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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muhammad Bello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abaeze Ban Gbus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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250 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muhammad Bello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abaeze Ban Gbus!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ban Gbus throws a right and a left that Bello avoids nicely.
Ban Gbus lands a body shot.
Ban Gbus throws a good cross that connects.
Ban Gbus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bello has time to react.
It looks like Muhammad Bello has been cut.
Ban Gbus lands a jab to Bello's midsection.
Ban Gbus scores with a decent looking hook.
Ban Gbus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bello counters by moving into the clinch.
Ban Gbus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bello's elbow.
Bello fails to pull guard.
Ban Gbus misses with a body punch.
Ban Gbus lands with a light punch inside.
Ban Gbus working aggressively here.
Bello wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Bello has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ban Gbus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bello's elbow.
Ban Gbus lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ban Gbus lands a shot to the body.
Bello really is a fat lump.
Ban Gbus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bello backwards.
Ban Gbus just leaning against Bello, taking a breather.
Ban Gbus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ban Gbus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus lands with a short shot to the head.
Bello has hold of one of Ban Gbus's legs. Ban Gbus is fighting the takedown attempt but Bello gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bello trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ban Gbus can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bello controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bello decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ban Gbus, up you get!
Ban Gbus connects with a right hand. Bello shakes it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus cracks Bello with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ban Gbus throws a good cross that connects.
A big right from Ban Gbus misses.
Ban Gbus connects with a single shot there.
Ban Gbus jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Muhammad Bello's cut is getting worse.
Ban Gbus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bello was well out of range. Poor timing from Ban Gbus.
Bello went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ban Gbus throws the left hand but Bello avoids the punch easily.
Ban Gbus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bello fails with a takedown attempt.
Bello gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bello takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ban Gbus tries to sprawl but Bello drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bello is breathing heavily.
Ban Gbus tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Bello manages to move to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bello tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ban Gbus wants to control but Bello is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus is desperately trying to improve his position but Bello has a good base and remains in mount.
Ban Gbus is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bello looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ban Gbus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bello. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bello's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bello is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abaeze Ban Gbus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Muhammad Bello's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ban Gbus works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ban Gbus lands with an overhand left.
Bello uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus throws out a powerful jab.
Ban Gbus lands with a nice body punch.
Bello fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bello feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bello 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bello postures up.
Ban Gbus is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bello is controlling him.
Bello drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bello jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bello passes into half guard.
Bello trying to pass the guard but Ban Gbus defending well.
Ban Gbus wants to control but Bello is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ban Gbus wants to get back to his feet.
Ban Gbus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ban Gbus wants to control but Bello is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Still in half guard, Bello seems content to control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bello decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Ban Gbus's corner calls for a 1-2. Ban Gbus obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ban Gbus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bello.
Bello throws a right hand that Ban Gbus ducks under and follows up with a left that Ban Gbus also avoids with ease.
Bello fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ban Gbus jabs Bello to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muhammad Bello. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ban Gbus scores with a sloppy right hand. Bello should have avoided that one.
Bello takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ban Gbus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bello on the side of the head.
Muhammad Bello's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Abaeze Ban Gbus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bello on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bello keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus with a hook.
Ban Gbus with a nice cross.
Bello takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jeez, Muhammad Bello's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ban Gbus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bello takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bello slips under a jab.
Bello on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Muhammad Bello's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Abaeze Ban Gbus!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Heathen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heathen's entrance music is Twenty One Pilots - Heathens. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeremy Heathen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Bryan !
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryan stuns Heathen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bryan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heathen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heathen throws a right hand that misses
and Bryan counters with a stiff right hand.
Heathen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bryan is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Bryan .
Heathen throws a poor cross that misses
letting Bryan counter with a right hand.
Heathen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bryan misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heathen.
Bryan throws a head punch that misses.
Bryan blocks an elbow strike.
Heathen breaks from the clinch.
Heathen misses with a hook.
Bryan clinches up with Heathen and pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heathen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bryan up against the cage.
Bryan throws a punch but it's blocked by Heathen.
Bryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heathen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heathen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heathen swings widly with a right hand
and Bryan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Heathen is rocked!
Heathen swings widly with a right hand
and Bryan counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Heathen out cold! What a finish! Bryan is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ben Bryan !
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle TerGoose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temujin Borjigin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle TerGoose !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Temujin Borjigin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borjigin slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from TerGoose . Borjigin does a little dance to reset his feet.
TerGoose misses with a shot to the body
and Borjigin counters with a straight right hand.
TerGoose misses with a looping right.
TerGoose takes the fight into the clinch.
Borjigin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Borjigin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
TerGoose is breathing heavily.
Borjigin scores with a hook to the body.
Borjigin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Borjigin lands a left hand.
Borjigin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borjigin lands a damaging elbow.
Borjigin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Borjigin is working TerGoose over with knees. Oh, he's thrown a big one to the head! TerGoose is out! One big shot and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Temujin Borjigin!
A victorious Temujin Borjigin 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Glyn Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chet Stedman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glyn Thomas comes into the arena with IM A BARBIE GIRL blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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212 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Glyn Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chet Stedman!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stedman blocks a head kick by Glyn Thomas.
Glyn Thomas stuffs the takedown.
Glyn Thomas scores with a spinning back kick!
Glyn Thomas misses with a head kick.
Stedman gets a double leg takedown into Glyn Thomas's guard.
Stedman passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Glyn Thomas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stedman has hold of Glyn Thomas's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Glyn Thomas seems comfortable defending it but Stedman has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Glyn Thomas is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Glyn Thomas is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Stedman couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chet Stedman!
Sean Glyn Thomas was interviewed post fight and said 'SO WHAT MUTHERFUCKER'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shmaryahu Bensoussan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Theil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Theil has chosen Still D.R.E. as his entrance music. Chris Theil struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Shmaryahu Bensoussan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shmaryahu Bensoussan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Theil!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bensoussan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Theil looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Theil clinches with his opponent.
Theil stalling.
Theil throws a head punch that misses.
Theil has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bensoussan regains guard immediately.
Theil must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bensoussan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Theil defends it easily.
Bensoussan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Theil is sitting in close to Bensoussan's body. Bensoussan has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Theil is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Theil is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Bensoussan.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Shmaryahu Bensoussan!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Storgaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Viktor Storgaard has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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226 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Viktor Storgaard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storgaard misses with a wild body shot.
Wilson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Storgaard throws a jab when Wilson was well out of range.
Wilson is looking for the big counter here.
Wilson is looking to clinch.
Wilson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like David Wilson has been cut.
Storgaard misses with a hook.
Storgaard walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Wilson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Storgaard swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Wilson's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Storgaard!
Viktor Storgaard really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Ferrara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manzini Nsoko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manzini Nsoko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonny Ferrara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manzini Nsoko!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferrara shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ferrara lands a nice short elbow.
Ferrara knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nsoko on the ground.
Ferrara controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Nsoko is out! Ferrara gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jonny Ferrara!
After the big win, Jonny Ferrara made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KAISER and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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