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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Byron Tipton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Weber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Weber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Byron Tipton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Weber!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weber slips under a jab.
Weber tries to clinch up but Tipton circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Tipton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Weber gets a clinch.
Tipton avoids a wild elbow strike from Weber.
Tipton can't find room to land a body shot as Weber controls the action.
Tipton blocks an elbow strike.
Tipton dodges an elbow strike from Weber.
Tipton tries to work over Weber's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tipton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tipton or perhaps it was just good defense by Weber, which made it look bad.
Weber tries to counter by closing the distance.
Weber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tipton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tipton connects with a body shot that sends Weber's belly button to the back.
Tipton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Weber blocks a jab.
Weber is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tipton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tipton.
Tipton throws a right hand that Weber ducks under and follows up with a left that Weber also avoids with ease.
Tipton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Weber!
Tipton has an Americana. Weber didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Tipton is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Tipton hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Byron Tipton!
Byron Tipton bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sara McSlamm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Morgan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sara McSlamm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
44 - 34 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. McSlamm moves away and avoids it.
McSlamm swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morgan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but McSlamm avoids it really well and circles away.
Morgan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows McSlamm to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McSlamm is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
McSlamm trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McSlamm is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
McSlamm throws an elbow that misses. Morgan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McSlamm's guard. Nice move by Morgan!
Morgan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's two 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.
McSlamm looking for a triangle here. Morgan is fighting it but it looks tight! McSlamm pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Morgan is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sara McSlamm!
Sara McSlamm was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonas Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mason Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon misses with a combination
and Diaz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz throws a right hand that Dixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dixon also avoids with ease.
Diaz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oooooh!!! Diaz has knocked Dixon down with a huge combo! Diaz steps away and waves a wobbly Dixon back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Jonas Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Dixon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dixon misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dixon.
Dixon misses with a two punch combination.
Jab from Dixon.
Diaz scores with a one two! Dixon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Diaz.
A punch combination from Dixon misses.
Dixon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dixon circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dixon misses with a wild combination.
Diaz misses with a hook to the body
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dixon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Diaz backs up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dixon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dixon counters with a left and a right that stings Diaz.
Diaz misses with a combination
and Dixon counters with a series of strikes. Diaz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dixon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dixon.
Diaz connects with the punch.
Dixon throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Diaz misses with a hook to the body
and Dixon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dixon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diaz is looking to wear down Dixon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Dixon avoids them all with ease.
Diaz connects with a single shot there.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dixon misses with a double jab.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Dixon.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dixon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz lands a nice shot that snaps Dixon's head back.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diaz throws a right hand that Dixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dixon also avoids with ease.
Dixon doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Dixon avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Dixon.
Diaz stalks Dixon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dixon's face. Dixon staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Dixon throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Diaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Dixon.
Diaz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice side step and Dixon releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dixon moves away.
Dixon connects with a single shot there.
Dixon throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz takes a swing at Dixon's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Dixon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Dixon.
Diaz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dixon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dixon throws a one two combo.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diaz throws a right hand that Dixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dixon also avoids with ease.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Dixon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Dixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dixon throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.
Dixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dixon loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Dixon looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
Diaz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dixon throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dixon throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz misses with the combination.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dixon throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diaz.
Dixon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dixon appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dixons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dixon misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Diaz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dixon swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
Dixon is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Some wild striking there from Dixon.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dixon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz throws a poor cross that misses
and Dixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Dixon throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz's shoulder, as Diaz tries to avoid the shot.
Diaz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dixon misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Diaz moves away from the strike by Dixon.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Dixon unleashes a big counter combination but Diaz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diaz slips a jab from Dixon.
Diaz throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Dixon lands a jab-cross combination.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Dixon's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Despite the aggression on Dixon's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dixon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dixon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diaz at a distance.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
As Diaz backs off Dixon throws a huge counter combo but Diaz manages to avoid it all.
Dixon throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
Dixon stalks Diaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Diaz's face. Diaz staggers backwards, shaken.
Dixon misses with a few strikes there.
Dixon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dixon scrambles back to his feet.
A punch combination from Dixon misses.
Dixon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dixon misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a right hand that Dixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Dixon also avoids with ease.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Dixon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dixon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dixon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz dips to his left and cracks Dixon with an uppercut!
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Diaz lands a really nice looking cross but Dixon seems unphased.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz blocks a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diaz duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Dixon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Dixon avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonas Diaz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Diaz looks to land a combination but Dixon avoids it well.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Dixon.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Dixon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dixon throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dixon at a distance.
Dixon throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diaz works over Dixon's head and body with a nice combination.
Jonas Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Dixon misses.
Dixon is breathing heavily.
Diaz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dixon momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dixon is rocked!
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Dixon is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dixon seems to have recovered his senses.
Dixon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dixon slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dixon. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Dixon does no damage.
Diaz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Diaz slips a jab from Dixon.
Diaz lands with a nice body punch.
Jab from Dixon.
Dixon slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Dixon scores with a shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dixon looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Dixon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dixon scores with a body shot.
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Dixon throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz's shoulder, as Diaz tries to avoid the shot.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dixon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dixon throws a jab but it's blocked by Diaz.
Diaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Dixon ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Dixon throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Diaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dixon. Dixon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dixon lands a slapping body shot.
Dixon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Dixon misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Dixon misses its intended target.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Dixon.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz throws a body punch but Dixon moves out of range.
Diaz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Dixon is out of range.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dixon catches Diaz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diaz misses with a double jab
and Dixon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Dixon.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Dixon misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dixon at a distance.
Dixon throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dixon swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Dixon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz throws a hook but Dixon blocks it.
Dixon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diaz on the side of the head.
Dixon slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Dixon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dixon counters with a left and a right that stings Diaz.
Dixon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Jonas Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dixon misses the shot to the body.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Dixon.
Dixon tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz is looking for a counter combo.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dixon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Dixon avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Dixon unleashes a big counter combination but Diaz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dixon! But no joy.
Dixon slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Dixon swinging wildly here.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dixon.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Dixon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Dixon drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dixon misses with a right hand
and Diaz counters with a three punch combo that has Dixon backing up. Dixon nods at Diaz to acknowledge the strikes.
Diaz scores with a three punch combo!
Dixon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Dixon misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Dixon. Those never looked like landing.
As Dixon looks to move away, Diaz throws a big counter combo but Dixon just gets out of the way.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dixon.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon scores with a body shot.
Dixon slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz connects with a body shot that sends Dixon's belly button to the back.
Dixon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Dixon is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Dixon throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dixon feints a jab promting Diaz to slip. Dixon then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Diaz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Diaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dixon manages to avoid it.
Dixon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Dixon throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
Diaz throws a one two combo.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dixon manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Dixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
and Dixon counters with a one-two to the body.
Dixon missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Dixon to counter with a crisp jab.
Dixon digs a good body shot into Diaz's ribs.
Dixon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dixon misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz clobbers Dixon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Mason Dixon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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 Jonas Diaz.
Well Diaz 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Jonas Diaz!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Jonas Diaz!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Jonas Diaz!
Jonas Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
Jonas Diaz 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Chapo Dilma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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17
260 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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20
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose De La Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, El Chapo Dilma!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dilma fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Dilma with that takedown attempt.
De La Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Dilma has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dilma misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
De La Hoya trying to stall but Dilma improves his position.
Dilma tries to score a body lock takedown but De La Hoya shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dilma looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Hoya is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jose De La Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of El Chapo Dilma.
De La Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De La Hoya digs a right hand underneath Dilma's ribcage. Dilma let out a lung full of air as it connected.
De La Hoya is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dilma changes levels and goes for a takedown here. De La Hoya fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilma clinches up against the ropes.
Dilma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De La Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from De La Hoya.
Dilma is trying to stall.
De La Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Dilma controls his hands.
Dilma drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dilma drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De La Hoya gets the underhooks and prevents it.
De La Hoya lands a shot to the body.
Dilma looks winded!
De La Hoya is stalling here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dilma backwards.
Dilma struggles to land a body shot inside as De La Hoya controls his hands.
Dilma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De La Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dilma backwards.
De La Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dilma tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De La Hoya makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dilma tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Dilma backs away, De La Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dilma fails with the takedown
and De La Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dilma misses with a takedown
and De La Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De La Hoya throws a head kick but Dilma moves out of range.
Dilma tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilma pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from De La Hoya on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dilma misses with a jab to the body
and Dilma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dilma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dilma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dilma misses with the body kick
and De La Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De La Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dilma.
Dilma tries to clinch up
and De La Hoya counters with a nice right hand that sends Dilma toppling to the canvas! Dilma scrambles and gets back to his feet - can De La Hoya finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dilma tries to clinch but De La Hoya moves away
and De La Hoya counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose De La Hoya!
Jose De La Hoya tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ario Kuramoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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142 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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33
143 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ario Kuramoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kuramoto.
Melendez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kuramoto pushes Melendez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kuramoto has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Melendez uses from the top position.
Melendez tries to free his leg and advance position but Kuramoto is retaining full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Melendez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Melendez wants to control from the top but Kuramoto keeps moving.
Melendez stops Kuramoto from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melendez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Melendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuramoto has an active guard here but Melendez has managed to pass into half guard.
Melendez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Melendez is looking to take a break and control but Kuramoto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Melendez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Melendez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kuramoto is staying active underneath Melendez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Melendez trying to control the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Kuramoto.
Kuramoto lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kuramoto.
Kuramoto scores with a hook to the body. Melendez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kuramoto throws a right and a left that Melendez avoids nicely.
Kuramoto closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kuramoto lands in his opponent's guard.
Melendez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Melendez pulls Kuramoto in close to his closed guard and prevents Kuramoto from doing any damage or advancing position.
Melendez working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kuramoto stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Kuramoto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And Melendez tries to counter it with a takedown but Kuramoto pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kuramoto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Melendez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Melendez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Melendez is trying to work for a kimura but Kuramoto is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Melendez stops Kuramoto from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Melendez stalling.
Melendez throwing shots but Kuramoto is blocking nicely.
Melendez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Melendez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Melendez stops Kuramoto from getting back to his feet.
Kuramoto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kuramoto tries to get out of the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kuramoto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kuramoto controlling Melendez's posture.
Kuramoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Melendez on the ground.
Kuramoto looking to control.
Melendez advances to half guard.
Kuramoto wants to stand back up but Melendez manages to pass into side control.
Kuramoto wants to get back to his feet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Melendez trying to control the position but Kuramoto is working away.
Melendez taking a breather here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kuramoto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kuramoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Melendez.
Melendez shoots for a takedown but Kuramoto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kuramoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Melendez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuramoto's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kuramoto duly obliges.
Melendez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kuramoto. That one must have hurt.
Melendez with a poor takedown
and Kuramoto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kuramoto shoots in but Melendez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Melendez fails with the takedown.
Ario Kuramoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Melendez.
Kuramoto misses with a series of wild punches.
Kuramoto tests Melendez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body kick there by Kuramoto.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Melendez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kuramoto's waist but Kuramoto gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Melendez off to one side.
Melendez fails with a takedown attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kuramoto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez tries to clinch up.
Melendez fails with a takedown attempt.
Ario Kuramoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melendez closes the distance and clinches up with Kuramoto, looking for a takedown. Melendez pushes Kuramoto against the ropes but Kuramoto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kuramoto seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kuramoto closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Melendez darts in looking for a takedown but Kuramoto gets double underhooks and turns Melendez into the ropes.
Nice uppercut lands for Kuramoto. That snapped Melendez's head back.
Melendez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kuramoto tries to avoid it but Melendez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kuramoto to the ground. Kuramoto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Melendez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kuramoto.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Melendez misses.
Kuramoto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Melendez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kuramoto avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Melendez is working for takedown but Kuramoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Melendez looks winded!
Kuramoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melendez moves to clinch but Kuramoto breaks away
and Kuramoto counters with a left and a right that stings Melendez.
Kuramoto pushes Melendez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kuramoto breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Melendez. Kuramoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuramoto gets a takedown into half guard.
It looks like Kuramoto is going to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ario Kuramoto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kuramoto shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Melendez eats them both and turns towards Kuramoto to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kuramoto throws a lazy head kick
and Melendez counters with a takedown into side control.
Kuramoto taking a bit of punishment here - Melendez scoring with strikes.
Kuramoto bucks up and tries to throw Melendez off but instead Melendez has got his back!
Kuramoto trying to control but not successfully.
Kuramoto covers up after that shot from Melendez.
The referee is taking a good look at Kuramoto as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Melendez!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez is persistently looking for the submission but Kuramoto is defending it well.
Kuramoto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Melendez can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez is punishing Kuramoto with strikes - can he finish him?!
Kuramoto is rocked!
Melendez sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Kuramoto taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Anthony Melendez!
Anthony Melendez is the new bantamweight champion!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kahwaah Jeeri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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20
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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29
170 lbs
9 - 14 - 0 |
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Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Stewart!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kahwaah Jeeri!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeeri throws a sloppy head kick and Stewart moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jeeri is defended easily by Stewart.
We've been hearing reports that Stewart has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Jeeri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stewart.
Jeeri looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stewart defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jeeri.
Stewart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stewart.
Stewart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeeri walks into a stiff left hand from Stewart.
Stewart gets a double leg takedown into Jeeri's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Stewart scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jeeri has control of Stewart's left arm, preventing Stewart from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeeri looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stewart is one step ahead there.
Jeeri is trying to keep Stewart in close.
Jeeri working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stewart.
Jeeri looking to control.
Jeeri 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.
Stewart advances to half guard.
Jeeri is not content to let Stewart control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stewart throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jeeri trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Stewart manages to pass to mount!
Jeeri working to try and regain half guard.
Stewart controlling from mount.
Stewart misses with a head shot.
Jeeri is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Stewart looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Stewart wants to control the pace but Jeeri is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeeri is looking to improve his position but Stewart isn't that keen on the idea.
Jeeri is squirming around, avoiding Stewart's attempts to control the action.
Jeeri tries to hold on but Stewart postures up.
Stewart lands a nice shot to the head.
Stewart punching from mount but Jeeri doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Stewart throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Stewart throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Stewart working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jeeri is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeeri is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jeeri is bucking up trying to escape but Stewart cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stewart landing shots from mount.
Jeeri is rocked!
Jeeri working to try and regain half guard.
Jeeri is still in real trouble! Can Stewart finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stewart moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Jeeri has worked his arm free - good work by Jeeri!
Jeeri seems to have recovered his senses.
Stewart working the ground and pound.
Stewart 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.
Stewart has hold of Jeeri's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Jeeri tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Stewart cranks the arm and Jeeri screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Jeeri, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Don Stewart!
Don Stewart is the new welterweight champion!
Don Stewart decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blokada Leningrada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiao Macale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leningrada comes to the ring accompanied by Farewell of Slavyanka. Macale has chosen Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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50
156 lbs
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49
177 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
45 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blokada Leningrada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
61 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tiao Macale!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leningrada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Macale ducks right into an uppercut from Leningrada.
Macale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leningrada manages to avoid it.
Macale misses with a hook. Leningrada ducked under it nicely.
Macale punishes Leningrada's body with a nice straight punch.
Macale takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Macale dips to his left and cracks Leningrada with an uppercut!
Leningrada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macale.
A nice inside leg kick there by Macale. That's going to slow Leningrada down.
Leningrada pivots, looking for a leg kick but Macale is out of range and Leningrada settles back down.
Macale lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Leningrada to counter with a crisp jab.
Macale with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leningrada to score with a decent uppercut.
Blokada Leningrada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leningrada was well out of range. Poor timing from Macale.
Macale takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leningrada was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A shot to the body from Macale misses
and Leningrada counters with a three punch combo that has Macale backing up. Macale nods at Leningrada to acknowledge the strikes.
Leningrada connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Macale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Leningrada is rocked!
Macale blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Macale! But no joy.
Oh Leningrada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Macale cracks Leningrada with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Leningrada tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Macale pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Leningrada is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiao Macale!
Tiao Macale bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Barkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Oppelaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Oppelaar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Charles Barkley's chin.
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41
184 lbs
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40
185 lbs
33 - 32 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Barkley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 32 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Oppelaar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barkley defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Oppelaar.
Oppelaar is looking to clinch.
Barkley shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Oppelaar's guard.
Barkley tries to free his leg and advance position but Oppelaar is retaining full guard.
Oppelaar thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Barkley trying to control the position from guard on top but Oppelaar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barkley is in close to Oppelaar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oppelaar looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Barkley puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Barkley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Barkley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oppelaar is trying to maintain the position but Barkley is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oppelaar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Barkley won't allow Oppelaar to sweep him here.
Barkley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Oppelaar looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Barkley has picked Oppelaar up and slammed him! Oppelaar can't keep hold of the triangle and Barkley manages to pass to side control!
Oppelaar felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Barkley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barkley looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Barkley trying to control the position but Oppelaar is working away.
Oppelaar wants to control but Barkley postures up.
Barkley creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Barkley working the ground and pound.
Oppelaar gets back to half guard.
Oppelaar is looking for a sweep. Barkley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Barkley there.
Oppelaar is defending against the submission attempts here by Barkley.
Barkley is keen to just control but Oppelaar is a slippery customer.
Barkley 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.
Barkley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Barkley working Oppelaar over with strikes.
Oppelaar makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Oppelaar.
Oppelaar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barkley working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar has momentary wrist control but Barkley slips an elbow through the middle.
Barkley stays in close to Oppelaar's body and controls the position.
Barkley won't allow Oppelaar to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Barkley trying to control but Oppelaar is working from the bottom.
Oppelaar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Oppelaar 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.
Oppelaar is looking to sweep but instead, Barkley has passed into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar wants to get back to full guard.
Barkley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Barkley seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Oppelaar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Oppelaar taking some punishment here, with Barkley in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Barkley.
Barkley not doing much here.
Oppelaar tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Barkley has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Barkley punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar tries to hold on but Barkley pushes him away.
Oppelaar is trying desperately to improve position.
Oppelaar regains half guard.
Oppelaar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Oppelaar wants to sweep but no luck.
Oppelaar keeps trying to improve his position.
Oppelaar wants to stand and escape but Barkley is having none of it.
Oppelaar 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.
Oppelaar lands an upkick as Barkley stands over him.
Oppelaar wants to get back to his feet but Barkley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Barkley trying to control but Oppelaar is working from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Oppelaar working a defensive guard but Barkley manages to pass into side control anyway.
Oppelaar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Oppelaar is defending against the submission attempts here by Barkley.
Barkley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Oppelaar is looking for a sweep. Barkley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barkley is trying to work for a kimura but Oppelaar is defending well.
Oppelaar missing with punches from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barkley seems to be looking for submissions.
Oppelaar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oppelaar wants to sweep but no luck.
Barkley lands a couple of elbows.
Oppelaar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barkley's guard.
Barkley controls Oppelaar momentarily but Oppelaar frees himself.
Oppelaar works over Barkley with some ground and pound from guard.
Oppelaar throws a big right hand that misses.
Barkley wants to sweep but no luck.
Barkley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barkley is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Oppelaar wants to control from the top but Barkley keeps moving.
Oppelaar landing some decent shots from guard.
Oppelaar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Barkley trying to keep a closed guard but Oppelaar is proving a slippery customer.
Barkley keeping full guard, as Oppelaar tries to pass.
Barkley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Oppelaar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oppelaar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Oppelaar cracks Barkley with a solid left hand.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Oppelaar trying to control the position from guard on top but Barkley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oppelaar throws a big elbow that misses.
Oppelaar working some strikes from top position.
Oppelaar with a nice head shot there.
Barkley trying to keep a closed guard but Oppelaar is proving a slippery customer.
Oppelaar wants to control from the top but Barkley keeps moving.
Oppelaar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oppelaar works over Barkley with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Oppelaar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Oppelaar 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Barkley dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Oppelaar forces Barkley back against the ropes and clinches.
Oppelaar pushes Barkley back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barkley lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Barkley.
Barkley tries to pull guard but Oppelaar forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Oppelaar lands an elbow inside that Barkley shrugs off.
Barkley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oppelaar can do to turn this around?
Barkley is trying to pull guard but Oppelaar turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Barkley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oppelaar's elbow.
Barkley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oppelaar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barkley stalls.
Oppelaar lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barkley goes for a takedown attempt but Oppelaar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Barkley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barkley lands with a good body shot.
Oppelaar lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Barkley falls backwards - clearly groggy! Oppelaar dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dennis Oppelaar!
Dennis Oppelaar is the new super heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Dennis Oppelaar waved his t-shirt featuring My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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