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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Thumbhisbum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Thumbhisbum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willy Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thumbhisbum throws a hook but Hardwood blocks it.
Hardwood now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hardwood takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thumbhisbum throws a solid leg kick but Hardwood takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood clinches up with Thumbhisbum and pushes him back against the cage.
Hardwood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thumbhisbum working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thumbhisbum swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thumbhisbum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thumbhisbum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardwood misses with some punches.
Thumbhisbum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thumbhisbum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardwood swings wildly with an uppercut but Thumbhisbum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thumbhisbum prevents a body shot from Hardwood.
Hardwood lands with a light punch inside.
Hardwood lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum has a couple of punches blocked by Hardwood.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardwood.
Hardwood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood is looking to control Thumbhisbum's arms but Thumbhisbum gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hardwood has his back to the cage.
Thumbhisbum misses with the head strike.
Hardwood tries to work over Thumbhisbum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thumbhisbum scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Thumbhisbum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thumbhisbum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardwood is defending well for now.
Thumbhisbum tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardwood avoids the damage to the body.
Hardwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardwood has a couple of punches blocked by Thumbhisbum.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum has a couple of punches blocked by Hardwood.
Hardwood takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardwood working aggressively here.
Hardwood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hardwood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood swings wildly with an uppercut but Thumbhisbum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thumbhisbum blocking some punches.
Thumbhisbum can't find room to land a body shot as Hardwood controls the action.
Thumbhisbum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thumbhisbum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardwoods head.
Hardwood's coach down at Bruize Brothaz was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hardwood's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hardwood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thumbhisbum struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardwood controls his hands.
Hardwood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood lands a hook that snaps the head of Thumbhisbum backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood misses with a punch on the inside.
Thumbhisbum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thumbhisbum prevents a body shot from Hardwood.
Hardwood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thumbhisbum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardwood lands with a left to the head.
Hardwood working aggressively here.
Hardwood throws a head punch that misses.
Thumbhisbum lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardwood backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thumbhisbum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum lands with a right to the head.
Thumbhisbum throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thumbhisbum as Hardwood tries to tie him up.
Thumbhisbum blocks an uppercut.
Hardwood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thumbhisbum's elbow.
Thumbhisbum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood has a couple of punches blocked by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thumbhisbum lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardwood holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
Thumbhisbum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hardwood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thumbhisbum backwards.
Thumbhisbum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thumbhisbum tries a body shot but Hardwood blocks it.
Thumbhisbum working Hardwood over with knees to the body.
Thumbhisbum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardwood avoids it.
Hardwood lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hardwood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardwood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardwood trying to control the position but instead, Thumbhisbum has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardwood into the cage.
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 Benjamin Thumbhisbum will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hardwood blocks a low kick nicely.
Hardwood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hardwood misses with some punches.
Hardwood throws a head punch that misses.
Thumbhisbum misses with the head strike.
Thumbhisbum is pushing Hardwood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hardwood dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Thumbhisbum lands a shot to the body.
Hardwood swings wildly with an uppercut but Thumbhisbum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardwood tries to stall but Thumbhisbum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardwood lands a right hand.
Thumbhisbum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thumbhisbum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardwood wants to clinch but Thumbhisbum slips to the side
and Thumbhisbum counters with a nice kick to the body.
Thumbhisbum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thumbhisbum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thumbhisbum lands with an uppercut that bounces Hardwood off the cage and back into range.
Hardwood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hardwood lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hardwood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thumbhisbums head.
A bit of stalling here from Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum pushes Hardwood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thumbhisbum blocking some punches.
Thumbhisbum working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hardwood taking a breather.
Thumbhisbum misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood misses with the head strike.
Thumbhisbum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardwood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thumbhisbum's elbow.
Hardwood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thumbhisbum backwards.
Hardwood cracks Thumbhisbum with a nice body shot.
Thumbhisbum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thumbhisbum lands a nice shot to the body.
Hardwood has a couple of punches blocked by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood misses with a body punch.
Hardwood has a couple of punches blocked by Thumbhisbum.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood prevents a body shot from Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood prevents a body shot from Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thumbhisbum misses with some punches.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thumbhisbums head.
Thumbhisbum lands a shoulder strike.
Hardwood swings wildly with an uppercut but Thumbhisbum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willy Hardwood seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Thumbhisbum can't find room to land a body shot as Hardwood controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice left hand lands by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hardwood backwards.
Hardwood has a couple of punches blocked by Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thumbhisbum is trying to push Hardwood away but Hardwood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thumbhisbum as Hardwood tries to tie him up.
Thumbhisbum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thumbhisbum connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardwood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thumbhisbum throws an overhand right that lands on Hardwood's shoulder, as Hardwood tries to avoid the shot.
Hardwood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thumbhisbum keeps the fight on the outside.
Thumbhisbum swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum misses with a series of wild punches.
Thumbhisbum lands with a right hand.
Hardwood wants to clinch up but Thumbhisbum keeps it at a distance.
Thumbhisbum throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Hardwood counter with a right hand.
Hardwood tries to close the distance and clinch but Thumbhisbum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardwood tries to clinch there but Thumbhisbum circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Thumbhisbum misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hardwood tries to clinch up but Thumbhisbum circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardwood darts in and clinches Thumbhisbum up against the cage.
Thumbhisbum lands a nice uppercut.
Thumbhisbum breaks the clinch.
Thumbhisbum loads up on a big right hand but Hardwood slips the punch.
A big right from Thumbhisbum misses.
Hardwood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thumbhisbum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardwood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thumbhisbum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thumbhisbum throws a wild body kick that Hardwood sees coming a mile off.
Thumbhisbum misses the body punch
and Hardwood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hardwood tries to move into range but Thumbhisbum moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thumbhisbum digs a good hook to Hardwood's body.
Hardwood tries to clinch but Thumbhisbum moves out of range.
Hardwood moves in looking to clinch but Thumbhisbum pushes him off.
Thumbhisbum throws a hook to the side of Hardwood's head but Hardwood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thumbhisbum throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Hardwood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thumbhisbum tries to bum rush Hardwood with a series of wild strikes but Hardwood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thumbhisbum was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hardwood tries to clinch there but Thumbhisbum circles away.
Thumbhisbum moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thumbhisbum throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thumbhisbum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardwood.
Hardwood is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hardwood gets a clinch.
Thumbhisbum blocking some punches.
Hardwood lands with a light punch inside.
Thumbhisbum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardwood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thumbhisbum lands a damaging elbow.
Thumbhisbum swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Thumbhisbum fails to land.
Hardwood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thumbhisbum is keeping busy.
Hardwood lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood slows down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardwood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardwood swings wildly with an uppercut but Thumbhisbum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardwood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Willy Hardwood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thumbhisbum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thumbhisbum misses with the head strike.
Hardwood prevents a body shot from Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood blocks an uppercut.
Thumbhisbum blocking some punches.
Hardwood looking to stall.
Thumbhisbum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thumbhisbum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thumbhisbum blocks a body shot from Hardwood.
Hardwood working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardwood lands with a light punch inside.
Hardwood content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Thumbhisbum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardwood is defending well for now.
Hardwood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hardwood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardwood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thumbhisbum is working Hardwood over against the cage.
Thumbhisbum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Thumbhisbum misses with the head strike.
Hardwood leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Thumbhisbum on the inside.
Benjamin Thumbhisbum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood throws a punch but it's blocked by Thumbhisbum.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hardwood.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardwood.
Thumbhisbum lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardwood backwards.
Thumbhisbum digs a right hand underneath Hardwood's ribcage. Hardwood let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Thumbhisbum.
Hardwood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thumbhisbum backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Thumbhisbum.
Thumbhisbum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardwood can do to turn this around?
Hardwood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thumbhisbum breaks the clinch.
Hardwood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thumbhisbum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hardwood takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Willy Hardwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardwood misses with a straight right.
Thumbhisbum blocks a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Thumbhisbum 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Thumbhisbum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thumbhisbum has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Thumbhisbum!
Benjamin Thumbhisbum thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marc Spector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burt The Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hurt has chosen Stayin' Alive as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marc Spector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Burt The Hurt!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hurt cracks Spector with an open hand slap.
Spector throws a head kick but The Hurt moves out of range.
The Hurt jabs Spector right on the nose. Spector blinks but takes it well.
Nice body kick from Spector.
Spector throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Spector fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Hurt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spector throws a solid leg kick but The Hurt takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Spector.
Spector throws a nice outside leg kick.
Spector is looking to slow The Hurt down with leg kicks.
Spector is looking to chop away at The Hurt's legs.
Spector sets himself, and The Hurt steps forward looking for the clinch! Spector avoids it this time.
The Hurt looks to score with a jab to the body but Spector is just out of range.
The Hurt throws a chopping leg kick but Spector manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Spector throws a leg kick that is checked
and The Hurt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Hurt checks a low kick from Spector.
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!
Spector motions for The Hurt to come forward. Spector throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from The Hurt misses.
It looked like Spector wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Hurt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hurt misses with a jab to the body
and The Hurt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Hurt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spector scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Hurt lands an overhand right.
Burt The Hurt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Hurt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spector.
The Hurt swings for the body but Spector moves out of range.
Spector looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Spector on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Hurt. The Hurt obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from The Hurt misses
and Spector counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Hurt misses with a straight left.
Spector lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The Hurt lands with a nice body kick.
Spector avoids the head kick by The Hurt.
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!
The Hurt throws a hook but Spector avoids it easily.
The Hurt moves out of range of the body kick.
The Hurt misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spector misses with a body shot.
The Hurt wants to counter the offense by Spector and move into the clinch position.
Spector is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Hurt.
Spector connects with an inside leg kick.
The Hurt misses with a leg kick.
Spector throwing a counter right hand but The Hurt manages to avoid it.
The Hurt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Spector tried to counter with a leg kick but The Hurt avoided it.
The Hurt throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Hurt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Spector throws a low kick, looking for The Hurt's leg but The Hurt calmly moves out of range.
The Hurt checks the leg kick.
Spector uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Hurt.
The Hurt dips to his left and cracks Spector with an uppercut!
The Hurt misses with a low kick.
The Hurt throws a solid leg kick but Spector takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Hurt.
Spector appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The Hurt misses with a body shot.
The Hurt misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spector misses with the head strike.
The Hurt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spector is defending well for now.
Spector has a couple of punches blocked by The Hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for The Hurt.
Spector misses with the head strike.
Spector tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Hurt working aggressively here.
Spector lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Hurt scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for The Hurt.
The Hurt misses with a knee strike.
The Hurt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spector is defending well for now.
The Hurt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Spector.
A short right from Spector.
The Hurt lands a good knee to the midsection. Spector won't want to take too many of those.
Spector managing to block the knees to the body from The Hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Hurt working aggressively here.
Spector misses with some punches.
The Hurt gets through Spector's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Hurt tries a knee to the head but Spector blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hurt.
The Hurt blocks an uppercut.
The Hurt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spector working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spector misses with a punch on the inside.
The Hurt has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Spector uses from the top position.
The Hurt controls Spector momentarily but Spector frees himself.
The Hurt controlling the position.
The Hurt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The Hurt has Spector pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burt The Hurt dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good exchange - The Hurt coming out on top.
The Hurt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spector moves away.
The Hurt scoring well with a low kick there.
Spector is looking to land body kicks.
Spector looks to throw a body kick
and The Hurt counters with a straight right hand.
The Hurt throws a low kick but Spector avoids it.
Spector throws a body shot but no joy.
The Hurt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Hurt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Spector throws a low kick, looking for The Hurt's leg but The Hurt calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Hurt misses with a wild body shot.
Spector throws a wild body kick that The Hurt sees coming a mile off.
The Hurt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Spector throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Hurt blocks a head kick by Spector.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The Hurt stalks Spector and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Spector's face. Spector staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab lands there for Spector.
The Hurt throws a body shot but no joy.
The Hurt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Spector takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Good work by Spector as he checks the leg kick.
The Hurt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Hurt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice body kick from Spector.
The Hurt misses with a lunging right hand
and Spector counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Hurt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Spector feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The Hurt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Spector.
The Hurt tries to score with a low kick but Spector moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt has managed to clinch.
The Hurt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Spector walks away with a smile on his face. The Hurt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Hurt missing with a left hand there. Spector was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spector was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Spector tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Hurt checks a leg kick.
Spector misses with a kick to the body.
Spector looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spector tries to score with a low kick but The Hurt moves his leg out of the way.
Spector is looking to score with low kicks.
The Hurt misses with a body kick.
Spector throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Spector is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Spector drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A solid body kick from Spector.
Spector shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Hurt.
The Hurt cracks Spector with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The Hurt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spector counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Hurt throws a hook but Spector blocks it.
Spector misses with a low kick.
The Hurt throws an off balance right hand
and Spector connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Hurt throws an overhand right that lands on Spector's shoulder, as Spector tries to avoid the shot.
Spector throws out a loose jab but The Hurt uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hurt thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for The Hurt.
The Hurt misses with a low kick.
The Hurt throws a lazy uppercut
and Spector counters with a one-two to the body.
Spector ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Hurt misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spector connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Hurt misses with an uppercut. Spector saw that one coming.
A jab from Spector misses.
The Hurt appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The Hurt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Hurt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Spector throws out a leg kick but The Hurt moves out of range and Spector only half commits.
Spector throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Hurt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from The Hurt misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Hurt.
Spector throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Hurt.
Spector misses with a low kick as The Hurt jumps back.
Spector turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Hurt lands a leg kick that knocks Spector off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burt The Hurt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Spector. That's going to slow The Hurt down.
Spector throws a leg kick but The Hurt moved away.
Spector moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The Hurt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spector counters with a nice leg kick.
The Hurt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Spector.
The Hurt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from The Hurt.
The Hurt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spectors head.
Spector tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spector misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Spector.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spector.
The Hurt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spector backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Hurt misses with a punch on the inside.
Burt The Hurt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spector struggles to land a body shot inside as The Hurt controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
The Hurt struggles to land a body shot inside as Spector controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spector misses with a punch on the inside.
The Hurt has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Spector seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Hurt can turn it around.
Spector tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spector lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Hurt backwards.
The Hurt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Hurt lands a left hand.
The Hurt scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Hurt landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Spector scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spector has a couple of punches blocked by The Hurt.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Hurt misses with a knee to the head.
The Hurt lands with a right to the head.
Spector trying to land knees to the body.
The Hurt missing with knees to the body.
The Hurt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spector's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spector struggles to land a body shot inside as The Hurt controls his hands.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spector lands a right hand.
The Hurt blocking some punches.
The Hurt lands a body punch.
Spector goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spector lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Hurt.
Spector scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spector misses with the head strike.
The Hurt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spector's elbow.
Spector pushes The Hurt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Hurt lands a knee to the head.
Spector lands a hook that snaps the head of The Hurt backwards.
Spector throws a punch but it's blocked by The Hurt.
Spector throws an elbow that misses.
Spector lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Hurt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spector misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt has a couple of punches blocked by Spector.
Spector lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Hurt backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Hurt.
The Hurt trying to land knees to the body.
Spector swings wildly with an uppercut but The Hurt uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hurt swings wildly with an uppercut but Spector uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hurt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Spector scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Spector.
The Hurt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Hurt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Hurt prevents a body shot from Spector.
Spector tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Hurt tries a knee to the head but Spector blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spector.
Spector blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spector creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Hurt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Hurt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spector throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
Spector tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Hurt trying to land knees to the body.
Spector tries to throw a body punch but The Hurt avoids it by throwing Spector back against the cage.
The Hurt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spector is defending well for now.
The Hurt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Spector in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Hurt blocking some punches.
Spector lands a left hand.
Spector takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hurt.
Spector takes a shot to the head.
The Hurt tries to land knees in the clinch but Spector avoids the damage to the body.
The Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spector avoids it.
The Hurt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Marc Spector did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The Hurt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Hurt lunges at Spector with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Spector's hand.
The Hurt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spector takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Hurt misses with a straight right.
A jab from The Hurt finds it's way through Spector's defenses.
The Hurt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Hurt checks the leg kick.
The Hurt misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Hurt. That's going to slow Spector down.
Spector connects with a leg kick. The Hurt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Spector has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Hurt lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hurt.
The Hurt lands a shot to the body.
Spector misses with a punch on the inside.
The Hurt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The Hurt blocks an uppercut.
Spector blocks a body shot from The Hurt.
The Hurt tries to land knees in the clinch but Spector avoids the damage to the body.
The Hurt drags the fight down to the ground.
The Hurt working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Hurt is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Hurt is working an open guard so Spector takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice cross by Spector.
A combination from The Hurt does no damage.
Spector looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt throws a hook to the side of Spector's head but Spector sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Hurt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Spector bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Hurt clinches up with Spector and pushes him back against the cage.
Spector blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Hurt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spector backwards.
Spector is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Hurt is defending well for now.
The Hurt jumps guard but Spector stands there with The Hurt around his waist. The Hurt gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The Hurt lands a body punch.
Spector goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spector misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, The Hurt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spector throws a punch but it's blocked by The Hurt.
Spector throws a punch but it's blocked by The Hurt.
The Hurt is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spector.
The Hurt tries to throw a body punch but Spector avoids it by throwing The Hurt back against the cage.
Spector misses with the head strike.
Spector misses with the head strike.
Spector softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spector lands a nice uppercut.
The Hurt blocking some punches.
The Hurt is leaning against Spector and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Hurt.
The Hurt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spector avoids it.
Spector tries to throw a body punch but The Hurt avoids it by throwing Spector back against the cage.
Knees to the body from The Hurt.
The Hurt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Spector smiles and moves away.
The Hurt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Hurt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Spector closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Hurt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Hurt lands a good knee to the midsection. Spector won't want to take too many of those.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The Hurt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Spector lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Hurt.
The Hurt scores with a shot to the side of Spector's head.
Spector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spector misses with a punch on the inside.
Spector pushes The Hurt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The Hurt managing to block the knees to the body from Spector.
The Hurt lands a body shot.
Spector tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spector.
A short right from The Hurt on the inside.
Spector working aggressively here.
The Hurt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spector has a couple of punches blocked by The Hurt.
Spector avoiding damage as The Hurt throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burt The Hurt dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Hurt, right into the meat.
Spector's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Hurt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spector scrambles back to his feet.
Spector misses with a looping right.
The Hurt throws a lazy uppercut
and The Hurt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Hurt throws a leg kick but Spector sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Hurt cracks Spector with an open hand slap.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Spector lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Hurt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Hurt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Hurt just misses with a punch to the body.
The Hurt tries a head kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Spector on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Hurt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spector fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Hurt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Hurt looks to land a combination. Spector sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A slapping leg kick lands for Spector.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Spector throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Hurt blocks a jab.
The Hurt throws a looping overhand right but Spector ducks down to avoid it.
Spector fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Hurt just manages to avoid it.
Spector moves out of range as The Hurt strikes.
Spector throws a body kick that misses.
Spector misses with a hook.
The Hurt is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Spector with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from The Hurt.
Spector attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Spector checks a leg kick.
The Hurt lands a nice looking body shot.
Spector throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Hurt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spector takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marc Spector has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from The Hurt.
Spector fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Hurt checks it well.
Spector looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Spector ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Hurt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Spector misses with a low kick as The Hurt jumps back.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spector.
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!
The Hurt scores with a nice head shot.
The Hurt scores with a leg kick.
The Hurt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Hurt has managed to clinch.
Spector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Hurt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spector misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from The Hurt fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Hurt blocks an uppercut.
The Hurt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spector on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spector swings wildly with an uppercut but The Hurt uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hurt misses with some punches.
The Hurt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hurt.
The Hurt missing with knees to the body.
The Hurt tries to land a knee to the head but Spector blocks with his arms.
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spector has a couple of punches blocked by The Hurt.
Spector has a couple of punches blocked by The Hurt.
The Hurt throws a head punch that misses.
The Hurt lands a nice uppercut.
The Hurt lands a knee to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The Hurt tries to work over Spector's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spector tries to throw a body punch but The Hurt avoids it by throwing Spector back against the cage.
Spector swings wildly with an uppercut but The Hurt uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hurt prevents a body shot from Spector.
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spector.
The Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spector avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Hurt.
Spector scores with a shoulder strike.
The Hurt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Hurt lands a knee to the head.
The Hurt lands a right hand.
The Hurt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spector misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spector tries a body shot but The Hurt blocks it.
Spector lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spector works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that's the end of the fight!
Burt The Hurt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Hurt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Burt The Hurt!
In his post fight interview, Burt The Hurt started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vesa Sykk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathew Ridgeway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sykk comes into the arena with Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ridgeway's choice of entrance music: The Forgotten War. 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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164 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vesa Sykk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mathew Ridgeway!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridgeway lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ridgeway has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sykk misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Sykk misses.
Sykk backing away here, and Ridgeway unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ridgeway scores with a spinning back kick!
Sykk misses with a head kick.
Sykk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ridgeway manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ridgeway appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sykk scores with a nice strike.
Sykk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ridgeway swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ridgeway misses with an uppercut.
Sykk swings widly with a right hand
and Ridgeway counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sykk's knee momentarily.
Sykk tries to clinch up but Ridgeway circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ridgeway connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ridgeway lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ridgeway throws a poor cross that misses
and Sykk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sykk.
Sykk has been working on his boxing with his coaches at DJs Locker in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeway ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mathew Ridgeway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ridgeway connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sykk. Sykk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Ridgeway does it's job there.
A good leg kick by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sykk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ridgeway's brow.
Ridgeway swings wildly with an uppercut but Sykk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykk lands a nice elbow.
Sykk lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Ridgeway.
Ridgeway misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ridgeway digs a right hand into Sykk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sykk's gas tank.
Sykk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sykk digs a right hand underneath Ridgeway's ribcage. Ridgeway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ridgeway struggles to land a body shot inside as Sykk controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ridgeway.
A short right from Sykk on the inside.
Sykk tries to throw a body punch but Ridgeway avoids it by throwing Sykk back against the cage.
Ridgeway blocking some punches.
Ridgeway lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ridgeway creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ridgeway lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sykk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ridgeway throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sykks head.
Sykk digs a right hand underneath Ridgeway's ribcage. Ridgeway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sykk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ridgeways head.
Ridgeway throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
Ridgeway lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ridgeway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sykk's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sykk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sykk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ridgeway gets through Sykk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sykk misses with a punch to the body.
Sykk lands a nice uppercut.
Sykk misses with a punch to the body.
Sykk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sykk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ridgeway swings wildly with an uppercut but Sykk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykk throws a punch but it's blocked by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway tries a body shot but Sykk blocks it.
Sykk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sykk working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ridgeway.
Sykk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ridgeway lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ridgeway misses with a punch on the inside.
Sykk throws a punch but it's blocked by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway misses with some punches.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
Sykk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ridgeway.
A short body shot lands from Sykk as the two fighters clinch.
Sykk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sykk lands a hook that snaps the head of Ridgeway backwards.
Ridgeway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sykk's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mathew Ridgeway will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ridgeway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sykk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ridgeway will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mathew Ridgeway seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ridgeway looks to throw a body kick
and Sykk counters with a good low kick that Ridgeway was not able to check.
Ridgeway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sykk throws a lazy right hand but Ridgeway sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ridgeway throws a lazy body kick
and Sykk counters with a good low kick that Ridgeway was not able to check.
Ridgeway pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sykk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ridgeway doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Sykk tenderised Ridgeway's leg. Ridgeway is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ridgeway thuds his right hand into Sykk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ridgeway blocks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Ridgeway misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeway thumps Sykk with a low kick.
Ridgeway scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick from Ridgeway misses.
Sykk gets a clinch.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
Ridgeway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Sykk.
Sykk swings wildly with an uppercut but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ridgeway tries a body shot but Sykk blocks it.
Ridgeway misses with a body punch.
Sykk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ridgeway working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Sykk.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sykk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sykk lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sykk lands an elbow just above Ridgeway 's eye.
It looks like Mathew Ridgeway has been cut.
Sykk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sykk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sykk swings wildly with an uppercut but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Ridgeway.
Ridgeway tries a body shot but Sykk blocks it.
Ridgeway struggles to land a body shot inside as Sykk controls his hands.
Ridgeway lands a left hand.
Sykk prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway can't find room to land a body shot as Sykk controls the action.
Sykk wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ridgeway backwards.
Sykk misses with the head strike.
Sykk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ridgeway tries to throw a body punch but Sykk avoids it by throwing Ridgeway back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Sykk.
A head punch on the inside from Ridgeway fails to land.
Sykk prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
Sykk tries to land knees in the clinch but Ridgeway avoids the damage to the body.
Ridgeway lands a shoulder strike.
Sykk struggles to land a body shot inside as Ridgeway controls his hands.
Sykk comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sykk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ridgeway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ridgeway tries to work over Sykk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ridgeway scores with a shoulder strike.
Ridgeway throws a punch but it's blocked by Sykk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sykk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sykk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ridgeway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sykk's elbow.
A short left from Sykk.
Sykk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sykk has had enough of the clinch but Ridgeway keeps him there for the moment.
Ridgeway lands a body punch.
Ridgeway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sykk bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sykk throws a lazy uppercut
and Ridgeway counters with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ridgeway. Sykk does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sykk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ridgeway throws a big counter head kick but Sykk avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vesa Sykk will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mathew Ridgeway's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sykk tries to clinch up but Ridgeway circles away and keeps his distance.
Ridgeway connects with a solid leg kick.
Sykk feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ridgeways jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sykk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sykk ducks under a wild hook from Ridgeway.
Sykk tried to counter with a leg kick but Ridgeway avoided it.
Ridgeway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ridgeway connects with a nice looking jab.
Sykk looks for the body kick but Ridgeway saw that one coming.
Sykk misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and Ridgeway releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ridgeway misses with a low kick.
Sykk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ridgeway misses with a kick to the body.
Sykk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ridgeway scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sykk doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sykk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ridgeway.
Sykk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ridgeway.
Sykk tries to close the distance and clinch but Ridgeway swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ridgeway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sykk.
Sykk gets tackled into the cage by Ridgeway. Ridgeway maintains the clinch.
Ridgeway misses with a punch to the body.
Sykk gets through Ridgeway's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sykk lands with a left to the head.
Sykk is trying to break the clinch but Ridgeway has him pressed against the cage.
Vesa Sykk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ridgeway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Ridgeway fails to land.
Sykk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ridgeway creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sykk misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ridgeway.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Ridgeway fails to land.
Sykk swings wildly with an uppercut but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sykk lands a nice elbow.
Ridgeway misses with the head strike.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
Ridgeway blocking some punches.
Sykk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ridgeways head.
Sykk lands a shot to the body.
Sykk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sykk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ridgeway showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sykk.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk is looking to clinch but Ridgeway is avoiding it.
Sykk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sykk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ridgeway attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ridgeway works over Sykk's head and body with a nice combination.
Ridgeway connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sykk throws a head kick that misses.
Ridgeway let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ridgeway with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sykk.
Ridgeway scores with a push kick.
A big right from Ridgeway misses.
Sykk throws an overhand right that lands on Ridgeway's shoulder, as Ridgeway tries to avoid the shot.
Sykk backing away here, and Ridgeway unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykk loads up on a big right hand but Ridgeway slips the punch.
Sykk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ridgeway to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ridgeway clobbers Sykk with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sykk throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ridgeway counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ridgeway 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.
Sykk takes one on the button.
Sykk throws out a powerful jab.
Sykk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick which misses Sykk's front leg but catches the back leg as Sykk tries to avoid it.
Ridgeway checks a low kick from Sykk.
Sykk throws a leg kick
and Ridgeway cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sykk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mathew Ridgeway really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mathew Ridgeway's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ridgeway lands a nice looking body shot.
Ridgeway throws a lazy right hand but Sykk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sykk throwing a counter right hand but Ridgeway manages to avoid it.
Sykk attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sykk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sykk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sykk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ridgeway misses with a body kick.
Ridgeway checks a low kick from Sykk.
Ridgeway smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk tries a head kick but it misses.
Sykk tried to score with a low kick but Ridgeway checks it.
Ridgeway thuds his right hand into Sykk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sykk catches Ridgeway with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ridgeway. Sykk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ridgeway lands with an overhand left.
Ridgeway lands a nice hook to Sykk's body. Sykk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sykk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ridgeway scores with a nice strike.
Sykk throws a right hand that misses
and Ridgeway counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ridgeway looks to throw a body kick
and Sykk counters with a straight right hand.
Sykk 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.
Sykk blocks a head kick by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway needs to keep his hands up - Sykk had a free shot at his head there.
Sykk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sykk is looking to slow Ridgeway down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sykk takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sykk manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ridgeway throws a body shot but no joy.
Good leg kick by Sykk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sykk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a head kick that misses.
Ridgeway misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ridgeway tries to keep at a distance but Sykk has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ridgeway lands a nice shot to the body.
Ridgeway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykk throws a head punch that misses.
Sykk throws a head punch that misses.
Ridgeway working aggressively here.
Sykk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
Ridgeway misses with some punches.
Sykk prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
Sykk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ridgeway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ridgeway swings wildly with an uppercut but Sykk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ridgeway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ridgeway tries to throw a body punch but Sykk avoids it by throwing Ridgeway back against the cage.
Ridgeway cracks Sykk with a nice body shot.
Ridgeway misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ridgeway lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ridgeway blocking some punches.
Ridgeway lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sykk backwards.
Sykk lands with a light punch inside.
Sykk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ridgeway lands with a right to the head.
Sykk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ridgeway throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ridgeway takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ridgeway lands a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Sykk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sykk.
Sykk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ridgeway throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ridgeway scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sykk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Ridgeway was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mathew Ridgeway dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Mathew Ridgeway's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sykk misses with a lunging right hand
and Ridgeway counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sykk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sykk thows a leg kick but Ridgeway checks it
enabling Ridgeway to counter with a crisp jab.
Ridgeway throws a body kick that misses.
Sykk clinches up with Ridgeway and pushes him back against the cage.
Ridgeway takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ridgeway blocks a body shot from Sykk.
Sykk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ridgeways head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ridgeways head.
Sykk blocks an uppercut.
Ridgeway prevents a body shot from Sykk.
Sykk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ridgeway working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ridgeway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sykk wants to get back to striking at distance but Ridgeway won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ridgeway.
Sykk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sykk misses with some punches.
Sykk is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sykk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ridgeway fails to land.
Ridgeway misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Ridgeway fails to land.
Ridgeway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ridgeway blocks an uppercut.
Ridgeway misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Sykk fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykk throws a head punch that misses.
Ridgeway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Ridgeway.
Sykk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ridgeway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ridgeway has a couple of punches blocked by Sykk.
Ridgeway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ridgeway tries a body shot but Sykk blocks it.
Sykk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk is trying to pull guard but Ridgeway turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sykk tries to work over Ridgeway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ridgeway gets through Sykk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sykk has Ridgeway pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway misses with a punch on the inside.
Ridgeway scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ridgeway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sykk.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sykk.
Ridgeway working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vesa Sykk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ridgeway throws a head punch that misses.
Sykk blocks a body shot from Ridgeway.
Sykk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sykk scores with a shoulder strike.
Sykk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykk lands with a short shot to the head.
Ridgeway is rocked!
Sykk scores with a shoulder strike.
Ridgeway is still on wobbly legs! Can Sykk finish him?
Sykk creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ridgeway's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ridgeway drops to his knees and Sykk pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vesa Sykk!
After winning the bout, Vesa Sykk thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogan Aye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgy Fokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shogan Aye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georgy Fokin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aye throws a body kick that misses.
Fokin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Fokin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aye.
Aye showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fokin.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Aye.
Fokin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aye.
Fokin takes a swing at Aye's ribcage but misses.
Aye throws a looping overhand right but Fokin ducks down to avoid it.
Aye fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aye connects with a leg kick. Fokin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Aye misses with an uppercut. Fokin saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fokin checks a leg kick.
Fokin lands a nice shot that snaps Aye's head back.
Aye throws a body punch but Fokin moves out of range.
Aye with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aye comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fokin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Aye's sensitive parts.
Aye tries to work over Fokin's front leg with a kick but Fokin checks it.
Fokin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Aye.
Fokin misses with a looping left.
Aye feinted with a counter takedown.
Aye lunges at Fokin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fokin's hand.
Aye keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aye throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fokin. Aye does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aye throws a jab when Fokin was well out of range.
Aye scoring well with a low kick there.
Aye on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fokin misses the shot to the body.
Aye lands a really nice looking cross but Fokin seems unphased.
No joy there for Fokin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fokin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fokin just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aye throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Aye misses the shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aye checks a leg kick.
Fokin throws a body punch but Aye moves out of range.
Fokin lands a nice hook to Aye's body. Aye takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Aye thuds a left hand into Fokin's body.
Fokin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aye was well out of range. Poor timing from Fokin.
Aye throws a jab when Fokin was well out of range.
Fokin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aye rather than just go for the knockout.
Aye fails to land the takedown.
Fokin changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A left lands for Fokin.
Fokin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aye throws a lazy uppercut
and Fokin counters with a takedown into side control.
Fokin is looking to take a break and control but Aye is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Fokin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Fokin tries to advance to mount but Aye denies him.
Fokin is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Aye's shoulder. That is not cool.
Aye parries the strikes from Fokin easily there. Fokin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Aye to escape.
My spies in Gym Beam inform me that Fokin has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Fokin is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fokin trying to control the action but Aye is working from the bottom.
Aye is trying to control Fokin's posture but Fokin avoids it.
Fokin misses with the ground and pound.
Fokin controls the position from side control.
Aye taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Georgy Fokin will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fokin throws a shot to the body.
Fokin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fokin works Aye's body with a nice hook.
Aye looks to score with a jab to the body but Fokin is just out of range.
Shogan Aye is winning the standup battle so far.
Aye's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fokin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Aye scrambles back to his feet.
Aye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fokin.
Aye moves out of range as Fokin strikes.
Aye uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fokin.
Aye misses the jab.
Aye connects with a single shot there.
Fokin looks to throw the jab but Aye is out of range.
Aye uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fokin.
Fokin throws a leg kick but Aye moved away.
Aye fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fokin manages to avoid it.
Fokin swings for the body but Aye moves out of range.
Fokin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aye moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aye feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fokin's calf.
Fokin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fokin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aye has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Aye looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Aye throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fokin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aye looks to score with a jab to the body but Fokin is just out of range.
Fokin leaves Aye with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fokin stuns Aye with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fokin throws a jab when Aye was well out of range.
Fokin misses with a hook to the body
and Aye counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fokin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fokin looking for a sweep. Not yet Fokin, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aye passes Fokin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Aye is working for a submission of some sort.
Fokin tries to get to full guard but Aye has control of the leg.
Fokin wants to control but Aye is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Aye trying to mount his opponent but Fokin defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aye trying to control the pace.
Fokin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aye.
Aye wants to control but Fokin is keeping him busy.
Fokin gets full guard.
Georgy Fokin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fokin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fokin is pressing down on Aye's thigh, looking to free his foot. Aye is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Fokin seems content to control.
Aye is trying to get back to full guard.
Fokin wants to pass to mount but Aye is defending the position.
Aye has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fokin is working away from the top position though.
Fokin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Aye sees it coming and defends easily.
Fokin trying to control the action but Aye is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aye wants to control but Fokin is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georgy Fokin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Aye's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Fokin misses with a low kick as Aye jumps back.
Fokin throws a body shot but no joy.
Fokin swings for the body but Aye moves out of range.
Aye blocks a leg kick.
Aye keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aye takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fokin misses with a hook. Aye ducked under it nicely.
Aye tries a head kick but it misses.
Fokin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A leg kick checked by Fokin.
Fokin moves away from the strike by Aye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aye with a hook.
Fokin throws a big shot that misses.
Aye appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fokin misses with a wild body shot.
Aye half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Good leg kick by Aye there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aye. Fokin does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aye connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fokin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aye.
Fokin ducks under a wild hook from Aye.
Fokin 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.
Fokin just misses with a punch to the body.
Aye throws a shot to the body.
Fokin misses with a low kick as Aye jumps back.
Fokin scores with a hook to the body. Aye takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aye bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fokin scores with a punch to the head.
Fokin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aye.
Fokin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Aye to score with a decent uppercut.
Fokin swings and misses with a shot to the body
so Aye counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fokin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aye is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aye is stalling in the full guard.
Aye stopping the sweep attempt from Fokin.
Aye avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fokin wants to sweep but no luck.
Shogan Aye has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fokin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fokin looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Aye puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Fokin wants to control but Aye is keeping busy.
Aye seems to be looking for submissions.
Fokin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Aye got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fokin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Aye has managed to get both his arms back between Fokin's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fokin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fokin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Aye with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fokin has an active guard here but Aye has managed to pass into half guard.
Aye is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fokin tries to get to full guard but Aye has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shogan Aye showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fokin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georgy Fokin!
After winning the bout, Georgy Fokin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Hardman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maldini comes to the cage accompanied by Sicilian heart. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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35
275 lbs
33 - 21 - 1 |
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29
273 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
33 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Maldini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Hardman!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardman misses with a body shot
and Maldini counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Hardman has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hardman misses the shot to the body.
Maldini appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hardman throws a shot from downtown. Maldini moves away and avoids it.
Maldini fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hardman checks it well.
Hardman throws a sloppy head kick and Maldini moves out of range easily.
A shot to the body from Hardman misses
and Maldini connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maldini throws a hook to the side of Hardman's head but Hardman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maldini's head.
Hardman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maldini.
Maldini lands a jab to Hardman's midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Maldini there.
Hardman misses with an uppercut. Maldini saw that one coming.
Maldini smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardman throws a jab but it's blocked by Maldini.
Maldini fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Maldini steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardman.
Maldini scores with a decent looking hook.
Maldini misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman 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.
Hardman pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Maldini back to the cage. Hardman follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Maldini throws a big shot that misses.
Hardman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hardman staying out of range there.
Hardman sizes up Maldini with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hardman scores with a nice head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Maldini misses the target.
Hardman throws a series of punches but Maldini avoids them all with ease.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hardman to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maldini uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardman.
Maldini was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Maldini throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hardman! But no joy.
Hardman throws a right hand that misses
and Maldini counters with a stiff right hand.
Hardman throws a leg kick but Maldini sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maldini throws a hook to the side of Hardman's head but Hardman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Giuseppe Maldini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maldini makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maldini.
Maldini throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Maldini slips under a jab from Hardman.
Maldini lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardman's sensitive parts.
Maldini fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hardman might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Maldini lands a body shot.
Hardman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It appears Maldini was looking to counter with a kick there.
Hardman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Donk. Maldini catches Hardman right on the button with a cross.
Hardman misses with a few strikes there.
Maldini misses with a left hand
and Hardman counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardman lands a jab.
Maldini with a hook.
Maldini throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hardman looks winded!
Maldini dodges the punch combination from Hardman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maldini darts in and clinches Hardman up against the cage.
Hardman struggles to land a body shot inside as Maldini controls his hands.
Hardman can't find room to land a body shot as Maldini controls the action.
Maldini scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hardman blocking some punches.
Maldini lands a body punch.
Maldini lands a right hand.
Maldini lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maldini fails to pull guard.
Hardman misses with the head strike.
Maldini lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardman misses with the head strike.
Maldini tries to stall but Hardman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hardman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Maldini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardman misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maldini tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hardman just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini lands a nice uppercut.
Hardman misses with a punch to the body.
Maldini lands with a right to the head.
Maldini blocks a body shot from Hardman.
Maldini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardman is trying to break the clinch but Maldini has him pressed against the cage.
Hardman scores with a shoulder strike.
Hardman working hard to break the clinch.
Maldini throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardmans head.
Maldini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maldini lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maldini lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hardman.
Maldini decides to pull guard.
Maldini 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maldini is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maldini forces his way into half guard.
Maldini has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giuseppe Maldini dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maldini connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hardman. Hardman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maldini throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maldini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hardman keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Hardman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Maldini misses the shot to the body.
Hardman throws a hook but Maldini avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Maldini misses the target.
Hardman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Maldini scores with a four punch combination!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maldini scores with a jab to the head.
Hardman moves out of range of the body kick from Maldini.
Hardman moves out of range of the body kick.
Giuseppe Maldini is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardman misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body kick there by Hardman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maldini circles away quickly and effectively.
Maldini throws a leg kick which misses Hardman's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardman tries to avoid it.
Maldini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardman.
Hardman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maldini.
Maldini pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Maldini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maldini throws a jab when Hardman was well out of range.
Maldini lands with a cross.
Maldini is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maldini!
A big left from Hardman misses.
Maldini gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hardman moves out of range of the strikes.
Maldini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maldini is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardman can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardman blocks the body kick.
Maldini throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardman works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Maldini.
Maldini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hardman!
Hardman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maldini.
A punch lands to the side of Hardman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Maldini connects with a leg kick. Hardman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maldini smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bruce Hardman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maldini slips a straight right by Hardman.
Maldini misses with a body kick.
Maldini throws a right hand that misses
and Hardman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hardman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Maldini moves out of range of the strikes.
Hardman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini jabs Hardman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maldini looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hardman swings widly with a right hand
and Maldini counters with a nice body kick.
Hardman is breathing heavily.
Maldini is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hardman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Maldini is out of range and Hardman settles back down.
Maldini connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hardman slips a jab and a cross from Maldini.
Maldini moves out of range as Hardman strikes.
Maldini is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Maldini uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardman.
Hardman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maldini looks to throw the jab but Hardman is out of range.
As Maldini backs off Hardman throws a huge counter combo but Maldini manages to avoid it all.
Maldini ducks under a wild hook from Hardman.
Maldini throws a looping overhand right but Hardman ducks down to avoid it.
Maldini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maldini connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maldini throws a hook but Hardman avoids it easily.
A jab from Maldini finds it's way through Hardman's defenses.
Hardman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maldini connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hardman's hands.
Maldini throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardman.
Hardman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No joy there for Hardman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hardman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maldini dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardman. That did some damage!
Maldini has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hardman motions for Maldini to come forward. Hardman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardman throws a series of punches but Maldini avoids them all with ease.
Maldini throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maldini misses with a leg kick
and Hardman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maldini throws out a loose jab but Hardman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardman loads up on a big right hand but Maldini slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giuseppe Maldini dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A thudding body kick lands there by Maldini!
Maldini connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hardman. Hardman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maldini clinches up against the cage.
Maldini goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maldini goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maldini lands a body shot.
Maldini is struggling to control the position.
Giuseppe Maldini has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hardman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardman swings wildly with an uppercut but Maldini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardman swings wildly with an uppercut but Maldini uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardman working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Maldini takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hardman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hardman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Maldini fails to land.
Hardman being controlled against the cage.
Maldini swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maldini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maldini.
Hardman has a couple of punches blocked by Maldini.
A head punch on the inside from Hardman fails to land.
Hardman misses with a punch on the inside.
Maldini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maldini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hardman or not.
Hardman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maldini misses with a punch to the body.
Hardman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Maldini drags the fight down to the ground.
Maldini is looking for a triangle but Hardman pushes his legs off easily.
Maldini controls Hardman momentarily but Hardman frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maldini working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hardman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hardman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hardman trying to control but Maldini is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maldini wants to sweep here but Hardman controlling him for the moment.
Maldini is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hardman is controlling him.
Hardman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hardman passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardman happy to just control the position for now.
Hardman is continuing to stall.
Hardman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maldini keeps working.
Hardman laying and praying for a moment but Maldini takes advantage and regains half guard.
Maldini wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hardman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hardman is looking to take a break and control but Maldini is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hardman prevents Maldini from improving his position.
Hardman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hardman's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giuseppe Maldini showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maldini has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giuseppe Maldini!
Giuseppe Maldini 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edogawa Conan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conan has chosen Detective Conan Theme as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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32
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175 lbs
23 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edogawa Conan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Conan scores with a body shot.
Conan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Conan slips under a jab.
Conan shoots in but Hunt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hunt blocks a jab.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Conan's front leg but catches the back leg as Conan tries to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Hunt.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Conan.
Conan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Conan's ribs.
Conan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hunt sprawls well. Hunt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Conan gets slowly back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Conan throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick from Hunt misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phol Hunt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hunt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conan is able to avoid easily.
Conan throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Conan with the counter takedown but Hunt avoids it easily.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Conan's head but Conan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan stuns Hunt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Conan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Conan.
Conan slips a jab from Hunt.
Conan throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt lands with a right hand.
Conan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Phol Hunt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edogawa Conan.
Hunt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Conan's calf.
Conan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt throws a big counter combination but Conan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Hunt misses its target.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hunt cracks Conan with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Conan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Conan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conan trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hunt is looking to stand up but Conan isn't so interested in that idea.
Conan trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Conan works over Hunt with some ground and pound from guard.
Conan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Conan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Conan trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hunt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Conan from controlling successfully.
Conan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hunt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conan.
A countering left hand to the body from Conan misses.
Hunt throws a leg kick that misses.
Hunt fakes the leg kick and cracks Conan in the body.
A shot to the liver by Conan. Beautiful body shot.
Conan missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Conan misses.
Conan cracks Hunt with a good jab.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hunt backs up against the cage.
Conan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Conan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A cross from Conan lands.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Conan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Edogawa Conan will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hunt stuffs the takedown attempt from Conan. Conan gets slowly back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Conan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Hunt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Conan.
Conan scores with a hook to the body. Hunt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Conan misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Conan.
Conan scores with a nice right hand.
Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
Hunt tried to counter with a leg kick but Conan avoided it.
Conan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
Hunt tests Conan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Conan throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Conan misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
Conan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunt.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Conan's head but Conan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Hunt looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Conan! But no joy.
Hunt misses with a hook. Conan ducked under it nicely.
Conan misses with a straight left.
Conan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Conan takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hunt moves forwards but Conan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hunt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conan moves away.
Conan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hunt is looking to land body kicks.
Conan lands a nice hook to Hunt's body. Hunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Conan avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Conan shoots and misses
and Hunt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hunt's waist but Hunt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Conan off to one side.
Phol Hunt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edogawa Conan.
Conan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Edogawa Conan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conan takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Hunt tried to counter with a leg kick but Conan avoided it.
Hunt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Conan stuns Hunt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
Hunt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Conan swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hunt lands with a shot to the body.
Hunt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Conan blocks a leg kick.
Conan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hunt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Conan just manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt thuds his right hand into Conan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hunt throws a body punch but Conan moves out of range.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conan.
Hunt's corner calls for a 1-2. Hunt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Conan stalks Hunt and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hunt's face. Hunt staggers backwards, shaken.
Conan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Conan dives in for a single leg takedown but Hunt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt connects with a right hand. Conan shakes it off.
Conan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt throws a hook but Conan blocks it.
Conan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Conan throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conan throws a right hand that Hunt ducks under and follows up with a left that Hunt also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Hunt throws the left hand but Conan avoids the punch easily.
Hunt drops his hands momentarily and Conan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Conan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Conan moved out of range.
Conan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Conan tries to bum rush Hunt with a series of wild strikes but Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan slips a straight right by Hunt.
Nice shot lands for Hunt.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Conan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Conan slips under a jab.
Conan lands a jab to Hunt's midsection.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Edogawa Conan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Conan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Conan throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Conan looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Hunt is out of range.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
Hunt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Conan. Conan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hunt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Conan finds it's way round the side to connect with Hunt's head.
Conan lands a two punch combo.
Hunt throws an overhand right that lands on Conan's shoulder, as Conan tries to avoid the shot.
Conan throws a shot to the body.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Conan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Conan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Nice defenses there by Conan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a body punch but Conan moves out of range.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Conan blocks the leg kick.
Conan looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Conan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hunt throws a jab but it's blocked by Conan.
Hunt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Conan slips the punch.
Conan lands a body shot.
Conan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Hunt misses with a hook.
Conan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab, jab by Hunt - just one landing.
Hunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hunt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Conan goes for a double leg but Hunt avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hunt continues to drive forward.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan misses with a wild combination.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Conan.
Conan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Conan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hunt defends it nicely.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Conan moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Conan! But no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conan moves out of range of the body kick from Hunt.
Hunt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Conan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Conan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Conan moved out of range.
Donk. Hunt catches Conan right on the button with a cross.
Conan lands a really nice looking cross but Hunt seems unphased.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hunt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hunt ducks right into an uppercut from Conan.
Conan throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hunt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Conan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body
and Conan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hunt misses the jab.
Despite the aggression on Conan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A big right from Conan misses.
Conan throws a looping overhand right but Hunt ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Conan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Conan misses the jab.
Conan checks a low kick from Hunt.
Hunt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Conan finds it's way round the side to connect with Hunt's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
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!
Conan misses with a looping left.
Conan misses with a straight right.
Hunt slips a jab from Conan.
Conan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hunt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hunt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Donk. Hunt catches Conan right on the button with a cross.
Hunt misses with a hook.
Conan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hunt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conan throws out the jab.
A jab from Conan does it's job there.
Conan misses with a looping left.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conan scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Conan. That did some damage!
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edogawa Conan really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Conan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hunt back to the cage. Conan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hunt throws out a leg kick but Conan moves out of range and Hunt only half commits.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Conan saw that one coming.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Conan lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Conan.
Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Hunt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hunt lands a jab.
Hunt throws a wild body kick that Conan sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Conan finds it's way through Hunt's defenses.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Conan saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Conan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Conan throws an overhand right that lands on Hunt's shoulder, as Hunt tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Conan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hunt lands a jab to the head.
Hunt looks for the body kick but Conan saw that one coming.
Conan with the counter takedown but Hunt avoids it easily.
Good shot there by Hunt.
Hunt lands a jab to the nose.
Conan is rocked!
Hunt misses the jab.
Conan catches Hunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Conan blocks a jab.
Conan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Conan lands with a straight right. Hunt didn't see that one coming.
Conan slips a jab from Hunt.
Hunt thumps Conan with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt moves out of range as Conan strikes.
Conan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hunt misses its intended target.
Both fighters circling a little - Hunt finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Conan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunt circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunt misses with a leg kick.
Hunt scores with a punch to the head.
Hunt misses with a hook. Conan ducked under it nicely.
Conan lands a really nice looking cross but Hunt seems unphased.
Conan throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Conan works the jab nicely.
Hunt throws a jab when Conan was well out of range.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
Conan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Conan misses with a few strikes there.
Conan lands a head shot.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hunt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Conan needs to keep his hands up - Hunt had a free shot at his head there.
Hunt scores with a shot to the body.
Conan throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
Conan connects with a looping right hand.
Hunt misses with a series of wild punches.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conan throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt cracks the inside of Conan's front leg.
Hunt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Hunt as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hunt was covering up waiting for the punch and Conan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Conan forces his way into half guard.
Hunt is concentrating on defense, preventing Conan from advancing position.
Conan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Conan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hunt is not content to let Conan control the position.
Hunt is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Hunt had his way with Edogawa Conan in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Conan throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conan lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunt off the cage and back into range.
Conan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Conan with a nice cross.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Conan throws a big shot that misses.
Hunt throwing a counter right hand but Conan manages to avoid it.
Conan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hunt connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Conan.
Conan scores with a jab. Hunt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A punch combination from Conan misses.
Hunt appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Conan swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conan. Hunt does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a body punch but Conan moves out of range.
Hunt moves out of range of the strikes.
Conan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hunt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hunt scores with a spinning back kick!
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Conan. That snapped Hunt's head back.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.
Conan moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Conan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hunt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Conan.
Conan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hunt doesn't seem bothered though.
A lazy left from Conan finds it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt throws a body shot but no joy.
Conan swings widly with a right hand
and Hunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conan throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Conan lands a glancing blow to the side of Hunt's head.
Conan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Conan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Conan.
Hunt's corner calls for a 1-2. Hunt obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan slips under a jab.
Conan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunt moves out of range as Conan strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Hunt misses its target.
Conan checks a low kick from Hunt.
Hunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Conan's head.
Conan thuds a left hand into Hunt's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Conan lands a body shot.
Conan ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hunt.
Hunt is looking to chop away at Conan's legs.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Good work by Conan as he checks the leg kick.
Conan throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Phol Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hunt scoring well with a low kick there.
Conan avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Nice body punch from Conan.
Hunt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Conan ducks down to avoid it.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conan.
Hunt blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
Conan lands a head shot.
Hunt scores with a sloppy right hand. Conan should have avoided that one.
Conan lands with a nice combination. Hunt backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conan checks a leg kick.
Conan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Conan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donk. Conan catches Hunt right on the button with a cross.
Conan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt swings widly with a right hand
and Conan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hunt throws a chopping leg kick but Conan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Hunt is out of range.
Conan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Conan drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hunt defends it well.
Conan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hunt throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Edogawa Conan.
Well Conan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Edogawa Conan!
Edogawa Conan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Phol Hunt was interviewed post fight and said 'vittu'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arunas Samusiovas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Shota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shota has chosen Black Panther Theme by Stephen James Taylor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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202 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arunas Samusiovas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adrian Shota!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shota tests Samusiovas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shota tries to clinch but Samusiovas is having none of it.
Samusiovas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shota.
A little feinted left hand from Samusiovas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Samusiovas seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Shota forces Samusiovas back against the cage and clinches.
Shota lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shota misses with an elbow over the top.
Shota comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Arunas Samusiovas has been cut.
Shota can't find room to land a body shot as Samusiovas controls the action.
Shota tries to land knees in the clinch but Samusiovas avoids the damage to the body.
Shota misses with a short punch on the inside.
Samusiovas missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Samusiovas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shota tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Samusiovas's elbow.
Samusiovas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shota misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've been informed that Shota has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Shota lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Shota fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Samusiovas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samusiovas tries a body shot but Shota blocks it.
Shota letting Samusiovas take a breather here.
Shota with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shota lands a nice uppercut.
Samusiovas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shota scores a nice knee to the body.
Samusiovas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Samusiovas can't find room to land a body shot as Shota controls the action.
Samusiovas lands an uppercut.
Shota lands a nice uppercut.
Shota misses with a short punch on the inside.
Samusiovas is trying to push Shota away but Shota has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Samusiovas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shota missing with knees to the body.
Shota struggles to land a body shot inside as Samusiovas controls his hands.
Shota has a couple of punches blocked by Samusiovas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shota scores with a hook to the body.
Shota tries to land knees in the clinch but Samusiovas avoids the damage to the body.
Samusiovas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shota misses with a punch on the inside.
Samusiovas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
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!
Samusiovas throws a punch but it's blocked by Shota.
Shota scores with a shoulder strike.
Samusiovas looking to throw knees to the head but Shota is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Shota.
Shota lands with a short shot to the head.
Samusiovas lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Samusiovas.
Shota tries a knee to the head but Samusiovas blocks it.
Shota softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Arunas Samusiovas's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shota lands a nice elbow.
Shota lands an elbow inside that Samusiovas shrugs off.
Arunas Samusiovas's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Samusiovas scores with a shot to the side of Shota's head.
Knees to the body from Samusiovas.
Shota looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Samusiovas tries to break the clinch but Shota is controlling the position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Samusiovas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shota misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Samusiovas.
Shota lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Samusiovas.
Samusiovas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shota goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Shota.
Samusiovas blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas throws a punch but it's blocked by Shota.
Samusiovas takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shota prevents a body shot from Samusiovas.
Shota pushes Samusiovas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shota is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Samusiovas is defending well for now.
Samusiovas lands with a right to the head.
Shota throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shota doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Samusiovas is trying to force a seperation but Shota has the dominant position.
Samusiovas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shota backwards.
Samusiovas blocks the elbow strike.
Samusiovas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shota backwards.
Shota has a couple of punches blocked by Samusiovas.
Shota lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Samusiovas.
Samusiovas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shota trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Shota dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arunas Samusiovas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Samusiovas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Samusiovas swats away the attempt to clinch by Shota.
Shota feints and then cracks Samusiovas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Samusiovas down.
Samusiovas scores with a hook to the body. Shota takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shota swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Samusiovas.
A shot to the liver by Samusiovas. Beautiful body shot.
Shota throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Samusiovas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samusiovas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shota.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Shota in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Samusiovas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Samusiovas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shota counters with a nice uppercut.
Shota misses with a hook. Samusiovas ducked under it nicely.
Shota lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Adrian Shota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samusiovas blocks a jab.
Samusiovas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Samusiovas misses with a hook. Shota ducked under it nicely.
Shota steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Samusiovas.
Shota misses the jab.
Samusiovas half committed to a counter leg kick.
Samusiovas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shota moves away.
Samusiovas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shota.
Samusiovas throws a quick counter head kick but Shota was just out of range.
Shota misses the shot to the body.
Shota closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Samusiovas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shota fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Samusiovas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shota blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Samusiovas avoiding damage as Shota throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas misses with the head strike.
Samusiovas misses with a punch on the inside.
Samusiovas misses with a punch to the body.
Shota lands a knee to the head.
Jeez, Arunas Samusiovas's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Shota blocks a body shot from Samusiovas.
Samusiovas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shota goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shota missing with knees to the body.
Shota blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Samusiovas throws a punch but it's blocked by Shota.
Shota tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samusiovas tries to work over Shota's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samusiovas managing to block the knees to the body from Shota.
Adrian Shota seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shota throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Shota as the two fighters clinch.
Samusiovas misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas misses with a body punch.
Shota lands a good knee to the midsection. Samusiovas won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shota throws an elbow but misses.
Shota pushes Samusiovas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Samusiovas pushes Shota back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Samusiovas misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shota just misses with a elbow thrown towards Samusiovas's brow.
Shota blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shota throws a punch but it's blocked by Samusiovas.
Shota comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arunas Samusiovas's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Adrian Shota!
In his post fight interview, Adrian Shota started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Gruzinsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruzinsky is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Россия. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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207 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Gruzinsky!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruzinsky is looking to chop away at Beast's legs.
Gruzinsky scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gruzinsky digs a good hook to Beast's body.
Nice body kick from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky lands a nice hook to Beast's body. Beast takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gruzinsky thuds a left hand into Beast's body.
Gruzinsky misses with a body kick.
Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gruzinsky throws the left hand but Beast avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gruzinsky. That's going to slow Beast down.
Beast looks to score with a jab to the body but Gruzinsky is just out of range.
Gruzinsky is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Beast misses with a looping right.
Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beast ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gruzinsky moves away.
Gruzinsky throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beast finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beast swings for the body but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
Gruzinsky wants to counter the offense by Beast and move into the clinch position.
Beast has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gruzinsky lands a nice looking body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Beast 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Beast connects with a body shot that sends Gruzinsky's belly button to the back.
Beast takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good shot there by Gruzinsky.
Beast pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beast misses with a head kick.
Beast walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gruzinsky checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gruzinsky connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beast blocks a jab.
Beast moves out of range as Gruzinsky strikes.
Beast is looking to counter with head kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gruzinsky, right into the meat.
Gruzinsky throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast scores with a leg kick.
Gruzinsky misses the jab.
Gruzinsky misses with a shot to the body
and Beast counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beast ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gruzinsky looks to land a left hand but Beast moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Beast.
Gruzinsky 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.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Beast jabs Gruzinsky to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gruzinsky scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beast in his tracks.
Gruzinsky moves out of range of the body kick.
Gruzinsky replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Beast blocks it well.
Gruzinsky throws a push kick but Beast slaps the foot to one side.
Beast fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beast gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gruzinsky.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky scores with a jab.
Gruzinsky lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gruzinsky on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Beast avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beast is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circling - Beast throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gruzinsky blocks a jab.
Gruzinsky doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gruzinsky moves out of range of the strikes.
Beast takes a swing at Gruzinsky's ribcage but misses.
Gruzinsky let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Beast missing with a left hand there. Gruzinsky was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gruzinsky bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beast's head.
Beast swings for the body but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gruzinsky throws a push kick but Beast slaps the foot to one side.
Gruzinsky lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gruzinsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gruzinsky doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beast moves out of range as Gruzinsky strikes.
Gruzinsky throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Beast makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gruzinsky swings for the body but Beast moves out of range.
Beast lands a big head kick that sends Gruzinsky tumbling to the mat! Beast takes a step backwards and waves Gruzinsky back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Roman Gruzinsky has been cut.
Gruzinsky takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A bone on bone clash there as Gruzinsky blocks the leg kick.
Gruzinsky lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beast lands with a good body shot.
Gruzinsky moves away from the strike by Beast.
Good leg kick by Beast there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gruzinsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Roman Gruzinsky will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roman Gruzinsky's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gruzinsky bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Beast moves away from the strike by Gruzinsky.
It appears Beast was looking to counter with a kick there.
Gruzinsky looks to land a right hand but Beast moved out of range.
Beast jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gruzinsky pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gruzinsky throws a nice outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Beast misses the target.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gruzinsky.
Beast jabs at Gruzinsky's body.
Beast lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gruzinsky takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruzinsky takes a swing at Beast's ribcage but misses.
Beast looks to score with a jab to the body but Gruzinsky is just out of range.
Gruzinsky misses with a head kick.
Gruzinsky takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beast scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzinsky walks into a jab.
Beast fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gruzinsky.
Beast lands a slapping body shot.
Beast misses with a low kick.
Gruzinsky with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beast slips under a jab from Gruzinsky.
Beast throws out a leg kick but Gruzinsky moves out of range and Beast only half commits.
Gruzinsky is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Beast with a body shot.
Crunch! Beast slams his shin into Gruzinsky's torso.
A head kick by Beast misses
enabling Gruzinsky to counter with a crisp jab.
Beast just misses with a punch to the body.
Gruzinsky let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gruzinsky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beast swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gruzinsky cracks Beast with an open hand slap.
Beast connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gruzinsky. Gruzinsky circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beast throws a head kick that misses.
Gruzinsky tries to land a front kick but Beast steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beast waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Beast uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gruzinsky.
Beast drops his hands momentarily and Gruzinsky takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Gruzinsky in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gruzinsky.
Beast lands a right hook to the body.
Gruzinsky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beast manages to avoid it.
Beast will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gruzinsky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beast.
That kick from Beast tenderised Gruzinsky's leg. Gruzinsky is trying to keep his angry face on.
Beast just misses with a punch to the body.
Gruzinsky appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky takes a swing at Beast's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beast. Gruzinsky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beast with a jab.
Beast moves away from the strike by Gruzinsky.
Beast scores with a jab to the head.
Beast clobbers Gruzinsky with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Beast misses.
Gruzinsky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beast attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beast jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gruzinsky takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Billy Beast is winning the standup battle so far.
Gruzinsky misses with an uppercut
and Beast counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gruzinsky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beast was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
An inside leg kick lands from Beast.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Beast here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gruzinsky throws a hook to the side of Beast's head but Beast sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gruzinsky throws a low kick but it's checked well by Beast.
Beast throwing a counter right hand but Gruzinsky manages to avoid it.
Beast staying out of range there.
Beast scores with a one two! Gruzinsky had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gruzinsky feints and then cracks Beast's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beast down.
Gruzinsky takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Beast checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Beast swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gruzinsky misses with a straight right.
Beast throws a quick counter head kick but Gruzinsky was just out of range.
Gruzinsky misses with an uppercut
and Beast counters with a thumping low kick.
Gruzinsky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beast.
Beast sets himself, and Gruzinsky steps forward looking for the clinch! Beast avoids it this time.
A big left from Gruzinsky misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Beast dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roman Gruzinsky's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Beast smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gruzinsky moves out of range of the body kick from Beast.
Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gruzinsky misses with a straight left.
Gruzinsky lands with a hook. Beast tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beast is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gruzinsky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beast tried to counter with a leg kick but Gruzinsky avoided it.
Gruzinsky scores with a nice head shot.
Beast darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beast scores with a body shot.
Gruzinsky throws out a loose jab but Beast uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast misses with a hook.
Gruzinsky looks for the body kick but Beast saw that one coming.
Beast keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gruzinsky throws a combination. Beast tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzinsky moves out of range of the body kick.
Beast uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gruzinsky.
Beast is looking to counter punch.
The crowd cheers as Gruzinsky lands an impressive looking overhand right. Beast doesn't seem phased though.
Beast catches Gruzinsky with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gruzinsky tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gruzinsky misses with a hook. Beast ducked under it nicely.
Gruzinsky takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beast bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gruzinsky's head backwards.
Gruzinsky connects with a solid leg kick.
Beast connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gruzinsky is rocked!
That has opened up Roman Gruzinsky's cut even more.
Gruzinsky throws a leg kick
and Beast counters with a nice right hand that sends Gruzinsky toppling to the canvas! Gruzinsky scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Beast finish him?!
Gruzinsky is still on wobbly legs! Can Beast finish him?
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!
Beast moves in close and cracks Gruzinsky with a massive right hand! Gruzinsky, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Beast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Billy Beast!
Billy Beast took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I'm bad, I know it. I'm bad, I show it.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Seia's choice of entrance music: Edwin Starr WAR. Kelemi Seia has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cedric Murphy's chin.
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205 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cedric Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
44 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelemi Seia!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy takes one on the button.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
A big left from Seia misses.
Murphy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Seia moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Murphy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Coffee Shop in the buildup to the fight.
Seia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Murphy clobbers Seia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy rushes Seia and presses him up against the cage.
Seia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murphy.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Seia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Seia misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Seia.
Seia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seia misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Seia.
Seia scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy misses with a body punch
and Seia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murphy's knee momentarily.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
enabling Seia to counter with a crisp jab.
Seia jabs at Murphy's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seia. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy throws the left hand but Seia avoids the punch easily.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Seia is avoiding it.
Seia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Seia ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seia connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful 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!
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Seia.
Seia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy tries to move into range but Seia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia scoring well with a low kick there.
Murphy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Seia is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Murphy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Seia is out of range.
Seia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Seia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.
Seia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murphy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Seia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seia 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.
Murphy lands with a right hand.
Murphy checks a leg kick.
Seia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with a jab.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seia.
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Seia manages to avoid it.
Seia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Seia stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Seia blocks the low kick.
A nice side step and Seia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Seia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A clash of legs there as Seia blocks the low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Seia.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Seia's body. Seia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Seia is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Seia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murphy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Seia checks a low kick from Murphy.
A head kick misses from Murphy.
Murphy lands a jab to Seia's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy throws a head kick that misses
and Seia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Seia cracks Murphy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seia is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murphy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seia thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Seia.
Murphy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seia on the side of the head.
Seia checks a leg kick.
Seia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both fighters circling a little - Seia finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Seia scores with a hook to the body. Murphy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murphy motions for Seia to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Seia scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelemi Seia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cedric Murphy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Seia scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kelemi Seia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and Seia counters with a stiff right hand.
Seia misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Seia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murphy's head backwards.
Murphy cracks Seia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Seia checks the leg kick.
Seia connects with a solid leg kick.
Seia jabs at Murphy's body.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Seia counters with a thumping low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Seia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Seia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy clobbers Seia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Seia clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy is rocked!
Cedric Murphy's cut is getting worse.
Murphy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses.
Seia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Seia scores with a nice right hand.
Oh Murphy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body kick there by Seia.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Seia scores with a leg kick.
Murphy seems to have got his legs back now.
Seia lands with a nice body kick.
Seia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Seia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Seia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Seia digs a good body shot into Murphy's ribs.
Jab from Seia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Seia avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Seia ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seia shapes to counter with a head kick.
Seia throws an overhand right that drops Murphy like a sack of potatoes! Seia dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelemi Seia!
A victorious Kelemi Seia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Perälä (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luzhin's entrance music is The time has come.... A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikolai Luzhin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taisto Perälä!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
Luzhin moves into range and clinches up with Perälä.
Perälä misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luzhin misses with a knee strike.
Perälä swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luzhin obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perälä.
Perälä avoiding damage as Luzhin throws knees to the body.
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luzhin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Peräläs head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Perälä pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin misses with a hook.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Perälä sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perälä has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Luzhin is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Luzhin tries to land a leg kick but Perälä saw it coming and moves away.
Luzhin throws an overhand right that lands on Perälä's shoulder, as Perälä tries to avoid the shot.
Perälä throws a body shot but no joy.
Luzhin throwing a counter right hand but Perälä manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä tries to land a leg kick but Luzhin saw it coming and moves away.
A lazy left from Luzhin finds it's target.
Luzhin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luzhin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perälä misses with a body shot.
Luzhin tried to counter with a leg kick but Perälä avoided it.
Luzhin is looking to slow Perälä down with leg kicks.
Perälä steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Luzhin. That one must have hurt.
Perälä lands with a kick to the ribs.
Luzhin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Luzhin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Perälä throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perälä misses the shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perälä. That's going to slow Luzhin down.
Luzhin is looking to score with low kicks.
Luzhin moves into the clinch.
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 body shot from Perälä.
A bit of stalling here from Perälä.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Perälä in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Perälä lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perälä blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perälä lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luzhin scores with a shoulder strike.
Perälä lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
Perälä doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perälä stalling in the clinch.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Perälä misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Perälä.
Perälä lands a right hand.
Perälä blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perälä backwards.
Luzhin working aggressively here.
Perälä doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä tries for a takedown. No joy.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Perälä has Luzhin pushed against the cage.
Come on Perälä - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Perälä swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin throws a punch but it's blocked by Perälä.
Perälä blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luzhin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Luzhin lands a left hand.
Luzhin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Perälä misses with a punch on the inside.
Luzhin lands a left hand.
Perälä on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luzhin throws a punch but it's blocked by Perälä.
Perälä lands a left hand.
Perälä on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luzhin blocks an uppercut.
Perälä lands a nice uppercut.
Perälä has Luzhin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Luzhin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Perälä.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perälä working aggressively here.
Perälä works on Luzhin's body with a couple of short punches.
Luzhin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perälä.
Perälä breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Perälä finds it's way through Luzhin's defenses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perälä. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perälä will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Perälä misses with a straight right.
Perälä has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Luzhin.
Luzhin thuds his shin into the meat of Perälä's side.
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 Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A cross from Perälä lands.
Perälä scores with a shot to the body.
Perälä is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Luzhin rather than just go for the knockout.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses
and Perälä counters with a nice uppercut.
Luzhin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luzhin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perälä throws a body punch but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses.
Luzhin avoids the body shot from Perälä.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Perälä sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perälä.
Luzhin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Luzhin tries to land a front kick but Perälä steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Perälä appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Luzhin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Perälä momentarily.
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perälä does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a chopping leg kick but Perälä manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Luzhin slips under a jab from Perälä.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perälä blocks a leg kick.
Luzhin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luzhin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
Luzhin scoring well with a low kick there.
Perälä is looking to score with low kicks.
Luzhin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Perälä shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Luzhin throws a leg kick
and Perälä counters with a body kick that stops Luzhin in his tracks momentarily.
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Perälä's front leg but catches the back leg as Perälä tries to avoid it.
Taisto Perälä seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luzhin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luzhin throws a leg kick that misses.
Luzhin fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perälä. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perälä.
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!
Luzhin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Luzhin throws out a powerful jab.
A low kick from Luzhin misses
and Perälä counters with a good low kick that Luzhin was not able to check.
Luzhin checks a low kick from Perälä.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perälä. That's going to slow Luzhin down.
Perälä finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Luzhin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Perälä cracks Luzhin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Perälä.
Luzhin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä has a takedown stuffed.
Perälä fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luzhin tries a low kick but Perälä avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Perälä on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perälä moves out of range as Luzhin throws a body kick.
Perälä works Luzhin's body with a nice hook.
Perälä throws a lazy right hand but Luzhin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luzhin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perälä walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Luzhin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perälä misses with a looping left.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perälä only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nikolai Luzhin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perälä shoots in but Luzhin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nikolai Luzhin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taisto Perälä.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin clinches.
Perälä manages to pull guard.
Perälä keeping full guard, as Luzhin tries to pass.
Perälä working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Luzhin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Luzhin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Perälä keeping full guard, as Luzhin tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Taisto Perälä will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Luzhin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Luzhin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Luzhin connects with an inside leg kick.
Luzhin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perälä lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luzhin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perälä takes one to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Perälä.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perälä.
Luzhin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perälä misses the jab.
Perälä throws a leg kick but Luzhin moved away.
A bone on bone clash there as Perälä blocks the leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luzhin.
Perälä throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin moves out of range of the body kick from Perälä.
Perälä wants to land a leg kick but Luzhin is out of range.
Perälä lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luzhin circles away quickly and effectively.
Luzhin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Perälä moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Perälä bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Luzhin's head.
Luzhin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perälä.
Perälä takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luzhin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A good leg kick by Luzhin.
Luzhin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luzhin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Perälä slips a straight right by Luzhin.
Luzhin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Luzhin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Luzhin blocks the leg kick.
Luzhin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luzhin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Perälä.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
Luzhin tries to clinch up but Perälä circles away and keeps his distance.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
Luzhin throws a jab but it's blocked by Perälä.
Perälä has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luzhin.
A lazy left from Perälä finds it's target.
Perälä misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luzhin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slow jab from Perälä misses its intended target.
Perälä swats away the attempt to clinch by Luzhin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin checks a low kick from Perälä.
Luzhin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice shot lands for Luzhin.
Luzhin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Luzhin scores with a spinning back kick!
Luzhin needs to keep his hands up - Perälä had a free shot at his head there.
Luzhin wants to slow Perälä down by chopping away at his legs.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perälä appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perälä takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Luzhin throws a leg kick that misses.
Perälä looks to land a right hand but Luzhin moved out of range.
Luzhin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Perälä throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luzhin throws a low kick, looking for Perälä's leg but Perälä calmly moves out of range.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Perälä.
Perälä moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Perälä's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perälä tries to land a leg kick but Luzhin saw it coming and moves away.
Perälä has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luzhin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perälä just misses with a punch to the body.
Perälä moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luzhin loads up on a big right hand but Perälä slips the punch.
A good leg kick by Luzhin.
Luzhin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Luzhin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab from Perälä.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perälä ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Perälä takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Perälä lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Taisto Perälä just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Luzhin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perälä. That did some damage!
Luzhin checks a leg kick.
Perälä fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Luzhin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Luzhin checks a low kick from Perälä.
Perälä connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perälä looks to throw the jab but Luzhin is out of range.
Luzhin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perälä.
Perälä avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Perälä takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Perälä swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luzhin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perälä wants to slow Luzhin down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a straight right.
Perälä tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Luzhin is able to avoid easily.
Luzhin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Luzhin tries to score with a low kick but Perälä moves his leg out of the way.
A telegraphed right hand from Perälä misses the target.
Perälä looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A punch lands to the side of Perälä 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perälä ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Luzhin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Luzhin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Perälä throws out a counter right but Luzhin avoids it with no problem.
Luzhin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice jab there from Luzhin.
Luzhin tries a low kick but Perälä avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perälä getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A good leg kick by Luzhin.
Luzhin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Perälä steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luzhin.
Both fighters circling a little - Perälä finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Luzhin scores with a sloppy right hand. Perälä should have avoided that one.
Good shot there by Luzhin.
Perälä swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perälä tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luzhin was well out of range. Poor timing from Perälä.
Perälä does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Perälä lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Perälä throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perälä fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Perälä fails to land.
The referee calls for Perälä to work.
Perälä lands with a light punch inside.
Perälä tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luzhin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perälä is defending well for now.
Perälä blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nikolai Luzhin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luzhin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Perälä stalling.
Perälä tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
Luzhin misses with some punches.
Luzhin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Perälä's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perälä avoiding damage as Luzhin throws knees to the body.
Luzhin lands a left hand.
Luzhin crunches a lovely knee into Perälä's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perälä.
Perälä tries to throw a body punch but Luzhin avoids it by throwing Perälä back against the cage.
Perälä is trying to stall.
Perälä takes a shot to the head.
Perälä tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Luzhin smiles and moves away.
Nikolai Luzhin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taisto Perälä.
A nice leg kick lands there from Perälä.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perälä blocks a leg kick.
Perälä dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luzhin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Taisto Perälä will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Luzhin is looking to slow Perälä down with leg kicks.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Perälä moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Luzhin tries a low kick but Perälä avoids it.
Luzhin lands with a slapping head kick.
Luzhin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Perälä 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perälä lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Luzhin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Perälä cracks the inside of Luzhin's front leg.
Perälä fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Luzhin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perälä is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luzhin.
Luzhin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Perälä.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perälä avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Luzhin throws a leg kick
and Perälä counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perälä swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perälä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luzhin.
Luzhin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luzhin. That's going to slow Perälä down.
Perälä throws a body shot but no joy.
Perälä lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luzhin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Luzhin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luzhin throws a sloppy head kick and Perälä moves out of range easily.
Perälä misses with a body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Perälä checks a leg kick.
Perälä moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Luzhin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perälä listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Perälä moved away.
Perälä on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perälä moves out of range of the leg kick from Luzhin.
Perälä was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luzhin with a nice cross.
Perälä feints and then cracks Luzhin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luzhin down.
Nikolai Luzhin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perälä ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perälä throws a low kick but Luzhin avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perälä.
Luzhin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Perälä connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Luzhin momentarily.
Good exchange - Perälä coming out on top.
Luzhin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perälä is out of range.
Luzhin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a jab to Perälä's midsection.
Perälä finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Luzhin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perälä manages to circle out of the way.
Perälä throws a jab when Luzhin was well out of range.
Luzhin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Perälä scores with a jab to the body.
Luzhin throws a hook to the side of Perälä's head but Perälä sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perälä counters with a body kick.
Luzhin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Perälä.
Luzhin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Perälä moves out of range of the strikes.
Perälä throws a shot to the body.
Luzhin blocks a leg kick.
Luzhin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Luzhin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Perälä lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Perälä fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luzhin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luzhin takes a swing at Perälä's ribcage but misses.
Luzhin works Perälä's body with a nice hook.
Perälä misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luzhin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perälä misses with a low kick.
Perälä throws a push kick but Luzhin slaps the foot to one side.
Perälä throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luzhin.
Luzhin loads up on a big right hand but Perälä slips the punch.
Perälä connects with a solid leg kick.
Perälä keeps Luzhin at a distance using the push kick.
A lazy left from Luzhin finds it's target.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perälä scores with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Taisto Perälä comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Perälä 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 46:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taisto Perälä!
Taisto Perälä is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Taisto Perälä made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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