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EVO Undisputed 2016 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
32 - 22 - 2 |
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136 lbs
24 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ice Drago!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago throws out a loose jab but Jamison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drago takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jamison throws out a loose jab but Drago uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Drago.
Drago wants to land a leg kick but Jamison is out of range.
Jamison half committed to a counter leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jamison.
Jamison throws a wild body kick that Drago sees coming a mile off.
We've been informed that Drago has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jamison 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.
Nice shot lands for Jamison.
Drago jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like John Jamison has been cut.
Jamison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Drago has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drago moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jamison misses the jab.
A slow jab from Jamison misses its intended target.
John Jamison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jamison struggles to land a body shot inside as Drago controls his hands.
Jamison lands a left hand.
Drago lands a body punch in the clinch.
Drago lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drago prevents a body shot from Jamison.
Jamison is leaning against Drago and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Drago - that landed with a thud.
Drago working aggressively here.
Drago fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jamison throws a punch but it's blocked by Drago.
Drago misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jamison.
A short uppercut from Drago.
Jamison tries to work over Drago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jamison jumps guard but Drago turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've been hearing reports that Jamison has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Jamison blocks an uppercut.
Drago swings wildly with an uppercut but Jamison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Drago - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drago takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drago closes the distance and pushes Jamison back into the cage.
Jamison misses with a punch on the inside.
Jamison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jamison pulls guard.
Jamison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Drago has passed into side control.
Jamison tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Jamison's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Drago's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jamison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Drago is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jamison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jamison has an active guard here but Drago has managed to pass into half guard.
Drago prevents Jamison from improving his position.
Drago not doing much here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Drago keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jamison is looking for a sweep. Drago is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Drago not doing much here.
Drago prevents Jamison from improving his position.
Jamison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jamison looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ice Drago will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Jamison's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Drago lands with a cross.
Jamison works Drago's body with a nice hook.
Jamison tries to score a power double leg takedown but Drago sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jamison somewhat.
Jamison misses the jab.
Jamison shoots for a takedown but Drago saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jamison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drago looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jamison throws a leg kick but Drago moved away.
Drago tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jamison misses with a low kick.
Drago connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison punishes Drago's body with a nice straight punch.
Jamison tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Drago swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drago lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jamison misses with a body punch
and Drago counters with a big head kick but Jamison shrugs it off.
Drago throws a hook but Jamison avoids it easily.
Jamison misses with a body shot.
Jamison misses with a shot to the body
and Drago counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Drago throws a punch but it's blocked by Jamison.
Drago throws a punch but it's blocked by Jamison.
A nice left hand lands by Jamison.
Drago has a couple of punches blocked by Jamison.
Drago scores with a shot to the side of Jamison's head.
Jamison manages to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jamison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jamison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Drago has passed into half guard!
Drago takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jamison trying to control from the bottom.
Drago is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jamison tries to get to full guard but Drago has control of the leg.
Jamison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drago pulls his head out easily.
Jamison wants to improve his position but Drago is controlling well.
Jamison moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jamison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jamison looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Drago has picked Jamison up and slammed him! Jamison can't keep hold of the triangle and Drago manages to pass to side control!
Jamison is looking to regain half guard here but Drago keeps moving and retains side control.
Jamison seems a little lost for a moment, as Drago dominates the positioning.
Drago trying to control the position but Jamison is working away.
Jamison is looking to regain half guard here but Drago keeps moving and retains side control.
Jamison is working hard here to advance position.
John Jamison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jamison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Drago's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drago pulls his head out easily.
Jamison trying to control but Drago postures up.
Jamison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jamison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Drago's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jamison looking for subs off his back but Drago has passed one foot through into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ice Drago showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Jamison's cut.
That's time! Jamison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jamison misses with a left hand
letting Drago counter with a right hand.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drago motions for Jamison to come forward. Drago throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Drago avoids the body shot from Jamison.
Drago misses with a low kick.
Drago misses the jab.
Drago does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Drago thumps Jamison with a low kick.
Jamison moves away from the strike by Drago.
Jamison shoots for a double leg takedown but Drago sprawls well. He's pushed Jamison's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago avoids a kick to the body.
Jamison connects with the punch.
Jamison lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drago leaves Jamison with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison looks to land a combination but Drago avoids it well.
Drago throws a fast counter high kick but Jamison manages to duck under it in time.
Drago scores with a nice head shot.
Drago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drago throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jamison lands the left hand.
Jamison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jamison shoots in but no luck this time.
Drago lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jamison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drago.
Jamison on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Drago. Drago obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from Drago.
Ice Drago seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jamison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drago's sensitive parts.
Jamison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jamison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Jamison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drago.
Drago connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jamison. Jamison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jamison takes a kick to the side of the head.
Drago lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drago finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Drago jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Drago throws out a leg kick but Jamison moves out of range and Drago only half commits.
Drago swings widly with a right hand
and Jamison counters with a right hand to the body.
Jamison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drago.
Jamison throws a leg kick
and Drago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jamison misses with a looping right.
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jamison manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison just misses with a punch to the body.
Drago sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Drago lands a jab to the nose.
Nice straight punches there by Jamison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jamison.
Jamison shoots in looking for a takedown but Drago manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jamison's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jamison tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Drago is able to avoid easily.
Drago throws an overhand right that lands on Jamison's shoulder, as Jamison tries to avoid the shot.
Drago has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Drago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drago throws a front kick that sends Jamison stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jamison throws a body shot but no joy.
Jamison tries to clinch but Drago is having none of it.
Drago throws a big counter head kick but Jamison avoids it with no problem.
Jamison misses with an attempted mid kick.
It seemed like Drago was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jamison throws a body shot but no joy.
Drago is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jamison gets a takedown into half guard.
Drago makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters circling a little - Drago finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Drago throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A big left from Jamison misses.
Jamison is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Drago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jamison feinted with a counter takedown.
A bone on bone clash there as Jamison blocks the leg kick.
Jamison throws out a leg kick but Drago moves out of range and Jamison only half commits.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Drago, right into the meat.
Jamison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Drago can pounce on him.
Jamison throws a poor cross that misses
and Drago connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drago tries to clinch but Jamison moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ice Drago really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Jamison's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Drago misses with a wild combination.
Drago on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drago fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jamison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Drago on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jamison lands a jab to Drago's midsection.
Drago avoids the body shot from Jamison.
Drago tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jamison is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jamison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jamison backing away here, and Drago unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jamison takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jamison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Drago but Drago pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Drago throws a counter combo.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Jamison looks to score with a jab to the body but Drago is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison throws the left hand but Drago avoids the punch easily.
Jamison dodges the punch combination from Drago.
Drago throws a big shot that misses.
Drago scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Drago takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Drago on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Drago keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jamison.
Drago flicks out a counter leg kick but Jamison steps away.
Jamison takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Drago tries to score with a low kick but Jamison moves his leg out of the way.
Drago misses with a hook
and Jamison counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jamison's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drago connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jamison scrambles back to his feet.
Drago waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jamison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison throws a body kick that misses
and Jamison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jamison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Drago makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Drago throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jamison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drago tries a quick counter leg kick but Jamison is wise to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jamison.
Drago lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drago sprawls well. Drago wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jamison gets slowly back to his feet.
Drago appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jamison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Drago to the ground. Jamison is now in Drago's guard.
Drago pushes Jamison off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jamison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jamison lands a body shot.
Drago throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Drago lands a nice looking body shot.
Drago lands with a right hand.
Jamison shoots in looking for a takedown. Drago tries to sprawl out of it but Jamison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Drago manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drago lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jamison.
Jamison cracks Drago with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jamison misses with an uppercut.
Jamison drops his hands momentarily and Drago takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jamison blocks a jab.
Jamison takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
John Jamison's cut is getting worse.
Drago gets caught flat footed, as Jamison shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Drago is adopting a defensive guard.
Jamison preventing the sweep.
Drago has Jamison pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ice Drago dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on John Jamison's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jamison instigates a clinch.
Jamison tries a body shot but Drago blocks it.
Jamison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drago lands a shot to the body.
Drago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jamison blocks a body shot from Drago.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jamison.
Drago is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Drago tries to work over Jamison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jamison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drago misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drago is working Jamison over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jamison.
Drago misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drago gets through Jamison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jamison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jamison lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drago struggles to land a body shot inside as Jamison controls his hands.
Jamison tries to work over Drago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jamison lands with a short shot to the head.
Drago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drago lands a body shot.
Jamison goes for a takedown in the clinch but Drago prevents it.
Drago throws a punch but it's blocked by Jamison.
Jamison fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Jamison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jamison jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Drago walks away with a smile on his face. Jamison gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jamison throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Drago lands with a right hand.
Good shot there by Drago.
The fighters circling - Jamison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jamison looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drago avoids the body shot from Jamison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamison throws a lazy body kick
and Drago holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
John Jamison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jamison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drago can't find room to land a body shot as Jamison controls the action.
Drago tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jamison's elbow.
Jamison throws a head punch that misses.
Jamison scores with a hook to the body.
Drago blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drago.
Jamison tries to throw a body punch but Drago avoids it by throwing Jamison back against the cage.
Jamison throws a punch but it's blocked by Drago.
Jamison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jamison.
Jamison misses with the head strike.
Jamison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago throws a punch but it's blocked by Jamison.
Jamison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jamison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dragos head.
A head punch on the inside from Drago fails to land.
Drago lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Drago.
Drago lands with a left to the head.
Drago misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drago blocks an uppercut.
Drago softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jamison.
Drago prevents a body shot from Jamison.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jamison.
Drago can't find room to land a body shot as Jamison controls the action.
Jamison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Drago.
Drago throws a punch but it's blocked by Jamison.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drago prevents a body shot from Jamison.
Drago blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Drago.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jamison creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drago blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jamison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Drago lands a hook that snaps the head of Jamison backwards.
Jamison tries to throw a body punch but Drago avoids it by throwing Jamison back against the cage.
Jamison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drago's elbow.
Drago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jamison tries to throw a body punch but Drago avoids it by throwing Jamison back against the cage.
Jamison struggles to land a body shot inside as Drago controls his hands.
Jamison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jamison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drago blocks an uppercut.
Drago struggles to land a body shot inside as Jamison controls his hands.
Jamison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drago working aggressively here.
Jamison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jamison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drago's elbow.
Ice Drago is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jamison misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ice Drago.
Well Drago has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 45:50
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 46:50
Judge William Gold scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ice Drago!
A very excited looking Ice Drago made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Tsoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by UFC Theme Song. Tsoi has chosen Zvezda po Imeni Solnce as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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38
142 lbs
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28
133 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
56 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafa Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Viktor Tsoi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsoi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've been informed that Tsoi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tsoi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsoi swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva with a hook.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That kick from Silva tenderised Tsoi's leg. Tsoi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Tsoi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva has Tsoi up against the cage in a clinch.
Tsoi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tsoi moves out of range of the body kick.
Tsoi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva avoids the body shot from Tsoi.
A counter left hand to the body from Silva misses its target.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Tsoi tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Tsoi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Tsoi is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsoi digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Tsoi is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Nice body kick there by Tsoi.
Tsoi seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsoi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tsoi walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva tries to clinch
and Tsoi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tsoi.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Tsoi from controlling successfully.
Tsoi looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tsoi has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Tsoi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into side control.
Silva tries to score with some ground and pound. Tsoi controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Tsoi wants to control but Silva postures up.
Tsoi is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tsoi being controlled for a moment.
Tsoi is looking to reverse the position.
A lull in the action here.
Silva stands up and beckons Tsoi to his feet.
Tsoi just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafa Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tsoi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
Tsoi works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Tsoi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tsoi can do to turn this around?
Silva swings for the body but Tsoi moves out of range.
Tsoi with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Rafa Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Tsoi is out of range.
Tsoi moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Tsoi counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Tsoi is trying to counter with his kicks.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Tsoi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Tsoi's leg but Tsoi calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tsoi takes one to the side of the head.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsoi with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tsoi counters with a straight right hand.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tsoi.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tsoi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Tsoi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Silva misses with a low kick as Tsoi jumps back.
Tsoi throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
Tsoi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Tsoi misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tsoi manages to circle out of the way.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Tsoi off balance momentarily.
Silva throws a lazy body kick
and Tsoi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tsoi is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the position.
Tsoi throws a big elbow that misses.
Tsoi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
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.
Tsoi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tsoi won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Tsoi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tsoi's hands.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Tsoi counters with a solid body kick.
Tsoi cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tsoi's sensitive parts.
Tsoi blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Viktor Tsoi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tsoi is able to avoid easily.
Silva moves forwards but Tsoi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tsoi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tsoi misses with a hook.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tsoi if he has to take too many more of those.
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Tsoi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tsoi blocks the body kick.
And Tsoi tries to counter it with a takedown but Silva pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tsoi.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tsoi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tsoi lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tsoi counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tsoi moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tsoi if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva lands a jab.
Tsoi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tsoi tries a quick counter leg kick but Silva is wise to it.
Tsoi moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tsoi! But no joy.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Tsoi counters with a body kick that stops Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tsoi. That did some damage!
Silva misses with a hook
and Tsoi counters with a right hand to the body.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva slips a straight right by Tsoi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Tsoi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva misses with a hook
and Tsoi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tsoi. Tsoi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tsoi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Tsoi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsoi.
Tsoi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva slips a jab from Tsoi.
Silva thows a leg kick but Tsoi checks it
and Tsoi counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tsoi in his tracks.
Good shot there by Tsoi.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tsoi takes a step back to recover.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Tsoi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva lands a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi blocks a leg kick.
Silva misses with a hook
and Tsoi counters with a big right hand! Oh Silva is in trouble here! Tsoi follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Tsoi! Viktor Tsoi retains his bantamweight title!
Viktor Tsoi 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Hector Camacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovani Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Camacho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giovani Castro!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro moves in looking to clinch but Camacho pushes him off.
A jab from Camacho finds it's way through Castro's defenses.
Castro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Castro connects with a leg kick. Camacho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Camacho cracks Castro with a good jab.
Castro just misses with a punch to the body.
Camacho tried to counter with a leg kick but Castro avoided it.
Castro shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Camacho fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Camacho throws a series of punches but Castro moves out of range.
Camacho is looking to chop away at Castro's legs.
Castro misses with a left hand
and Camacho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Camacho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Castro scores with a hook to the body. Camacho takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Castro avoids the body shot from Camacho.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castro lands a nice shot to the body.
Castro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Camacho on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Castro throws a looping overhand right but Camacho ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro looks to throw a body kick
and Camacho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Camacho.
Camacho lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Castro digs a good body shot into Camacho's ribs.
Castro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Camacho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castro throws a body kick that misses.
Castro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Camacho. Castro shrugs it off though.
Castro tries to clinch but Camacho moves away
and Camacho makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Castro scores with the left hand. Camacho knows he should have avoided that one.
Castro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Castro throws a leg kick
and Camacho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Camacho has time to react.
Castro misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a hook but Camacho blocks it.
Camacho misses with a looping left.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Camacho.
Camacho scores with a punch to the head.
Camacho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castro throws out the jab.
Camacho delivers a nice body kick.
Camacho takes one to the side of the head.
A low kick from Camacho misses
and Castro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Castro cracks Camacho with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Castro drops his hands momentarily and Camacho takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A shot to the liver by Camacho. Beautiful body shot.
Castro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Camacho moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Castro misses with an uppercut. Camacho saw that one coming.
Castro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Camacho. That one must have hurt.
Camacho is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Castro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Castro walks into a straight right hand from Camacho.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Castro throws an overhand right that lands on Camacho's shoulder, as Camacho tries to avoid the shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Castro.
Castro instigates a clinch.
Castro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Camacho blocks an uppercut.
Castro misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Castro fails to land.
Castro scores with a shot to the side of Camacho's head.
Camacho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Castro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Camacho backwards.
Castro lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Camacho as the two fighters clinch.
Camacho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castro throws a punch but it's blocked by Camacho.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camacho blocks an uppercut.
Castro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Castro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Castro blocks a body shot from Camacho.
A short left from Castro.
Camacho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Castro is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
I was talking to Camacho's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Castro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Camacho lands with a light punch inside.
Castro stalling the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Castro misses with some punches.
Camacho is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Camacho taking a breather.
Camacho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castro throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Camacho makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Camacho connects with the punch.
Castro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castro misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giovani Castro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Castro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That kick from Camacho tenderised Castro's leg. Castro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Camacho gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Castro slips a straight right by Camacho.
Castro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Giovani Castro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Castro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Camacho.
Camacho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Castro misses with a kick to the body.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Castro lands a glancing blow to the side of Camacho's head.
Castro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Camachos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camacho moves away.
A big left from Castro misses.
Camacho throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Castro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Castro throws a looping overhand right but Camacho ducks down to avoid it.
Castro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Castro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camacho misses with a low kick as Castro jumps back.
Castro throws an overhand right that lands on Camacho's shoulder, as Camacho tries to avoid the shot.
Castro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Camacho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Castro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Castro.
Castro misses with a hook. Camacho ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Camacho misses the target.
Camacho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castro throws out the jab.
Camacho throws a half hearted mid kick.
Castro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Camacho misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by Castro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Camacho throws a predictable looking body shot
and Castro counters with a slapping leg kick.
Castro throws a right and a left that Camacho avoids nicely.
Camacho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Giovani Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro misses with a straight left.
Castro with a hook.
Castro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Castro throws a wild body kick that Camacho sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castro tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Camacho takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Camacho.
Camacho looks to score with a jab to the body but Castro is just out of range.
Castro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Camacho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castro.
Castro misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Castro misses its intended target.
Camacho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Camacho moves away from the strike by Castro.
Camacho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Castro finds it's way round the side to connect with Camacho's head.
Camacho on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Camacho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Camacho swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Castro works Camacho's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with an uppercut. Camacho saw that one coming.
Camacho avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Camacho throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Castro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Castro misses with a body kick.
Castro throws a hook to the side of Camacho's head but Camacho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camacho. Castro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Castro misses with a right hand
and Camacho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro lands a nice shot to the body.
Camacho looking to score a takedown here. Castro is defending well but Camacho drives through and ends up in Castro's guard.
Castro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Camacho.
Camacho trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Castro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Camacho.
Camacho with a flurry of punches that miss.
Castro looking to control.
Castro is pulling down on Camacho's head. It's preventing any offense from Camacho, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro keeping moving, preventing Camacho from controlling successfully.
Camacho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Camacho throws a big right hand that misses.
Camacho is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castro trying to control the position here.
Castro preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Camacho looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Giovani Castro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Castro looks to land a right hand but Camacho moved out of range.
Camacho staying out of range there.
Camacho takes one on the button.
Camacho misses with a shot to the body
letting Castro counter with a right hand.
Castro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Camacho checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Castro misses with a right hand
and Camacho counters with a stiff right hand.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castro misses with a wild body shot.
Castro throws a predictable looking body shot
and Camacho counters with a big head kick but Castro shrugs it off.
Castro misses with a hook
and Camacho counters with a straight right hand.
Castro jabs at Camacho's body.
A swing and a miss from Castro.
A nice inside leg kick there by Camacho. That's going to slow Castro down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camacho connects with a body shot.
Camacho lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Castro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Camacho.
Castro throws a low kick but Camacho moves out of range easily.
Camacho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castro moves away.
Castro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A swing and a miss from Camacho.
Camacho's jab looks to have found its range, popping Castro under the eye.
Good exchange - Castro coming out on top.
Camacho ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Camacho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice body kick there by Camacho.
Castro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Camacho missing with a left hand there. Castro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Camacho dips to his left and cracks Castro with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castro misses with a hook.
A head kick from Castro lands but Camacho takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a hook. Camacho ducked under it nicely.
Castro lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Castro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Castro misses with a hook. Camacho ducked under it nicely.
Castro misses with a jab to the body
and Camacho counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice uppercut lands for Camacho. That snapped Castro's head back.
Castro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Camacho throws a body kick that misses.
Camacho connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Camacho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Castro.
Camacho's jab looks to have found its range, popping Castro under the eye.
Camacho tries to score with a low kick but Castro moves his leg out of the way.
Camacho lands a nice shot that snaps Castro's head back.
Camacho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castro. That did some damage!
Camacho cracks Castro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Camacho moves forwards but Castro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camacho lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Castro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Camacho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Castro lands with a hook. Camacho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Camacho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Castro misses with a wild body shot.
Castro scores with a jab to the head.
Camacho throws a head kick that half lands.
Castro is rocked!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Camacho. Castro shrugs it off though.
Castro is still on wobbly legs! Can Camacho finish him?
Camacho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Camacho drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Castro right on the button. Castro goes down! Camacho follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Camacho gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Camacho!
Hector Camacho retains his lightweight title!
Hector Camacho looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'For my fans, Go ahead and tell everybody, I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man , I'm the man. Castro has my respect.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Reach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reach has chosen Rich Like Me as his entrance music. 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 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Reach!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Reach connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hunt misses with a right hand
letting Reach counter with a right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Hunt 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.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reach manages to avoid it.
Reach walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Reach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Reach was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reach stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reach lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reach moves out of range of the body kick from Hunt.
Reach 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.
Reach moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hunt misses with a left hand
and Reach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hunt clinches up with Reach and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
Hunt pushes Reach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hunt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Reach.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reach scores with a shoulder strike.
Reach lands a body shot.
Reach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hunt lands a hook that snaps the head of Reach backwards.
Hunt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reach prevents a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt tries a body shot but Reach blocks it.
Hunt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
Hunt pushes Reach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reach throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reach scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reach tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Reach back against the cage.
Reach swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reach takes a shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hunt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Reach blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Reach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hunt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunt breaks from the clinch.
Reach needs to keep his hands up - Hunt had a free shot at his head there.
Hunt throws a head kick but Reach moves out of range.
Hunt tried to score with a low kick but Reach checks it.
Reach takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hunt swings for the body but Reach moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hunt!
A solid body kick from Reach.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hunt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reach pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunt wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hunt tries to clinch but Reach moves out of range.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Reach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reach walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hunt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Reach throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reach has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reach. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt throws the left hand but Reach avoids the punch easily.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Reach on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No joy there for Reach, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hunt misses with a left hand
and Reach counters with a nice uppercut.
Reach slips under a jab from Hunt.
Hunt is looking to land body kicks.
Reach throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reach cracks Hunt with an open hand slap.
Hunt closes the distance and clinches.
Hunt takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Hunt dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Reach scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
Crunch! Hunt slams his shin into Reach's torso.
Hunt wants to slow Reach down by chopping away at his legs.
And Reach responds with a good body kick, but Hunt manages to step out the way in time.
Hunt scores with a body shot.
Reach throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reach's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hunt.
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Hunt there.
Hunt connects with a right hand. Reach shakes it off.
Hunt instigates a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Hunt fails to land.
Reach misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Reach - that landed with a thud.
Reach is trying to force a seperation but Hunt has the dominant position.
A short left from Hunt.
Reach tries a body shot but Hunt blocks it.
Reach can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reach.
Phol Hunt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reach can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.
Reach lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reach is leaning against Hunt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reach breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Hunt finds it's target.
Reach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
Good leg kick by Hunt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice body kick there by Reach.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reach was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a chopping leg kick but Reach manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Reach was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Reach has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Reach tests Hunt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Phol Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt moves out of range as Reach strikes.
Reach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Reach throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Reach slips the punch.
Reach looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Reach takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Reach misses with a hook.
As Reach backs away, Hunt returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hunt tries to land a front kick but Reach steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reach counters with a body kick.
Reach moves out of range of the leg kick from Hunt.
A little jabbing left from Reach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reach shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reach takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Reach's head but Reach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phol Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Hunt connects with a right hand. Reach shakes it off.
Reach moves out of range of the leg kick from Hunt.
Reach walks into a left hand.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Reach was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Reach keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Reach throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hunt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reach counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reach lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reach.
Hunt connects with a body shot.
Hunt throws a half hearted mid kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reach.
Reach slips under a jab from Hunt.
Reach pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hunt is out of range and Reach settles back down.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt lands a nice looking body kick.
Hunt misses with a hook. Reach ducked under it nicely.
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reach throws out a counter right but Hunt avoids it with no problem.
Reach keeps the fight on the outside.
Hunt connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Hunt dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt throws a low kick but Reach moves out of range easily.
Reach doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hunt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A slow jab from Hunt misses its intended target.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Reach moved out of range nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Reach checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Reach slips the punch.
Hunt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
Reach uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Hunt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a leg kick
and Reach counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hunt lands a glancing blow to the side of Reach's head.
Hunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reach counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reach darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Reach connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hunt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hunt misses with a lunging right hand
and Reach counters with an outside leg kick.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Reach's head but Reach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Reach! But no joy.
A jab from Reach misses.
Reach takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reach can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reach throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Hunt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reach tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Reach just manages to avoid it.
Reach catches Hunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reach throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Nice shot by Hunt.
Hunt throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Reach was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt tries a low kick but Reach avoids it.
Hunt throws a hook but Reach blocks it.
Reach takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hunt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reach steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.
Hunt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt darts in trying to clinch
and Reach counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reach takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Reach throws a push kick but Hunt slaps the foot to one side.
Hunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reach throws out the jab.
Hunt lands a jab to the nose.
Hunt swings for the body but Reach moves out of range.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Reach moved away.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reach.
Hunt lands a nice hook to Reach's body. Reach takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Reach takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries to land a leg kick but Reach saw it coming and moves away.
Reach uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Reach with a nice cross.
Hunt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hunt moves out of range as Reach strikes.
Hunt throws a chopping leg kick but Reach manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hunt misses with a left hand
and Reach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reach 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.
Reach connects with a jab.
A big left from Reach misses.
Reach slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Phol Hunt did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hunt throws a lazy body kick
and Reach counters with a solid body kick.
Hunt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reach's hands.
Hunt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hunt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reach has time to react.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Reach is just out of range.
Reach lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunt scores with a nice body kick.
Hunt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reach counters with a straight right hand.
Hunt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Reach's front leg but catches the back leg as Reach tries to avoid it.
Hunt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hunt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a left hand
and Reach connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunt throws a solid leg kick but Reach takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hunt.
Reach throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reach is out of range and Hunt settles back down.
Reach plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reach moves away.
Reach throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt misses with a hook to the body
and Reach counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body
and Reach cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reach pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reach moves away.
A little jabbing left from Reach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hunt throws a jab when Reach was well out of range.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Reach saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reach scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reach tries to move into range but Hunt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reach lands with a nice body kick.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reach.
Reach tries a quick counter leg kick but Hunt is wise to it.
Reach lands a head shot.
A good leg kick by Hunt.
Hunt moves out of range of the leg kick from Reach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reach uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Hunt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reach lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Reach.
Hunt with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reach.
Reach throws out a counter right but Hunt avoids it with no problem.
Hunt throws a hook but Reach avoids it easily.
Reach looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
Hunt tries to clinch up but Reach circles away and keeps his distance.
Reach takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hunt cracks the inside of Reach's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reach lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hunt walks into a stiff left hand from Reach.
An inside leg kick from Hunt misses.
Hunt's jab looks to have found its range, popping Reach under the eye.
A left lands for Reach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reach misses with a looping left.
Reach moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Reach lands an overhand right.
Hunt lands with an overhand left.
Reach walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Phol Hunt will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hunt is looking to slow Reach down with leg kicks.
Hunt scores with a nice right hand.
A punch combination from Hunt misses.
Reach feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hunt's calf.
Hunt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hunt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Reach misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Hunt thows a leg kick but Reach checks it
letting Reach counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Reach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reach avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reach swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hunt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Reach's head but Reach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reach misses with a body shot.
Hunt cracks the inside of Reach's front leg.
Reach avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Reach has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hunt tries to score with a low kick but Reach moves his leg out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Reach checks a leg kick.
Reach fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reach misses with a leg kick.
Reach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Reach's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hunt is looking to clinch but Reach is avoiding it.
Hunt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnny Reach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a shot from downtown. Reach moves away and avoids it.
And Reach responds with a good body kick, but Hunt manages to step out the way in time.
Hunt blocks the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
Reach uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Hunt lands a really nice looking cross but Reach seems unphased.
Reach scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reach has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hunt.
Reach throws a push kick but Hunt slaps the foot to one side.
Hunt wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt connects with a looping right hand.
Reach walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
Reach has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hunt.
Hunt stuns Reach with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reach is looking to land body kicks.
Reach takes one to the chin there.
Reach slips a jab from Hunt.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Reach swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunt lands with a shot to the body.
Hunt scores with a nice head shot.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Reach ducks down to avoid it.
Reach throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hunt will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hunt.
Reach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reach misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hunt lands a lovely overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reach is rocked!
Hunt throws a wild body kick that Reach sees coming a mile off.
Reach is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunt finish him?
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Reach is just out of range.
Reach let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Reach seems to have recovered his senses.
Reach uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
Hunt digs a good hook to Reach's body.
Nice defenses there by Reach.
The crowd cheers as Hunt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reach doesn't seem phased though.
Hunt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reach avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Phol Hunt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hunt moves into range and clinches up with Reach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phol Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hunt 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:46
Judge William Gold scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phol Hunt!
Phol Hunt retains his middleweight title!
In his post fight interview, Phol Hunt started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edogawa Conan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Detective Conan Theme. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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175 lbs
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175 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edogawa Conan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conan connects with a right hand. Perälä shakes it off.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Perälä is just out of range.
Conan moves out of range of the body kick.
Perälä bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perälä lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Conan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Conan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
Perälä keeps Conan at a distance using the push kick.
Perälä slips a jab and a cross from Conan.
Conan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Conan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Perälä takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perälä tries to score with a low kick but Conan moves his leg out of the way.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perälä pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perälä drops Conan with a beautiful combination! Conan stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Perälä is looking for the KO!
Conan is rocked!
It looks like Edogawa Conan has been cut.
Conan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Conan is still on wobbly legs! Can Perälä finish him?
Perälä takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Conan seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Perälä ducks down to avoid it.
Perälä feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Conan.
Perälä throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perälä throws the kick towards the body but Conan avoids it.
Conan throws a combination. Perälä tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Conan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perälä.
Conan shoots in for a takedown but Perälä shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Conan moves away from the strike by Perälä.
Perälä tries to land a front kick but Conan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Perälä is out of range.
Conan misses with a looping left.
Conan blocks a head kick by Perälä.
Perälä stuffs the takedown attempt from Conan. Conan gets slowly back to his feet.
Conan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perälä circles away.
Taisto Perälä has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edogawa Conan.
Perälä lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Conan both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conan blocks a jab.
Conan throws a series of punches but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Conan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Perälä misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Good standup being displayed there by Conan as he connects with a hook.
Conan throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Conan throws a lazy right hand but Perälä sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perälä takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Conan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perälä moves away.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Perälä counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Conan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Perälä throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Conan blocks the body kick.
Conan scores with a jab to the head.
Perälä lands a lovely overhand right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Perälä, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan blocks a jab.
Perälä fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Conan checks it well.
Conan lands a body shot.
Perälä keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conan lands a nice hook to Perälä's body. Perälä takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good leg kick by Perälä there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perälä on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Conan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Perälä missing with a left hand there. Conan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perälä takes a swing at Conan's ribcage but misses.
Edogawa Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perälä turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perälä on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Perälä cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Conan avoids the head kick by Perälä.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan checks a leg kick nicely.
Perälä fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Conan checks it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan looks for a takedown but Perälä sprawls well.
Conan's corner calls for a 1-2. Conan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Perälä lands with a kick to the temple. Conan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Conan lands with a shot to the body.
Conan scores with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perälä.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Conan.
Perälä scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Perälä ducks right into an uppercut from Conan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Perälä manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Conan trying to control but Perälä is working from the bottom.
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 Taisto Perälä will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edogawa Conan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Conan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Perälä defends it nicely.
Perälä on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Perälä fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Conan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perälä moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perälä swings for the body but Conan moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Conan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Conan misses with a lunging right hand
and Perälä counters with a series of strikes. Conan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Perälä lands a front kick.
Conan scores with the left hand. Perälä knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä ducks under a wild hook from Conan.
Perälä throwing a counter right hand but Conan manages to avoid it.
Conan blocks a head kick by Perälä.
Conan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan moves away from the strike by Perälä.
Conan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Perälä on the side of the head.
Conan takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Taisto Perälä is winning the standup battle so far.
Perälä slips under a jab.
Conan moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Conan misses.
Perälä attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Conan throws a right hand that Perälä ducks under and follows up with a left that Perälä also avoids with ease.
Perälä finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perälä shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Perälä misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Conan misses.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan checks it.
Conan throws a hook but Perälä blocks it.
Conan drops his hands momentarily and Perälä takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
Conan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perälä misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perälä looks to land a left hand but Conan moved out of range nicely.
Perälä attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Conan misses with a body punch
and Perälä makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perälä throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Conan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Perälä is just out of range.
Conan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conan throws a jab but it's blocked by Perälä.
Perälä keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Perälä lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Perälä scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Perälä avoids the body shot from Conan.
Perälä quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Conan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perälä fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Perälä uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Conan lands a slapping body shot.
Conan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Perälä tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conan is able to avoid easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Conan misses the target.
Conan cracks Perälä with a good jab.
Perälä takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Conan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conan avoids the body shot from Perälä.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Conan blocks the leg kick.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perälä.
Conan misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perälä throws a push kick but Conan slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conan throws an overhand right that lands on Perälä's shoulder, as Perälä tries to avoid the shot.
Perälä scores with a one two! Conan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Conan throws a hook but Perälä avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perälä.
Nice uppercut there from Perälä.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Perälä swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Conan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Perälä misses with a low kick as Conan jumps back.
Conan 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.
Conan throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Perälä's head.
Conan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perälä is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Edogawa Conan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Edogawa Conan'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.
Perälä is looking to score with low kicks.
Perälä looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Conan! But no joy.
Conan throws a jab when Perälä was well out of range.
Perälä swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perälä motions for Conan to come forward. Perälä throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perälä avoids a punch combination nicely.
Perälä lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Perälä misses with a hook
and Conan counters with a straight right hand.
Perälä throws a head kick but Conan moves out of range.
Conan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Perälä throws a leg kick which misses Conan's front leg but catches the back leg as Conan tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Conan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Conan as he connects with a hook.
Perälä is looking to slow Conan down with leg kicks.
Conan looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Conan connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Conan.
Perälä looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Perälä moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Perälä takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perälä keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perälä circles away.
Perälä plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Perälä misses with a kick to the body.
Conan throws a series of punches but Perälä avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perälä swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perälä was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä misses with a body shot.
Perälä slips a straight right by Conan.
Conan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perälä.
Conan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perälä lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perälä looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conan lands with an uppercut that bounces Perälä off the cage and back into range.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perälä jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Conan misses with a shot to the body
and Perälä counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conan misses with a double jab.
Conan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Conan throws a good cross that connects.
Conan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Conan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Perälä as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perälä ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Perälä misses.
Perälä thumps Conan with a low kick.
Conan checks a leg kick.
Conan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Conan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Conan looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Conan misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Conan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Perälä ducks down to avoid it.
Perälä with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conan to score with a decent uppercut.
Perälä lands a big head kick that sends Conan tumbling to the mat! Perälä takes a step backwards and waves Conan back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perälä tries to land a body kick
letting Conan counter with a right hand.
Perälä fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Conan is out of range.
Perälä thumps Conan with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Perälä, right into the meat.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Perälä appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Conan blocks the body kick.
Conan swings for the body but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä lands a leg kick that knocks Conan off balance momentarily.
Conan swings for the body but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä lands a front kick.
Conan just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä tried to counter with a leg kick but Conan avoided it.
Perälä scores with a punch to the head.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Perälä lands a nice looking kick to the body. Conan takes a step back to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taisto Perälä clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Edogawa Conan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
Conan loads up on a big right hand but Perälä slips the punch.
Perälä throws a solid leg kick but Conan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perälä.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
Perälä throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conan misses with a hook. Perälä ducked under it nicely.
Conan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Perälä sprawls well. Perälä wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Conan gets slowly back to his feet.
Perälä blocks a jab.
Conan checks a low kick from Perälä.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan checks a leg kick.
Conan throws a body punch but Perälä moves out of range.
Perälä feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Conans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Conan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Perälä as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Conan misses with a hook.
Conan scores with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Conan both land. Nice combination.
Conan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perälä dodges the punch combination from Conan.
Perälä is looking to land body kicks.
Perälä swings for the body but Conan moves out of range.
Perälä pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Conan. Beautiful body shot.
Conan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Perälä saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Perälä dodges the punch combination from Conan.
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!
Conan looks to land a right hand but Perälä moved out of range.
Conan throws a hook but Perälä avoids it easily.
Perälä blocks a jab.
A clash of legs there as Conan blocks the low kick.
Conan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perälä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Conan moved away.
Conan checks a low kick from Perälä.
Perälä cracks Conan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Conan fails with the takedown.
Taisto Perälä has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edogawa Conan.
Conan takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Perälä lands a nice hook to Conan's body. Conan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perälä throws a lazy right hand but Conan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perälä misses with a wild body shot.
Perälä keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perälä, as that shot connected.
That kick from Perälä tenderised Conan's leg. Conan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Perälä dips to his left and cracks Conan with an uppercut!
Perälä scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perälä was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conan lands a really nice looking cross but Perälä seems unphased.
Conan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
Perälä lands a big uppercut and Conan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Conan looks OK. Perälä waves Conan back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Conan. Those never looked like landing.
Perälä lands with a cross.
Perälä with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perälä closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Conan! Perälä dives in looking to finish! Conan is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taisto Perälä!
Taisto Perälä is the new welterweight champion!
Taisto Perälä thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brick Tires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maldini comes to the cage accompanied by Just one cornetto. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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275 lbs
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270 lbs
40 - 12 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Giuseppe Maldini!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brick Tires!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Maldini. Tires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tires drives through and clinches with Maldini against the cage.
Maldini lands a nice uppercut.
Tires struggles to land a body shot inside as Maldini controls his hands.
Maldini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tires has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Maldini is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Maldini tries to keep at a distance but Tires has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tires tries a body shot but Maldini blocks it.
Tires misses with some punches.
Maldini breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maldini gets a clinch.
Maldini blocks a body shot from Tires.
Tires tries a body shot but Maldini blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tires.
Tires blocks a body shot from Maldini.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maldini lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tires backwards.
Tires lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tires.
Maldini pushes Tires back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Tires.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini trying to control the position but instead, Tires has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maldini into the cage.
Tires lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Tires fails to land.
Maldini misses with some punches.
Tires misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maldini.
Maldini can't find room to land a body shot as Tires controls the action.
Tires misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Maldini.
Maldini tries to work over Tires's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maldini lands a right hand.
Maldini lands a shot to the body.
Tires looks winded!
Maldini lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maldini lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tires backwards.
Tires misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Tires.
Maldini lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maldini taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maldini misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Maldini.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tires wants to get back to striking at distance but Maldini won't allow it.
Maldini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maldini breaks the clinch.
Tires slips under a jab.
Maldini lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tires on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Brick Tires has been cut.
Maldini on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tires. Tires obviously looking to wear him down.
Tires uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maldini.
Maldini lands with a hook. Tires tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Maldini has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maldini struggles to land a body shot inside as Tires controls his hands.
Maldini prevents a body shot from Tires.
A right hook to the body lands for Tires.
Tires tries to throw a body punch but Maldini avoids it by throwing Tires back against the cage.
Maldini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maldini is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Maldini slips under a jab.
Maldini is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Maldini.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Maldini throws a sloppy head kick
and Tires connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tires slips a jab and a cross from Maldini.
Maldini attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Maldini throws a chopping leg kick but Tires manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Maldini stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tires.
Tires stuns Maldini with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Maldini throws a body punch but Tires moves out of range.
Maldini 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.
Maldini scores with a jab to the jaw.
Maldini instigates a clinch.
Maldini is working Tires over against the cage.
Tires can't find room to land a body shot as Maldini controls the action.
Maldini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tires's elbow.
Maldini lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tires swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tires swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maldini misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tires fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maldini misses with a body punch.
Tires misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maldini breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maldini closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maldini makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maldini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tires misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Tires.
Maldini tries to work over Tires's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tires pushes Maldini back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Tires on the inside.
Tires lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Maldini fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maldini tries a body shot but Tires blocks it.
Maldini is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tires lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Tires lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Maldini.
Maldini's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giuseppe Maldini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brick Tires's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tires buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maldini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Maldini lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tires has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tires and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tires only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tires throws a body shot but no joy.
Maldini fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tires connects with a solid leg kick.
Tires avoids the head kick by Maldini.
Maldini is looking to chop away at Tires's legs.
Tires looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maldini throws a body punch but Tires moves out of range.
Maldini doesn't manage to clinch there - Tires circles away.
Maldini throws a head kick that misses.
Giuseppe Maldini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maldini looks to land a right hand but Tires moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maldini just misses with a punch to the body.
Maldini backing away here, and Tires unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maldini.
Tires throws out a counter right but Maldini avoids it with no problem.
Good work by Maldini as he checks the leg kick.
Maldini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tires manages to avoid it.
Tires throws a hook but Maldini avoids it easily.
Maldini 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tires punishes Maldini's body with a nice straight punch.
Maldini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maldini cracks Tires with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tires ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maldini lands the left hand.
Maldini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maldini fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tires.
Tires lands a nice shot to the body.
Tires dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maldini tries a head kick but it misses.
Tires thinks about the counter body kick.
Tires thuds a left hand into Maldini's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maldini tried to score with a low kick but Tires checks it.
Tires moves into the clinch.
Tires lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tires misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maldini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tires has a couple of punches blocked by Maldini.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Tires as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tires.
Tires softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tires digs a right hand underneath Maldini's ribcage. Maldini let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from Tires.
Still in the clinch, Tires scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tires working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Tires.
Tires lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tires lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Tires working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tires lands with a right to the head.
Tires lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maldini or not.
Tires lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Brick Tires seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tires digs a right hand into Maldini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maldini's gas tank.
Tires lands a hook that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Tires drops Maldini onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Maldini is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Maldini is rocked!
A short right from Tires.
Oh Maldini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tires has a couple of punches blocked by Maldini.
Maldini seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tires breaks from the clinch.
Tires is looking to slow Maldini down with leg kicks.
Tires moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maldini throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tires tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maldini manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giuseppe Maldini is winning the standup battle so far.
Tires clinches.
Tires lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tires tries to work over Maldini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tires creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maldini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tires lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tires drops Maldini onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Maldini is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tires lands with a light punch inside.
Tires throws a big uppercut that drops Maldini! More strikes from Tires and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Maldini lies dazed against the cage as Tires celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brick Tires!
Brick Tires is the new heavyweight champion!
Brick Tires 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 Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seia comes to the cage accompanied by Edwin Starr WAR. Zivic has chosen La La Girl by Paffendorf as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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216 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelemi Seia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fritzie Zivic!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zivic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seia was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zivic throws a lazy uppercut
and Seia counters with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zivic. Seia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zivic throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Seia to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Zivic.
Zivic takes a swing at Seia's ribcage but misses.
Seia scores with a shot to the body.
Zivic misses with a few strikes there.
Zivic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seia. Seia obviously looking to wear him down.
Zivic misses with a straight left.
Seia half committed to a counter leg kick.
Seia throws a leg kick which misses Zivic's front leg but catches the back leg as Zivic tries to avoid it.
Zivic walks into a jab.
It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
Zivic misses with a looping right.
Zivic throws a nice 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!
Zivic throws a body punch but Seia moves out of range.
Seia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Seia looks to land a left hand but Zivic moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Seia.
Zivic loads up on a big right hand but Seia slips the punch.
Seia looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Seia scores with a sloppy right hand. Zivic should have avoided that one.
Zivic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seia with a hook.
Seia 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.
Zivic throws the left hand but Seia avoids the punch easily.
Seia throws a quick counter kick to the body but Zivic avoids it.
Zivic swings widly with a right hand
and Seia counters with a straight right hand.
Zivic misses with an uppercut.
Zivic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seia.
Seia tried to counter with a leg kick but Zivic avoided it.
A big right from Zivic misses.
Seia throws a quick counter kick to the body but Zivic avoids it.
Zivic swats away the attempt to clinch by Seia.
Zivic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Seia lands a head shot.
Seia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Zivic if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zivic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic misses with a body shot.
Seia fires out a quick counter leg kick but Zivic just manages to avoid it.
Seia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zivic throws out the jab.
Seia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Seia jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big left from Seia misses.
Seia darts in trying to clinch
letting Zivic counter with a right hand.
Zivic ducks right into an uppercut from Seia.
Seia gets tackled into the cage by Zivic. Zivic maintains the clinch.
Zivic tries a body shot but Seia blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Zivic.
Seia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Seia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Seia lands with a light punch inside.
Seia misses with some punches.
Seia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Seia.
A shot in the inside from Zivic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Seia misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Zivic as the two fighters clinch.
Zivic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Seia misses with a punch to the body.
Seia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Seia misses with the head strike.
Zivic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Seia throws a head punch that misses.
Zivic tries a body shot but Seia blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Zivic.
Zivic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Seia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zivic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Seia lands a left hand.
Zivic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Seia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zivic. Seia does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left and a right from Seia both land. Nice combination.
Zivic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zivic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Seia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zivic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zivic throws an overhand right that lands on Seia's shoulder, as Seia tries to avoid the shot.
Zivic looks to land a right hand but Seia moved out of range.
Zivic throws an off balance right hand
and Seia counters with a stiff right hand.
Zivic is looking to chop away at Seia's legs.
Decent striking displayed by Seia there.
Zivic throws a hook to the side of Seia's head but Seia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zivic misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seia connects with an inside leg kick.
Zivic misses with a looping left.
Zivic thows a leg kick but Seia checks it
and Seia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zivic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelemi Seia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Seia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Seia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Zivic needs to keep his hands up - Seia had a free shot at his head there.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Seia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kelemi Seia is winning the standup battle so far.
Seia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Good leg kick by Seia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Seia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Seia punishes Zivic's body with a nice straight punch.
Zivic swings for the body but Seia moves out of range.
Zivic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seia thuds his right hand into Zivic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seia pounces like a tiger and cracks Zivic with a vicious hook! Zivic is down but not out! Seia follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kelemi Seia!
After winning the bout, Kelemi Seia 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Donny Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuomari Hurmio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz comes to the cage accompanied by Livin It Up. Hurmio has chosen Black Star as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Donny Donowitz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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42
154 lbs
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28
146 lbs
20 - 3 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
60 - 14 - 3, fighting out of New York, Donny Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tuomari Hurmio!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurmio throws a push kick but Donowitz slaps the foot to one side.
Donowitz leaves Hurmio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Donowitz is looking to slow Hurmio down with leg kicks.
Hurmio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hurmio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donowitz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hurmio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Donowitz throws out the jab.
Donowitz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hurmio throws a low kick, looking for Donowitz's leg but Donowitz calmly moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Donowitz misses the target.
Hurmio throws out a loose jab but Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donowitz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hurmio throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Donowitz tries to avoid it but Hurmio manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Donowitz to the ground. Donowitz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hurmio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Hurmio.
Hurmio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've been told by Donowitz's head coaches at Hunter MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hurmio ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
Donowitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hurmio.
Donowitz was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz avoids the body shot from Hurmio.
Donowitz moves out of range as Hurmio throws a body kick.
Hurmio staying out of range there.
Hurmio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hurmio darts in looking for a takedown but Donowitz gets double underhooks and turns Hurmio into the cage.
Donowitz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Donny Donowitz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomari Hurmio.
Donowitz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Donowitz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hurmio checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hurmio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Donowitz.
It seemed like Hurmio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donowitz throws a poor cross that misses
and Hurmio counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hurmio.
Hurmio connects with a leg kick. Donowitz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hurmio throws a low kick but Donowitz avoids it.
Donowitz cracks Hurmio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hurmio moves out of range of the strikes.
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!
Donowitz throws a right hand that misses
and Donowitz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donowitz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donowitz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Donowitz digs a good body shot into Hurmio's ribs.
Hurmio misses with a low kick as Donowitz jumps back.
Hurmio slips under a jab from Donowitz.
A little jabbing left from Hurmio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hurmio throws a chopping leg kick but Donowitz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Donowitz is looking for a counter combo.
Hurmio bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donny Donowitz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Donowitz.
Hurmio scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Donowitz throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Hurmio tries to clinch up.
It looked like Donowitz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hurmio.
Donowitz misses with a looping right.
Hurmio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Donowitz throws a front kick aimed at Hurmio's knee but Hurmio avoids it well.
Hurmio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hurmio is looking to chop away at Donowitz's legs.
Donowitz throws a front kick that sends Hurmio stumbling back into the cage.
Hurmio misses with a hook to the body
and Donowitz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio misses with a right hand
and Donowitz counters with a right hand to the body.
Hurmio connects with a solid leg kick.
Hurmio tries to land a front kick but Donowitz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Donowitz is looking to score with low kicks.
Donowitz connects with a solid leg kick.
Hurmio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hurmio slips under a jab from Donowitz.
Hurmio swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
Hurmio fails with the takedown
and Donowitz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hurmio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Donowitz has time to react.
A swing and a miss from Hurmio.
Donowitz stuns Hurmio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hurmio loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
Hurmio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hurmio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hurmio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hurmio throws a good cross that connects.
A big left from Hurmio misses.
Donowitz takes one on the button.
Hurmio 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.
Hurmio walks into a left hand.
Hurmio is looking to score with low kicks.
Donowitz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hurmio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Donowitz circles away.
Hurmio misses with an uppercut
and Donowitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donowitz thuds his right hand into Hurmio's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hurmio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hurmio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donowitz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donowitz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Donowitz tries a low kick but Hurmio avoids it.
Donowitz lands a body shot.
Hurmio lands a jab to the head.
Hurmio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Donowitz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Donowitz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hurmio's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hurmio throws a leg kick but Donowitz checks it.
Hurmio moves out of range of the strikes.
Hurmio thuds a left hand into Donowitz's body.
Donowitz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donny Donowitz is winning the standup battle so far.
Hurmio misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Donowitz to counter with a crisp jab.
Tuomari Hurmio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hurmio throws out a leg kick but Donowitz moves out of range and Hurmio only half commits.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hurmio.
Hurmio lands with a cross.
Donowitz defending well as Hurmio loads up on a big left hand.
Donowitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Hurmio.
Donowitz misses with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hurmio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donowitz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donowitz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hurmio has time to react.
Hurmio slips under a jab from Donowitz.
Donowitz just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but Hurmio checks it.
Donowitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hurmio can do to turn this around?
Donowitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Hurmio.
Donowitz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hurmio.
Hurmio throws a shot to the body.
Donowitz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hurmio.
Hurmio wants to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Donowitz. Hurmio shrugs it off though.
Hurmio misses with a hook to the body
and Donowitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hurmio throws a shot from downtown. Donowitz moves away and avoids it.
Donk. Hurmio catches Donowitz right on the button with a cross.
Nice takedown defense from Donowitz. No joy for Hurmio on that attempt.
Donowitz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Hurmio misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Donowitz misses its intended target.
It seemed like Hurmio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hurmio misses with a low kick as Donowitz jumps back.
A little feinted left hand from Donowitz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hurmio connects with a single shot there.
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!
Hurmio blocks the body kick.
Hurmio has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donowitz.
Hurmio working aggressively here.
Donowitz blocks a body shot from Hurmio.
Donowitz is trying to stall.
Hurmio misses with a body punch.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Hurmio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hurmio gets through Donowitz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Donowitz throws a head punch that misses.
Hurmio has picked Donowitz up - he's going for a ride! Hurmio dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Donowitz kicks Hurmio off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hurmio gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Donowitz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hurmio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hurmio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hurmio loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
Donowitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hurmio.
Hurmio blocks a low kick nicely.
Hurmio let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hurmio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurmio lands a nice looking body shot.
Donowitz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hurmio throws a chopping leg kick but Donowitz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hurmio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hurmio misses with a right hand
and Donowitz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hurmio's knee momentarily.
Donowitz staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz leaves Hurmio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hurmio throws a body shot but no joy.
Donowitz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hurmio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hurmio.
Hurmio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range and Hurmio settles back down.
Hurmio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donowitz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Donowitz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Donowitz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hurmio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hurmio! But no joy.
Hurmio misses the jab.
Donowitz is looking to counter punch.
A punch lands to the side of Donowitz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Donowitz checks the leg kick.
Hurmio avoids the body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hurmio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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 Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Donowitz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hurmio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donowitz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Donowitz lands with a cross.
Hurmio avoids the body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a hook but Hurmio avoids it easily.
Hurmio loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
Hurmio moves forwards but Donowitz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hurmio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donowitz blocks a jab.
Hurmio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurmio avoids the body shot from Donowitz.
Hurmio looks to land a right hand but Donowitz moved out of range.
Donowitz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hurmio.
A quick step to the side and Donowitz tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz connects with a body shot that sends Hurmio's belly button to the back.
Donowitz misses the jab.
It seemed like Hurmio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hurmio walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz lands a slapping body shot.
Donowitz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hurmio misses with a hook. Donowitz ducked under it nicely.
Hurmio moves out of range of the leg kick from Donowitz.
Hurmio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donowitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurmio throws out the jab.
Donowitz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hurmio is able to avoid easily.
Donk. Hurmio catches Donowitz right on the button with a cross.
A big left from Hurmio misses.
Hurmio missing with a left hand there. Donowitz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Donowitz misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - Donowitz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice cross by Donowitz.
Donowitz defending well as Hurmio loads up on a big left hand.
Hurmio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donowitz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donowitz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a lazy right hand but Hurmio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut.
Donowitz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hurmio looks to land a right hand but Donowitz moved out of range.
Donowitz fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hurmio just manages to avoid it.
Donowitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hurmio.
Donowitz swings for the body but Hurmio moves out of range.
Hurmio moves out of range of the leg kick from Donowitz.
Hurmio swings for the body but Donowitz moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Donowitz.
Donowitz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hurmio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Donowitz misses the target.
Donowitz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Donowitz misses with a right hand
and Hurmio counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hurmio fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Donowitz on the side of the head.
Donowitz misses the jab.
Donowitz lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Donowitz there.
Donowitz throws a leg kick that misses.
Donowitz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Decent striking displayed by Donowitz there.
Donowitz throws a body punch but Hurmio moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Hurmio.
Donowitz blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hurmio.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz scores with a kick to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Hurmio misses the target.
Hurmio takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
Hurmio throws a low kick but Donowitz moves out of range easily.
Donowitz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hurmio finds it's way round the side to connect with Donowitz's head.
Hurmio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hurmio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hurmio loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
Donowitz cracks Hurmio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Donowitz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
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!
Donowitz swings for the body but Hurmio moves out of range.
Donowitz throws out a leg kick but Hurmio moves out of range and Donowitz only half commits.
The fighters circling - Donowitz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donowitz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hurmio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hurmio loads up on a big right hand but Donowitz slips the punch.
Donowitz is looking to counter punch.
Hurmio slips a straight right by Donowitz.
Hurmio blocks a jab.
Donowitz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hurmio lands with a thumping leg kick.
A lazy left from Donowitz finds it's target.
Donowitz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hurmio.
A nice inside leg kick there by Donowitz. That's going to slow Hurmio down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Donowitz clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hurmio connects with a single shot there.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut.
Donowitz takes one on the button.
Nice jab there from Donowitz.
Donowitz is looking to chop away at Hurmio's legs.
Hurmio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donowitz.
Hurmio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donowitz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hurmio is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Hurmio there.
Donowitz takes a swing at Hurmio's ribcage but misses.
Donowitz throws a low kick, looking for Hurmio's leg but Hurmio calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hurmio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donowitz moves away.
Donowitz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hurmio moves away.
Hurmio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Donowitz tries to score with a low kick but Hurmio moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmio throws a hook to the side of Donowitz's head but Donowitz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hurmio throws a lazy right hand but Donowitz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Hurmio backs away, Donowitz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Donowitz moves out of range of the body kick.
Hurmio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hurmio moves out of range as Donowitz strikes.
Hurmio moves forwards but Donowitz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hurmio misses with a takedown attempt - Donowitz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As Hurmio backs away, Donowitz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Donowitz scores with a spinning back kick!
Hurmio throws a jab but it's blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz cracks a nice hook into Hurmio's ribs.
Donowitz misses with a looping left.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut.
Donowitz takes one on the button.
Hurmio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donowitz.
Donowitz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hurmio misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Hurmio misses.
Donowitz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Donowitz throws a body shot but no joy.
Hurmio tries to work over Donowitz's front leg with a kick but Donowitz checks it.
Decent striking displayed by Donowitz there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz throws out a powerful jab.
Hurmio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hurmio throws out a counter right but Donowitz avoids it with no problem.
Donowitz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hurmio in his tracks.
Hurmio misses with a left hand
and Donowitz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Donowitz thuds his shin into the meat of Hurmio's side.
Hurmio misses with a hook. Donowitz ducked under it nicely.
Hurmio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hurmio looks to land a left hand but Donowitz moved out of range nicely.
Donowitz throws a quick counter kick to the body but Hurmio avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio throws a leg kick but Donowitz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hurmio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Donowitz.
Hurmio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donowitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donowitz tries a low kick but Hurmio avoids it.
Hurmio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donowitz throwing a counter right hand but Hurmio manages to avoid it.
Hurmio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donowitz moves out of range of the strikes.
Donowitz looks to land a right hand but Hurmio moved out of range.
Hurmio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hurmio blocks a jab.
Hurmio throws a jab but it's blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hurmio. Hurmio obviously looking to wear him down.
Hurmio throws a big shot that misses.
Hurmio tries to land a leg kick but Donowitz saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz throws a big shot that misses.
Hurmio has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donowitz.
Hurmio throws a leg kick but Donowitz moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Hurmio misses the target.
Hurmio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Donowitz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hurmio looking to score a takedown here. Donowitz is defending well but Hurmio drives through and ends up in Donowitz's guard.
Donowitz pushes Hurmio off and scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Hurmio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donowitz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hurmio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donowitz misses with a leg kick.
Hurmio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hurmio works Donowitz's body with a nice hook.
Hurmio misses with a body shot
and Donowitz counters with an outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donowitz. Hurmio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hurmio throws a leg kick but Donowitz moved away.
Hurmio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Donny Donowitz will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hurmio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donowitz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hurmio throws a hook but Donowitz blocks it.
Donowitz moves forwards but Hurmio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Donowitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Hurmio.
Hurmio looks to land a left hand but Donowitz moved out of range nicely.
Hurmio connects with the punch.
Hurmio misses with a takedown attempt
and Donowitz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Donowitz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hurmio.
Hurmio has closed the distance and engaged Donowitz in a clinch.
Donowitz lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donowitz.
Donowitz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hurmio misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Donowitz.
Hurmio is trying to break the clinch but Donowitz has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurmio lands with a left to the head.
Donowitz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hurmio.
Hurmio swings wildly with an uppercut but Donowitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hurmio prevents a body shot from Donowitz.
Donowitz misses with a body punch.
Hurmio manages to break the clinch.
Hurmio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hurmio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donowitz. Donowitz obviously looking to wear him down.
Hurmio looks to throw the jab but Donowitz is out of range.
It looked like Donowitz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donowitz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurmio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donowitz.
Hurmio appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Donowitz checks a leg kick.
Hurmio misses with a hook
and Donowitz counters with a thumping low kick.
Hurmio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hurmio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hurmio shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Donowitz as he avoids it easily.
Donowitz throws a jab when Hurmio was well out of range.
It seemed like Hurmio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hurmio is looking to chop away at Donowitz's legs.
Donowitz tried to counter with a leg kick but Hurmio avoided it.
Hurmio misses with a left hand
and Donowitz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tuomari Hurmio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Nice body punch from Donowitz.
Hurmio tries to clinch but Donowitz is having none of it.
Donowitz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hurmio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Donowitz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Hurmio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hurmio tries to work over Donowitz's front leg with a kick but Donowitz checks it.
Donowitz half committed to a counter leg kick.
That kick from Donowitz tenderised Hurmio's leg. Hurmio is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hurmio misses with a straight right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Donowitz.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hurmio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hurmio misses with a low kick.
Donowitz scores with a jab.
Donowitz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That kick from Donowitz tenderised Hurmio's leg. Hurmio is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donowitz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Donny Donowitz has been cut.
Hurmio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Donowitz.
Donowitz throws a body shot but no joy.
Hurmio wants to land a leg kick but Donowitz is out of range.
Donowitz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hurmio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donowitz stuffs the takedown attempt from Hurmio. Hurmio gets slowly back to his feet.
Donny Donowitz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tuomari Hurmio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurmio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Donowitz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hurmio throws a looping overhand right but Donowitz ducks down to avoid it.
Hurmio lands with an uppercut that bounces Donowitz off the cage and back into range.
Hurmio 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.
Donowitz is looking to slow Hurmio down with leg kicks.
Hurmio misses with a body shot.
Donowitz cracks Hurmio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donowitz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hurmio looks to land a body kick but Donowitz moved away.
A big left from Hurmio misses.
Hurmio tries to land a leg kick but Donowitz saw it coming and moves away.
A good leg kick by Donowitz.
Donowitz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hurmio.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tuomari Hurmio.
I think Donowitz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 49:46
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Donowitz!
A less than humble Donny Donowitz misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stack Shillings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stack Shillings has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
41 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stack Shillings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shillings throws a jab when Patterson was well out of range.
Floyd Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Shillings misses.
Shillings checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shillings throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick misses from Patterson.
Shillings keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patterson misses with an uppercut
and Shillings counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Patterson thinking.
Patterson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patterson moves into range and clinches up with Shillings.
Patterson tries to throw a body punch but Shillings avoids it by throwing Patterson back against the cage.
Shillings tries to throw a body punch but Patterson avoids it by throwing Shillings back against the cage.
Patterson throws a head punch that misses.
Shillings lands a right hand.
Shillings is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shillings swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Patterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Shillings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shillings has Patterson pushed against the cage.
Shillings stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shillings's brow.
Shillings's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shillings connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patterson's hands.
It looks like Floyd Patterson has been cut.
Patterson throws a body punch but Shillings moves out of range.
Shillings swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've been informed that Patterson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Patterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shillings.
Patterson misses with a straight left.
Shillings tries a head kick but it misses.
Patterson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Patterson throws a hook to the side of Shillings's head but Shillings sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shillings thuds his right hand into Patterson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Shillings defending well as Patterson loads up on a big left hand.
Shillings swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shillings.
Shillings walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Patterson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shillings moves away.
Shillings thinks about countering with a body kick.
Shillings bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Patterson's head backwards.
Shillings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shillings 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.
Shillings misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Patterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shillings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shillings.
Shillings checks a low kick from Patterson.
Shillings avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left lands for Patterson.
Patterson is looking to clinch but Shillings is avoiding it.
Patterson tries to bum rush Shillings with a series of wild strikes but Shillings uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shillings missing with a left hand there. Patterson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shillings throws a head kick that half lands.
Patterson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shillings scores with a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Patterson.
Patterson tries to clinch up.
Shillings bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Patterson's head.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
Shillings is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Shillings does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shillings pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Shillings does it's job there.
Patterson is rocked!
Shillings scores with a kick to the body.
Patterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Shillings finish him?
Patterson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Shillings.
Patterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Patterson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shillings scores with a spinning back kick!
A big right from Shillings misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Shillings checks a leg kick.
Shillings tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patterson walks into a left hand.
Shillings throws a push kick but Patterson slaps the foot to one side.
Shillings misses with a wild combination.
Shillings lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shillings throws out the jab.
Patterson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A head kick misses from Patterson.
Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Shillings.
Shillings changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shillings lands a high kick!
Patterson missing with a left hand there. Shillings was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shillings paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shillings connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shillings throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Patterson looks winded!
Patterson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Shillings cracks Patterson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Shillings has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Patterson to stand back up!
That has opened up Floyd Patterson's cut even more.
Shillings lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shillings cracks Patterson with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Patterson falls to his knees and Shillings doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stack Shillings!
During a confident post fight interview, Stack Shillings thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Declan Sweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky McColgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sweeney comes to the cage accompanied by Four Star Mary - Pain. McColgan has chosen The Gael as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Declan Sweeney has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
40 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Declan Sweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky McColgan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sweeney wants to clinch up but McColgan keeps it at a distance.
McColgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sweeney.
McColgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sweeney tries to counter with a takedown but McColgan is quick to defend against it.
McColgan just misses with a punch to the body.
Sweeney is trying hard to land a takedown here. McColgan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
McColgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sweeney.
Sweeney really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McColgan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sweeney back to the cage. McColgan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Declan Sweeney has been cut.
Sweeney wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from McColgan finds it's way through Sweeney's defenses.
Sweeney turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McColgan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sweeney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McColgan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McColgan blocks the body kick.
McColgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sweeney throws out the jab.
McColgan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McColgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McColgan, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McColgan lands with a good body shot.
Sweeney avoids the body shot from McColgan.
McColgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rocky McColgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McColgan looks to land a body kick but Sweeney moved away.
Sweeney takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McColgan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice body punch from McColgan.
Sweeney swings for the body but McColgan moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sweeney. McColgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
McColgan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sweeney goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sweeney connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McColgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sweeney.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sweeney misses with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McColgan misses with a body shot.
McColgan throws a series of punches but Sweeney avoids them all with ease.
Sweeney half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Good shot there by McColgan.
McColgan avoids the body shot from Sweeney.
Sweeney lands with a hook. McColgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McColgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sweeney moves away.
Sweeney avoids a kick to the body.
McColgan thumps Sweeney with a low kick.
Sweeney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McColgan was well out of range. Poor timing from Sweeney.
Sweeney misses the shot to the body.
McColgan scores with a jab.
McColgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by McColgan.
Declan Sweeney's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McColgan swings for the body but Sweeney moves out of range.
Sweeney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McColgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sweeney.
Sweeney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sweeney steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from McColgan. That one must have hurt.
Sweeney takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sweeney is breathing heavily.
Sweeney takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McColgan lands with an overhand left.
McColgan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McColgan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McColgan cracks Sweeney with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sweeney looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can McColgan finish him?
Sweeney is rocked!
Sweeney is looking to wear down McColgan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McColgan weaves into range and cracks Sweeney right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Sweeney goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! McColgan is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rocky McColgan!
A very excited looking Rocky McColgan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Declan Sweeney had this to say: 'It feels so good to get a big victory tonight, I want to thank my sponsors, my fans my fam....... Hey what??? What do you mean I didn't win??? This is an outrage!!'.
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