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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misho Mahmorluka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Markov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Some Russian rap. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Misho Mahmorluka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Markov!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mahmorluka is defended easily by Markov.
Markov feints the counter takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Mahmorluka. Those never looked like landing.
Markov looks for the body kick but Mahmorluka saw that one coming.
Mahmorluka looks to clinch
and Markov counters with a good, hard body kick but Mahmorluka shrugs it off.
Mahmorluka is breathing heavily.
Markov misses with a double jab.
Mahmorluka avoids the head kick by Markov.
Markov lands a big head kick that sends Mahmorluka tumbling to the mat! Markov takes a step backwards and waves Mahmorluka back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Misho Mahmorluka has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markov slips a jab and a cross from Mahmorluka.
Mahmorluka throws a right hand that Markov ducks under and follows up with a left that Markov also avoids with ease.
Mahmorluka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Markov's waist but Markov gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mahmorluka off to one side.
Markov tries to bum rush Mahmorluka with a series of wild strikes but Mahmorluka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Markov.
Mahmorluka throws a hook but Markov blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmorluka takes a swing at Markov's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Markov.
Markov tries to bum rush Mahmorluka with a series of wild strikes but Mahmorluka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A quick step to the side and Mahmorluka tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Markov throws a right and a left that Mahmorluka avoids nicely.
Mahmorluka moves in looking to clinch but Markov pushes him off.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Mahmorluka got wobbled bad by a big combination! Markov presses forward with punches and knees until Mahmorluka stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Mahmorluka closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Markov!
Fedor Markov took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Machiavelli Boutique for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ho Lee Fuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Stahl (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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ho Lee Fuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruno Stahl!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stahl swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've been hearing reports that Fuk has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Stahl stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stahl wants it to stay on the feet.
Stahl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fuk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fuk tries for a takedown but Stahl circles away easily
enabling Stahl to counter with a crisp jab.
Stahl gets caught flat footed, as Fuk shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Fuk advances position into side control!
Fuk has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Stahl!
Fuk wants to take Stahl's back but he can't do it this time.
Fuk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fuk is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stahl can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fuk tries to control but Stahl wriggling away.
Fuk is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Stahl has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Stahl!
Fuk is trying to control the position but Stahl postures up.
Fuk has his foot on Stahl's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Stahl works his way back into a safe position though.
Stahl is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fuk is keeping the position for now.
Fuk is looking to cinch up a triangle. Stahl throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Fuk's body to avoid the submission. Fuk has instead reached around Stahl's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Fuk arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ho Lee Fuk!
Our winner, Ho Lee Fuk, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simo Hayha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellis Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miller has chosen "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simo Hayha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ellis Miller!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayha throws a head kick that half lands.
A left lands for Hayha.
Miller misses with a combination
and Hayha counters with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Miller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Simo Hayha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayha swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Miller counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Simo Hayha has been cut.
Hayha is looking to land body kicks.
Miller throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hayha counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hayha misses with a low kick.
Hayha swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
Hayha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miller moves away.
Despite the aggression on Miller's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hayha lands a head kick. Miller smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Ellis Miller has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miller throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Miller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hayha lands a really nice looking cross but Miller seems unphased.
Hayha lands a right hook to the body.
Hayha has been working on his boxing with his coaches at R.A.D's Lads in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayha lands with a straight right. Miller didn't see that one coming.
Hayha scoring well with a low kick there.
Miller moves out of range of the strikes.
Hayha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hayha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Miller.
Hayha scores with the left hand. Miller knows he should have avoided that one.
Miller takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Miller needs to keep his hands up - Hayha had a free shot at his head there.
Hayha lands with an uppercut that bounces Miller off the cage and back into range.
A good leg kick by Hayha.
Miller throws a leg kick but Hayha checks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayha throws a low kick but it's checked well by Miller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayha lands a nice shot to the body.
Hayha gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Simo Hayha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Miller misses.
Miller takes a swing at Hayha's ribcage but misses.
Miller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hayha can pounce on him.
Hayha connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Miller's hands.
Miller keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hayha throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Miller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Miller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Miller fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hayha sprawls well initially but Miller persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miller slows the pace down in half guard.
Miller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hayha keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hayha's head.
Hayha tries to roll over but Miller keeps him under control.
Miller throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Miller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hayha is trying to get back to full guard.
Miller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hayha defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miller is thwarting Hayha's attempts to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Miller sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hayha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hayha throws out a leg kick but Miller moves out of range and Hayha only half commits.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simo Hayha dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Miller misses with a combination
and Hayha counters with a straight right hand.
Hayha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miller can do to turn this around?
Miller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hayha connects with a looping right hand.
Miller tries to clinch up.
A jab from Miller misses.
Miller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Hayha misses
and Miller counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayha is trying to break the clinch but Miller is controlling him.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Hayha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayha lands with a left to the head.
Hayha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayha has a couple of punches blocked by Miller.
Hayha lands with a left to the head.
Hayha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hayha connects with an inside leg kick.
Hayha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Miller throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hayha's waist but Hayha gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Miller off to one side.
Miller with a hook.
Miller misses with a hook
and Hayha counters with a nice body shot.
Miller drops Hayha with a nice combination! Miller dives into Hayha's guard, looking to finish!
Hayha is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oh Hayha is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hayha is controlling Miller's posture.
Miller throws an elbow that misses. Hayha uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Miller's guard. Nice move by Hayha!
Hayha trying to control but Miller is working from the bottom.
Hayha seems to have got his legs back now.
Hayha controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hayha working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Miller's head.
Hayha is stalling in the full guard.
Miller looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Miller is trying to control the position but Hayha postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hayha's guard.
Miller throwing strikes but missing.
Hayha bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Miller's guard.
Miller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miller punching from the bottom - just letting Hayha know he's still in a fight.
Miller has a closed guard, preventing Hayha from standing up.
Hayha is looking to pass into half guard but Miller pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Miller is in guard.
Hayha controls Miller momentarily but Miller frees himself.
Miller trying to control the position from guard on top but Hayha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis Miller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Miller not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hayha has his hands on Miller's head, controlling the position.
Miller got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hayha has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Miller has managed to get both his arms back between Hayha's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ellis Miller will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Miller takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hayha looks to throw the jab but Miller is out of range.
Miller shoots in for a takedown but Hayha shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hayha throws a looping overhand right but Miller ducks down to avoid it.
Hayha connects with a jab.
Hayha lunges at Miller with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Miller's hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hayha.
Hayha misses with an uppercut
and Miller counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hayha won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayha taking a bit of punishment here - Miller scoring with strikes.
Hayha sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Miller landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Simo Hayha's cut is getting worse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller trying to control from half guard but Hayha is working away.
Hayha is looking to escape.
Hayha wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Miller.
Hayha is looking to improve his position.
Miller seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hayha does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hayha keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hayha tries to get to full guard but Miller has control of the leg.
Miller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hayha makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hayha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hayha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hayha throws a good cross that connects.
A chopping leg kick lands by Miller.
Miller moves out of range of the body kick.
Hayha scores with a spinning back kick!
Miller checks a low kick from Hayha.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hayha.
Miller takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Miller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hayha throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayha misses with a body shot
and Miller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hayha throws a sloppy head kick
and Hayha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Simo Hayha's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
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!
Hayha throws a front kick aimed at Miller's knee but Miller avoids it well.
Hayha scores with a hook to the body. Miller takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Miller.
Miller takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hayha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hayha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Miller throws out a leg kick but Hayha moves out of range and Miller only half commits.
A jab from Miller misses.
It looked like Hayha wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Miller misses with a jab to the body
and Hayha counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simo Hayha showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hayha 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simo Hayha!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Terranova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terranova comes to the cage accompanied by Rodney O & Joe Cooley - Everlasting Bass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vinnie Terranova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker looks to score with a jab to the body but Terranova is just out of range.
Terranova gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Terranova.
Terranova lands a right hand.
It looks like Dan Tucker has been cut.
Tucker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Terranova changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tucker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Terranova shoots and misses
and Tucker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've been hearing reports that Terranova has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tucker throws a shot from downtown. Terranova moves away and avoids it.
Tucker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tucker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Terranova lands a slapping body shot.
A swing and a miss from Terranova.
Terranova has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tucker is trying to maintain a safe position but Terranova gets an underhook and turns Tucker into the cage.
Terranova putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tucker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker lands a body shot.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova scores with a knee to the head.
Terranova pushes Tucker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Terranova - that landed with a thud.
Terranova lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tucker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Terranova tries to score a body lock takedown but Tucker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinnie Terranova. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tucker wants to get back to striking at distance but Terranova won't allow it.
Tucker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tucker tries a body shot but Terranova blocks it.
Terranova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Terranova lands a left hand.
Terranova drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker wants to break free but Terranova has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Terranova obliges.
Terranova lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Terranova lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terranova gets through Tucker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tucker tries to break the clinch but Terranova is controlling the position.
Terranova scores with a shoulder strike.
Tucker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Terranovas head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tucker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Terranova.
Terranova is trying to drag Tucker to the mat but Tucker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Terranova lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Terranova fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Terranova.
Terranova pushes Tucker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker tries a body shot but Terranova blocks it.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Terranova.
Terranova has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tucker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Terranova landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Terranova is trying to drag Tucker to the mat but Tucker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tucker digs a right hand into Terranova's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Terranova's gas tank.
Terranova tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tucker avoids it.
Nice elbow from Terranova.
Terranova lands with a left to the head.
Terranova lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tucker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Terranova.
Tucker managing to block the knees to the body from Terranova.
A head punch on the inside from Tucker fails to land.
Terranova lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Terranova avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Tucker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tucker is fighting off a takedown attempt but Terranova is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Tucker to the mat. Tucker regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terranova trying to control the position from guard on top but Tucker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tucker wants to get back to his feet but Terranova is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terranova looking to pass the guard.
Terranova throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tucker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tucker is trying to keep Terranova in close.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker wants to sweep here but Terranova controlling him for the moment.
Tucker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Terranova postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinnie Terranova dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Tucker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Terranova fails with the takedown
and Tucker counters with a left to the body.
Tucker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Terranova's head.
Terranova gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tucker counters with a nice uppercut.
Terranova misses with an uppercut
and Tucker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Terranova throws a head kick that misses
enabling Tucker to counter with a crisp jab.
Terranova throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Terranova throws an off balance right hand
and Tucker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Terranova rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tucker counters with a stiff right hand.
Terranova throws a lazy head kick
and Tucker counters with a huge left! Terranova is in big trouble! He's backing up but Tucker isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Terranova from any more damage. A dominating finish by Tucker!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Tucker!
A very excited looking Dan Tucker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sven Hansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Eddie White enters the cage!
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sven Hansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie White!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hansson.
White swinging wildly here.
Hansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Hansson.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White wants to slow Hansson down by chopping away at his legs.
Hansson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hansson throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Both fighters circling a little - Hansson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Hansson is predictable there
letting White counter with a right hand.
Hansson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hansson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hansson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Hansson counters with a right hand to the body.
White feints a jab promting Hansson to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hansson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hansson tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
Hansson tries to score with a low kick but White moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansson avoids the head kick by White.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hansson.
Hansson throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White misses with a low kick.
White throws a low kick but Hansson avoids it.
White bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Good work by Hansson as he checks the leg kick.
Hansson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
White connects with a body shot that sends Hansson's belly button to the back.
A head kick misses from White.
Hansson looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Hansson tries a head kick but it misses.
White only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hansson loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
Hansson connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansson feints and then cracks White's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow White down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
White throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hansson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hansson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hansson scores with a body shot.
White tries a low kick but Hansson avoids it.
Hansson throws a quick counter kick to the body but White avoids it.
Nice body punch from White.
White jabs Hansson right on the nose. Hansson blinks but takes it well.
Hansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hansson lands with a nice combination. White backs away looking to recover.
Hansson misses the jab.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White misses with a body kick.
Hansson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hansson. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansson lands a nice shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hansson.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
White thuds a left hand into Hansson's body.
Hansson lands a jab to White's midsection.
White throws a head kick that misses
and Hansson counters with a nice body kick.
Hansson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hansson, right into the meat.
Hansson is looking to wear down White with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
White digs a good hook to Hansson's body.
Hansson takes one on the button.
Hansson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to White's calf.
Hansson misses with a straight left.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hansson moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hansson.
Hansson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick but Hansson moved away.
A quick step to the side and Hansson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
White walks into a straight right hand from Hansson.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hansson backs up against the cage.
Hansson misses with a body shot.
White throws a hook but Hansson blocks it.
White on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hansson. Hansson obviously looking to wear him down.
Hansson scores with a crisp jab that stopped White in his tracks.
Hansson digs a good body shot into White's ribs.
Hansson misses with a head kick.
Hansson wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.
White throws out a counter right but Hansson avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White connects with the punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from White 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 Hansson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hansson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hansson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Hansson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
White on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hansson. Hansson obviously looking to wear him down.
White has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hansson misses with a low kick as White jumps back.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from White in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A solid leg kick lands there for White.
White scores with a head kick. Hansson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hansson 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.
Hansson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hansson misses with a jab to the body
letting White counter with a right hand.
Hansson throws a solid leg kick but White takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hansson.
Hansson blocks a low kick nicely.
Hansson tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansson throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hansson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hansson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
Hansson throws a leg kick but White moved away.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
White swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hansson doesn't seem bothered though.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but White might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hansson has got the better of the exchanges.
Hansson throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hansson counters with a nice leg kick.
Hansson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hansson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hansson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt White.
White's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hansson misses with a straight right.
White throws a counter combo.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hansson. That's going to slow White down.
A good leg kick by White.
Hansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hansson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White misses the body punch
and Hansson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a hook but Hansson blocks it.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hansson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Hansson misses with a body shot.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hansson.
Hansson lands a high kick!
White lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hansson backs up against the cage.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hansson.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good shot there by Hansson.
White scores with a decent looking hook.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Hansson moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hansson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hansson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Hansson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hansson checks it well.
White misses with a double jab.
Hansson throws a body shot but no joy.
Hansson cracks the inside of White's front leg.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hansson at a distance.
Some wild striking there from White.
Hansson throws a quick counter kick to the body but White avoids it.
Hansson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansson drops his hands momentarily and White takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
White moves out of range of the leg kick from Hansson.
White slips a straight right by Hansson.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hansson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Hansson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hansson throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hansson misses with a straight right.
Hansson throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hansson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a straight right hand.
White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hansson.
White throws a head kick but Hansson moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
That kick from Hansson tenderised White's leg. White is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Hansson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hansson cracks White with a right hand to the side of the head.
White throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
White checks a low kick from Hansson.
Sven Hansson is winning the standup battle so far.
Hansson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hansson scoring well with a low kick there.
Hansson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt White.
White takes one to the side of the head.
Hansson looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White throws out a leg kick but Hansson moves out of range and White only half commits.
Hansson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White throws a series of punches but Hansson moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Hansson.
Hansson slips a straight right by White.
Hansson lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a wild combination.
White throws a head kick but Hansson moves out of range.
White wants to land a leg kick but Hansson is out of range.
Eddie White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hansson connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Hansson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hansson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt White.
White wants to slow Hansson down by chopping away at his legs.
Hansson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White looks to land a left hand but Hansson moved out of range nicely.
Hansson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White feints a jab promting Hansson to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hansson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
White tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansson throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick from Hansson misses.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Hansson moves out of range easily.
Hansson lands a head shot.
White lands a two punch combo.
Hansson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hansson lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hansson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but White is out of range.
White is looking for the big counter here.
Hansson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White gets cracked there but stands up to it.
White lands with a good body shot.
Hansson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hansson takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
White appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hansson checks a leg kick.
Hansson connects with a looping right hand.
Hansson throws a body kick that misses.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
White checks a low kick from Hansson.
Hansson tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
White connects with a jab.
White misses the shot to the body.
You can see that White has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
White takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A big left from Hansson misses.
White blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White misses the shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hansson. That's going to slow White down.
Hansson throws a big shot that misses.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hansson's calf.
White throws a series of punches but Hansson avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hansson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
White motions for Hansson to come forward. White throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hansson motions for White to come forward. Hansson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hansson cracks White with a good jab.
Some wild striking there from White.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Hansson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hansson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Hansson!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Enrico Ciccone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young One (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Young One was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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157 lbs
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26
159 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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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
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Enrico Ciccone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Young One!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciccone shoots for a takedown but One saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
One unleashes a big counter combination but Ciccone bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
One displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ciccone.
One stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and One wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrico Ciccone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ciccone misses with a takedown
and One cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
One scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ciccone shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as One sprawls well. One wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ciccone gets slowly back to his feet.
Ciccone gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ciccone fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ciccone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ciccone drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
One pushes Ciccone off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
One keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Young One is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciccone fails to land the takedown.
Ciccone is breathing heavily.
One fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ciccone ducks right into an uppercut from One.
Ciccone misses with a takedown attempt
and One counters with a crisp right hand that drops Ciccone! One lets Ciccone back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Ciccone is rocked!
Ciccone is aggressively charging in as One backs up avoiding any damage. One tosses out a jab and Ciccone runs right into it face first! Ciccone is out cold! One dropped down on all fours and is barking in Ciccone's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Young One!
Young One thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes to the cage accompanied by Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Pick!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pick misses with a combination
and Silver moves into the clinch.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pick has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pick takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Steve Pick has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver lands an elbow just above Pick 's eye.
Pick lands an uppercut.
Pick blocks a body shot from Silver.
Pick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Pick.
Silver moves away from the strike by Pick.
Pick throws the left hand but Silver avoids the punch easily.
Pick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Pick slips a jab from Silver.
Pick shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick scores with a jab.
Pick throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Benny Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver scores with a jab to the body.
Silver connects with a single shot there.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silver has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Pick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Pick takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver leaning against his opponent.
Pick misses with the head strike.
Silver dodges an elbow strike from Pick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Pick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Benny Silver has been cut.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Pick pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pick misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pick misses with a body punch.
Silver blocks an elbow strike.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Picks head.
Silver is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pick lands a knee to the body.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
A short left from Pick.
Pick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick lands an elbow inside.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Pick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silver's defenses.
Silver scores with a shoulder strike.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Silver is leaning against Pick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Pick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pick.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Steve Pick's cut even more.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pick throws a head punch that misses.
Pick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver taking a breather.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pick.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Pick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick misses with the head strike.
Pick gets through Silver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pick takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Pick in his tracks for a moment.
Silver blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick blocks a body shot from Silver.
A short right from Pick.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Pick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pick breaks the clinch.
Silver bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pick's head backwards.
Pick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Silver connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Pick dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pick connects with a jab.
Pick throws a body kick that misses
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Silver lands a right hook to the body.
Jab from Silver.
Pick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silver is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silver swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pick.
Silver blocks a low kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Silver misses.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pick is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silver with a body shot.
Pick misses with a body kick.
Silver is looking to counter the offense by Pick and move into the clinch.
Benny Silver is winning the standup battle so far.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silver.
Silver lands with a nice combination. Pick backs away looking to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick misses with a lunging right hand
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pick.
Silver blocks the body kick.
Pick's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silver connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pick scrambles back to his feet.
The cut above Steve Pick's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice defenses there by Pick.
Nice jab there from Pick.
Pick pushes Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Pick in his tracks for a moment.
Pick throws a head punch that misses.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Pick blocks the elbow strike.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Pick.
Pick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Pick is trying to break the clinch but Silver is controlling him.
Pick trying to land knees to the body.
Pick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Still in the clinch, Pick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pick putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silver in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pick's brow.
Pick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Pick as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Pick.
Pick lands an elbow inside.
Pick lands a damaging elbow.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pick.
Silver blocks an elbow strike.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pick misses with an elbow strike.
Silver will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pick up against the cage.
Pick takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pick.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silver.
Pick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pick misses with the head strike.
Pick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pick misses with a body punch.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pick.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silver.
Steve Pick's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Pick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steve Pick seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pick scores with a shot to the side of Silver's head.
Pick dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Steve Pick will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Silver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Good leg kick by Pick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pick throws a leg kick but Silver checks it.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Pick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Picks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pick scores with a jab to the head.
Pick moves out of range of the strikes.
Silver gets a clinch.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Pick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pick pushes Silver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pick blocks an uppercut.
Pick misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Pick.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pick misses with some punches.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Pick pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pick lands a nice uppercut.
Pick manages to break the clinch.
Pick looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Silver rushes Pick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pick.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Pick throws an elbow that misses.
Silver is looking to control Pick's arms but Pick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silver has his back to the cage.
Silver avoiding damage.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Pick scores with a hook to the body.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Pick blocks an elbow strike.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Pick prevents a body shot from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Pick misses with an elbow strike.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick misses with some punches.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silver misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Pick, against the cage.
Silver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pick lands with a short shot to the head.
Pick can't break the clinch.
Pick blocks the elbow strike.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pick lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Pick has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Pick backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver looking to stall.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pick throws an elbow that misses.
Pick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pick blocking some punches.
Pick blocks the elbow strike.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Pick shrugs off.
Silver trying to stall but Pick improves his position.
Silver trying to stall but Pick improves his position.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Pick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pick working aggressively here.
Pick lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benny Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver is rocked!
Pick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Oh Silver is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silver lands a nice elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Pick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pick winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Pick!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kawamura Yoshimune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hilton Teimosia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawamura Yoshimune had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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165 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kawamura Yoshimune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshimune lands with a good body shot.
Teimosia has managed to clinch.
Yoshimune blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Yoshimune.
Come on Yoshimune - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Teimosia scores with a shoulder strike.
Teimosia lands with a left to the head.
Teimosia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yoshimune backwards.
Teimosia lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yoshimune.
Yoshimune throws a punch but it's blocked by Teimosia.
Yoshimune pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Teimosia.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshimune on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Teimosia. Teimosia obviously looking to wear him down.
Teimosia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teimosia is looking to clinch but Yoshimune is avoiding it.
Yoshimune takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Yoshimune fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teimosia manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teimosia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yoshimune manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yoshimune thinks about countering with a head kick.
Teimosia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yoshimune throws a solid leg kick but Teimosia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yoshimune.
Yoshimune throws a leg kick but Teimosia sees it coming and moves out of range.
Teimosia now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice body kick there by Teimosia.
Teimosia throws an overhand right that lands on Yoshimune's shoulder, as Yoshimune tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Teimosia. Those never looked like landing.
Teimosia throws a lazy head kick
and Yoshimune cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Teimosia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hilton Teimosia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teimosia throws a low kick, looking for Yoshimune's leg but Yoshimune calmly moves out of range.
We've been told by Yoshimune's head coaches at The Coffee Shop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Teimosia throws a body kick that misses
and Yoshimune counters with a slapping leg kick.
Teimosia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yoshimune lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick from Teimosia lands but Yoshimune takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshimune misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yoshimune moves out of range of the leg kick from Teimosia.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshimune. That's going to slow Teimosia down.
Teimosia closes the distance and clinches.
Teimosia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yoshimune backwards.
Yoshimune tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teimosia tries to work over Yoshimune's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yoshimune scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Teimosia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoshimune pushes Teimosia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teimosia lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshimune is trying to stall.
A short left from Teimosia.
Teimosia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yoshimune backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Yoshimune fails to land.
Yoshimune doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teimosia cracks Yoshimune with a nice body shot.
Teimosia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshimune's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Teimosia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Teimosia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Teimosia.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teimosia.
Teimosia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yoshimune tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Teimosia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yoshimune tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshimune stalls.
Teimosia lands a nice uppercut.
Teimosia tries a body shot but Yoshimune blocks it.
Yoshimune misses with the head strike.
Teimosia lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoshimune trying to control the position but instead, Teimosia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yoshimune into the cage.
Teimosia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Yoshimune controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yoshimune.
Still in the clinch, Teimosia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Yoshimune controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teimosia.
A short right from Teimosia on the inside.
Teimosia has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yoshimune seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Teimosia can turn it around.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Yoshimune controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Teimosia fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yoshimune.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Teimosia.
Yoshimune breaks the clinch.
Teimosia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yoshimune avoids the head kick by Teimosia.
Yoshimune feinted there with a counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hilton Teimosia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Teimosia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yoshimune appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Teimosia throws out a leg kick but Yoshimune moves out of range and Teimosia only half commits.
A counter left hand to the body from Yoshimune misses its target.
Teimosia pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yoshimune is out of range and Teimosia settles back down.
Teimosia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Teimosia throws a body shot but no joy.
Teimosia throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yoshimune counters with a stiff right hand.
Teimosia is looking to slow Yoshimune down with leg kicks.
Teimosia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yoshimune takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Teimosia throws a sloppy head kick
and Yoshimune counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yoshimune connects with a body shot.
Yoshimune takes one on the button.
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!
Teimosia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Teimosia delivers a nice body kick.
Teimosia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Teimosia.
Teimosia tries to clinch up.
Teimosia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yoshimune, pushing him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Yoshimune as the two fighters clinch.
Yoshimune lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yoshimune swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teimosia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshimune's elbow.
Yoshimune misses with the head strike.
Yoshimune blocks an uppercut.
Teimosia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yoshimune goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yoshimune gets through Teimosia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Teimosia tries a body shot but Yoshimune blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoshimune.
Teimosia throws a punch but it's blocked by Yoshimune.
Yoshimune misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoshimune lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teimosia tries to throw a body punch but Yoshimune avoids it by throwing Teimosia back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yoshimune.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshimune blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Yoshimune.
Yoshimune wants to stall.
Teimosia scores with a hook to the body.
Yoshimune breaks the clinch.
Teimosia throws a looping overhand right but Yoshimune ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Teimosia.
Teimosia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yoshimune.
Teimosia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yoshimune has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut there from Teimosia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yoshimune is looking to wear down Teimosia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Teimosia takes a swing at Yoshimune's ribcage but misses.
Teimosia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Teimosia throws a lazy head kick
and Yoshimune counters with a nice low kick that buckles Teimosia's knee momentarily.
Teimosia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Teimosia letting Yoshimune take a breather here.
Yoshimune lands with a short shot to the head.
Yoshimune works on Teimosia's body with a couple of short punches.
Yoshimune lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Teimosia on the inside.
Teimosia misses with a body punch.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teimosia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Teimosia lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teimosia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teimosia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teimosia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yoshimune misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yoshimune lands a shot to the body.
Teimosia digs a right hand into Yoshimune's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yoshimune's gas tank.
Yoshimune scores with a shoulder strike.
Teimosia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teimosia.
Yoshimune breaks from the clinch.
Yoshimune throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Teimosia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshimune went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Teimosia throws a sloppy head kick and Yoshimune moves out of range easily.
Yoshimune swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Teimosia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yoshimune.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hilton Teimosia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Yoshimune works Teimosia's body with a nice hook.
Teimosia connects with a leg kick. Yoshimune looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Teimosia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Teimosia rushes Yoshimune and presses him up against the cage.
Teimosia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teimosia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yoshimune misses with a punch to the body.
Teimosia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teimosia throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yoshimune's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshimune tries to throw a body punch but Teimosia avoids it by throwing Yoshimune back against the cage.
Yoshimune cracks Teimosia with a nice body shot.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teimosia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yoshimune misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teimosia misses with a punch on the inside.
Yoshimune breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshimune takes a swing at Teimosia's ribcage but misses.
Teimosia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yoshimune. Yoshimune obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Teimosia misses
and Yoshimune counters with a nice leg kick.
Yoshimune uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with a double jab.
Teimosia scores with a shot to the body.
Teimosia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
As Yoshimune backs off Teimosia throws a huge counter combo but Yoshimune manages to avoid it all.
Yoshimune scores with a kick to the body.
Teimosia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoshimune.
Teimosia scoring well with a low kick there.
Teimosia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Teimosia cracks Yoshimune with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teimosia scores with a head kick.
Yoshimune fakes the leg kick and cracks Teimosia in the body.
Teimosia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Teimosia fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick by Teimosia misses
and Yoshimune counters with a nice uppercut.
Yoshimune rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teimosia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teimosia 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.
Teimosia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yoshimune makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teimosia throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Yoshimune counters with a stiff right hand.
Yoshimune throws a body punch but Teimosia moves out of range.
Teimosia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yoshimune will feel that in the morning.
Teimosia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yoshimune counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshimune avoids the head kick by Teimosia.
Nice cross by Yoshimune.
Yoshimune misses with a leg kick.
Teimosia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Teimosia misses with a low kick.
Teimosia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yoshimune lands a nice looking body shot.
Yoshimune throws a leg kick but Teimosia sees it coming and moves out of range.
Teimosia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yoshimune is able to avoid easily.
It looked like Yoshimune was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Teimosia.
Yoshimune scores with a jab to the head.
Teimosia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yoshimune has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice jab there from Yoshimune.
Teimosia is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yoshimune, right into the meat.
Teimosia is still on wobbly legs! Can Yoshimune finish him?
Yoshimune checks a leg kick.
Yoshimune cracks Teimosia on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Teimosia falls backwards against the cage. Yoshimune follows up with more strikes that drop Teimosia to his knees. Yoshimune keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Teimosia! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kawamura Yoshimune!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ross Swann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Saarenpaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swann's entrance music is Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses At Night. A fine choice. 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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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ross Swann!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mika Saarenpaa!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Swann.
Saarenpaa scores with a leg kick.
Swann takes a swing at Saarenpaa's ribcage but misses.
Swann shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Swann throws a hook but Saarenpaa blocks it.
Swann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swann lands a nice hook to Saarenpaa's body. Saarenpaa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saarenpaa 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.
Saarenpaa connects with a right hand. Swann shakes it off.
A jab from Saarenpaa misses.
Swann is looking to counter punch.
Swann tries to clinch up but Saarenpaa circles away and keeps his distance.
Saarenpaa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Saarenpaa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Swann blocks a head kick by Saarenpaa.
Swann is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Swann has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saarenpaa.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Swann pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Swann missing with a left hand there. Saarenpaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Swann throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Saarenpaa makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Swann really felt that one!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Swann.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saarenpaa throws a head kick that misses.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking body kick.
Swann throws a hook but Saarenpaa avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Saarenpaa throws a hook to the side of Swann's head but Swann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swann checks a low kick from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swann throws a big shot that misses.
Swann scores with a jab to the head.
Swann moves out of range of the body kick from Saarenpaa.
Swann getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Swann tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saarenpaa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Swann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saarenpaa lands with a nice body punch.
Swann misses with a hook
and Saarenpaa counters with an outside leg kick.
Swann throws a series of punches but Saarenpaa avoids them all with ease.
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!
Saarenpaa moves out of range as Swann strikes.
Saarenpaa misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swann gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ross Swann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swann rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saarenpaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Saarenpaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Swann scores with a jab. Saarenpaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Saarenpaa scores with a jab. Swann acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Swann checks a leg kick.
Saarenpaa cracks the inside of Swann's front leg.
A combination from Swann does no damage.
Saarenpaa misses with a low kick.
Saarenpaa pushes Swann away with a front kick.
Swann misses with an uppercut
and Saarenpaa counters with a good low kick that Swann was not able to check.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saarenpaa.
Swann misses with a series of wild punches.
Saarenpaa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann throws a lazy uppercut
and Saarenpaa counters with a body kick that stops Swann in his tracks momentarily.
Swann throws a body shot but no joy.
Swann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saarenpaa lands a front kick.
Saarenpaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Saarenpaa connects with a solid leg kick.
Saarenpaa is looking to chop away at Swann's legs.
Swann is looking to counter punch.
Saarenpaa thuds a left hand into Swann's body.
Swann throws a shot from downtown. Saarenpaa moves away and avoids it.
A cross from Swann lands.
Saarenpaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Saarenpaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swann manages to avoid it.
Swann looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Saarenpaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Swann lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Saarenpaa.
Swann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Saarenpaa, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann lands a jab-cross combination.
Swann is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Swann avoids a kick to the body.
Saarenpaa misses with an uppercut.
Swann tries to land a leg kick but Saarenpaa saw it coming and moves away.
Swann will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saarenpaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Swann.
Saarenpaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Swann's calf.
Both fighters circling a little - Saarenpaa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Saarenpaa misses with a looping right.
Swann misses with a looping left.
Saarenpaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Swann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Saarenpaa misses.
Swann tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saarenpaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Swann.
Saarenpaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Saarenpaa wants to slow Swann down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mika Saarenpaa will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Swann smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Swann lands the left hand.
Swann misses with a combination
and Saarenpaa makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Swann really felt that one!
Swann misses with a double jab.
Swann is looking to land body kicks.
Saarenpaa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Swann will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Saarenpaa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saarenpaa clobbers Swann with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saarenpaa wants to land a leg kick but Swann is out of range.
Swann will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Swann connects with a leg kick. Saarenpaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Swann throws the left hand but Saarenpaa avoids the punch easily.
Swann throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saarenpaa slips under a jab from Swann.
Saarenpaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Swann.
Swann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saarenpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Saarenpaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Swann blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A jab lands there for Saarenpaa.
Swann connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saarenpaa momentarily.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Saarenpaa throws a push kick but Swann slaps the foot to one side.
Swann misses with a looping left.
A clash of legs there as Swann blocks the low kick.
Swann is looking to counter punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saarenpaa 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 Swann has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Swann and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Saarenpaa tries to land a front kick but Swann steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Saarenpaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Swann moves into the clinch.
Swann throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saarenpaas head.
Swann has a couple of punches blocked by Saarenpaa.
Swann misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saarenpaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saarenpaa slips under a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Swann. Those never looked like landing.
Saarenpaa connects with a leg kick. Swann looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swann throws a hook to the side of Saarenpaa's head but Saarenpaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saarenpaa throws a leg kick that misses.
Swann was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slow jab from Swann misses its intended target.
Saarenpaa misses with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Swann, right into the meat.
Saarenpaa throws the kick towards the body but Swann avoids it.
Swann attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Saarenpaa looks to land a body kick but Swann moved away.
Swann swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Swann throws a body punch but Saarenpaa moves out of range.
Saarenpaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Swann.
Saarenpaa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Swann misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa ducks under a wild hook from Swann.
Saarenpaa cracks the inside of Swann's front leg.
Swann throws a looping overhand right but Saarenpaa ducks down to avoid it.
Saarenpaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Swann.
Saarenpaa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa thuds a left hand into Swann's body.
Saarenpaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Swann sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saarenpaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Swann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Saarenpaa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Saarenpaa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Swann in his tracks.
Saarenpaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swann.
Saarenpaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Saarenpaa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saarenpaa with a nice cross.
Saarenpaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Swann.
Swann bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Saarenpaa's head.
Saarenpaa lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saarenpaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Swann. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swann throws a shot from downtown. Saarenpaa moves away and avoids it.
Swann takes a swing at Saarenpaa's ribcage but misses.
Saarenpaa lands the left hand.
Swann throws an overhand right that lands on Saarenpaa's shoulder, as Saarenpaa tries to avoid the shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa scores with a jab to the head.
Swann lands a head shot.
Saarenpaa lands with a good body shot.
Saarenpaa blocks a jab.
Saarenpaa scores with a spinning back kick!
Saarenpaa throws a jab when Swann was well out of range.
Saarenpaa looks for the body kick but Swann saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Swann misses.
Swann is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swann. Saarenpaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Swann 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mika Saarenpaa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Saarenpaa's corner calls for a 1-2. Saarenpaa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Saarenpaa, right into the meat.
Saarenpaa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Swann.
Swann misses with a hook.
Swann takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Saarenpaa throws a leg kick but Swann sees it coming and moves out of range.
Swann throws a big shot that misses.
Swann rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saarenpaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Saarenpaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Swann throws a hook to the side of Saarenpaa's head but Saarenpaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Swann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swann just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Saarenpaa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swann will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Saarenpaa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Swann is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Swann misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Saarenpaa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Saarenpaa cracks the inside of Swann's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa connects with a looping right hand.
Swann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Swann's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Saarenpaa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Swann scrambles back to his feet.
Swann walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Saarenpaa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Swann throws a lazy right hand but Saarenpaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick by Saarenpaa misses
and Swann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Saarenpaa works the jab nicely.
Saarenpaa connects with a leg kick. Swann looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saarenpaa avoids the body shot from Swann.
Swann avoids the body shot from Saarenpaa.
Swann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saarenpaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swann blocks a low kick nicely.
A big left from Saarenpaa misses.
Saarenpaa misses the shot to the body.
Swann scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
Saarenpaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Swann takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Swann tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Saarenpaa counters with a right hand to the body.
Swann misses with an uppercut. Saarenpaa saw that one coming.
Saarenpaa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Swann looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Saarenpaa throws out a powerful jab.
Swann moves in looking to clinch but Saarenpaa pushes him off.
Saarenpaa tried to score with a low kick but Swann checks it.
Saarenpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swann moves away.
Swann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
Saarenpaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Swann steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa misses with the body kick
and Swann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Swann misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Swann throws a leg kick but Saarenpaa sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from Swann misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saarenpaa. That's going to slow Swann down.
Swann fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking body kick.
Swann will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saarenpaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sloppy strikes from Swann. Those never looked like landing.
Saarenpaa tries to work over Swann's front leg with a kick but Swann checks it.
Swann walks into a jab.
Saarenpaa lands a head kick!
Saarenpaa thumps Swann with a low kick.
Saarenpaa throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swann connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Saarenpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mika Saarenpaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Swann lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Saarenpaa looks to land a right hand but Swann moved out of range.
Saarenpaa tries a low kick but Swann avoids it.
Saarenpaa looks for the body kick but Swann saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saarenpaa. That's going to slow Swann down.
Nice cross by Swann.
Saarenpaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Swann throws a lazy right hand but Saarenpaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saarenpaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Swann looks to land a combination. Saarenpaa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Saarenpaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swann.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swann throws a nice looking combination but Saarenpaa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saarenpaa throws a leg kick but Swann sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Swann looks to land a combination but Saarenpaa avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Saarenpaa really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Saarenpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Saarenpaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swann.
Saarenpaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saarenpaa looks to land a left hand but Swann moved out of range nicely.
Swann tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saarenpaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Swann.
A shot to the liver by Saarenpaa. Beautiful body shot.
Saarenpaa tries to land a body kick
and Swann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Saarenpaa misses with an uppercut.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick that misses
and Swann counters with a straight right hand.
Saarenpaa moves forwards but Swann connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saarenpaa wants to slow Swann down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swann lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Saarenpaa at a distance.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Saarenpaa swings for the body but Swann moves out of range.
A left lands for Swann.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swann misses with a wild body shot.
Saarenpaa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Swann takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann slips under a jab.
Saarenpaa is looking to slow Swann down with leg kicks.
Saarenpaa slips a jab from Swann.
Saarenpaa tries a quick counter leg kick but Swann is wise to it.
Swann fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Saarenpaa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Swann connects with a leg kick. Saarenpaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saarenpaa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Swann takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Saarenpaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Swann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Saarenpaa.
Swann misses with a kick to the body.
Swann looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Saarenpaa lands with an overhand left.
Swann looks to score with a jab to the body but Saarenpaa is just out of range.
Saarenpaa cracks Swann with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Swann.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Swann throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Swann misses with a leg kick.
Swann chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saarenpaa can pounce on him.
Swann misses with a few strikes there.
Swann misses with a left hand
and Saarenpaa counters with an outside leg kick.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Swann throwing a counter right hand but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
Crunch! Saarenpaa slams his shin into Swann's torso.
Saarenpaa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Saarenpaa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Swann tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A good leg kick by Saarenpaa.
Swann jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saarenpaa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saarenpaa tries to score with a low kick but Swann moves his leg out of the way.
Saarenpaa throws out a leg kick but Swann moves out of range and Saarenpaa only half commits.
Swann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saarenpaa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saarenpaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Swann tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saarenpaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saarenpaa is looking to land body kicks.
Swann tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saarenpaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Swann.
Saarenpaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Saarenpaa throws a leg kick but Swann checks it.
Saarenpaa tries to land a front kick but Swann steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Saarenpaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Swann is out of range.
Saarenpaa looks for the body kick but Swann saw that one coming.
Swann swings for the body but Saarenpaa moves out of range.
Swann throws an off balance right hand
enabling Saarenpaa to counter with a crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Saarenpaa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Swann - the referee stops the clock and Saarenpaa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Swann. Saarenpaa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Saarenpaa staying out of range there.
Swann thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saarenpaa replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Swann blocks it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann throws a leg kick
and Saarenpaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swann misses with the body kick
and Saarenpaa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Swann's knee momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saarenpaa throws a right hand that Swann ducks under and follows up with a left that Swann also avoids with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Saarenpaa, as that shot connected.
Swann lands a body shot.
A good leg kick by Saarenpaa.
Swann avoids a kick to the body.
Swann was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Swann misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa thinks about the counter body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Saarenpaa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Good work by Swann as he checks the leg kick.
Saarenpaa staying out of range there.
Swann's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Saarenpaa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Swann tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from Swann finds it's way through Saarenpaa's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Saarenpaa.
Swann is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saarenpaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Saarenpaa dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Saarenpaa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Swann has time to react.
Saarenpaa blocks a jab.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Swann misses with a looping left.
Swann checks a low kick from Saarenpaa.
Swann walks forward, straight into a front kick from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swann. Saarenpaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Swann.
Swann tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saarenpaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saarenpaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Swann.
Saarenpaa lands a glancing blow to the side of Swann's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saarenpaa checks a leg kick.
Saarenpaa misses with a kick to the body.
Saarenpaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Swann avoids the body shot from Saarenpaa.
Swann misses with a straight right.
Saarenpaa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Saarenpaa throws a shot from downtown. Swann moves away and avoids it.
As Saarenpaa looks to move away, Swann throws a big counter combo bu Saarenpaa just gets out of the way.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sloppy strikes from Swann. Those never looked like landing.
Swann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Swann as he connects with a hook.
Swann misses with a straight left.
Swann throws a shot from downtown. Saarenpaa moves away and avoids it.
Swann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saarenpaa scores with a punch to the head.
Swann misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Saarenpaa! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saarenpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Swann is just out of range.
Swann throws out a loose jab but Saarenpaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saarenpaa tries to land a front kick but Swann steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Swann looks to land a right hand but Saarenpaa moved out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swann lands a jab.
Saarenpaa throws a jab when Swann was well out of range.
Swann lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Swann swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Swann rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saarenpaa counters with a body kick.
Saarenpaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saarenpaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saarenpaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Swann has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Saarenpaa throws a body kick that misses.
Saarenpaa moves out of range as Swann strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saarenpaa.
Swann rushes Saarenpaa and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann gets through Saarenpaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saarenpaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Swann controls his hands.
Saarenpaa breaks from the clinch.
Saarenpaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saarenpaa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Swann misses the shot to the body.
Saarenpaa is trying to counter with his kicks.
Saarenpaa throws a body punch but Swann moves out of range.
Swann misses with an uppercut.
Saarenpaa slips a jab from Swann.
An inside leg kick lands from Saarenpaa.
Saarenpaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swann tried to counter with a leg kick but Saarenpaa avoided it.
Saarenpaa ducks under a wild hook from Swann.
It seemed like Saarenpaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Swann connects with a looping right hand.
Saarenpaa throws out a leg kick but Swann moves out of range and Saarenpaa only half commits.
Swann misses the body punch
and Saarenpaa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Saarenpaa throws a chopping leg kick but Swann manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Swann misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann throws a jab when Saarenpaa was well out of range.
Swann throws a body punch but Saarenpaa moves out of range.
Saarenpaa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saarenpaa throws a shot to the body.
Saarenpaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Swann lands with a good body shot.
Swann misses with a double jab
and Saarenpaa counters with a straight right hand.
Swann takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Saarenpaa looks to land a right hand but Swann moved out of range.
Swann throwing a counter right hand but Saarenpaa manages to avoid it.
Swann misses with a low kick as Saarenpaa jumps back.
Saarenpaa blocks a jab.
Saarenpaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Swann has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Saarenpaa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Swann throws an overhand right that lands on Saarenpaa's shoulder, as Saarenpaa tries to avoid the shot.
Ross Swann has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saarenpaa ducks right into an uppercut from Swann.
Saarenpaa looks to land a body kick but Swann moved away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mika Saarenpaa.
I've got Saarenpaa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 45:50
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mika Saarenpaa!
Mika Saarenpaa is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Mika Saarenpaa 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georgy Fokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parmalee Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett has chosen RATM: Know Your Enemy 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georgy Fokin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Parmalee Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett tries to land a front kick but Fokin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fokin checks a leg kick.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fokin.
Sackett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sackett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sackett throws the left hand but Fokin avoids the punch easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sackett.
Fokin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sackett can pounce on him.
Fokin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sackett. That one must have hurt.
Fokin checks a low kick from Sackett.
Fokin tries to counter with a takedown but Sackett is quick to defend against it.
Fokin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sackett kicks Fokin off and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sackett shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sackett throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Fokin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fokin feinted with a counter takedown.
Fokin checks a low kick from Sackett.
Sackett tries to work over Fokin's front leg with a kick but Fokin checks it.
Fokin checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sackett blocks a low kick nicely.
Fokin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Fokin.
Fokin connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Parmalee Sackett has been cut.
Sackett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fokin takes one to the side of the head.
Fokin moves out of range of the leg kick from Sackett.
Sackett throws a leg kick but Fokin moved away.
Sackett throws a body punch but Fokin moves out of range.
Fokin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fokin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sackett. Sackett obviously looking to wear him down.
Sackett thumps Fokin with a low kick.
Sackett throws a wild body kick that Fokin sees coming a mile off.
Fokin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Fokin throws a shot to the body.
Fokin throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.
Sackett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fokin is out of range.
Fokin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
An inside leg kick from Sackett misses.
Fokin feinted with a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fokin moves out of range of the body kick.
Fokin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sackett tries to land a leg kick but Fokin saw it coming and moves away.
Sackett lands a leg kick that knocks Fokin off balance momentarily.
Fokin takes a swing at Sackett's ribcage but misses.
Sackett blocks a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sackett. Fokin shrugs it off though.
Sackett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fokin. That did some damage!
Fokin lands a nice looking body shot.
Fokin misses with a straight left.
Fokin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sackett.
Fokin works the jab nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Sackett.
Fokin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sackett at a distance.
Fokin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sackett looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sackett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fokin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fokin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin won't allow Sackett to sweep him here.
Fokin throws an elbow that misses. Sackett uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fokin's guard. Nice move by Sackett!
Fokin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sackett wants to stand and escape but instead Fokin has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sackett has his hands on Fokin's head, controlling the position.
Sackett has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Fokin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Nice body kick from Sackett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sackett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sackett throws a body punch but Fokin moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sackett.
Fokin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sackett. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fokin is out of range and Sackett settles back down.
Fokin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sackett throws a front kick that sends Fokin stumbling back into the cage.
Sackett misses with a body kick.
Fokin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sackett.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fokin.
Sackett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fokin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sackett. That's going to slow Fokin down.
Sackett throws a hook but Fokin blocks it.
Fokin looks to throw the jab but Sackett is out of range.
Fokin throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Parmalee Sackett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Parmalee Sackett's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sackett lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fokin's sensitive parts.
Sackett checks a low kick from Fokin.
Sackett blocks a jab.
Parmalee Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fokin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fokin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sackett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
Fokin misses with a wild body shot.
Fokin lands with a right hand.
Sackett throws a leg kick but Fokin checks it.
Sackett misses with a jab to the body
and Fokin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sackett has one foot on Fokin's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sackett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parmalee Sackett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fokin throws a leg kick but Sackett moved away.
Sackett throws out a counter right but Fokin avoids it with no problem.
Sackett throws a poor cross that misses
and Fokin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sackett won't be happy with that.
Sackett is looking to get back to his feet here but Fokin is keeping cool and he's managed to take Sackett's back.
Fokin punches Sackett on the ear.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett is really stuck here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Fokin controlling the positon.
Fokin is punishing Sackett with strikes - can he finish him?!
Fokin working for a choke but Sackett is defending well.
Even with his hooks in, Fokin manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Fokin is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Sackett is defending well though. Fokin let's go of the attempt for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fokin struggling to keep hold of the position.
Fokin misses with an elbow to the head.
Sackett manages to reverse the position and now he's in Fokin's guard. Nice work there by Sackett.
Sackett decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Fokin, up you get!
Fokin clobbers Sackett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sackett throws out a leg kick but Fokin moves out of range and Sackett only half commits.
Sackett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fokin checks a leg kick.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fokin attempts a counter takedown but Sackett avoids it well and moves away.
Fokin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sackett's head.
Fokin gets tackled into the cage by Sackett. Sackett maintains the clinch.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
Fokin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fokin lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fokin tries a body shot but Sackett blocks it.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Fokin avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the cage.
Sackett breaks the clinch.
Fokin thuds a left hand into Sackett's body.
Parmalee Sackett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fokin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fokin misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fokin dives in for a single leg takedown but Sackett sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett throws a good cross that connects.
Sackett scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fokin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fokin manages to avoid it.
Fokin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fokin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fokin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice uppercut there from Fokin.
Fokin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fokin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sackett.
Fokin takes a swing at Sackett's ribcage but misses.
Fokin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fokin. Sackett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Sackett. No joy for Fokin on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georgy Fokin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fokin moves out of range of the leg kick from Sackett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Georgy Fokin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Parmalee Sackett's cut.
That's time! Fokin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sackett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fokin drives through with a takedown into Sackett's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fokin throwing strikes but missing.
Sackett is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sackett is pulling down on Fokin's head to control his posture.
Fokin trying to control the position from guard on top but Sackett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett is trying to keep Fokin in close.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Sackett manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Fokin lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fokin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sackett lands a hook that snaps the head of Fokin backwards.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fokin is stalling here.
A short uppercut from Sackett.
Fokin wants a takedown.
Fokin has a couple of punches blocked by Sackett.
Sackett gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fokin.
Fokin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sackett misses with the head strike.
Fokin throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Fokin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Sackett.
Fokin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fokin.
Sackett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fokin is trying to stall.
Sackett tries to land a knee to the head but Fokin blocks with his arms.
Sackett tries a body shot but Fokin blocks it.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Fokin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fokin turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Fokin manages to end up in side control.
Sackett throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett lands a glancing blow to the side of Fokin's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sackett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sackett's hands.
Sackett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fokin drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sackett sprawls and moves away.
Sackett lands a front kick.
Fokin throws a body punch but Sackett moves out of range.
Fokin looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fokin.
Fokin scores with a nice strike.
Sackett fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fokin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fokin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sackett tries to avoid it but Fokin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sackett to the ground. Sackett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georgy Fokin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fokin misses the shot to the body.
Sackett is looking to score with low kicks.
Fokin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
Some wild striking there from Sackett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fokin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sackett.
Fokin checks a leg kick nicely.
Fokin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Fokin.
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!
Fokin blocks the body kick.
Fokin takes a swing at Sackett's ribcage but misses.
Fokin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fokin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fokin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sackett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fokin.
Sackett throws a low kick, looking for Fokin's leg but Fokin calmly moves out of range.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
Fokin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Parmalee Sackett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sackett has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Parmalee Sackett!
Parmalee Sackett gave a mention to Hellraiser FightGear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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