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HFC 50:Yamamoto vs Capuchin PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Vatanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Baratheon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vatanen comes to the cage accompanied by Kalmah - Heros to Us. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sami Vatanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Baratheon!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baratheon dodges the punch combination from Vatanen.
Baratheon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vatanen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Baratheon counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Sami Vatanen has been cut.
A big left from Baratheon misses.
Baratheon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baratheon. That's going to slow Vatanen down.
Vatanen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Robert Baratheon has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Vatanen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vatanen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vatanen checks a leg kick.
Vatanen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vatanen with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Baratheon.
Baratheon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baratheon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baratheon throws a body shot but no joy.
Baratheon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baratheon moves away from the strike by Vatanen.
Vatanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Baratheon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vatanen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Contenders in the buildup to the fight.
Vatanen moves into range and clinches up with Baratheon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Baratheon looks winded!
Vatanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baratheon or not.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Baratheon avoids the damage to the body.
Vatanen lands a shot to the body.
Vatanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baratheon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vatanen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vatanen gets through Baratheon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vatanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baratheon.
Vatanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baratheon is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vatanen obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vatanen digs a right hand into Baratheon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baratheon's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baratheon takes a shot to the head.
Vatanen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Vatanen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baratheon misses with a body punch.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Vatanen.
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Vatanen - that landed with a thud.
Vatanen landing knees to the head.
Vatanen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vatanen trying to land knees to the body.
Vatanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vatanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Baratheon avoids the damage to the body.
Vatanen landing knees to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baratheon backwards.
Vatanen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vatanen misses with a knee to the head.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baratheon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vatanen lands a knee to the body.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Vatanen with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Robert Baratheon's cut even more.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vatanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baratheon is defending well for now.
Vatanen scores with a shoulder strike.
Vatanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baratheon blocks it with crossed arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vatanen landing knees to the body.
Vatanen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vatanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Baratheon avoids the damage to the body.
Vatanen gets through Baratheon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Vatanen.
Baratheon can't find room to land a body shot as Vatanen controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Vatanen.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vatanen obliges.
Vatanen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vatanen looking to throw knees to the head but Baratheon is blocking nicely.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Vatanen.
Vatanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a good knee to the midsection. Baratheon won't want to take too many of those.
Vatanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The cut above Robert Baratheon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vatanen cracks Baratheon with a nice body shot.
Vatanen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baratheon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short left from Vatanen.
Vatanen gets through Baratheon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Vatanen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Vatanen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vatanen scores with a nice right hand.
Vatanen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vatanen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baratheon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vatanen moves out of range of the leg kick from Baratheon.
Vatanen moves out of range of the body kick from Baratheon.
Baratheon lands a high kick!
Sami Vatanen's cut is getting worse.
Vatanen clinches with his opponent.
Baratheon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vatanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vatanen cracks Baratheon with a nice body shot.
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!
Vatanen lands a nice shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Baratheon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vatanen is working Baratheon over against the cage.
Baratheon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Sami Vatanen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baratheon is breathing heavily.
Vatanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baratheon backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.
Baratheon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vatanen lands a nice uppercut.
Vatanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baratheon's face.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the body.
Baratheon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vatanen landing knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a shoulder strike.
Baratheon has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vatanen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Baratheon can turn it around.
Baratheon takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Vatanen on the inside.
Robert Baratheon's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a body shot in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Vatanen.
Vatanen presses Baratheon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vatanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vatanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baratheon is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.
Vatanen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baratheon can do to turn this around?
Vatanen digs a right hand into Baratheon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baratheon's gas tank.
Vatanen with a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robert Baratheon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sami Vatanen!
A relieved looking Sami Vatanen 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terryn Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bob Holley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dall kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Skin for Skin. Holley comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beer - Ou its good kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terryn Dall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy Bob Holley!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holley swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Billy Bob Holley has been cut.
Dall misses with a body kick.
Holley looks to land a right hand but Dall moved out of range.
Dall tries to bum rush Holley with a series of wild strikes but Holley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holley connects with a solid leg kick.
Dall looks to throw the jab but Holley is out of range.
Dall lands a jab.
Dall looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Billy Bob Holley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Holley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dall uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dall misses with a hook.
Holley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dall misses with a lunging right hand
and Holley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Holley closes the distance and clinches.
Dall prevents a body shot from Holley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Holley as Dall tries to tie him up.
Dall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holley working aggressively here.
Holley lands with a right to the head.
Dall is trying to force a seperation but Holley has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Holley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holley tries a body shot but Dall blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Dall.
Holley pulls guard.
Dall avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Holley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dall is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dall trying to control but Holley is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holley looking for a guillotine here but Dall defends easily.
Dall forces his way into half guard.
Dall is trying to work for a kimura but Holley is defending well.
Holley looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Dall pushes past his half guard into mount!
Dall tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall controlling from mount.
Holley slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Holley wants to get back to full guard.
Holley tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Holley wants to control but Dall is keeping busy.
Dall is trying to control. Holley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dall trying to control the pace.
Dall passes to full mount!
Holley bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dall not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Holley lands a couple of elbows.
Dall 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.
Holley drops back looking for a leg! Dall is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dall manages to kick Holley off! Holley jumps back into Dall's guard.
Dall wants to sweep but no luck.
Holley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Billy Bob Holley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Bob Holley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Holley jabs Dall to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dall walks into a jab.
Holley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dall looks to land a combination but Holley avoids it well.
Holley swings for the body but Dall moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Dall. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holley. Dall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Holley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dall 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.
Dall throws a body shot but no joy.
Holley drops his hands momentarily and Dall takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dall staying out of range there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good shot there by Dall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holley looks to score with a jab to the body but Dall is just out of range.
Holley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dall under the eye.
A combination from Holley does no damage.
Holley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dall manages to avoid it.
Dall tried to counter with a leg kick but Holley avoided it.
Billy Bob Holley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dall is looking to slow Holley down with leg kicks.
Holley blocks a jab.
Holley tries to land a front kick but Dall steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dall staying out of range there.
Dall closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Holley misses with a body shot.
Dall throws a sloppy head kick and Holley moves out of range easily.
Holley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dall throws a lazy uppercut
and Holley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holley lands a big right hand that sends Dall crashing to the mat! Holley stays standing though and waves Dall back to his feet!
It looks like Terryn Dall has been cut.
That's two 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!
A head kick by Dall misses
and Dall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dall is rocked!
Holley steps in with a hook that catches Dall right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Holley follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Dall looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Bob Holley!
Billy Bob Holley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Millencolin - Happiness For Dogs . 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 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Lowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paddy Brown!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowe is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Lowe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brown decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Brown looks to land a strike but Lowe avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Brown wants to control from the top but Lowe keeps moving.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Lowe is retaining full guard.
Brown wants to control from the top but Lowe keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown has gone for a leg lock! Lowe slips out almost immediately though and dives into Brown's guard.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lowe preventing the sweep.
Brown is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lowe defends well.
Brown throws his legs up looking for a submission but Lowe uses it to pass to side control.
Lowe decides to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brown checks a leg kick.
Brown jabs Lowe to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lowe throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it.
Brown on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Brown has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lowe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.
Lowe throws a leg kick
and Brown counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lowe is trying to get back to half guard.
Brown tries to move into full mount but can't pass Lowe's legs.
Brown moves into full mount!
Brown with shots to the head and body - Lowe looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control but Lowe is having none of it.
Lowe is looking to improve his position but Brown isn't that keen on the idea.
Brown looking to secure an arm triangle but Lowe defends it well.
Brown tries to control but Lowe wriggling away.
Lowe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
You get the feeling that Lowe really doesn't like being in this position too much.
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.
Brown goes for an armbar but Lowe turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Lowe.
Lowe won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown looking to control but Lowe passes into half guard.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Lowe has control of the leg.
Brown moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
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 Mike Lowe will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lowe with a hook.
Lowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lowe defends it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Lowe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lowe sprawls well initially but Brown persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lowe wants to get back to his feet.
Brown wants to work for an arm triangle but Lowe is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lowe is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown is trying to control. Lowe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brown is looking to pass Lowe's guard but actually Lowe recovers to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown looking to sit in guard and control but Lowe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brown looking to control.
Paddy Brown has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lowe controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Brown is trying to control the position but Lowe postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brown looking for a sweep. Not yet Brown, not yet.
Brown controls Lowe momentarily but Lowe frees himself.
Brown working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lowe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lowe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lowe looking to pass the guard.
Lowe preventing the sweep.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Brown misses with a hook
and Lowe counters with a leg kick.
Brown misses with an uppercut
and Lowe counters with a good low kick that Brown was not able to check.
Lowe 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.
Brown takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lowe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Lowe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brown's head backwards.
Lowe avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Lowe misses the target.
Lowe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brown on the side of the head.
Brown has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lowe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lowe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lowe moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lowe.
Brown with the counter takedown but Lowe avoids it easily.
Brown misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Brown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lowe dips to his left and cracks Brown with an uppercut!
Lowe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mike Lowe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lowe is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Lowe lands a head kick!
Lowe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Mike Lowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Lowe saw that one coming.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lowe.
Brown feints the counter takedown.
Lowe cracks Brown with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lowe dominated that second 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.
Lowe connects with a right hand. Brown shakes it off.
Lowe thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brown if he has to take too many more of those.
Brown checks the leg kick.
Lowe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brown. Brown circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lowe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Lowe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lowe.
Lowe misses with a head kick.
Lowe loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Lowe misses with a wild body shot.
Lowe connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Lowe slips the punch.
Brown takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lowe scores with a nice head shot.
Brown shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lowe pinned against the cage. Lowe gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mike Lowe is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lowe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lowe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brown throws the left hand but Lowe avoids the punch easily.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Lowe is out of range.
Mike Lowe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown feints the counter takedown.
Lowe throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Lowe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brown throws a hook but Lowe avoids it easily.
Lowe looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Brown 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.
Lowe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lowe thumps Brown with a low kick.
Lowe scoring well with a low kick there.
Lowe ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
We've been told by Lowe's head coaches at The Axis of Evil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Brown needs to keep his hands up - Lowe had a free shot at his head there.
Brown tries for a takedown but Lowe circles away easily
and Lowe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Lowe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lowe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lowe throws a head kick that half lands.
Lowe lands with a straight right. Brown didn't see that one coming.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lowe throwing a counter right hand but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lowe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lowe can pounce on him.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Lowe counters with a body kick that stops Brown in his tracks momentarily.
Brown takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Paddy Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown throws a sloppy body shot
and Lowe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lowe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lowe scores with the left hand. Brown knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Brown drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lowe defends it well.
Lowe stuffs the takedown.
Mike Lowe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paddy Brown.
Brown throws the left hand but Lowe avoids the punch easily.
Brown walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brown has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good shot there by Lowe.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Lowe is just out of range.
Lowe cracks Brown with a good jab.
Brown needs to keep his hands up - Lowe had a free shot at his head there.
Lowe throws a nice head kick!
Lowe lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Brown with a poor takedown
and Lowe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown misses with a straight right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Lowe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lowe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lowe!
Mike Lowe thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Paddy Brown had this to say: 'It was an honour to fight on HFC50 and against a great opponent.. i promise to come back even stronger!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caliman Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gus Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Caliman Matos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gus Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matos shoots in and gets a takedown into Spencer's guard.
Matos passes Spencer's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Matos works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spencer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Matos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Spencer has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Matos looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Matos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Spencer has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Spencer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Matos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Matos lands a big elbow - Spencer is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Spencer is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Caliman Matos!
Caliman Matos spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Obuhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maui Wowie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wowie has chosen Dont bogart that joint 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 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Obuhov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maui Wowie!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wowie throws a hook to the side of Obuhov's head but Obuhov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wowie misses with a straight right.
Obuhov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Obuhov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wowie.
Obuhov attempts a counter takedown but Wowie avoids it well and moves away.
Obuhov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wowie tries to avoid it but Obuhov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wowie to the ground. Wowie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wowie drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Obuhov defends it well.
Obuhov 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.
Obuhov clobbers Wowie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Obuhov walks into a stiff left hand from Wowie.
It looks like Anton Obuhov has been cut.
Wowie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Obuhov is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Wowie.
Wowie with the counter takedown but Obuhov avoids it easily.
Oh Obuhov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Obuhov's corner calls for a 1-2. Obuhov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wowie missing with a left hand there. Obuhov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Obuhov seems to have got his legs back now.
Obuhov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Maui Wowie has been cut.
Obuhov avoids the body shot from Wowie.
Obuhov lands a jab to the nose.
Wowie is rocked!
Wowie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obuhov moves away.
Obuhov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wowie is still on wobbly legs! Can Obuhov finish him?
Obuhov fakes the body blow, causing Wowie to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Wowie goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anton Obuhov!
Anton Obuhov 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.
Maui Wowie spoke after the fight, saying 'Pass the Bong'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Kahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devon Bailey (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Solomon Kahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Devon Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey scores with a hook to the body. Kahn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bailey throws a hook but Kahn blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Kahn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bailey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kahn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bailey in his tracks.
Bailey misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Bailey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bailey misses with a looping right.
Bailey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kahn moves away.
Bailey walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bailey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kahn was well out of range. Poor timing from Bailey.
Kahn misses with a left hand
and Bailey counters with a straight right hand.
Bailey takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kahn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the liver by Bailey. Beautiful body shot.
Kahn throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kahn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kahn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kahn clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kahn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Kahn lands a right hand.
Bailey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey misses with some punches.
Bailey is stalling here.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the body.
Bailey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kahn blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Kahn misses with a punch on the inside.
Kahn swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Kahn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Bailey working aggressively here.
Kahn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bailey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kahns head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kahn throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kahn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kahn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
Kahn swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahn working aggressively here.
Bailey prevents a body shot from Kahn.
Kahn throws a head punch that misses.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kahn.
Kahn swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kahn blocking some punches.
Kahn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kahn swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kahn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bailey prevents a body shot from Kahn.
Kahn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kahn throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Kahn scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bailey or not.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Kahn fails to land.
Bailey misses with a punch on the inside.
Kahn throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Nice body punch from Kahn.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bailey.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
It looks like Solomon Kahn has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Kahn breaks the clinch.
Bailey lands a jab to the nose.
Kahn rushes Bailey and presses him up against the cage.
Kahn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bailey - that landed with a thud.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kahn.
Kahn misses with the head strike.
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 Solomon Kahn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Solomon Kahn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kahn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bailey.
Bailey sizes up Kahn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bailey misses with a looping left.
Kahn tries to clinch there but Bailey circles away.
Bailey throws a big shot that misses.
Kahn misses with a two punch combination.
Kahn is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Kahn tests Bailey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kahn.
Kahn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bailey on the side of the head.
Bailey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kahn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kahn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bailey.
Bailey's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kahn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bailey scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kahn throws a lazy body kick
and Bailey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kahn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kahn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bailey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kahn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bailey scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bailey tries to work over Kahn's front leg with a kick but Kahn checks it.
Bailey listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kahn moves out of range as Bailey strikes.
Bailey gets tackled into the cage by Kahn. Kahn maintains the clinch.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kahn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bailey pushes Kahn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kahn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Bailey.
Kahn is rocked!
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Kahn controls his hands.
Oh Kahn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bailey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bailey controlling the action here for a moment.
Bailey has a couple of punches blocked by Kahn.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Devon Bailey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bailey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Bailey blocks an elbow strike.
Bailey creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Kahn with a big uppercut! Kahn tries to clinch up but Bailey pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Kahn to the mat! Kahn covers up and Bailey unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Devon Bailey!
Devon Bailey bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeus Zorrander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyrie Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zeus Zorrander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyrie Perry!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry misses the shot to the body.
Perry blocks a head kick by Zorrander.
Perry tries to keep at a distance but Zorrander has taken the fight into the clinch.
Perry tightens his grip and picks Zorrander up, before dumping him to the ground. Zorrander manages to land in guard.
Zorrander keeping moving, preventing Perry from controlling successfully.
Zorrander controlling Perry's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Perry working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Zorrander looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry throws a strike but Zorrander rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Zorrander's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Perry lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Zorrander is looking to stand up but Perry isn't so interested in that idea.
Zorrander looking to hit a scissor sweep but Perry is one step ahead there.
Perry trying to control but Zorrander is working from the bottom.
Perry is looking to work some ground and pound but Zorrander has wrist control.
Perry must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry looking to pass the guard.
Perry trying to control but Zorrander is working from the bottom.
Zorrander pulls Perry in close to prevent any damage.
Perry wants to control from the top but Zorrander keeps moving.
Perry looking to sit in guard and control but Zorrander gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Perry throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Zorrander wanted to stand there but Perry had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zorrander stands and steps away. Perry gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Zorrander misses with a hook.
Zorrander throws an off balance right hand
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Perry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zorrander looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Perry takes a swing at Zorrander's ribcage but misses.
Zorrander takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been told by Zorrander's head coaches at DiscoClub that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Perry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zorrander.
Perry drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Perry lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zorrander is looking for a sweep.
Zorrander parries the strikes from Perry easily there. Perry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Zorrander to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry cracks Zorrander with an elbow. That is naaassty.
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!
Perry is looking to take a break and control but Zorrander is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perry postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
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Perry sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Zorrander is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Perry working the ground and pound but Zorrander is defending the strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Zorrander is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyrie Perry dominated that round.
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.
Donk. Zorrander catches Perry right on the button with a cross.
A lazy left from Zorrander finds it's target.
Zorrander misses with a head kick.
Zorrander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perry.
Perry digs a good hook to Zorrander's body.
Zorrander scores with the left hand. Perry knows he should have avoided that one.
Perry moves away from the strike by Zorrander.
A nice side step and Perry releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zorrander throws a lazy uppercut
and Perry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Perry scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Perry misses.
Zorrander gets a clinch.
Zorrander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zorrander has a couple of punches blocked by Perry.
Perry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zorrander misses with a punch on the inside.
Zorrander prevents Perry from breaking the clinch.
Zorrander prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zorrander.
Perry takes a shot to the head.
Zorrander misses with some punches.
Zorrander misses with the head strike.
Zorrander is pressed up against the cage. Perry has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zorrander down to the mat. Zorrander avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Perry is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zorrander sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zeus Zorrander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyrie Perry.
Zorrander misses with a body kick.
Kyrie Perry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zorrander throws a right hand that Perry ducks under and follows up with a left that Perry also avoids with ease.
And Perry tries to counter it with a takedown but Zorrander pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Zorrander misses with a hook. Perry ducked under it nicely.
Zorrander misses with a head kick.
Zorrander misses with a body kick.
Perry appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Perry fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Zorrander to the ground. Perry is now in Zorrander's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Perry throwing strikes from guard but Zorrander blocks nicely.
Zorrander is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Zorrander is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zorrander bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Perry's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry 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.
Perry is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Zorrander wants to stand but Perry has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Perry working a defensive guard here.
Perry looking for a sweep. Not yet Perry, not yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Perry can do anything to dispel that myth.
Perry trying to control the position here.
Kyrie Perry has got the better of the ground game so far.
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.
Perry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zorrander preventing the sweep.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Perry misses the shot to the body.
Zorrander tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perry feints the counter takedown.
Perry punishes Zorrander's body with a nice straight punch.
Perry connects with a jab.
Zorrander loads up on a big right hand but Perry slips the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Perry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perry is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zorrander rather than just go for the knockout.
Zorrander throws a head kick that misses.
Zorrander throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zeus Zorrander dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Zorrander throws a lazy uppercut
and Perry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zorrander misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Perry misses.
Zorrander misses with a double jab
and Perry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zorrander misses with a left hand
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut.
Zorrander pivots, looking for a leg kick but Perry is out of range and Zorrander settles back down.
Zorrander wants to clinch up but Perry keeps it at a distance.
Zorrander tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Zorrander lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry misses with a double jab
and Zorrander counters with a head kick that drops Perry to the mat! Perry scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zorrander throws an overhand right that lands on Perry's shoulder, as Perry tries to avoid the shot.
Zorrander slips under a jab from Perry.
Zorrander tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Perry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zorrander thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Zorrander tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Perry is in Zorrander's guard.
Perry throwing strikes but missing.
Perry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zorrander seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Perry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Perry throwing strikes from guard but Zorrander blocks nicely.
Zorrander looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zorrander keeping moving, preventing Perry from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Perry looking to sit in guard and control but Zorrander gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zorrander controlling from the top position.
Zorrander stopping the sweep attempt from Perry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zorrander is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zorrander stands up and waves to Perry to follow him.
Zorrander doesn't manage to clinch there - Perry circles away.
Zorrander cracks Perry with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zorrander misses with a two punch combination.
Zorrander tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zorrander looks to land a left hand but Perry moved out of range nicely.
Perry is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zorrander with a body shot.
Perry closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Perry lands in his opponent's guard.
Zorrander avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry throwing strikes from guard but Zorrander blocks nicely.
Zorrander keeping moving, preventing Perry from controlling successfully.
Perry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Perry trying to control but Zorrander is working from the bottom.
Zorrander looking to hit a scissor sweep but Perry is one step ahead there.
Perry wants to control from the top but Zorrander keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kyrie Perry.
I think Perry 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Third Round Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shoei Braz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Third Round Romero has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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213 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Third Round Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shoei Braz!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero thows a leg kick but Braz checks it
and Braz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Braz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Braz has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at English Top Team - THE Hybrid Gym (11 ELITE ). Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Romero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Braz has gone for a leg lock! Romero slips out almost immediately though and dives into Braz's guard.
Braz wants to stand but Romero is controlling the position.
Braz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Romero can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Braz wants to hit a switch here but Romero passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Braz there!
Braz is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero wants to control the action but instead Braz gets a body lock and reverses into Romero's guard! Nice work!
Romero looking for a sweep. Not yet Romero, not yet.
Braz tries to free his leg and advance position but Romero is retaining full guard.
Braz is working Romero over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Braz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Romero looking to control.
Braz throwing strikes from guard but Romero blocks nicely.
Romero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Braz's guard.
Romero has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Romero is looking to stand up but Braz won't let him.
Romero knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Braz on the ground.
Braz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Romero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Romero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Braz is looking for a triangle here but Romero uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braz is letting Romero control him for a moment.
Braz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Braz can't do much from the bottom here.
Braz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romero wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Braz keeps trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Braz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Romero is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Braz will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Braz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romero wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Braz is trying to control Romero's posture but Romero avoids it.
Braz is looking to reverse the position.
Romero in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Braz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Braz is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Braz struggling a bit here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Romero dips to his left and cracks Braz with an uppercut!
Braz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romero. Braz does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Romero connects with a body shot.
Romero fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Romero throws a looping overhand right but Braz ducks down to avoid it.
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 Third Round Romero will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Braz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romero.
Romero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Braz can do to turn this around?
Romero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Romero scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Shoei Braz has been cut.
Good shot there by Romero.
Romero throws a lazy uppercut
so Braz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Braz cracks Romero with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Braz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Braz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Romero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Braz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Braz throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braz chips away with some ground and pound.
Braz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Romero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Braz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Romero is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Romero has escaped and now he's on top!
Braz working a defensive guard but Romero manages to pass into side control anyway.
Braz is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braz wants to control but Romero postures up.
Braz is looking for a sweep.
Braz looks to move to half guard but instead Romero has passed into mount! Damn!
Braz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Braz regains half guard.
Braz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Romero controlling the action here.
Braz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Romero pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Romero is looking to take a break and control but Braz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Romero seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Romero is thwarting Braz's attempts to control the position.
Braz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Romero is looking to take a break and control but Braz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Braz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Braz actively working from the bottom here.
Romero wants to stand but Braz has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice jab there from Romero.
Romero is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Braz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Romero connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Braz scrambles back to his feet.
Braz moves out of range of the strikes.
Third Round Romero is winning the standup battle so far.
Romero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Third Round Romero dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shoei Braz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Romero lands with a thumping leg kick.
Romero ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Romero loads up on a big right hand but Braz slips the punch.
Braz with the counter takedown but Romero avoids it easily.
Romero stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Braz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Romero lands with a good body shot.
Romero misses with a body shot
and Braz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Shoei Braz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Braz is nestled in close to Romero, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braz seems to be working for a kimura but Romero defends the submission attempt.
Braz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braz is looking for a kimura but Romero is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Braz to get the leverage.
Braz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Braz wants to work for an arm triangle but Romero is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Romero is trying to maintain the position but Braz is very close to passing his half guard.
Braz is looking for a kimura here.
Braz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shoei Braz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Braz is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Romero has managed to free his arm - good work.
Braz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Braz thows a huge punch but Romero dodges it nicely.
Braz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Braz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Romero blocking the ground and pound attempt from Braz.
Braz is working for a submission of some sort.
Braz is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Romero is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shoei Braz!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Shoei Braz waved his t-shirt featuring KnockOut's logo in front of the cameras.
Third Round Romero spoke after the fight, saying 'How did THAT just happen? Is it possible that Jesus doesn't love me anymore? My opponent was the better fighter tonight, but I'm going to train harder than ever, and make my way back to the top!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curtis's entrance music is Low Roar - I'll Keep Coming. A fine choice. Cannon has chosen The Conquering- Black Moor as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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168 lbs
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21
181 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Isaac Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Todd Cannon!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curtis throws a body shot but no joy.
Cannon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Curtis as he jumps to the side.
Cannon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
It looked like Curtis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jab from Curtis.
Curtis throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice takedown defense from Curtis. No joy for Cannon on that attempt.
Isaac Curtis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Cannon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannon. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cannon avoids the body shot from Curtis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cannon throws a nice looking combination but Curtis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cannon misses with a left hand
letting Curtis counter with a right hand.
Cannon misses with a few strikes there.
Curtis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cannon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis takes a swing at Cannon's ribcage but misses.
Decent striking displayed by Curtis there.
Curtis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cannon!
Curtis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cannon is rocked!
Cannon throws a leg kick but Curtis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cannon is still on wobbly legs! Can Curtis finish him?
Curtis cracks Cannon with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Cannon falls to his knees and Curtis doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Isaac Curtis!
As Isaac Curtis got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Tonight was my night. I'm going to weigh up my options and see where to go from here. Every fight is getting harder for an old dog like me, this may've been my last one.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kotetsu Yamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcel Capuchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kotetsu Yamamoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcel Capuchin!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Capuchin, as that shot connected.
Yamamoto lands with a shot to the body.
Capuchin lands with a cross.
Capuchin throws a hook to the side of Yamamoto's head but Yamamoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Capuchin swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Capuchin. Yamamoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamamoto half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Yamamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Capuchin.
Capuchin throws a lazy right hand but Yamamoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yamamoto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yamamoto misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capuchin scores with a hook.
Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Capuchin.
Capuchin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Capuchin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamamoto manages to avoid it.
Yamamoto appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Capuchin throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capuchin misses with a body shot.
Capuchin misses with a shot to the body
and Yamamoto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Capuchin's guard.
Yamamoto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yamamoto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Capuchin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yamamoto advances position into side control!
Yamamoto working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Capuchin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yamamoto connects with a decent elbow.
Yamamoto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Capuchin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Yamamoto seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Yamamoto misses with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capuchin has one of Yamamoto's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Capuchin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yamamoto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yamamoto is chipping away with strikes.
Yamamoto 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.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound but Capuchin is defending the strikes.
Yamamoto in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Capuchin down.
Capuchin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yamamoto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yamamoto tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Capuchin is looking for a sweep.
Yamamoto looks up at the clock and then as Capuchin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yamamoto smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yamamoto lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Capuchin defending against the ground and pound.
Yamamoto creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Capuchin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yamamoto in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound but Capuchin is defending the strikes.
Capuchin is trying to control Yamamoto's posture but Yamamoto avoids it.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Yamamoto throwing strikes but Capuchin manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Yamamoto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yamamoto struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto is trying to improve his position.
Yamamoto tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Yamamoto is looking for a sweep.
Yamamoto is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Capuchin's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto is looking for a sweep. Capuchin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kotetsu Yamamoto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Capuchin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Capuchin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yamamoto counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamamoto throws a big right hand that misses.
Yamamoto with a nice head shot there.
Yamamoto connects with a couple of short punches.
Yamamoto is pushing down on Capuchin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Capuchin is fighting to maintain full guard but Yamamoto has managed to sneak the leg through.
Yamamoto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Capuchin can do to turn this around?
Capuchin tries to roll over but Yamamoto keeps him under control.
We've been hearing that Yamamoto has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Yamamoto with shots to the head and body - Capuchin looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Yamamoto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Capuchin because Yamamoto loaded up on that one.
Yamamoto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yamamoto landing strikes from the mount.
Yamamoto throwing strikes but Capuchin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Yamamoto throwing shots but Capuchin is blocking nicely.
Capuchin is controlling Yamamoto's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Yamamoto working the head and body with strikes.
Capuchin is staying active underneath Yamamoto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kotetsu Yamamoto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yamamoto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Capuchin wants to improve his position but Yamamoto is controlling well.
Yamamoto is trying to control the action in half guard but Capuchin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto trying to pass the guard but Capuchin defending well.
Yamamoto throwing shots but Capuchin is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yamamoto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Yamamoto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Capuchin defending well though.
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!
Yamamoto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Capuchin defending well though.
Yamamoto working Capuchin over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Yamamoto connects with a nice short shot to Capuchin's temple.
Yamamoto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Yamamoto working Capuchin over with strikes.
Yamamoto throwing shots but Capuchin is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capuchin has hold of Yamamoto's hands but Yamamoto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yamamoto thows a huge punch but Capuchin dodges it nicely.
Yamamoto wants to pass the guard but Capuchin is defending well.
Yamamoto working Capuchin over with strikes.
Yamamoto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yamamoto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yamamoto thows a huge punch but Capuchin dodges it nicely.
Yamamoto slips a nice elbow through Capuchin's hands, connecting with Capuchin's forehead.
Yamamoto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Yamamoto lands strikes from half guard.
Yamamoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yamamoto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Capuchin defending well though.
Yamamoto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yamamoto throwing shots but Capuchin is blocking nicely.
Yamamoto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Yamamoto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yamamoto is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yamamoto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Capuchin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Capuchin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yamamoto slips a nice elbow through Capuchin's hands, connecting with Capuchin's forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamamoto thows a huge punch but Capuchin dodges it nicely.
Yamamoto wants to free his trapped foot but Capuchin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yamamoto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kotetsu Yamamoto dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The fighters circling - Capuchin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamamoto attempts a counter takedown but Capuchin avoids it well and moves away.
Capuchin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Yamamoto looks to throw the jab but Capuchin is out of range.
Capuchin swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Yamamoto walks into a straight right hand from Capuchin.
Capuchin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Capuchin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yamamoto momentarily.
Yamamoto takes one on the button.
Capuchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
Yamamoto drops down looking for a counter takedown but Capuchin sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto slips a jab from Capuchin.
Yamamoto tries to counter with a takedown but Capuchin is quick to defend against it.
Yamamoto misses the shot to the body.
Yamamoto lands a jab to Capuchin's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Capuchin. Yamamoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamamoto half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Capuchin scores with a punch to the head.
Capuchin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yamamoto feinted with a counter takedown.
Capuchin swings for the body but Yamamoto moves out of range.
Yamamoto shoots in and gets a takedown into Capuchin's guard.
Yamamoto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Capuchin's head.
Capuchin keeping moving, preventing Yamamoto from controlling successfully.
Yamamoto advances position into side control!
Yamamoto landing strikes.
Capuchin is not content to let Yamamoto control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capuchin parries the strikes from Yamamoto easily there. Yamamoto is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Capuchin to escape.
Yamamoto lands some shots froms side control.
The ground and pound from Yamamoto seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Capuchin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Yamamoto.
Sloppy strikes there by Yamamoto.
Capuchin avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yamamoto.
Yamamoto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Capuchin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Capuchin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound.
Yamamoto creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Capuchin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Capuchin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yamamoto is chipping away with strikes.
Yamamoto postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Yamamoto tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Capuchin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Yamamoto cracks Capuchin with a big right hand but Capuchin just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Capuchin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Capuchin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Yamamoto in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto looks up at the clock and then as Capuchin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yamamoto smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Capuchin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Capuchin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Capuchin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yamamoto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yamamoto working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yamamoto throws a strike aimed at the side of Capuchin's head but Capuchin avoids it well.
Yamamoto working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Capuchin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Capuchin parries the strikes from Yamamoto easily there. Yamamoto is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Capuchin to escape.
Yamamoto wants to control but Capuchin is keeping him busy.
Yamamoto landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kotetsu Yamamoto clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Capuchin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamamoto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Capuchin misses with a wild body shot.
Yamamoto drops down looking for a counter takedown but Capuchin sprawls and moves away.
Capuchin throws out a loose jab but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamamoto fails with a takedown attempt.
Yamamoto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Capuchin.
Capuchin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yamamoto. Yamamoto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto ducks under a wild hook from Capuchin.
Capuchin throws out a loose jab but Yamamoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Capuchin cracks Yamamoto with an open hand slap.
Capuchin slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto throws a body shot but no joy.
Capuchin throws a jab when Yamamoto was well out of range.
Capuchin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Capuchin takes a swing at Yamamoto's ribcage but misses.
Yamamoto attempts a counter takedown but Capuchin avoids it well and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Capuchin misses the target.
Yamamoto catches Capuchin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Capuchin scores with a sloppy right hand. Yamamoto should have avoided that one.
Capuchin throws out a powerful jab.
Capuchin misses with a body shot.
Yamamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Capuchin.
Capuchin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yamamoto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Capuchin looks to throw the jab but Yamamoto is out of range.
Yamamoto feinted with a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capuchin throws a lazy right hand but Yamamoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marcel Capuchin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamamoto gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamamoto wants to control but Capuchin is keeping him busy.
Yamamoto is really struggling to control Capuchin but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Check out the look on Yamamoto's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yamamoto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Yamamoto grinds an elbow into Capuchin's temple.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Capuchin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yamamoto throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Capuchin defending against the ground and pound.
Yamamoto in side control, throwing shots but Capuchin defends.
Yamamoto wants to control but Capuchin is keeping him busy.
Capuchin takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yamamoto landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Capuchin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yamamoto cracks Capuchin with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto lands a decent elbow from side control.
Yamamoto throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Capuchin is looking to regain half guard here but Yamamoto keeps moving and retains side control.
Capuchin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Yamamoto.
Sloppy strikes there by Yamamoto.
Capuchin is looking to regain half guard here but Yamamoto keeps moving and retains side control.
Yamamoto working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Yamamoto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Capuchin defending against the ground and pound.
Yamamoto cracks Capuchin with a big elbow.
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 Kotetsu Yamamoto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Capuchin misses with a wild body shot.
Yamamoto changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Capuchin throws a shot to the body.
Capuchin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamamoto.
Capuchin looks to land a right hand but Yamamoto moved out of range.
Yamamoto throws a body shot but no joy.
Capuchin just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamamoto drops down looking for a counter takedown but Capuchin sprawls and moves away.
Capuchin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Capuchin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capuchin looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamamoto is just out of range.
Yamamoto half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Capuchin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Capuchin's waist but Capuchin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yamamoto off to one side.
Yamamoto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Capuchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
A swing and a miss from Capuchin.
Marcel Capuchin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Capuchin just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Capuchin misses.
Yamamoto attempts a counter takedown but Capuchin avoids it well and moves away.
Yamamoto walks into a stiff left hand from Capuchin.
Capuchin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yamamoto.
Capuchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamamoto moves away.
Capuchin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marcel Capuchin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Capuchin as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kotetsu Yamamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamamoto digs a good hook to Capuchin's body.
Yamamoto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Capuchin misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Capuchin.
Good exchange - Capuchin coming out on top.
Capuchin connects with a body shot.
Yamamoto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Capuchin quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Capuchin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yamamoto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Capuchin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Capuchin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yamamoto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yamamoto is thwarting Capuchin's attempts to control the position.
Yamamoto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yamamoto lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yamamoto lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yamamoto lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Capuchin has hold of Yamamoto's hands but Yamamoto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yamamoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yamamoto working Capuchin over with strikes.
Yamamoto stops Capuchin from getting back to his feet.
Capuchin is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Yamamoto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yamamoto is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yamamoto winds up and cracks Capuchin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Capuchin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yamamoto.
Yamamoto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Capuchin's head.
Yamamoto working Capuchin over with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcel Capuchin.
I think Yamamoto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 49:45
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 50:44
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kotetsu Yamamoto!
Kotetsu Yamamoto retains his featherweight title!
Post fight, Kotetsu Yamamoto stared into the camera and said 'We are NJPW!!!'.
In defeat, Marcel Capuchin stepped up to the mic, saying 'He bit me when the ref wasn't looking! Look at these bite marks!'.
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