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Syn 449 - Wayne vs. Cabrera PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Clint Lomax Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diagoro Yabaisama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yabaisama has chosen Liquid Swords 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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143 lbs
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145 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clint Lomax Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Diagoro Yabaisama!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomax Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yabaisama's hands.
Yabaisama throws a right hand that misses
and Lomax Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lomax Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Lomax Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yabaisama.
Lomax Jr misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lomax Jr. Yabaisama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lomax Jr has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yabaisama.
A big right from Lomax Jr misses.
Yabaisama throws a body punch but Lomax Jr moves out of range.
Lomax Jr jabs at Yabaisama's body.
Sloppy strikes from Yabaisama. Those never looked like landing.
Yabaisama misses the jab.
Lomax Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Lomax Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Yabaisama is predictable there
and Lomax Jr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yabaisama thinking.
Yabaisama throws a jab but it's blocked by Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama misses with a looping right.
Lomax Jr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yabaisama moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yabaisama connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lomax Jr scrambles back to his feet.
Lomax Jr throws a leg kick but Yabaisama checks it.
Lomax Jr misses with an uppercut. Yabaisama saw that one coming.
Lomax Jr misses with a leg kick
and Yabaisama counters with a straight right hand.
Lomax Jr misses with a low kick as Yabaisama jumps back.
Lomax Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Yabaisama is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lomax Jr 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 Yabaisama has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yabaisama and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yabaisama misses with a right hand
enabling Lomax Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Yabaisama throws a leg kick but Lomax Jr checks it.
Yabaisama 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yabaisama.
Yabaisama swings for the body but Lomax Jr moves out of range.
Lomax Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yabaisama lands a nice looking body shot.
Lomax Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yabaisama moves away.
Jab by Lomax Jr.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yabaisama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Lomax Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yabaisama.
Yabaisama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lomax Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Lomax Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lomax Jr defending well as Yabaisama loads up on a big left hand.
Yabaisama ducks under a wild hook from Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yabaisama looks to score with a jab to the body but Lomax Jr is just out of range.
Lomax Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Yabaisama takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yabaisama misses with a body shot.
Lomax Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yabaisama throws out a powerful jab.
Lomax Jr is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yabaisama throws a poor cross that misses
and Lomax Jr counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yabaisama moves away from the strike by Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama throws out a counter right but Lomax Jr avoids it with no problem.
Lomax Jr cracks the inside of Yabaisama's front leg.
Yabaisama buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yabaisama scores with a jab to the body.
Lomax Jr tries to land a front kick but Yabaisama steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lomax Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yabaisama.
A little jabbing left from Yabaisama on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lomax Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama throws a leg kick
and Lomax Jr makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lomax Jr is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lomax Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lomax Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Yabaisama on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lomax Jr tries to work over Yabaisama's front leg with a kick but Yabaisama checks it.
Lomax Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yabaisama.
Yabaisama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yabaisama misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick by Yabaisama misses
and Lomax Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yabaisama looks to land a left hand but Lomax Jr moved out of range nicely.
Lomax Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yabaisama can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lomax Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lomax Jr looks to land a body kick but Yabaisama moved away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yabaisama walks into a straight right hand from Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yabaisama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lomax Jr.
A big right from Lomax Jr misses.
Lomax Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yabaisama on the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Lomax Jr - just one landing.
Yabaisama throws a head kick that misses.
Lomax Jr misses with a right hand
and Yabaisama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big right from Yabaisama misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lomax Jr tries to keep at a distance but Yabaisama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lomax Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Lomax Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Lomax Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Lomax Jr dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yabaisama attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yabaisama lands with a nice combination. Lomax Jr backs away looking to recover.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lomax Jr. Yabaisama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lomax Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body kick from Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lomax Jr throws the left hand but Yabaisama avoids the punch easily.
Yabaisama is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lomax Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yabaisama has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yabaisama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lomax Jr throws out the jab.
Yabaisama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lomax Jr 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 Yabaisama has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yabaisama and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lomax Jr throws a chopping leg kick but Yabaisama manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lomax Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lomax Jr sizes up Yabaisama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lomax Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yabaisama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yabaisama scores with a shot to the body.
Yabaisama throws a push kick but Lomax Jr slaps the foot to one side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lomax Jr, right into the meat.
Clint Lomax Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Lomax Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lomax Jr shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yabaisama drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lomax Jr defends it well.
Yabaisama connects with a nice looking jab.
Yabaisama takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yabaisama looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yabaisama's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yabaisama slips a jab from Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Yabaisama is just out of range.
And Yabaisama responds with a good body kick, but Lomax Jr manages to step out the way in time.
Lomax Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yabaisama can do to turn this around?
Yabaisama checks a low kick from Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr avoids the head kick by Yabaisama.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lomax Jr. That's going to slow Yabaisama down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lomax Jr.
Good leg kick by Lomax Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Yabaisama misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A low kick from Lomax Jr misses
and Yabaisama counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yabaisama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lomax Jr throws the kick towards the body but Yabaisama avoids it.
Yabaisama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr sizes up Yabaisama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yabaisama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lomax Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Lomax Jr misses with a low kick.
Yabaisama keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yabaisama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lomax Jr throws out the jab.
Lomax Jr works Yabaisama's body with a nice hook.
A slow jab from Yabaisama misses its intended target.
Lomax Jr throws a leg kick
and Yabaisama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slapping leg kick lands for Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama throws a low kick but Lomax Jr avoids it.
Lomax Jr misses with a leg kick.
Lomax Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yabaisama misses with a hook. Lomax Jr ducked under it nicely.
Yabaisama throws a jab but it's blocked by Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr loads up on a big right hand but Yabaisama slips the punch.
Yabaisama ducks under a wild hook from Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yabaisama keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yabaisama throws a jab when Lomax Jr was well out of range.
Yabaisama scores with a head kick.
Lomax Jr is looking to chop away at Yabaisama's legs.
Lomax Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lomax Jr looks to land a right hand but Yabaisama moved out of range.
Yabaisama takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yabaisama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lomax Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax Jr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yabaisama in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lomax Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Good standup being displayed there by Lomax Jr as he connects with a hook.
Yabaisama scores with the left hand. Lomax Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Lomax Jr misses with a low kick.
Yabaisama misses with an uppercut. Lomax Jr saw that one coming.
Lomax Jr scores with a hook.
Yabaisama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lomax Jr connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yabaisama momentarily.
Yabaisama throws a head kick but Lomax Jr moves out of range.
Lomax Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yabaisama throws a hook but Lomax Jr avoids it easily.
Yabaisama looks to land a right hand but Lomax Jr moved out of range.
Yabaisama needs to keep his hands up - Lomax Jr had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Lomax Jr dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lomax Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Lomax Jr blocks a low kick nicely.
Lomax Jr cracks Yabaisama with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yabaisama throws a shot from downtown. Lomax Jr moves away and avoids it.
Yabaisama slips a jab from Lomax Jr.
Lomax Jr throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yabaisama misses with an uppercut.
Yabaisama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lomax Jr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lomax Jr thuds a left hand into Yabaisama's body.
Yabaisama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yabaisama throws a body kick that misses.
Yabaisama lands a really nice looking cross but Lomax Jr seems unphased.
Yabaisama missing with a left hand there. Lomax Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yabaisama has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yabaisama throws a series of punches but Lomax Jr avoids them all with ease.
Yabaisama throws an overhand right that lands on Lomax Jr's shoulder, as Lomax Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Lomax Jr looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yabaisama closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lomax Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yabaisama looks to land a left hand but Lomax Jr moved out of range nicely.
Lomax Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yabaisama throws a leg kick but Lomax Jr checks it.
Yabaisama throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lomax Jr counters with a low kick, right behind Yabaisama 's knee.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yabaisama. That's going to slow Lomax Jr down.
Lomax Jr stuns Yabaisama with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lomax Jr throws a leg kick
enabling Yabaisama to counter with a crisp jab.
Lomax Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Yabaisama misses with a head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lomax Jr - that will leave a mark!
Lomax Jr takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yabaisama looks to score with a jab to the body but Lomax Jr is just out of range.
Lomax Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yabaisama tries a quick counter leg kick but Lomax Jr is wise to it.
Diagoro Yabaisama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax Jr pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yabaisama is out of range and Lomax Jr settles back down.
Yabaisama avoids a kick to the body.
Lomax Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yabaisama!
Lomax Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yabaisama throws out the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama looks to throw a body kick
and Lomax Jr counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yabaisama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lomax Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
Yabaisama has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yabaisama there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lomax Jr works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yabaisama checks a leg kick.
Lomax Jr moves out of range of the body kick.
A slow jab from Lomax Jr misses its intended target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lomax Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama misses with a low kick.
Lomax Jr lands a nice looking body kick.
Yabaisama lands with a shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Yabaisama blocks the leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Yabaisama misses.
Yabaisama misses with a left hand
and Lomax Jr counters with a nice kick to the body.
Yabaisama tries to score with a low kick but Lomax Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Lomax Jr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yabaisama takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lomax Jr missing with a left hand there. Yabaisama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yabaisama takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yabaisama darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That kick from Lomax Jr tenderised Yabaisama's leg. Yabaisama is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lomax Jr checks a low kick from Yabaisama.
Lomax Jr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lomax Jr thuds a left hand into Yabaisama's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lomax Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yabaisama throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama misses with a looping right.
Yabaisama throws a sloppy head kick
and Lomax Jr counters with a nice leg kick.
Lomax Jr dodges the punch combination from Yabaisama.
Yabaisama tried to score with a low kick but Lomax Jr checks it.
Lomax Jr tried to counter with a leg kick but Yabaisama avoided it.
Yabaisama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lomax Jr. That did some damage!
Yabaisama tries to clinch up.
Lomax Jr cracks the inside of Yabaisama's front leg.
Lomax Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yabaisama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lomax Jr.
Yabaisama tries to clinch but Lomax Jr is having none of it.
Lomax Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yabaisama's hands.
Lomax Jr scores with a leg kick.
Lomax Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yabaisama.
Lomax Jr tests Yabaisama's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Lomax Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lomax Jr 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clint Lomax Jr!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Escrima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kay Ector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escrima kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bamboleo. Ector has chosen Monster! as his entrance music. Miguel Escrima is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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165 lbs
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Escrima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kay Ector!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ector misses with a kick to the body.
Escrima throwing a counter right hand but Ector manages to avoid it.
Kay Ector seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ector throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escrima sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ector 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.
Escrima lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Escrima stuns Ector with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ector keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escrima lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Escrima throws a lazy uppercut
and Ector counters with a straight right hand.
Ector tries to bum rush Escrima with a series of wild strikes but Escrima uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Escrima drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ector sprawls and moves away.
Escrima throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little jabbing left from Ector on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ector lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Escrima is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ector throws a series of punches but Escrima moves out of range.
Escrima was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Oh Escrima is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ector lands a jab to Escrima's midsection.
Ector misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Escrima counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escrima seems to have got his legs back now.
Escrima misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escrima throws a body punch but Ector moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ector darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Good exchange - Escrima coming out on top.
Ector clinches.
Ector misses with some punches.
Escrima content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ector looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Escrima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escrima tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ector just stands there and leans against the cage.
Escrima lands a nice shot to the body.
Escrima successfully pulls guard.
Escrima has his foot on Ector's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ector works his way back into a safe position though.
Escrima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Escrima is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ector is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escrima escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ector gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Escrima pulls Ector in close to prevent any damage.
Escrima is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ector is aware though and is defending well.
Ector must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Escrima looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Escrima escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ector gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Escrima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escrima controlling Ector's posture.
Escrima looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Escrima looking for a guillotine here but Ector defends easily.
Escrima is trying to keep Ector in close.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
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.
Ector sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Escrima slips a jab and a cross from Ector.
Escrima throwing a counter right hand but Ector manages to avoid it.
Escrima fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ector checks it well.
Ector ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ector clinches up against the cage.
Ector blocks a body shot from Escrima.
Ector works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escrima tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escrima tries a body shot but Ector blocks it.
Escrima jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ector walks away with a smile on his face. Escrima gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ector lands a left and a right that send Escrima crashing to the mat, dazed. Ector thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kay Ector 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.
Ector misses with an uppercut. Escrima saw that one coming.
Escrima wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
It looks like Miguel Escrima has been cut.
Ector throws a right hand that Escrima ducks under and follows up with a left that Escrima also avoids with ease.
Kay Ector seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ector misses with a double jab
and Escrima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Escrima closes the distance but Ector moves to the side
and Ector makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ector throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A quick step to the side and Escrima tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ector darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Good shot there by Ector.
Ector throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Escrima is looking for a counter combo.
Ector has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escrima lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ector tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ector throws a body punch but Escrima moves out of range.
Ector misses with a wild body shot.
A quick step to the side and Escrima tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escrima rushes Ector and presses him up against the cage.
Escrima doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ector lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escrima backwards.
Ector misses with an elbow strike.
Ector lands an uppercut.
Escrima lands with a light punch inside.
Ector tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escrima's elbow.
Escrima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escrima lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ector.
Ector struggles to land a body shot inside as Escrima controls his hands.
Escrima lands a body punch.
Escrima fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ector tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escrima's elbow.
A short right from Escrima.
Nice body punch from Escrima.
Ector tries to throw a body punch but Escrima avoids it by throwing Ector back against the cage.
Escrima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ector lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escrima backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee calls for Escrima to work.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ector.
Ector stalling against the cage.
Escrima pushes Ector back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ector throws an elbow but misses.
Ector lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Escrima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Escrima misses with a body punch.
Escrima blocks an elbow strike from Ector.
Kay Ector seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Escrima lands a shot to the body.
Ector lands a right hand.
Ector throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Escrima fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ector just misses with a elbow thrown towards Escrima's brow.
Ector throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Escrima throws a punch but it's blocked by Ector.
Ector misses with an elbow strike.
Escrima cracks Ector with a nice body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Escrima.
Ector tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escrima lands a body punch in the clinch.
Escrima lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escrima is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ector to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Escrima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ector tries to work over Escrima's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ector throws a punch but it's blocked by Escrima.
Escrima scores with a shot to the side of Ector's head.
Ector blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ector throws a punch but it's blocked by Escrima.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ector.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ector.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escrima pushes Ector back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ector pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ector keeping full guard, as Escrima tries to pass.
Escrima drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ector looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ector looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ector!
Escrima manages to get back to half guard.
Escrima is trying to maintain the position but Ector is very close to passing his half guard.
Escrima is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The Zoo, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Escrima actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kay Ector showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Miguel Escrima's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Ector moves into the clinch.
Ector throws a head punch that misses.
Escrima pushes Ector back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ector working aggressively here.
Ector misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Ector.
Escrima tries to work over Ector's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Ector.
Escrima tries to work over Ector's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escrima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escrima managing to block the knees to the body from Ector.
Ector gets through Escrima's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ector swings wildly with an uppercut but Escrima uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escrima gets control of Ector's arms and successfully pulls guard. Escrima will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ector engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escrima is trying to keep Ector in close.
Escrima is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ector is aware though and is defending well.
Escrima has an active guard here but Ector has managed to pass into half guard.
Escrima tries to get to full guard but Ector has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ector in particular looking to stall.
Miguel Escrima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Escrima wants to control but Ector is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Escrima tries to roll over but Ector keeps him under control.
Ector takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Escrima looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Escrima looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Escrima is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escrima preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ector swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kay Ector is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ector moves into range and clinches up with Escrima.
Escrima swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escrima misses with the head strike.
Escrima misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escrima has a couple of punches blocked by Ector.
Ector fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ector blocks a body shot from Escrima.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ector misses with an elbow strike.
Escrima lands with a light punch inside.
Escrima is trying to force a seperation but Ector has the dominant position.
Escrima is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ector pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ector takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Escrima misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ector misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ector blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escrima tries to pull guard but Ector won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Escrima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ector misses with an elbow over the top.
Escrima tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escrima misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kay Ector comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ector has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kay Ector!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Kay Ector waved his t-shirt featuring On Tap (160Q & Laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Fortune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Espo Jaksinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Fortune!
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, Espo Jaksinen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortune throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jaksinen.
A combination from Fortune does no damage.
Jaksinen scores with a nice head shot.
Fortune looks to land a combination but Jaksinen avoids it well.
Jaksinen avoids the body shot from Fortune.
Jaksinen throws a right and a left that Fortune avoids nicely.
Jaksinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fortune throws a head kick that Jaksinen semi-blocks.
Jaksinen dodges the punch combination from Fortune.
Jaksinen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Dominic Fortune has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaksinen with a nice cross.
Jaksinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fortune.
Jaksinen throws out a leg kick but Fortune moves out of range and Jaksinen only half commits.
Fortune thinks about countering with a body kick.
Fortune scores with a nice right hand.
Jaksinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaksinen throws a combination that misses
and Fortune counters with a good low kick that Jaksinen was not able to check.
Jaksinen throws the left hand but Fortune avoids the punch easily.
Jaksinen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fortune looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jaksinen 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.
Fortune staying out of range there.
Fortune blocks the body kick.
Fortune lands a leg kick that knocks Jaksinen off balance momentarily.
Fortune lands a glancing blow to the side of Jaksinen's head.
Jaksinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fortune throws a shot from downtown. Jaksinen moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Jaksinen does no damage.
Fortune darts in and clinches Jaksinen up against the cage.
Fortune has a couple of punches blocked by Jaksinen.
Fortune lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaksinen presses Fortune against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fortune lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen lands an elbow that stopped Fortune in his tracks for a moment.
Jaksinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fortune.
Fortune fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortune uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortune prevents a body shot from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen misses with the head strike.
Fortune blocks an elbow strike from Jaksinen.
Fortune breaks from the clinch.
Fortune stalks Jaksinen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jaksinen's face. Jaksinen staggers backwards, shaken.
Fortune wants to land a leg kick but Jaksinen is out of range.
Fortune jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jaksinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Espo Jaksinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaksinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fortune lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen blocks a jab.
Fortune slips a jab from Jaksinen.
Nice defenses there by Fortune.
Fortune circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Jaksinen drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Fortune follows Jaksinen to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Fortune!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Corll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Mazzuca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corll comes to the cage accompanied by South Texas Death Ride. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
28 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Dean Corll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Mazzuca!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corll uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mazzuca.
A big left from Mazzuca misses.
Corll scoring well with a low kick there.
Corll closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mazzuca wants to control but Corll is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Corll is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mazzuca is controlling Corll's trapped leg to prevent Corll from advancing to side control.
Let's hope that Mazzuca has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mazzuca is continuing to stall.
Mazzuca is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mazzuca manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Mazzuca trying to control the position here.
Corll postures up.
Mazzuca 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.
Mazzuca is wriggling around but Corll manages to pass to half guard.
Corll controlling the pace.
Corll looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mazzuca with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Corll throwing shots but Mazzuca is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca has hold of Corll's hands but Corll slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mazzuca is trying to maintain the position but Corll is very close to passing his half guard.
Corll 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.
Corll wants to pass the guard but Mazzuca is defending well.
Corll is trying to control the action in half guard but Mazzuca is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Mazzuca manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mazzuca looking to hit a scissor sweep but Corll is one step ahead there.
Mazzuca keeping moving, preventing Corll from controlling successfully.
Corll being controlled here momentarily.
Mazzuca wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca is pulling down on Corll's head to control his posture.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Corll lands a body shot.
Corll lands a nice hook to Mazzuca's body. Mazzuca takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dean Corll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazzuca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Corll. That's going to slow Mazzuca down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corll scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mazzuca doesn't seem bothered though.
Corll looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mazzuca throws a low kick but Corll moves out of range easily.
Mazzuca throws out a leg kick but Corll moves out of range and Mazzuca only half commits.
Corll shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mazzuca but Mazzuca pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Corll takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mazzuca gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corll misses with a wild body shot.
Corll goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Corll looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mazzuca checks a leg kick.
Mazzuca clinches with his opponent.
Mazzuca misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Corll dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mazzuca connects with a looping right hand.
Mazzuca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Corll. Corll circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Corll throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Corll.
Mazzuca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid body kick from Corll.
Corll feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mazzuca's calf.
Corll throws a head kick that half lands.
Mazzuca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corll paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Corll went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Corll has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Corll there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dean Corll is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corll takes one to the chin there.
Corll is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mazzuca can do to turn this around?
Mazzuca scoring well with a low kick there.
Mazzuca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mazzuca staying out of range there.
Mazzuca misses with a looping left.
Corll on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Corll.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll looks to throw the jab but Mazzuca is out of range.
Mazzuca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corll.
A low kick from Corll misses
and Mazzuca counters with a low kick, right behind Corll 's knee.
Corll misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jab, jab by Mazzuca - just one landing.
Corll throws a half hearted mid kick.
Corll slips under a jab.
Mazzuca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Corll digs a good hook to Mazzuca's body.
Corll throws a body punch but Mazzuca moves out of range.
Mazzuca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Corll scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Corll lands with a right hand.
Mazzuca throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mazzuca moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzuca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mazzuca moves out of range as Corll strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corll lands a jab to the nose.
Corll throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca lands with a kick to the temple. Corll shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mazzuca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Corll keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Corll fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mazzuca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corll fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Corll slips a jab from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mazzuca rushes Corll and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corll breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Corll attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corll throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A telegraphed right hand from Mazzuca misses the target.
Corll changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Corll shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
It seemed like Mazzuca was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Corll shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mazzuca is trying to defend but Corll finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dean Corll overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Corll is just content to waste time from the top position. Mazzuca takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mazzuca controlling Corll's posture.
Corll scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mazzuca has his hands on Corll's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mazzuca is trying to keep Corll in close.
Corll is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Corll landing with the ground and pound.
Mazzuca controlling the position.
We've been hearing that Corll has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Corll missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mazzuca looking for a sweep. Not yet Mazzuca, not yet.
Mazzuca is adopting a defensive guard.
Mazzuca scrambles and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Robert Mazzuca will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mazzuca clinches.
Corll lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Mazzuca.
Still in the clinch, Corll scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mazzuca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mazzuca lands a shoulder strike.
Mazzuca working aggressively here.
Corll is trying to break the clinch but Mazzuca has him pressed against the cage.
Mazzuca scores with a shoulder strike.
Mazzuca keeps control of Corll as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mazzuca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corll's elbow.
Corll tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corll tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corll is trying to drag Mazzuca to the mat but Mazzuca just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Corll tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mazzuca's elbow.
Mazzuca has a couple of punches blocked by Corll.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzuca has a couple of punches blocked by Corll.
Mazzuca manages to break the clinch.
Corll looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Corll throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Corll - that will leave a mark!
Corll lands a leg kick that knocks Mazzuca off balance momentarily.
Mazzuca scores with a head kick. Corll tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mazzuca comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mazzuca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corll sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mazzuca dips to his left and cracks Corll with an uppercut!
Mazzuca drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A big left from Mazzuca misses.
Corll ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzuca moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corll shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Corll was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Corll throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corll lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mazzuca down.
Mazzuca tries to buck Corll off but Corll is having none of it.
Mazzuca keeps trying to improve his position.
Sloppy strikes there by Corll.
Mazzuca is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Corll off and has taken his back!
Our spies down at at TM Gym inform us that Mazzuca has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Corll trying to control the position but Mazzuca manages to sink in the hooks.
Mazzuca really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Corll.
I really don't envy Corll right now.
Mazzuca is riding his opponent, not letting Corll buck him off.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Mazzuca tries to keep control of the position but Corll is staying busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corll breaks Mazzuca's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Mazzuca seems keen to control Corll's posture.
Mazzuca keeping full guard, as Corll tries to pass.
Corll trying to control but Mazzuca is working from the bottom.
Mazzuca pulls Corll in close to his closed guard and prevents Corll from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corll postures up and lands a big shot to Mazzuca's brow.
Corll keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mazzuca's head.
Corll throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mazzuca works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mazzuca is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mazzuca wants to stand and escape but Corll is having none of it.
Corll wants to control from the top but Mazzuca keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Robert Mazzuca.
I think Mazzuca 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Mazzuca!
Robert Mazzuca 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Judd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judd comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I take it up the ass - by lil wayne kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
141 lbs
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33
140 lbs
29 - 8 - 3 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eugene Judd!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judd blocks a head kick by Smith.
Judd connects with a jab.
Judd keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith scores with a push kick.
Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Judd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Judd's ribcage.
Judd throws a head punch that misses.
Judd creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Judd throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Judd's face.
It looks like Eugene Judd has been cut.
Judd avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
I was talking to Smith's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judd lands a shoulder strike.
Judd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Judd in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judd avoids it.
Judd manages to break the clinch.
Judd stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smith.
Judd goes for a double leg but Smith avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Smith continues to drive forward.
Smith throws a wild body kick that Judd sees coming a mile off.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Judd takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Judd tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judd misses with a hook.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judd changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Judd pushes him off.
Matt Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Judd misses with a leg kick.
Judd throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Judd blocks it with crossed arms.
Judd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Judd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Judd takes a knee to the side of the body.
Smith stalling the fight.
Judd lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Judd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judd jumps guard but Smith stands there with Judd around his waist. Judd gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Judd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Judd scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Judd.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judd is defending well for now.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Judd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Judd's efforts to push away.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith blocks a body shot from Judd.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judd is defending well for now.
Judd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Judd avoids the damage to the body.
Judd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Judd moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch there but Judd circles away.
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!
Smith tries to clinch up but Judd circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judd.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Judd fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Judd lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Judd lands with a hook. Smith tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Judd circles away.
Judd misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Judd lands with a left to the head.
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 Matt Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eugene Judd's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith wants to clinch up but Judd keeps it at a distance.
Judd's jab looks to have found its range, popping Smith under the eye.
Judd scores with a body shot.
Smith is looking to clinch but Judd is avoiding it.
Smith misses with a low kick as Judd jumps back.
Judd lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Judd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Judd scores with a nice body kick.
Smith has closed the distance and engaged Judd in a clinch.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Matt Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Judd gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Judd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Judd improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Judd.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judd is defending well for now.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
Judd misses with a punch on the inside.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judd goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith tries to clinch but Judd is having none of it.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Judd throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judd.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Judd throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Judd.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Judd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judd fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Smith looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smith takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judd misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a head kick. That will keep Judd thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Smith throws a nice head kick!
Smith looks to land a body kick but Judd moved away.
Judd tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Judd scores with a spinning back kick!
Smith tries to clinch up.
Judd throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
Judd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Judd jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Smith cracks the inside of Judd's front leg.
Smith clinches.
Judd has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Smith seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Judd can turn it around.
Judd throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Judd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Judd in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Judd misses with a body punch.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judd's defenses.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judd is defending well for now.
Judd tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Judd back against the cage.
Judd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Judd avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judd avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Judd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith stalling in the clinch but Judd improves position.
Judd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Judd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judd tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Judd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Judd throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Judd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Judd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Judd follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Judd circles away.
Judd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith lands a head kick!
That has opened up Eugene Judd's cut even more.
Good shot there by Judd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugene Judd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eugene Judd's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Judd throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
Judd keeps Smith at a distance using the push kick.
Smith pushes Judd away with a front kick.
Judd throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Judd keeps the fight on the outside.
Judd swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Judd throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Judd connects with a body shot.
Judd lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Nice body kick from Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Judd 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 Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Judd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Judd blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judd misses with a head kick.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judd goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith tries to clinch but Judd moves out of range.
Judd is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Judd throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut lands for Judd. That snapped Smith's head back.
Nice uppercut there from Judd.
Smith lands a head kick!
Eugene Judd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A solid leg kick lands there for Judd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith has Judd up against the cage in a clinch.
Judd misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Judd fails to land.
Judd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judd throws a head punch that misses.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
Judd misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith blocks a body shot from Judd.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Judd jumps guard and drags Smith to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Judd looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Judd bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smith's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judd chips away with some ground and pound.
Judd stops Smith from standing up.
Judd throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Judd trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judd postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Judd wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Judd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Judd connects with a couple of short punches.
Smith on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Smith tries to get out of the position.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith wants to stand but Judd is controlling the position.
Judd content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Judd lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Smith is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Judd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Judd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Judd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eugene Judd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Judd 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eugene Judd!
Eugene Judd 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Nazarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karol Tarczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarov comes to the cage accompanied by "Fade to Black" by Metallica. 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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185 lbs
28 - 10 - 1 |
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World class 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
26 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Nazarov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Karol Tarczynski!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vadim Nazarov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarov moves out of range as Tarczynski throws a body kick.
Tarczynski pushes Nazarov up against the cage in a clinch.
Nazarov breaks the clinch.
Tarczynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazarov.
Nazarov checks a leg kick nicely.
Nazarov throws a right hand that misses
letting Tarczynski counter with a right hand.
Tarczynski lands a nice looking body shot.
Tarczynski clinches up with Nazarov and pushes him back against the cage.
Tarczynski's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nazarov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarczynski's elbow.
Nazarov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tarczynski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nazarov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nazarov misses with a hook to the body
enabling Tarczynski to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarov misses with a hook. Tarczynski ducked under it nicely.
Tarczynski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nazarov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nazarov misses with an uppercut
and Tarczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nazarov throws out a loose jab but Tarczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nazarov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tarczynski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nazarov with a body shot.
Tarczynski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nazarov.
Tarczynski looks for the body kick but Nazarov saw that one coming.
Nazarov feinted with a counter takedown.
Tarczynski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tarczynski stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vadim Nazarov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tarczynski swinging wildly here.
Nazarov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tarczynski counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tarczynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nazarov.
Tarczynski lands a leg kick that knocks Nazarov off balance momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tarczynski thinks about the counter body kick.
Tarczynski lands with a nice body kick.
Nazarov connects with a looping right hand.
Karol Tarczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nazarov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tarczynski. Tarczynski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tarczynski displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nazarov.
Tarczynski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nazarov.
Nazarov misses with an uppercut
and Tarczynski counters with a nice leg kick.
Nazarov cracks Tarczynski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed right hand from Nazarov misses the target.
Nazarov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tarczynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazarov.
Tarczynski throws out a counter right but Nazarov avoids it with no problem.
Tarczynski defending well as Nazarov loads up on a big left hand.
Nazarov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tarczynski throws a front kick that sends Nazarov stumbling back into the cage.
Tarczynski throws a body kick that misses.
Tarczynski connects with a high kick.
It looks like Vadim Nazarov has been cut.
Tarczynski throws a lazy right hand but Nazarov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tarczynski is looking to slow Nazarov down with leg kicks.
Nazarov clobbers Tarczynski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nazarov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tarczynski.
Tarczynski bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nazarov shoots in but no luck this time.
Nazarov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tarczynski counters with a right hand to the body.
Tarczynski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nazarov momentarily.
Tarczynski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nazarov. That did some damage!
Tarczynski connects with the punch.
Tarczynski lands a nice hook to Nazarov's body. Nazarov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tarczynski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nazarov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Tarczynski!
Tarczynski is trying to get back to half guard.
Nazarov working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karol Tarczynski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vadim Nazarov's cut.
That's time! Nazarov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Good leg kick by Tarczynski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tarczynski is looking to score with low kicks.
Nazarov misses with a looping right.
Tarczynski digs a good hook to Nazarov's body.
Tarczynski tries a head kick but it misses.
Nazarov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nazarov lands a head shot.
Karol Tarczynski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tarczynski throws a sloppy head kick and Nazarov moves out of range easily.
Tarczynski tries to clinch there but Nazarov circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Nazarov misses the target.
Tarczynski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice shot lands for Tarczynski.
A low kick from Tarczynski misses
and Nazarov counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tarczynski!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarov misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nazarov looking to control but instead Tarczynski has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Tarczynski controlling the position well.
Nazarov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nazarov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nazarov misses with a head shot. Tarczynski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Nazarov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nazarov preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov wants to control from the top but Tarczynski keeps moving.
Nazarov is looking to work some ground and pound but Tarczynski has wrist control.
Tarczynski has Nazarov pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nazarov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tarczynski's head.
Nazarov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nazarov throws an elbow that misses. Tarczynski uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nazarov's guard. Nice move by Tarczynski!
Tarczynski 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.
Nazarov has control of Tarczynski's left arm, preventing Tarczynski from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nazarov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nazarov trying to keep a closed guard but Tarczynski is proving a slippery customer.
Tarczynski looking to pass the guard.
Tarczynski 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.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nazarov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tarczynski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tarczynski lands a head shot.
Tarczynski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nazarov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tarczynski throws out a counter right but Nazarov avoids it with no problem.
Nazarov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nazarov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nazarov wants to control but Tarczynski is keeping him busy.
Tarczynski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nazarov misses with a head shot. Tarczynski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Nazarov throws a strike but Tarczynski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
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 Vadim Nazarov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vadim Nazarov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nazarov shoots in but no luck this time.
Nazarov swings widly with a right hand
and Tarczynski counters with a nice uppercut.
Nazarov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tarczynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tarczynski tries to counter with a clinch but Nazarov shakes him off and moves away.
Nazarov with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tarczynski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nazarov sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nazarov scores with a punch to the head.
Nazarov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tarczynski.
Nazarov swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski throws a front kick that sends Nazarov stumbling back into the cage.
Nazarov blocks a jab.
It looked like Nazarov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nazarov shoots in for a double leg but Tarczynski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tarczynski steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nazarov.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vadim Nazarov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski scores with a punch to the head.
Tarczynski throws a low kick but Nazarov avoids it.
Nazarov changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tarczynski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tarczynski misses with a hook. Nazarov ducked under it nicely.
Tarczynski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nazarov at a distance.
Nazarov swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Tarczynski counter with a right hand.
Tarczynski just misses with a punch to the body.
Nazarov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nazarov avoids a kick to the body.
Nazarov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nazarov throws a lazy right hand but Tarczynski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tarczynski thumps Nazarov with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski defending well as Nazarov loads up on a big left hand.
Nazarov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nazarov moves out of range as Tarczynski throws a body kick.
Nazarov misses with a takedown attempt
and Tarczynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nazarov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tarczynski finds it's way round the side to connect with Nazarov's head.
A swing and a miss from Tarczynski.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tarczynski enables Nazarov to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tarczynski manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Vadim Nazarov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tarczynski keeping moving, preventing Nazarov from controlling successfully.
Tarczynski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nazarov throwing strikes from guard but Tarczynski blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski can't keep his opponent in guard - Nazarov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nazarov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've been hearing that Nazarov has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Nazarov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tarczynski has hold of Nazarov's hands but Nazarov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tarczynski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nazarov.
Tarczynski manages to get to full guard.
Tarczynski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nazarov with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski pulls Nazarov in close to prevent any damage.
Tarczynski trying to control the position.
Nazarov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tarczynski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tarczynski working a defensive guard here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nazarov works Tarczynski's body with a nice hook.
Nazarov dips to his left and cracks Tarczynski with an uppercut!
And that's the end of the fight!
Karol Tarczynski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tarczynski 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karol Tarczynski!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ji Lu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Borschev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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269 lbs
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255 lbs
36 - 18 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ji Lu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitry Borschev!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Borschev.
Lu has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Borschev.
Borschev has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Lu walks into a left hand.
It looks like Ji Lu has been cut.
Borschev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lu.
Lu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Borschev.
Lu scores with a hook.
Lu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Borschev looks to score with a jab to the body but Lu is just out of range.
Lu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Borschev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lu throws a jab but it's blocked by Borschev.
Lu moves out of range of the body kick from Borschev.
A solid leg kick lands there for Borschev.
We've been hearing reports that Lu has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschev moves out of range of the strikes.
Lu avoids a kick to the body.
Borschev looks to land a left hand but Lu moved out of range nicely.
Lu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Borschev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lu lands with an uppercut that bounces Borschev off the cage and back into range.
Lu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borschev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Borschev takes a swing at Lu's ribcage but misses.
Lu lunges at Borschev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Borschev's hand.
Borschev tries to work over Lu's front leg with a kick but Lu checks it.
Lu changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Borschev bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lu looks to score with a jab to the body but Borschev is just out of range.
Dmitry Borschev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borschev moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borschev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lu on the side of the head.
Lu cracks Borschev with an open hand slap.
Lu slips a jab from Borschev.
The fighters circling - Lu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Borschev misses with a low kick.
Borschev swings for the body but Lu moves out of range.
Borschev throws a sloppy body shot
and Lu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borschev.
Borschev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lu misses with a hook. Borschev ducked under it nicely.
Borschev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lu. That did some damage!
Lu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borschev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Borschev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lu avoids a kick to the body.
Lu throwing a counter right hand but Borschev manages to avoid it.
Lu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lu looks to throw the jab but Borschev is out of range.
Nice body kick from Borschev.
Borschev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dmitry Borschev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borschev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lu.
Borschev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lu throws a hook but Borschev blocks it.
Borschev scores with a head kick. Lu tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ji Lu's cut is getting worse.
Borschev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borschev throws a wild body kick that Lu sees coming a mile off.
Lu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Lu misses the target.
Lu throws a hook to the side of Borschev's head but Borschev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borschev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lu.
Borschev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lu's hands.
Ji Lu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Borschev throws a body shot but no joy.
Lu's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Borschev throws a sloppy head kick and Lu moves out of range easily.
Lu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Borschev just misses with a punch to the body.
Lu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lu avoids the body shot from Borschev.
A little feinted left hand from Lu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Borschev misses with an uppercut
and Lu counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donk. Lu catches Borschev right on the button with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dmitry Borschev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ji Lu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Borschev scores with a kick to the body.
Borschev throws a sloppy head kick and Lu moves out of range easily.
Borschev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lu throws a looping overhand right but Borschev ducks down to avoid it.
Borschev throws out a powerful jab.
Borschev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lu throws out the jab.
Lu lands a lovely overhand right.
Lu misses with a body shot.
Lu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Borschev 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.
An inside leg kick lands from Lu.
Borschev checks a low kick from Lu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lu slips a jab and a cross from Borschev.
Lu is looking to counter punch.
Borschev throws a sloppy head kick and Lu moves out of range easily.
Borschev looks to land a body kick but Lu moved away.
Dmitry Borschev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Borschev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lu moves away.
Lu swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lu misses with a looping left.
Borschev tries a quick counter leg kick but Lu is wise to it.
A swing and a miss from Lu.
Lu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Borschev makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lu really felt that one!
Borschev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Borschev.
Jeez, Ji Lu's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Lu needs to keep his hands up - Borschev had a free shot at his head there.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ji Lu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dmitry Borschev!
A very excited looking Dmitry Borschev made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calm Like A Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Dyson (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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257 lbs
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237 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calm Like A Bomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philip Dyson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A Bomb throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dyson's head.
It looks like Philip Dyson has been cut.
A Bomb ducks under a wild hook from Dyson.
A Bomb thuds his shin into the meat of Dyson's side.
A Bomb is looking to land body kicks.
A Bomb misses the body punch
and Dyson counters with a thumping low kick.
Dyson scores with a hook to the body. A Bomb takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A Bomb throws a looping overhand right but Dyson ducks down to avoid it.
Dyson clobbers A Bomb with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A Bomb takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A Bomb misses with a head kick.
Dyson throws a leg kick
and A Bomb counters with a good low kick that Dyson was not able to check.
A Bomb closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A Bomb doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A Bomb stuns Dyson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A Bomb scores with a hook to the body. Dyson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A Bomb throws a poor cross that misses
and Dyson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A Bomb explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A Bomb throws a nice looking combination but Dyson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dyson misses the jab.
A Bomb throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Dyson counter with a right hand.
Calm Like A Bomb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A Bomb misses with a kick to the body
and Dyson counters with a nice body kick.
A Bomb throws a poor cross that misses
and Dyson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A Bomb lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dyson will feel that in the morning.
We've been told by A Bomb's head coaches at White Eagle that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A Bomb throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyson throws a sloppy body shot
and Dyson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A Bomb connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A Bomb lands a jab to the nose.
A Bomb feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dysons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A Bomb misses with a double jab
and Dyson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A Bomb throws a lazy right hand but Dyson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A Bomb throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Dyson to counter with a crisp jab.
Dyson scores with a punch to the head.
Dyson ducks under a wild hook from A Bomb.
Dyson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from A Bomb misses its intended target.
Dyson just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A Bomb drops his hands momentarily and Dyson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A Bomb throws out a leg kick but Dyson moves out of range and A Bomb only half commits.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dyson! But no joy.
A Bomb tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dyson lands a nice hook to A Bomb's body. A Bomb takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A Bomb takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A Bomb checks the leg kick nicely there.
An attempted straight right counter from A Bomb misses the target.
Dyson scores with a nice body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dyson, as that shot connected.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dyson!
A Bomb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dyson swings for the body but A Bomb moves out of range.
A Bomb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dyson.
Dyson scores with a hook to the body. A Bomb takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A Bomb is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as A Bomb checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dyson misses with a wild combination.
A combination from A Bomb does no damage.
Dyson sizes up A Bomb with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A Bomb staying out of range there.
A Bomb connects with a looping right hand.
Dyson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A Bomb throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dyson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dyson moves out of range of the body kick from A Bomb.
Dyson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dyson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Philip Dyson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Philip Dyson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dyson misses the body punch
and A Bomb counters with a nice body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dyson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from A Bomb - the referee stops the clock and Dyson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says A Bomb. Dyson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dyson drops his hands momentarily and A Bomb takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dyson lands a slapping body shot.
A Bomb scores with a jab to the head.
A Bomb throws a head kick that misses.
Dyson staying out of range there.
Dyson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A Bomb fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dyson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but A Bomb manages to avoid it.
Dyson misses with a low kick.
A Bomb misses with a kick to the body
and Dyson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dyson blocks a head kick by A Bomb.
Dyson is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A Bomb throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A Bomb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dyson connects with a leg kick. A Bomb looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dyson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A Bomb misses with a body kick.
A Bomb lands a nice looking body kick.
A punch lands to the side of A Bomb 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dyson just misses with a punch to the body.
A Bomb looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A Bomb takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A Bomb throws a hook to the side of Dyson's head but Dyson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dyson! But no joy.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether A Bomb might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A Bomb connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dyson throws a push kick but A Bomb slaps the foot to one side.
A Bomb quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A Bomb scores with a nice body kick.
Dyson is breathing heavily.
Dyson scores with a jab to the body.
A Bomb lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That has opened up Philip Dyson's cut even more.
A Bomb throws a lazy body kick
and Dyson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A Bomb smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dyson lands a right hook to the body.
Dyson looks to score with a jab to the body but A Bomb is just out of range.
Dyson swings for the body but A Bomb moves out of range.
Dyson scores with a nice head shot.
Philip Dyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A Bomb throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dyson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyson connects with a jab.
A Bomb throws an off balance right hand
and Dyson counters with a nice body shot.
Dyson slips a straight right by A Bomb.
Dyson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dyson throws a sloppy body shot
and A Bomb counters with a left to the body.
A Bomb misses with a body kick.
Dyson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from A Bomb.
Dyson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A Bomb just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Dyson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A Bomb paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dyson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping A Bomb at a distance.
Dyson swings for the body but A Bomb moves out of range.
It looked like A Bomb wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dyson throws a body shot but no joy.
A Bomb jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A Bomb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dyson misses with a left hand
and A Bomb connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A Bomb connects with the punch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from A Bomb.
A Bomb throws a body shot but no joy.
Dyson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as A Bomb lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dyson doesn't seem phased though.
A Bomb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dyson.
A Bomb misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dyson jabs A Bomb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Philip Dyson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Philip Dyson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A Bomb takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dyson scores with a decent looking hook.
Jab, jab by Dyson - just one landing.
A Bomb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Dyson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dyson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from A Bomb.
Dyson misses with a body shot
and A Bomb counters with a straight right hand.
A Bomb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A Bomb throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dyson misses with a hook to the body
letting A Bomb counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A Bomb looks to land a left hand but Dyson moved out of range nicely.
Dyson ducks under a wild hook from A Bomb.
A Bomb buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from A Bomb is predictable there
and Dyson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps A Bomb thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyson connects with a looping right hand.
Dyson slips a straight right by A Bomb.
Dyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but A Bomb moves away.
A Bomb fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dyson just manages to avoid it.
A Bomb misses with a straight left.
Dyson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dyson connects with a good right hand that stumbles A Bomb. A Bomb circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dyson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A Bomb throws a head kick that misses
and Dyson counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dyson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from A Bomb.
A Bomb tries to score with a low kick but Dyson moves his leg out of the way.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dyson.
Calm Like A Bomb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A Bomb scores with a nice right hand.
Dyson throws a body shot but no joy.
Dyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dyson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A Bomb scoring well with a low kick there.
A Bomb lands with a straight right. Dyson didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from A Bomb finds it's target.
Dyson cracks A Bomb with a right hand to the side of the head.
A Bomb lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from A Bomb misses.
A Bomb swings for the body but Dyson moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Dyson misses.
A Bomb misses with a left hand
and Dyson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A Bomb misses with a left hand
and Dyson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dyson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dyson throws out a powerful jab.
A Bomb throws a body punch but Dyson moves out of range.
A Bomb throws a body kick that misses.
Dyson lands a front kick.
Donk. Dyson catches A Bomb right on the button with a cross.
A jab from Dyson does it's job there.
Dyson cracks a nice hook into A Bomb's ribs.
A Bomb is looking to slow Dyson down with leg kicks.
Philip Dyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A Bomb misses with a lunging right hand
and Dyson counters with a nice body shot.
Dyson avoids a kick to the body.
A Bomb takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dyson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dyson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from A Bomb.
Dyson moves out of range of the body kick from A Bomb.
A Bomb misses with a low kick as Dyson jumps back.
Dyson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A Bomb misses the jab.
A Bomb throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A Bomb throws a combination that misses
and Dyson counters with a right hand to the body.
Dyson throws a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Philip Dyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dyson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Philip Dyson!
A relieved looking Philip Dyson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Kocur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Teló (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teló has chosen Michel Telo - Ai se eu te pego as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michel Teló!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kocur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Teló misses with a hook
and Kocur counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Teló keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kocur takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Teló moves away.
Teló feints the counter takedown.
Teló lands with a cross.
Teló throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kocur uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Teló has time to react.
Nice uppercut lands for Teló. That snapped Kocur's head back.
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!
Teló thumps Kocur with a low kick.
Kocur cracks a nice hook into Teló's ribs.
Kocur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teló manages to avoid it.
Kocur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kocur's jab looks to have found its range, popping Teló under the eye.
It looks like Michel Teló has been cut.
Kocur walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Teló checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Teló with the counter takedown but Kocur avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Teló does it's job there.
Kocur misses with a body kick.
Teló lands a high kick to the side of Kocur's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Teló dives into guard, looking to finish.
It looks like Joey Kocur has been cut.
Kocur looking to control.
Teló trying to control the position from guard on top but Kocur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kocur trying to control the position.
Teló pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kocur is keeping the position for now.
Teló postures up in Kocur's guard and throws a big left but Kocur blocks it.
Teló tries to free his leg and advance position but Kocur is retaining full guard.
Teló won't allow Kocur to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló stands up over Kocur, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kocur might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teló throws a big elbow that misses.
Kocur wants to sweep but no luck.
Teló wants to control from the top but Kocur keeps moving.
Teló has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kocur misses with a left hand
and Teló counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab from Kocur misses.
Teló takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur's jab looks to have found its range, popping Teló under the eye.
Kocur looks to land a right hand but Teló moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Teló on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kocur pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kocur scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Teló showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kocur.
Teló pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Teló moves out of range as Kocur strikes.
Michel Teló seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kocur has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Teló.
Kocur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Teló stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kocur misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kocur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló scores with the left hand. Kocur knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teló thows a left - swing and a miss!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kocur.
Teló throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kocur throws an off balance right hand
and Teló counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Teló throws a body punch but Kocur moves out of range.
It looked like Kocur wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Teló connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kocur walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kocur avoids the head kick by Teló.
Teló throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice uppercut lands for Kocur. That snapped Teló's head back.
Kocur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teló swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michel Teló dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Teló tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kocur was well out of range. Poor timing from Teló.
Teló connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kocur's hands.
Teló looks to land a left hand but Kocur moved out of range nicely.
Kocur keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Teló lands a head shot.
Teló connects with an inside leg kick.
Kocur scores with a shot to the body.
Kocur delivers a nice body kick.
Teló takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Teló has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Teló scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Teló throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teló shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kocur walks forward, straight into a front kick from Teló.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teló.
Teló misses with a kick to the body.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
Teló misses with a wild body shot.
It appears Kocur was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kocur bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Teló's head.
Teló misses with a hook
and Kocur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Michel Teló seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Teló throws a leg kick
and Kocur cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Teló connects with a jab.
Kocur looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kocur slips a straight right by Teló.
Kocur looks to land a right hand but Teló moved out of range.
Teló on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló shoots in but no luck this time.
A leg kick checked by Kocur.
Teló takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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!
Teló throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kocur throws a shot from downtown. Teló moves away and avoids it.
Kocur closes the distance and clinches.
Kocur gets through Teló's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kocur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kocur throws a punch but it's blocked by Teló.
Kocur throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Teló blocks it with crossed arms.
Teló has a couple of punches blocked by Kocur.
Kocur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kocur scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kocur makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kocur blocks a body shot from Teló.
Teló successfully pulls guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló keeping moving, preventing Kocur from controlling successfully.
Kocur sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Teló looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Teló is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kocur is aware though and is defending well.
Kocur would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Teló looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kocur passes into side control.
Teló looking for a sweep but Kocur has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kocur content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Kocur dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Teló takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kocur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kocur wants to land a leg kick but Teló is out of range.
Teló throws a push kick but Kocur slaps the foot to one side.
Kocur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teló.
Teló gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kocur swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teló is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kocur.
Kocur misses with a wild body shot.
Kocur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teló moves out of range as Kocur throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kocur gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Teló throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kocur counters with a good low kick that Teló was not able to check.
Kocur misses with a hook.
Joey Kocur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teló throws a head kick that misses
and Kocur counters with a straight right hand.
Teló lands a front kick.
Kocur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kocur explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kocur tries to bum rush Teló with a series of wild strikes but Teló uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Teló walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kocur checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Teló throws a leg kick
and Kocur counters with a nice leg kick.
Teló takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Teló ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocur moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Teló moves away.
Kocur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Teló scores with a nice strike.
Kocur blocks the body kick.
Kocur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teló was well out of range. Poor timing from Kocur.
Teló takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Teló throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Kocur wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Teló scores with a spinning back kick!
Kocur on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kocur avoids a kick to the body.
Teló moves away from the strike by Kocur.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teló misses with a low kick.
Kocur thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Teló if he has to take too many more of those.
Teló throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kocur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Teló is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Teló rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kocur makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Teló tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kocur was well out of range. Poor timing from Teló.
Teló pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kocur lands a leg kick that knocks Teló off balance momentarily.
Kocur throws a low kick but Teló moves out of range easily.
Nice cross by Teló.
Teló thows a leg kick but Kocur checks it
and Kocur counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kocur misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kocur as he jumps to the side.
Teló misses with an uppercut.
Teló attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teló avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Teló chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Teló connects with a single shot there.
Teló chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kocur can pounce on him.
Jab, jab by Kocur - just one landing.
Teló tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kocur misses with a low kick.
Teló finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Kocur tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Kocur clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kocur throws a shot from downtown. Teló moves away and avoids it.
Teló lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kocur fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick from Kocur.
Kocur throws an overhand right that lands on Teló's shoulder, as Teló tries to avoid the shot.
Kocur lets loose with a powerful body kick. Teló will feel that in the morning.
Teló dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kocur. That did some damage!
Teló's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Teló darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Teló takes a shot to the head.
Teló has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kocur lands a nice knee to the body.
Teló is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Teló throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kocurs head.
Kocur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kocur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Teló.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teló misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kocur blocking some punches.
Kocur's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Teló lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kocur as Teló tries to tie him up.
Teló throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kocurs head.
Kocur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teló throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kocurs head.
Teló working aggressively here.
Teló misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Kocur.
Kocur scores with a shot to the side of Teló's head.
Teló lands a body punch.
Kocur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kocur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kocur lands a left hand.
Kocur working Teló over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kocur missing with knees to the body.
Teló ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Teló no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Teló looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Kocur has picked Teló up and slammed him! Teló can't keep hold of the triangle and Kocur manages to pass to side control!
Teló is trying to work for a sweep but Kocur has mounted him!
Teló is trying to escape the mount.
Teló is trying to reverse the position but instead Kocur has taken his back - oops!
Kocur controlling well, preventing Teló from escaping the position.
Kocur controlling from the back.
Kocur avoiding Teló 's attempts to control his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Kocur's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kocur keeps control of the position as Teló tries to break free.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kocur has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Teló's body.
Teló trying to control the position but Kocur manages to sink in the hooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Teló might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kocur haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Teló rolls, trying to escape but Kocur keeps control of the position.
Teló tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Kocur looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kocur manages to capitalize on a mistake by Teló to take his back!
Teló tries to roll but Kocur sticks to his back.
Kocur is trying to stick to Teló's back but Teló is turning into Kocur. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Kocur's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Teló.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Joey Kocur will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kocur 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.
Kocur scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kocur throws a body punch but Teló moves out of range.
Teló is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Teló throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Teló throws out a powerful jab.
Kocur throws a shot to the body.
Teló throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Teló tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kocur gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Teló.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kocur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Teló throws a leg kick but Kocur sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A little jabbing left from Teló on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Teló misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocur.
Teló on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Teló plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kocur ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kocur checks a low kick from Teló.
An attempted straight right counter from Kocur misses the target.
Kocur misses with a low kick.
Teló scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kocur doesn't seem bothered though.
Teló explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kocur 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.
Kocur is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teló throws a good cross that connects.
Teló connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Teló fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kocur has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kocur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Teló throws a body kick that misses.
Kocur wants to clinch.
Kocur misses with a hook
and Teló counters with a straight right hand.
Kocur slips under a jab.
Kocur is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Teló buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur moves into the clinch.
Kocur prevents a body shot from Teló.
Kocur looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Teló lands with a light punch inside.
Come on Teló - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Teló looking to stall.
Teló misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kocur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kocur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kocur misses with a punch to the body.
Teló lands a left hand.
Kocur throws a punch but it's blocked by Teló.
Teló tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Teló goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kocur landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teló lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kocur.
Teló tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kocur smiles and moves away.
Teló is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kocur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teló.
Jab by Kocur.
Teló throws a leg kick but Kocur checks it.
As Teló backs away, Kocur returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Teló fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kocur avoids it really well and circles away.
Kocur is looking to counter punch.
Joey Kocur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michel Teló.
Teló throws a lazy right hand but Kocur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kocur ducks under a wild hook from Teló.
Kocur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Teló's calf.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kocur.
Michel Teló has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kocur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michel Teló.
Well Kocur has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 49:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Kocur!
Joey Kocur thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lil Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Helix Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne comes to the cage accompanied by Back Up In Yo Ass With The Resurrection. Cabrera has chosen Security! Mean muggin Helix is about to assault the whole opposing camp. as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 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
39 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lil Wayne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Helix Cabrera!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne misses the jab.
Wayne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cabrera's sensitive parts.
Wayne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cabrera looks to land a left hand but Wayne moved out of range nicely.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Cabrera dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cabrera turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wayne blocks a jab.
Cabrera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It appears Wayne was looking to counter with a kick there.
Wayne wants to clinch up but Cabrera keeps it at a distance.
Cabrera throws a big shot that misses.
Wayne with a jab.
Cabrera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wayne manages to avoid it.
Cabrera staying out of range there.
Wayne checks a leg kick nicely.
Cabrera looks to land a combination but Wayne avoids it well.
Wayne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wayne is pulling down on Cabrera's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne wants to sweep but no luck.
Cabrera trying to control but Wayne is working from the bottom.
Wayne pulls Cabrera in close to prevent any damage.
Cabrera throws a big right hand that misses.
Cabrera advances position into side control!
Cabrera working the ground and pound but Wayne is defending the strikes.
Cabrera wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
Wayne is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera working the ground and pound.
Cabrera with the ground and pound but Wayne regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Wayne is looking to control Cabrera's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wayne avoid being mounted?
Wayne moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cabrera 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.
Cabrera content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wayne managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cabrera working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wayne looking to control.
Cabrera preventing the sweep.
Cabrera throwing strikes but missing.
Cabrera throwing strikes but missing.
Cabrera is looking to work some ground and pound but Wayne has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cabrera got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wayne has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cabrera has managed to get both his arms back between Wayne's legs - danger averted.
Wayne seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Cabrera throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne working a defensive guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Cabrera wants to control from the top but Wayne keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cabrera takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wayne scores with a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cabrera takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
Wayne feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wayne. That's going to slow Cabrera down.
Wayne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Good exchange - Cabrera coming out on top.
Cabrera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helix Cabrera dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cabrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Wayne was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cabrera has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cabrera clobbers Wayne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cabrera tries to clinch but Wayne is having none of it.
Cabrera throws a right hand that misses
and Wayne counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wayne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Wayne was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cabrera.
Cabrera connects with a crisp jab.
Wayne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cabrera misses the shot to the body.
Wayne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cabrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wayne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cabrera manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wayne throws a big shot that misses.
Cabrera misses with a body shot.
Wayne will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wayne misses with a looping right.
Wayne drives through and clinches with Cabrera against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Cabrera.
Cabrera throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wayne struggles to land a body shot inside as Cabrera controls his hands.
Cabrera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Cabrera.
Wayne trying to control the position but instead, Cabrera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wayne into the cage.
Wayne lands a shoulder strike.
Cabrera tries to work over Wayne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cabrera throws a head punch that misses.
Cabrera pushes Wayne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wayne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Cabrera.
A shot in the inside from Wayne.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cabrera.
Cabrera has picked Wayne up - he's going for a ride! Cabrera dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cabrera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cabrera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wayne keeps working.
Wayne desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is trying to maintain the position but Cabrera is very close to passing his half guard.
Cabrera controlling the action here.
Cabrera wants to pass to mount but Wayne is defending the position.
Wayne is trying to get back to full guard.
Wayne is trying to control but Cabrera manages to pass to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Cabrera is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cabrera throwing shots but Wayne is blocking nicely.
Wayne holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Cabrera tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wayne knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wayne looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cabrera wants to pass the guard but Wayne is defending well.
Wayne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cabrera.
Cabrera trying to control from Wayne's half guard. Wayne has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cabrera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cabrera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cabrera wants to control from the top but Wayne keeps moving.
Cabrera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wayne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cabrera defends it easily.
Wayne wants to sweep here but Cabrera controlling him for the moment.
Cabrera trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cabrera being controlled here momentarily.
Cabrera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helix Cabrera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cabrera slips a straight right by Wayne.
A countering left hand to the body from Cabrera misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Wayne misses the target.
Cabrera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cabrera scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cabrera slips a jab from Wayne.
Wayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cabrera throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cabrera lands a jab.
Cabrera walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wayne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cabrera misses with a straight left.
Cabrera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wayne has time to react.
Wayne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wayne lands with a hook. Cabrera tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wayne thows a leg kick but Cabrera checks it
and Cabrera counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wayne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cabrera manages to get himself to full guard.
Cabrera working for a triangle but Wayne defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera keeping full guard, as Wayne tries to pass.
Helix Cabrera has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cabrera can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wayne controls the pace.
Cabrera 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.
Wayne pushes down on Cabrera's leg and manages to get into half guard.
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.
Wayne slows the pace down in half guard.
Cabrera tries to get to full guard but Wayne has control of the leg.
Wayne sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Cabrera looking for submissions off his back.
Wayne is trying to control the action in half guard but Cabrera is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne trying to control the pace.
Wayne prevents Cabrera from improving his position.
Wayne perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cabrera looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Wayne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cabrera keeps working.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wayne scores with a jab. Cabrera acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wayne misses with a straight right.
Cabrera swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Wayne connects with an inside leg kick.
Helix Cabrera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cabrera looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cabrera throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wayne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown but Wayne shows good takedown defense.
A big left from Cabrera misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wayne checks a leg kick.
Cabrera cracks the inside of Wayne's front leg.
Wayne moves in looking to clinch but Cabrera pushes him off.
Cabrera misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Helix Cabrera just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Wayne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cabrera finds it's way round the side to connect with Wayne's head.
Cabrera fails to land with a series of punches.
Cabrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabrera lands an overhand right.
Cabrera blocks a low kick nicely.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cabrera moves away.
Wayne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wayne throws a body shot but no joy.
Cabrera now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wayne throws out a powerful jab.
Wayne connects with an inside leg kick.
Cabrera misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wayne misses with a hook. Cabrera ducked under it nicely.
Cabrera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cabrera avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Cabrera ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cabrera throws a body punch but Wayne moves out of range.
Cabrera throws a combination that misses
and Wayne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cabrera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne avoids the body shot from Cabrera.
Cabrera chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wayne can pounce on him.
Wayne catches Cabrera with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wayne throws an off balance right hand
and Cabrera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wayne darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wayne throws a wild body kick that Cabrera sees coming a mile off.
Wayne throws a wild body kick that Cabrera sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cabrera darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wayne bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wayne 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.
Wayne throws a leg kick
and Cabrera counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Cabrera finds it's way through Wayne's defenses.
Cabrera throws a shot from downtown. Wayne moves away and avoids it.
Wayne connects with a leg kick. Cabrera looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wayne throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cabrera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cabrera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cabrera misses with a takedown attempt - Wayne sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cabrera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cabrera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cabrera does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wayne takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wayne tries to score with a low kick but Cabrera moves his leg out of the way.
Cabrera tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Cabrera fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wayne lands a jab to the head.
Wayne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wayne lands a glancing blow to the side of Cabrera's head.
Cabrera connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
Wayne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Wayne.
The fighters circling - Cabrera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cabrera.
Cabrera scores with the left hand. Wayne knows he should have avoided that one.
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wayne napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cabrera wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
Cabrera throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Cabrera working the strikes but Wayne uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Wayne is trying to get back to full guard.
Wayne moves into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Wayne keeping moving, preventing Cabrera from controlling successfully.
Cabrera is in close to Wayne's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cabrera lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne wants to sweep here but Cabrera controlling him for the moment.
Wayne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wayne controlling Cabrera's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helix Cabrera dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Cabrera defending well as Wayne loads up on a big left hand.
Wayne misses with a hook.
A nice side step and Cabrera releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cabrera ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cabrera with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wayne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wayne scores with a punch to the head.
Nice body punch from Wayne.
Nice defenses there by Wayne.
Cabrera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabrera is just out of range.
Cabrera throws out a counter right but Wayne avoids it with no problem.
Wayne lands a nice looking body shot.
Wayne misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrera checks a low kick from Wayne.
Wayne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cabrera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cabrera uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big left from Cabrera misses.
Cabrera throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wayne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cabrera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cabrera has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wayne.
Wayne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wayne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cabrera is out of range.
Wayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wayne scores with a spinning back kick!
Wayne misses with a right hand
and Cabrera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cabrera closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wayne did well to prevent Cabrera getting side control.
Wayne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wayne is looking for a sweep. Cabrera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wayne is working hard here to advance position.
Cabrera thows a huge punch but Wayne dodges it nicely.
Wayne is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cabrera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lil Wayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cabrera working Wayne over with strikes.
Wayne is trying to control but can't.
Wayne makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wayne.
Wayne is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
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.
Cabrera tries to free his leg and advance position but Wayne is retaining full guard.
Wayne looking for a guillotine here but Cabrera defends easily.
Cabrera cracks Wayne with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera landing some decent shots from guard.
Cabrera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wayne's head.
Wayne is trying to keep Cabrera in close.
Cabrera is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wayne is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wayne escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cabrera gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cabrera with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wayne's head.
Cabrera wants to control from the top but Wayne keeps moving.
Wayne wants to sweep but no luck.
Cabrera with a nice head shot there.
Cabrera working some strikes from top position.
Cabrera throwing strikes but missing.
Cabrera with a nice head shot there.
Cabrera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cabrera cracks Wayne with a solid left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Helix Cabrera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cabrera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Helix Cabrera!
Helix Cabrera is the new lightweight champion!
Helix Cabrera bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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