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EP 40: Eternal Limbo PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Sammich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Sammich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Rico!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rico tries to land a leg kick but Sammich saw it coming and moves away.
Sammich throws a leg kick
and Sammich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sammich has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym of the Gods in the buildup to the fight.
Sammich misses with a low kick.
Sammich throws a leg kick
letting Rico counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Rico.
A leg kick checked by Rico.
Rico swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rico throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sammich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sammich throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rico counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rico tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sammich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sammich is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Sammich.
It looks like Johnny Rico has been cut.
Sammy Sammich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sammich thuds a left hand into Rico's body.
Rico throws a series of punches but Sammich moves out of range.
Rico is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sammich sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Sammich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sammich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rico.
Sammich throws a quick counter kick to the body but Rico avoids it.
Sammich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sammich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sammich.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rico checks a leg kick.
Rico swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rico is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Rico misses.
Sammich motions for Rico to come forward. Sammich throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sammich lands a big head kick that sends Rico tumbling to the mat! Sammich takes a step backwards and waves Rico back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Rico is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rico tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sammich defends well and Rico ends up having to push Sammich into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rico is still on wobbly legs! Can Sammich finish him?
Sammich throws a sloppy head kick and Rico moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Rico was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Some bone on bone action there as Rico checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rico seems to have recovered his senses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rico crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sammich - the referee stops the clock and Rico gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sammich. Rico manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rico throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rico swings for the body but Sammich moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Sammich.
Rico looks winded!
Sammich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sammich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rico.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sammich. Rico shrugs it off though.
Rico avoids a kick to the body.
Sammy Sammich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sammich feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Rico sprawling to the canvas! Rico rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Sammich finish him?!
A low kick from Sammich is predictable there
and Rico counters with a slapping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sammich. Rico does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sammich tries to land a front kick but Rico steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
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!
Sammich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rico is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A good leg kick by Sammich.
An inside leg kick from Sammich misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rico! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rico was well out of range. Poor timing from Sammich.
Rico tries to clinch
and Sammich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That has opened up Johnny Rico's cut even more.
Sammich cracks Rico with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sammy Sammich!
After the fight, Sammy Sammich 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Borg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamey Jasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borg comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Borg Out. Jamey Jasta has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Junior Borg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamey Jasta!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jasta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borg manages to avoid it.
Jasta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Borg fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jasta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Borg has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Jasta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jasta jabs Borg to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Borg fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jasta is out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Borg!
Jasta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jasta digs a good hook to Borg's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borg misses with a low kick.
Jasta gets tackled into the cage by Borg. Borg maintains the clinch.
Borg taking a breather.
Borg avoiding damage as Jasta throws knees to the body.
Borg tries to throw a body punch but Jasta avoids it by throwing Borg back against the cage.
Jasta blocks a body shot from Borg.
Jasta trying to control the position but instead, Borg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jasta into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg misses with an elbow strike.
Borg struggles to land a body shot inside as Jasta controls his hands.
Come on Borg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Borg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Borg lands an uppercut.
We've been informed that Jasta has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Borg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Borg lands a nice shot to the body.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Jasta avoids the damage to the body.
Borg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jasta's defenses.
Jasta lands a nice uppercut.
Borg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Borg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jasta blocks a body shot from Borg.
A short left from Borg.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Jasta avoids the damage to the body.
Borg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jasta's elbow.
Borg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jasta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jasta pressing his opponent against the cage.
Borg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jasta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jasta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borg.
Junior Borg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jasta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borg misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jasta only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Borg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borg loads up on a big right hand but Jasta slips the punch.
Borg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jasta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Borg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jasta.
Jasta throws a shot from downtown. Borg moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Borg.
Borg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jasta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Borg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And Jasta tries to counter it with a takedown but Borg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg throws a body punch but Jasta moves out of range.
Borg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jasta avoids the head kick by Borg.
Borg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Borg misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Jasta misses.
Jasta drops his hands momentarily and Borg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Borg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jasta fails to land with a series of punches.
Borg tried to counter with a leg kick but Jasta avoided it.
Jasta moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Borg 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.
Jasta staying out of range there.
Jasta throws a leg kick but Borg checks it.
Borg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Borg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borg takes one on the button.
Jasta slips under a jab from Borg.
Jasta checks the leg kick.
Jasta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Borg.
Jasta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Borg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jasta digs a good hook to Borg's body.
Borg uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jasta.
Jasta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Borg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jasta stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jasta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jasta tests Borg's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jasta misses with a wild combination.
Jasta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Borg was well out of range. Poor timing from Jasta.
Borg lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Borg dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Borg throws a body punch but Jasta moves out of range.
Junior Borg is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Jasta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Borg scores with a leg kick.
Borg misses with an uppercut.
Borg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jasta moves away.
Borg works Jasta's body with a nice hook.
Jasta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Borg slips a jab and a cross from Jasta.
Jasta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Borg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jasta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jasta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Borg turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Borg manages to end up in side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jasta is looking for a sweep.
Borg works to advance to full mount. Jasta defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg wants to control the pace but Jasta is squirming around nicely.
Jasta is trying desperately to improve position.
Borg works his way to his opponent's back.
Jasta tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Borg wants to take Jasta's back but he can't do it this time.
Jasta is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg looking to control but Jasta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borg goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Jasta is on top in guard.
Jasta with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jasta chips away with some ground and pound.
Jasta makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Borg controls Jasta momentarily but Jasta frees himself.
Borg wants to sweep here but Jasta controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borg can't keep his opponent in guard - Jasta advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Borg manages to get to full guard.
Borg looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jasta wants to control from the top but Borg keeps moving.
Borg seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jasta wants to pass the guard but Borg is keeping the position.
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.
Borg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jasta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jasta keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Borg's head.
Jasta wants to control from the top but Borg keeps moving.
Jasta scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Borg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jasta's guard.
Jasta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Borg dominated that second 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!
Borg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jasta manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Jasta.
Borg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borg moves out of range as Jasta throws a body kick.
Borg fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jasta just manages to avoid it.
Jasta wants to slow Borg down by chopping away at his legs.
Jasta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jasta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Borg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jasta cracks the inside of Borg's front leg.
Borg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jasta moves away.
Jasta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jasta throws a hook to the side of Borg's head but Borg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borg throws a front kick aimed at Jasta's knee but Jasta avoids it well.
Jasta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jasta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Borg appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jasta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Jasta misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borg blocks a jab.
Borg is looking to counter punch.
A combination from Jasta does no damage.
Jasta loads up on a big right hand but Borg slips the punch.
Borg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jasta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jasta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Borg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jasta blocks a jab.
Borg's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Borg duly obliges.
Borg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jasta.
Jasta keeps the fight on the outside.
Borg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jasta throws out the jab.
It looked like Borg was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jasta misses with a double jab.
Jasta misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borg looks to throw the jab but Jasta is out of range.
Borg misses with a double jab.
Borg clinches with his opponent.
Junior Borg has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jasta avoids it.
Borg lands an elbow that stopped Jasta in his tracks for a moment.
Borg looking to slow down the pace here.
Jasta stalling in the clinch but Borg improves position.
Borg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jasta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borg's elbow.
Jasta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Borg.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Borg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jasta blocking some punches.
Jasta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jasta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jasta avoids the elbow strike from Borg, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jasta avoids the elbow strike from Borg, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Jasta.
Jasta has a couple of punches blocked by Borg.
Jasta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Borg backwards.
Borg wants a takedown.
Jasta lands with a right to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Borg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jasta's brow.
Jasta blocks an uppercut.
Borg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Borg tries to land knees in the clinch but Jasta avoids the damage to the body.
Borg struggles to land a body shot inside as Jasta controls his hands.
Borg has a couple of punches blocked by Jasta.
Jasta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Borg blocking some punches.
Borg tries to work over Jasta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jasta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Borg throws a punch but it's blocked by Jasta.
Jasta breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jasta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jasta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borg.
Borg misses with a two punch combination.
Jasta slips a straight right by Borg.
Borg misses with a series of wild punches.
Borg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jasta circles away quickly and effectively.
Jasta lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jasta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jasta connects with a leg kick. Borg looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jasta avoids the body shot from Borg.
Borg throws an overhand right that lands on Jasta's shoulder, as Jasta tries to avoid the shot.
Borg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jasta.
Borg throws a big counter combination but Jasta scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Jamey Jasta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jasta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borg.
And Jasta tries to counter it with a takedown but Borg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jasta lands a leg kick that knocks Borg off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamey Jasta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Borg has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Borg!
An out of breath Junior Borg thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ossilus Chiarmanda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Monteban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chiarmanda comes to the cage accompanied by Long live my homeland, my free Tajikistan!. Ossilus Chiarmanda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ossilus Chiarmanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Monteban!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monteban blocks a leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Chiarmanda as Monteban shoots in.
We've been told by Chiarmanda's head coaches at The Zoo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Monteban lands a nice looking body shot.
Monteban has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Chiarmanda is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Chiarmanda lands a jab-cross combination.
Monteban shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Monteban throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Chiarmanda to regain full guard.
Monteban pushes down on Chiarmanda's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Chiarmanda is looking for a sweep. Monteban is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Chiarmanda blocking the ground and pound attempt from Monteban.
Monteban trying to control the action but Chiarmanda is working from the bottom.
Monteban not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monteban seems to be looking for submissions.
Monteban trying to control from half guard but Chiarmanda is working away.
Monteban looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Monteban seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Chiarmanda is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ricardo Monteban!
In his post fight interview, Ricardo Monteban started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Coaker Kluge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noirtier De Villefort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Villefort has chosen Hail Napoleon as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Coaker Kluge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noirtier De Villefort!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Villefort swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A clash of legs there as De Villefort blocks the low kick.
Kluge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Villefort lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
De Villefort misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kluge.
Kluge on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
De Villefort misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kluge.
Kluge throws a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Kluge blocks the low kick.
De Villefort jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut there from Kluge.
Kluge misses with a looping right.
De Villefort throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kluge counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Villefort moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Villefort slips under a jab from Kluge.
De Villefort throws a hook but Kluge blocks it.
Kluge throws a combination that misses
and De Villefort makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Villefort avoids the body shot from Kluge.
De Villefort misses with a low kick.
De Villefort slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluge swings for the body but De Villefort moves out of range.
De Villefort avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kluge chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kluge scores with a punch to the head.
Kluge lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
De Villefort throws a hook but Kluge avoids it easily.
Kluge throws a good cross that connects.
De Villefort swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Villefort throws a body shot but no joy.
Kluge throws a body shot but no joy.
Kluge throws a big shot that misses.
De Villefort fakes the leg kick and cracks Kluge in the body.
De Villefort scores with a nice head shot.
Nice shot lands for Kluge.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Villefort takes a swing at Kluge's ribcage but misses.
De Villefort misses with a double jab.
Kluge misses with a lunging right hand
and De Villefort counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kluge has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sweat in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort cracks a nice hook into Kluge's ribs.
Kluge feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Villeforts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Villefort jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Villefort throws out a loose jab but Kluge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluge uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Villefort.
Kluge takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Villefort throws a lazy right hand but Kluge sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Kluge misses the target.
Kluge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Villefort looks to land a left hand but Kluge moved out of range nicely.
Coaker Kluge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from De Villefort.
De Villefort misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kluge.
It looked like Kluge was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from De Villefort.
Kluge ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Villefort looks to throw the jab but Kluge is out of range.
The fighters circling - De Villefort throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kluge lands with an uppercut that bounces De Villefort off the cage and back into range.
De Villefort lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kluge scores with a jab. De Villefort acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kluge takes one on the chin but seems OK.
De Villefort cracks the inside of Kluge's front leg.
De Villefort misses with a right hand
and Kluge counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Villefort moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
De Villefort fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kluge misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from De Villefort on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kluge missing with a left hand there. De Villefort was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kluge misses with a two punch combination.
Kluge throws a leg kick but De Villefort sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice side step and De Villefort releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kluge ducks under a wild hook from De Villefort.
De Villefort checks a low kick from Kluge.
De Villefort throws a counter combo.
Kluge tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Villefort was well out of range. Poor timing from Kluge.
Kluge lands a lovely overhand right.
De Villefort misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Villefort looks to throw the jab but Kluge is out of range.
De Villefort tests Kluge's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kluge misses with a right hand
and De Villefort counters with a nice right hand that sends Kluge toppling to the canvas! Kluge scrambles and gets back to his feet - can De Villefort finish him?!
Kluge is rocked!
Kluge looks to score with a jab to the body but De Villefort is just out of range.
Oh Kluge is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Some wild striking there from Kluge.
A punch combination from De Villefort misses.
Kluge looks to throw the jab but De Villefort is out of range.
De Villefort throws out a counter right but Kluge avoids it with no problem.
Kluge wants to slow De Villefort down by chopping away at his legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Villefort! But no joy.
Kluge seems to have got his legs back now.
Kluge clobbers De Villefort with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kluge walks straight into a right hand from De Villefort - that's dropped him! De Villefort jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Kluge from any more punishment! Kluge complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Noirtier De Villefort!
After winning the bout, Noirtier De Villefort thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Biggums (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Biggums!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lewis Scott!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biggums moves out of range as Scott strikes.
Biggums ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Biggums misses with a jab to the body
enabling Scott to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Tyrone Biggums has been cut.
Biggums looks to land a combination but Scott avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Scott! But no joy.
Biggums throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Scott tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Biggums is in Scott's guard.
Scott pulls Biggums in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Biggums trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Biggums loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Biggums content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott keeping full guard, as Biggums tries to pass.
Biggums works over Scott with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggums drops back looking for a leg! Scott is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Scott manages to kick Biggums off! Biggums jumps back into Scott's guard.
Biggums wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
Biggums preventing the sweep.
Scott controlling Biggums's posture.
Biggums postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Scott looking for a sweep. Not yet Scott, not yet.
Biggums trying to control the position from guard on top but Scott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Biggums missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Scott tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Biggums with a flurry of punches that miss.
Scott can't keep his opponent in guard - Biggums advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Biggums lands a nice short elbow.
Scott has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Biggums is working away from the top position though.
Biggums working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Scott is looking to control Biggums's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Scott avoid being mounted?
Biggums is trying to control the action in half guard but Scott is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Biggums looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Biggums not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggums is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Scott controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Scott avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggums.
Scott has hold of Biggums's hands but Biggums slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Biggums throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Biggums working Scott over with strikes.
Biggums trying to mount his opponent but Scott defends it.
Biggums sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Scott defending well though.
Biggums thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Scott desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Scott gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggums loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Scott wants to sweep but no luck.
Biggums in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Biggums is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Biggums throwing strikes but missing.
Biggums wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
Biggums is looking to advance position but Scott has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Biggums wants to control but Scott is having none of it.
Biggums working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Biggums dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Biggums's cut.
That's time! Biggums's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Scott throws a right hand that misses
and Biggums makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Scott scores with a jab.
Scott misses with a hook
and Biggums counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scott moves out of range of the body kick from Biggums.
Biggums throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Biggums gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Scott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Biggums is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scott can do to turn this around?
Scott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Biggums lands a body shot.
Scott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Biggums's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Biggums tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Biggums scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Biggums.
Biggums crunches a lovely knee into Scott's ribcage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biggums breaks the clinch.
Biggums lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Biggums throws a quick inside leg kick.
Scott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Biggums.
Biggums closes the distance and clinches up with Scott, looking for a takedown. Biggums pushes Scott against the cage but Scott circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Biggums finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Biggums.
Scott looks to clinch
enabling Biggums to counter with a crisp jab.
Biggums takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Scott uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Biggums.
Biggums throws a head kick but Scott moves out of range.
Scott moves into range and clinches up with Biggums.
Scott is leaning against Biggums and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Biggums on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biggums's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Biggums walks into a left hand.
Biggums catches Scott with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circle momentarily. Biggums darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tyrone Biggums is winning the standup battle so far.
Biggums thumps Scott with a low kick.
Lewis Scott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Scott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Scott just misses with a punch to the body.
Biggums looking to score a takedown here. Scott is defending well but Biggums drives through and ends up in Scott's guard.
Biggums makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Scott keeping moving, preventing Biggums from controlling successfully.
Scott working a defensive guard here.
Biggums scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Biggums accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Biggums throws a big right hand that misses.
Scott is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Biggums is looking to work some ground and pound but Scott has wrist control.
Biggums in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Biggums with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Biggums's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Biggums passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Biggums wants to lay and pray for a moment but Scott keeps working.
Biggums scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Biggums.
Biggums is looking to take a break and control but Scott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Biggums works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Biggums fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Biggums tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Biggums has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Biggums looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Scott is avoiding damage well.
Biggums lands a nice forearm strike.
Biggums wants to lay and pray for a moment but Scott keeps working.
Biggums tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Scott stops Biggums from passing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Biggums dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Biggums's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Scott takes a swing at Biggums's ribcage but misses.
Scott misses with a hook
and Biggums cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Scott looks to score with a jab to the body but Biggums is just out of range.
Scott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Scott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Biggums throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scott.
Lewis Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Biggums drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Biggums lands a glancing blow to the side of Scott's head.
Biggums defending well as Scott loads up on a big left hand.
Biggums uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Scott.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Scott works the jab nicely.
Biggums lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biggums ducks under a wild hook from Scott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott throws an overhand right that lands on Biggums's shoulder, as Biggums tries to avoid the shot.
Biggums takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scott darts in and clinches Biggums up against the cage.
Scott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Biggums tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Scott lands with a right to the head.
Biggums tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Biggums misses with a hook from the clinch.
Biggums misses with a body punch.
Biggums tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Scott is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Biggums looking to stall.
Scott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Biggums blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Biggums can't get the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with some punches.
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biggums controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scott.
Scott scores with a nice hook to the head.
Biggums lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scott backwards.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Biggums backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Biggums misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Scott.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Biggums breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scott has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Biggums.
Scott scores with a jab to the head.
Biggums is rocked!
Scott jabs at Biggums's body.
Biggums tries to keep at a distance but Scott has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott misses with a punch to the body.
Scott has a couple of punches blocked by Biggums.
Scott misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Scott.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Biggums lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scott lands with a left to the head.
Oh Biggums is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Biggums blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scott cracks Biggums with a nice body shot.
Biggums throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
Biggums tries to throw a body punch but Scott avoids it by throwing Biggums back against the cage.
Scott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Biggums taking a breather.
Scott lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Biggums.
Biggums seems to have got his legs back now.
Biggums misses with the head strike.
Scott blocks an uppercut.
Biggums throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Biggums.
Scott scores with a shoulder strike.
Scott blocks a body shot from Biggums.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggums tries to land knees in the clinch but Scott avoids the damage to the body.
Scott lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Biggums tries a knee to the head but Scott blocks it.
Biggums drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Scott gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch on the inside from Scott fails to land.
Biggums is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Scott pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Biggums. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Scott just misses with a elbow thrown towards Biggums's brow.
Scott stalling.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scott misses with some punches.
Biggums lands a knee to the body.
Scott avoiding damage as Biggums throws knees to the body.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Biggums controls the action.
Biggums blocks a body shot from Scott.
Lewis Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrone Biggums is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lewis Scott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Biggums has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Biggums!
Tyrone Biggums 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.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raoul De Muerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Fynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Muerta comes to the cage accompanied by The Crystal Method. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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193 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raoul De Muerta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Fynn!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by De Muerta!
It looks like Bob Fynn has been cut.
De Muerta lands a nice looking body shot.
Fynn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
De Muerta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fynn closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming De Muerta to the mat! De Muerta manages to get full guard.
Fynn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De Muerta is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fynn wants to get back to his feet.
Fynn is looking to improve his position.
Fynn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fynn controlling the position for now.
De Muerta trying to control from half guard but Fynn is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Muerta is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fynn tries to roll over but De Muerta keeps him under control.
Fynn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De Muerta pulls his head out easily.
Fynn looking for submissions off his back.
De Muerta sitting and controlling from the half guard.
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.
Fynn wants to control but De Muerta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fynn wants to improve his position but De Muerta is controlling well.
De Muerta trying to pass the guard but Fynn defending well.
Fynn tries to roll over but De Muerta keeps him under control.
De Muerta looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
De Muerta trying to control the action but Fynn is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fynn slips a jab and a cross from De Muerta.
Raoul De Muerta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fynn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Muerta can pounce on him.
De Muerta misses with a hook
and Fynn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Muerta slaps away a takedown attempt from Fynn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Muerta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De Muerta connects with a body shot that sends Fynn's belly button to the back.
De Muerta tries to work over Fynn's front leg with a kick but Fynn checks it.
De Muerta misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Muerta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
De Muerta lands a jab.
De Muerta connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fynn is defended easily by De Muerta.
Good leg kick by De Muerta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Muerta cracks a nice hook into Fynn's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoul De Muerta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Fynn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fynn shoots in for a double leg but De Muerta sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fynn avoids a kick to the body.
Fynn shoots and misses
and De Muerta counters with a nice body shot.
Fynn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fynn fails to land the takedown.
De Muerta tries to counter by clinching up but Fynn breaks away and moves out of range.
Raoul De Muerta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Fynn.
De Muerta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fynn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raoul De Muerta is winning the standup battle so far.
De Muerta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fynn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Muerta throws a combination. Fynn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
De Muerta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fynn has time to react.
De Muerta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fynn. Fynn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fynn misses with a takedown attempt - De Muerta sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fynn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice body kick there by De Muerta.
Fynn shoots in looking for a takedown but De Muerta manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fynn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Raoul De Muerta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fynn avoids a kick to the body.
Fynn is trying to counter with his kicks.
De Muerta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fynn's sensitive parts.
A good leg kick by De Muerta.
De Muerta lands a lovely overhand right.
Fynn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Muerta finds it's way round the side to connect with Fynn's head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fynn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Muerta instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from De Muerta - that landed with a thud.
De Muerta lands with a left to the head.
Fynn is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Muerta tries to work over Fynn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Muerta.
Fynn is still on wobbly legs! Can De Muerta finish him?
A right handed body shot lands from De Muerta.
Fynn is breathing heavily.
De Muerta lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Fynn to his knees! De Muerta keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raoul De Muerta!
During a confident post fight interview, Raoul De Muerta thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zoey Malone Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastiaan Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malone Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Who Let the Dogs Out. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zoey Malone Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastiaan Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone Jr connects with a body shot.
Malone Jr cracks Rutten with a good jab.
Rutten throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Malone Jr counter with a right hand.
Rutten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rutten replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Malone Jr blocks it well.
Rutten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice shot by Malone Jr.
Malone Jr throws a one two combo.
Malone Jr cracks a nice hook into Rutten's ribs.
Malone Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Rutten is trying to counter with his kicks.
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!
Rutten takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Malone Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym of the Gods in the buildup to the fight.
A head kick by Malone Jr misses
and Rutten counters with a body kick that stops Malone Jr in his tracks momentarily.
Malone Jr misses with a double jab
and Rutten counters with a two punch combo.
Malone Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Rutten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Zoey Malone Jr has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rutten moves away.
Malone Jr moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Malone Jr.
Rutten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malone Jr tries to throw a body punch but Rutten avoids it by throwing Malone Jr back against the cage.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Malone Jr blocks it.
Rutten lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Malone Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Rutten controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Rutten fails to land.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Malone Jr lands a right hand.
Malone Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Malone Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rutten blocks a body shot from Malone Jr.
Malone Jr is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rutten gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rutten blocks an uppercut.
Rutten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone Jr cracks Rutten with a hook to the temple - Rutten is on wobbly legs here! Malone Jr swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Rutten falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Malone Jr wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Zoey Malone Jr!
Post fight, Zoey Malone Jr stared into the camera and said 'No cut was going to stop me this time around. I'm king of the world!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derfel Cadarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cadarn comes to the cage accompanied by Old England's Glory. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Derfel Cadarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cadarn.
Cadarn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cadarn throws a leg kick but Byrne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A clash of legs there as Byrne blocks the low kick.
Cadarn pushes Byrne away with a front kick.
Cadarn throws out a loose jab but Byrne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cadarn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Byrne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cadarn.
Cadarn feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cadarn feints and then cracks Byrne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Byrne down.
Byrne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cadarn scores with a nice body kick.
Cadarn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cadarn misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Byrne misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadarn misses with the body kick
and Byrne counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Byrne trying to control but Cadarn is working from the bottom.
Cadarn is looking for a triangle but Byrne pushes his legs off easily.
Cadarn is looking for a triangle but Byrne pushes his legs off easily.
Byrne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cadarn working a defensive guard but Byrne manages to pass into side control anyway.
You can see the frustration on Cadarn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cadarn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Byrne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn seems a little lost for a moment, as Byrne dominates the positioning.
Cadarn dodges the ground and pound from Byrne.
Cadarn gets back to half guard.
Byrne tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cadarn knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Byrne working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Cadarn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cadarn.
Cadarn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cadarn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Byrne is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cadarn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Byrne defends well.
Byrne wants to pass the guard but Cadarn is keeping the position.
Cadarn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Byrne gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cadarn keeping full guard, as Byrne tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cadarn keeping moving, preventing Byrne from controlling successfully.
Cadarn has his foot on Byrne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Byrne works his way back into a safe position though.
Byrne works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cadarn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cadarn manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Byrne wants to pass the guard but Cadarn is keeping the position.
Byrne wants to control from the top but Cadarn keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Byrne got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cadarn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Byrne has managed to get both his arms back between Cadarn's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derfel Cadarn dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Byrne connects with a body shot.
Byrne misses with a looping left.
Byrne slips a straight right by Cadarn.
Byrne takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cadarn throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Byrne counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cadarn won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cadarn wants to control but Byrne postures up.
Cadarn is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Byrne grinds an elbow into Cadarn's temple.
Cadarn looking for a sweep but Byrne has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Byrne trying to control but Cadarn is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadarn is trying to escape the mount.
Cadarn tries to lock up and control but Byrne gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Byrne prevents Cadarn from getting the reversal.
Cadarn manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Cadarn trying to control but Byrne postures up.
Byrne trying to control the action but Cadarn is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn actively working from the bottom here.
Byrne lands with a punch from half guard.
Byrne is looking to advance position but Cadarn won't allow it.
Byrne prevents Cadarn from improving his position.
Byrne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cadarn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cadarn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Byrne takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn trying to control from the bottom.
Cadarn wants to get back to full guard.
Cadarn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cadarn looking for submissions off his back.
Cadarn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cadarn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Byrne not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Byrne content to control rather than advance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cadarn wants to slow Byrne down by chopping away at his legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cadarn 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 Byrne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Byrne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cadarn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Byrne misses with a low kick as Cadarn jumps back.
As Byrne looks to move away, Cadarn throws a big counter combo bu Byrne just gets out of the way.
Cadarn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Byrne.
Byrne blocks the body kick.
Cadarn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Byrne moves away.
Cadarn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Byrne's calf.
Cadarn wants to slow Byrne down by chopping away at his legs.
Byrne has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cadarn.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cadarn 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.
Cadarn looks for the body kick but Byrne saw that one coming.
Cadarn lands with a straight right. Byrne didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Matt Byrne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cadarn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Byrne drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cadarn defends it well.
Cadarn defending well as Byrne loads up on a big left hand.
Cadarn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cadarn throws a solid leg kick but Byrne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cadarn.
Byrne walks into a left hand.
Cadarn misses with a body kick.
Byrne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cadarn. That one must have hurt.
Cadarn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cadarn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cadarn misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Byrne! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Cadarn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Byrne scores with a jab. Cadarn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cadarn misses with a kick to the body
and Byrne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cadarn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Derfel Cadarn is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadarn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cadarn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cadarn throws a leg kick but Byrne moved away.
Byrne now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cadarn 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 Byrne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Byrne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Byrne throws a body punch but Cadarn moves out of range.
Cadarn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice body kick from Cadarn.
Cadarn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Derfel Cadarn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byrne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Byrne missing with a left hand there. Cadarn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cadarn misses with a low kick.
Byrne lands with a straight right. Cadarn didn't see that one coming.
Cadarn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Byrne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cadarn 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 Byrne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Byrne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cadarn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cadarn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Byrne checks the leg kick.
Byrne with the counter takedown but Cadarn avoids it easily.
Cadarn tries to land a leg kick but Byrne saw it coming and moves away.
Byrne avoids a kick to the body.
And Byrne tries to counter it with a takedown but Cadarn pushes his down on his head and steps out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cadarn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Byrne.
Byrne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cadarn.
Byrne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cadarn throws a front kick aimed at Byrne's knee but Byrne avoids it well.
Byrne drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cadarn defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne misses with a series of wild punches.
As Byrne backs away, Cadarn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Byrne misses with a looping left.
Byrne moves out of range of the leg kick from Cadarn.
Cadarn thuds his shin into the meat of Byrne's side.
Cadarn lands a jab.
Cadarn throws a low kick but Byrne moves out of range easily.
Cadarn tries to clinch but Byrne moves out of range.
Jab by Cadarn.
Cadarn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cadarn tries to clinch but Byrne is having none of it.
Cadarn misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cadarn - that will leave a mark!
Byrne walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cadarn.
Cadarn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byrne with the counter takedown but Cadarn avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Byrne darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Byrne misses.
Byrne throws a body shot but no joy.
Byrne throws a head kick that misses.
Byrne lands a high kick!
Cadarn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Byrne throws out a counter right but Cadarn avoids it with no problem.
Cadarn scores with a nice right hand.
Cadarn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cadarn with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derfel Cadarn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cadarn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derfel Cadarn!
A relieved looking Derfel Cadarn 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinbad Sailor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitri Yurkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sailor comes to the cage accompanied by Sailing on the Seven Seas. Dmitri Yurkov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sinbad Sailor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitri Yurkov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sailor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yurkov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Yurkov walks into a jab.
Yurkov misses with a takedown
and Sailor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Sailor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yurkov. Sailor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yurkov tries to clinch but Sailor is having none of it.
Yurkov looks to score with a jab to the body but Sailor is just out of range.
Yurkov gets a double leg takedown into Sailor's guard.
Yurkov got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sailor has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Yurkov has managed to get both his arms back between Sailor's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yurkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Sailor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yurkov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sailor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yurkov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Yurkov being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yurkov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yurkov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sailor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sailor trying to keep a closed guard but Yurkov is proving a slippery customer.
Yurkov passes Sailor's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Yurkov trying to control the action but Sailor is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sailor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sailor.
Sailor trying to control the position.
Yurkov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sailor wants to sweep but no luck.
Yurkov looking to pass the guard.
Sailor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurkov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sailor wants to sweep here but Yurkov controlling him for the moment.
Sailor keeping moving, preventing Yurkov from controlling successfully.
Sailor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yurkov is one step ahead there.
Yurkov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sailor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yurkov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yurkov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yurkov trying to control but Sailor is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurkov won't allow Sailor to sweep him here.
Yurkov wants to pass the guard but Sailor is keeping the position.
Sailor is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sailor keeping moving, preventing Yurkov from controlling successfully.
Sailor being controlled here, momentarily.
Yurkov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sailor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sailor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Sailor there.
Yurkov wants to control but Sailor is keeping busy.
Yurkov wants to improve his position but Sailor is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Yurkov is looking to improve his position.
Yurkov 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.
Yurkov is pressing down on Sailor's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sailor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Yurkov is staying active underneath Sailor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sailor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yurkov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sailor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yurkov wants to control but Sailor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sailor wants to take a breather but Yurkov is having none of it.
Sailor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Sailor there.
Sailor prevents Yurkov from improving his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yurkov is refusing to be controlled, as Sailor sits in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sailor winds up and cracks Yurkov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sailor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinbad Sailor dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yurkov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sailor sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yurkov somewhat.
Yurkov slips a jab and a cross from Sailor.
Yurkov throws a counter combo.
Sailor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sailor slips under a jab from Yurkov.
Sailor tries to counter by clinching up but Yurkov breaks away and moves out of range.
Yurkov shoots in but no luck this time.
A little feinted left hand from Sailor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sailor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yurkov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sailor to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Yurkov controlling Sailor's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sailor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sailor is in close to Yurkov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yurkov controlling the position.
Sailor works over Yurkov with some ground and pound from guard.
Sailor wants to pass the guard but Yurkov is keeping the position.
Sailor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yurkov can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurkov looking for a sweep. Not yet Yurkov, not yet.
Sailor advances position into side control!
Yurkov tries to buck Sailor off but Sailor is having none of it.
Sailor looks up at the clock and then as Yurkov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sailor smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sinbad Sailor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sailor working away.
Sailor tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sailor has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yurkov is looking for a sweep.
Sailor in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sailor working away.
Sailor passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Yurkov!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Yurkov looks a forlorn figure.
Sailor avoids the attempt from Yurkov to control.
Sailor working Yurkov over with strikes here.
Yurkov wants to control but Sailor is having none of it.
Sailor lands a nice shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yurkov taking shots to the head.
Yurkov tries to hold on but Sailor postures up.
Sailor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yurkov is rocked!
Yurkov takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Sailor's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sinbad Sailor!
Sinbad Sailor gave a mention to Bullet Proof System in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Remi Highjack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Leija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Highjack comes to the cage accompanied by The Outsider - A Perfect Circle. Leija comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Original Nuttah kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Remi Highjack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alfredo Leija !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leija swings for the body but Highjack moves out of range.
Highjack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Highjack looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Highjack takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Highjack connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Leija momentarily.
Leija 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.
Highjack misses the shot to the body.
Highjack lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Highjack misses
and Leija makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Leija throws an overhand right that lands on Highjack's shoulder, as Highjack tries to avoid the shot.
Highjack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leija .
Highjack misses with a lunging right hand
and Leija counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Remi Highjack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Highjack throws a low kick, looking for Leija 's leg but Leija calmly moves out of range.
Highjack moves away from the strike by Leija .
Highjack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leija .
Leija checks the leg kick.
Highjack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leija looks to throw the jab but Highjack is out of range.
Highjack throws a leg kick
and Leija connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Highjack misses with a leg kick
and Leija counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Highjack thinking.
Highjack misses with a left hand
and Leija counters with a nice body shot.
Highjack misses with a jab to the body
and Leija counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Highjack tries to work over Leija 's front leg with a kick but Leija checks it.
Highjack throws a right hand that misses
and Leija counters with a nice uppercut.
Leija pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Highjack blocks a jab.
Highjack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Leija crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Highjack - the referee stops the clock and Leija gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Highjack. Leija manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice uppercut there from Highjack.
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!
Highjack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Highjack throws a right hand that misses
and Leija counters with a left to the body.
Highjack moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Highjack throws a series of punches but Leija moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Highjack.
Leija throws a nice head kick!
Highjack walks into a jab.
Highjack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leija .
Highjack lands the left hand.
Donk. Leija catches Highjack right on the button with a cross.
Leija misses with an uppercut. Highjack saw that one coming.
Leija punishes Highjack's body with a nice straight punch.
Leija lands with a hook. Highjack tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Highjack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leija sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Highjack misses with an uppercut.
Highjack tries to bum rush Leija with a series of wild strikes but Leija uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good work by Leija as he checks the leg kick.
Leija throws a lazy right hand but Highjack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Highjack throws a head kick that misses
and Leija counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leija scores with a hook to the body. Highjack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Highjack throws a leg kick but Leija sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Leija on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Highjack throws a half hearted mid kick.
A combination from Leija does no damage.
Leija cracks Highjack with a good jab.
Highjack lets loose with a powerful body kick. Leija will feel that in the morning.
Leija misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leija takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Highjack.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Highjack lands a big head kick that sends Leija tumbling to the mat! Highjack takes a step backwards and waves Leija back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Leija is rocked!
It looks like Alfredo Leija has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Highjack misses the target.
Leija is still on wobbly legs! Can Highjack finish him?
Leija throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A quick step to the side and Highjack tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leija seems to have recovered his senses.
Highjack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leija moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Highjack. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Highjack.
Highjack on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Leija plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Highjack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leija .
Highjack throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Highjack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leija sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A clash of legs there as Leija blocks the low kick.
Highjack lands a right hook to the body.
Highjack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alfredo Leija will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alfredo Leija 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A head kick misses from Highjack.
Highjack turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Leija jabs Highjack right on the nose. Highjack blinks but takes it well.
Alfredo Leija seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Leija throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leija looks to land a right hand but Highjack moved out of range.
Highjack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leija connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Leija is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Highjack.
Leija just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leija walks forward, straight into a front kick from Highjack.
Leija has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Leija there as he acknowledges the shot.
Highjack cracks Leija with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Highjack throws a shot from downtown. Leija moves away and avoids it.
Leija scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Highjack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Highjack takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Leija waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Highjack.
Highjack 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.
A big right from Leija misses.
Leija keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Highjack throws a lazy head kick
and Leija counters with a stiff right hand.
Leija misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Highjack fires out a quick counter leg kick but Leija just manages to avoid it.
Leija blocks the body kick.
A little jabbing left from Leija on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Highjack misses with a lunging right hand
and Leija counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leija lands a brutal head kick. Highjack looks out on his feet and Leija throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Alfredo Leija !
Alfredo Leija really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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