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AD344: Super Yoshi PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Cave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Seyedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seyedi has chosen Hypnotize- Biggie smalls 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Cave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Seyedi!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Cave there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Seyedi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Seyedi.
It looks like Nick Cave has been cut.
Seyedi cracks Cave with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seyedi tries a head kick but it misses.
Seyedi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seyedi misses with a body kick.
Seyedi missing with a left hand there. Cave was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cave finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Seyedi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Seyedi tries to work over Cave's front leg with a kick but Cave checks it.
Cave moves out of range as Seyedi strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seyedi checks a leg kick.
Seyedi tries to work over Cave's front leg with a kick but Cave checks it.
Seyedi throws a leg kick but Cave sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cave has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cave there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cave takes one to the side of the head.
Cave throws a right hand that Seyedi ducks under and follows up with a left that Seyedi also avoids with ease.
Seyedi swats away the attempt to clinch by Cave.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seyedi throws a leg kick but Cave moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cave.
A head kick by Cave misses
and Seyedi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cave's knee momentarily.
Good leg kick by Seyedi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Seyedi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cave throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seyedi.
Seyedi tries a low kick but Cave avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seyedi.
Seyedi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seyedi cracks the inside of Cave's front leg.
Cave uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seyedi.
Cave throws a big counter combination but Seyedi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cave looks for the body kick but Seyedi saw that one coming.
Seyedi jabs Cave right on the nose. Cave blinks but takes it well.
Seyedi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Seyedi blocks a head kick by Cave.
Seyedi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seyedi lands with a good body shot.
Cave is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Seyedi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cave checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cave checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Seyedi just misses with a punch to the body.
Cave throws a nice inside leg kick.
Seyedi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seyedi scoring well with a low kick there.
Seyedi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seyedi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cave.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seyedi checks a leg kick.
Seyedi misses with a head kick.
Seyedi thumps Cave with a low kick.
Cave tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seyedi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cave is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cave stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Seyedi.
Cave takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cave looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Seyedi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cave counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cave on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seyedi. Seyedi obviously looking to wear him down.
Cave uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seyedi.
Cave doesn't manage to clinch there - Seyedi circles away.
Seyedi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seyedi throws a leg kick that misses.
Cave appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cave takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Seyedi avoids the head kick by Cave.
Cave has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cave there as he acknowledges the shot.
Seyedi connects with a jab.
Seyedi 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.
Cave has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Seyedi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cave cracks the inside of Seyedi's front leg.
Seyedi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick misses from Seyedi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cave tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Seyedi is able to avoid easily.
Cave's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Seyedi connects with an inside leg kick.
Seyedi throws a hook but Cave avoids it easily.
Seyedi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cave on the side of the head.
Cave misses with a combination
and Seyedi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Seyedi lands a body shot.
Cave tries to score with a low kick but Seyedi moves his leg out of the way.
Seyedi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A combination from Seyedi does no damage.
Cave is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cave misses with a double jab
letting Seyedi counter with a right hand.
A low kick from Cave is predictable there
and Seyedi counters with a thumping low kick.
Seyedi connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ali Seyedi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Cave's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Seyedi throws out a leg kick but Cave moves out of range and Seyedi only half commits.
Seyedi lands an overhand right.
Seyedi throws a head kick that misses.
Cave is looking for a counter combo.
Cave drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Seyedi lands with an overhand left.
Cave is rocked!
Cave connects with a leg kick. Seyedi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Oh Cave is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seyedi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cave seems to have got his legs back now.
Seyedi throws a head kick but Cave moves out of range.
Cave appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seyedi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cave on the side of the head.
Nick Cave's cut is getting worse.
Seyedi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Danga de danga de dang - Cave scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cave blocks the body kick.
Seyedi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cave checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Seyedi cracks the inside of Cave's front leg.
Cave checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cave avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cave tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cave feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seyedi's calf.
Seyedi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cave checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Seyedi connects with a jab.
Cave gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Seyedi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seyedi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Seyedi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Seyedi is looking to slow Cave down with leg kicks.
Seyedi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cave tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seyedi motions for Cave to come forward. Seyedi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cave is looking to chop away at Seyedi's legs.
Cave throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cave.
Seyedi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cave fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi lands a really nice looking cross but Cave seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seyedi 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.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Cave might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Jab from Seyedi.
Seyedi misses with an uppercut.
Seyedi lands a leg kick that knocks Cave off balance momentarily.
Cave gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Seyedi gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ali Seyedi!
During a confident post fight interview, Ali Seyedi 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niacisse Kenmoghn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds comes into the arena with Numb/Encore blaring out of the sound system. 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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179 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Niacisse Kenmoghn!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenmoghn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kenmoghn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kenmoghn shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reynolds counters with a body kick that stops Kenmoghn in his tracks momentarily.
Kenmoghn throws a combination. Reynolds tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kenmoghn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've been told by Reynolds's head coaches at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kenmoghn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reynolds pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reynolds tests Kenmoghn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kenmoghn cracks Reynolds with an open hand slap.
Reynolds misses with an uppercut.
Reynolds slips under a jab.
Kenmoghn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenmoghn dives in for a single leg takedown but Reynolds sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Travis Reynolds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niacisse Kenmoghn.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kenmoghn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenmoghn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reynolds manages to avoid it.
Reynolds blocks a jab.
Kenmoghn misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Reynolds was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kenmoghn shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kenmoghn was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
An elbow from Kenmoghn crashes against the mat.
Reynolds tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kenmoghn in side control, throwing shots but Reynolds defends.
Reynolds gets back to half guard.
Kenmoghn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reynolds's head.
Kenmoghn wants to free his trapped foot but Reynolds is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to get to full guard but Kenmoghn has control of the leg.
Kenmoghn slips a nice elbow through Reynolds's hands, connecting with Reynolds's forehead.
Kenmoghn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Reynolds is pressing down on Kenmoghn's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kenmoghn chips away with some ground and pound.
Kenmoghn won't allow Reynolds to get back to his feet.
Kenmoghn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kenmoghn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
Reynolds is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kenmoghn stopping the sweep attempt from Reynolds.
Kenmoghn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reynolds is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kenmoghn landing with the ground and pound.
Oh Reynolds is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kenmoghn works over Reynolds with some ground and pound from guard.
Kenmoghn gets to his feet and stands over Reynolds, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Reynolds felt that one! Kenmoghn unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Reynolds from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Niacisse Kenmoghn!
After winning the bout, Niacisse Kenmoghn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nemanja Prijovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phukyorselvf Uzannavabizch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uzannavabizch has chosen Brandon Loveladdy's band WE ARE THE CHOSEN : BREAKING THE KARMIC CYCLE as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Nemanja Prijovic has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nemanja Prijovic seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nemanja Prijovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Phukyorselvf Uzannavabizch!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prijovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Uzannavabizch. That did some damage!
Uzannavabizch has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Uzannavabizch there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Phukyorselvf Uzannavabizch has been cut.
Uzannavabizch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prijovic moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Uzannavabizch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prijovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Uzannavabizch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Uzannavabizch cracks the inside of Prijovic's front leg.
Uzannavabizch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uzannavabizch steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Prijovic. That one must have hurt.
A good leg kick by Prijovic.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uzannavabizch. Prijovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prijovic. Uzannavabizch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uzannavabizch lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Prijovic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Uzannavabizch's head.
Prijovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Uzannavabizch manages to avoid it.
Phukyorselvf Uzannavabizch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prijovic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prijovic throws a hook but Uzannavabizch blocks it.
Prijovic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Uzannavabizch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prijovic cracks Uzannavabizch with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Uzannavabizch looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Prijovic finish him?
Uzannavabizch is rocked!
Prijovic fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Uzannavabizch out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Nemanja Prijovic!
A very excited looking Nemanja Prijovic made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xantos Aremis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlo Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aremis comes to the cage accompanied by Infected Mushroom - Merlin. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xantos Aremis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlo Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aremis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Alvarez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aremis lands with a hook. Alvarez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Alvarez takes a swing at Aremis's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Aremis misses its target.
Aremis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aremis scores with the left hand. Alvarez knows he should have avoided that one.
Alvarez thuds his shin into the meat of Aremis's side.
Alvarez gets a takedown into half guard.
Alvarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aremis defending well though.
Alvarez throwing shots but Aremis is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Alvarez tries to pass to full mount but Aremis defends it.
Aremis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alvarez.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aremis is doing well to control the position and prevent Alvarez from advancing to side control.
Aremis is not content to let Alvarez control the position.
Alvarez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Aremis trying to control but Alvarez postures up.
Alvarez is trying to control. Aremis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alvarez works his way into side control.
Aremis is not content to let Alvarez control the position.
Alvarez throws a strike aimed at the side of Aremis's head but Aremis avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Alvarez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Aremis's shoulder. That is not cool.
Aremis wants to control but Alvarez postures up.
Alvarez misses with the ground and pound.
Alvarez tries to advance to mount but Aremis denies him.
Alvarez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Alvarez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aremis avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alvarez.
Alvarez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Alvarez cracks Aremis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alvarez wants to control but instead Aremis manages to regain half guard.
Aremis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alvarez.
Aremis moves into full guard.
Alvarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Aremis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but Aremis keeps moving.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
Alvarez trying to move into half guard but instead Aremis has managed to sweep!
Alvarez managing to control the position.
Aremis throwing strikes from guard but Alvarez blocks nicely.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alvarez holds on and takes a little breather.
Our spies down at at House of 1000 Corpses inform us that Alvarez has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aremis trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aremis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Aremis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Alvarez looking for a sweep. Not yet Alvarez, not yet.
We've been hearing good reports from Aremis's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aremis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alvarez holds on and takes a little breather.
Aremis tries to free his leg and advance position but Alvarez is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alvarez controlling the position.
Aremis cracks Alvarez with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlo Alvarez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Aremis lands a nice shot to the body.
Alvarez throws a push kick but Aremis slaps the foot to one side.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aremis with a nice cross.
Aremis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Alvarez's half guard.
Alvarez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aremis.
Alvarez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Aremis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aremis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
Aremis with the ground and pound but Alvarez uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Aremis lands a couple of elbows.
Aremis postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aremis scoring with some ground and pound.
Aremis works over Alvarez with some ground and pound from guard.
Aremis throws a big elbow that misses.
Aremis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alvarez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aremis is one step ahead there.
Aremis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Aremis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Aremis postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aremis's guard.
Alvarez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Xantos Aremis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alvarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Aremis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aremis is keeping the position for now.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Alvarez landing with the ground and pound.
Alvarez postures up.
Aremis wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez looking to pass the guard.
Aremis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alvarez manages to get himself to full guard.
Alvarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alvarez pulls Aremis in close to prevent any damage.
Aremis throwing strikes but missing.
Alvarez controlling Aremis's posture.
Aremis stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.
Alvarez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aremis's guard.
Alvarez being controlled here momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Aremis is on top in guard.
Alvarez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alvarez has Aremis pulled in close to control his posture.
Aremis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Aremis postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
Alvarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aremis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Aremis won't allow Alvarez to sweep him here.
Alvarez controls Aremis momentarily but Aremis frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xantos Aremis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Aremis throws the left hand but Alvarez avoids the punch easily.
Aremis looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Alvarez looks to land a left hand but Aremis moved out of range nicely.
Aremis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
Aremis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Alvarez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Alvarez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Alvarez tries to roll over but Aremis keeps him under control.
Aremis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aremis.
Aremis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
Alvarez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aremis prevents Alvarez from improving his position.
Aremis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alvarez manages to get to full guard.
Aremis throws a big elbow that misses.
Aremis wants to control from the top but Alvarez keeps moving.
Aremis connects with a couple of short punches.
Alvarez wants to sweep here but Aremis controlling him for the moment.
Aremis is looking to work some ground and pound but Alvarez has wrist control.
Aremis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aremis advances to half guard.
Aremis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alvarez's head.
Aremis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alvarez's head.
Alvarez moves into full guard.
Alvarez is controlling Aremis's posture.
Aremis trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alvarez trying to control the position here.
Alvarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alvarez pulls Aremis in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aremis throwing strikes but missing.
Aremis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alvarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aremis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Aremis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alvarez misses with a hook. Aremis ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Aremis misses the target.
Aremis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvarez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aremis misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Aremis.
Alvarez scores with the left hand. Aremis knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aremis lands a jab-cross combination.
Alvarez scoring well with a low kick there.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alvarez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aremis's waist but Aremis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alvarez off to one side.
Aremis misses with a straight left.
Alvarez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aremis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Aremis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez tests Aremis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Xantos Aremis has been cut.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Aremis.
Aremis is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Aremis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aremis lands a body shot.
Aremis moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Alvarez lands the left hand.
Aremis throws out a powerful jab.
Aremis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aremis moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xantos Aremis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aremis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xantos Aremis!
During a confident post fight interview, Xantos Aremis 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kordell Bailey Sr. (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). . Bailey Sr. has chosen Damian Marley - Road To Zion as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yeshua Immanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kordell Bailey Sr.!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Bailey Sr. misses.
Bailey Sr. will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bailey Sr. throws a body punch but Immanuel moves out of range.
Immanuel tries a head kick but it misses.
Bailey Sr. fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Bailey Sr. scores with a four punch combination!
Bailey Sr. misses the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Immanuel misses the target.
A lazy left from Bailey Sr. finds it's target.
Bailey Sr. lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Immanuel is rocked!
Immanuel throws a head kick that misses
and Bailey Sr. counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Immanuel badly! He tries to strike back but Bailey Sr. puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Immanuel out cold! Oh man, Immanuel will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kordell Bailey Sr.!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Kordell Bailey Sr. waved his t-shirt featuring HERITAGE! (message for laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zorba The Greek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakke Ruutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruutu has chosen 50 Cent - I'm Supposed to Die Tonight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jakke Ruutu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 37 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zorba The Greek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jakke Ruutu!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruutu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruutu missing with a left hand there. The Greek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ruutu with a jab.
The Greek on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Greek takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ruutu feints and then cracks The Greek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Greek down.
Ruutu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Greek swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Greek looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Greek is rocked!
The Greek ducks into an uppercut from Ruutu and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jakke Ruutu!
Jakke Ruutu decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Talbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Goyf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goyf has chosen Disturbed - Asylum 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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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Talbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tarmo Goyf!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goyf misses with a head kick.
Talbert blocks a head kick by Goyf.
Goyf throws a combination that misses
and Talbert connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goyf checks the leg kick.
Talbert is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Goyf jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Talbert moves out of range as Goyf strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Talbert.
Talbert drives through with a takedown into Goyf's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Talbert loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Goyf looking to hit a scissor sweep but Talbert is one step ahead there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goyf is controlling Talbert's posture.
Talbert preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talbert is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Talbert stopping the sweep attempt from Goyf.
Talbert is looking to work some ground and pound but Goyf has wrist control.
Our spies down at at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring) inform us that Goyf has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Talbert is looking to work some ground and pound but Goyf has wrist control.
Goyf controlling the position.
Talbert stands up over Goyf, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Goyf controlling the position.
Let's hope that Goyf has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Goyf has momentary wrist control but Talbert slips an elbow through the middle.
Talbert showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Goyf bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Talbert's guard.
Goyf trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Talbert can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Goyf controls the pace.
Talbert looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Talbert looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goyf sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Goyf trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Talbert looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Talbert is working hard here to advance position.
Goyf is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Goyf.
Talbert not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Goyf controls from within his opponent's guard.
Goyf trying to control but Talbert is working from the bottom.
Talbert tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goyf controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nice defenses there by Goyf.
Talbert lands a nice shot that snaps Goyf's head back.
A telegraphed right hand from Talbert misses the target.
Talbert checks the leg kick.
Goyf takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Talbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick from Goyf lands but Talbert takes it in his stride.
Talbert throws a hook to the side of Goyf's head but Goyf sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Talbert misses.
Tarmo Goyf is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Goyf lands a big right hand that sends Talbert crashing to the mat! Goyf stays standing though and waves Talbert back to his feet!
Talbert is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Talbert 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.
Talbert throws a big right hand that misses.
Talbert throws a big elbow that misses.
Goyf looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Talbert tries to free his leg and advance position but Goyf is retaining full guard.
Goyf wants to stand up but Talbert is controlling him.
Goyf looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Goyf is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Talbert won't allow Goyf to sweep him here.
Goyf utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Goyf keeping moving, preventing Talbert from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tarmo Goyf will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Talbert shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Talbert was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Talbert misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Goyf sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Goyf tries to get to full guard but Talbert has control of the leg.
Talbert is trying to control the action in half guard but Goyf is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Goyf wants to improve his position but Talbert is controlling well.
Talbert seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goyf is controlling Talbert's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Talbert lands a nice short elbow.
Talbert wants to lay and pray for a moment but Goyf keeps working.
Goyf tries to roll over but Talbert keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goyf trying to control from the bottom.
Goyf won't allow Talbert to pass to mount.
Talbert prevents Goyf from improving his position.
Talbert seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Goyf does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Talbert.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Talbert lands a nice short elbow.
Sam Talbert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Goyf is pressing down on Talbert's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Goyf looking for a sweep. Not yet Goyf, not yet.
Talbert makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Talbert is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Talbert throws a big elbow that misses.
Talbert preventing the sweep.
Goyf utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Talbert wants to pass the guard but Goyf is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talbert with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Goyf controls Talbert momentarily but Talbert frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Talbert accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Goyf is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Goyf wants to sweep but no luck.
Goyf is trying to control the position but Talbert postures up.
Talbert lands a couple of digs.
Talbert in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Talbert trying to control but Goyf is working from the bottom.
Talbert loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Goyf is trying to control the position but Talbert postures up.
Talbert throwing strikes but missing.
Talbert wants to control from the top but Goyf keeps moving.
Goyf looking to hit a scissor sweep but Talbert is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goyf managing to control the position.
Goyf tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Talbert stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Goyf swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Talbert keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Goyf's head.
Talbert loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Talbert pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Goyf is keeping the position for now.
Goyf pulls Talbert in close to prevent any damage.
Talbert preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Talbert wants to control from the top but Goyf keeps moving.
Goyf wants to sweep but no luck.
Talbert wants to control from the top but Goyf keeps moving.
Talbert controlling from the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Talbert tries to free his leg and advance position but Goyf is retaining full guard.
Goyf avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Talbert has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Goyf pulls Talbert in to control the position.
Goyf trying to keep a closed guard but Talbert is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Goyf throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goyf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Goyf slips under a jab from Talbert.
Goyf misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Talbert checks a low kick from Goyf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Talbert dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Goyf tries a head kick but it misses.
Goyf throws a series of punches but Talbert avoids them all with ease.
Goyf takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Talbert lands a nice looking body shot.
Talbert throws a body punch but Goyf moves out of range.
Tarmo Goyf seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Talbert scores with a hook.
A head kick misses from Goyf.
Sloppy strikes from Talbert. Those never looked like landing.
Talbert keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Goyf.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talbert throws the left hand but Goyf avoids the punch easily.
Goyf throws a series of punches but Talbert avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Talbert wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good shot there by Goyf.
Goyf moves into range and clinches up with Talbert.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talbert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Talbert is looking to take this one to the mat.
Goyf throws a head punch that misses.
Goyf missing with knees to the body.
Goyf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Goyf tries a body shot but Talbert blocks it.
Goyf misses with a punch on the inside.
Goyf being controlled against the cage.
Goyf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goyf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Talbert backwards.
Goyf lands a right hand.
Goyf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Talbert's elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Talbert.
Goyf comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Talbert leaning against his opponent.
Talbert is looking to control Goyf's arms but Goyf gets an underhook and turns him. Now Talbert has his back to the cage.
Goyf misses with some punches.
Goyf blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goyf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Goyf creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Talbert is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talbert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Goyf misses with a knee to the head.
Talbert managing to block the knees to the body from Goyf.
Goyf stops a takedown attempt from Talbert.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Talbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goyf swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Talbert prevents a body shot from Goyf.
Talbert blocks an uppercut.
Goyf blocks a body shot from Talbert.
Stalling in the clinch from Talbert.
Goyf misses with a knee to the head.
Talbert is trying to drag Goyf to the mat but Goyf just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talbert misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Talbert dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Talbert avoids the elbow strike from Goyf, against the cage.
Talbert is trying to break the clinch but Goyf is controlling him.
Talbert trying to control the position but instead, Goyf has worked for underhooks and has pushed Talbert into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A bit of stalling here from Talbert.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tarmo Goyf comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Goyf has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tarmo Goyf!
Tarmo Goyf decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amis Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Marcolini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcolini is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Raffaella Carra - Rumore. Marco Marcolini has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Amis Pelle's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Amis Pelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Marcolini!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcolini with a nice cross.
Pelle bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marcolini's head.
It looks like Marco Marcolini has been cut.
Marcolini dodges the punch combination from Pelle.
Marcolini gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marcolini scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pelle looking to stall.
Marcolini doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marcolini has Pelle pressed against the cage, preventing Pelle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pelle.
Pelle misses with a punch to the body.
Pelle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Marcolini has Pelle pressed against the cage, preventing Pelle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marcolini is looking to control Pelle's arms but Pelle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marcolini has his back to the cage.
Pelle lands with a light punch inside.
Marcolini changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pelle fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pelle connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcolini on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pelle 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.
Pelle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marcolini.
Marcolini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marcolini throws a hook but Pelle avoids it easily.
Pelle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marcolini missing with a left hand there. Pelle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pelle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcolini doesn't seem bothered though.
Marcolini defending well as Pelle loads up on a big left hand.
Marcolini misses with a body shot
and Pelle counters with a left to the body.
Marcolini fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pelle avoids it really well and circles away.
Pelle lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelle misses with a two punch combination.
Pelle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Marcolini lands a two punch combo.
Pelle misses with a straight right.
Pelle's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marcolini connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pelle scrambles back to his feet.
Pelle throws a hook but Marcolini avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Marcolini misses.
Pelle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Amis Pelle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pelle throws a series of punches but Marcolini moves out of range.
Marcolini moves into range and clinches up with Pelle.
Marcolini trying to control the position but instead, Pelle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marcolini into the cage.
Marcolini tries to land a knee to the head but Pelle blocks with his arms.
Marcolini crunches a lovely knee into Pelle's ribcage.
Marcolini crunches a lovely knee into Pelle's ribcage.
Pelle is breathing heavily.
Marcolini tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelle avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle letting Marcolini take a breather here.
Pelle is trying to force a seperation but Marcolini has the dominant position.
Marcolini unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pelle throws a punch but it's blocked by Marcolini.
Pelle misses with the head strike.
Pelle wants to break free but Marcolini has control.
Marcolini using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marcolini.
Marcolini with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marcolini trying to land knees to the body.
Marcolini has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Pelle goes down! Marcolini pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Pelle is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lull in the action here as Marcolini stalls from top position.
Oh Pelle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pelle is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
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.
Marcolini wants to take a breather but Pelle manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Marcolini.
Pelle seems to have got his legs back now.
Marcolini advances position into side control!
Marcolini is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pelle's shoulder. That is not cool.
Pelle tries to improve position but can't.
Marcolini creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pelle sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pelle struggling a bit here.
Marcolini taking a break here but Pelle is having none of it and regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Marcolini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Marcolini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marcolini works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pelle swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcolini.
Marcolini with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circling - Marcolini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pelle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marcolini tries to clinch there but Pelle circles away.
Pelle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pelle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pelle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelle misses with a left hand
and Marcolini counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pelle gets tackled into the cage by Marcolini. Marcolini maintains the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Pelle.
Marcolini is breathing heavily.
Marcolini keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pelle's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pelle managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.
Pelle manages to break the clinch.
Marcolini ducks under a wild hook from Pelle.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle throwing a counter right hand but Marcolini manages to avoid it.
Marcolini fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marcolini. Pelle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amis Pelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marcolini moves forwards but Pelle connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marcolini walks into a left hand.
Marcolini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelle.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle throws a right hand that misses
and Marcolini counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pelle walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a series of strikes that have Marcolini backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcolini misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Marcolini.
Marcolini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marcolini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marcolini tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pelle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcolini tries to clinch but Pelle is having none of it.
Pelle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Marcolini misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Pelle. Those never looked like landing.
Pelle misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a looping overhand right but Marcolini ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Marcolini. Those never looked like landing.
Pelle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcolini.
Pelle misses with a hook.
Marcolini connects with a body shot.
Marcolini shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pelle as he avoids it easily.
Pelle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pelle throws out a loose jab but Marcolini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle connects with a body shot.
Pelle digs a good body shot into Marcolini's ribs.
Pelle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marcolini throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marcolini shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pelle eats them both and turns towards Marcolini to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Marcolini shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pelle as he avoids it easily.
Marcolini wants to clinch.
Pelle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pelle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcolini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Pelle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A punch lands to the side of Marcolini 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcolini circles away quickly and effectively.
Pelle misses with a body shot
and Marcolini counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pelle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pelle swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcolini.
Pelle gets tackled into the cage by Marcolini. Marcolini maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amis Pelle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco Marcolini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Marcolini shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pelle pinned against the cage. Pelle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
It looked like Pelle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marcolini lands a nice shot that snaps Pelle's head back.
Pelle throws a hook to the side of Marcolini's head but Marcolini sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marcolini closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pelle counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcolini misses with an uppercut
and Pelle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pelle lands a jab-cross combination.
Pelle throws a nice looking combination but Marcolini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pelle lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle works the jab nicely.
Marcolini is rocked!
Amis Pelle is winning the standup battle so far.
Marcolini tries to clinch but Pelle moves out of range.
Marcolini is still on wobbly legs! Can Pelle finish him?
Pelle loads up on a big right hand but Marcolini slips the punch.
Marcolini uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pelle.
Marcolini seems to have recovered his senses.
Pelle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pelle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pelle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marcolini under the eye.
Pelle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marcolini under the eye.
Marcolini moves out of range of the strikes.
Pelle's corner calls for a 1-2. Pelle obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marcolini seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Pelle shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Marcolini is backing up but Pelle catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Marcolini covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Pelle Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amis Pelle!
Amis Pelle decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Geissen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and How Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Anthem by Onra. How Long acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shawn Geissen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, How Long!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Geissen.
Geissen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Geissen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Long takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good standup being displayed there by Long as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Shawn Geissen has been cut.
Geissen throws an off balance right hand
and Long moves into the clinch.
Long tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Geissen's elbow.
Geissen swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Geissen has a couple of punches blocked by Long.
Long lands a left hand.
Stalling in the clinch from Geissen.
Long misses with a body punch.
Long is trying to stall.
Geissen lands an elbow that stopped Long in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like How Long has been cut.
Long can't find room to land a body shot as Geissen controls the action.
Geissen lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Geissen working aggressively here.
Long misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Geissen fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Long.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Geissen.
Still in the clinch, Long scores with a nice short uppercut.
Long tries to work over Geissen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Long letting Geissen take a breather here.
Long has a couple of punches blocked by Geissen.
Geissen blocks an uppercut.
Long manages to break the clinch.
Geissen misses with a body punch
and Long counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Long.
Long goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Geissen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.
Geissen throws a punch but it's blocked by Long.
Geissen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Geissen lands an elbow that stopped Long in his tracks for a moment.
Long lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Geissen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Long.
Long breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long slips a straight right by Geissen.
Long misses with a wild body shot.
Geissen misses with a hook.
Long on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Geissen throws an off balance right hand
and Long counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Geissen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Long.
Geissen is refusing to be controlled, as Long sits in half guard.
Geissen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Long throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Long wants to take a breather but Geissen is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Long is looking to advance position but Geissen won't allow it.
Geissen tries to get to full guard but Long has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Long not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Geissen is just riding it out for now. Long eventually gives up the hold.
Long is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Geissen reverses the position - he's now on top in Long's guard.
Long is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Geissen is aware though and is defending well.
Long is looking to cinch up a triangle. Geissen throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Long's body to avoid the submission. Long has instead reached around Geissen's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Long arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). How Long!
How Long decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cinder Smaug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zell Griever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zell Griever will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
36 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cinder Smaug!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zell Griever!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smaug throws a body punch but Griever moves out of range.
Smaug backing away here, and Griever unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Griever has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Griever there as he acknowledges the shot.
Griever drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Zell Griever has been cut.
Smaug drives through and clinches with Griever against the cage.
Smaug misses with a punch on the inside.
Smaug tries to stall but Griever uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smaug displaying some good clinch control by pressing Griever up against the cage.
Griever tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smaug's elbow.
Smaug goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Griever.
Griever swings wildly with an uppercut but Smaug uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smaug throws a punch but it's blocked by Griever.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smaug.
Smaug working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Griever misses with some punches.
Smaug tries to work over Griever's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Griever.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smaug tries to throw a body punch but Griever avoids it by throwing Smaug back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griever swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smaug fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Griever.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griever.
Smaug tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smaug misses with a body punch.
Griever tries to work over Smaug's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smaug lands a hook that snaps the head of Griever backwards.
Griever fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smaug misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smaug swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Griever lands a hook that snaps the head of Smaug backwards.
A hook to the body from Smaug.
Griever swings wildly with an uppercut but Smaug uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griever scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smaug lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griever backwards.
Smaug holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smaug lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Griever fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smaug throws a punch but it's blocked by Griever.
Smaug goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smaug.
Griever misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smaug misses with a hook from the clinch.
Griever blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smaug tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Smaug fails to land.
Smaug misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smaug blocks a body shot from Griever.
Smaug lands a body shot in the clinch.
Smaug's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Smaug misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griever is leaning against Smaug and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smaug has Griever pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smaug doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griever lands with a light punch inside.
Griever lands a body shot in the clinch.
Smaug is breathing heavily.
Smaug blocks a body shot from Griever.
Smaug tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griever's elbow.
A short left from Griever.
A short right from Griever on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Griever as the two fighters clinch.
Griever lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griever.
Good body shot from Griever.
Griever misses with some punches.
Smaug tries to stall but Griever uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Griever misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griever tries to throw a body punch but Smaug avoids it by throwing Griever back against the cage.
Griever stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Griever doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griever tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griever lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Griever.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smaug tries to work over Griever's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Griever.
Smaug blocks an uppercut.
Griever pushes Smaug back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griever misses with a punch on the inside.
Smaug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griever working aggressively here.
Smaug lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griever.
Griever works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Griever pushes Smaug back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griever misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Griever lands an uppercut.
Griever scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Griever.
Griever lands with a left to the head.
Griever lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zell Griever dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zell Griever's cut.
That's time! Smaug's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Griever pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griever takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Smaug moves in looking to clinch but Griever pushes him off.
Smaug blocks a head kick by Griever.
Smaug lands with a shot to the body.
Smaug throws a sloppy body shot
and Griever counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Smaug pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Griever stuns Smaug with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Griever throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smaug swings for the body but Griever moves out of range.
Smaug misses with a left hand
and Griever counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smaug thinking.
Griever scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Cinder Smaug has been cut.
Griever throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Griever gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smaug.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griever avoids the head kick by Smaug.
We've been told by Smaug's head coaches at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Smaug throws a body shot but no joy.
Smaug tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smaug digs a good body shot into Griever's ribs.
Smaug moves out of range as Griever throws a body kick.
Smaug uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griever.
Smaug displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cinder Smaug is winning the standup battle so far.
Smaug throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Griever connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smaug gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Griever makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Smaug drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Griever lands with a big right hook that stumbles Smaug - he's out on his feet here! Griever follows up with another monster hook that separates Smaug from consciousness! Smaug falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Griever stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zell Griever!
Zell Griever is the new heavyweight champion!
Zell Griever thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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