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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Rocca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rocca's choice of entrance music: ULTRAnumb by Blue Stahli. Tito Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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285 lbs
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290 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tito Jackson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Rocca!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocca throws a combination that misses
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rocca looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jackson 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rocca under the eye.
It looks like Xavier Rocca has been cut.
Nice uppercut lands for Rocca. That snapped Jackson 's head back.
It looks like Tito Jackson has been cut.
Jackson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rocca.
Jackson misses the jab.
Rocca throws out a counter right but Jackson avoids it with no problem.
Rocca has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rocca throws a body shot but no joy.
Jackson lands with an overhand left.
Jackson throws a hook but Rocca avoids it easily.
Oooooh!!! Rocca has knocked Jackson down with a huge combo! Rocca steps away and waves a wobbly Jackson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Jackson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rocca lands a hook that stumbles Jackson back into the cage. Rocca follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Jackson to the canvas! Rocca pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Jackson has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Xavier Rocca!
A very excited looking Xavier Rocca rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Dickens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Alfredo Torres!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickens throws a body punch but Torres moves out of range.
Dickens shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Torres sprawls well. Torres wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dickens gets slowly back to his feet.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Dickens swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Torres blocks a jab.
Dickens scores with a jab. Torres acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dickens misses with a wild body shot.
Dickens moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Dickens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Torres.
Torres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torres motions for Dickens to come forward. Torres throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dickens is looking to counter punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Torres lands with a hook. Dickens tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Torres ducks under a wild hook from Dickens.
Torres connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dickens. Dickens circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dickens closes the distance and clinches.
Torres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dickens misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torres lands an uppercut.
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!
Torres takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dickens is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dickens has Torres pressed against the cage.
Torres managing to block the knees to the body from Dickens.
Torres misses with a knee strike.
Torres looking to throw knees to the head but Dickens is blocking nicely.
Torres scores with a shoulder strike.
Torres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Torres throws a punch but it's blocked by Dickens.
Dickens misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dickens is working Torres over against the cage.
Torres misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Dickens.
Dickens misses with a punch to the body.
Dickens tries to land knees in the clinch but Torres avoids the damage to the body.
Torres working aggressively here.
Torres takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torres is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dickens just misses with a elbow thrown towards Torres's brow.
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!
Dickens lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Alfredo Torres has been cut.
Dickens tries to work over Torres's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dickens.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dickens keeps control of Torres as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dickens throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Torres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dickens swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Torres.
Dickens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torres is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dickens 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dickens trying to control but Torres is working from the bottom.
Dickens scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dickens might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dickens forces his way into half guard.
Torres wants to get back to full guard.
Dickens looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dickens throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Torres looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dickens 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.
Torres trying to hold on to Dickens's head to control him but Dickens postures up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Torres is looking to improve his position.
Torres taking some punishment here, with Dickens in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres moves into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Torres is trying to keep Dickens in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dickens's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dickens stopping the sweep attempt from Torres.
Dickens scoring with punches to the head and body.
Torres 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.
Dickens trying to control the position from guard on top but Torres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dickens keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Torres's head.
Dickens is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dickens works over Torres with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Dickens dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alfredo Torres's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
An inside leg kick from Torres misses.
Dickens walks into a stiff left hand from Torres.
Dickens throws a series of punches but Torres moves out of range.
Dickens scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Torres misses with a looping right.
Dickens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dickens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dickens throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Torres's waist but Torres gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dickens off to one side.
Torres delivers a nice body kick.
Dickens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
Dickens throws a right hand that Torres ducks under and follows up with a left that Torres also avoids with ease.
Dickens looks to land a left hand but Torres moved out of range nicely.
Alfredo Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dickens moves to clinch but Torres breaks away
and Torres counters with a stiff right hand.
Torres blocks a leg kick.
Dickens throws a lazy head kick
and Torres counters with a low kick, right behind Dickens 's knee.
Torres throws a hook to the side of Dickens's head but Dickens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Dickens misses.
Torres swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dickens avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Torres works the jab nicely.
Dickens is rocked!
A nice leg kick lands there from Torres.
Dickens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dickens checks a low kick from Torres.
Dickens tries to clinch but Torres is having none of it.
Dickens throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Torres's waist but Torres gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dickens off to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Torres.
Good leg kick by Dickens there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Torres misses with a wild combination.
Torres is looking to slow Dickens down with leg kicks.
Torres tries to work over Dickens's front leg with a kick but Dickens checks it.
Dickens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dickens checks a low kick from Torres.
Dickens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torres is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dickens moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Torres lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Dickens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres throws a punch but it's blocked by Dickens.
Torres misses with some punches.
Torres misses with some punches.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Dickens.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torres working aggressively here.
Torres working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torres avoiding damage.
Torres throws a big uppercut that drops Dickens! More strikes from Torres and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dickens lies dazed against the cage as Torres celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfredo Torres!
A relieved looking Alfredo Torres thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stampe Eklund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kk Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eklund's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Troll - Trollberg. Brewer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: scooby doo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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167 lbs
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150 lbs
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stampe Eklund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kk Brewer!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewer throws a push kick but Eklund slaps the foot to one side.
Brewer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brewer wants to clinch.
Eklund is looking for a counter combo.
Brewer misses with a low kick.
Eklund misses with a jab, cross combination.
Eklund misses with a series of wild punches.
Brewer misses with a double jab.
Eklund avoids the body shot from Brewer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brewer.
Brewer stuns Eklund with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brewer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eklund lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Kk Brewer has been cut.
Brewer thows a leg kick but Eklund checks it
letting Eklund counter with a right hand.
We've been told by Eklund's head coaches at The Coffee Shop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Eklund moves into the clinch.
Brewer avoids a wild elbow strike from Eklund.
Brewer tries a body shot but Eklund blocks it.
Brewer lands a shot to the body.
Eklund goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brewer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brewer tries to throw a body punch but Eklund avoids it by throwing Brewer back against the cage.
Eklund prevents a body shot from Brewer.
A hook to the body from Eklund.
Eklund scores with a shoulder strike.
Eklund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eklund blocks an uppercut.
Brewer wants to take the fight to the mat but Eklund manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Brewer wants a takedown but no success here.
Brewer misses with a knee strike.
Eklund pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brewer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Eklund.
Brewer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Eklund misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brewer scoring well with a low kick there.
Eklund takes the fight into the clinch.
Brewer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Eklund backwards.
Brewer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eklund tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eklund throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brewer blocks it with crossed arms.
Eklund lands an elbow just above Brewer 's eye.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Eklund takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice body punch from Brewer.
Brewer taking a breather.
Eklund tries a body shot but Brewer blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund lands with a right to the head.
Eklund missing with knees to the body.
Eklund is working Brewer over against the cage.
Eklund pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brewer has Eklund pressed against the cage.
Brewer can't find room to land a body shot as Eklund controls the action.
Brewer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Eklund fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stampe Eklund has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kk Brewer.
Eklund tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brewer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eklund tries to clinch but Brewer moves out of range.
Brewer gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Eklund counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Eklund will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brewer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Eklund's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eklund wants to clinch up but Brewer keeps it at a distance.
Brewer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brewer lands a slapping body shot.
Kk Brewer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eklund throws a series of strikes that have Brewer backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brewer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Eklund moves into range and clinches up with Brewer.
Brewer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Eklund misses with the head strike.
Brewer tries to land a knee to the head but Eklund blocks with his arms.
Eklund escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Eklund on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brewer. Brewer obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brewer.
An inside leg kick from Brewer misses.
Eklund is looking to counter punch.
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 Stampe Eklund will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kk Brewer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Eklund fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Brewer tries to counter it with a takedown but Eklund pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Brewer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brewer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brewer feints and then cracks Eklund's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Eklund down.
Eklund misses with a low kick.
A head kick by Eklund misses
enabling Brewer to counter with a crisp jab.
Eklund wants to clinch up but Brewer keeps it at a distance.
Nice jab there from Brewer.
Brewer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Eklund doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice defenses there by Brewer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer thows a leg kick but Eklund checks it
and Eklund counters with an outside leg kick.
Brewer throws a leg kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brewer, right into the meat.
Eklund tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brewer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brewer misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund walks into a straight right hand from Brewer.
Eklund walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brewer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Brewer misses with a looping left.
Brewer cracks Eklund with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brewer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Eklund is out of range.
Brewer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Eklund misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eklund is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brewer misses with a looping left.
Brewer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brewer cracks Eklund with a good jab.
Eklund lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Eklund fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer pushes Eklund up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eklund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brewer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eklund's elbow.
Eklund with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eklund pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brewer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eklund is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Eklund stuffs the takedown attempt from Brewer. Brewer gets slowly back to his feet.
Eklund seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Eklund throws a leg kick
and Brewer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Eklund's guard.
Brewer tries to free his leg and advance position but Eklund is retaining full guard.
Eklund keeping moving, preventing Brewer from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer sitting in guard here, content to control.
Brewer throwing strikes from guard but Eklund blocks nicely.
Eklund is looking to stand up but Brewer isn't so interested in that idea.
Brewer trying to control the position from guard on top but Eklund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brewer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brewer lands a head shot.
Brewer throws a sloppy head kick and Eklund moves out of range easily.
Brewer throws a lazy right hand but Eklund sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body kick there by Brewer.
Eklund takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Brewer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brewer misses with an uppercut
and Eklund counters with a straight right hand.
Brewer throws a sloppy head kick
and Eklund counters with a nice uppercut.
Eklund cracks Brewer with an open hand slap.
Eklund checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Eklund throws a big counter combination but Brewer scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Brewer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eklund.
Eklund gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kk Brewer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kk Brewer's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Eklund stuffs the takedown.
Eklund on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Eklund throws an off balance right hand
letting Brewer counter with a right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brewer.
A nice combination there by Eklund.
Eklund on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brewer. Brewer obviously looking to wear him down.
Brewer throws an off balance right hand
and Eklund counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Brewer! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Eklund!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stampe Eklund!
An intense looking Stampe Eklund took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Eat my shorts!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Togi Makabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Makabe comes to the cage accompanied by Immigrant Song. Togi Makabe could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Tucker's chin.
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265 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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260 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Togi Makabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker keeps the fight on the outside.
Tucker looks to land a right hand but Makabe moved out of range.
Makabe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tucker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Makabe closes the distance and clinches.
Tucker is trying to push Makabe away but Makabe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Makabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tucker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
It looks like Togi Makabe has been cut.
A hook to the body from Makabe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makabe throws an elbow that misses.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Makabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Makabe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Makabe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Makabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Makabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tucker's face.
It looks like Dan Tucker has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Makabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tucker's face.
Makabe lands a knee to the head.
Tucker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Makabe blocking some punches.
Tucker looking to stall.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Makabe.
Makabe tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Makabe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tuckers head.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makabe misses with a knee strike.
Makabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tucker is trying to stall.
Makabe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Makabe.
Tucker is looking to break free of the clinch but Makabe has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Makabe.
Tucker looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tucker's face.
That has opened up Dan Tucker's cut even more.
A short left from Makabe.
Makabe drops Tucker with a big knee straight up the middle! Tucker is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Tucker is rocked!
Makabe moves into the clinch.
Tucker is still on wobbly legs! Can Makabe finish him?
Makabe lands a nice knee to the body.
Tucker seems to have recovered his senses.
Makabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Makabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Makabe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Makabe lands with a light punch inside.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Makabe lands a knee to the head.
Makabe breaks from the clinch.
Makabe forces Tucker back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makabe scores with a knee to the head.
Tucker misses with a punch on the inside.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Makabe throws a head punch that misses.
Tucker tries to work over Makabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Makabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Makabe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tucker throws a punch but it's blocked by Makabe.
Tucker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makabes head.
Makabe keeps control of Tucker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Makabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Makabe.
Makabe misses with an elbow over the top.
Makabe landing knees to the head.
Tucker is looking to break free of the clinch but Makabe has double underhooks.
Tucker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Togi Makabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makabe moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Makabe forces Tucker back against the cage and clinches.
Makabe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The cut above Dan Tucker's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker can't find room to land a body shot as Makabe controls the action.
Makabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Makabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Makabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tucker throws a right and a left that Makabe avoids nicely.
Makabe tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
Makabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Makabe.
Tucker swings for the body but Makabe moves out of range.
Tucker cracks a nice hook into Makabe's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Togi Makabe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Makabe closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Tucker to counter with a crisp jab.
Makabe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makabe closes the distance and pushes Tucker back into the cage.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Makabe avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Makabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Makabe avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Makabe lands an elbow just above Tucker 's eye.
The referee calls for Tucker to work.
The referee calls for Makabe to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makabe drops Tucker onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Tucker is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makabe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tucker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Makabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makabe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tucker up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makabe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dan Tucker's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker managing to block the knees to the body from Makabe.
Makabe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tucker up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Makabe drops Tucker with a big knee straight up the middle! Tucker is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Tucker misses with a straight left.
Tucker scores with a body shot.
Makabe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Tucker misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makabe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Makabe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tucker can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Makabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker lands a nice shot to the body.
Makabe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tucker.
Tucker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Makabe tries to land a knee to the head but Tucker blocks with his arms.
Tucker avoiding damage as Makabe throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tucker stalling in the clinch but Makabe improves position.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Makabe.
Makabe tries a knee to the head but Tucker blocks it.
Makabe misses with some punches.
Togi Makabe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Makabe moves out of range of the strikes.
Tucker cracks Makabe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tucker misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makabe rushes Tucker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tucker takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dan Tucker's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Togi Makabe!
After winning the bout, Togi Makabe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiki Toke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silver might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube. Toke has chosen Bonecracker- Shocore as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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30
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220 lbs
22 - 17 - 2 |
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World class MT
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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
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiki Toke!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Toke blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Toke dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Toke wants a takedown but no success here.
Toke fails to pull guard.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toke blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Toke's brow.
Toke avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Toke takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke blocking some punches.
Toke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silver pulls his leg out and moves away.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiki Toke.
Silver tries a low kick but Toke avoids it.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Toke tries to counter it with a takedown but Silver pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Silver stuns Toke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Toke plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Toke scores with a head kick. Silver tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silver cracks a nice hook into Toke's ribs.
Toke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silver to score with a decent uppercut.
Toke closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silver did well to prevent Toke getting side control.
Silver kicks Toke off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Toke to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Toke 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.
Toke won't allow Silver to get back to his feet.
Toke looking to sit in guard and control but Silver gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Our spies down at at Sanitarium inform us that Toke has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Toke is striking but Silver is not phased and passes to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is keen to just control but Toke is a slippery customer.
Toke wants to get back to full guard.
Toke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Toke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silver lands with a punch from half guard.
Silver content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Toke tries to roll over but Silver keeps him under control.
Toke keeps trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Toke looking for submissions off his back.
Toke is looking to improve his position.
Toke won't allow Silver to pass to mount.
Toke is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silver pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Toke counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silver won't be happy with that.
Silver wants to control but Toke postures up.
An elbow from Toke crashes against the mat.
Toke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silver is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Silver defending against the ground and pound.
Toke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Benny Silver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Toke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silver is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toke is trying to ground and pound but Silver uses the momentary lack of control by Toke to regain half guard.
Toke lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke throwing shots but Silver is blocking nicely.
Toke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Toke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silver does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silver is trying to stand back up but Toke is controlling him
Silver regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Toke.
Silver seems keen to control Toke's posture.
Toke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silver has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Toke off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Toke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benny Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver stuffs the takedown attempt from Toke. Toke gets slowly back to his feet.
Toke throws a shot to the body.
Toke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Toke's head but Toke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toke can do to turn this around?
Silver is looking to slow Toke down with leg kicks.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Toke drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Silver defends it well.
Benny Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Toke pushes him off.
Benny Silver is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Toke is just out of range.
Toke misses with a head kick.
Toke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Toke fails with the takedown
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Toke keeps the fight on the outside.
Toke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toke throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toke tries a head kick but it misses.
Toke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver misses the shot to the body.
Silver closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Toke is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silver to keep the fight standing.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiki Toke.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Toke avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silver pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Good leg kick by Toke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jab from Toke.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Toke changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Toke looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silver keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silver does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Toke is stalling here. Silver is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Toke seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Silver has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Toke is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver happy to just control the position for now.
Toke is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Toke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Toke is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silver is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Toke looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Silver pushes past his half guard into mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toke is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silver controlling his opponent.
Toke is in all sorts of trouble here.
Toke manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Toke regains full guard. Nicely done.
Toke looking for a guillotine here but Silver defends easily.
Toke has an active guard here but Silver has managed to pass into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toke is trying to control but can't.
Toke wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.
Toke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silver performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Toke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silver's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silver's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toke is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Silver knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Silver for a finish.
Toke is trying to stick to Silver's back but Silver is turning into Toke. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Toke's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Silver.
Tiki Toke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver looking to pass the guard.
Toke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silver is aware though and is defending well.
Silver is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Toke looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Silver has picked Toke up and slammed him! Toke can't keep hold of the triangle and Silver manages to pass to side control!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silver trying to control the position but Toke is working away.
Toke gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Benny Silver.
Well Silver 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Silver!
Benny Silver took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Modern Wear Apparel for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin BK (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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221 lbs
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212 lbs
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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
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Benjamin BK!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Gary Gravity!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BK moves into the clinch successfully.
Gravity lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of BK backwards.
Gravity scores with an uppercut up the middle.
BK goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
BK manages to break the clinch.
A lazy body kick from BK
and Gravity counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gravity has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as BK is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gravity takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
BK takes a body punch but keeps moving.
BK shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gravity sprawls well. Gravity wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. BK gets slowly back to his feet.
BK takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gravity misses with a low kick.
BK misses with a wild body shot.
Gravity fails in his attempt to clinch.
BK connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BK looks for a takedown but Gravity sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity has managed to clinch.
BK blocks an uppercut.
Gravity lands with a short shot to the head.
Gravity lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
BK misses with a punch on the inside.
Gravity throws a punch but it's blocked by BK.
Gravity tries to work over BK's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
BK working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gravity stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gravity working aggressively here.
BK misses with a short punch on the inside.
BK swings away with an uppercut that misses.
BK blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Gravity.
BK tries to work over Gravity's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from BK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BK blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gravity scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BK blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gravity misses with a body punch.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
BK throws a punch but it's blocked by Gravity.
BK doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
BK can't find room to land a body shot as Gravity controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from BK.
Gravity struggles to land a body shot inside as BK controls his hands.
Gravity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with BK's elbow.
BK is leaning against Gravity and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gravity digs a right hand underneath BK's ribcage. BK let out a lung full of air as it connected.
BK gets through Gravity's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
BK misses with a hook from the clinch.
BK fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
BK misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gravity blocks a body shot from BK.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gravity creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
BK looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin BK. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right hand to the body from Gravity.
BK is looking to break free of the clinch but Gravity has double underhooks.
BK stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gravity misses with a hook to the ribs.
BK blocking some punches.
Gravity can't find room to land a body shot as BK controls the action.
BK tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gravity works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
BK lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravity.
BK misses with a shot to the kidneys.
BK lands a hook to the side of the head.
BK lands with a right to the head.
Gravity tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity swings wildly with an uppercut but BK uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gravity lands a right hand that snaps the head of BK backwards.
BK misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BK wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gravity tries to work over BK's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
BK misses with the head strike.
Gravity lands with a light punch inside.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
BK tries to throw a body punch but Gravity avoids it by throwing BK back against the cage.
Gravity prevents the takedown attempt.
BK working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Gravity.
A hook to the body from Gravity.
BK blocks a body shot from Gravity.
BK is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gravity is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Gravity dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gravity misses the shot to the body.
BK throws a quick counter kick to the body but Gravity avoids it.
BK tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravity was well out of range. Poor timing from BK.
BK fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gravity on the side of the head.
BK pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gravity instigates a clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
BK tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gravity swings wildly with an uppercut but BK uses good head movement to avoid it.
BK lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
BK takes a shot to the head.
Gravity lands with a light punch inside.
BK has picked Gravity up - he's going for a ride! BK dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
BK missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gravity manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity has his hands on BK's head, controlling the position.
Gravity avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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.
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.
Gravity controlling the position.
Gravity controls BK momentarily but BK frees himself.
Gravity looking for a sweep. Not yet Gravity, not yet.
Gravity pulls BK in close to prevent any damage.
Gravity's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two 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 scoring with punches to the head and body.
BK working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
BK working some strikes from top position.
Gravity looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
BK throws a big right hand that misses.
Gravity is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gravity throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gravity sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. BK defending well though.
BK is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gravity connects with a nice short shot to BK's temple.
Gravity throwing shots but BK is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BK blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gravity.
Gravity thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
BK is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gravity thows a huge punch but BK dodges it nicely.
Gravity working over BK with some ground and pound. BK looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
BK moves into full guard.
Gravity content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because BK has locked up a guillotine! BK's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Gravity is holding on here and BK must be using up a lot of energy. Gravity has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! BK gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Benjamin BK!
Benjamin BK seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georgy Fokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Illumi De Medici (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georgy Fokin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Illumi De Medici!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fokin misses with a series of wild punches.
Fokin lands with a hook. De Medici tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fokin works De Medici's body with a nice hook.
De Medici has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fokin is looking to score with low kicks.
De Medici bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Georgy Fokin has been cut.
Decent striking displayed by Fokin there.
Fokin connects with a single shot there.
De Medici misses with a body shot.
Fokin misses with a left hand
and De Medici makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fokin cracks De Medici with an open hand slap.
Fokin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fokin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Medici.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fokin ducks right into an uppercut from De Medici.
De Medici scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fokin doesn't seem bothered though.
De Medici slips under a jab from Fokin.
It seemed like De Medici was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fokin. De Medici does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fokin misses with an uppercut.
De Medici is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fokin with a body shot.
De Medici jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fokin throws out a loose jab but De Medici uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Medici. That's going to slow Fokin down.
Fokin lunges at De Medici with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Medici's hand.
De Medici attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fokin moves out of range as De Medici strikes.
Illumi De Medici is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fokin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fokin lands a nice shot that snaps De Medici's head back.
De Medici throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fokin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fokin ducks under a wild hook from De Medici.
Fokin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Medici was well out of range. Poor timing from Fokin.
De Medici follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Fokin looks to land a combination but De Medici avoids it well.
De Medici connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
De Medici lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fokin scoring well with a low kick there.
Fokin throws a body shot but no joy.
Fokin moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Medici misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fokin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Medici comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fokin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fokin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces De Medici back to the cage. Fokin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
De Medici throws a body shot but no joy.
De Medici is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fokin scores with a shot to the body.
Fokin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Medici manages to avoid it.
And De Medici responds with a good body kick, but Fokin manages to step out the way in time.
Fokin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Medici sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Medici misses with a looping right.
Fokin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Medici moves away.
De Medici throws out a counter right but Fokin avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Medici takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Medici misses with a wild body shot.
De Medici ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fokin moves away.
Fokin throws a leg kick but De Medici sees it coming and checks it nicely.
De Medici takes one to the chin there.
Fokin cracks a nice hook into De Medici's ribs.
Fokin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fokin staying out of range there.
De Medici throws an overhand right that lands on Fokin's shoulder, as Fokin tries to avoid the shot.
Fokin scores with a punch to the head.
Fokin throws out a loose jab but De Medici uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Medici is looking to land body kicks.
De Medici throws a series of punches but Fokin moves out of range.
De Medici avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Medici is looking to slow Fokin down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fokin shoots for a takedown but De Medici saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fokin misses with a wild body shot.
De Medici takes a swing at Fokin's ribcage but misses.
De Medici bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fokin's head.
De Medici throws a lazy body kick
and Fokin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De Medici won't allow Fokin to pass to mount.
De Medici is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fokin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Medici gets back to full guard.
Fokin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georgy Fokin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georgy Fokin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
De Medici blocks a jab.
De Medici appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Medici.
Fokin jabs De Medici to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fokin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Medici has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fokin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Medici manages to avoid it.
De Medici misses with an uppercut.
Fokin attempts a counter takedown but De Medici avoids it well and moves away.
De Medici throws a looping overhand right but Fokin ducks down to avoid it.
Nice cross by Fokin.
Fokin jabs De Medici right on the nose. De Medici blinks but takes it well.
De Medici takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Medici avoids the body shot from Fokin.
De Medici raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fokin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Medici was well out of range. Poor timing from Fokin.
An inside leg kick lands from Fokin.
Fokin moves out of range as De Medici throws a body kick.
De Medici ducks under a wild hook from Fokin.
De Medici scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fokin catches De Medici with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fokin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
De Medici with a nice cross.
De Medici moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fokin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Medici.
De Medici looks to land a left hand but Fokin moved out of range nicely.
Fokin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fokin lands with an uppercut that bounces De Medici off the cage and back into range.
De Medici misses with a hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Medici. That's going to slow Fokin down.
De Medici defending well as Fokin loads up on a big left hand.
De Medici ducks right into an uppercut from Fokin.
De Medici tests Fokin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Medici throws a body kick that misses.
De Medici pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fokin is out of range and De Medici settles back down.
Fokin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Georgy Fokin is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fokin motions for De Medici to come forward. Fokin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fokin moves out of range of the strikes.
De Medici throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Medici throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fokin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fokin blocks a low kick nicely.
Fokin scores with a jab. De Medici acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Medici will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fokin tests De Medici's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fokin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Medici gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fokin wants to control from the top but De Medici keeps moving.
De Medici preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Medici is pulling down on Fokin's head. It's preventing any offense from Fokin, at least for the moment.
Fokin throwing strikes from guard but De Medici blocks nicely.
De Medici managing to control the position.
Fokin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fokin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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.
Fokin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Medici is adopting a defensive guard.
De Medici not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fokin postures up in De Medici's guard and throws a big left but De Medici blocks it.
Fokin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Medici can do to turn this around?
Fokin controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
De Medici wants to slow Fokin down by chopping away at his legs.
De Medici keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from De Medici misses its intended target.
Fokin moves away from the strike by De Medici.
Fokin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
De Medici misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fokin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georgy Fokin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Georgy Fokin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
De Medici stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fokin looks to throw the jab but De Medici is out of range.
Fokin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fokin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fokin misses the shot to the body.
De Medici misses with a body shot.
De Medici throws a body kick that misses.
Fokin lands with a shot to the body.
De Medici looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Medici throws a low kick but Fokin moves out of range easily.
Fokin drops down looking for a counter takedown but De Medici sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fokin moves out of range as De Medici throws a body kick.
Fokin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Fokin misses with a left hand
and De Medici counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Medici keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Fokin.
Fokin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fokin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fokin misses the shot to the body.
De Medici tries to move into range but Fokin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Medici loads up on a big right hand but Fokin slips the punch.
De Medici jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fokin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Medici sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fokin throws a low kick but De Medici moves out of range easily.
Fokin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Medici.
De Medici takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fokin misses with a straight right.
Fokin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Medici.
Fokin misses with a hook. De Medici ducked under it nicely.
De Medici is trying to counter with his kicks.
Fokin needs to keep his hands up - De Medici had a free shot at his head there.
De Medici tries to sprawl but Fokin drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Illumi De Medici has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fokin is trying to control. De Medici wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
De Medici controlling the position well.
Fokin thows a huge punch but De Medici dodges it nicely.
Fokin is thwarting De Medici's attempts to control the position.
Fokin slows the pace down in half guard.
Fokin is working for a submission of some sort.
De Medici is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Medici gets full guard.
Fokin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Medici is keeping the position for now.
Fokin passes De Medici's left leg - he's now in half guard.
De Medici taking some punishment here, with Fokin in his half guard.
Fokin 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.
Fokin trying to mount his opponent but De Medici defends it.
Fokin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so De Medici is just riding it out for now. Fokin eventually gives up the hold.
De Medici tries to roll over but Fokin keeps him under control.
Georgy Fokin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fokin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fokin is looking to take a break and control but De Medici is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Medici is looking to control Fokin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Medici avoid being mounted?
Fokin trying to control from half guard but De Medici is working away.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Medici has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fokin is working away from the top position though.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
De Medici wants to land a leg kick but Fokin is out of range.
Fokin throws a front kick aimed at De Medici's knee but De Medici avoids it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Georgy Fokin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fokin 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georgy Fokin!
An out of breath Georgy Fokin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Illumi De Medici was interviewed post fight and said 'Ah fucking hell man.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tat Moh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Chatzikomninos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Alexei Chatzikomninos enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tat Moh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexei Chatzikomninos!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moh throws a half hearted mid kick.
Chatzikomninos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chatzikomninos lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice cross by Chatzikomninos.
It looks like Tat Moh has been cut.
Chatzikomninos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moh is looking to counter the offense by Chatzikomninos and move into the clinch.
Chatzikomninos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moh.
Moh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chatzikomninos.
Chatzikomninos closes the distance and clinches.
Moh presses Chatzikomninos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Moh lands a hook that snaps the head of Chatzikomninos backwards.
Chatzikomninos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Chatzikomninos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chatzikomninos controlling from the top position.
Moh working a defensive guard here.
Chatzikomninos is looking to work some ground and pound but Moh has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chatzikomninos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moh is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chatzikomninos is fighting to break Moh's control of his arms but Moh is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Chatzikomninos postures up in Moh's guard and throws a big left but Moh blocks it.
Moh is looking for a triangle but Chatzikomninos pushes his legs off easily.
Moh has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Moh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Moh seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Moh looking for a guillotine here but Chatzikomninos defends easily.
Moh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chatzikomninos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Chatzikomninos controlling the position.
Chatzikomninos keeping moving, preventing Moh from controlling successfully.
Moh drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Moh jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Chatzikomninos 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chatzikomninos is on top in guard.
Chatzikomninos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Moh is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Moh looking for a sweep. Not yet Moh, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moh is controlling Chatzikomninos's posture.
Chatzikomninos trying to control the position from guard on top but Moh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moh seems keen to control Chatzikomninos's posture.
Chatzikomninos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chatzikomninos is in close to Moh's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Chatzikomninos trying to control but Moh is working from the bottom.
Moh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Moh is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chatzikomninos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chatzikomninos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Moh 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.
Chatzikomninos stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Moh throws up his legs and catches Chatzikomninos in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Chatzikomninos tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Moh! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tat Moh!
In his post fight interview, Tat Moh gave a big smile as he said 'We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. Yet, it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents, as well.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Mutou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Keiji Mutou enters the cage!
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215 lbs
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213 lbs
20 - 9 - 2 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class MT
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiji Mutou!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns gets a double leg takedown into Mutou's guard.
Mutou looking for a sweep. Not yet Mutou, not yet.
Mutou not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burns looking to sit in guard and control but Mutou gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Burns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mutou doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mutou manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Burns isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mutou stacks Burns on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mutou!
Mutou 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutou tries to score with some ground and pound. Burns controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Burns is looking to reverse the position.
Mutou wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
Mutou lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mutou.
Burns is not content to let Mutou control the position.
Burns tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mutou wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Burns takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mutou slows the pace down.
Mutou wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Burns is trying to improve his position.
Mutou working away.
Mutou in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burns keeps Mutou under control for a moment.
Burns on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Mutou is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutou throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mutou.
Burns on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mutou is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutou is chipping away with strikes.
Mutou working the ground and pound but Burns is defending the strikes.
Check out the look on Mutou's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Burns is looking for a sweep.
Burns can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mutou working away.
Mutou working the ground and pound.
Mutou lands a decent elbow from side control.
Burns regains half guard.
Mutou looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mutou lands with a punch from half guard.
Mutou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Burns with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice strikes from Mutou there.
Mutou wants to take a breather but Burns is having none of it.
Mutou has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mutou is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Mutou has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burns scores with a punch to the head.
Burns lands with an uppercut that bounces Mutou off the cage and back into range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Burns!
Burns lands with a hook. Mutou tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Burns cracks Mutou with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
An inside leg kick lands from Burns.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Mutou shoots in but Burns avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns instigates a clinch.
Mutou has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Burns is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mutou wants a takedown.
Brian Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keiji Mutou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Burns misses with some punches.
Mutou has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Burns clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns just trying to survive but Mutou is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Mutou has the hooks in. Burns is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Mutou scores with punches and elbows.
Mutou trying to control.
Burns finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Burns tries to reverse the position but Mutou maintains control.
Mutou can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burns is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Mutou is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mutou controlling the pace.
Burns taking some punishment here, with Mutou in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns trying to control but Mutou postures up.
Mutou thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burns's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
Burns actively working from the bottom here.
Mutou throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Burns to regain full guard.
Mutou has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mutou wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
Mutou with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burns is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Burns is trying to control the position but Mutou postures up.
Mutou distracts Burns with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burns is trying to keep Mutou in close.
Mutou lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns looking for a sweep. Not yet Burns, not yet.
Mutou throws a big elbow that misses.
Mutou is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Burns working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mutou.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mutou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burns.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns sizes up Mutou with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mutou has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burns.
Burns fails with a takedown attempt.
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 Brian Burns will probably get the nod.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns throws an off balance right hand
and Mutou counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mutou.
Burns looking for a sweep. Not yet Burns, not yet.
Keiji Mutou has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burns is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mutou is aware though and is defending well.
Mutou throwing strikes from guard but Burns blocks nicely.
Mutou looking to sit in guard and control but Burns gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mutou looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mutou wants to pass the guard but Burns is keeping the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mutou working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burns is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Burns throws his legs up looking for a submission but Mutou uses it to pass to side control.
Mutou is chipping away with strikes.
Mutou scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Burns to see if he's OK.
Mutou wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
Mutou working away.
Mutou is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Burns defending against the ground and pound.
Mutou wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
Mutou is putting a hurting on Burns here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mutou wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
Mutou working the body and head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Mutou.
Mutou scores with punches from side control.
Mutou scores with punches from side control.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Burns down.
Mutou lands some shots froms side control.
Mutou throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Burns works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Mutou is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Burns is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mutou scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to improve his position but Mutou is controlling well.
Burns is working hard here to advance position.
Mutou is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mutou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burns defending well though.
Burns regains full guard. Nicely done.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Mutou from controlling successfully.
Mutou landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Mutou from controlling successfully.
Burns working a defensive guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keiji Mutou comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mutou 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keiji Mutou!
Keiji Mutou took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
The defeated Brian Burns had this to say: 'Hats off to my opponent. He was better tonight. I hope we meet again in the future.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Zeller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simba Burns Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns Jr is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Thuggish Ruggish Bone. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
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39
210 lbs
32 - 17 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cody Zeller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Simba Burns Jr!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns Jr slips under a jab.
Burns Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
Burns Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
Zeller falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burns Jr makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Zeller really felt that one!
Burns Jr throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Burns Jr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zeller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Burns Jr is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Burns Jr throws a front kick that sends Zeller stumbling back into the cage.
Zeller has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Zeller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zeller throws a lazy body kick
and Zeller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burns Jr throws a head kick but Zeller moves out of range.
Zeller misses with a straight left.
Zeller blocks the body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Burns Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Burns Jr thumps Zeller with a low kick.
Burns Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Burns Jr gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a body punch.
Zeller is breathing heavily.
Burns Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zeller lands a right hand.
Burns Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeller presses Burns Jr against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Burns Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burns Jr lands an uppercut.
Zeller has Burns Jr pushed against the cage.
Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zeller on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Zeller 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.
Zeller looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns Jr is just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Burns Jr.
Zeller scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeller throws a front kick that sends Burns Jr stumbling back into the cage.
Simba Burns Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burns Jr scores with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zeller throws a looping overhand right but Burns Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Burns Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Burns Jr moves out of range of the body kick.
Burns Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zeller.
Zeller throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Burns Jr throws a push kick but Zeller slaps the foot to one side.
Burns Jr just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromZeller.
Burns Jr checks a leg kick.
Burns Jr lets loose with a powerful body kick. Zeller will feel that in the morning.
Crunch! Burns Jr slams his shin into Zeller's torso.
Zeller lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick from Zeller.
Zeller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burns Jr can pounce on him.
Zeller drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeller won't allow Burns Jr to get back to his feet.
Burns Jr bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zeller's guard.
Burns Jr wanted to stand there but Zeller had control of the position.
Zeller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns Jr is one step ahead there.
Zeller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zeller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Burns Jr holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Burns Jr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zeller.
Burns Jr is pressing down on Zeller's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Zeller trying to control but Burns Jr is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Burns Jr not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Zeller looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Burns Jr tries to stand but Zeller is controlling from the bottom.
Burns Jr controlling from the top position.
Burns Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Zeller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simba Burns Jr dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Burns Jr connects with a high kick.
Burns Jr misses with a body kick.
Burns Jr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zeller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Burns Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zeller throws a poor cross that misses
and Burns Jr counters with a body kick.
Zeller throws a shot from downtown. Burns Jr moves away and avoids it.
Zeller on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Burns Jr closes the distance and pushes Zeller back into the cage.
Burns Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zeller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zeller trying to control the position but instead, Burns Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zeller into the cage.
A body shot lands from Burns Jr.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burns Jr lands with a right to the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Burns Jr. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Burns Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns Jr misses with a body kick.
Burns Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Zeller with a poor takedown
and Burns Jr counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Burns Jr.
Zeller lands with a short shot to the head.
Burns Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Zeller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zeller dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Burns Jr is trying to break free.
Burns Jr misses with a body punch.
Zeller is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Zeller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Zeller has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zeller.
Burns Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Zeller has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burns Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zeller pressing his opponent against the cage.
Burns Jr misses with some punches.
Burns Jr lands a shot to the body.
Burns Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Zeller uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Burns Jr fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Burns Jr.
Zeller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zeller trying to stall but Burns Jr improves his position.
Zeller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns Jr's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands with a left to the head.
Burns Jr tries a body shot but Zeller blocks it.
Burns Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Burns Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Zeller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns Jr is defending well for now.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr pushes Zeller away with a front kick.
Burns Jr throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zeller takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good work by Burns Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Simba Burns Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zeller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zeller scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns Jr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Burns Jr has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Zeller is on him like a limpet, forcing Burns Jr back against the cage.
Burns Jr working aggressively here.
Burns Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simba Burns Jr seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Zeller prevents a body shot from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr tries to circle away but Zeller has him pinned against the cage.
A short left from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr tries to throw a body punch but Zeller avoids it by throwing Burns Jr back against the cage.
Zeller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zeller will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Zeller stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr walks forward, straight into a front kick from Zeller.
Burns Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simba Burns Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Burns Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zeller.
Burns Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zeller takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Burns Jr lands with a kick to the ribs.
Burns Jr scores with a push kick.
Burns Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zeller drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Burns Jr is trying to control Zeller's posture but Zeller avoids it.
Burns Jr is looking for a sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns Jr trying to control but Zeller flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Zeller trying to control momentarily.
Burns Jr is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr rolls, trying to escape but Zeller keeps control of the position.
Zeller is not going to allow Burns Jr to sit and survive in this position.
Zeller lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burns Jr just trying to survive but Zeller is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Cody Zeller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns Jr wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zeller misses with a punch to the head.
Burns Jr just trying to survive but Zeller is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Even with his hooks in, Zeller manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Burns Jr is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Zeller off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Zeller is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Burns Jr defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Burns Jr defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Zeller's arms.
Burns Jr just trying to survive but Zeller is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeller looking to break Burns Jr's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Burns Jr remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Zeller will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Burns Jr showing good submission defense here.
Zeller throwing damaging strikes from the back! Burns Jr could be in trouble here!
Zeller has the hooks in. Burns Jr is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Burns Jr is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Zeller is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Burns Jr up.
Burns Jr manages to reverse the position and now he's in Zeller's guard. Nice work there by Burns Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeller is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Burns Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Zeller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns Jr tries to stand but Zeller is controlling from the bottom.
Zeller is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Burns Jr defends well.
Burns Jr wants to stand but Zeller has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Zeller clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zeller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Burns Jr misses.
Burns Jr cracks the inside of Zeller's front leg.
Zeller is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burns Jr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burns Jr looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Zeller misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zeller misses the jab.
Burns Jr feints a counter leg kick.
Zeller misses with a leg kick
and Burns Jr counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Zeller shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Burns Jr as he avoids it easily.
Zeller misses with a leg kick.
Zeller lands a leg kick that knocks Burns Jr off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Burns Jr. Zeller shrugs it off though.
Burns Jr forces Zeller back against the cage and clinches.
Burns Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zeller backwards.
Burns Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns Jr stops a takedown attempt from Zeller.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Zeller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zeller backwards.
Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Zeller throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burns Jr's waist but Burns Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zeller off to one side.
Zeller misses with a leg kick.
Burns Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Zeller should have avoided that one.
Burns Jr fakes the leg kick and cracks Zeller in the body.
Zeller throws a head kick but Burns Jr moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Burns Jr.
Zeller takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Burns Jr scores with a push kick.
Crunch! Burns Jr slams his shin into Zeller's torso.
Burns Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zeller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burns Jr has managed to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zeller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zeller's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Zeller displaying some good clinch control by pressing Burns Jr up against the cage.
Zeller is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burns Jr is keeping busy.
Burns Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burns Jr letting Zeller take a breather here.
Burns Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns Jr throws a front kick aimed at Zeller's knee but Zeller avoids it well.
Zeller misses with a hook. Burns Jr ducked under it nicely.
Burns Jr pushes Zeller away with a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeller throws a wild body kick that Burns Jr sees coming a mile off.
Zeller throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zeller throws a solid leg kick but Burns Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zeller.
Zeller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burns Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Burns Jr.
No luck for Zeller with that takedown attempt.
Burns Jr is looking to slow Zeller down with leg kicks.
Burns Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Burns Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zeller.
Burns Jr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burns Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zeller wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Good work by Zeller as he checks the leg kick.
Burns Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Zeller is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands with a kick to the temple. Zeller shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Burns Jr misses with a body kick.
Burns Jr on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zeller jabs at Burns Jr's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zeller.
Zeller throws a jab but it's blocked by Burns Jr.
Zeller scores with a nice body kick.
Zeller misses with a body kick.
Burns Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A good leg kick by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr slips under a jab.
Burns Jr is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Burns Jr checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zeller misses with a leg kick.
Burns Jr was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Zeller throws a leg kick but Burns Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simba Burns Jr dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Zeller tried to score with a low kick but Burns Jr checks it.
Zeller fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zeller scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burns Jr looks to land a body kick but Zeller moved away.
Zeller misses with a looping right.
Burns Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Burns Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zeller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zeller tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns Jr throws a front kick that sends Zeller stumbling back into the cage.
Burns Jr connects with a leg kick. Zeller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zeller feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Burns Jrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Burns Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns Jr connects with a nice looking jab.
A solid body kick from Zeller.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr connects with a high kick.
Zeller throws a front kick aimed at Burns Jr's knee but Burns Jr avoids it well.
Burns Jr lands with an overhand left.
Burns Jr misses with a body kick.
Burns Jr just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromZeller.
Burns Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burns Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zeller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burns Jr steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Burns Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zeller thows a leg kick but Burns Jr checks it
and Burns Jr makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Zeller really felt that one!
Burns Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zeller avoids a kick to the body.
Burns Jr misses with a hook.
Burns Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zeller lands with a kick to the temple. Burns Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeller walks forward, straight into a front kick from Burns Jr.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burns Jr.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zeller 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.
Zeller misses with a body shot.
Burns Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zeller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burns Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zeller tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Burns Jr pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zeller is out of range and Burns Jr settles back down.
Zeller tries to work over Burns Jr's front leg with a kick but Burns Jr checks it.
Burns Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zeller.
Burns Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Zeller throws a head kick but Burns Jr moves out of range.
Burns Jr checks a low kick from Zeller.
A big right from Burns Jr misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns Jr throws a head kick that half lands.
Zeller misses with a wild body shot.
Zeller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns Jr checks the leg kick nicely there.
Burns Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zeller connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Burns Jr scrambles back to his feet.
Zeller sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Simba Burns Jr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Burns Jr - that will leave a mark!
Zeller looks for a takedown but Burns Jr sprawls well.
Burns Jr throws the kick towards the body but Zeller avoids it.
Zeller tried to counter with a leg kick but Burns Jr avoided it.
Burns Jr cracks the inside of Zeller's front leg.
Burns Jr scores with a push kick.
Zeller tries to land a front kick but Burns Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Zeller lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr moves out of range as Zeller strikes.
Zeller throws a leg kick but Burns Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cody Zeller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeller walks into a left hand.
Burns Jr throws out a loose jab but Zeller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burns Jr lands a nice looking body kick.
Burns Jr pushes Zeller away with a front kick.
Zeller just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
Zeller throws a body kick that misses.
Burns Jr throws a wild body kick that Zeller sees coming a mile off.
Burns Jr thows a body kick. Zeller tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Zeller tries to land a front kick but Burns Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Burns Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A low kick from Zeller misses
and Burns Jr counters with a two punch combo.
Burns Jr gets a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simba Burns Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Burns Jr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 46:49
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 46:49
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simba Burns Jr!
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