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USFC 116 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelos Stamatis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stamatis's entrance music is Audiomachine - Earth Shaker. A fine choice. Child has chosen VooDoo as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelos Stamatis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Child!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stamatis lands with a nice combination. Child backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Marcus Child has been cut.
Child moves in looking to clinch but Stamatis pushes him off.
Child swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Child ducks under a wild hook from Stamatis.
A shot to the body from Stamatis misses
and Child connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Child throws the left hand but Stamatis avoids the punch easily.
Stamatis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stamatis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stamatis half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Stamatis takes one on the button.
Stamatis swings for the body but Child moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Child. That's going to slow Stamatis down.
Stamatis blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Child throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Child lands a head kick. Stamatis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Child has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Child throws a head kick that misses.
Child throws a body shot but no joy.
Child lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Child scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Child ducks right into an uppercut from Stamatis.
A head kick misses from Child.
Stamatis drops down looking for a counter takedown but Child sprawls and moves away.
Stamatis tries to bum rush Child with a series of wild strikes but Child uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stamatis displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Child fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot by Child.
Stamatis connects with a crisp jab.
Child lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stamatis's sensitive parts.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Child.
Stamatis moves away from the strike by Child.
Stamatis feinted with a counter takedown.
Stamatis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Child.
Stamatis misses the jab.
Child throws a hook but Stamatis avoids it easily.
Stamatis attempts a counter takedown but Child avoids it well and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Child scores with a jab.
Child throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stamatis attempts a counter takedown but Child avoids it well and moves away.
Marcus Child seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Child throws a quick inside leg kick.
Child throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Child misses with a looping left.
Child misses with a straight left.
Stamatis throws out a loose jab but Child uses good head movement to avoid it.
Child pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stamatis attempts a counter takedown but Child avoids it well and moves away.
Child throws a sloppy head kick
and Stamatis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Stamatis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Stamatis.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stamatis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Child trying to hold on to Stamatis's head to control him but Stamatis postures up.
Nice strikes from Stamatis there.
Stamatis working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stamatis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Child manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Stamatis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stamatis is working Child over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Child controlling the position.
Child is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Stamatis landing some decent shots from guard.
Stamatis chips away with some ground and pound.
Stamatis distracts Child with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stamatis lands a couple of elbows.
Child is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stamatis is aware though and is defending well.
Child is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stamatis defends well.
Child trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stamatis connects with a couple of short punches.
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!
Stamatis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stamatis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stamatis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stamatis with a nice head shot there.
Child is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stamatis defends well.
Stamatis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Child is rocked!
Stamatis chips away with some ground and pound.
Child looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Child is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stamatis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Child's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Child's back!
You can see the frustration on Child's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelos Stamatis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Child'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.
Child pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Stamatis back to the cage. Child follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Child fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good exchange - Child coming out on top.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Child, right into the meat.
Stamatis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stamatis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Child is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stamatis pulls his head out easily.
Stamatis working the head and body with strikes.
Stamatis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stamatis winds up and cracks Child with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Child is still in real trouble! Can Stamatis finish him?
Child looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Child seems to have recovered his senses.
Stamatis drops an elbow to the side of Child's head.
Child has hold of Stamatis's hands but Stamatis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Child has hold of Stamatis's hands but Stamatis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Angelos Stamatis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Child works his way to full guard. Good work.
Stamatis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stamatis works over Child with some ground and pound from guard.
Stamatis cracks Child with a solid left hand.
Stamatis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Child looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stamatis stands up over Child, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stamatis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stamatis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Child has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stamatis has managed to get both his arms back between Child's legs - danger averted.
Stamatis postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Child covers up, he's hurt! Stamatis keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Stamatis and the ref steps in to end the fight! Stamatis can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelos Stamatis!
Angelos Stamatis 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Marian Balkon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson has chosen Rolling In The Deep as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marian Balkon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Balkon misses.
Balkon looks to throw the jab but Karlsson is out of range.
Balkon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Balkon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balkon blocks a body shot from Karlsson.
Balkon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karlsson backwards.
Balkon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karlsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balkon misses with a knee to the head.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Balkon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Balkon throws knees to the body.
Karlsson breaks the clinch.
Balkon scores with a sloppy right hand. Karlsson should have avoided that one.
Karlsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karlsson throws a sloppy head kick and Balkon moves out of range easily.
Karlsson throws out a loose jab but Balkon uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karlsson.
Karlsson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karlsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balkon looks to land a left hand but Karlsson moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkon jabs Karlsson right on the nose. Karlsson blinks but takes it well.
Karlsson blocks a jab.
Balkon connects with a right hand. Karlsson shakes it off.
Karlsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balkon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Karlsson eats them both and turns towards Balkon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Balkon throws a right and a left that Karlsson avoids nicely.
Karlsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Balkon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Karlsson scrambles back to his feet.
Karlsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balkon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Marian Balkon has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balkon finds it's way round the side to connect with Karlsson's head.
A slow jab from Karlsson misses its intended target.
Some wild striking there from Karlsson.
Karlsson throws a combination. Balkon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Balkon cracks Karlsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Balkon throws a hook but Karlsson blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Balkon there.
Karlsson lands a head kick!
Balkon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karlsson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balkon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karlsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Karlsson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Balkon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Balkon scores with a nice right hand.
Karlsson throws a lazy uppercut
and Balkon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Karlsson misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Balkon tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balkon tries a head kick but it misses.
Karlsson throws a shot from downtown. Balkon moves away and avoids it.
Balkon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karlsson.
Karlsson throws a big shot that misses.
Karlsson throws an overhand right that lands on Balkon's shoulder, as Balkon tries to avoid the shot.
Balkon missing with a left hand there. Karlsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkon clinches with his opponent.
Balkon wants to stall.
Karlsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson lands a really nice looking cross but Balkon seems unphased.
Balkon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Balkon cracks Karlsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Karlsson lands a jab.
Karlsson moves away from the strike by Balkon.
Balkon moves out of range of the strikes.
Balkon throws a lazy right hand but Karlsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Balkon avoids them all with ease.
Karlsson avoids the head kick by Balkon.
Balkon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Karlsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Erik Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balkon misses with a head kick.
Karlsson misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut lands for Balkon. That snapped Karlsson's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Balkon coming out on top.
Karlsson connects with a crisp jab.
Karlsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balkon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karlsson.
Balkon is looking to clinch but Karlsson is avoiding it.
Balkon clinches up against the cage.
Balkon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karlsson is defending well for now.
Balkon working aggressively here.
Karlsson can't find room to land a body shot as Balkon controls the action.
Balkon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balkon leaning his opponent against the cage.
Balkon looking to throw knees to the head but Karlsson is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balkon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karlsson avoiding damage as Balkon throws knees to the body.
Karlsson manages to break the clinch.
Karlsson lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marian Balkon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marian Balkon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Karlsson swings widly with a right hand
and Balkon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlsson slips a straight right by Balkon.
Karlsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balkon.
Balkon swings widly with a right hand
and Karlsson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Karlsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Balkon tries to close the distance and clinch but Karlsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Karlsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick by Karlsson misses
and Balkon counters with a series of strikes. Karlsson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Balkon misses with a looping right.
Balkon with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Balkon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balkon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balkon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Karlsson moves out of range as Balkon strikes.
Karlsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balkon.
Karlsson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Balkon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karlsson can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkon 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.
Karlsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Karlsson scores with a shot to the body.
Karlsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Balkon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marian Balkon is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice jab there from Balkon.
Balkon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karlsson lands a jab.
Karlsson misses with a wild body shot.
Balkon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with a wild body shot.
Balkon misses the jab.
Karlsson throws out a powerful jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkon scores with a jab. Karlsson acknowledges it with a nod 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!
Balkon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karlsson.
A combination from Karlsson does no damage.
Balkon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Karlsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karlsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Balkon throws a hook but Karlsson blocks it.
Balkon avoids the head kick by Karlsson.
Balkon throwing a counter right hand but Karlsson manages to avoid it.
Balkon scores with a hook.
Karlsson misses with a double jab.
Balkon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karlsson looks to land a combination but Balkon avoids it well.
Karlsson throws a head kick but Balkon moves out of range.
Balkon stuns Karlsson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karlsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balkon moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromKarlsson.
Balkon scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Karlsson.
Balkon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Karlsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Balkon. Balkon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Karlsson moves away from the strike by Balkon.
Karlsson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Karlsson throws a shot from downtown. Balkon moves away and avoids it.
Balkon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Balkon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karlsson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Balkon gets a clinch.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Balkon throws knees to the body.
Marian Balkon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karlsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balkon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balkon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balkon lands a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Balkon.
Balkon lands a knee to the body.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balkon breaks from the clinch.
Balkon swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson staying out of range there.
Karlsson misses with a hook.
Karlsson throws a looping overhand right but Balkon ducks down to avoid it.
Balkon is looking to clinch but Karlsson is avoiding it.
Karlsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Balkon misses the target.
Karlsson tries to land a leg kick but Balkon saw it coming and moves away.
Balkon scores with a hook to the body. Karlsson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Balkon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karlsson on the side of the head.
Balkon tries to clinch but Karlsson is having none of it.
A jab from Karlsson misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balkon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karlsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karlsson loads up on a big right hand but Balkon slips the punch.
Balkon is looking to counter punch.
Balkon defending well as Karlsson loads up on a big left hand.
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 Marian Balkon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marian Balkon's cut.
That's time! Balkon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Karlsson tries to bum rush Balkon with a series of wild strikes but Balkon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karlsson looks to land a right hand but Balkon moved out of range.
Karlsson throws a poor cross that misses
and Balkon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balkon looks to land a combination. Karlsson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Karlsson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Balkon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Balkon.
Karlsson throws an overhand right that lands on Balkon's shoulder, as Balkon tries to avoid the shot.
Balkon throws a head kick but Karlsson moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karlsson. Balkon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balkon throwing a counter right hand but Karlsson manages to avoid it.
Balkon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Karlsson momentarily.
Balkon lands a head shot.
Karlsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Balkon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karlsson manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balkon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karlsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balkon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balkon.
Balkon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balkon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karlsson manages to avoid it.
A jab from Karlsson misses.
Jab, jab by Balkon - just one landing.
Karlsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balkon finds it's way round the side to connect with Karlsson's head.
Balkon looks to land a left hand but Karlsson moved out of range nicely.
Karlsson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Balkon backs up against the cage.
Karlsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balkon.
Balkon misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Karlsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karlsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Balkon counters with a stiff right hand.
Balkon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Balkon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balkon misses with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlsson tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkon ducks under a wild hook from Karlsson.
Some wild striking there from Balkon.
Balkon avoids the head kick by Karlsson.
Karlsson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBalkon.
Karlsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karlsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balkon was well out of range. Poor timing from Karlsson.
Balkon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters circling - Balkon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balkon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Karlsson throws a hook but Balkon avoids it easily.
Karlsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balkon.
Balkon misses with an uppercut. Karlsson saw that one coming.
Karlsson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Balkon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karlsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Karlsson misses the target.
Balkon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Balkon to counter with a crisp jab.
Karlsson missing with a left hand there. Balkon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Balkon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balkon throws the left hand but Karlsson avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Karlsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Balkon throws a jab but it's blocked by Karlsson.
Balkon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balkon throws a lazy head kick
and Karlsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karlsson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Balkons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Karlsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Karlsson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Balkon ducks under a wild hook from Karlsson.
Balkon cracks Karlsson with an open hand slap.
Karlsson lands a nice hook to Balkon's body. Balkon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Karlsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balkon.
Balkon throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Karlsson misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Balkon momentarily.
Karlsson gets tackled into the cage by Balkon. Balkon maintains the clinch.
Karlsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Balkon has double underhooks.
Karlsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balkon backwards.
Karlsson avoids the elbow strike from Balkon, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karlsson as Balkon tries to tie him up.
Balkon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karlsson's defenses.
Balkon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karlsson's face.
Balkon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Balkon blocks an uppercut.
Balkon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balkon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Balkon throws a big shot that misses.
Balkon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karlsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erik Karlsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karlsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marian Balkon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Balkon 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marian Balkon!
Marian Balkon thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maya Chigg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viggo Heitannan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Viggo Heitannan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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26
173 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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26
175 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maya Chigg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Viggo Heitannan!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heitannan lands a high kick!
Chigg lands a nice shot that snaps Heitannan's head back.
Heitannan's coach down at School of Hard Knocks (Elite Training for $225) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Heitannan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Chigg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chigg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A clash of legs there as Chigg blocks the low kick.
Chigg lands a front kick.
Chigg fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chigg scores with a jab to the body.
Chigg doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chigg lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chigg thumps Heitannan with a low kick.
Chigg throws a body shot but no joy.
Heitannan takes one to the side of the head.
Heitannan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chigg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chigg stuns Heitannan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chigg lands with a nice body kick.
Heitannan looks winded!
Nice body kick there by Chigg.
Chigg connects with a body shot that sends Heitannan's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heitannan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice jab there from Chigg.
Chigg thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Heitannan if he has to take too many more of those.
Chigg throws a body shot but no joy.
Heitannan flicks out a counter leg kick but Chigg steps away.
A good leg kick by Chigg.
Heitannan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chigg scores with a kick to the body.
Heitannan walks into a left hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chigg.
Chigg scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chigg clinches up with Heitannan and pushes him back against the cage.
Chigg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chigg presses Heitannan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chigg pushes Heitannan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chigg avoiding damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chigg creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chigg.
Chigg tries a body shot but Heitannan blocks it.
Heitannan tries to stall but Chigg uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chigg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chigg lands a left hand.
Heitannan wants to get back to striking at distance but Chigg won't allow it.
Heitannan tries a body shot but Chigg blocks it.
A short right from Chigg.
Chigg lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chigg.
Heitannan working aggressively here.
Chigg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chigg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Heitannan tries to work over Chigg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chigg misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Heitannan fails to land.
Chigg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heitannan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Heitannan misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heitannan lands with a right to the head.
Chigg lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heitannan tries to work over Chigg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chigg prevents a body shot from Heitannan.
Chigg lands with a short shot to the head.
Chigg lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chigg.
Heitannan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chigg.
Heitannan prevents a body shot from Chigg.
Chigg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heitannans head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chigg as Heitannan tries to tie him up.
A short right from Chigg.
Heitannan blocks a body shot from Chigg.
Chigg lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chigg lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chigg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chigg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chigg misses with a body punch.
Chigg lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chigg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heitannan misses with some punches.
Chigg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heitannan backwards.
Chigg pushes Heitannan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chigg.
Chigg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chigg lands a body shot.
Chigg gets through Heitannan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heitannan can't find room to land a body shot as Chigg controls the action.
A short uppercut from Chigg.
Chigg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chigg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chigg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chigg cracks Heitannan with a nice body shot.
Chigg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Heitannan backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chigg.
Chigg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chigg lands a shoulder strike.
Heitannan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maya Chigg 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.
Chigg throws a head kick but Heitannan moves out of range.
Chigg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chigg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chigg creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chigg lands a left hand.
Heitannan blocks a body shot from Chigg.
Chigg digs a right hand underneath Heitannan's ribcage. Heitannan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chigg.
Chigg is working Heitannan over against the cage.
Chigg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heitannan can do to turn this around?
Heitannan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Chigg - that landed with a thud.
Heitannan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chigg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heitannan backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chigg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heitannan backwards.
Heitannan has a couple of punches blocked by Chigg.
Heitannan is breathing heavily.
Heitannan has a couple of punches blocked by Chigg.
Chigg breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chigg dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heitannan. That did some damage!
Chigg looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heitannan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chigg lands a nice hook to Heitannan's body. Heitannan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chigg lands a big head kick that sends Heitannan tumbling to the mat! Chigg takes a step backwards and waves Heitannan back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Heitannan is rocked!
It looks like Viggo Heitannan has been cut.
Chigg throws a body shot but no joy.
Heitannan is still on wobbly legs! Can Chigg finish him?
A kick lands to the mid section there for Chigg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chigg connects with a single shot there.
Chigg connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chigg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chigg lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heitannan misses with a body shot.
Heitannan seems to have recovered his senses.
Chigg cracks Heitannan with a good jab.
Chigg lands a nice looking kick to the body. Heitannan takes a step back to recover.
Heitannan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chigg counters with an outside leg kick.
Heitannan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chigg lands a big right hand that sends Heitannan crashing to the mat! Chigg stays standing though and waves Heitannan back to his feet!
Chigg lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chigg cracks the inside of Heitannan's front leg.
Heitannan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chigg ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Heitannan's jaw. Heitannan's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Chigg does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Maya Chigg!
After the big win, Maya Chigg made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacek Kaminski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
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291 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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World class MT
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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
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacek Kaminski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Miller!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller works Kaminski's body with a nice hook.
Kaminski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Miller letting Kaminski take a breather here.
Miller wants to break free but Kaminski has control.
Miller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Miller slows down the pace here.
Miller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Jacek Kaminski has been cut.
Miller throws a punch but it's blocked by Kaminski.
Miller lands a knee to the body.
Kaminski is breathing heavily.
Miller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Miller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kaminski takes a shot to the head.
Miller throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miller lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kaminski backwards.
Kaminski is rocked!
Kaminski is trying to maintain a safe position but Miller gets an underhook and turns Kaminski into the cage.
Oh Kaminski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Miller looking to throw knees to the head but Kaminski is blocking nicely.
Miller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miller has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kaminski seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Miller can turn it around.
Kaminski blocks an uppercut.
Miller scores a nice knee to the body.
Kaminski seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miller drops Kaminski with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Kaminski looks back up at him and smiles so Miller waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Miller connects with a body shot that sends Kaminski's belly button to the back.
Kaminski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Miller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Miller darts in and clinches Kaminski up against the cage.
Miller pushes Kaminski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jacek Kaminski's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Miller misses with a punch on the inside.
Miller pushes Kaminski against the cage. Miller is working some dirty boxing. Miller pushes off with a quick right hook! Kaminski goes down! Kaminski tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Miller moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Miller!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Marakatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawk's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, This Fire Burns. Marakatti has chosen Beyoncé - Halo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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195 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Hawk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ville Marakatti!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk throws out a loose jab but Marakatti uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marakatti! But no joy.
Marakatti throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hawk was covering up waiting for the punch and Marakatti finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hawk pushes Marakatti off and gets back to his feet.
We've been told by Hawk's head coaches at Elite Strikers that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hawk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marakatti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hawk gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hawk uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marakatti.
Hawk throws a jab but it's blocked by Marakatti.
Marakatti ducks under a wild hook from Hawk.
Marakatti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marakatti fails with the takedown
and Hawk counters with a straight right hand.
Hawk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marakatti.
Marakatti throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hawk was covering up waiting for the punch and Marakatti finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marakatti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hawk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marakatti controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hawk wants to stand and escape but Marakatti is having none of it.
Marakatti thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hawk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marakatti engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hawk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marakatti on the ground.
Hawk wants to stand and escape but Marakatti is having none of it.
Marakatti landing with the ground and pound.
Marakatti trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hawk keeping moving, preventing Marakatti from controlling successfully.
Hawk looking for a sweep. Not yet Hawk, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marakatti working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marakatti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marakatti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marakatti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marakatti wants to control from the top but Hawk keeps moving.
Hawk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hawk keeping full guard, as Marakatti tries to pass.
Hawk 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.
Marakatti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hawk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hawk is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk wants to sweep but no luck.
Marakatti looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Marakatti prevents Hawk from getting back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tim Hawk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Marakatti with that takedown attempt.
Marakatti moves away from the strike by Hawk.
Hawk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marakatti circles away quickly and effectively.
Hawk misses with a hook.
Hawk lands a head shot.
Tim Hawk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marakatti looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tim Hawk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ville Marakatti.
A big right from Hawk misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk throws out a loose jab but Marakatti uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Marakatti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marakatti shoots in looking for a takedown. Hawk tries to sprawl out of it but Marakatti keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hawk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hawk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marakatti's head.
A jab from Hawk finds it's way through Marakatti's defenses.
Marakatti defending well as Hawk loads up on a big left hand.
Hawk is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Marakatti walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marakatti is looking to clinch.
Hawk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Marakatti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marakatti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marakatti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Hawk dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hawk misses with a looping left.
Marakatti appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Marakatti shoots in but no luck this time.
Marakatti slips a jab from Hawk.
Hawk misses with a hook
and Marakatti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marakatti closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hawk's guard.
Hawk has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Marakatti has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Marakatti fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marakatti prevents Hawk from breaking the clinch.
Hawk lands with a left to the head.
Hawk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marakatti pulls Hawk into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marakatti looking for a guillotine here but Hawk defends easily.
Hawk wants to stand but Marakatti has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Marakatti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marakatti is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marakatti trying to control the position here.
Hawk gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Marakatti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hawk throws out the jab.
Marakatti slips under a jab.
Hawk throws the left hand but Marakatti avoids the punch easily.
Hawk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marakatti throws out a counter right but Hawk avoids it with no problem.
Marakatti looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hawk is fending him off so far but Marakatti persists. Nope, Hawk circles away and we're back to standing.
Tim Hawk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ville Marakatti.
Marakatti slips a jab from Hawk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawk scores with a jab to the jaw.
Marakatti shoots in for a takedown but Hawk shows good takedown defense.
Hawk misses with a lunging right hand
letting Marakatti counter with a right hand.
Marakatti fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hawk avoids it really well and circles away.
Tim Hawk is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawk misses the target.
Marakatti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hawk throws a looping overhand right but Marakatti ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Marakatti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marakatti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marakatti blocks a jab.
Marakatti shoots in and bounces Hawk off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marakatti won't allow Hawk to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk keeping full guard, as Marakatti tries to pass.
Hawk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marakatti is one step ahead there.
Marakatti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marakatti postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marakatti won't allow Hawk to get back to his feet.
Hawk being controlled here, momentarily.
Marakatti drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Marakatti jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet but Marakatti is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
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.
Marakatti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marakatti sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hawk's guard.
Hawk trying to control here.
Hawk is trying to get back to full guard.
Hawk is not content to let Marakatti control the position.
Marakatti is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet.
Hawk is trying to get back to full guard.
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 Tim Hawk will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hawk throws a looping overhand right but Marakatti ducks down to avoid it.
Hawk swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marakatti decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hawk's guard.
Ville Marakatti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marakatti trying to control but Hawk is working from the bottom.
Hawk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marakatti is fighting to break Hawk's control of his arms but Hawk is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Marakatti wants to control from the top but Hawk keeps moving.
Marakatti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hawk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marakatti drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Marakatti jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Marakatti seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Marakatti wants to pass the guard but Hawk is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk wants to stand but Marakatti is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marakatti drops back looking for a leg! Hawk is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hawk manages to kick Marakatti off! Marakatti jumps back into Hawk's guard.
Marakatti drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Marakatti jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hawk is looking to stand up but Marakatti isn't so interested in that idea.
Marakatti is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hawk holds on and takes a little breather.
Marakatti passes into half guard.
Marakatti is trying for a kimura here. Hawk looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Marakatti wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ville Marakatti!
An out of breath Ville Marakatti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Galt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koios Dionysos Molovgomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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Lethal high kicks
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Galt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Koios Dionysos Molovgomedov!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Molovgomedov. Galt shrugs it off though.
Galt wants to slow Molovgomedov down by chopping away at his legs.
Galt throws a jab when Molovgomedov was well out of range.
Galt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Molovgomedov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Galt shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Molovgomedov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Molovgomedov is looking to reverse the position.
Galt thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Galt tries to advance to mount but Molovgomedov instead regains half guard.
Galt looks to land a strike but Molovgomedov avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Galt throws a strike but Molovgomedov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Molovgomedov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Galt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Molovgomedov defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galt controls Molovgomedov momentarily but Molovgomedov frees himself.
Galt is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Molovgomedov content to stall in guard here.
Molovgomedov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two 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.
Galt escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Molovgomedov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Molovgomedov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Galt pulls Molovgomedov in close to his closed guard and prevents Molovgomedov from doing any damage or advancing position.
Galt is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molovgomedov preventing the sweep.
Molovgomedov wants to pass the guard but Galt is keeping the position.
Galt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Molovgomedov. That's going to slow Galt down.
A big left from Galt misses.
Molovgomedov throws a lazy right hand but Galt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Galt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Molovgomedov misses with a kick to the body.
Molovgomedov misses with a head kick.
Galt tries to score with a low kick but Molovgomedov moves his leg out of the way.
Molovgomedov throws a counter combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Molovgomedov slips under a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Galt, right into the meat.
Molovgomedov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Galt takes a step back to recover.
Molovgomedov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Galt's sensitive parts.
Molovgomedov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Molovgomedov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Galt takes a step back to recover.
Galt connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Galt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Galt 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.
Galt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Molovgomedov's calf.
Molovgomedov lands a leg kick that knocks Galt off balance momentarily.
Galt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Molovgomedov.
Galt throws a lazy right hand but Molovgomedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Galt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Molovgomedov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Galt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Molovgomedov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Galt drops down looking for a counter takedown but Molovgomedov sprawls and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koios Dionysos Molovgomedov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice takedown defense from Molovgomedov. No joy for Galt on that attempt.
Galt scores with a nice right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Molovgomedov.
Molovgomedov closes the distance and clinches.
Galt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Molovgomedov gets underhooks to prevent Galt's takedown attempt.
Galt is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Molovgomedov is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Galt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Molovgomedov pushes Galt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Molovgomedov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Galt's brow.
Galt wants to take the fight to the mat but Molovgomedov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Galt tries to score a body lock takedown but Molovgomedov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Molovgomedov lands a nice uppercut.
Galt drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Molovgomedov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Molovgomedov tries to throw a body punch but Galt avoids it by throwing Molovgomedov back against the cage.
Galt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Galt is looking for a takedown.
Galt wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Molovgomedov.
Molovgomedov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Galt has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Molovgomedov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Molovgomedov scores with a nice body kick.
Molovgomedov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Galt's head backwards.
Molovgomedov moves in looking to clinch but Galt pushes him off.
John Galt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Molovgomedov looks for the body kick but Galt saw that one coming.
Molovgomedov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Molovgomedov lands a head kick!
Molovgomedov is looking to clinch.
A good leg kick by Molovgomedov.
Galt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Molovgomedov slips under a jab from Galt.
Molovgomedov wants to clinch up but Galt keeps it at a distance.
Galt sizes up Molovgomedov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Molovgomedov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Molovgomedov tries to land a front kick but Galt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Molovgomedov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molovgomedov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Galt's calf.
Molovgomedov throws a sloppy head kick and Galt moves out of range easily.
Molovgomedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Molovgomedov lands with a kick to the ribs.
Galt takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Galt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Molovgomedov staying out of range there.
Galt slips a jab and a cross from Molovgomedov.
Galt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Molovgomedov.
Molovgomedov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Galt drops down looking for a counter takedown but Molovgomedov sprawls and moves away.
Galt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A clash of legs there as Molovgomedov blocks the low kick.
Galt lands a glancing blow to the side of Molovgomedov's head.
Galt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Koios Dionysos Molovgomedov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Molovgomedov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Galt.
Molovgomedov connects with a jab.
Molovgomedov just misses with a punch to the body.
Galt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molovgomedov lands a nice looking body kick.
Molovgomedov doesn't manage to clinch there - Galt circles away.
Good leg kick by Molovgomedov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Molovgomedov tries a low kick but Galt avoids it.
Look low, kick high! Molovgomedov uses the oldest trick in the book to send Galt tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Molovgomedov is absolutely delighted - when Galt wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Koios Dionysos Molovgomedov!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wulfgar Schwarz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrik Vasilev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasilev has chosen Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix Radio Edit) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wulfgar Schwarz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adrik Vasilev!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasilev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vasilev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schwarz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schwarz misses with an elbow strike.
Schwarz tries a body shot but Vasilev blocks it.
Vasilev has had enough of the clinch but Schwarz keeps him there for the moment.
Schwarz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schwarz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vasilev walks away with a smile on his face. Schwarz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Schwarz staying out of range there.
Vasilev takes one on the button.
Vasilev darts in and clinches Schwarz up against the cage.
Schwarz jumps guard but Vasilev turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Vasilev told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Schwarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wulfgar Schwarz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schwarz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vasilev's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasilev blocks an elbow strike from Schwarz.
Vasilev dodges an elbow strike from Schwarz.
Vasilev blocks an elbow strike.
Schwarz tries to pull guard but Vasilev forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Vasilev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vasilev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schwarz forces Vasilev back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarz tries to throw a body punch but Vasilev avoids it by throwing Schwarz back against the cage.
Schwarz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vasilev avoids the elbow strike from Schwarz, against the cage.
Schwarz jumps guard but Vasilev stands there with Schwarz around his waist. Schwarz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Schwarz lands a nice shot to the body.
Schwarz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasilev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vasilev blocks an elbow strike.
Vasilev tries to work over Schwarz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vasilev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vasilev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schwarz moves out of range of the body kick.
Vasilev has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schwarz finds it's way round the side to connect with Vasilev's head.
Schwarz gets a clinch.
Schwarz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vasilev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz pulls guard successfully.
Vasilev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Schwarz is looking to sweep but instead, Vasilev has passed into half guard.
Schwarz is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwarz wants to get back to full guard but Vasilev has mounted him!
Schwarz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Schwarz is working hard here to advance position.
Vasilev controlling from the full mount.
Schwarz is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz gets back to half guard.
Schwarz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Schwarz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vasilev lands a couple of digs.
Schwarz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vasilev's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Schwarz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schwarz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Schwarz tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasilev is retaining full guard.
Schwarz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vasilev's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Schwarz trying to advance position but Vasilev counters by regaining guard.
Vasilev is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Schwarz is aware though and is defending well.
Schwarz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vasilev is keeping the position for now.
Vasilev striking off his back but it's not causing Schwarz any problems.
Schwarz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vasilev is keeping the position for now.
Schwarz is looking to advance position but Vasilev has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
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 Wulfgar Schwarz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vasilev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vasilev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vasilev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Schwarz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schwarz there as he acknowledges the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schwarz checks a leg kick.
Vasilev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vasilev just misses with a punch to the body.
Vasilev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schwarz at a distance.
Vasilev throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vasilev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schwarz misses with an elbow over the top.
Vasilev landing knees to the head.
Vasilev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarz pushes off an throws an elbow but Vasilev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Schwarz throws an elbow that misses.
Vasilev can't find room to land a body shot as Schwarz controls the action.
Adrik Vasilev seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Schwarz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Schwarz pushes off an throws an elbow but Vasilev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vasilev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schwarz throws an elbow but misses.
Vasilev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schwarz keeps control of Vasilev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vasilev avoids a wild elbow strike from Schwarz.
Schwarz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vasilev's defenses.
Schwarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vasilev pushes Schwarz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schwarz blocks a body shot from Vasilev.
Vasilev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adrik Vasilev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwarz wants to clinch up but Vasilev keeps it at a distance.
Vasilev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vasilev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Schwarz as the two fighters clinch.
Schwarz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Schwarz lands an uppercut.
Schwarz can't find room to land a body shot as Vasilev controls the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwarz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vasilev walks away with a smile on his face. Schwarz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wulfgar Schwarz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schwarz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vasilev misses with a leg kick
and Schwarz counters with a series of strikes. Vasilev will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vasilev misses with a looping left.
Schwarz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Vasilev misses with a body kick.
Vasilev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vasilev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schwarz blocks it with crossed arms.
Vasilev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vasilev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vasilev avoids a wild elbow strike from Schwarz.
Vasilev missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz can't get the takedown.
Vasilev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Schwarz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vasilev blocks the elbow strike.
Vasilev blocking some punches.
Schwarz avoiding damage as Vasilev throws knees to the body.
Schwarz lands an elbow inside that Vasilev shrugs off.
Schwarz pulls guard effortlessly.
Schwarz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vasilev's guard.
Vasilev controls Schwarz momentarily but Schwarz frees himself.
Schwarz pushes down on Vasilev's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Vasilev is defending against the submission attempts here by Schwarz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz is looking for a kimura here.
Schwarz is looking to advance position but Vasilev won't allow it.
Schwarz wants to advance to full mount but Vasilev doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Vasilev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Schwarz tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasilev is retaining full guard.
Schwarz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Schwarz looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adrik Vasilev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A slow jab from Schwarz misses its intended target.
Wulfgar Schwarz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwarz misses with a wild combination.
Vasilev connects with the punch.
Vasilev connects with a leg kick. Schwarz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vasilev lands an overhand right.
Schwarz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vasilev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasilev connects with a leg kick. Schwarz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vasilev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vasilev throws a wild body kick that Schwarz sees coming a mile off.
Schwarz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Schwarz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schwarz throws a right hand that Vasilev ducks under and follows up with a left that Vasilev also avoids with ease.
Schwarz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Vasilev eats them both and turns towards Schwarz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Schwarz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Vasilev instigates a clinch.
Schwarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vasilev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwarz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vasilev stalling against the cage.
Vasilev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schwarz blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schwarz throws an elbow but misses.
Vasilev dodges an elbow strike from Schwarz.
A short body shot lands from Vasilev as the two fighters clinch.
Schwarz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vasilev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vasilev dodges an elbow strike from Schwarz.
Schwarz blocks a body shot from Vasilev.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schwarz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vasilev's brow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwarz can't get the takedown.
Schwarz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vasilev's elbow.
Vasilev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schwarz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vasilev.
Vasilev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vasilev throws a right and a left that Schwarz avoids nicely.
Schwarz avoids a kick to the body.
Schwarz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vasilev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Schwarz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vasilev.
Vasilev takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Vasilev misses
and Schwarz counters with a two punch combo.
Schwarz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Schwarz throws a looping overhand right but Vasilev ducks down to avoid it.
Vasilev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vasilev misses with a low kick.
Vasilev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vasilev thumps Schwarz with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Schwarz blocks the leg kick.
Schwarz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Vasilev manages to circle out of the way.
Vasilev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schwarz was well out of range. Poor timing from Vasilev.
Vasilev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Vasilev looks to move away, Schwarz throws a big counter combo but Vasilev just gets out of the way.
Schwarz ducks under a wild hook from Vasilev.
Schwarz is looking for a counter combo.
Schwarz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schwarz throws a lazy uppercut
and Vasilev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vasilev.
As Vasilev looks to move away, Schwarz throws a big counter combo but Vasilev just gets out of the way.
Vasilev forces Schwarz back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasilev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwarz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vasilev is trying to stall.
Vasilev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schwarz slips under a jab.
Vasilev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schwarz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwarz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwarz slips under a jab from Vasilev.
Schwarz tries to counter by clinching up but Vasilev breaks away and moves out of range.
Vasilev throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adrik Vasilev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vasilev 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrik Vasilev!
An out of breath and clearly excited Adrik Vasilev thanked AnonymouS for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Superior Nucleus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nucleus's choice of entrance music: Tupac - Hit 'Em Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Superior Nucleus!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews tries to land a leg kick but Nucleus saw it coming and moves away.
Nucleus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Matthews tries to avoid it but Nucleus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Matthews to the ground. Matthews escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Matthews looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nucleus takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Matthews lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nucleus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matthews circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice straight punches there by Matthews. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Matthews.
A bone on bone clash there as Nucleus blocks the leg kick.
Nucleus tries to counter with a clinch but Matthews shakes him off and moves away.
Nucleus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A bone on bone clash there as Nucleus blocks the leg kick.
Matthews tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nucleus bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nucleus is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Matthews is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nucleus controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matthews is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nucleus is trying to get an arm triangle but Matthews is defending well.
Matthews is not content to let Nucleus control the position.
I wouldn't like to be where Matthews is right now.
Matthews is trying to control Nucleus's posture but Nucleus avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nucleus is looking to take a break and control but Matthews is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Matthews tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nucleus wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nucleus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nucleus is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Matthews knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nucleus is trying to get an arm triangle but Matthews is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nucleus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Matthews keeps working.
Nucleus tries to advance to mount but Matthews denies him.
Nucleus is still trying to improve position.
Nucleus throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Matthews is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Nucleus is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Matthews tries to hold on but Nucleus postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nucleus looking to finish Matthews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Matthews!
Matthews gets back to half guard.
Nucleus is thwarting Matthews's attempts to control the position.
Nucleus trying to control the action but Matthews is working from the bottom.
Matthews controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Nucleus wants to pass the guard but Matthews is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nucleus controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Superior Nucleus dominated that round.
That's time! Matthews's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nucleus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matthews moves out of range of the body kick from Nucleus.
Sean Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthews fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nucleus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Matthews tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nucleus was well out of range. Poor timing from Matthews.
Matthews throws a leg kick that is checked
and Matthews takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nucleus throws a body punch but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews with a hook.
Matthews tries a head kick but it misses.
Matthews throws a jab when Nucleus was well out of range.
Nucleus digs a good hook to Matthews's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Matthews, as that shot connected.
Sean Matthews is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Nucleus blocks the leg kick.
Matthews missing with a left hand there. Nucleus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matthews displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nucleus.
A decent looking cross lands there for Matthews.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews moves out of range of the body kick.
Matthews is looking for a counter combo.
Matthews lands with a nice combination. Nucleus backs away looking to recover.
Nucleus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matthews moves away.
Matthews is looking to counter punch.
Nucleus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nucleus misses the shot to the body.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Matthews swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Matthews ducks right into an uppercut from Nucleus.
Matthews is looking to land body kicks.
A left lands for Matthews.
Nucleus tries to close the distance and clinch but Matthews swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A quick step to the side and Matthews tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthews goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nucleus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nucleus lands with a good body shot.
Nucleus tries to clinch but Matthews moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthews wants to land a leg kick but Nucleus is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews lands a leg kick that knocks Nucleus off balance momentarily.
A good leg kick by Matthews.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. Nucleus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nucleus rushes Matthews and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Matthews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matthews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Matthews does no damage.
Nucleus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Matthews.
Nice cross by Matthews.
Nucleus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Matthews rather than just go for the knockout.
Nucleus lands a nice shot to the body.
Matthews steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nucleus.
The fighters circling - Matthews throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nucleus is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nucleus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matthews.
Nucleus connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Sean Matthews has been cut.
Matthews misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nucleus.
Matthews thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Matthews lands a slapping body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Nucleus as he connects with a hook.
Nice body punch from Nucleus.
Matthews misses the jab.
Matthews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sean Matthews is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nucleus keeps Matthews at a distance using the push kick.
Nucleus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Matthews lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Matthews lands with a hook. Nucleus tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice body kick from Matthews.
Matthews misses 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!
Matthews throws a big shot that misses.
Matthews scores with a leg kick.
Nucleus lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nucleus lands a glancing blow to the side of Matthews's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Matthews misses with a low kick as Nucleus jumps back.
Nucleus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Matthews.
Matthews circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matthews throws a leg kick that misses.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Nucleus misses with a wild body shot.
Nucleus works Matthews's body with a nice hook.
Matthews looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nucleus looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Nucleus moves out of range of the body kick from Matthews.
A left lands for Matthews.
Nucleus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matthews.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nucleus scores with a nice strike.
Matthews throws an overhand right that lands on Nucleus's shoulder, as Nucleus tries to avoid the shot.
Matthews misses with a left hand
and Nucleus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A combination from Matthews does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Matthews dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sean Matthews's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Matthews throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nucleus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Nucleus steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Matthews.
Nice sprawl there from Matthews as Nucleus shoots in.
Matthews connects with a right hand. Nucleus shakes it off.
Matthews lands a leg kick that knocks Nucleus off balance momentarily.
Matthews misses with a low kick.
Matthews will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nucleus is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Matthews throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nucleus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matthews swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matthews throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A combination from Nucleus does no damage.
Nucleus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nucleus misses with a body kick.
Matthews lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nucleus's sensitive parts.
Nucleus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews throws an off balance right hand
and Nucleus counters with a solid body kick.
Matthews takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nucleus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Matthews waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nucleus.
A cross from Matthews lands.
Matthews misses with a looping left.
Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nucleus connects with a looping right hand.
Matthews lands a body shot.
Nucleus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nucleus blocks a head kick by Matthews.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nucleus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matthews.
Nucleus works the jab nicely.
Matthews walks into a straight right hand from Nucleus.
Nucleus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matthews.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nucleus lands an overhand right.
Nucleus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Matthews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nucleus scoring well with a low kick there.
Matthews takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nucleus checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab from Nucleus misses.
Matthews looks to score with a jab to the body but Nucleus is just out of range.
Nucleus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matthews fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nucleus.
Matthews pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nucleus throws a head kick that misses.
Matthews misses with an uppercut. Nucleus saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Matthews misses the shot to the body.
Nucleus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Matthews slips a straight right by Nucleus.
Matthews pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nucleus changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matthews lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nucleus has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nucleus and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nucleus moves out of range of the strikes.
Matthews swings for the body but Nucleus moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Matthews.
A shot to the liver by Matthews. Beautiful body shot.
Matthews checks a low kick from Nucleus.
Nice takedown defense from Matthews. No joy for Nucleus on that attempt.
Matthews stuns Nucleus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nucleus looks to land a body kick but Matthews moved away.
Nice defenses there by Nucleus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nucleus moves out of range as Matthews strikes.
Nucleus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nucleus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nucleus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nucleus checks the leg kick.
Matthews tries to bum rush Nucleus with a series of wild strikes but Nucleus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matthews throws a right and a left that Nucleus avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Nucleus does no damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matthews lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nucleus has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nucleus and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matthews, right into the meat.
Matthews fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nucleus checks it well.
Matthews throws a lazy right hand but Nucleus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nucleus tries to counter with a clinch but Matthews shakes him off and moves away.
Nucleus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Matthews swings wildly with an uppercut but Nucleus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nucleus pulls Matthews into guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Matthews showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Matthews 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Matthews!
A very excited looking Sean Matthews 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gracie Allen (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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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Bolton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gracie Allen!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Allen looks to throw the jab but Bolton is out of range.
Allen slips a jab from Bolton.
Allen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen moves out of range of the body kick from Bolton.
Bolton lands with a thumping leg kick.
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bolton misses with a straight left.
Bolton misses with a head kick.
Bolton throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Allen lands a body shot.
Bolton looks to land a combination but Allen avoids it well.
Allen lands with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bolton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bolton misses with a hook
and Allen counters with a nice leg kick.
Allen scores with a sloppy right hand. Bolton should have avoided that one.
Allen lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen goes for a double leg but Bolton avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bolton continues to drive forward.
Allen lands a right hook to the body.
Allen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Allen swings for the body but Bolton moves out of range.
Bolton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bolton jabs Allen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Allen connects with a nice looking jab.
Bolton cracks Allen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
It looks like Gracie Allen has been cut.
Charles Bolton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Allen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bolton.
Bolton takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bolton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Allen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Bolton misses.
Allen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bolton with a body shot.
Allen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice 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!
Allen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bolton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Allen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolton scoring well with a low kick there.
Allen throws a body kick that misses.
Allen scores with a hook to the body. Bolton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bolton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bolton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolton throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Allen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bolton rather than just go for the knockout.
Bolton 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.
Charles Bolton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Bolton misses.
Bolton misses with a low kick.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bolton is just out of range.
Allen jabs at Bolton's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Allen.
Bolton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bolton swings widly with a right hand
and Allen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Allen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Allen misses.
Bolton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bolton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bolton throws a jab but it's blocked by Allen.
Bolton is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bolton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Allen. Allen obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Allen, right into the meat.
Bolton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Allen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bolton.
Allen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Allen misses.
Bolton went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bolton throws a body shot but no joy.
Bolton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bolton dips to his left and cracks Allen with an uppercut!
Bolton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Allen staying out of range there.
Allen feints and then cracks Bolton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bolton down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Bolton misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Allen.
Bolton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Allen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bolton. That did some damage!
Allen is looking to chop away at Bolton's legs.
Allen moves away from the strike by Bolton.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Allen! But no joy.
Bolton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Allen blocks a head kick by Bolton.
Bolton misses with a double jab
and Allen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bolton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Allen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bolton scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bolton swings widly with a right hand
and Allen counters with a good low kick that Bolton was not able to check.
Bolton connects with a nice looking jab.
Bolton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bolton is rocked!
Bolton gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Allen gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gracie Allen! Gracie Allen retains his welterweight title!
In his post fight interview, Gracie Allen started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathew Ridgeway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barca comes to the cage accompanied by Carthage. Ridgeway has chosen The Forgotten War as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hannibal Barca!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mathew Ridgeway!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barca shoots in looking for a takedown but Ridgeway manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barca's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Barca shoots in for a takedown but Ridgeway shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Barca scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ridgeway is trying to get back to full guard.
Barca is pressing down on Ridgeway's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ridgeway is holding on for now.
Barca is nestled in close to Ridgeway, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Barca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ridgeway defending well though.
Barca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ridgeway defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ridgeway keeping control of the position.
Ridgeway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeway is holding on to half guard well.
Ridgeway blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Barca 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.
Barca tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ridgeway knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ridgeway blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Ridgeway avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Barca.
Ridgeway blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Barca trying to control the action but Ridgeway is working from the bottom.
Barca is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barca missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca wants to take a breather but Ridgeway is having none of it.
Barca is pressing down on Ridgeway's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ridgeway is holding on for now.
Barca thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barca throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ridgeway is looking to control Barca's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ridgeway avoid being mounted?
Barca is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Barca missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barca missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ridgeway trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ridgeway keeping hold of Barca's head, controlling as best he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barca is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Barca wants to take a breather but Ridgeway is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ridgeway works his way to full guard. Good work.
Barca throws an elbow that misses. Ridgeway uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barca's guard. Nice move by Ridgeway!
Barca throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ridgeway told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Barca looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barca is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ridgeway is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Barca looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ridgeway stopping the sweep attempt from Barca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Barca 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.
Barca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ridgeway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barca throws a right and a left that both miss.
A lazy left from Barca finds it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ridgeway, as that shot connected.
Barca chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ridgeway can pounce on him.
Barca cracks a nice hook into Ridgeway's ribs.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt - Ridgeway sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A low kick from Ridgeway is predictable there
and Barca counters with a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ridgeway, right into the meat.
Ridgeway throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ridgeway scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barca connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ridgeway scoring well with a low kick there.
Barca moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeway lands with a slapping head kick.
Barca tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Barca digs a good body shot into Ridgeway's ribs.
Ridgeway cracks the inside of Barca's front leg.
Ridgeway misses with a head kick.
Barca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ridgeway throws a head kick but Barca moves out of range.
Mathew Ridgeway seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ridgeway takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barca is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barca looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ridgeway is fending him off so far but Barca persists. Nope, Ridgeway circles away and we're back to standing.
Barca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ridgeway throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ridgeway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ridgeway takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Barca misses.
Good exchange - Barca coming out on top.
Barca looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ridgeway takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ridgeway clinches up with Barca and pushes him back against the cage.
Ridgeway misses with the head strike.
Ridgeway is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barca tightens his grip and picks Ridgeway up, before dumping him to the ground. Ridgeway manages to land in guard.
Barca preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barca throws a big elbow that misses.
Barca pushes down on Ridgeway's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ridgeway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Barca is looking to advance position but Ridgeway won't allow it.
Ridgeway wants to control but Barca passes into side.
Barca working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Barca tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Barca tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ridgeway is being controlled here.
Ridgeway managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Barca.
Ridgeway tries to bench press Barca off him but Barca keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway dodges the ground and pound from Barca.
Ridgeway tries to buck Barca off but Barca is having none of it.
Barca tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Barca tries to score with some ground and pound. Ridgeway controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ridgeway is not content to let Barca control the position.
Ridgeway tries to bench press Barca off him but Barca keeps the position.
Ridgeway on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hannibal Barca will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Barca shoots in and gets a takedown into Ridgeway's guard.
Ridgeway manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Ridgeway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barca looking for a takedown.
Barca can't get the takedown.
Ridgeway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barca is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ridgeway lands with a light punch inside.
Ridgeway gets underhooks to prevent Barca's takedown attempt.
Ridgeway struggles to land a body shot inside as Barca controls his hands.
Barca wants a takedown.
Barca goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ridgeway prevents it.
Ridgeway lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barca.
Ridgeway lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ridgeway misses with a body punch.
Ridgeway is working Barca over against the cage.
Barca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ridgeway lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barca's sensitive parts.
Ridgeway pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barca blocks the body kick.
Ridgeway lands a leg kick that knocks Barca off balance momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ridgeway. That's going to slow Barca down.
Ridgeway lunges at Barca with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barca's hand.
Barca misses with a takedown attempt - Ridgeway sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barca with a nice cross.
Barca connects with a single shot there.
Barca shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barca throws a series of punches but Ridgeway avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barca throws a good cross that connects.
Ridgeway tries to clinch but Barca is having none of it.
Ridgeway throws a quick inside leg kick.
Barca fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ridgeway fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ridgeway takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ridgeway connects with an inside leg kick.
Ridgeway staying out of range there.
And Ridgeway responds with a good body kick, but Barca manages to step out the way in time.
A swing and a miss from Barca.
Barca scores with a takedown into Ridgeway's guard.
Ridgeway keeping moving, preventing Barca from controlling successfully.
Barca looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Barca throws a big right hand that misses.
Ridgeway keeping moving, preventing Barca from controlling successfully.
Barca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barca wants to control from the top but Ridgeway keeps moving.
Ridgeway pulls Barca in close to his closed guard and prevents Barca from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ridgeway scores with the left hand. Barca knows he should have avoided that one.
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.
Ridgeway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ridgeway is trying to counter with his kicks.
Ridgeway goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barca changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Barca misses with a wild combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Barca checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barca throws an overhand right that lands on Ridgeway's shoulder, as Ridgeway tries to avoid the shot.
Barca misses with a looping left.
Ridgeway moves away from the strike by Barca.
Barca is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Barca takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Barca is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ridgeway sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ridgeway looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ridgeway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ridgeway connects with a body shot that sends Barca's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mathew Ridgeway really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ridgeway.
Ridgeway avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ridgeway connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barca takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ridgeway scores with a push kick.
Ridgeway fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barca is out of range.
Ridgeway throws a half hearted mid kick.
Barca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barca.
Barca misses with a lunging right hand
and Ridgeway counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barca showed some decent athleticism there.
Barca missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca is thwarting Ridgeway's attempts to control the position.
Ridgeway wants to get back to his feet.
Barca lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Barca passes to full mount!
Barca scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ridgeway?
Barca tries to control but Ridgeway wriggling away.
Barca throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Barca throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ridgeway because Barca loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barca throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ridgeway because Barca loaded up on that one.
Barca lands with some strikes.
Ridgeway takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barca looking to ground and pound but Ridgeway is blocking nicely.
Barca is trying to control here but Ridgeway has managed to regain half guard.
Barca wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ridgeway keeps working.
Ridgeway trying to hold on to Barca's head to control him but Barca postures up.
Ridgeway is positioning himself well to prevent Barca advancing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca working the head and body with strikes.
Barca 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.
Ridgeway has hold of Barca's hands but Barca slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ridgeway keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barca missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ridgeway blocking the ground and pound attempt from Barca.
Barca is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Barca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ridgeway is looking to control Barca's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ridgeway avoid being mounted?
Barca trying to mount his opponent but Ridgeway defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Barca is thwarting Ridgeway's attempts to control the position.
Barca misses with a head shot. Ridgeway uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ridgeway working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Barca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Barca had his way with Mathew Ridgeway in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Barca lands the left hand.
Ridgeway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barca shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ridgeway defends it nicely.
Ridgeway throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barca on the side of the head.
Ridgeway throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barca scores with a one two! Ridgeway had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barca misses with a straight left.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ridgeway.
Barca misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeway scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ridgeway swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barca counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ridgeway was well out of range. Poor timing from Barca.
Ridgeway is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Barca with a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barca.
Barca throws an overhand right that lands on Ridgeway's shoulder, as Ridgeway tries to avoid the shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Barca feints and as Ridgeway raises his hands in defense, Barca changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ridgeway has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Barca has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barca goes for a takedown attempt but Ridgeway pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Barca checks a leg kick.
Barca appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ridgeway scoring well with a low kick there.
Mathew Ridgeway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway throws a head kick that misses.
Ridgeway moves in looking to clinch but Barca pushes him off.
Barca swings for the body but Ridgeway moves out of range.
Barca moves away from the strike by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ridgeway wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Barca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ridgeway throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ridgeway fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barca fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ridgeway misses with a leg kick.
Barca throwing a counter right hand but Ridgeway manages to avoid it.
Barca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ridgeway.
Barca swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barca with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barca throws the left hand but Ridgeway avoids the punch easily.
Barca lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Barca will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ridgeway wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ridgeway tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barca closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Barca lands in his opponent's guard.
Ridgeway is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Barca seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Barca trying to control the position from guard on top but Ridgeway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barca distracts Ridgeway with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ridgeway keeping moving, preventing Barca from controlling successfully.
Barca postures up.
Barca is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ridgeway is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Barca sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ridgeway's guard.
Hannibal Barca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ridgeway is refusing to be controlled, as Barca sits in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hannibal Barca.
I think Barca 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 49:46
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannibal Barca!
Hannibal Barca is the new lightweight champion!
Hannibal Barca really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AnonymouS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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