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Death Squad 253:Fahad v Baba PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damo Bodhidharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bodhidharma has chosen Houzan Yamamoto - Little Green Apple as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
41 - 30 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melvin Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damo Bodhidharma!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bodhidharma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bodhidharma throws a jab when Manhoef was well out of range.
Manhoef clinches with his opponent.
Bodhidharma slowing the pace effectively.
Bodhidharma stalling in the clinch.
Bodhidharma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bodhidharma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manhoef tries to close the distance and clinch but Bodhidharma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bodhidharma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manhoef blocks a head kick by Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma slips under a jab.
Manhoef ducks under a wild hook from Bodhidharma.
Manhoef throws a jab but it's blocked by Bodhidharma.
A slow jab from Bodhidharma misses its intended target.
Manhoef tries to close the distance and clinch but Bodhidharma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manhoef tries to clinch but Bodhidharma moves away
and Bodhidharma counters with a crisp one two that drops Manhoef! Bodhidharma thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Manhoef to his feet! Manhoef is in big trouble!
Manhoef is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manhoef moves in looking to clinch but Bodhidharma pushes him off.
Oh Manhoef is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Manhoef.
Bodhidharma just misses with a punch to the body.
Manhoef appears to be looking for a big counter.
Manhoef tries a low kick but Bodhidharma avoids it.
Manhoef seems to have got his legs back now.
Bodhidharma throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Manhoef crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Damo Bodhidharma!
A very excited looking Damo Bodhidharma 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Jannis Arvanitidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Auguste Grimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grimm is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by David Gilmour - There's No Way Out Of Here. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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155 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jannis Arvanitidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Auguste Grimm!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arvanitidis throws a hook to the side of Grimm's head but Grimm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grimm tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arvanitidis changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Grimm throws a half hearted mid kick.
Grimm avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grimm lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Arvanitidis misses the shot to the body.
Arvanitidis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grimm in his tracks.
It looks like Auguste Grimm has been cut.
Jannis Arvanitidis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Arvanitidis.
Arvanitidis blocks the body kick.
Grimm tries to land a front kick but Arvanitidis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Arvanitidis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grimm pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Arvanitidis changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Grimm connects with a nice looking jab.
Arvanitidis cracks Grimm with an open hand slap.
Danga de danga de dang - Grimm scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arvanitidis throws out a powerful jab.
Grimm throws a nice looking combination but Arvanitidis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arvanitidis scores with a sloppy right hand. Grimm should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arvanitidis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Arvanitidis drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Arvanitidis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Arvanitidis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Arvanitidis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grimm looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Arvanitidis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grimm is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arvanitidis throws an elbow that misses. Grimm uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Arvanitidis's guard. Nice move by Grimm!
Arvanitidis throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Arvanitidis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grimm pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Arvanitidis is keeping the position for now.
Grimm trying to control the position from guard on top but Arvanitidis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Arvanitidis trying to strike off his back.
Arvanitidis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grimm doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grimm manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grimm wants to control from the top but Arvanitidis keeps moving.
Grimm advances to half guard.
Arvanitidis controlling the position for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arvanitidis is not content to let Grimm control the position.
Grimm is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Arvanitidis is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Grimm prevents Arvanitidis from standing back up.
Arvanitidis is looking to control Grimm's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Arvanitidis avoid being mounted?
Arvanitidis wants to improve his position but Grimm is controlling well.
Grimm trying to control from half guard but Arvanitidis is working away.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Arvanitidis trying to control but Grimm postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Grimm.
Grimm lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jab, jab by Arvanitidis - just one landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimm connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grimm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arvanitidis manages to avoid it.
Arvanitidis attempts a counter takedown but Grimm avoids it well and moves away.
Arvanitidis misses with a right hand
and Grimm counters with an inside leg kick.
Grimm feints and then cracks Arvanitidis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Arvanitidis down.
Arvanitidis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Arvanitidis avoids the head kick by Grimm.
Arvanitidis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grimm was well out of range. Poor timing from Arvanitidis.
Arvanitidis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Arvanitidis there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arvanitidis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grimm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arvanitidis.
Sloppy strikes from Grimm. Those never looked like landing.
Arvanitidis cracks Grimm with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Arvanitidis throws a head kick that misses.
Arvanitidis misses with a jab to the body
and Grimm counters with a big head kick but Arvanitidis shrugs it off.
Grimm lands with a kick to the temple. Arvanitidis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Arvanitidis lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Grimm sprawling to the canvas. Arvanitidis follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Grimm hang on?
Grimm is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jannis Arvanitidis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Auguste Grimm's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Arvanitidis tries to bum rush Grimm with a series of wild strikes but Grimm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grimm looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Grimm is still on wobbly legs! Can Arvanitidis finish him?
Grimm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arvanitidis.
Grimm is trying to counter with his kicks.
Grimm seems to have recovered his senses.
Arvanitidis looks to land a left hand but Grimm moved out of range nicely.
Grimm appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Grimm lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Arvanitidis lands a jab to the head.
Jannis Arvanitidis is winning the standup battle so far.
Arvanitidis ducks under a wild hook from Grimm.
Grimm throws a sloppy head kick and Arvanitidis moves out of range easily.
Arvanitidis shoots in looking for a takedown but Grimm manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Arvanitidis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Grimm throws a chopping leg kick but Arvanitidis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grimm lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Arvanitidis misses with a looping left.
Grimm tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimm turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Arvanitidis looks to land a left hand but Grimm moved out of range nicely.
Grimm appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jab by Arvanitidis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arvanitidis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Grimm moves out of range as Arvanitidis strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arvanitidis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grimm.
Arvanitidis misses with a looping left.
Grimm raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Arvanitidis drops Grimm with a right and a left! Arvanitidis comes rushing in but Grimm regains his composure and manages to keep Arvanitidis in guard.
Grimm has his hands on Arvanitidis's head, controlling the position.
Grimm is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Arvanitidis is aware though and is defending well.
Grimm not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grimm wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Grimm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Arvanitidis is one step ahead there.
Grimm is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grimm looking for a sweep. Not yet Grimm, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimm looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Arvanitidis passes into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arvanitidis trying to control the action but Grimm is working from the bottom.
Grimm is trying to maintain the position but Arvanitidis is very close to passing his half guard.
Arvanitidis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Arvanitidis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jannis Arvanitidis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grimm wants to improve his position but Arvanitidis is controlling well.
Grimm taking some punishment here, with Arvanitidis in his half guard.
Arvanitidis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Arvanitidis working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Arvanitidis wants to pass to mount but Grimm is defending the position.
Grimm keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grimm trying to control here.
Arvanitidis wants to take a breather but Grimm is having none of it.
Grimm keeping control of the position.
Arvanitidis working Grimm over with strikes.
Arvanitidis stops Grimm from getting back to his feet.
Arvanitidis is thwarting Grimm's attempts to control the position.
Arvanitidis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimm is refusing to be controlled, as Arvanitidis sits in half guard.
Arvanitidis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grimm is trying to control but can't.
Grimm blocking the ground and pound attempt from Arvanitidis.
Arvanitidis prevents Grimm from improving his position.
Arvanitidis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Arvanitidis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Arvanitidis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grimm can do to turn this around?
Arvanitidis perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Arvanitidis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Arvanitidis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arvanitidis working over Grimm with some ground and pound. Grimm looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jannis Arvanitidis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Auguste Grimm's cut.
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!
Grimm scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grimm looks to throw the jab but Arvanitidis is out of range.
Grimm scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grimm displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Arvanitidis.
Grimm steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Arvanitidis connects with a body shot that sends Grimm's belly button to the back.
Arvanitidis shoots in for a takedown but Grimm shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Arvanitidis tries for a takedown but Grimm circles away easily
and Grimm counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jannis Arvanitidis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arvanitidis misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arvanitidis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grimm counters with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A shot to the liver by Grimm. Beautiful body shot.
Arvanitidis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arvanitidis connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arvanitidis walks into a straight right hand from Grimm.
Grimm lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Grimm ducks right into an uppercut from Arvanitidis.
Grimm throws a half hearted mid kick.
Arvanitidis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grimm.
Arvanitidis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grimm has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jab by Arvanitidis.
Grimm lands the left hand.
Arvanitidis misses the jab.
Arvanitidis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grimm looks to land a combination but Arvanitidis avoids it well.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grimm.
Grimm throws a sloppy head kick
and Arvanitidis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grimm won't be happy with that.
Auguste Grimm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grimm is trying to control Arvanitidis's posture but Arvanitidis avoids it.
Arvanitidis lands some shots froms side control.
Arvanitidis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Arvanitidis taking a breather here.
Grimm taking a bit of punishment here - Arvanitidis scoring with strikes.
Grimm is trying to get back to half guard.
Arvanitidis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Grimm wants to control but Arvanitidis postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arvanitidis fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Grimm sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Grimm keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Arvanitidis is trying to control the action in half guard but Grimm is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Arvanitidis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grimm's head.
Grimm gets back to full guard.
Arvanitidis throwing strikes from guard but Grimm blocks nicely.
Grimm is trying to control the position but Arvanitidis postures up.
Grimm is pulling down on Arvanitidis's head. It's preventing any offense from Arvanitidis, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Arvanitidis throws a big right hand that misses.
Arvanitidis wants to control from the top but Grimm keeps moving.
Grimm is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Arvanitidis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Arvanitidis wants to control from the top but Grimm keeps moving.
Arvanitidis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Arvanitidis throwing strikes from guard but Grimm blocks nicely.
Arvanitidis with a nice head shot there.
Arvanitidis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jannis Arvanitidis.
Well Arvanitidis 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jannis Arvanitidis!
Jannis Arvanitidis took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Mystic Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abe Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chin Checker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley's entrance music is Doesn't Remind Me -Audioslave. A fine choice. Checker has chosen Time to Fight as his entrance music. Chin Checker is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abe Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chin Checker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley throws a body kick that misses.
Bradley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bradley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Checker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Chin Checker has been cut.
Checker darts in and clinches Bradley up against the cage.
Bradley pushes off an throws an elbow but Checker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Checker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bradley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Checker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bradley, pushing him back against the cage.
Checker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bradley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Checker scores with a shot to the side of Bradley's head.
Checker has a couple of punches blocked by Bradley.
Checker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bradley lands a nice elbow.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bradley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley blocking some punches.
Checker throws a head punch that misses.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Checker has him pressed against the cage.
Checker has Bradley pressed against the cage, preventing Bradley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Checker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bradley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Checker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bradley takes one to the side of the head.
A combination from Bradley does no damage.
Checker scores with a punch to the head.
Bradley tries to move into range but Checker moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Checker closes the distance and clinches.
Checker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bradley backwards.
Bradley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chin Checker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley tries to keep at a distance but Checker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Checker digs a right hand into Bradley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bradley's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Checker.
It looks like Abe Bradley has been cut.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Checker is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bradley.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
Bradley prevents a body shot from Checker.
Bradley breaks from the clinch.
Bradley looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bradley moves into the clinch.
Bradley is trying to push Checker away but Checker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bradley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Checker blocks an elbow strike.
Checker misses with a punch on the inside.
Checker misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Checker avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradley.
Checker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Checker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bradley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bradley manages to break the clinch.
Checker misses the shot to the body.
Checker avoids the head kick by Bradley.
Checker fails to land with a series of punches.
Bradley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bradley needs to keep his hands up - Checker had a free shot at his head there.
Checker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Checker tries to close the distance and clinch but Bradley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Checker has managed to clinch.
Checker lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley breaks from the clinch.
Bradley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Checker throws a body shot but no joy.
Checker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Checker has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Checker lands with a left to the head.
Checker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
Bradley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Checker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bradley.
Bradley misses with a double jab
and Checker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chin Checker dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Checker clinches.
Bradley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Checker is looking to clinch but Bradley is avoiding it.
Checker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Checker looks to move away, Bradley throws a big counter combo but Checker just gets out of the way.
Checker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley wants to clinch up but Checker keeps it at a distance.
Checker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bradley with a body shot.
Bradley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Checker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Checker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bradley throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley breaks from the clinch.
Chin Checker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bradley misses with a kick to the body
and Checker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Checker wants to clinch up but Bradley keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Checker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Checker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bradley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Checker.
A countering left hand to the body from Checker misses.
Checker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bradley appears to be looking for a big counter.
Checker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Abe Bradley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Checker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bradley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bradley appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Checker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Bradley. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Checker moves out of range of the body kick from Bradley.
Checker clinches with his opponent.
Bradley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Checker scores with a jab to the head.
Checker clinches.
Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Checker has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bradley wants to clinch up but Checker keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Checker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Checker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bradley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bradley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Checker counters with a nice uppercut.
Checker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bradley moves into the clinch.
Bradley lands a damaging elbow.
Checker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Checker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Checker closes the distance and clinches.
Bradley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Checker swats away the attempt to clinch by Bradley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Checker looks to land a combination but Bradley avoids it well.
Checker has Bradley up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bradley misses with an elbow strike.
Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bradley moves out of range as Checker strikes.
Checker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bradley connects with a superb combination that knocks Checker out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Bradley before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Checker!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Abe Bradley!
A very excited looking Abe Bradley 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 Victor Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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135 lbs
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Lethal high kicks
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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
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Szczęsny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczęsny throws a head kick but Matthews moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Szczęsny. Those never looked like landing.
Matthews throws a leg kick which misses Szczęsny's front leg but catches the back leg as Szczęsny tries to avoid it.
A head kick by Matthews misses
letting Szczęsny counter with a right hand.
Szczęsny lands with a good body shot.
Matthews throws a jab but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Matthews swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Szczęsny checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Szczęsny keeps Matthews at a distance using the push kick.
Szczęsny sizes up Matthews with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Szczęsny really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matthews, right into the meat.
Matthews walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Szczęsny lands with a kick to the ribs.
Szczęsny goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Szczęsny checks a leg kick nicely.
We've been told by Szczęsny's head coaches at Roosters Coop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Szczęsny slips under a jab.
Matthews's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Matthews duly obliges.
Matthews 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.
Matthews throws a leg kick
and Szczęsny counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews lands a shoulder strike.
Szczęsny working hard to break the clinch.
Szczęsny breaks from the clinch.
Matthews wants to land a leg kick but Szczęsny is out of range.
Matthews fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Szczęsny is out of range.
Matthews tries to score with a low kick but Szczęsny moves his leg out of the way.
Matthews tries to move into range but Szczęsny moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Szczęsny dips to his left and cracks Matthews with an uppercut!
Matthews feints and then cracks Szczęsny's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Szczęsny down.
Sean Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Szczęsny throws a looping overhand right but Matthews ducks down to avoid it.
Matthews lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Szczęsny circles away quickly and effectively.
Szczęsny throws a hook but Matthews blocks it.
A low kick from Matthews is predictable there
and Szczęsny counters by clinching up.
Szczęsny breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matthews will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Szczęsny throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A good leg kick by Matthews.
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!
Matthews throws a solid leg kick but Szczęsny takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Matthews.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matthews 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 Szczęsny has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Szczęsny and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matthews.
Szczęsny checks a leg kick.
Matthews slips under a jab from Szczęsny.
Matthews rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Szczęsny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Szczęsny loads up on a big right hand but Matthews slips the punch.
Szczęsny slips under a jab from Matthews.
Szczęsny is looking to counter the offense by Matthews and move into the clinch.
Szczęsny blocks the body kick.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Matthews misses the jab.
Matthews throws a front kick aimed at Szczęsny's knee but Szczęsny avoids it well.
Matthews tries to land a leg kick but Szczęsny saw it coming and moves away.
Matthews is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Szczęsny fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matthews is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Szczęsny.
Matthews throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Matthews throws a looping overhand right but Szczęsny ducks down to avoid it.
Szczęsny wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews looks to land a combination but Szczęsny avoids it well.
Szczęsny seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Matthews slips a jab and a cross from Szczęsny.
Matthews looks to throw the jab but Szczęsny is out of range.
Matthews slips under a jab from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny needs to keep his hands up - Matthews had a free shot at his head there.
Szczęsny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Matthews throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice defenses there by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Szczęsny throws a body shot but no joy.
Matthews misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny is looking to counter the offense by Matthews and move into the clinch.
Matthews throws a right and a left that both miss.
Matthews throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthews is looking to score with low kicks.
Szczęsny throws a series of punches but Matthews avoids them all with ease.
Szczęsny throws a chopping leg kick but Matthews manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Matthews only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Szczęsny blocks a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matthews, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Szczęsny throws a leg kick but Matthews sees it coming and moves out of range.
Matthews throws a body kick that misses.
Matthews fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Szczęsny is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Szczęsny scores with a sloppy right hand. Matthews should have avoided that one.
Szczęsny uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthews.
Matthews misses with a right hand
and Szczęsny counters by clinching up.
Matthews is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Szczęsny breaks the clinch.
Szczęsny is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Szczęsny jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Szczęsny lands with a thumping leg kick.
Matthews takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Szczęsny catches Matthews with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Szczęsny misses with a looping right.
Szczęsny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matthews moves away.
Szczęsny blocks a head kick by Matthews.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthews throws the left hand but Szczęsny avoids the punch easily.
Szczęsny pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matthews throws a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it.
Szczęsny misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Victor Szczęsny will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Szczęsny.
The fighters circling - Szczęsny throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Matthews throws a leg kick but Szczęsny sees it coming and moves out of range.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Szczęsny here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Matthews attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Szczęsny attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Matthews misses with a leg kick.
Szczęsny on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matthews. Matthews obviously looking to wear him down.
Matthews dodges the punch combination from Szczęsny.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matthews.
Szczęsny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matthews.
Szczęsny blocks a leg kick.
Matthews misses with an uppercut.
Szczęsny blocks a leg kick.
Matthews throws a push kick but Szczęsny slaps the foot to one side.
Szczęsny checks a low kick from Matthews.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matthews.
Matthews misses with a hook. Szczęsny ducked under it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Szczęsny checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Matthews's corner calls for a 1-2. Matthews obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Matthews tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matthews.
Szczęsny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Matthews tries to work over Szczęsny's front leg with a kick but Szczęsny checks it.
Matthews takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Szczęsny throws a series of punches but Matthews moves out of range.
Szczęsny avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matthews 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 Szczęsny has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Szczęsny and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Szczęsny throws a nice outside leg kick.
Szczęsny throws a head kick but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews throws a head kick that misses.
Szczęsny tries to counter by clinching up but Matthews breaks away and moves out of range.
Szczęsny takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szczęsny avoids the head kick by Matthews.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Szczęsny misses.
Szczęsny lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Matthews smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Matthews tries to move into range but Szczęsny moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Matthews. Those never looked like landing.
Szczęsny moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Szczęsny checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Szczęsny is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Matthews.
Matthews throws a chopping leg kick but Szczęsny manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Szczęsny is looking to counter the offense by Matthews and move into the clinch.
Matthews throws a leg kick that misses.
Matthews throws a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it.
Szczęsny is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Matthews throws a leg kick but Szczęsny sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Szczęsny throws a hook but Matthews avoids it easily.
Matthews takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Matthews pivots, looking for a leg kick but Szczęsny is out of range and Matthews settles back down.
Matthews throws a jab but it's blocked by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny avoids the head kick by Matthews.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Matthews is predictable there
and Szczęsny counters by moving into the clinch.
Matthews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Szczęsny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matthews throws out the jab.
Szczęsny fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Szczęsny dodges the punch combination from Matthews.
Matthews lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Szczęsny misses with a looping left.
Szczęsny throws a jab when Matthews was well out of range.
Szczęsny connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Matthews momentarily.
Szczęsny checks a leg kick.
Szczęsny wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Matthews.
Matthews lands with a right hand.
Szczęsny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matthews.
Sean Matthews seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Szczęsny throws a looping overhand right but Matthews ducks down to avoid it.
Matthews throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matthews throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Matthews dodges the punch combination from Szczęsny.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. Szczęsny looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Matthews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matthews.
Szczęsny scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A telegraphed right hand from Matthews misses the target.
Szczęsny is looking to counter the offense by Matthews and move into the clinch.
Matthews scores with a leg kick.
Matthews throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Szczęsny counters with a straight right hand.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. Szczęsny looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Szczęsny misses the shot to the body.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the leg kick from Matthews.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Matthews showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Szczęsny's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Szczęsny duly obliges.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Szczęsny with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Matthews misses.
Matthews ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matthews throws a leg kick
and Szczęsny counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Szczęsny is looking to break free of the clinch but Matthews has double underhooks.
Szczęsny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Szczęsny will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matthews is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the leg kick from Matthews.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. Szczęsny looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matthews throws a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it.
Good work by Szczęsny as he checks the leg kick.
A left and a right from Matthews both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matthews tries to land a leg kick but Szczęsny saw it coming and moves away.
Szczęsny tries to counter by clinching up but Matthews breaks away and moves out of range.
Matthews uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczęsny scores with a hook.
Szczęsny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Szczęsny swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Matthews.
Matthews throws a leg kick
and Szczęsny holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Matthews fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Szczęsny manages to break the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matthews.
Szczęsny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Szczęsny checks a leg kick.
Szczęsny defending well as Matthews loads up on a big left hand.
Matthews throws a head kick but Szczęsny moves out of range.
Matthews ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Szczęsny moves away.
Matthews throws a leg kick that is checked
and Szczęsny moves into the clinch.
Matthews is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Szczęsny is keeping busy.
Matthews is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Szczęsny is keeping busy.
Matthews is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Szczęsny wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Matthews.
Szczęsny pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczęsny looks to land a combination. Matthews sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Szczęsny moves out of range of the body kick from Matthews.
Szczęsny avoids a punch combination nicely.
Szczęsny throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matthews stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Matthews scores with a shot to the body.
Matthews throws a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it.
Szczęsny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matthews thows a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it
and Szczęsny counters by moving into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Szczęsny as Matthews tries to tie him up.
Szczęsny breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Szczęsny is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matthews.
Matthews throws a right hand that misses
and Szczęsny counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab by Matthews.
Good work by Szczęsny as he checks the leg kick.
Szczęsny is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Matthews.
Matthews thows a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it
and Szczęsny counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Szczęsny.
Matthews thows a leg kick but Szczęsny checks it
and Szczęsny counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny wants to break the clinch but can't.
Matthews swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Szczęsny manages to break the clinch.
Matthews throws a shot from downtown. Szczęsny moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Szczęsny.
Matthews throws a low kick, looking for Szczęsny's leg but Szczęsny calmly moves out of range.
Matthews chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Matthews tries a head kick but it misses.
Szczęsny throws a leg kick but Matthews checks it.
Szczęsny lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthews stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab from Szczęsny does it's job there.
Szczęsny looks to land a right hand but Matthews moved out of range.
Matthews has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Szczęsny throws out a loose jab but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthews misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Szczęsny connects with a solid leg kick.
Matthews throws a chopping leg kick but Szczęsny manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Szczęsny fails to land with a series of punches.
Szczęsny blocks a head kick by Matthews.
Matthews motions for Szczęsny to come forward. Matthews throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Szczęsny lands with a nice body kick.
Szczęsny on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matthews. Matthews obviously looking to wear him down.
Szczęsny lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthews throws out a leg kick but Szczęsny moves out of range and Matthews only half commits.
Szczęsny seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
An inside leg kick from Matthews misses.
Szczęsny lands a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Szczęsny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Szczęsny 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Szczęsny!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Victor Szczęsny waved his t-shirt featuring Bullet Proof System's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Boothe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Krukowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Boothe!
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, Kevin Krukowski!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krukowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krukowski tries to counter with a clinch but Boothe shakes him off and moves away.
Krukowski on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Boothe throws a sloppy head kick and Krukowski moves out of range easily.
Boothe jabs Krukowski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Krukowski crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Boothe - the referee stops the clock and Krukowski gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Boothe. Krukowski manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Krukowski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Kevin Krukowski has been cut.
Boothe lands a jab to the head.
A big right from Krukowski misses.
Krukowski lands a left and a right that send Boothe crashing to the mat, dazed. Krukowski thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Boothe is rocked!
It looks like Thomas Boothe has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krukowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boothe moves away.
Boothe looks to score with a jab to the body but Krukowski is just out of range.
Krukowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Krukowski tries to pull guard but Boothe won't allow it.
Boothe lands a nice shot to the body.
Boothe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krukowski is looking to clinch but Boothe is avoiding it.
Boothe looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Krukowski throws a jab when Boothe was well out of range.
Boothe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Krukowski slips under a jab from Boothe.
Krukowski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Krukowski throws a sloppy head kick
and Boothe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Krukowski forces Boothe back against the cage and clinches.
Boothe lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Boothe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boothe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Krukowski checks it well.
Boothe blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Boothe. That snapped Krukowski's head back.
Krukowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Boothe feints and then cracks Krukowski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krukowski down.
Boothe throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Boothe cracks a nice hook into Krukowski's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boothe is looking to slow Krukowski down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krukowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krukowski darts in looking for a takedown but Boothe gets double underhooks and turns Krukowski into the cage.
Boothe half committed to a counter leg kick.
Good exchange - Boothe coming out on top.
Boothe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Krukowski.
Thomas Boothe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Krukowski.
Boothe misses with a kick to the body.
Boothe connects with a body shot.
Boothe works Krukowski's body with a nice hook.
Boothe jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Krukowski throws a sloppy head kick and Boothe moves out of range easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Boothe misses the target.
Boothe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krukowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Boothe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krukowski manages to avoid it.
Krukowski fails to land with a series of punches.
Boothe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krukowski manages to avoid it.
Krukowski throws a head kick that misses
and Boothe counters with an outside leg kick.
Krukowski looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boothe lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That has opened up Kevin Krukowski's cut even more.
Boothe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Boothe with a jab.
Krukowski takes a kick to the side of the head.
Boothe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Krukowski if he has to take too many more of those.
Boothe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Krukowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boothe slips a straight right by Krukowski.
Krukowski is looking to clinch but Boothe is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Boothe tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boothe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Krukowski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The cut above Kevin Krukowski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boothe misses the shot to the body.
Krukowski looks to land a combination but Boothe avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boothe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Krukowski's calf.
Boothe darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boothe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Boothe.
Krukowski is looking to clinch but Boothe is avoiding it.
Boothe throwing a counter right hand but Krukowski manages to avoid it.
Boothe is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Krukowski scores with a hook to the body. Boothe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boothe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Boothe gets tackled into the cage by Krukowski. Krukowski maintains the clinch.
Boothe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krukowski tries to pull guard but Boothe won't allow it.
Thomas Boothe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Krukowski.
Boothe digs a right hand underneath Krukowski's ribcage. Krukowski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boothe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Krukowski misses.
Krukowski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Boothe finds it's way round the side to connect with Krukowski's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krukowski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Krukowski is rocked!
Kevin Krukowski's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Krukowski 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.
Krukowski is still on wobbly legs! Can Boothe finish him?
Boothe throws a nice outside leg kick.
A lazy left from Boothe finds it's target.
Krukowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Boothe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krukowski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A shot to the liver by Boothe. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Boothe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Boothe lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Krukowski falls backwards - clearly groggy! Boothe dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Boothe!
After the fight, Thomas Boothe was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Paul Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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162 lbs
38 - 11 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Paul Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie slips under a jab from Fish.
Fish looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fish leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Fish.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Fish.
Fish keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fish wants to stand back up but Gracie manages to pass into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scoring with punches and elbows.
Fish is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Fish manages to get back to half guard.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fish is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fish with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fish is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Fish moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fish will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracie won't allow Fish to sweep him here.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gracie looking to sit in guard and control but Fish gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fish scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Fish is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
Fish wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.
Fish trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Fish looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gracie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gracie stays in close to Fish's body and controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie landing with the ground and pound.
Fish looking to control but Gracie passes into half guard.
Fish tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gracie lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fish is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fish wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricardo Gracie will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fish manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gracie's best efforts.
Fish makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Fish enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fish manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gracie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fish keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Fish is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Fish working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
Fish looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie is working Fish over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish trying to control the position.
Fish looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fish is keeping the position for now.
Fish wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gracie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fish throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fish keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fish has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fish works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Fish.
Gracie advances position into side control!
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fish is trying to work for a sweep but Gracie has mounted him!
Gracie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the head.
Fish is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Fish trying to hold on to Gracie's head to control him but Gracie postures up.
Fish gets full guard.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ricardo Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fish is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fish keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fish is pulling down on Gracie's head to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fish darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Fish is controlling well.
Gracie trying to control here.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish with the ground and pound but Gracie uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Gracie controls Fish momentarily but Fish frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Fish from controlling successfully.
Fish scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fish trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Fish is now in half guard.
Gracie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fish preventing the sweep.
Jon Paul Fish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish is pushing down on Gracie's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gracie is fighting to maintain full guard but Fish has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fish thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracie trying to get back to full guard but Fish takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Fish trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fish's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fish's back!
Fish looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Gracie somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish trying to control the position but Gracie manages to sink in the hooks.
Fish rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Fish tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Fish manages to get to full guard.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Fish to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Gracie is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Fish pulls down on the head and he's put Gracie to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jon Paul Fish!
A very excited looking Jon Paul Fish 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.
In defeat, Ricardo Gracie stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations, you fought well!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Mamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Schwetty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mamba comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac-Uppercut . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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154 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magnus Mamba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pete Schwetty!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mamba has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mamba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schwetty throws out the jab.
Schwetty takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Schwetty lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Schwetty needs to keep his hands up - Mamba had a free shot at his head there.
Mamba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schwetty.
Mamba appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Schwetty tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Schwetty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mamba.
Schwetty lands a jab to the head.
Mamba misses with a low kick.
Mamba ducks under a wild hook from Schwetty.
Mamba digs a good hook to Schwetty's body.
Schwetty throws a body punch but Mamba moves out of range.
Mamba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good exchange - Schwetty coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mamba scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Schwetty lands with a good body shot.
That kick from Schwetty tenderised Mamba's leg. Mamba is trying to keep his angry face on.
Schwetty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Schwetty swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mamba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Schwetty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Mamba as he connects with a hook.
Schwetty looks to land a left hand but Mamba moved out of range nicely.
Schwetty throws a front kick aimed at Mamba's knee but Mamba avoids it well.
Mamba throwing a counter right hand but Schwetty manages to avoid it.
Schwetty throws a low kick, looking for Mamba's leg but Mamba calmly moves out of range.
Mamba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mamba is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mamba misses with a wild body shot.
Mamba defending well as Schwetty loads up on a big left hand.
A counter left hand to the body from Mamba misses its target.
Mamba digs a good hook to Schwetty's body.
Nice shot by Schwetty.
Pete Schwetty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwetty throws an overhand right that lands on Mamba's shoulder, as Mamba tries to avoid the shot.
Mamba appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mamba lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Schwetty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mamba scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mamba fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schwetty.
Mamba throws an overhand right that lands on Schwetty's shoulder, as Schwetty tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwetty misses with an uppercut.
Mamba jabs at Schwetty's body.
Mamba cracks Schwetty with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Schwetty throws a chopping leg kick but Mamba manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwetty stuns Mamba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mamba tries a low kick but Schwetty avoids it.
Mamba misses with a body kick.
Schwetty throws a series of punches but Mamba moves out of range.
Schwetty drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Schwetty stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mamba.
Schwetty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamba was well out of range. Poor timing from Schwetty.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schwetty.
Mamba staying out of range there.
Schwetty 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.
Mamba chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Schwetty throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mamba throws out a loose jab but Schwetty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamba connects with a single shot there.
Schwetty misses with a hook to the body
and Schwetty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Schwetty scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mamba cracks a nice hook into Schwetty's ribs.
Schwetty swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Schwetty blocks the leg kick.
Mamba thuds a left hand into Schwetty's body.
Schwetty takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Schwetty feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mamba's calf.
Mamba throws out a loose jab but Schwetty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schwetty throws out a counter right but Mamba avoids it with no problem.
Schwetty finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Schwetty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Schwetty throws the left hand but Mamba avoids the punch easily.
Mamba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schwetty. That did some damage!
Mamba bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mamba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Schwetty thows a leg kick but Mamba checks it
and Mamba counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mamba throws a body shot but no joy.
Mamba is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Schwetty misses the shot to the body.
As Schwetty backs away, Mamba returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Schwetty throws a body shot but no joy.
Schwetty throws a lazy right hand but Mamba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Schwetty.
Schwetty misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamba clobbers Schwetty with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Schwetty throws a body shot but no joy.
Mamba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Schwetty misses
and Mamba makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Schwetty moves out of range as Mamba strikes.
Schwetty throws a sloppy body shot
and Mamba makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Schwetty misses the shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mamba!
Schwetty's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schwetty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schwetty works Mamba's body with a nice hook.
Schwetty misses with a lunging right hand
and Mamba counters with a right hand to the body.
Schwetty takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schwetty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mamba can pounce on him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schwetty feints and then cracks Mamba's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mamba down.
Schwetty digs a good body shot into Mamba's ribs.
Schwetty throws a leg kick but Mamba checks it.
Schwetty throws out a loose jab but Mamba uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magnus Mamba dominated that round.
That's time! Mamba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mamba checks the leg kick nicely there.
Schwetty throws a body punch but Mamba moves out of range.
A big left from Mamba misses.
Schwetty takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Mamba blocks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Mamba blocks the leg kick.
Mamba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schwetty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mamba.
Mamba looks to land a left hand but Schwetty moved out of range nicely.
Schwetty misses with a hook
and Mamba counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mamba slips under a jab.
Mamba throws a leg kick which misses Schwetty's front leg but catches the back leg as Schwetty tries to avoid it.
Schwetty blocks the body kick.
Schwetty is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwetty shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mamba eats them both and turns towards Schwetty to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mamba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Schwetty throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwetty lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mamba at a distance.
Schwetty throws a leg kick
and Mamba counters with a good low kick that Schwetty was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamba looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Schwetty was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mamba scores with a body shot.
Schwetty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mamba counters with a nice leg kick.
Schwetty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A clash of legs there as Schwetty blocks the low kick.
Mamba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schwetty. Schwetty obviously looking to wear him down.
Schwetty tries a low kick but Mamba avoids it.
Nice body punch from Mamba.
Mamba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwetty wants to land a leg kick but Mamba is out of range.
Mamba takes a swing at Schwetty's ribcage but misses.
Mamba throws a body punch but Schwetty moves out of range.
Mamba tries to land a front kick but Schwetty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mamba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mamba chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Schwetty can pounce on him.
Schwetty moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mamba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schwetty manages to avoid it.
Mamba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schwetty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwetty misses with a leg kick
and Mamba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schwetty.
Mamba scores with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mamba checks a leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Schwetty might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mamba has got the better of the exchanges.
Mamba punishes Schwetty's body with a nice straight punch.
Schwetty tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mamba is able to avoid easily.
Mamba gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Schwetty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mamba.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Schwetty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mamba moves away.
Schwetty throws a lazy right hand but Mamba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Schwetty moves forwards but Mamba connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mamba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It appears Mamba was looking to counter with a kick there.
Mamba blocks a leg kick.
Mamba looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Schwetty bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mamba checks a leg kick.
Schwetty moves out of range of the body kick.
Mamba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schwetty.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwetty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mamba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schwetty thows a leg kick but Mamba checks it
and Mamba counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mamba checks a leg kick.
Mamba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schwetty cracks the inside of Mamba's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mamba, right into the meat.
Mamba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Schwetty. Schwetty circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Schwetty misses with a body shot.
Schwetty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Schwetty misses with a body punch
and Mamba counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mamba misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mamba.
Mamba cracks a nice hook into Schwetty's ribs.
Mamba ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mamba avoids the body shot from Schwetty.
An attempted straight right counter from Mamba misses the target.
Mamba misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamba scores with a hook to the body. Schwetty takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Schwetty fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mamba checks it well.
Schwetty connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mamba avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mamba scores with a push kick.
A shot to the body from Schwetty misses
and Mamba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schwetty throws the left hand but Mamba avoids the punch easily.
Schwetty digs a good hook to Mamba's body.
Mamba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schwetty. That did some damage!
Schwetty misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mamba, as that shot connected.
Mamba takes a swing at Schwetty's ribcage but misses.
Schwetty swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mamba makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schwetty connects with a body shot.
Mamba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Schwetty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mamba.
Mamba lands a head shot.
Schwetty is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magnus Mamba dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Mamba lands a nice looking body shot.
Schwetty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schwetty throws a right hand that misses
and Mamba counters with a nice uppercut.
Schwetty is still on wobbly legs! Can Mamba finish him?
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Mamba! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Magnus Mamba!
Magnus Mamba thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Comanche Todd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kshitij Singh Negi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Comanche Todd could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kshitij Singh Negi's chin.
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Comanche Todd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kshitij Singh Negi!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Todd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Singh Negi manages to avoid it.
Todd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Kshitij Singh Negi has been cut.
Todd lands with an overhand left.
Singh Negi moves into the clinch.
Singh Negi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Todd in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Singh Negi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
I was talking to Todd's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Todd tries to work over Singh Negi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Singh Negi.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Singh Negi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Todd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Todd misses with a punch on the inside.
Singh Negi pushes off an throws an elbow but Todd leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Singh Negi trying to land knees to the body.
Todd tries to throw a body punch but Singh Negi avoids it by throwing Todd back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh Negi throws an elbow but misses.
Todd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Singh Negi blocking some punches.
Todd working aggressively here.
Todd can't find room to land a body shot as Singh Negi controls the action.
Singh Negi throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Todd.
Todd blocks an elbow strike.
Todd pushes Singh Negi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Todd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Singh Negi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Todd in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Singh Negi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Todd in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Todd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Todd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Singh Negi landing knees to the head.
It looks like Comanche Todd has been cut.
Todd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Singh Negi's elbow.
Todd lands with a short shot to the head.
Singh Negi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Todd's defenses.
Singh Negi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Todd seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Singh Negi can turn it around.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Todd lands a body punch in the clinch.
Todd misses with a punch to the body.
Singh Negi misses with a knee strike.
Singh Negi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todd blocks it with crossed arms.
Singh Negi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Singh Negi missing with knees to the body.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd avoiding damage as Singh Negi throws knees to the body.
Todd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Singh Negis head.
Todd misses with a punch on the inside.
Todd misses with a punch on the inside.
Todd lands with a short shot to the head.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Singh Negi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Singh Negi tries to land knees in the clinch but Todd avoids the damage to the body.
Singh Negi landing knees to the body.
Singh Negi prevents a body shot from Todd.
Todd lands a shoulder strike.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Todd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Todd throws a punch but it's blocked by Singh Negi.
Singh Negi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Singh Negi misses with a knee to the head.
Todd blocks an elbow strike.
Todd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Singh Negi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Todd misses with the head strike.
Singh Negi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Singh Negi scores a nice knee to the body.
Todd is breathing heavily.
Singh Negi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Todd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Singh Negi tries to land knees in the clinch but Todd avoids the damage to the body.
Todd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Singh Negi lands a knee to the body.
Singh Negi lands a knee to the body.
Singh Negi connects with a knee to the head.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Todd avoids it.
Singh Negi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Todd's face.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow strike.
Singh Negi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Todd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Todd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Singh Negi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Todd is defending well for now.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
Singh Negi blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi blocking some punches.
Singh Negi looking to throw knees to the head but Todd is blocking nicely.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Todd avoids it.
Singh Negi blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Todd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Todd.
Todd misses with a punch to the body.
Todd has a couple of punches blocked by Singh Negi.
Singh Negi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Todd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Todd dodges an elbow strike from Singh Negi.
Still in the clinch, Todd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Todd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Todd digs a right hand into Singh Negi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Singh Negi's gas tank.
Todd misses with a punch on the inside.
Singh Negi lands an elbow inside that Todd shrugs off.
Todd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Singh Negi blocks a body shot from Todd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kshitij Singh Negi will probably get the nod.
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!
Todd is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Singh Negi.
Singh Negi tries to clinch but Todd moves out of range.
Todd throws a hook but Singh Negi blocks it.
Singh Negi wants to clinch.
Singh Negi slips a straight right by Todd.
Singh Negi tries to clinch up but Todd circles away and keeps his distance.
Singh Negi tries to clinch but Todd is having none of it.
Todd scores with a jab. Singh Negi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Todd misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Todd throws a hook to the side of Singh Negi's head but Singh Negi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Todd looks to land a left hand but Singh Negi moved out of range nicely.
Singh Negi unleashes a big counter combination but Todd bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Singh Negi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Todd throws a right hand that Singh Negi ducks under and follows up with a left that Singh Negi also avoids with ease.
Todd looks to land a left hand but Singh Negi moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Singh Negi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Todd misses with a wild combination.
Todd misses with a body shot.
Todd throws a series of punches but Singh Negi moves out of range.
Singh Negi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Todd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Todd misses with a hook.
Singh Negi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Todd swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Comanche Todd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singh Negi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Todd.
Singh Negi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Singh Negi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Singh Negi tries to clinch up.
Todd misses with a body shot.
Todd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Singh Negi wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd misses with a hook
and Singh Negi counters with a two punch combo.
Todd jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Singh Negi doesn't manage to clinch there - Todd circles away.
Singh Negi defending well as Todd loads up on a big left hand.
Singh Negi slips a jab from Todd.
Despite the aggression on Singh Negi's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Todd throws the left hand but Singh Negi avoids the punch easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Todd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Todd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Todd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Singh Negi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Todd swats away the attempt to clinch by Singh Negi.
Todd appears to be looking for a big counter.
Singh Negi is looking to clinch but Todd is avoiding it.
Singh Negi tries to clinch there but Todd circles away.
Singh Negi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Todd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Comanche Todd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Singh Negi.
Singh Negi staying out of range there.
Todd looks to score with a jab to the body but Singh Negi is just out of range.
Todd swinging wildly here.
Singh Negi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Todd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Todd throws a series of strikes that have Singh Negi backpedaling.
Singh Negi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Todd.
Singh Negi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Todd missing with a left hand there. Singh Negi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Todd misses with a wild body shot.
Singh Negi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Singh Negi wants to clinch.
Todd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Singh Negi wants to counter with a clinch but Todd pushes him away.
Singh Negi tries to clinch up but Todd circles away and keeps his distance.
Todd swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big right from Todd misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd throws a body shot but no joy.
Todd changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Todd scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Todd swinging wildly here.
Singh Negi moves in looking to clinch but Todd pushes him off.
Todd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Singh Negi.
Todd misses with a wild body shot.
Todd stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Singh Negi dodges the punch combination from Todd.
Singh Negi moves in looking to clinch but Todd pushes him off.
Singh Negi ducks under a wild hook from Todd.
Todd misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Todd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Singh Negi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Comanche Todd dominated that second 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Todd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Singh Negi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Singh Negi tries to close the distance and clinch but Todd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Todd lands with a shot to the body.
Todd throws a series of punches but Singh Negi avoids them all with ease.
Singh Negi wants to counter the offense by Todd and move into the clinch position.
Singh Negi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Todd tests Singh Negi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Singh Negi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Todd.
Singh Negi instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Todd tries to work over Singh Negi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Todd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Todd swings wildly with an uppercut but Singh Negi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Singh Negi can do to turn this around?
Todd takes a knee right on the jaw!
Todd works on Singh Negi's body with a couple of short punches.
Todd dodges an elbow strike from Singh Negi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd presses Singh Negi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Singh Negi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Singh Negi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Todd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Singh Negi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Todd avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Todd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh Negi throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Singh Negi throws an elbow but misses.
Todd throws a punch but it's blocked by Singh Negi.
Todd blocks the elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Todd.
Todd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Todd lands a body shot.
Singh Negi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Todd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Todd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Todd digs a right hand underneath Singh Negi's ribcage. Singh Negi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Todd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Singh Negi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh Negi missing with knees to the body.
Todd blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Todd.
Todd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Todd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Singh Negi is rocked!
Todd tries a body shot but Singh Negi blocks it.
Todd lands a body shot.
Todd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Singh Negi is still on wobbly legs! Can Todd finish him?
Todd tries a body shot but Singh Negi blocks it.
Todd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Singh Negi backwards.
Singh Negi blocking some punches.
Singh Negi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todd blocks it with crossed arms.
Todd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Todd lands with a right to the head.
Singh Negi misses with an elbow over the top.
Todd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Todd lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd tries to throw a body punch but Singh Negi avoids it by throwing Todd back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Todd as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Todd.
Todd stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Todd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Todd cracks Singh Negi with a nice body shot.
Todd lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Singh Negi.
Todd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Todd connects with a big uppercut there that sends Singh Negi tumbling to the ground! Todd follows him down into his guard.
Todd gets to his feet and stands over Singh Negi, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Singh Negi felt that one! Todd unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Singh Negi from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Comanche Todd!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Comanche Todd made sure he mentioned V-Mask Clothing (10%), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Renzo Alves !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Yossarian!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yossarian lets loose with a powerful body kick. Alves will feel that in the morning.
Yossarian throws a front kick that sends Alves stumbling back into the cage.
Alves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yossarian.
Alves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alves swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Yossarian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yossarian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yossarian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yossarian throws a leg kick that misses.
Alves drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yossarian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alves blocks a leg kick.
Yossarian connects with a crisp jab.
Yossarian's coach down at The Butcher's Block was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yossarian's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yossarian waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Alves . Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Alves to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Alves is rocked!
It looks like Renzo Alves has been cut.
Alves trying to strike off his back.
Oh Alves is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Alves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alves seems to have got his legs back now.
Yossarian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alves throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Alves throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Alves trying to control the position.
Alves thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Yossarian won't allow Alves to sweep him here.
Yossarian trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Yossarian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alves doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yossarian - the referee stops the clock and Alves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yossarian. Alves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yossarian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Alves .
Yossarian connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alves momentarily.
Alves tries a head kick but it misses.
Yossarian misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alves checks a leg kick.
Alves is looking for a counter combo.
A solid body kick from Yossarian.
A head kick by Yossarian - that's a beauty! Alves is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Yossarian can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Yossarian! John Yossarian retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, John Yossarian thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fahad Al Qarni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinbad Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Al Qarni might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hells Bells. The crowd seem to be enjoying Baba's choice of entrance music: King of Seven Seas. Fahad Al Qarni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 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
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fahad Al Qarni!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinbad Baba!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Qarni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baba.
Al Qarni connects with a nice looking jab.
Al Qarni goes for a double leg but Baba avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Baba continues to drive forward.
Baba throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Baba, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baba stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Baba wants it to stay on the feet.
Al Qarni's corner calls for a 1-2. Al Qarni obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Baba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al Qarni.
Al Qarni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baba manages to avoid it.
Al Qarni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Al Qarni is looking to counter punch.
Baba connects with the punch.
Baba throws a nice looking combination but Al Qarni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Al Qarni does no damage.
Al Qarni throws a series of punches but Baba avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baba is looking to chop away at Al Qarni's legs.
Baba misses with a body shot.
Baba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baba digs a good body shot into Al Qarni's ribs.
Al Qarni scores with a decent looking hook.
Baba misses with a few strikes there.
Al Qarni swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Baba moves forwards but Al Qarni connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Qarni loads up on a big right hand but Baba slips the punch.
Baba flicks out a counter leg kick but Al Qarni steps away.
Baba throws a looping overhand right but Al Qarni ducks down to avoid it.
Al Qarni was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Al Qarni tries to clinch there but Baba circles away.
Baba looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Qarni is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Al Qarni looks to score with a jab to the body but Baba is just out of range.
Al Qarni throws a big shot that misses.
Some wild striking there from Al Qarni.
Baba has taken the fight to the clinch.
Al Qarni scores with a shot to the side of Baba's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baba.
Al Qarni working aggressively here.
I was talking to Al Qarni's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Baba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baba misses with the head strike.
Al Qarni lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baba backwards.
Baba's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Al Qarni has closed the distance and engaged Baba in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Al Qarni.
Baba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baba lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Baba connects with a right hand. Al Qarni shakes it off.
Al Qarni misses with a looping right.
A punch combination from Baba misses.
Al Qarni wants to clinch.
A big right from Baba misses.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Al Qarni.
Al Qarni is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Baba knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Baba wants to get back to his feet but Al Qarni drags him back down.
Baba felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba stops Al Qarni from passing to mount.
Al Qarni wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baba keeps working.
Al Qarni goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Baba has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Al Qarni but great work by Baba.
Al Qarni tries to improve position but can't.
Al Qarni is working hard here to advance position.
Al Qarni can't do much from the bottom here.
Al Qarni looks to move to half guard but instead Baba has passed into mount! Damn!
Baba gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
No joy there for Al Qarni, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al Qarni.
Al Qarni gets a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baba wants to get back to his feet.
Al Qarni seems to be looking for submissions.
Al Qarni looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Al Qarni stops Baba from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sinbad Baba will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Al Qarni moves out of range as Baba strikes.
Baba leaves Al Qarni with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Baba lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Baba takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Al Qarni throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Baba on the side of the head.
Al Qarni lands a really nice looking cross but Baba seems unphased.
Good standup being displayed there by Baba as he connects with a hook.
Al Qarni connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Al Qarni moves forwards but Baba connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Al Qarni looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Baba sizes up Al Qarni with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Al Qarni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Qarni missing with a left hand there. Baba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Baba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Al Qarni circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baba sizes up Al Qarni with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Al Qarni closes this distance looking for a takedown but Baba circles away.
Baba tries to close the distance and clinch but Al Qarni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba missing with a left hand there. Al Qarni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Baba on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Al Qarni with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Baba to score with a decent uppercut.
Al Qarni misses with a double jab.
Al Qarni connects with the punch.
Al Qarni scores with a jab.
Baba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Al Qarni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Al Qarni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baba.
Al Qarni swats away the attempt to clinch by Baba.
Al Qarni attempts a counter takedown but Baba avoids it well and moves away.
Baba misses with a straight right.
Baba tries to clinch up but Al Qarni circles away and keeps his distance.
Baba tries to close the distance and clinch but Al Qarni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baba throws a right and a left that Al Qarni avoids nicely.
Baba swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Qarni uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Baba staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Baba tenderised Al Qarni's leg. Al Qarni is trying to keep his angry face on.
Al Qarni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Baba takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Al Qarni scores with a jab.
Fahad Al Qarni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Al Qarni scores with a jab to the jaw.
Baba moves away from the strike by Al Qarni.
A jab from Al Qarni misses.
Al Qarni clinches up with Baba and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Al Qarni creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baba lands a body punch in the clinch.
Baba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baba misses with the head strike.
Baba tries to throw a body punch but Al Qarni avoids it by throwing Baba back against the cage.
Al Qarni scores with a shot to the side of Baba's head.
Baba pushes Al Qarni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Al Qarni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baba blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba misses with a punch on the inside.
Al Qarni works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Baba manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Baba misses with an uppercut.
Fahad Al Qarni is winning the standup battle so far.
Baba is looking to clinch but Al Qarni is avoiding it.
Al Qarni drops down looking for a counter takedown but Baba sprawls and moves away.
Baba tries to close the distance and clinch but Al Qarni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Al Qarni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baba.
An attempted straight right counter from Al Qarni misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Qarni. Baba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baba moves out of range of the strikes.
Al Qarni takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Al Qarni connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baba. Baba circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Al Qarni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Al Qarni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baba throws a jab when Al Qarni was well out of range.
Al Qarni misses with a wild combination.
Baba lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Al Qarni swats away the attempt to clinch by Baba.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba closes the distance and pushes Al Qarni back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al Qarni.
Baba looking to slow down the pace here.
Baba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fahad Al Qarni has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Al Qarni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Baba fails to land.
Baba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Al Qarni is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Baba is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fahad Al Qarni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baba breaks from the clinch.
Baba throws a hook but Al Qarni avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al Qarni misses with a straight right.
Baba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baba throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Al Qarni lands a jab.
Baba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baba bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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 Fahad Al Qarni will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Baba showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Al Qarni.
Al Qarni throws a series of punches but Baba avoids them all with ease.
Baba throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Al Qarni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Al Qarni bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baba's head backwards.
Baba moves into the clinch.
Baba lands with a left to the head.
Al Qarni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baba prevents a body shot from Al Qarni.
Baba avoiding damage.
Al Qarni lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Baba lands with a short shot to the head.
Al Qarni can't find room to land a body shot as Baba controls the action.
Al Qarni tries for a takedown. No joy.
Baba can't find room to land a body shot as Al Qarni controls the action.
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!
Baba breaks from the clinch.
Al Qarni darts in looking for a takedown but Baba gets double underhooks and turns Al Qarni into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Qarni misses with a few strikes there.
Baba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Al Qarni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Al Qarni does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baba stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Al Qarni misses with an uppercut.
Al Qarni swats away the attempt to clinch by Baba.
Al Qarni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Al Qarni is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Al Qarni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baba misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Baba misses.
Baba clinches with his opponent.
Al Qarni misses with a body punch.
Al Qarni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al Qarni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Al Qarni lands an uppercut.
Al Qarni throws a punch but it's blocked by Baba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Qarni works on Baba's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Al Qarni fails to land.
Baba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baba tries to clinch but Al Qarni is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Al Qarni lands with a right hand.
Baba lands a really nice looking cross but Al Qarni seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Baba.
Al Qarni feints and as Baba raises his hands in defense, Al Qarni changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Al Qarni drops back, looking for a kneebar! Baba looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Baba looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Baba!
A control attempt from Al Qarni but he's now mounted!
Baba prevents Al Qarni from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba controlling his opponent.
Baba stands up from mount. Strange move.
Left hook, right uppercut from Al Qarni.
Baba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Al Qarni at a distance.
Al Qarni keeps the fight on the outside.
Baba has Al Qarni up against the cage in a clinch.
Baba lands a hook that snaps the head of Al Qarni backwards.
Baba makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baba is trying to break the clinch but Al Qarni has him pressed against the cage.
Baba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Qarni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baba breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba is looking to clinch.
Al Qarni misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Al Qarni.
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!
Baba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sinbad Baba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Al Qarni drops his hands momentarily and Baba takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Baba tries to bum rush Al Qarni with a series of wild strikes but Al Qarni uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Al Qarni throwing a counter right hand but Baba manages to avoid it.
Baba lands with a right hand.
Al Qarni's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baba under the eye.
Al Qarni scores with a one two! Baba had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Baba forces Al Qarni back against the cage and clinches.
Baba misses with a punch on the inside.
Baba scores with a hook to the body.
Al Qarni tries to work over Baba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baba is struggling to control the position.
Baba throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Qarni.
Al Qarni throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Sinbad Baba just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Al Qarni's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Al Qarni scores with a jab to the body.
Al Qarni blocks a head kick by Baba.
Baba lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al Qarni circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Al Qarni misses.
Baba has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Al Qarni.
Baba moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Al Qarni throws a right hand that Baba ducks under and follows up with a left that Baba also avoids with ease.
Al Qarni dodges the punch combination from Baba.
Baba slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Al Qarni throws out the jab.
Baba tries to clinch up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Baba.
Baba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Baba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Qarni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Qarni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baba throws out the jab.
Al Qarni works over Baba's head and body with a nice combination.
Al Qarni on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Baba tries to clinch but Al Qarni moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Al Qarni misses the target.
Baba misses with a straight right.
Al Qarni looks to land a combination. Baba sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Baba lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Al Qarni throws a lazy right hand but Baba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baba appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Baba staying out of range there.
Nice cross by Al Qarni.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baba throws an overhand right that lands on Al Qarni's shoulder, as Al Qarni tries to avoid the shot.
Nice jab there from Baba.
Al Qarni tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Baba swivels and escapes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Baba tries to clinch but Al Qarni moves out of range.
Al Qarni avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Al Qarni does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baba, right into the meat.
Al Qarni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Al Qarni throws a series of strikes that have Baba backpedaling.
Baba is rocked!
A jab from Baba finds it's way through Al Qarni's defenses.
Baba is still on wobbly legs! Can Al Qarni finish him?
Baba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Al Qarni scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Al Qarni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Al Qarni blocks the leg kick.
Al Qarni throws a hook to the side of Baba's head but Baba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Qarni misses with a straight right.
Baba throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Al Qarni on the side of the head.
Al Qarni slips under a jab from Baba.
Baba throws a head kick but Al Qarni moves out of range.
Al Qarni connects with a crisp jab.
Baba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baba sizes up Al Qarni with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baba lands a right hook to the body.
Al Qarni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baba looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baba is looking to clinch.
Al Qarni avoids the body shot from Baba.
Donk. Al Qarni catches Baba right on the button with a cross.
Al Qarni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni keeps the fight on the outside.
Al Qarni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Al Qarni scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Al Qarni takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baba. Al Qarni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Qarni half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Baba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Al Qarni throws out the jab.
Nice jab there from Al Qarni.
Al Qarni avoids the head kick by Baba.
Baba swings widly with a right hand
and Al Qarni scores with a counter punch that sends Baba to the canvas! Al Qarni smells blood - he's punishing Baba with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Baba has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fahad Al Qarni!
Fahad Al Qarni retains his welterweight title!
After the big win, Fahad Al Qarni made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Bullet Proof System and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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pop
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