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Henley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vercotti sprawls well. Vercotti wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henley gets slowly back to his feet.
Henley stalks Vercotti and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vercotti's face. Vercotti staggers backwards, shaken.
Luigi Vercotti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley moves away from the strike by Vercotti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vercotti, right into the meat.
Vercotti ducks under a wild hook from Henley.
Henley throws a hook but Vercotti avoids it easily.
Vercotti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vercotti stalks Henley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henley's face. Henley staggers backwards, shaken.
Henley throws out a loose jab but Vercotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vercotti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good shot there by Vercotti.
Vercotti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henley.
Henley looks to land a left hand but Vercotti moved out of range nicely.
A nice side step and Vercotti releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Vercotti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henley throws out the jab.
Vercotti is looking for the big counter here.
A big left from Vercotti misses.
Vercotti stuffs the takedown attempt from Henley. Henley gets slowly back to his feet.
Vercotti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vercottis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Henley closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Vercotti's guard.
Henley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henley throws an elbow that misses. Vercotti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henley's guard. Nice move by Vercotti!
Vercotti stands up over Henley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vercotti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Henley's head.
Henley working for submissions but it's allowed Vercotti to get to half guard.
Henley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vercotti lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti stalling.
Henley tries to get to full guard but Vercotti has control of the leg.
Vercotti lands with a punch from half guard.
Vercotti takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vercotti landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Henley is pressing down on Vercotti's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Henley throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Vercotti escapes and throws Henley's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henley is trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luigi Vercotti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Henley 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 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ben Henley!
During a confident post fight interview, Ben Henley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Luigi Vercotti spoke after the fight, saying 'I gotta get back on the grind.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Temel Dilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Malverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Temel Dilli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesus Malverde!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dilli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dilli swinging wildly here.
Dilli lands the left hand.
Dilli dips to his left and cracks Malverde with an uppercut!
A jab lands there for Malverde.
Dilli misses with a wild body shot.
Dilli lunges at Malverde with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Malverde's hand.
Malverde takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Malverde has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Malverde lands a left and a right that send Dilli crashing to the mat, dazed. Malverde thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Dilli is rocked!
It looks like Temel Dilli has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dilli misses with a left hand
and Malverde counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dilli thinking.
Oh Dilli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malverde throws a nice looking combination but Dilli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dilli seems to have got his legs back now.
Dilli lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dilli moves away from the strike by Malverde.
Dilli appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dilli throws an off balance right hand
and Malverde counters with a left and a right that stings Dilli.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilli drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dilli working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Malverde's head.
Dilli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Malverde working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dilli.
Malverde has his hands on Dilli's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dilli pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Malverde is keeping the position for now.
Dilli throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Malverde is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dilli is aware though and is defending well.
Dilli postures up in Malverde's guard and throws a big left but Malverde blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dilli with a flurry of punches that miss.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Malverde holds on and takes a little breather.
Dilli trying to control the position from guard on top but Malverde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Malverde is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Malverde keeping full guard, as Dilli tries to pass.
Dilli postures up in Malverde's guard and throws a big left but Malverde blocks it.
Dilli working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilli trying to control but Malverde is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Malverde looks to land a body kick but Dilli moved away.
Dilli feinted with a counter takedown.
Dilli lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malverde circles away quickly and effectively.
Malverde throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dilli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dilli throws a body shot but no joy.
Malverde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dilli is trying hard to land a takedown here. Malverde sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dilli scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Malverde connects with a body shot that sends Dilli's belly button to the back.
Malverde looks to land a combination but Dilli avoids it well.
Malverde misses with a few strikes there.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Dilli.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malverde is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Malverde's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilli working the strikes but Malverde uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Malverde manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Malverde is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Malverde looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dilli passes into side control.
Dilli working the ground and pound but Malverde is defending the strikes.
Malverde is not content to let Dilli control the position.
Malverde is looking for a sweep.
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 Temel Dilli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Temel Dilli's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dilli with a nice cross.
Malverde defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dilli.
Malverde misses with a few strikes there.
Dilli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malverde.
Malverde buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Malverde with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jesus Malverde seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dilli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malverde.
Dilli appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dilli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dilli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malverde moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malverde with a nice cross.
Dilli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malverde lands a jab to the nose.
Malverde moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Malverde finds it's way through Dilli's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malverde swings for the body but Dilli moves out of range.
Dilli misses with a lunging right hand
and Malverde counters with a nice leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dilli!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Malverde.
Malverde connects with a body shot.
Dilli shoots in for a double leg but Malverde sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A combination from Dilli does no damage.
Malverde throws a head kick but Dilli moves out of range.
Malverde throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Malverde swings widly with a right hand
and Dilli counters with a right hand to the body.
Dilli drives through and clinches with Malverde against the cage.
Malverde jumps guard but Dilli turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Malverde tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dilli just stands there and leans against the cage.
Malverde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dilli is looking to clinch but Malverde is avoiding it.
Malverde unleashes a big counter combination but Dilli bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Dilli scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dilli avoids the head kick by Malverde.
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!
Dilli wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Malverde tenderised Dilli's leg. Dilli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dilli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dilli closes the distance and clinches.
Dilli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malverde pulls guard.
Dilli is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dilli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Malverde has his foot on Dilli's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dilli works his way back into a safe position though.
Malverde isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dilli stacks Malverde on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dilli!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilli throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dilli lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Malverde down.
Dilli misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes there by Dilli.
Dilli cracks Malverde with a big right hand but Malverde just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Malverde avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dilli.
Dilli grinds an elbow into Malverde's temple.
Dilli misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dilli throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Malverde works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilli looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dilli scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Malverde wants to control but Dilli is keeping busy.
Malverde avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dilli.
Dilli moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Malverde.
Dilli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Malverde keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jesus Malverde will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Temel Dilli's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Malverde blocks a jab.
Dilli backing away here, and Malverde unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Dilli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malverde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dilli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malverde jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dilli checks the leg kick.
Malverde staying out of range there.
Malverde misses with a low kick as Dilli jumps back.
Malverde fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Malverde catches Dilli with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Malverde connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dilli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Malverde throws a wild body kick that Dilli sees coming a mile off.
Dilli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Malverde throws out the jab.
Dilli 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.
Malverde lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde thumps Dilli with a low kick.
Malverde connects with a body shot that sends Dilli's belly button to the back.
Malverde lands a jab to the head.
Dilli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malverde.
Malverde gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Malverde avoids the body shot from Dilli.
Malverde tried to score with a low kick but Dilli checks it.
Dilli looks to land a combination but Malverde avoids it well.
Malverde lands a leg kick that knocks Dilli off balance momentarily.
Malverde jabs Dilli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Malverde lands the left hand.
Dilli lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Malverde drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Malverde keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dilli.
Malverde was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dilli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malverde manages to avoid it.
Dilli with a hook.
Malverde lands a nice hook to Dilli's body. Dilli takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dilli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Malverde on the side of the head.
Malverde lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dilli misses with a double jab
and Malverde counters with a series of strikes. Dilli will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dilli closes the distance and pushes Malverde back into the cage.
Malverde tries to pull guard but Dilli won't allow it.
Dilli lands a nice uppercut.
Malverde breaks the clinch.
Malverde is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jab from Dilli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malverde lands a right hook to the body.
Dilli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Malverde looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dilli connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Malverde momentarily.
Dilli misses with a few strikes there.
Dilli throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Malverde was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Malverde connects with an inside leg kick.
Dilli misses with a wild body shot.
Malverde paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dilli, as that shot connected.
Dilli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dilli cracks a nice hook into Malverde's ribs.
Dilli looks to score with a jab to the body but Malverde is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dilli works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dilli connects with a body shot.
Malverde fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dilli.
Malverde attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malverde takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dilli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Malverde takes one on the button.
Dilli scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dilli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malverde.
Dilli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malverde tries to land a leg kick but Dilli saw it coming and moves away.
Malverde throws a leg kick which misses Dilli's front leg but catches the back leg as Dilli tries to avoid it.
Malverde has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dilli cracks Malverde with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Malverde slips a straight right by Dilli.
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 Temel Dilli.
I think Dilli 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 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Temel Dilli!
A victorious Temel Dilli thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puntti Manne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lemieux comes to the cage accompanied by Sliwa. Manne has chosen Edguy - Two Out of Seven as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ron Lemieux has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ron Lemieux seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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135 lbs
29 - 7 - 0 |
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28
147 lbs
19 - 6 - 0 |
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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
29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Puntti Manne!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lemieux throws a nice inside leg kick.
Manne throws a low kick but Lemieux avoids it.
Lemieux drops down looking for a counter takedown but Manne sprawls and moves away.
Lemieux bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Manne tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Manne gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Lemieux raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lemieux wants to control the pace but Manne is squirming around nicely.
Lemieux landing shots from mount.
Lemieux prevents Manne from getting the reversal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lemieux is landing with some decent strikes but Manne is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lemieux landing shots from mount.
Lemieux working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne tries to reverse the position but Lemieux maintains control.
Lemieux pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lemieux wants to control the pace but Manne is squirming around nicely.
Manne is trying desperately to improve position.
Lemieux scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lemieux really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lemieux landing shots from mount.
Lemieux with good strikes from the mount here!
Lemieux is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Lemieux.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manne is trying to escape the mount.
Manne is still trying to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne keeps trying to improve his position.
Lemieux has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lemieux breaks from Manne's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lemieux looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lemieux has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Manne's face.
Manne is looking to improve his position but Lemieux isn't that keen on the idea.
Lemieux raining down shots from the mount!
Lemieux lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux landing strikes from the mount and Manne is in trouble!
Manne tries to reverse the position but Lemieux maintains control.
Manne has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Lemieux is landing with some decent strikes but Manne is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lemieux connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lemieux landing punches.
Lemieux tries to control but Manne wriggling away.
Lemieux landing punches.
Lemieux sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lemieux with shots to the head and body - Manne looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lemieux scoring with strikes but Manne is staying in there.
Lemieux working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux raining down shots from the mount!
Lemieux goes for an armbar but Manne turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Manne.
Lemieux throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Lemieux throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lemieux has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Manne is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Lemieux.
Lemieux dodges the ground and pound from Manne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Lemieux dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Manne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemieux manages to avoid it.
Good work by Lemieux as he checks the leg kick.
Manne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lemieux fails to land the takedown.
Lemieux bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manne tries to sprawl but Lemieux drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Lemieux is keen to just control but Manne is a slippery customer.
Lemieux throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lemieux throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Manne to regain full guard.
Manne looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemieux sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lemieux throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux trying to control the position from guard on top but Manne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lemieux is looking to work some ground and pound but Manne has wrist control.
Manne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lemieux is looking to advance position but Manne has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
A nice elbow there by Manne.
Lemieux can't escape the position.
Lemieux is working hard here to advance position.
Lemieux bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lemieux trying to control the position from guard on top but Manne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lemieux's guard.
Lemieux looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Manne passes into side control.
Lemieux tries to improve position but can't.
Manne working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Lemieux's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lemieux manages to get back to half guard.
Lemieux looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Manne is looking to take a break and control but Lemieux is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ron Lemieux overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux wants to control but Manne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Manne is taking a breather. Lemieux says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lemieux looking for a kimura from the bottom but Manne passes into side control!
Lemieux is looking for a sweep.
Manne scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lemieux to see if he's OK.
Manne trying to control the action but Lemieux is working from the bottom.
Lemieux regains half guard.
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.
Manne landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lemieux trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lemieux makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lemieux.
Lemieux looking for a guillotine here but Manne defends easily.
Lemieux seems keen to control Manne's posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manne wants to control from the top but Lemieux keeps moving.
Lemieux working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Manne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Puntti Manne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Manne fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lemieux avoids it really well and circles away.
Lemieux appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Manne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manne throws a series of punches but Lemieux moves out of range.
Manne misses with a looping right.
Manne throws a hook but Lemieux avoids it easily.
Lemieux attempts a counter takedown but Manne avoids it well and moves away.
Manne scores with a nice head shot.
Lemieux lands a slapping body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Manne misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manne looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lemieux throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Manne tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lemieux is in Manne's guard.
Manne is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lemieux defends well.
Lemieux throwing strikes from guard but Manne blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux trying to control but Manne is working from the bottom.
Lemieux is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Manne is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Lemieux stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Manne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Manne trying to keep a closed guard but Lemieux is proving a slippery customer.
Lemieux trying to control but Manne is working from the bottom.
Lemieux throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Manne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lemieux is posturing up here but Manne has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Lemieux tries to roll out but it's too tight and Lemieux has to tap! Slick submission there by Manne!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Puntti Manne!
Puntti Manne decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Kersikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kersikov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Avicii - Wake Me Up ft Aloe Blacc kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rocky Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrei Kersikov!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson misses with a low kick as Kersikov jumps back.
Tyson lands with an uppercut that bounces Kersikov off the cage and back into range.
Kersikov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyson scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kersikov. Tyson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kersikov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kersikov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kersikov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A leg kick checked by Tyson.
Kersikov misses the shot to the body.
Kersikov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tyson drops his hands momentarily and Kersikov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tyson feints and then cracks Kersikov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kersikov down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kersikov ducks under a wild hook from Tyson.
Nice body kick there by Kersikov.
Tyson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kersikov manages to avoid it.
Kersikov throws a lazy right hand but Tyson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Tyson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Tyson as he checks the leg kick.
Tyson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tyson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kersikov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Kersikov misses.
Kersikov misses with a body shot.
Kersikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyson.
Tyson scores with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Tyson.
Kersikov throws a leg kick but Tyson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Tyson blocks the leg kick.
Tyson misses with a low kick.
Kersikov throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyson.
Tyson with a hook.
Kersikov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tyson takes a step back to recover.
Kersikov scores with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyson swinging wildly here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyson blocks a low kick nicely.
Kersikov throws a body punch but Tyson moves out of range.
Tyson throws a hook to the side of Kersikov's head but Kersikov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyson avoids the body shot from Kersikov.
A counter left hand to the body from Tyson misses its target.
Tyson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kersikov counters with an inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tyson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kersikov - the referee stops the clock and Tyson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kersikov. Tyson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Kersikov throws a wild body kick that Tyson sees coming a mile off.
Tyson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kersikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kersikov misses with a body kick.
It looked like Tyson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kersikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyson misses with a hook. Kersikov ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson works Kersikov's body with a nice hook.
Tyson throws a head kick that half lands.
Tyson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kersikov cracks Tyson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tyson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kersikov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Kersikov swings for the body but Tyson moves out of range.
Kersikov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kersikov.
Kersikov misses with a kick to the body.
Kersikov scores with a nice head shot.
Kersikov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kersikov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tyson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kersikov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tyson's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov lands a slapping body shot.
Kersikov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tyson lands the left hand.
Kersikov scores with a nice body kick.
Tyson looks to throw the jab but Kersikov is out of range.
Kersikov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kersikov with a jab.
Tyson is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Kersikov.
Tyson misses with an uppercut.
Kersikov feints a jab and as Tyson dips his head, Kersikov unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Tyson right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Tyson falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Kersikov smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Andrei Kersikov!
An out of breath Andrei Kersikov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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