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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Myers Hockles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buzz Lightbeer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Buzz Lightbeer was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Great elbows
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Good gas tank |
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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
16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Myers Hockles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buzz Lightbeer!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightbeer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lightbeer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hockles takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lightbeer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lightbeer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lightbeer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hockles throws a head kick that misses.
Lightbeer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hockles doesn't seem bothered though.
Lightbeer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hockles.
It looks like Myers Hockles has been cut.
Lightbeer throws a body shot but no joy.
Hockles throws a leg kick which misses Lightbeer's front leg but catches the back leg as Lightbeer tries to avoid it.
Lightbeer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hockles checks a low kick from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer lands a leg kick that knocks Hockles off balance momentarily.
Hockles throws a hook but Lightbeer avoids it easily.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hockles attempts a counter takedown but Lightbeer avoids it well and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hockles shoots for a takedown but Lightbeer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lightbeer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hockles.
Hockles moves out of range of the body kick from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer missing with a left hand there. Hockles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lightbeer blocks a head kick by Hockles.
Lightbeer lands an overhand right.
Hockles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hockles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lightbeer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hockles's hands.
A solid body kick from Hockles.
Lightbeer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hockles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hockles throws a head kick but Lightbeer moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lightbeer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hockles fails to land the takedown.
Hockles throws a shot from downtown. Lightbeer moves away and avoids it.
Lightbeer tries a head kick but it misses.
Hockles appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lightbeer throws a head kick but Hockles moves out of range.
Lightbeer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hockles's sensitive parts.
Hockles looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hockles gets a takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Hockles there.
Lightbeer keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hockles throws a strike but Lightbeer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hockles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hockles won't allow Lightbeer to sweep him here.
Hockles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hockles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lightbeer wants to sweep but no luck.
Lightbeer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hockles throwing strikes but missing.
Hockles with a nice head shot there.
Lightbeer looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hockles in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lightbeer controlling the position.
Hockles with a nice head shot there.
Hockles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lightbeer is keeping the position for now.
Lightbeer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lightbeer seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hockles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hockles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lightbeer controlling the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hockles moves out of range as Lightbeer strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buzz Lightbeer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Myers Hockles's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hockles throws a head kick that half lands.
Hockles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Buzz Lightbeer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lightbeer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hockles looks to land a body kick but Lightbeer moved away.
Lightbeer misses with a body shot.
Hockles shoots in but no luck this time.
Hockles backing away here, and Lightbeer unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hockles avoids the body shot from Lightbeer.
Hockles takes a kick to the side of the head.
A jab from Lightbeer misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lightbeer feints and then cracks Hockles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hockles down.
Lightbeer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Hockles was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lightbeer tries a head kick but it misses.
Hockles changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hockles blocks a head kick by Lightbeer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightbeer motions for Hockles to come forward. Lightbeer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hockles blocks a head kick by Lightbeer.
Hockles lands a slapping body shot.
Lightbeer misses with a double jab.
Lightbeer tries to land a front kick but Hockles steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Buzz Lightbeer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lightbeer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hockles.
Lightbeer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hockles.
Lightbeer cracks Hockles with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lightbeer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Hockles checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A head kick misses from Hockles.
Lightbeer misses with a double jab.
Lightbeer swings for the body but Hockles moves out of range.
Hockles fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lightbeer checks it well.
Lightbeer misses with a head kick.
Hockles fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Lightbeer to the ground. Hockles is now in Lightbeer's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hockles is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lightbeer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lightbeer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hockles landing some decent shots from guard.
Lightbeer has control of Hockles's left arm, preventing Hockles from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hockles throws a strike but Lightbeer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hockles working a defensive guard here.
Hockles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lightbeer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hockles keeping moving, preventing Lightbeer from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lightbeer engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hockles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lightbeer not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Lightbeer has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buzz Lightbeer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Myers Hockles's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hockles avoids the body shot from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer cracks the inside of Hockles's front leg.
Hockles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lightbeer throws a lazy body kick
and Hockles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hockles wants to pass the guard but Lightbeer is keeping the position.
Hockles showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lightbeer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hockles postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hockles stopping the sweep attempt from Lightbeer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hockles looking to pass the guard.
Hockles throws a big elbow that misses.
Hockles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lightbeer working a defensive guard here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lightbeer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lightbeer holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hockles throws a push kick but Lightbeer slaps the foot to one side.
Hockles takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hockles closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lightbeer has one foot on Hockles's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hockles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hockles throws a solid leg kick but Lightbeer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hockles.
Lightbeer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Lightbeer. That snapped Hockles's head back.
Lightbeer throws a leg kick but Hockles sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lightbeer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hockles. That did some damage!
Lightbeer misses with a shot to the body
and Hockles counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hockles is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lightbeer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hockles throwing strikes but missing.
Hockles loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Myers Hockles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hockles is looking to work some ground and pound but Lightbeer has wrist control.
Lightbeer looking for a sweep. Not yet Lightbeer, not yet.
Hockles with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hockles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hockles accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hockles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hockles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lightbeer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hockles works over Lightbeer with some ground and pound from guard.
Lightbeer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lightbeer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lightbeer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hockles wanted to stand there but Lightbeer had control of the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lightbeer has closed the distance and engaged Hockles in a clinch.
Hockles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lightbeer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lightbeer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hockles in his tracks.
Hockles lands a head kick!
Lightbeer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lightbeer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hockles.
Lightbeer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hockles circles away quickly and effectively.
Buzz Lightbeer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Buzz Lightbeer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hockles lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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 Myers Hockles.
I think Lightbeer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buzz Lightbeer!
In his post fight interview, Buzz Lightbeer started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luigi Vercotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vercotti has chosen Poverty - Ennio Morricone as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Luigi Vercotti was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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165 lbs
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162 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Vercotti!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vercotti loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brown goes for a double leg but Vercotti avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Vercotti continues to drive forward.
Vercotti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vercotti throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown throws a looping overhand right but Vercotti ducks down to avoid it.
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vercotti closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Brown's guard.
Vercotti trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Vercotti trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vercotti got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brown has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vercotti has managed to get both his arms back between Brown's legs - danger averted.
Vercotti sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Vercotti from controlling successfully.
Vercotti is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Brown escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vercotti gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Vercotti working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brown looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Vercotti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brown works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Vercotti is looking to work some ground and pound but Brown has wrist control.
Vercotti stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Brown throws up his legs and catches Vercotti in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Vercotti tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Brown! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Daniel Brown!
A very excited looking Daniel Brown 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Corrida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keisuke Takasugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrida's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shadowhunter. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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180 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
41 - 25 - 2, fighting out of London, Juan Corrida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keisuke Takasugi!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takasugi shoots in for a takedown but Corrida shows good takedown defense.
Takasugi has his takedown stuffed
and Corrida counters with a leg kick.
Corrida lands a slapping body shot.
Juan Corrida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takasugi fails with the takedown.
Juan Corrida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keisuke Takasugi.
Corrida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Takasugi is out of range.
We've been informed that Takasugi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Takasugi avoids the head kick by Corrida.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrida connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Takasugi misses with a wild body shot.
Takasugi tries for a takedown but Corrida circles away easily
and Corrida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrida feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Takasugi's calf.
Takasugi tries for a takedown but Corrida sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Takasugi 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.
Corrida throws a body shot but no joy.
Corrida tests Takasugi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A cross from Corrida lands.
Corrida closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Corrida is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Takasugi sees it coming and defends easily.
Takasugi moves into full guard.
Takasugi keeping moving, preventing Corrida from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takasugi wants to sweep but no luck.
Corrida wants to control from the top but Takasugi keeps moving.
Corrida slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Corrida wants to control from the top but Takasugi keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takasugi wants to sweep but no luck.
Corrida is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Takasugi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Takasugi has escaped and now he's on top!
Takasugi trying to control the position from guard on top but Corrida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takasugi stopping the sweep attempt from Corrida.
Corrida escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Takasugi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Takasugi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Corrida has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Takasugi has managed to get both his arms back between Corrida's legs - danger averted.
Takasugi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Takasugi advances position into side control!
Corrida manages to work his way to half guard, despite Takasugi's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrida tries to roll over but Takasugi keeps him under control.
Takasugi is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Corrida doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Takasugi.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corrida is trying is best to control the position here.
Corrida wants to improve his position but Takasugi is controlling well.
Corrida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Corrida gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Corrida has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Takasugi is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Corrida.
Corrida manages to work his way to half guard, despite Takasugi's best efforts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Corrida dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Corrida slips a jab and a cross from Takasugi.
Keisuke Takasugi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takasugi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A swing and a miss from Corrida.
Takasugi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Corrida sprawls well initially but Takasugi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Corrida manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Takasugi won't allow Corrida to sweep him here.
Corrida wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Corrida 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrida controls Takasugi momentarily but Takasugi frees himself.
Takasugi throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Corrida bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Takasugi's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Takasugi is on top in guard.
Corrida is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Corrida wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Corrida continues to stall.
Corrida working a defensive guard here.
Corrida wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrida trying to keep a closed guard but Takasugi is proving a slippery customer.
Takasugi preventing the sweep.
Takasugi trying to control the position from guard on top but Corrida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Takasugi content to stall in guard here.
Takasugi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Corrida swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Takasugi preventing the sweep.
Takasugi throws a big elbow that misses.
Corrida is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corrida is looking for a kimura here.
Takasugi is refusing to be controlled, as Corrida sits in half guard.
Takasugi wants to improve his position but Corrida is controlling well.
Corrida is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Corrida is pressing down on Takasugi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Takasugi is holding on for now.
Corrida is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Takasugi reverses the position - he's now on top in Corrida's guard.
Corrida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takasugi can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrida is trying to control the position but Takasugi postures up.
Takasugi trying to control but Corrida is working from the bottom.
Takasugi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Corrida haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Corrida manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Takasugi manages to get himself to full guard.
Takasugi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Takasugi looking for a sweep. Not yet Takasugi, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Keisuke Takasugi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Corrida is looking to land body kicks.
Takasugi fails with the takedown
and Corrida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Takasugi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Corrida is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Corrida is trying to control but Takasugi passes into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrida regains half guard.
Corrida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Corrida is looking to control Takasugi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Corrida avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takasugi passes to full mount!
Corrida sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Corrida trying to hold on to Takasugi's head to control him but Takasugi postures up.
Corrida is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Takasugi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Takasugi's back!
Corrida looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Corrida looking for the RNC.
Corrida is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Takasugi has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Corrida working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Takasugi's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Juan Corrida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Takasugi is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Corrida gets his way!
Corrida looking to break Takasugi's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Takasugi remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Corrida will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Takasugi breaks Corrida's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corrida pulls Takasugi in to control the position.
Corrida keeping moving, preventing Takasugi from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takasugi controlling from the top position.
Takasugi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Takasugi is thwarting Corrida's attempts to control the position.
Takasugi is trying to control the action in half guard but Corrida is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Corrida trying to get back to full guard but Takasugi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Takasugi looking to finish with strikes here!
Corrida wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrida biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.
Corrida is trying to break free.
Corrida is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Takasugi gets his way!
Corrida rolls, trying to escape but Takasugi keeps control of the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Corrida looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Takasugi is looking to control Corrida but Corrida is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keisuke Takasugi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Takasugi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Sandman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Unashamed. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Sandman!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sandman.
Sandman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry lands a nice looking body shot.
Sandman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sandman somewhat.
Henry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
Sandman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Sandman does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henry wants it to stay on the feet.
Sandman fails with the takedown
and Henry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
John Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Sandman.
Henry swings for the body but Sandman moves out of range.
Sandman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Henry defends well and Sandman ends up having to push Henry into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Sandman.
Henry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Henry is looking to wear down Sandman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Henry is looking to chop away at Sandman's legs.
Henry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sandman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Henry but Henry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Sandman moved out of range.
Henry throws a head kick but Sandman moves out of range.
Sandman swings widly with a right hand
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henry takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sandman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henry.
Sandman shoots in but Henry avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sandman throws a right hand that misses
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sandman avoids the head kick by Henry.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry feints and then cracks Sandman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sandman down.
Henry stuffs the takedown attempt from Sandman. Sandman gets slowly back to his feet.
Henry throws a wild body kick that Sandman sees coming a mile off.
Sandman avoids the body shot from Henry.
Sandman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Henry misses with a wild body shot.
Sandman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sandman shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Henry pinned against the cage. Henry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A swing and a miss from Sandman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henry wants it to stay on the feet.
Sandman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sandman takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sandman tries for a takedown but Henry sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sandman checks a leg kick.
Sandman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Henry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sandman.
Nice body kick from Henry.
Henry throws a body shot but no joy.
Henry cracks the inside of Sandman's front leg.
Sandman scores with the left hand. Henry knows he should have avoided that one.
Sandman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Henry defends it nicely.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been told by Henry's head coaches at Mello MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Henry misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry throws a body punch but Sandman moves out of range.
Sandman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Henry scores with a sloppy right hand. Sandman should have avoided that one.
Henry lands with a nice body kick.
Henry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sandman.
Henry throws a head kick but Sandman moves out of range.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sandman.
Sandman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sandman misses with a right hand
and Henry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sandman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Henry dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters circling - Henry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Henry 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.
Sandman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sandman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Henry.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sandman can do to turn this around?
Henry throws a low kick but Sandman avoids it.
Sandman dives in for a single leg takedown but Henry sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Henry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sandman is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sandman misses the shot to the body.
Henry gets caught flat footed, as Sandman shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Henry has his feet on Sandman's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Henry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Henry.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Henry.
Henry misses with a left hand
and Sandman counters with a single leg into guard. Henry didn't expect that.
Sandman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henry is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Henry holds on and takes a little breather.
Sandman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Henry is adopting a defensive guard.
Sandman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sandman throwing strikes from guard but Henry blocks nicely.
Sandman looking to pass the guard.
My spies in The Axis of Evil inform me that Sandman has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Sandman wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sandman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sandman won't allow Henry to get back to his feet.
Sandman preventing the sweep.
Sandman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henry's guard.
Henry wants to get back to full guard.
Sandman working over Henry with some ground and pound. Henry looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sandman trying to control the action but Henry is working from the bottom.
Sandman prevents Henry from standing back up.
Sandman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Henry doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sandman.
Sandman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandman prevents Henry from improving his position.
Henry controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Henry is not content to let Sandman control the position.
Sandman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Henry doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sandman.
Henry moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sandman trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sandman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sandman trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sandman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sandman throws an elbow that misses. Henry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sandman's guard. Nice move by Henry!
Henry wants to get up but he can't break Sandman's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sandman is looking to sweep but instead, Henry has passed into half guard.
Sandman is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sandman gets full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henry works over Sandman with some ground and pound from guard.
Sandman has a closed guard, preventing Henry from standing up.
Henry chips away with some ground and pound.
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 John Henry will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Henry slips under a jab.
Sandman goes for a double leg but Henry avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Henry continues to drive forward.
Sandman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henry.
Henry comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sandman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Henry defends well and Sandman ends up having to push Henry into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Henry throws a counter high kick but Sandman was just alert enough to avoid it.
Henry throws a low kick but Sandman moves out of range easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sandman or perhaps it was just good defense by Henry, which made it look bad.
John Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Sandman.
Sandman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Henry defends well and Sandman ends up having to push Henry into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Henry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sandman connects with a jab.
Sandman shoots for a takedown but Henry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sandman.
Sandman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henry misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a nice head kick!
Sandman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Henry sprawls well. Henry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sandman gets slowly back to his feet.
Sandman fails with the takedown
and Henry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sandman staying out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henry.
Sandman scores with a body shot.
A slow jab from Sandman misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Henry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sandman blocks a head kick by Henry.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Sandman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sandman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
Henry throws a big counter combination but Sandman scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandman misses with a takedown attempt
and Henry counters with a straight right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Sandman blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Sandman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sandman avoids the head kick by Henry.
Sandman takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sandman misses with a takedown attempt - Henry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sandman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sandman scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henry.
Henry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sandman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sandman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Sandman moved out of range.
Sandman drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Henry defends it well.
John Henry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Henry wants to land a leg kick but Sandman is out of range.
Sandman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Henry defends well and Sandman ends up having to push Henry into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Sandman is just out of range.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sandman fails with the takedown
and Henry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sandman with a poor takedown
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sandman.
Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sandman dives in and grabs Henry's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes down on Sandman's head and hops out.
Sandman misses the shot to the body.
Sandman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Henry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Henry.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henry tests Sandman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sandman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Sandman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henry lands with a good body shot.
Henry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sandman feints the counter takedown.
Sandman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sandman throws a lazy uppercut
and Henry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Henry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Henry, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Henry!
During a confident post fight interview, John Henry thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The Sandman was interviewed post fight and said 'cunt was doped up'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Coath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladislav Munchkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coath comes to the cage accompanied by Enemy by Blue Stahli. 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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284 lbs
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Coath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vladislav Munchkin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coath takes a swing at Munchkin's ribcage but misses.
Munchkin feints the counter takedown.
Coath misses with a body shot.
Munchkin drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Coath defends it well.
Munchkin throws out a loose jab but Coath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coath dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Coath connects with a solid leg kick.
Coath pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Coath misses the target.
Munchkin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Coath blocks a low kick nicely.
Coath doesn't manage to clinch there - Munchkin circles away.
Coath just misses with a punch to the body.
Coath connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coath uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Munchkin misses the jab.
Coath lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chris Coath seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coath throws a body shot but no joy.
Coath takes a swing at Munchkin's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coath misses with a body shot.
Munchkin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Coath lands a nice shot to the body.
Munchkin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Coath moves into the clinch.
Coath lands a body shot in the clinch.
Coath lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Coath is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Munchkin is defending well for now.
Coath lands a hook that snaps the head of Munchkin backwards.
Munchkin manages to break the clinch.
Coath misses with a straight right.
Coath tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Munchkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Munchkin is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Coath throws a nice inside leg kick.
Coath pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Munchkin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Munchkin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coath throws a low kick, looking for Munchkin's leg but Munchkin calmly moves out of range.
Munchkin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Coath just misses with a punch to the body.
And Munchkin tries to counter it with a takedown but Coath pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Munchkin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coath swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Coath pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Coath wants to clinch.
Coath tries to work over Munchkin's front leg with a kick but Munchkin checks it.
Munchkin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Coath swivels and escapes.
Coath feints and then cracks Munchkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Munchkin down.
Coath connects with a body shot that sends Munchkin's belly button to the back.
Chris Coath is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coath ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munchkin moves away.
And Munchkin tries to counter it with a takedown but Coath pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coath has Munchkin up against the cage in a clinch.
Coath doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Coath.
Coath keeps control of Munchkin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Coath crunches a lovely knee into Munchkin's ribcage.
Coath tries a body shot but Munchkin blocks it.
Coath lands a body shot.
Coath gets through Munchkin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Munchkin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Coath lands with a light punch inside.
Coath throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Munchkins head.
Coath misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Munchkin.
Munchkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munchkin sizes up Coath with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Munchkin avoids the body shot from Coath.
Coath thumps Munchkin with a low kick.
Munchkin checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coath lands a nice looking body kick.
Coath misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Munchkin.
Munchkin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coath.
Coath walks into a straight right hand from Munchkin.
Coath scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Vladislav Munchkin has been cut.
Coath cracks Munchkin with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Munchkin falls to his knees and Coath doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Coath!
Chris Coath bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin BK (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zorba The Dancing Buddha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Dancing Buddha has chosen Zorba Time as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin BK!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zorba The Dancing Buddha!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dancing Buddha fails to land with a series of punches.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a body shot.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a body shot.
BK lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Dancing Buddha blocks a jab.
BK throws a sloppy head kick
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a straight right hand.
BK blocks a jab.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a straight right.
The Dancing Buddha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
BK lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Dancing Buddha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by BK.
BK fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Dancing Buddha just manages to avoid it.
The Dancing Buddha stuffs the takedown attempt from BK. BK gets slowly back to his feet.
The Dancing Buddha on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A lazy left from BK finds it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BK tries a head kick but it misses.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BK rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Dancing Buddha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Dancing Buddha looks to score with a jab to the body but BK is just out of range.
BK pulls out of a head kick attempt.
BK fails with the takedown.
The Dancing Buddha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The Dancing Buddha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
BK lands with a nice body punch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from BK - that will leave a mark!
The Dancing Buddha jabs at BK's body.
BK scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
BK shoots for a takedown but The Dancing Buddha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin BK. That's going to take a lot out of him.
BK misses with an uppercut. The Dancing Buddha saw that one coming.
That kick from The Dancing Buddha tenderised BK's leg. BK is trying to keep his angry face on.
The Dancing Buddha looks to score with a jab to the body but BK is just out of range.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from BK.
The Dancing Buddha throws an ugly left hook that misses
and BK counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Dancing Buddha's knee momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BK closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Dancing Buddha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Dancing Buddha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract BK.
BK throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A solid leg kick lands there for BK.
The Dancing Buddha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but BK moves away.
BK throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Dancing Buddha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Dancing Buddha works BK's body with a nice hook.
Nice body kick there by BK.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by BK.
A solid leg kick lands there for BK.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a straight right.
The Dancing Buddha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Dancing Buddha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract BK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha misses the shot to the body.
The Dancing Buddha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but BK moves away.
The Dancing Buddha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but BK was well out of range. Poor timing from The Dancing Buddha.
BK turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
BK moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from The Dancing Buddha misses.
The Dancing Buddha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
BK appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
BK lands a jab to the nose.
The Dancing Buddha slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
BK uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Dancing Buddha.
BK is looking to counter punch.
The Dancing Buddha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Dancing Buddha throws a jab but it's blocked by BK.
BK is trying hard to land a takedown here. The Dancing Buddha sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
BK changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Dancing Buddha looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BK in side control lands a decent elbow.
BK misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but BK wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The Dancing Buddha takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Dancing Buddha managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by BK.
BK working away.
The Dancing Buddha tries to improve position but can't.
BK trying to control the position but The Dancing Buddha is working away.
BK cracks The Dancing Buddha with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We've been hearing that BK has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BK controls the position.
BK tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
BK lands a few punches from side control.
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 Benjamin BK will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Dancing Buddha misses with a jab to the body
and BK counters with a stiff right hand.
The Dancing Buddha thuds his right hand into BK's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
BK swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a shot to the body.
BK feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Dancing Buddha's calf.
BK staying out of range there.
BK uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Dancing Buddha.
BK scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from BK.
The Dancing Buddha tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Dancing Buddha staying out of range there.
BK shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Dancing Buddha defends it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Dancing Buddha! But no joy.
The Dancing Buddha moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BK connects with a leg kick. The Dancing Buddha looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Dancing Buddha connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between BK's hands.
BK connects with a nice looking jab.
The Dancing Buddha misses with an uppercut
and BK counters with a stiff right hand.
The Dancing Buddha smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
BK swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Dancing Buddha defending well as BK loads up on a big left hand.
The Dancing Buddha lands a nice shot to the body.
BK slips a straight right by The Dancing Buddha.
BK takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Dancing Buddha takes a jab right on the kisser.
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 looping hook to the body misses from The Dancing Buddha. BK does a little dance to reset his feet.
BK fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Dancing Buddha just manages to avoid it.
The Dancing Buddha tries to move into range but BK moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a sloppy right hand. BK should have avoided that one.
A momentary lapse in concentration from The Dancing Buddha enables BK to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The Dancing Buddha manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
BK being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BK trying to control but The Dancing Buddha is working from the bottom.
BK stands up over The Dancing Buddha, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
BK is looking to work some ground and pound but The Dancing Buddha has wrist control.
BK scoring with some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as The Dancing Buddha holds on and takes a little breather.
BK working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of The Dancing Buddha's head.
BK working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dancing Buddha wants to stand but BK is controlling the position.
BK throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Dancing Buddha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Dancing Buddha tries to land a sweep but no joy.
BK keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The Dancing Buddha's head.
The Dancing Buddha keeping moving, preventing BK from controlling successfully.
BK is looking to work some ground and pound but The Dancing Buddha has wrist control.
The Dancing Buddha wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
BK distracts The Dancing Buddha with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
BK preventing the sweep.
BK has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Dancing Buddha is trying to keep BK in close.
BK makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
BK throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Dancing Buddha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Dancing Buddha wants to sweep here but BK controlling him for the moment.
BK trying to control the position from guard on top but The Dancing Buddha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
BK scores with a body shot.
The Dancing Buddha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but BK moves away.
BK with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin BK dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha scores with a hook to the body. BK takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Dancing Buddha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from BK.
BK throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps BK thinking.
BK steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Dancing Buddha.
Nice defenses there by BK.
BK ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Dancing Buddha moves away.
The Dancing Buddha displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
BK thows a body kick. The Dancing Buddha tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The Dancing Buddha looks to score with a jab to the body but BK is just out of range.
BK tries to move into range but The Dancing Buddha moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Dancing Buddha has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by BK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BK throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Dancing Buddha is clearly trying to counter these attacks from BK with a body shot.
BK misses with a low kick.
BK moves out of range as The Dancing Buddha strikes.
It looked like BK wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Dancing Buddha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BK clinches up against the cage.
BK lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Dancing Buddha backwards.
BK working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
BK pushes The Dancing Buddha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
BK's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Dancing Buddha throws a poor cross that misses
and BK counters with a solid body kick.
The Dancing Buddha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
BK looks to throw the jab but The Dancing Buddha is out of range.
BK scores with a push kick.
The Dancing Buddha has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from BK.
BK darts in looking for a takedown but The Dancing Buddha gets double underhooks and turns BK into the cage.
BK gets cracked with a nice right hand there by The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha misses the shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for BK.
The Dancing Buddha jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
BK with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
BK closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Dancing Buddha circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BK fails to land with a series of punches.
BK with a jab.
BK avoids the body shot from The Dancing Buddha.
The Dancing Buddha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Dancing Buddha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as BK throws out the jab.
Zorba The Dancing Buddha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as The Dancing Buddha lands an impressive looking overhand right. BK doesn't seem phased though.
BK looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
BK will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin BK. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Dancing Buddha lands a slapping body shot.
The Dancing Buddha lands with a straight right. BK didn't see that one coming.
The Dancing Buddha lands a jab to the nose.
The Dancing Buddha misses with a telegraphed body shot
and BK makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. The Dancing Buddha really felt that one!
BK lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
BK throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BK looks to land a right hand but The Dancing Buddha moved out of range.
BK slips a straight right by The Dancing Buddha.
BK looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
BK moves to clinch but The Dancing Buddha breaks away
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a left to the body.
The Dancing Buddha walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. BK checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big left from The Dancing Buddha misses.
BK avoids the body shot from The Dancing Buddha.
It looked like BK wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zorba The Dancing Buddha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
BK moves out of range as The Dancing Buddha strikes.
BK lands a glancing blow to the side of The Dancing Buddha's head.
Zorba The Dancing Buddha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
BK lands with a thumping leg kick.
A punch combination from BK misses.
The Dancing Buddha throws a lazy right hand but BK sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
BK lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benjamin BK is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Dancing Buddha. BK does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by BK or perhaps it was just good defense by The Dancing Buddha, which made it look bad.
A big left from The Dancing Buddha misses.
BK turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
BK lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
BK takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BK misses with a leg kick
and The Dancing Buddha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as BK blocks the leg kick.
BK avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from BK misses the target.
The Dancing Buddha jabs BK to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A momentary lapse in concentration from The Dancing Buddha enables BK to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The Dancing Buddha manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BK is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
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 Benjamin BK.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for BK, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin BK!
An out of breath Benjamin BK thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Strange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Tickel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Will Tickel will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Strange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Tickel!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strange tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tickel was well out of range. Poor timing from Strange.
Tickel misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strange. Tickel does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Tickel.
Strange throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tickel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Strange moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tickel shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Strange tries to roll over but Tickel keeps him under control.
Strange blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tickel.
Strange avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tickel.
Strange avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tickel.
Tickel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strange keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tickel is trying to work for a kimura but Strange is defending well.
Tickel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tickel 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.
Strange is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tickel is keen to just control but Strange is a slippery customer.
Tickel trying to control from Strange's half guard. Strange has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Tickel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Strange is keeping the position for now.
Strange has his foot on Tickel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tickel works his way back into a safe position though.
Tickel tries to free his leg and advance position but Strange is retaining full guard.
Tickel pushing down on Strange's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Strange is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Mello MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Strange regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tickel trying to control the position from guard on top but Strange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strange avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Strange is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tickel is aware though and is defending well.
Tickel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tickel wants to control from the top but Strange keeps moving.
Tickel might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Strange haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Strange 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.
Strange might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Strange working for a triangle but Tickel defends it easily.
Tickel wants to control from the top but Strange keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tickel fails with a takedown attempt.
Tickel misses with a takedown attempt
and Strange counters with a nice uppercut.
Strange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tickel is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tickel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Strange sprawls well. Strange wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tickel gets slowly back to his feet.
Strange appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Simon Strange has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Tickel.
Strange throws the left hand but Tickel avoids the punch easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tickel shoots for a takedown but Strange saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Strange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tickel moves away.
Strange ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tickel moves away.
Strange connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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 Simon Strange will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tickel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stranges jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tickel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Strange is fending him off so far but Tickel persists. Nope, Strange circles away and we're back to standing.
Strange is looking to wear down Tickel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Strange throws a combination. Tickel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tickel blocks a leg kick.
Tickel slips a jab from Strange.
Strange lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tickel backs up against the cage.
Strange throws a push kick but Tickel slaps the foot to one side.
Tickel blocks a jab.
Tickel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Tickel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Strange but Strange pushes him off and we're back to square one.
It looked like Strange was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Strange throws a wild body kick that Tickel sees coming a mile off.
Strange is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tickel can do to turn this around?
Tickel misses with a takedown attempt - Strange sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Simon Strange has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Tickel.
Strange feints a jab promting Tickel to slip. Strange then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tickel slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tickel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Strange throws out a loose jab but Tickel uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strange swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tickel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tickel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Strange defends it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Strange misses the target.
Strange defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tickel.
Simon Strange is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tickel feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tickel forces his way into half guard.
Tickel is pressing down on Strange's thigh, looking to free his foot. Strange is holding on for now.
Tickel is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Strange defends it well.
Strange slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tickel landing some decent shots from guard.
Tickel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tickel trying to control the position from guard on top but Strange is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Strange pushes a forearm under Tickel's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Tickel is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Simon Strange!
Simon Strange thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Quian Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Kehoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kehoe's choice of entrance music: "Master of Puppets" by Metallica. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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38
183 lbs
36 - 25 - 1 |
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178 cm
31
175 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quian Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Kehoe!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kehoe misses with a looping right.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kehoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kane scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kane lands a hook that snaps the head of Kehoe backwards.
Kehoe wants a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kane.
Kehoe blocking some punches.
Kane can't find room to land a body shot as Kehoe controls the action.
Kehoe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kehoe trying to stall but Kane improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kane misses with some punches.
Kane throws a head punch that misses.
Kehoe blocking some punches.
Kane lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kehoe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kane stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kehoe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kehoe blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kehoe.
Kane taking a breather.
Kane misses with some punches.
Kane stalling.
Kane gets through Kehoe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kehoe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kehoes head.
Kane misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kane lands with a short shot to the head.
Kehoe throws a head punch that misses.
Kane has a couple of punches blocked by Kehoe.
Kehoe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A shot in the inside from Kehoe.
Kane has a couple of punches blocked by Kehoe.
Kehoe scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kane.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kehoe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kane has a couple of punches blocked by Kehoe.
A short right from Kane.
Kane lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kehoe has a couple of punches blocked by Kane.
Kane prevents a body shot from Kehoe.
Kehoe has a couple of punches blocked by Kane.
Kane blocking some punches.
Kane lands a nice shot to the body.
Kehoe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kane up against the cage.
Kane blocks an uppercut.
Kehoe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kane.
Kehoe lands a body punch.
Kehoe is working Kane over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kane.
Kane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe is pushing Kane up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kehoe.
Kehoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kehoe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kehoe tries to work over Kane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kane misses with a punch on the inside.
Kane lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kehoe.
Kane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kane throws an elbow that misses.
Kehoe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kehoe blocks an uppercut.
Kehoe misses with the head strike.
Kane throws an elbow that misses.
Kane working aggressively here.
Kehoe takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Andrew Kehoe has been cut.
Kane tries to work over Kehoe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Kane.
Kehoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane blocks an uppercut.
Kane lands with a right to the head.
Kane misses with the head strike.
Kehoe avoiding damage.
Kehoe goes for a takedown attempt but Kane pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kehoe misses with the combination.
Kehoe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Kehoe.
Kehoe misses with an uppercut. Kane saw that one coming.
Kane shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kane walks into a stiff left hand from Kehoe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quian Kane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Kehoe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kane fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kane keeps the fight on the outside.
Kane is looking to clinch.
Kehoe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kane as he jumps to the side.
Kane fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kehoe, pushing him back against the cage.
Kane has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kehoe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kehoe blocks an uppercut.
Kane misses with a body punch.
Kane throws a punch but it's blocked by Kehoe.
Stalling in the clinch from Kehoe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kehoe prevents a body shot from Kane.
Kane working aggressively here.
Stalling in the clinch from Kehoe.
Kehoe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kehoe misses with the head strike.
Kehoe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kehoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kehoe pushes Kane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kane fails to land.
Kehoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kane blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kane looking to slow down the pace here.
Kehoe blocking some punches.
Kehoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Kane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kehoe misses with the head strike.
Kane works on Kehoe's body with a couple of short punches.
Kehoe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kane has a couple of punches blocked by Kehoe.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kane.
Kane misses with some punches.
Kehoe lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kehoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kane is struggling to control the position.
Kane throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kehoe can do to turn this around?
Kehoe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kane is keeping busy.
Kehoe is looking for a takedown.
Kane is leaning against Kehoe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kane misses with some punches.
Kane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kehoe has a couple of punches blocked by Kane.
Kehoe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kanes head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kehoe misses with some punches.
Kane has a couple of punches blocked by Kehoe.
Kane lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kehoe lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kehoe.
Kehoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Kane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Kane.
A short right from Kane.
Kane looking to stall.
Kehoe blocking some punches.
Quian Kane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kehoe throws a punch but it's blocked by Kane.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kehoe.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kehoe lands a hook that snaps the head of Kane backwards.
A shot in the inside from Kane.
Kane slowing the pace effectively.
Kane controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kehoe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe tries a body shot but Kane blocks it.
Kane lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kehoe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kane gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Quian Kane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Kehoe.
Kane lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Kane.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kane looking to slow down the pace here.
Kane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kehoes head.
Kane gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kehoe.
Kane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kane working aggressively here.
Kane comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kane misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quian Kane dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Kehoe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kehoe misses with a kick to the body.
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Kane has Kehoe pushed against the cage.
Kehoe blocking some punches.
Kane misses with an elbow strike.
Kane scores with a shoulder strike.
Kehoe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kehoe has a couple of punches blocked by Kane.
Kane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kehoe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kehoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kehoe trying to control the position but instead, Kane has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kehoe into the cage.
Kehoe blocks the elbow strike.
Kane blocking some punches.
Kane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane scores with a shot to the side of Kehoe's head.
Kane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kehoe backwards.
Kehoe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kane lands with a left to the head.
Kane scores with a shoulder strike.
Kehoe is rocked!
Kehoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kane scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kehoe is still on wobbly legs! Can Kane finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kehoe.
Kehoe prevents a body shot from Kane.
Kehoe seems to have recovered his senses.
Kane working aggressively here.
Kehoe blocks a body shot from Kane.
Kehoe avoids the elbow strike from Kane, against the cage.
Kane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kane misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kehoe.
Kehoe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kane backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kehoe misses with the head strike.
Kane slowing the pace effectively.
Kane lands with a light punch inside.
Andrew Kehoe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kane manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kehoe.
Kane misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kane.
Kane blocking some punches.
Kane is stalling here.
Kane lands a hook that snaps the head of Kehoe backwards.
A right hand to the body from Kane.
Kane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kane.
Kane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kane lands an elbow that stopped Kehoe in his tracks for a moment.
Kehoe being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane misses with the head strike.
Kane tries to stall but Kehoe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kane working aggressively here.
Kehoe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kehoe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kehoe slowing the pace effectively.
Kane prevents a body shot from Kehoe.
Quian Kane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kane can't find room to land a body shot as Kehoe controls the action.
Kane blocking some punches.
Kehoe is stalling here.
Kane works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kehoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kehoe has a couple of punches blocked by Kane.
Kehoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kehoe slows down the pace here.
Kehoe is trying to stall.
Kehoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Kane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kehoe pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kehoe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Quian Kane showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kane, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quian Kane!
A victorious Quian Kane thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Shipman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes into the arena with The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Shipman's choice of entrance music: The man that you FEAR . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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33
207 lbs
28 - 15 - 0 |
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190 cm
32
211 lbs
24 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Harold Shipman!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe avoids the body shot from Shipman.
Crowe seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Shipman looks to land a body kick but Crowe moved away.
Crowe slips under a jab.
Shipman misses with a straight left.
Shipman lands a front kick.
Shipman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Crowe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harold Shipman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shipman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crowe manages to avoid it.
Shipman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crowe.
Crowe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowe. Shipman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crowe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Crowe controlling from the top position.
Shipman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Crowe is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shipman throws his legs up looking for a submission but Crowe uses it to pass to side control.
Crowe throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe is chipping away with strikes.
Shipman takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shipman is looking to reverse the position.
Shipman struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shipman is not content to let Crowe control the position.
Crowe remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Shipman sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Crowe is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Shipman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shipman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crowe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Shipman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Crowe there.
Shipman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Crowe trying to control from half guard but Shipman is working away.
Crowe prevents Shipman from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shipman is still trying to improve position.
Shipman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shipman wants to control but Crowe is keeping busy.
Crowe moves into full mount! Shipman won't be happy about that!
Crowe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Shipman's face.
Shipman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crowe trying to control but Shipman is having none of it.
Crowe unloading with bombs!
Crowe lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shipman tries to lock up and control but Crowe gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Crowe lands with some strikes.
Crowe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shipman tries to hold on but Crowe pushes him away.
Shipman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Crowe haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Crowe looking to finish Shipman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shipman!
BOOM! Crowe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Crowe controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Shipman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shipman gets back to half guard.
Crowe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shipman's head.
Shipman is looking to improve his position.
Crowe trying to control from half guard but Shipman is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanton Crowe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Crowe lands a right hook to the body.
Shipman drops his hands momentarily and Crowe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shipman swings for the body but Crowe moves out of range.
Crowe scores with the left hand. Shipman knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Harold Shipman has been cut.
Shipman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crowe looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Shipman is fending him off so far but Crowe persists. Nope, Shipman circles away and we're back to standing.
Crowe jabs at Shipman's body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crowe 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 Shipman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shipman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Shipman delivers a nice body kick.
Shipman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crowe misses with a low kick.
Shipman tries a quick counter leg kick but Crowe is wise to it.
Crowe lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shipman takes a step back to recover.
Crowe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shipman can do to turn this around?
Crowe moves out of range as Shipman strikes.
Shipman keeps the fight on the outside.
Crowe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shipman's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shipman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shipman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crowe takes a swing at Shipman's ribcage but misses.
Crowe is looking to wear down Shipman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shipman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crowe doesn't manage to clinch there - Shipman circles away.
Crowe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shipman was well out of range. Poor timing from Crowe.
Crowe looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Crowe throws a body punch but Shipman moves out of range.
Crowe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shipman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crowe throws a lazy head kick
and Shipman counters with a nice leg kick.
Shipman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shipman 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.
Crowe checks a leg kick.
Crowe swings for the body but Shipman moves out of range.
Shipman feints the counter takedown.
Crowe throws a quick inside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Shipman.
It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Shipman throws a body shot but no joy.
Crowe lands a nice looking body shot.
Crowe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick from Shipman lands but Crowe takes it in his stride.
Crowe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harold Shipman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shipman misses with the combination.
Crowe lands with an uppercut that bounces Shipman off the cage and back into range.
Shipman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Crowe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shipman doesn't seem phased though.
Shipman connects with a leg kick. Crowe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crowe gets a clinch.
Crowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Shipman.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crowe.
Shipman is trying to break the clinch but Crowe has him pressed against the cage.
Crowe digs a right hand into Shipman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shipman's gas tank.
Crowe tries to work over Shipman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe pushes Shipman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shipman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shipman can't break the clinch.
Crowe tries to throw a body punch but Shipman avoids it by throwing Crowe back against the cage.
Shipman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Crowe prevents it.
Crowe prevents Shipman from breaking the clinch.
Shipman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crowe has him pressed against the cage.
Shipman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shipman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crowe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shipman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shipman keeps the fight on the outside.
Crowe throws a front kick that sends Shipman stumbling back into the cage.
Shipman is breathing heavily.
Shipman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Crowe. That one must have hurt.
Crowe bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Crowe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shipman keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shipman taking a bit of punishment here - Crowe scoring with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Shipman's face as Crowe controls the position.
Crowe landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shipman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shipman tries to buck Crowe off but Crowe is having none of it.
Crowe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shipman keeps working.
Crowe taking a breather here.
Crowe cracks Shipman with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Crowe landing a few strikes.
Shipman is looking to regain half guard here but Crowe keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanton Crowe dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Crowe throws a leg kick which misses Shipman's front leg but catches the back leg as Shipman tries to avoid it.
Stanton Crowe is winning the standup battle so far.
Shipman throws a front kick that sends Crowe stumbling back into the cage.
Crowe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut there from Shipman.
Crowe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crowe cracks the inside of Shipman's front leg.
Crowe pushes Shipman up against the cage in a clinch.
Crowe has a couple of punches blocked by Shipman.
A frustrated look appears on Shipman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Crowe fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crowe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shipman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crowe blocks a head kick by Shipman.
Shipman throws a shot from downtown. Crowe moves away and avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crowe scores with a leg kick.
Crowe scores with a decent looking hook.
Crowe throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Shipman tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Crowe is in Shipman's guard.
Shipman is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Crowe dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shipman manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Shipman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shipman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Crowe gets back to full guard.
Crowe has Shipman pulled in close to control his posture.
Shipman trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Crowe manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Harold Shipman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Shipman's head.
Shipman looking for a sweep. Not yet Shipman, not yet.
Shipman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Crowe stands up over Shipman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Shipman holds on and takes a little breather.
Crowe landing with the ground and pound.
Crowe wants to control from the top but Shipman keeps moving.
Shipman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crowe's guard.
Shipman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crowe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe winds up and cracks Shipman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Crowe lands strikes from half guard.
Shipman trying to control here.
Crowe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shipman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shipman tries to roll over but Crowe keeps him under control.
Shipman is trying to maintain the position but Crowe is very close to passing his half guard.
Crowe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crowe uses his free foot to push down on Shipman's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Shipman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shipman tries to hold on but Crowe postures up.
Stanton Crowe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crowe looking to control but Shipman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shipman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crowe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Crowe putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shipman tries to reverse the position but Crowe maintains control.
Crowe landing strikes from the mount and Shipman is in trouble!
Crowe looking to control but Shipman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Crowe takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Shipman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crowe landing strikes from the mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stanton Crowe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crowe 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanton Crowe!
After the fight, Stanton Crowe 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chubby Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dr Schultz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Smooth up in ya -by- Bulletboys. 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chubby Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dr Schultz!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schultz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Schultz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Schultz's hands.
Schultz defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Schultz controls the action.
Schultz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Schultz backwards.
Schultz blocks an uppercut.
Schultz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schultz missing with knees to the body.
Schultz swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schultz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Schultz with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schultz blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Schultz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Schultz avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Schultz controls the action.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson landing knees to the body.
Schultz looks winded!
Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Johnson pushes Schultz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Schultz is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Schultz is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schultz or not.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Schultz to his knees! Johnson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chubby Johnson!
Chubby Johnson gave a mention to Beaver Jooce! in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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