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EVO 218: Xmasultion PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Grin Ribber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Vincent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribber comes to the cage accompanied by Ay Ay Ay. Grin Ribber could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vinnie Vincent's chin.
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150 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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160 lbs
24 - 19 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grin Ribber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vinnie Vincent!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vincent works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vincent looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some bone on bone action there as Vincent checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ribber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ribber with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ribber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vincent.
Vincent throws a lazy uppercut
and Ribber counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ribber looks to land a left hand but Vincent moved out of range nicely.
Vincent feints the counter takedown.
Ribber works Vincent's body with a nice hook.
Ribber seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Vincent misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vincent digs a good body shot into Ribber's ribs.
Ribber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vincent blocks a jab.
Ribber chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Vincent throws a big shot that misses.
Vincent slips a straight right by Ribber.
Vincent avoids the body shot from Ribber.
A little jabbing left from Vincent on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vincent ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ribber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincent looks to land a right hand but Ribber moved out of range.
Vincent jabs Ribber right on the nose. Ribber blinks but takes it well.
Vincent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ribber slips under a jab.
Vincent 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.
Ribber manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vincent manages to get himself to full guard.
Vincent wants to sweep here but Ribber controlling him for the moment.
Vincent looking for a guillotine here but Ribber defends easily.
Vincent is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ribber is aware though and is defending well.
Vincent wants to sweep here but Ribber controlling him for the moment.
Vincent throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribber showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vincent escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ribber gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ribber trying to control the position from guard on top but Vincent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vincent looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Ribber has picked Vincent up and slammed him! Vincent can't keep hold of the triangle and Ribber manages to pass to side control!
Vincent tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vincent is trying to control Ribber's posture but Ribber avoids it.
Ribber trying to control the action but Vincent is working from the bottom.
Vincent is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber controlling the position from side mount.
Vincent takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Vincent tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ribber wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ribber looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ribber throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Vincent is trying to control Ribber's posture but Ribber avoids it.
Ribber wants to control but Vincent is keeping him busy.
Ribber tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ribber takes a little break here. Vincent wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vincent is looking for a sweep.
Ribber throws an elbow but Vincent slips to the side and avoids it well.
Vincent is trying to improve his position.
Vincent manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Vincent trying to control the action but Ribber is working from the bottom.
Ribber is trying to maintain the position but Vincent is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vinnie Vincent will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vincent throws a lazy right hand but Ribber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ribber appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Vincent is looking to slow Ribber down with leg kicks.
Ribber connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheers as Ribber lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vincent doesn't seem phased though.
Vincent thumps Ribber with a low kick.
Donk. Ribber catches Vincent right on the button with a cross.
Ribber closes the distance and clinches up with Vincent, looking for a takedown. Ribber pushes Vincent against the cage but Vincent circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vincent comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vincent swinging wildly here.
A low kick from Vincent is predictable there
and Ribber counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribber is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vincent's half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribber is pressing down on Vincent's thigh, looking to free his foot. Vincent is holding on for now.
Vincent tries to roll over but Ribber keeps him under control.
Vincent is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ribber pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincent trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vincent is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vincent actively working from the bottom here.
Ribber slows the pace down in half guard.
Ribber trying to control the action but Vincent is working from the bottom.
Ribber moves nicely into side control.
Vincent is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ribber working the ground and pound.
Ribber trying to control the action but Vincent is working from the bottom.
Vincent is looking to reverse the position.
Ribber trying to control the action but Vincent is working from the bottom.
Vincent is looking to reverse the position.
Ribber working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Vincent stops Ribber from passing to mount.
You can see the frustration on Vincent's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincent is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Vincent manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ribber's best efforts.
Vincent trying to hold on to Ribber's head to control him but Ribber postures up.
Vincent pushes Ribber off looking to stand but Ribber dives back in and keeps control.
Vincent wants to control but Ribber is keeping busy.
Vincent wants to control but Ribber passes into side.
Ribber works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vincent taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ribber controls the position from side control.
Vincent manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vincent is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Ribber.
Vincent looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vincent actively working from the bottom here.
Vincent looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vincent is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ribber working Vincent over with strikes.
Ribber has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Vincent wants to control but Ribber is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grin Ribber dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vincent avoids a kick to the body.
Vincent wants to counter with a clinch but Ribber pushes him away.
Ribber takes a swing at Vincent's ribcage but misses.
And Vincent tries to counter it with a takedown but Ribber pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ribber blocks a low kick nicely.
Vincent misses with a looping right.
Vincent fails to land with a series of punches.
Ribber throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vincent drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ribber defends it well.
Ribber ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vincent is looking to land body kicks.
Ribber lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ribber staying out of range there.
Vincent buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ribber lands with a shot to the body.
Ribber throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vincent on the side of the head.
Vincent closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ribber circles away.
Ribber tries to counter with a takedown but Vincent is quick to defend against it.
Ribber throws a low kick, looking for Vincent's leg but Vincent calmly moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ribber.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber with a jab.
Vincent slips under a jab.
Vincent takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice shot by Ribber.
Vincent dodges the punch combination from Ribber.
Grin Ribber is winning the standup battle so far.
Ribber walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vincent with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ribber misses with a low kick as Vincent jumps back.
Ribber throws a jab when Vincent was well out of range.
Vincent moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ribber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vincent can do to turn this around?
Good exchange - Ribber coming out on top.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ribber.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vincent misses with a double jab.
Ribber looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincent takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ribber ducks under a wild hook from Vincent.
Vincent staying out of range there.
Vincent connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ribber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vincent.
Ribber catches Vincent with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vincent moves away from the strike by Ribber.
Ribber connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vincent connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vincent swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ribber is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ribber connects with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vincent. That's going to slow Ribber down.
Ribber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice takedown defense from Ribber. No joy for Vincent on that attempt.
Ribber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vincent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vincent ducks under a wild hook from Ribber.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vincent moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vincent let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Vincent takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vincent feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ribber's calf.
Ribber misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ribber scores with the left hand. Vincent knows he should have avoided that one.
Ribber connects with a looping right hand.
Vincent misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Grin Ribber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinnie Vincent.
Ribber looks to throw the jab but Vincent is out of range.
Ribber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vincent was well out of range. Poor timing from Ribber.
Vincent scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ribber feints and as Vincent raises his hands in defense, Ribber changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vincent has an active guard here but Ribber has managed to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribber throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ribber working over Vincent with some ground and pound. Vincent looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vincent actively working from the bottom here.
Ribber tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vincent knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ribber not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vincent is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ribber wants to pass to mount but Vincent is defending the position.
Ribber is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Vincent is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grin Ribber clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ribber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vincent takes one to the chin there.
Vincent jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vincent takes one to the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Vincent.
Vincent shoots in but no luck this time.
Vincent throws a hook but Ribber avoids it easily.
Ribber throwing a counter right hand but Vincent manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ribber, right into the meat.
Nice shot lands for Ribber.
Ribber swings for the body but Vincent moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ribber misses with a low kick.
Vincent is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ribber chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vincent throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ribber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vincent tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vincent throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Vincent misses the target.
A lazy left from Ribber finds it's target.
Vincent throws a jab when Ribber was well out of range.
Vincent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ribber.
Ribber motions for Vincent to come forward. Ribber throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ribber bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vincent's head backwards.
Vincent throws the kick towards the body but Ribber avoids it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ribber.
Vincent avoids the body shot from Ribber.
Vincent slips under a jab from Ribber.
Ribber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vincent moves away.
Vincent looks to land a left hand but Ribber moved out of range nicely.
Ribber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vincent manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Ribber - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincent throws a solid leg kick but Ribber takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vincent.
Ribber blocks a jab.
Ribber lands a nice hook to Vincent's body. Vincent takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ribber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ribber throws a solid leg kick but Vincent takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ribber.
Ribber lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ribber keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ribber takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vincent looks to score with a jab to the body but Ribber is just out of range.
Ribber cracks Vincent with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ribber lands a nice shot that snaps Vincent's head back.
Ribber connects with a body shot.
Vincent throws a looping overhand right but Ribber ducks down to avoid it.
Ribber throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vincent swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber tests Vincent's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vincent showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ribber.
Vincent looks to land a right hand but Ribber moved out of range.
Ribber appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Vincent takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vincent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ribber.
Ribber swinging wildly here.
Vincent is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribber. Vincent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vincent is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ribber lands a jab to Vincent's midsection.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ribber.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grin Ribber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ribber defending well as Vincent loads up on a big left hand.
Vincent throws the left hand but Ribber avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vincent throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ribber.
Ribber misses with a straight left.
Vincent cracks Ribber with a good jab.
Ribber scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vincent thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ribber jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Ribber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vincent misses with a low kick.
Vincent tries to land a leg kick but Ribber saw it coming and moves away.
Ribber scores with a jab to the body.
Vincent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ribber.
Good standup being displayed there by Ribber as he connects with a hook.
Vincent misses with a hook. Ribber ducked under it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Ribber as he connects with a hook.
Ribber digs a good body shot into Vincent's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grin Ribber had his way with Vinnie Vincent in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A big right from Ribber misses.
Vincent feints the counter takedown.
Ribber throws a solid leg kick but Vincent takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ribber.
Vincent drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ribber defends it well.
Nice body punch from Vincent.
Ribber closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ribber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ribber lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A nice combination there by Vincent.
Ribber fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vincent checks it well.
Vincent dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ribber dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vincent. That did some damage!
Ribber throws a poor cross that misses
and Vincent finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Vincent walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ribber checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vincent throws a low kick, looking for Ribber's leg but Ribber calmly moves out of range.
Vincent has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vincent blocks a leg kick.
Vincent is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ribber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber sizes up Vincent with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vincent takes a swing at Ribber's ribcage but misses.
Ribber throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ribber throws an overhand right that lands on Vincent's shoulder, as Vincent tries to avoid the shot.
Ribber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ribber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ribber takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ribber swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vincent.
Vincent blocks a jab.
Vincent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ribber.
Vincent is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vincent lands a high kick!
Ribber tests Vincent's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vincent throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vincent takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Ribber misses.
Vincent lands with a hook. Ribber tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vincent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vincent misses with a series of wild punches.
Ribber tries to counter with a takedown but Vincent is quick to defend against it.
Ribber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vincent.
Ribber scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ribber takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good exchange - Vincent coming out on top.
Ribber throws the left hand but Vincent avoids the punch easily.
Ribber throws a front kick aimed at Vincent's knee but Vincent avoids it well.
Vincent throws an overhand right that lands on Ribber's shoulder, as Ribber tries to avoid the shot.
Vincent misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincent throws a lazy right hand but Ribber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ribber staying out of range there.
Ribber listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ribber throws a leg kick but Vincent moved away.
Ribber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ribber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vincent scores with the left hand. Ribber knows he should have avoided that one.
Ribber misses with a looping right.
Vincent throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vincent moves forwards but Ribber connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ribber lands a glancing blow to the side of Vincent's head.
A punch combination from Ribber misses.
A cross from Vincent lands.
Vincent closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vincent misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ribber swings wildly with an uppercut but Vincent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribber digs a right hand into Vincent's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vincent's gas tank.
Vincent can't find room to land a body shot as Ribber controls the action.
Ribber takes a shot to the head.
Vincent is trying to maintain a safe position but Ribber gets an underhook and turns Vincent into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Vincent fails to land.
Vincent blocking some punches.
Vincent swings wildly with an uppercut but Ribber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vincent swings wildly with an uppercut but Ribber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribber manages to break the clinch.
Ribber throws a jab but it's blocked by Vincent.
A slow jab from Vincent misses its intended target.
Vinnie Vincent has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ribber throws a right hand that Vincent ducks under and follows up with a left that Vincent also avoids with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vinnie Vincent.
I think Ribber has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 48:47
Judge William Gold scores the fight 48:47
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grin Ribber!
A relieved looking Grin Ribber thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Billy Dessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blackbeard The Pirate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dessler kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tupac - I'm a soldier. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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36
148 lbs
30 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Dessler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blackbeard The Pirate!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pirate misses with an uppercut.
Dessler throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Pirate bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dessler looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dessler misses with a low kick.
The Pirate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Dessler.
Dessler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dessler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Pirate.
The Pirate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dessler tries to counter by moving into the clinch but The Pirate manages to circle out of the way.
Dessler misses with an uppercut. The Pirate saw that one coming.
The Pirate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dessler's calf.
A jab from The Pirate misses.
Dessler is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Pirate checks the leg kick.
The Pirate scoring well with a low kick there.
The Pirate uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dessler has time to react.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The Pirate has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dessler misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dessler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dessler tries to work over The Pirate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dessler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dessler lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dessler.
The Pirate scores with a shoulder strike.
The Pirate throws a head punch that misses.
The Pirate takes a shot to the head.
The Pirate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Pirate.
Dessler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Pirate tries to break free but Dessler pushes him back against the cage.
The Pirate wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Pirate.
Dessler managing to block the knees to the body from The Pirate.
The Pirate takes a shot to the head.
The Pirate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Pirate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dessler. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate lands with a kick to the temple. Dessler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Pirate lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dessler backs up against the cage.
The Pirate checks the leg kick.
The Pirate throws the kick towards the body but Dessler avoids it.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick and Dessler moves out of range easily.
Dessler cracks The Pirate with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dessler misses with a head kick.
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
Dessler looks for the body kick but The Pirate saw that one coming.
The Pirate connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Dessler misses
and The Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dessler throws a leg kick which misses The Pirate's front leg but catches the back leg as The Pirate tries to avoid it.
The Pirate lands a leg kick that knocks Dessler off balance momentarily.
Billy Dessler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Pirate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dessler.
The Pirate throws a shot from downtown. Dessler moves away and avoids it.
Dessler swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dessler lunges at The Pirate with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Pirate's hand.
The Pirate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dessler throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The Pirate's coach down at Team Beta Male was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on The Pirate's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Dessler checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Pirate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Pirate throws a chopping leg kick but Dessler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The Pirate with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dessler to score with a decent uppercut.
The Pirate misses with a low kick as Dessler jumps back.
The Pirate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dessler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a solid leg kick but Dessler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Pirate.
The Pirate motions for Dessler to come forward. The Pirate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler misses with a low kick.
The Pirate throws the kick towards the body but Dessler avoids it.
The Pirate looks to score with a jab to the body but Dessler is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Pirate.
The Pirate tests Dessler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Pirate scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dessler doesn't seem bothered though.
The Pirate walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dessler.
The Pirate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Pirate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dessler's calf.
The Pirate misses with a hook
and Dessler counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Pirate throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dessler.
Dessler fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Pirate just manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by The Pirate.
It seemed like The Pirate was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dessler drives through and clinches with The Pirate against the cage.
Dessler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Pirate breaks from the clinch.
Dessler scores with a nice right hand.
Dessler scores with a kick to the body.
Dessler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dessler is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dessler keeps The Pirate at a distance using the push kick.
The Pirate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dessler defending well as The Pirate loads up on a big left hand.
Dessler looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Dessler checks the leg kick.
The Pirate checks a leg kick nicely.
The Pirate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dessler was well out of range. Poor timing from The Pirate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blackbeard The Pirate dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dessler throws a nice head kick!
Dessler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Pirate.
Dessler tried to score with a low kick but The Pirate checks it.
The Pirate misses with a hook.
Dessler was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Pirate misses with a left hand
and Dessler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dessler blocks a jab.
The Pirate blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Pirate! But no joy.
The Pirate misses with a head kick.
Dessler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dessler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Pirate tries to score with a low kick but Dessler moves his leg out of the way.
Dessler throws a leg kick
and The Pirate counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dessler's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dessler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dessler throws a body shot but no joy.
The Pirate tried to score with a low kick but Dessler checks it.
A low kick from Dessler misses
and The Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dessler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate tries to land a front kick but Dessler steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd cheers as Dessler lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Pirate doesn't seem phased though.
The Pirate showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dessler.
The Pirate fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dessler pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Pirate is out of range and Dessler settles back down.
The Pirate throws a head kick but Dessler moves out of range.
Dessler takes the fight into the clinch.
Dessler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Pirate backwards.
The Pirate breaks the clinch.
Dessler connects with a body shot.
Dessler tries a low kick but The Pirate avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dessler 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.
Dessler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Pirate was well out of range. Poor timing from Dessler.
The Pirate ducks under a wild hook from Dessler.
The Pirate misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dessler moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Dessler misses the target.
Dessler lands a leg kick that knocks The Pirate off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate missing with a left hand there. Dessler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Pirate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dessler. Dessler obviously looking to wear him down.
The Pirate looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The Pirate staying out of range there.
The Pirate now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Pirate misses the shot to the body.
The Pirate on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Pirate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dessler throws a low kick but The Pirate moves out of range easily.
As Dessler backs off The Pirate throws a huge counter combo but Dessler manages to avoid it all.
Dessler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Pirate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler moves into the clinch successfully.
The Pirate manages to break the clinch.
Dessler tries to land a leg kick but The Pirate saw it coming and moves away.
The Pirate swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dessler scores with a nice right hand.
Dessler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Pirate has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dessler tenderised The Pirate's leg. The Pirate is trying to keep his angry face on.
The Pirate goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Pirate throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dessler throws a push kick but The Pirate slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Pirate darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dessler throws a sloppy head kick and The Pirate moves out of range easily.
The Pirate lands a leg kick that knocks Dessler off balance momentarily.
The Pirate tries to score with a low kick but Dessler moves his leg out of the way.
Blackbeard The Pirate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dessler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Pirate.
Dessler ducks under a wild hook from The Pirate.
Dessler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Dessler misses the target.
The Pirate is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dessler looks to land a body kick but The Pirate moved away.
The Pirate bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dessler's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dessler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dessler moves away from the strike by The Pirate.
An attempted straight right counter from Dessler misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dessler looks to score with a jab to the body but The Pirate is just out of range.
Dessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dessler looks for the body kick but The Pirate saw that one coming.
The Pirate now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Pirate, right into the meat.
The Pirate takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Pirate moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dessler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Pirate fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dessler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Pirate scoring well with a low kick there.
A slow jab from The Pirate misses its intended target.
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
Dessler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dessler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Pirate swings for the body but Dessler moves out of range.
Dessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dessler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Blackbeard The Pirate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
The Pirate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dessler.
Dessler was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dessler cracks the inside of The Pirate's front leg.
The Pirate cracks the inside of Dessler's front leg.
The Pirate scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dessler, right into the meat.
A cross from The Pirate lands.
Dessler scores with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Pirate.
Dessler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dessler.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dessler.
The Pirate throws a low kick, looking for Dessler's leg but Dessler calmly moves out of range.
Nice body punch from The Pirate.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Pirate. Dessler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dessler throws a leg kick which misses The Pirate's front leg but catches the back leg as The Pirate tries to avoid it.
The Pirate throws a poor cross that misses
and Dessler counters with a straight right hand.
The Pirate throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate throws a leg kick
and Dessler counters with a left to the body.
The Pirate blocks a leg kick.
Dessler moves into the clinch.
The Pirate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick and Dessler moves out of range easily.
The Pirate throws a hook to the side of Dessler's head but Dessler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Pirate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dessler.
The Pirate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dessler.
The Pirate throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Pirate just misses with a punch to the body.
The Pirate motions for Dessler to come forward. The Pirate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Pirate's sensitive parts.
Dessler looks to land a body kick but The Pirate moved away.
The Pirate misses with a double jab.
The Pirate avoids the head kick by Dessler.
Dessler throws a leg kick but The Pirate sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Billy Dessler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pirate on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Pirate.
Dessler throws a low kick, looking for The Pirate's leg but The Pirate calmly moves out of range.
Dessler slips a jab from The Pirate.
A bone on bone clash there as Dessler blocks the leg kick.
Dessler throws a wild body kick that The Pirate sees coming a mile off.
Dessler misses with a leg kick
and The Pirate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dessler throws a front kick aimed at The Pirate's knee but The Pirate avoids it well.
Dessler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Pirate moves away.
Dessler smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The Pirate throws a jab when Dessler was well out of range.
The Pirate lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dessler's sensitive parts.
Dessler tries to land a leg kick but The Pirate saw it coming and moves away.
The Pirate appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dessler moves out of range of the body kick from The Pirate.
Dessler tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Pirate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Pirate shapes to counter with a head kick.
Dessler looks to throw the jab but The Pirate is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dessler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Pirate.
The Pirate slips a jab from Dessler.
Dessler lands with a straight right. The Pirate didn't see that one coming.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick
and Dessler counters with a leg kick.
Dessler throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Pirate.
The Pirate feints and then cracks Dessler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dessler down.
The Pirate has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dessler.
Dessler tries to clinch but fails miserably
and The Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Pirate missing with a left hand there. Dessler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Pirate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Pirate tries a head kick but it misses.
The Pirate misses with an uppercut. Dessler saw that one coming.
It appears Dessler was looking to counter with a kick there.
The Pirate looks to land a left hand but Dessler moved out of range nicely.
The Pirate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Pirate avoids a kick to the body.
Dessler misses with a head kick.
The Pirate circles away from the clinch attempt
and The Pirate counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dessler lands a slapping body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Pirate 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 Dessler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dessler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dessler on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dessler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Pirate.
Dessler swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The Pirate throws a solid leg kick but Dessler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Pirate.
Dessler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Pirate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dessler.
Dessler tries a low kick but The Pirate avoids it.
The Pirate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dessler is looking to clinch but The Pirate is avoiding it.
A jab from The Pirate misses.
The Pirate scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dessler throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dessler defending well as The Pirate loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Pirate works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blackbeard The Pirate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Pirate winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blackbeard The Pirate!
After the fight, Blackbeard The Pirate was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Billy Dessler spoke after the fight, saying 'Garbage decision. Bullshit'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tuju Kilju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vesa Sykk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilju comes to the cage accompanied by One Of These Mornings. Sykk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tuju Kilju could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vesa Sykk's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tuju Kilju!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vesa Sykk!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sykk has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kilju finds it's way round the side to connect with Sykk's head.
Kilju throws a hook but Sykk blocks it.
Sykk misses with a right hand
and Kilju counters with a nice leg kick.
Kilju lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kilju fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sykk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kilju connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kilju turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kilju throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kilju connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kilju pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Kilju there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sykk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kilju lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Kilju has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A left and a right from Kilju both land. Nice combination.
Sykk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sykk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sykk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kilju.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilju swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sykk steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kilju.
Kilju tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sykk was well out of range. Poor timing from Kilju.
Kilju throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kilju keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kilju misses with a head kick.
Kilju scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kilju is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sykk.
Sykk has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kilju finds it's way round the side to connect with Sykk's head.
Sykk moves out of range of the strikes.
Kilju looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kilju lands a leg kick that knocks Sykk off balance momentarily.
Kilju fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sykk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kilju lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sykk has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilju lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kilju tries a body shot but Sykk blocks it.
Sykk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kilju tries to work over Sykk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kilju escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sykk avoids the body shot from Kilju.
Sykk avoids the head kick by Kilju.
Sykk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kilju.
Sykk throws a counter combo.
Nice cross by Kilju.
Kilju scores with a hook to the body. Sykk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kilju fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kilju.
Sykk tries to clinch but Kilju is having none of it.
Sykk throws a sloppy head kick and Kilju moves out of range easily.
Kilju scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilju connects with a nice looking jab.
Sykk moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kilju throws an elbow but misses.
Sykk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kilju misses with the head strike.
Sykk manages to break the clinch.
Kilju lands a leg kick that knocks Sykk off balance momentarily.
Sykk throws a push kick but Kilju slaps the foot to one side.
Kilju misses with a looping left.
Sykk lands a right hook to the body.
Kilju goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kilju misses the shot to the body.
Sykk needs to keep his hands up - Kilju had a free shot at his head there.
Kilju connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sykk attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sykk blocks a low kick nicely.
Sykk lunges at Kilju with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kilju's hand.
Sykk lands a nice looking body shot.
Kilju misses with a body shot.
Sykk moves out of range of the leg kick from Kilju.
The fighters circling - Sykk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kilju scores with a nice right hand.
Kilju throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykk feints a counter leg kick.
Tuju Kilju seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sykk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kilju tries to score with a low kick but Sykk moves his leg out of the way.
Sykk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kilju scoring well with a low kick there.
Sykk looks to score with a jab to the body but Kilju is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuju Kilju dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sykk misses the shot to the body.
Sykk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kilju rather than just go for the knockout.
Kilju misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sykk.
A good leg kick by Sykk.
Kilju uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sykk.
Kilju throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kilju throws a shot from downtown. Sykk moves away and avoids it.
Kilju moves out of range of the body kick.
Sykk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sykk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sykk misses with a hook.
Kilju is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sykk can do to turn this around?
Kilju is looking to chop away at Sykk's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk throws a body punch but Kilju moves out of range.
Kilju lands a body shot.
Sykk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kilju is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sykk.
Sykk tries a quick counter leg kick but Kilju is wise to it.
Kilju scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilju throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kilju throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kilju blocks a head kick by Sykk.
Kilju connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sykk's hands.
Sykk throws a chopping leg kick but Kilju manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Kilju there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kilju avoids the body shot from Sykk.
Good work by Kilju as he checks the leg kick.
Kilju connects with a looping right hand.
Sykk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sykk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tuju Kilju is winning the standup battle so far.
Sykk misses with a low kick as Kilju jumps back.
Kilju is looking to counter punch.
Kilju takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kilju moves out of range of the leg kick from Sykk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilju jabs Sykk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sykk takes a swing at Kilju's ribcage but misses.
Sykk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kilju checks it well.
Sykk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sykk scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Kilju.
Sykk throws a low kick but Kilju avoids it.
Kilju lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kilju.
Sykk lands with a right hand.
Sykk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kilju throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kilju lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sykk misses with an uppercut. Kilju saw that one coming.
Sykk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kilju appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sykk pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kilju is out of range and Sykk settles back down.
It looked like Kilju wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kilju lands a really nice looking cross but Sykk seems unphased.
Kilju connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sykk lands with a nice body punch.
Kilju connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kilju looks to throw the jab but Sykk is out of range.
Sykk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kilju throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kilju throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sykk is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kilju with a body shot.
Kilju lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilju lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykk blocks a head kick by Kilju.
Sykk throws a series of punches but Kilju moves out of range.
Sykk wants to land a leg kick but Kilju is out of range.
Sykk moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykk throws a head kick that misses.
Sykk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sykk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sykk misses with an uppercut. Kilju saw that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Kilju lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sykk doesn't seem phased though.
Sykk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kilju throws out the jab.
Kilju looks for the body kick but Sykk saw that one coming.
Sykk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kilju, pushing him back against the cage.
Sykk has a couple of punches blocked by Kilju.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuju Kilju dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sykk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kilju's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sykk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kilju scrambles back to his feet.
Sykk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kilju.
Sykk lands a leg kick that knocks Kilju off balance momentarily.
Kilju thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sykk if he has to take too many more of those.
Sykk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sykk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sykk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sykk takes a swing at Kilju's ribcage but misses.
Kilju uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sykk.
Kilju moves out of range as Sykk throws a body kick.
Kilju's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sykk under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilju throws a nice outside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sykk.
Kilju throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sykk misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilju lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kilju chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kilju moves out of range of the strikes.
Sykk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kilju lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kilju swinging wildly here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sykk! But no joy.
Kilju lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sykk at a distance.
Kilju lands a nice shot to the body.
Sykk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice defenses there by Kilju.
Kilju lands the left hand.
Sykk throws a leg kick but Kilju checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilju throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sykk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kilju.
Sykk tries to clinch but Kilju moves out of range.
Kilju swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kilju lands with an overhand left.
Sykk throws a head kick that misses.
Kilju throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Kilju as he connects with a hook.
Sykk defending well as Kilju loads up on a big left hand.
Sykk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kilju at a distance.
Kilju swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sykk.
Kilju swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sykk.
Sykk clinches up against the cage.
Kilju escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Sykk.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kilju 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 Sykk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sykk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kilju attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kilju delivers a nice body kick.
Kilju connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kilju uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Sykk steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kilju. That one must have hurt.
Sykk blocks the body kick.
Sykk appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sykk throws out a loose jab but Kilju uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kilju throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kilju connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kilju throws the left hand but Sykk avoids the punch easily.
Sykk is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sykk.
Kilju moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sykk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kilju cracks a nice hook into Sykk's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sykk misses with a wild body shot.
Kilju throws a jab when Sykk was well out of range.
Sykk avoids a kick to the body.
Kilju fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kilju connects with the punch.
Sykk is looking to slow Kilju down with leg kicks.
Sykk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kilju can pounce on him.
Kilju goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kilju displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sykk throws out the jab.
A combination from Kilju does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuju Kilju clearly takes that 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.
Sykk avoids the body shot from Kilju.
Sykk steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kilju.
Kilju cracks Sykk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sykk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kilju throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sykk counters with an inside leg kick.
Sykk moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kilju ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kilju's corner calls for a 1-2. Kilju obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kilju swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kilju misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk checks a low kick from Kilju.
Kilju misses with a low kick.
Sykk moves out of range as Kilju strikes.
Sykk wants to slow Kilju down by chopping away at his legs.
Sykk defending well as Kilju loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilju ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sykk moves away.
Sykk moves away from the strike by Kilju.
Kilju throws a series of punches but Sykk avoids them all with ease.
Sykk wants to counter the offense by Kilju and move into the clinch position.
Sykk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kilju.
Kilju scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sykk doesn't seem bothered though.
Sykk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kilju connects with a right hand. Sykk shakes it off.
Kilju swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kilju looks for the body kick but Sykk saw that one coming.
Sykk swings for the body but Kilju moves out of range.
Kilju pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sykk is out of range and Kilju settles back down.
Sykk appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kilju rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sykk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sykk steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kilju.
Kilju cracks the inside of Sykk's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilju digs a good hook to Sykk's body.
Sykk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kilju ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sykk moves away.
Kilju fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykk manages to avoid it.
A big left from Kilju misses.
Kilju is looking to chop away at Sykk's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilju closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sykk looks to land a combination but Kilju avoids it well.
Sykk slips under a jab.
Sykk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kilju.
Kilju scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kilju slips under a jab.
Sykk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kilju.
Sykk raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilju looks to throw the jab but Sykk is out of range.
Kilju scores with a jab to the body.
Kilju on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kilju tries a head kick but it misses.
Kilju takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kilju is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sykk.
Kilju with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sykk to score with a decent uppercut.
Sykk ducks under a wild hook from Kilju.
Kilju throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykk blocks the body kick.
Sykk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sykk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big left from Sykk misses.
Kilju appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kilju tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sykk is able to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilju throws a leg kick but Sykk moved away.
Sykk scores with a spinning back kick!
Sykk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kilju paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kilju appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sykk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kilju throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sykk doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sykk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kilju uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kilju walks into a straight right hand from Sykk.
Sykk misses with a head kick.
Kilju swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kilju throws a leg kick but Sykk sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sykk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuju Kilju had his way with Vesa Sykk in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Kilju takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kilju looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kilju lands with a hook. Sykk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sykk lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sykk swings for the body but Kilju moves out of range.
Kilju throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kilju tries to score with a low kick but Sykk moves his leg out of the way.
Kilju displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sykk throws out the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Sykk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kilju. Sykk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sykk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sykk moves away from the strike by Kilju.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Kilju. Those never looked like landing.
Sykk misses with a two punch combination.
Kilju throws a big counter combination but Sykk scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sykk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kilju.
Sykk throws a good cross that connects.
Sykk tries to close the distance and clinch but Kilju swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kilju pushes Sykk away with a front kick.
Sykk throws a low kick but Kilju avoids it.
Sykk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sykk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kilju thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sykk drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kilju defends it well.
Sykk misses with a shot to the body
and Kilju counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kilju fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kilju lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilju scores with a kick to the body.
Kilju throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sykk 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.
Kilju fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sykk checks it well.
Kilju throws a body shot but no joy.
Sykk slips a jab from Kilju.
Kilju throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kilju misses with a low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sykk.
Sykk tried to score with a low kick but Kilju checks it.
A solid body kick from Kilju.
Kilju displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sykk throws out the jab.
Kilju thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilju looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kilju takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sykk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kilju lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kilju darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kilju scores with a punch to the head.
Vesa Sykk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sykk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sykk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kilju doesn't seem bothered though.
Sykk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sykk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kilju keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kilju swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
Kilju throws a series of punches but Sykk avoids them all with ease.
Kilju takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good leg kick by Sykk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kilju misses with a leg kick.
Sykk takes a swing at Kilju's ribcage but misses.
Kilju connects with a leg kick. Sykk looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sykk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kilju.
Sykk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kilju throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kilju connects with a looping right hand.
Sykk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kilju looks to land a left hand but Sykk moved out of range nicely.
Sykk throws a body punch but Kilju moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tuju Kilju showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kilju, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:45
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuju Kilju!
Tuju Kilju 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Nada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amisviiksi Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tolonen's choice of entrance music: Machinae Supremacy - Death From Above. Amisviiksi Tolonen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Nada's chin.
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27
177 lbs
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32
175 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Nada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amisviiksi Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolonen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nada misses with a wild body shot.
Nada backing away here, and Tolonen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tolonen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Amisviiksi Tolonen has been cut.
Nada throws a sloppy head kick and Tolonen moves out of range easily.
Tolonen connects with a body shot.
Nada throws a nice looking combination but Tolonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nada 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.
Nada digs a good hook to Tolonen's body.
Tolonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Frank Nada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nada lands a nice looking body shot.
Tolonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Nada clobbers Tolonen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolonen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Nada counter with a right hand.
Nada throws a body punch but Tolonen moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Nada.
Nada misses with a left hand
letting Tolonen counter with a right hand.
Nada swings widly with a right hand
and Tolonen counters with a nice body shot.
Tolonen tests Nada's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nada lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tolonen circles away quickly and effectively.
Nada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Tolonen is predictable there
and Nada counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tolonen's knee momentarily.
Tolonen cracks a nice hook into Nada's ribs.
Nada throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tolonen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nada connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nada tries to move into range but Tolonen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A lazy left from Nada finds it's target.
Nada throws a leg kick but Tolonen moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nada connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tolonen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nada on the side of the head.
Nada drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nada is rocked!
Nada swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tolonen counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Nada out cold! What a finish! Tolonen is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Amisviiksi Tolonen!
A relieved looking Amisviiksi Tolonen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Duberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holy Jenova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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39
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fidel Duberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Holy Jenova!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duberry ducks right into an uppercut from Jenova.
Jenova ducks under a wild hook from Duberry.
Duberry moves into the clinch successfully.
Jenova blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Jenova on the inside.
Jenova misses with a punch on the inside.
Duberry pushes Jenova back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jenova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duberry breaks the clinch.
Duberry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jenova loads up on a big right hand but Duberry slips the punch.
Duberry connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jenova. Jenova circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Duberry throws the left hand but Jenova avoids the punch easily.
Jenova is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jenova throws a right and a left that Duberry avoids nicely.
Duberry thumps Jenova with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jenova tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duberry was well out of range. Poor timing from Jenova.
Duberry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jenova.
Jenova has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duberry finds it's way round the side to connect with Jenova's head.
Jenova works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jenova gets a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duberry wants to get back to his feet.
Jenova thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duberry's head.
Jenova keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Duberry wants to get back to full guard.
Jenova stops Duberry from getting back to his feet.
Duberry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jenova is keen to just control but Duberry is a slippery customer.
Duberry tries to kick Jenova off but Jenova keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jenova is looking to advance position but Duberry won't allow it.
Duberry might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Duberry wants to control but Jenova is keeping busy.
Duberry is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jenova is keen to just control but Duberry is a slippery customer.
Jenova wants to pass the guard but Duberry is defending well.
Duberry is trying to stand up here but Jenova is controlling him well.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Holy Jenova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duberry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Duberry walks into a stiff left hand from Jenova.
Duberry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jenova.
Duberry throws a half hearted mid kick.
Duberry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jenova changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Duberry looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jenova trying to control the action but Duberry is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duberry sneaks out the side door and pushes Jenova away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duberry throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Duberry lands a head kick!
It looks like Holy Jenova has been cut.
Duberry seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jenova swats away the attempt to clinch by Duberry.
Duberry sets himself, and Jenova steps forward looking for the clinch! Duberry avoids it this time.
Duberry just misses with a punch to the body.
Duberry takes a swing at Jenova's ribcage but misses.
Jenova tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duberry was well out of range. Poor timing from Jenova.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jenova connects with a solid leg kick.
Duberry works over Jenova's head and body with a nice combination.
Jenova keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Fidel Duberry has been cut.
Jenova throws a nice looking combination but Duberry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body punch from Jenova.
Jenova defending well as Duberry loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenova lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jenova throws a right and a left that Duberry avoids nicely.
Duberry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jenova misses with a body kick.
Jenova avoids the body shot from Duberry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenova lands a front kick.
Jenova slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Duberry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Duberry just misses with a punch to the body.
Jenova comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duberry is breathing heavily.
A cross from Jenova lands.
Jenova cracks Duberry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Duberry is rocked!
Jenova finds Duberry's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Duberry flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Jenova lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Duberry will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Holy Jenova!
Holy Jenova was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raijin Kage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kage's choice of entrance music: Ride the Lightning. This should be fireworks!
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32
145 lbs
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31
162 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Raijin Kage!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Jamison.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jamison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kage drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Jamison defends it well.
A shot to the liver by Jamison. Beautiful body shot.
Jamison lands a nice shot that snaps Kage's head back.
Kage drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kage trying to control the action but Jamison is working from the bottom.
Jamison manages to work his way to half guard, despite Kage's best efforts.
Jamison wants to get back to full guard.
Kage looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
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!
Kage thows a huge punch but Jamison dodges it nicely.
Kage is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Jamison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kage working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kage is trying to take his opponent's back.
Kage looking to finish Jamison with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jamison!
Jamison wants to control but Kage is having none of it.
Jamison tries to reverse the position but Kage maintains control.
Jamison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kage prevents Jamison from getting the reversal.
Kage lands a big elbow.
Kage unloading with bombs!
Kage looking to secure an arm triangle but Jamison defends it well.
Kage goes for an armbar but Jamison turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Jamison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jamison throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison wants to control from the top but Kage keeps moving.
Jamison works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jamison is looking to stall here but Kage recovers full guard.
Kage is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kage has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jamison can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jamison stopping the sweep attempt from Kage.
Jamison wants to control from the top but Kage keeps moving.
Jamison pushing down on Kage's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kage actively working from the bottom here.
Jamison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kage keeps working.
Kage 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.
Jamison not doing much here.
Jamison wants to free his trapped foot but Kage is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kage tries to roll over but Jamison keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kage manages to get to full guard.
Kage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jamison forces his way into half guard.
Jamison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kage wants to get back to full guard.
Kage is defending against the submission attempts here by Jamison.
Kage is refusing to be controlled, as Jamison sits in half guard.
Jamison seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kage moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kage looking for a guillotine here but Jamison defends easily.
Jamison advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raijin Kage dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kage avoids the body shot from Jamison.
Kage moves out of range of the body kick from Jamison.
Jamison scores with a kick to the body.
Kage throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jamison tries to clinch up but Kage circles away and keeps his distance.
Jamison closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kage quickly recovers to half guard.
Jamison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kage keeps working.
Kage is looking for a sweep. Jamison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jamison is nestled in close to Kage, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kage trying to control but Jamison postures up.
Kage makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kage.
Kage keeping moving, preventing Jamison from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kage looking for a guillotine here but Jamison defends easily.
Kage throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jamison trying to control the position from guard on top but Kage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jamison is one step ahead there.
Kage had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jamison defends it easily.
Kage has momentary wrist control but Jamison slips an elbow through the middle.
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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jamison's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kage keeping moving, preventing Jamison from controlling successfully.
Jamison landing with the ground and pound.
Kage is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jamison is aware though and is defending well.
Jamison preventing the sweep.
Jamison controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kage is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jamison wants to pass the guard but Kage is keeping the position.
Kage bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jamison's guard.
Kage trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Jamison manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jamison tries to free his leg and advance position but Kage is retaining full guard.
Kage manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jamison manages to get himself to full guard.
Jamison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kage manages to get himself to full guard.
Jamison is looking to work some ground and pound but Kage has wrist control.
Kage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kage thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kage looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jamison passes into side control.
Jamison trying to control the position but Kage is working away.
Kage gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jamison connects with a nice short shot to Kage's temple.
Jamison passes to side control.
Jamison looks up at the clock and then as Kage takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jamison smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jamison trying to control the position but Kage is working away.
Kage can't do much from the bottom here.
Jamison is working Kage over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kage looking for a sweep but Jamison has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jamison lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kage throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jamison looking to control but Kage is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kage is desperately trying to improve his position but Jamison has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jamison dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jamison tries to clinch but Kage is having none of it.
Kage misses with a wild body shot.
Jamison throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kage blocks a head kick by Jamison.
Kage scores with a leg kick.
Jamison scores with a takedown into Kage's guard.
Kage is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jamison is aware though and is defending well.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jamison here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Kage keeping moving, preventing Jamison from controlling successfully.
Kage is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jamison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kage throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kage is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jamison working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kage is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jamison defends well.
Kage looking for a guillotine here but Jamison defends easily.
Jamison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jamison wants to control from the top but Kage keeps moving.
Jamison looking to pass the guard.
John Jamison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kage has his foot on Jamison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jamison works his way back into a safe position though.
Jamison wants to pass the guard but Kage is keeping the position.
Kage throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jamison looking to sit in guard and control but Kage gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kage postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kage pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jamison is keeping the position for now.
Jamison is trying to control the position but Kage postures up.
Kage tries to free his leg and advance position but Jamison is retaining full guard.
Jamison 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.
Jamison looking to control.
Kage scoring with some ground and pound.
Kage preventing the sweep.
Jamison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kage stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jamison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kage is aware though and is defending well.
Kage thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jamison wants to sweep here but Kage controlling him for the moment.
Kage is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Jamison has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Kage is looking to defend but Jamison has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Kage! Jamison pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Kage taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Jamison!
An out of breath John Jamison thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Raijin Kage stepped up to the mic, saying 'The storm only gets stronger...'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Puntti Manne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Saint Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manne comes to the cage accompanied by Edguy - Two Out of Seven. The crowd seem to be enjoying Saint Louis's choice of entrance music: Nique La Police. On his way into the cage it seems that Puntti Manne has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Puntti Manne seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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30
147 lbs
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28
147 lbs
24 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Puntti Manne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Saint Louis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manne throws a low kick but Saint Louis avoids it.
Manne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Manne definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Saint Louis throws a body punch but Manne moves out of range.
Manne attempts a counter takedown but Saint Louis avoids it well and moves away.
Manne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saint Louis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Saint Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manne.
Saint Louis tries to move into range but Manne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Saint Louis throws the left hand but Manne avoids the punch easily.
Manne throws a leg kick that misses.
Saint Louis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Puntti Manne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manne shoots in and gets a takedown into Saint Louis's guard.
Manne slips nicely into half guard.
Saint Louis keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Saint Louis trying to hold on to Manne's head to control him but Manne postures up.
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!
Saint Louis tries to get to full guard but Manne has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne wants to control but Saint Louis is keeping him busy.
Saint Louis is trying to maintain the position but Manne is very close to passing his half guard.
Saint Louis holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Manne is working for a submission of some sort.
Saint Louis gets back to full guard.
Manne with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Manne advances to half guard.
Saint Louis trying to control but Manne postures up.
Saint Louis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manne.
Manne is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Saint Louis taking some punishment here, with Manne in his half guard.
Saint Louis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Manne is working away from the top position though.
Manne is keen to just control but Saint Louis is a slippery customer.
Saint Louis tries to get to full guard but Manne has control of the leg.
Saint Louis wants to control but Manne is keeping busy.
Manne trying to control from half guard but Saint Louis is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Manne there.
Manne is thwarting Saint Louis's attempts to control the position.
Well, if Manne is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Saint Louis controlling the position well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manne trying to control from half guard but Saint Louis is working away.
Saint Louis wants to improve his position but Manne is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Manne is working for a submission of some sort.
Saint Louis trying to control from the bottom.
Manne is looking to advance position but Saint Louis won't allow it.
Manne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saint Louis keeps working.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saint Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manne moves away.
Saint Louis punishes Manne's body with a nice straight punch.
Saint Louis wants to slow Manne down by chopping away at his legs.
Saint Louis doesn't manage to clinch there - Manne circles away.
Saint Louis doesn't manage to clinch there - Manne circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puntti Manne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Saint Louis misses the shot to the body.
Manne throws a low kick, looking for Saint Louis's leg but Saint Louis calmly moves out of range.
A jab from Manne misses.
Manne throws out a loose jab but Saint Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Saint Louis throws a jab but it's blocked by Manne.
A counter left hand to the body from Manne misses its target.
Manne misses with a jab to the body
and Saint Louis counters with a leg kick.
Saint Louis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Manne scores with a one two! Saint Louis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Saint Louis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Manne lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saint Louis throws a front kick aimed at Manne's knee but Manne avoids it well.
Saint Louis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manne throws out the jab.
Saint Louis throws a leg kick but Manne checks it.
Manne avoids a kick to the body.
Saint Louis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Manne.
Manne throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manne moves away.
Saint Louis feints and then cracks Manne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Manne down.
Manne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Saint Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manne moves away.
Manne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saint Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Manne.
Saint Louis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Saint Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Manne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saint Louis counters with a thumping low kick.
Saint Louis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saint Louis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Manne finds it's way round the side to connect with Saint Louis's head.
Manne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saint Louis.
A low kick from Manne is predictable there
and Manne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Manne connects with a nice looking jab.
Manne slips a straight right by Saint Louis.
Manne blocks the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Saint Louis misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Manne scores with a punch to the head.
Manne digs a good body shot into Saint Louis's ribs.
Saint Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manne manages to avoid it.
Manne throws a hook but Saint Louis avoids it easily.
Saint Louis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Manne.
It looked like Manne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saint Louis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
An inside leg kick from Saint Louis misses.
Saint Louis misses with a body kick.
Manne tries to counter with a takedown but Saint Louis is quick to defend against it.
Manne tries to keep at a distance but Saint Louis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Manne throws a punch but it's blocked by Saint Louis.
Manne prevents a body shot from Saint Louis.
Manne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manne is trying to break free.
Manne lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saint Louis working aggressively here.
Manne tries to break free but Saint Louis pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Saint Louis.
Manne is trying to pull guard but Saint Louis has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Saint Louis.
Saint Louis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saint Louis throws the kick towards the body but Manne avoids it.
Manne shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Saint Louis as he avoids it easily.
Puntti Manne is winning the standup battle so far.
Saint Louis throws a sloppy body shot
and Manne counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Saint Louis is trying to control but can't.
Saint Louis controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne is thwarting Saint Louis's attempts to control the position.
Saint Louis wants to improve his position but Manne is controlling well.
Saint Louis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Manne is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Saint Louis!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manne has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Saint Louis's face.
Saint Louis tries to hold on but Manne pushes him away.
Manne punching from mount but Saint Louis doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Saint Louis wants to control but Manne is having none of it.
Manne prevents Saint Louis from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puntti Manne dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Saint Louis misses with a low kick as Manne jumps back.
Manne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good exchange - Saint Louis coming out on top.
Manne shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Saint Louis manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Saint Louis keeping moving, preventing Manne from controlling successfully.
Manne advances position into side control!
You can see the frustration on Saint Louis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Louis avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Manne.
Manne tries to advance to mount but Saint Louis denies him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne working away.
Who's going to make the next move?
Manne is working Saint Louis over with some ground and pound from side control.
Saint Louis dodges the ground and pound from Manne.
Saint Louis parries the strikes from Manne easily there. Manne is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Saint Louis to escape.
Saint Louis defending against the ground and pound.
Saint Louis can't do much from the bottom here.
Saint Louis is not content to let Manne control the position.
Manne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saint Louis can do to turn this around?
A bit of a lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne working away.
Manne looking to control but instead Saint Louis has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Nice strikes from Manne there.
Manne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saint Louis keeps working.
Saint Louis tries to roll over but Manne keeps him under control.
Saint Louis is still trying to improve position.
Manne is thwarting Saint Louis's attempts to control the position.
Saint Louis controlling the position well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Manne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Saint Louis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Saint Louis throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Manne counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Saint Louis looking for submissions off his back.
Manne trying to control from half guard but Saint Louis is working away.
Saint Louis trying to hold on to Manne's head to control him but Manne postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis is looking to improve his position.
Saint Louis keeps trying to improve his position.
Saint Louis is staying active underneath Manne, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Saint Louis is trying to maintain the position but Manne is very close to passing his half guard.
Manne trying to control from half guard but Saint Louis is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saint Louis tries to roll over but Manne keeps him under control.
Manne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puntti Manne clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Saint Louis stuffs the takedown attempt from Manne. Manne gets slowly back to his feet.
Saint Louis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Manne.
Saint Louis misses with a looping right.
Saint Louis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Manne throws a nice inside leg kick.
Manne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That kick from Manne tenderised Saint Louis's leg. Saint Louis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saint Louis defending well as Manne loads up on a big left hand.
Saint Louis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Manne takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Louis throws a solid leg kick but Manne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Saint Louis.
Manne tries for a takedown but Saint Louis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Saint Louis blocks a jab.
Saint Louis wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Louis throws a body kick that misses.
Saint Louis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Manne throws a leg kick but Saint Louis checks it.
Saint Louis staying out of range there.
Manne moves forwards but Saint Louis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Manne lands a really nice looking cross but Saint Louis seems unphased.
Manne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Manne.
Saint Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Saint Louis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Manne throws a leg kick but Saint Louis moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saint Louis.
Some wild striking there from Manne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne staying out of range there.
Saint Louis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saint Louis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Manne!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint Louis misses with a kick to the body.
Manne throws a jab but it's blocked by Saint Louis.
Saint Louis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saint Louis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Manne. Manne obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice straight punches there by Manne. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Manne.
Saint Louis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Manne rather than just go for the knockout.
Saint Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Manne feinted with a counter takedown.
Saint Louis fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Manne sprawls well initially but Saint Louis persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Saint Louis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Manne keeps working.
Manne trying to hold on to Saint Louis's head to control him but Saint Louis postures up.
Saint Louis prevents Manne from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne is positioning himself well to prevent Saint Louis advancing to mount.
Saint Louis performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Manne is trying to get back to full guard.
Manne slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Manne is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Saint Louis tries to free his leg and advance position but Manne is retaining full guard.
Manne looking for a sweep. Not yet Manne, not yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Saint Louis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Manne.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puntti Manne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saint Louis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saint Louis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manne was well out of range. Poor timing from Saint Louis.
Manne scoring well with a low kick there.
Saint Louis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Puntti Manne will probably get the nod.
That's time! Manne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Manne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint Louis appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Saint Louis checks a leg kick.
Manne attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Manne throws a low kick but it's checked well by Saint Louis.
Saint Louis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Saint Louis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Saint Louis follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Saint Louis.
Saint Louis looks to throw the jab but Manne is out of range.
Manne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Manne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saint Louis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Manne, pushing him back against the cage.
Manne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint Louis lands a hook that snaps the head of Manne backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saint Louis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Manne working hard to break the clinch.
Saint Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Manne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint Louis keeps control of Manne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Louis misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Saint Louis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saint Louis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Puntti Manne has been cut.
Manne is looking to control Saint Louis's arms but Saint Louis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Manne has his back to the cage.
Manne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saint Louis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saint Louis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Saint Louis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Manne.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saint Louis.
Saint Louis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saint Louis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Manne is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Manne on the inside.
Martin Saint Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saint Louis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Saint Louis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saint Louis stuffs the takedown attempt from Manne. Manne gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puntti Manne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saint Louis looks to land a left hand but Manne moved out of range nicely.
Manne tries to counter with a takedown but Saint Louis is quick to defend against it.
Manne walks into a stiff left hand from Saint Louis.
Saint Louis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Manne's sensitive parts.
Manne misses with a hook. Saint Louis ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manne works over Saint Louis's head and body with a nice combination.
Manne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A shot to the body from Saint Louis misses
enabling Manne to counter with a crisp jab.
Manne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Manne throws a low kick but Saint Louis moves out of range easily.
Saint Louis flicks out a counter leg kick but Manne steps away.
Saint Louis throws a leg kick but Manne sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Saint Louis slips under a jab from Manne.
Manne misses with a straight right.
Saint Louis wants to land a leg kick but Manne is out of range.
Manne lands a leg kick that knocks Saint Louis off balance momentarily.
Manne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saint Louis under the eye.
A combination from Manne does no damage.
Manne throws a hook to the side of Saint Louis's head but Saint Louis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saint Louis lands a glancing blow to the side of Manne's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saint Louis.
Manne looks to score with a jab to the body but Saint Louis is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saint Louis. Manne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saint Louis is looking to chop away at Manne's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Manne.
Manne misses with an uppercut. Saint Louis saw that one coming.
Manne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Saint Louis's calf.
Saint Louis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Manne's head.
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!
Manne scores with a nice right hand.
Saint Louis throws a leg kick which misses Manne's front leg but catches the back leg as Manne tries to avoid it.
Manne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Saint Louis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Despite the aggression on Saint Louis's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Saint Louis swings for the body but Manne moves out of range.
Manne lands with a cross.
Saint Louis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good work by Saint Louis as he checks the leg kick.
Manne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saint Louis.
Martin Saint Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manne moves out of range of the leg kick from Saint Louis.
Manne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saint Louis throws a series of punches but Manne moves out of range.
Manne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Martin Saint Louis.
I think Manne has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:46
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 49:46
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puntti Manne!
Puntti Manne spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Martin Saint Louis was interviewed post fight and said 'Congratulations and good luck! I wanted to come out and bang tonight instead of point fighting. '.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuomari Hurmio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Robertson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Smoke On. Hurmio has chosen Black Star as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
44 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, James Robertson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tuomari Hurmio!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robertson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hurmio to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Robertson looking to control.
Hurmio 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.
Hurmio postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hurmio wants to control from the top but Robertson keeps moving.
Robertson is controlling Hurmio's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio wants to control from the top but Robertson keeps moving.
Robertson is trying to hold Hurmio in close to prevent damage but Hurmio has managed to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmio trying to control from half guard but Robertson is working away.
Hurmio stops Robertson from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurmio trying to pass the guard but Robertson defending well.
Hurmio is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Robertson defends it well.
Hurmio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Robertson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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.
Hurmio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hurmio is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Robertson tries to get to full guard but Hurmio has control of the leg.
Hurmio wants to control but Robertson is keeping him busy.
Robertson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hurmio.
Hurmio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robertson's head.
Hurmio controlling the pace.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A big left from Hurmio misses.
Robertson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Hurmio. Those never looked like landing.
Robertson is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hurmio. Robertson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robertson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Robertson. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Hurmio misses its intended target.
Hurmio misses the jab.
Hurmio throws a nice head kick!
Robertson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hurmio.
Robertson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hurmio lands a leg kick that knocks Robertson off balance momentarily.
Robertson avoids a kick to the body.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Robertson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Robertson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Robertson throws a quick counter head kick but Hurmio was just out of range.
Hurmio jabs Robertson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Robertson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
James Robertson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hurmio misses with a left hand
and Robertson counters with a straight right hand.
Hurmio lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robertson takes one on the button.
Hurmio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Robertson 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.
Hurmio shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Robertson defends it nicely.
Robertson is looking to counter with head kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hurmio connects with a leg kick. Robertson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomari Hurmio dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hurmio digs a good body shot into Robertson's ribs.
Hurmio scores with a leg kick.
Hurmio misses with a straight left.
Tuomari Hurmio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robertson blocks a leg kick.
It looked like Robertson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hurmio pushes Robertson away with a front kick.
Hurmio lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hurmio misses with a hook
and Robertson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hurmio jabs at Robertson's body.
Hurmio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hurmio with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurmio scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Robertson is fending him off so far but Hurmio persists. Nope, Robertson circles away and we're back to standing.
Hurmio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hurmio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Robertsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hurmio looks to throw the jab but Robertson is out of range.
And Robertson counters with a quick kick to the body but Hurmio blocks it.
Hurmio throws out a loose jab but Robertson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Robertson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hurmio. That's going to slow Robertson down.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hurmio.
Robertson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hurmio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Robertson is out of range and Hurmio settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Robertson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hurmio throws a hook but Robertson blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio scores with a hook.
Hurmio shoots in and drives through. Robertson sprawls well.
Robertson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hurmio cracks Robertson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Robertson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Robertson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hurmio misses with a low kick as Robertson jumps back.
A little feinted left hand from Robertson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hurmio lands a nice leg kick that just misses Robertson's sensitive parts.
Hurmio has a takedown stuffed.
James Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomari Hurmio.
Robertson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hurmio.
Hurmio misses with a leg kick.
Robertson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Robertson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hurmio to score with a decent uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Robertson blocks the body kick.
Hurmio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Robertson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A good leg kick by Hurmio.
Hurmio misses with a takedown
and Robertson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hurmio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hurmio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Robertson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hurmio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hurmio cracks the inside of Robertson's front leg.
Hurmio throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hurmio does it's job there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hurmio or perhaps it was just good defense by Robertson, which made it look bad.
Nice defenses there by Robertson.
Robertson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hurmio scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hurmio connects with a leg kick. Robertson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hurmio cracks Robertson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hurmio lands a right hook to the body.
Hurmio lands a jab to Robertson's midsection.
Hurmio scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomari Hurmio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Robertson checks a low kick from Hurmio.
Robertson moves out of range of the strikes.
Robertson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hurmio scores with a nice head shot.
Robertson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hurmio scores with a body shot.
Tuomari Hurmio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robertson blocks a low kick nicely.
Hurmio scores with a kick to the body.
Robertson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Robertson.
Robertson throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
Hurmio lands a right hook to the body.
Hurmio misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmio throws a big shot that misses.
Robertson throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hurmio.
Hurmio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Robertson moves out of range as Hurmio throws a body kick.
Hurmio cracks Robertson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hurmio throws a looping overhand right but Robertson ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Robertson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hurmio throws an overhand right that lands on Robertson's shoulder, as Robertson tries to avoid the shot.
Hurmio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A low kick from Hurmio misses
and Robertson counters with a big head kick but Hurmio shrugs it off.
Robertson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Robertson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hurmio scoring well with a low kick there.
Hurmio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And Robertson counters with a quick kick to the body but Hurmio blocks it.
Hurmio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hurmio shoots in for a takedown but Robertson shows good takedown defense.
Hurmio lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robertson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hurmio throws a lazy right hand but Robertson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Robertson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hurmio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hurmio misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Robertson wants it to stay on the feet.
Robertson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hurmio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hurmio missing with a left hand there. Robertson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Robertson is looking for a counter combo.
Hurmio misses with a left hand
enabling Robertson to counter with a crisp jab.
Hurmio misses with a right hand
letting Robertson counter with a right hand.
Hurmio tries a head kick but it misses.
Robertson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hurmio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robertson.
Robertson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Robertson blocks a jab.
Robertson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That kick from Hurmio tenderised Robertson's leg. Robertson is trying to keep his angry face on.
A swing and a miss from Hurmio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio lands a jab to the head.
Hurmio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hurmio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
James Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomari Hurmio.
Robertson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurmio throws out the jab.
Robertson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hurmio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Robertson.
Hurmio missing with a left hand there. Robertson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Robertson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurmio's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hurmio duly obliges.
Nice body punch from Hurmio.
Hurmio throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Robertson to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hurmio.
Hurmio darts in looking for a takedown but Robertson gets double underhooks and turns Hurmio into the cage.
It looked like Robertson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomari Hurmio really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hurmio doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Robertson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Robertson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hurmio finds it's way round the side to connect with Robertson's head.
Hurmio lands with a slapping head kick.
Hurmio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Robertson's head backwards.
Robertson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurmio throws out the jab.
Hurmio connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio with a jab.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Robertson moves out of range as Hurmio strikes.
Hurmio throws the kick towards the body but Robertson avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson blocks a leg kick.
Hurmio misses with a hook to the body
and Robertson counters with a body kick that stops Hurmio in his tracks momentarily.
Hurmio throws a hook to the side of Robertson's head but Robertson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hurmio connects with an inside leg kick.
Hurmio tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Robertson defends well and Hurmio ends up having to push Robertson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Robertson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hurmio misses with a right hand
and Robertson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hurmio is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Robertson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Hurmio misses the target.
Hurmio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robertson.
Hurmio connects with a body shot that sends Robertson's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Robertson throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
Hurmio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A little feinted left hand from Robertson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hurmio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robertson is looking to counter punch.
Hurmio connects with a leg kick. Robertson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Robertson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hurmio lands with a straight right. Robertson didn't see that one coming.
Hurmio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robertson was well out of range. Poor timing from Hurmio.
A counter left hand to the body from Robertson misses its target.
Hurmio loads up on a big right hand but Robertson slips the punch.
Robertson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hurmio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Robertson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robertson dodges the punch combination from Hurmio.
An attempted straight right counter from Robertson misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson checks a low kick from Hurmio.
It looked like Robertson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hurmio.
Hurmio throws a looping overhand right but Robertson ducks down to avoid it.
Robertson throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Hurmio misses its intended target.
Robertson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hurmio scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hurmio throws a sloppy head kick
and Robertson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Robertson slips under a jab from Hurmio.
Robertson throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
Hurmio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robertson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hurmio throws a sloppy head kick and Robertson moves out of range easily.
Robertson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hurmio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Robertson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hurmio looks to land a right hand but Robertson moved out of range.
Robertson checks the leg kick.
Robertson is looking to counter punch.
Hurmio throws a shot to the body.
Hurmio lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hurmio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hurmio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Robertson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Robertson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hurmio throws a low kick, looking for Robertson's leg but Robertson calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomari Hurmio dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Robertson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Hurmio thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Robertson counters with a quick kick to the body but Hurmio blocks it.
Hurmio thows a leg kick but Robertson checks it
and Robertson counters with a nice uppercut.
Hurmio dives in for a single leg takedown but Robertson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Robertson throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
Robertson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hurmio fakes the leg kick and cracks Robertson in the body.
Hurmio looks to land a right hand but Robertson moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio tried to score with a low kick but Robertson checks it.
Hurmio looks to land a left hand but Robertson moved out of range nicely.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Robertson enables Hurmio to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Robertson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Robertson trying to keep a closed guard but Hurmio is proving a slippery customer.
Robertson is pulling down on Hurmio's head. It's preventing any offense from Hurmio, at least for the moment.
Hurmio looking to pass the guard.
Hurmio trying to control the position from guard on top but Robertson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Robertson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
James Robertson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hurmio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robertson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hurmio.
Robertson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Robertson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurmio throws out the jab.
Robertson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hurmio misses with a hook
enabling Robertson to counter with a crisp jab.
Hurmio misses with a looping left.
Robertson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hurmio feints a jab promting Robertson to slip. Hurmio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Robertson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hurmio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio looks to land a combination but Robertson avoids it well.
Donk. Hurmio catches Robertson right on the button with a cross.
Hurmio throws a right hand that misses
and Robertson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Robertson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hurmio. Hurmio obviously looking to wear him down.
Hurmio throws an off balance right hand
and Hurmio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hurmio is rocked!
Hurmio throws a body punch but Robertson moves out of range.
It looked like Robertson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hurmio is still on wobbly legs! Can Robertson finish him?
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hurmio - that will leave a mark!
Hurmio seems to have recovered his senses.
Hurmio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Robertson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Hurmio avoids it.
Hurmio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Robertson doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio lands with an overhand left.
Hurmio throws a jab when Robertson was well out of range.
It looked like Robertson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hurmio lunges at Robertson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Robertson's hand.
Donk. Hurmio catches Robertson right on the button with a cross.
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!
Hurmio scores with a nice right hand.
Robertson slips a straight right by Hurmio.
Hurmio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Robertson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hurmio 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.
Danga de danga de dang - Hurmio scores with a four punch combination!
And that's the end of the fight!
Tuomari Hurmio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hurmio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Glass scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuomari Hurmio!
After the fight, Tuomari Hurmio was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sean Tallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen UFC Theme Song as his entrance music. Sean Tallon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rafa Silva's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Tallon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
54 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Tallon misses with a body shot.
Silva 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.
Tallon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tallon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva lands with a straight right. Tallon didn't see that one coming.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Tallon counters by clinching up.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tallon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tallon counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Silva.
Tallon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Tallon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tallon throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tallon scores with a hook.
Tallon lands a front kick.
Tallon ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Tallon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Tallon.
Tallon blocks a jab.
Tallon throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva takes a swing at Tallon's ribcage but misses.
Tallon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Tallon's belly button to the back.
Good leg kick by Tallon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Tallon moved out of range.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva sizes up Tallon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tallon.
Tallon forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Tallon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tallon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tallon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tallon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva is rocked!
Tallon tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries a body shot but Tallon blocks it.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tallon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tallon misses with some punches.
Tallon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tallon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tallon tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tallon misses with a body punch.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tallon has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tallon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva trying to stall but Tallon improves his position.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tallon or not.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Tallon.
Tallon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tallon can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Tallon is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tallon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tallon tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tallon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tallon.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've been told by Tallon's head coaches at Wolf Training Lair that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tallon keeps Silva at a distance using the push kick.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Tallon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Tallon scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Tallon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Tallon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tallon tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Tallon counters with a nice body shot.
Silva throws a body punch but Tallon moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Tallon.
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 Sean Tallon will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Tallon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rafa Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tallon just misses with a punch to the body.
Tallon checks a low kick from Silva.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tallon doesn't seem phased though.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tallon.
Tallon looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Tallon moves out of range of the strikes.
Tallon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tallon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tallon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva throws a push kick but Tallon slaps the foot to one side.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Tallon moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a right hand that Tallon ducks under and follows up with a left that Tallon also avoids with ease.
Tallon missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rafa Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tallon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Tallon finish him?
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Tallon moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Tallon is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Silva.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tallon's sensitive parts.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tallon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tallon throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva avoids the body shot from Tallon.
Tallon lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
Tallon throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is trying to counter with his kicks.
Tallon looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Tallon counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Tallon's head.
Tallon misses with a wild body shot.
Tallon shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tallon swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Tallon throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
A low kick from Tallon misses
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tallon checks a low kick from Silva.
Tallon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Tallon connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Tallon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a kick to the body
and Tallon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Tallon.
Rafa Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tallon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tallon can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Tallon misses with a punch to the body.
Tallon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Tallon misses with a punch on the inside.
Tallon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Tallon controls his hands.
Silva prevents a body shot from Tallon.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Tallon controls the action.
Tallon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tallon tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Tallon back against the cage.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tallon backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tallon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tallon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Tallon moves out of range easily.
Tallon is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Silva.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Tallon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tallon seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tallon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tallon tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tallon checks it well.
Tallon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Silva misses with a low kick as Tallon jumps back.
Tallon closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Tallon controls his hands.
Silva blocks a body shot from Tallon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tallon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rafa Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tallon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a leg kick but Tallon moved away.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tallon throws a quick counter kick to the body but Silva avoids it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tallon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Tallon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Tallon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good leg kick by Tallon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Tallon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a jab when Tallon was well out of range.
Tallon needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tallon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tallon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tallon feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tallon defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tallon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Tallon.
Tallon with a hook.
Silva feints and then cracks Tallon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tallon down.
Tallon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tallon - that will leave a mark!
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tallon throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tallon misses with a wild body shot.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva throws a leg kick but Tallon checks it.
Tallon throws a quick counter kick to the body but Silva avoids it.
Good work by Tallon as he checks the leg kick.
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tallon.
A good leg kick by Tallon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tallon darts in looking for a takedown but Silva gets double underhooks and turns Tallon into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tallon slips under a jab.
Tallon cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tallon throws a body kick that misses.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tallon.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tallon at a distance.
Tallon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva throws a jab when Tallon was well out of range.
Tallon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Tallon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Tallon moved away.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Tallon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Tallon was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva clobbers Tallon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A bone on bone clash there as Tallon blocks the leg kick.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tallon with a poor takedown
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva slips under a jab from Tallon.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Tallon.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tallon misses the shot to the body.
Tallon shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Tallon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tallon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tallon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Silva replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tallon blocks it well.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Tallon ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Tallon is looking to counter punch.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tallon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Tallon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva looks for the body kick but Tallon saw that one coming.
Tallon throws a nice head kick!
Tallon looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Tallon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tallon misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Tallon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A solid body kick from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tallon 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.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tallon. That did some damage!
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Tallon misses with a wild body shot.
Tallon backing away here, and Silva unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Tallon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva lands a nice hook to Tallon's body. Tallon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tallon rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Tallon.
Tallon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tallon tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Tallon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Tallon.
Tallon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tallon.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Tallon moved away.
Tallon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Tallon moves away from the strike by Silva.
Tallon tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tallon lands with a shot to the body.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva connects with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tallon scores with a push kick.
Tallon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tallon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Tallon's defenses.
Tallon moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Silva thows a body kick. Tallon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
letting Tallon counter with a right hand.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva throws the left hand but Tallon avoids the punch easily.
Tallon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Tallon.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Tallon throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Tallon ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the head kick by Tallon.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Tallon is looking to land body kicks.
Tallon lands a body shot.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Tallon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tallon doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Tallon checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tallon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tallon misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Tallon avoids a kick to the body.
Tallon wants to clinch.
Tallon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tallon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tallon avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva motions for Tallon to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tallon misses the shot to the body.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tallon momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tallon.
A clash of legs there as Tallon blocks the low kick.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Tallon. Those never looked like landing.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Tallon moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tallon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tallon jabs at Silva's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva stalks Tallon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tallon's face. Tallon staggers backwards, shaken.
Tallon fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Tallon misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tallon moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Tallon scores with a jab to the body.
Silva 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.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That kick from Tallon tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
A lazy body kick from Silva
and Tallon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tallon finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tallon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva avoids the body shot from Tallon.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tallon's sensitive parts.
Tallon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tallon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tallon wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Sean Tallon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Tallon moves his leg out of the way.
Tallon thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tallon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tallon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tallon.
Tallon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva scores with a jab.
Tallon throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tallon checks a leg kick.
Tallon misses with a hook.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tallon lands with a nice body punch.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tallon throws a quick counter kick to the body but Silva avoids it.
Tallon moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tallon.
As Silva tries to get set, Tallon tries to push him back and clinch up but Silva manages to avoid the attempt.
Tallon checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tallon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An inside leg kick lands from Tallon.
Tallon throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is looking for the big counter here.
Tallon blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tallon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tallon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Tallon's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tallon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tallon.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Rafa Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva throws a leg kick but Tallon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Tallon.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
It appears Tallon was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tallon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tallon swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rafa Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 46:49
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafa Silva! Rafa Silva retains his bantamweight title!
Rafa Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Tires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Varg Veide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veide is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Taking Care of Business. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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
38 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brick Tires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Varg Veide!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Veide 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 Tires has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tires and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tires throws a leg kick
and Veide counters with a body kick that stops Tires in his tracks momentarily.
Veide has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tires.
Tires takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tires gets a clinch.
Veide swings wildly with an uppercut but Tires uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Tires fails to land.
Tires lands a left hand that snaps the head of Veide backwards.
I was talking to Tires's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Veide blocking some punches.
Tires throws a head punch that misses.
Tires misses with a body punch.
Tires tries a body shot but Veide blocks it.
Veide blocking some punches.
Tires blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Veide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tires misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tires struggles to land a body shot inside as Veide controls his hands.
Veide blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tires makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tires tries to work over Veide's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Veide can't break the clinch.
Tires tries a body shot but Veide blocks it.
Tires misses with a punch on the inside.
Veide lands a right hand.
Tires throws a head punch that misses.
Tires misses with a body punch.
Tires misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tires pushes Veide back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Veide blocking some punches.
Tires misses with the head strike.
Veide lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
Tires tries a body shot but Veide blocks it.
Veide doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
Tires throws a punch but it's blocked by Veide.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tires working aggressively here.
Tires has a couple of punches blocked by Veide.
Veide can't find room to land a body shot as Tires controls the action.
Veide pushes Tires back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Veide swings wildly with an uppercut but Tires uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veide breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tires misses the body punch
and Veide connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tires explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tires tries to clinch up.
Veide looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice body kick there by Veide.
Veide misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A quick step to the side and Tires tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tires fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Veide blocks a low kick nicely.
Veide only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tires wants to slow Veide down by chopping away at his legs.
Veide just misses with a punch to the body.
Tires jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Tires keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Veide.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veide gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Veide throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tires misses with a body punch.
Veide breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Veide lands with a cross.
Veide looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tires looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Veide throws a counter combo.
Veide scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Veide misses with a body kick.
Tires chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Veide looks to throw the jab but Tires is out of range.
Tires swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tires delivers a nice body kick.
Veide sizes up Tires with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tires ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Veide moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tires takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tires lands a nice looking body shot.
Veide feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tiress jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tires avoids the body shot from Veide.
Tires on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tires ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tires misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tires looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Veide tries a low kick but Tires avoids it.
A head kick misses from Veide.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tires.
Veide dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tires. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick lands from Veide.
Veide connects with a looping right hand.
Veide throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tires.
Tires lands a jab.
Veide throws a sloppy head kick
and Tires makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Varg Veide will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Veide misses with a lunging right hand
and Tires counters with a good low kick that Veide was not able to check.
A head kick by Veide misses
enabling Tires to counter with a crisp jab.
Tires is looking to wear down Veide with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Veide is looking to slow Tires down with leg kicks.
Tires throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Veide misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tires.
Veide lands a right hook to the body.
Veide misses with a kick to the body.
Veide throws an overhand right that lands on Tires's shoulder, as Tires tries to avoid the shot.
Veide misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tires connects with a solid leg kick.
Veide misses with an uppercut
and Tires counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Veide tries to work over Tires's front leg with a kick but Tires checks it.
Veide keeps the fight on the outside.
Varg Veide seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tires avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Veide keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Varg Veide seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tires slips a jab and a cross from Veide.
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!
Veide moves out of range of the body kick from Tires.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tires scores with a kick to the body.
Tires is looking to chop away at Veide's legs.
Veide smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Veide getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Veide closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tires counters with a right hand to the body.
Veide is breathing heavily.
Tires looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tires looks to score with a jab to the body but Veide is just out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Veide takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tires instigates a clinch.
Tires lands a left hand.
Veide doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Veide breaks from the clinch.
Veide misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tires.
Veide throws a body kick that misses
and Tires counters with a good low kick that Veide was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veide on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tires. Tires obviously looking to wear him down.
Veide misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tires works the jab nicely.
Tires drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Veide misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tires appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Veide stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tires.
Tires moves away from the strike by Veide.
Tires dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Veide keeps the fight on the outside.
Tires lands a head shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tires.
Veide misses with a looping left.
Veide's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Veide throws a shot from downtown. Tires moves away and avoids it.
Tires avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tires looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tires moves out of range as Veide throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tires uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veide.
A nice inside leg kick there by Veide. That's going to slow Tires down.
Tires throws an overhand right that lands on Veide's shoulder, as Veide tries to avoid the shot.
Veide swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tires counters with a one-two to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tires. Veide does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tires throws a low kick, looking for Veide's leg but Veide calmly moves out of range.
Veide throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tires lands with a nice body punch.
Tires tries to clinch up but Veide circles away and keeps his distance.
Veide throws a big counter head kick but Tires avoids it with no problem.
Veide connects with a body shot.
A low kick from Tires misses
and Veide counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Veide takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tires scores with the left hand. Veide knows he should have avoided that one.
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!
Veide throws a big shot that misses.
Veide wants to land a leg kick but Tires is out of range.
Veide throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tires's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tires wants to clinch.
Tires cracks the inside of Veide's front leg.
Tires tries to move into range but Veide moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Veide jabs Tires right on the nose. Tires blinks but takes it well.
Veide throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tires sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Veide misses with a wild body shot.
Tires checks a leg kick.
Tires looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tires throws a body punch but Veide moves out of range.
Tires takes a swing at Veide's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Veide misses
and Tires counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tires takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brick Tires will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tires feints and then cracks Veide's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Veide down.
Veide misses with a wild body shot.
Tires jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Veide moves out of range of the body kick.
Tires swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tires displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Veide throws out the jab.
Veide sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Veide lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tires throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Veide misses with a series of wild punches.
Tires tries a low kick but Veide avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veide cracks Tires with a right hand to the side of the head.
Veide cracks a nice hook into Tires's ribs.
Veide keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tires is looking to slow Veide down with leg kicks.
Veide will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veide misses with a head kick.
Veide circles away from the clinch attempt.
Veide throws a hook but Tires blocks it.
Veide throws a wild body kick that Tires sees coming a mile off.
Tires throwing a counter right hand but Veide manages to avoid it.
Tires throws a head kick but Veide moves out of range.
Veide lands a nice shot that snaps Tires's head back.
Tires thuds a left hand into Veide's body.
Veide takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Veide throws the left hand but Tires avoids the punch easily.
Tires bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Veide misses with a looping left.
Tires connects with a solid leg kick.
A shot to the body from Veide misses
and Tires counters with a nice leg kick.
Veide takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tires lands a nice looking body shot.
Veide throws a leg kick
and Tires counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tires fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tires fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Veide has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tires throws a leg kick which misses Veide's front leg but catches the back leg as Veide tries to avoid it.
Tires lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tires swings for the body but Veide moves out of range.
Veide misses the shot to the body.
Tires moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tires swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tires backing away here, and Veide unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Tires does it's job there.
Tires lands a nice hook to Veide's body. Veide takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Veide connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tires's hands.
Tires misses with a body shot.
Tires throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Veide takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tires fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veide manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tires blocks a jab.
Veide has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tires.
Tires tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veide was well out of range. Poor timing from Tires.
Veide misses with a jab to the body
and Tires counters with a body kick that stops Veide in his tracks momentarily.
Tires stuns Veide with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tires working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Veide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Veide misses with an elbow strike.
Tires fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tires misses with some punches.
Tires lands a hook that snaps the head of Veide backwards.
Tires lands a shot to the body.
Tires tries to work over Veide's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Veide.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tires lands a hook that snaps the head of Veide backwards.
Tires tries to work over Veide's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tires goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Veide is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tires is defending well for now.
Veide throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veide misses with the head strike.
Tires throws a head punch that misses.
Tires goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Veide blocks an uppercut.
Brick Tires has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Veide can't find room to land a body shot as Tires controls the action.
Veide pushes Tires back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tires blocks the elbow strike.
A right hand to the body from Tires.
Veide blocks an uppercut.
Tires cracks Veide with a nice body shot.
Veide doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brick Tires clearly takes that 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.
Veide takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Veide takes one to the side of the head.
Veide is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Veide displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tires throws out the jab.
Tires with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tires blocks the body kick.
Veide misses with a left hand
and Tires counters with a nice leg kick.
You can see that Veide has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Veide ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tires moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tires, right into the meat.
Veide keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veide misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Tires misses the target.
Veide scores with a jab. Tires acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Veide takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Veide swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tires counters with a nice low kick that buckles Veide's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Veide fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veide scores with a body shot.
Veide is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tires scores with a push kick.
Veide 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.
Tires connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tires tries to clinch but Veide moves out of range.
Tires is looking to clinch.
Tires darts in trying to clinch
and Veide counters with a low kick, right behind Tires 's knee.
Tires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tires appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Veide scores with a three punch combo!
Veide dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tires. That did some damage!
Tires punishes Veide's body with a nice straight punch.
Veide throws a sloppy head kick and Tires moves out of range easily.
Tires drives through and clinches with Veide against the cage.
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!
Tires makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tires blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Veide is working Tires over against the cage.
Veide can't find room to land a body shot as Tires controls the action.
Tires on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tires lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tires misses with some punches.
Tires lands with a left to the head.
Tires lands with a right to the head.
Veide misses with a hook to the ribs.
Veide misses with a punch to the body.
Veide has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tires seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Veide can turn it around.
A left hand lands to the body for Tires.
Tires blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tires doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tires misses with the head strike.
Tires digs a right hand into Veide's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Veide's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tires breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tires with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tires misses the shot to the body.
Veide looks to throw a body kick
and Tires counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Tires.
Tires appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tires lands a glancing blow to the side of Veide's head.
Veide throws a body shot but no joy.
Veide on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tires. Tires obviously looking to wear him down.
Veide throws a half hearted mid kick.
Veide misses with a body shot.
Tires displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Veide throws out the jab.
Tires looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tires lands the left hand.
Tires just misses with a punch to the body.
Tires clinches.
Veide swings wildly with an uppercut but Tires uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
Veide cracks Tires with a nice body shot.
Veide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tires scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veide doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Veide tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tires misses with some punches.
Tires lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Veide.
Veide has a couple of punches blocked by Tires.
Tires lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Veide blocks a body shot from Tires.
Veide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Veide misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Veide just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tires's brow.
Veide blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brick Tires had his way with Varg Veide in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Tires instigates a clinch.
Veide can't find room to land a body shot as Tires controls the action.
Tires working aggressively here.
Veide blocks a body shot from Tires.
Veide is trying to break the clinch but Tires is controlling him.
Tires struggles to land a body shot inside as Veide controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
Tires working aggressively here.
Tires blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Veide blocking some punches.
Tires throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Veides head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veide swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Veide throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tiress head.
Tires goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Veide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Veide tries a body shot but Tires blocks it.
Veide tries a body shot but Tires blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Veide.
Tires throws a punch but it's blocked by Veide.
Tires is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Veide can do to turn this around?
Tires blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Veide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Veide struggles to land a body shot inside as Tires controls his hands.
Veide tries to land knees in the clinch but Tires avoids the damage to the body.
Veide manages to break the clinch.
Veide thuds his shin into the meat of Tires's side.
A good leg kick by Veide.
Veide takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Donk. Veide catches Tires right on the button with a cross.
Veide jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Veide misses with a few strikes there.
Tires lands a nice leg kick that just misses Veide's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Veide. That's going to slow Tires down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veide chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veide tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tires is able to avoid easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Veide. Tires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tires steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Veide. That one must have hurt.
Tires attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Veide misses with a double jab.
Veide moves to clinch but Tires breaks away
and Tires makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tires tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Veide paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tires gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Veide.
Tires throws a head punch that misses.
Veide throws a head punch that misses.
Veide breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tires lands a nice leg kick that just misses Veide's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Veide misses the target.
Veide uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tires.
Veide throws a chopping leg kick but Tires manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tires moves out of range as Veide throws a body kick.
Tires swings for the body but Veide moves out of range.
Veide avoids a kick to the body.
Veide feints a counter leg kick.
Veide throws a shot from downtown. Tires moves away and avoids it.
Veide ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tires moves away.
Veide lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Varg Veide has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Veide misses with a low kick.
Tires dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Veide. That did some damage!
Tires attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Veide misses with a kick to the body
letting Tires counter with a right hand.
Veide lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Veide misses
and Tires connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Veide misses with a looping left.
Tires scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Veide. Tires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tires just misses with a punch to the body.
Tires connects with a leg kick. Veide looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Veide fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tires uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veide.
Tires uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veide.
An inside leg kick lands from Veide.
Veide misses with a straight right.
Tires lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tires.
Tires dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Veide. That did some damage!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Varg Veide.
Well Tires has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brick Tires!
Brick Tires seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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