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HFC 16 Calypso vs. Brogue PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Rockhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Rockhold 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 light 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, Jason Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Rockhold!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor is looking to land body kicks.
Taylor dodges the punch combination from Rockhold.
Taylor is looking to land body kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rockhold lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rockhold looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Taylor drives through with a takedown into Rockhold's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Taylor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Taylor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Taylor stays in close to Rockhold's body and controls the position.
We've been hearing that Taylor has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Rockhold controls Taylor momentarily but Taylor frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor stands up over Rockhold, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rockhold has momentary wrist control but Taylor slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockhold utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rockhold has momentary wrist control but Taylor slips an elbow through the middle.
Taylor controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Taylor passes Rockhold's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Taylor not doing much here.
Rockhold wants to improve his position but Taylor is controlling well.
Taylor winds up and cracks Rockhold with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rockhold is trying to control but Taylor manages to pass to mount!
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taylor is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Taylor lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rockhold hang on?
Taylor landing shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor lands a couple of good shots and Rockhold has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rockhold is keeping busy.
Rockhold trying to get back to his feet but Taylor is in full control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Taylor connects with a big shot to the side of Rockhold's head.
Taylor lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Rockhold hold on?!
Taylor punches Rockhold on the ear.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Taylor. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Taylor lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Rockhold hold on?!
Taylor has Rockhold flattened out and is raining down punches.
Rockhold is rocked!
Rockhold looks winded!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Taylor.
Rockhold is still in real trouble! Can Taylor finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Rockhold is in real trouble here! Taylor lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Taylor is delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Taylor!
After winning the bout, Jason Taylor 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hayden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Hayden has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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, Daniel Hayden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayden swinging wildly here.
Hayden misses with a wild body shot.
Cooper goes for a double leg but Hayden avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hayden continues to drive forward.
Hayden listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hayden definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cooper displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hayden throws a series of punches but Cooper avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot by Cooper.
Hayden takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cooper looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hayden is fending him off so far but Cooper persists. Nope, Hayden circles away and we're back to standing.
Hayden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like John Cooper has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper closes the distance and pushes Hayden back into the cage.
Cooper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hayden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Hayden.
Hayden works over Cooper's head and body with a nice combination.
Cooper looks for a takedown but Hayden sprawls well.
Daniel Hayden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Cooper.
Cooper closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hayden circles away.
Cooper throws a head kick but Hayden moves out of range.
Cooper closes the distance and pushes Hayden back into the cage.
Cooper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Hayden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayden lands a body shot.
Hayden lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooper at a distance.
Cooper slips a jab and a cross from Hayden.
Cooper looks for a takedown but Hayden sprawls well.
Hayden tries to counter by clinching up but Cooper breaks away and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hayden.
Cooper is looking for the big counter here.
Cooper shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hayden defends it nicely.
Hayden misses with a series of wild punches.
Hayden throws a right and a left that both miss.
Despite the aggression on Cooper's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hayden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hayden avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Hayden misses with a double jab.
Cooper fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hayden throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Hayden swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Hayden misses with a double jab
and Cooper counters with a left to the body.
Cooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hayden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Cooper wants a takedown.
Cooper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hayden fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cooper looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hayden swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cooper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hayden swivels and escapes.
Hayden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cooper.
Cooper shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A little feinted left hand from Hayden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hayden throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And Cooper tries to counter it with a takedown but Hayden pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Hayden. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Hayden misses.
Hayden misses with a double jab.
Hayden misses with a double jab.
Daniel Hayden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hayden takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hayden is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayden misses with a wild combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooper! But no joy.
Hayden 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.
Cooper tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hayden defends well and Cooper ends up having to push Hayden into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Hayden as Cooper shoots in.
Hayden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayden loads up on a big right hand but Cooper slips the punch.
Cooper misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Hayden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Cooper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cooper tries to move into range but Hayden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hayden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cooper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cooper appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hayden gets tackled into the cage by Cooper. Cooper maintains the clinch.
Hayden stops a takedown attempt from Cooper.
Cooper tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hayden is trying to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling him.
Hayden prevents a takedown attempt there.
Daniel Hayden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Cooper.
Cooper tries to pull guard but Hayden won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper breaks the clinch.
Cooper goes for a double leg but Hayden avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hayden continues to drive forward.
Hayden throws a big counter combination but Cooper scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cooper throws a series of punches but Hayden avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayden scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cooper in his tracks.
Cooper is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hayden sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hayden defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cooper.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
Hayden connects with the punch.
Hayden is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hayden throws a series of punches but Cooper moves out of range.
Hayden throws a good cross that connects.
A head kick misses from Cooper.
Hayden drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cooper sprawls and moves away.
Hayden throws a series of strikes that have Cooper backpedaling.
Hayden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooper slips a jab and a cross from Hayden.
Hayden misses with a double jab
and Cooper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper looks to land a combination but Hayden avoids it well.
Hayden lands a jab to Cooper's midsection.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniel Hayden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper dodges the punch combination from Hayden.
Cooper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hayden scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hayden swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cooper counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hayden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
Hayden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hayden avoiding damage as Cooper throws knees to the body.
Hayden looking to stall.
Hayden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cooper can do to turn this around?
Cooper stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cooper prevents Hayden from breaking the clinch.
Cooper drags the fight down to the ground.
Hayden is fighting to break Cooper's control of his arms but Cooper is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cooper wants to sweep but no luck.
Cooper has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cooper wriggles free and stands up.
Cooper has managed to clinch.
Cooper is trying to pull guard but Hayden has him pressed against the cage.
Cooper is trying to pull guard but Hayden has him pressed against the cage.
Hayden swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Hayden dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Cooper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Cooper lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cooper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hayden lands with a nice combination. Cooper backs away looking to recover.
Cooper looks for the body kick but Hayden saw that one coming.
Hayden throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
And Cooper tries to counter it with a takedown but Hayden pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cooper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hayden tries to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling the position.
Cooper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayden throws a series of punches but Cooper avoids them all with ease.
Cooper shoots for a double leg takedown but Hayden sprawls well. He's pushed Cooper's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hayden throws a series of punches but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper instigates a 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!
Hayden being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayden is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hayden has had enough of the clinch but Cooper keeps him there for the moment.
Cooper looking for a takedown.
Daniel Hayden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Cooper.
Hayden gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cooper.
Cooper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper breaks from the clinch.
Hayden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cooper is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hayden avoids the head kick by Cooper.
Hayden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooper manages to avoid it.
Daniel Hayden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hayden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cooper.
Hayden looks to land a combination. Cooper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hayden scores with a jab to the body.
Cooper looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hayden is fending him off so far but Cooper persists. Nope, Hayden circles away and we're back to standing.
Hayden misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Cooper or perhaps it was just good defense by Hayden, which made it look bad.
Cooper darts in looking for a takedown but Hayden gets double underhooks and turns Cooper into the cage.
Cooper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hayden lands with a nice combination. Cooper backs away looking to recover.
Hayden misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayden throws a right hand that Cooper ducks under and follows up with a left that Cooper also avoids with ease.
Cooper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hayden manages to avoid it.
Hayden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hayden connects with a right hand. Cooper shakes it off.
Hayden moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice sprawl there from Hayden as Cooper shoots in.
Hayden misses with a series of wild punches.
Cooper dives in for a single leg takedown but Hayden sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hayden moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hayden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
Cooper is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hayden pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayden working hard to break the clinch.
Cooper pulls Hayden into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayden trying to control but Cooper is working from the bottom.
Hayden slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Cooper.
Cooper trying to hold on to Hayden's head to control him but Hayden postures up.
Cooper is not content to let Hayden control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Hayden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hayden, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Hayden!
A very excited looking Daniel Hayden 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Stander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Stander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Logan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Logan thuds a left hand into Stander's body.
Logan misses with a double jab.
Stander cracks the inside of Logan's front leg.
Stander looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Stander misses the target.
Logan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stander looks to land a right hand but Logan moved out of range.
Stander gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Logan.
Logan misses with a few strikes there.
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stander drops down looking for a counter takedown but Logan sprawls and moves away.
Stander tries for a takedown but Logan circles away easily
and Logan counters with a stiff right hand.
Stander delivers a nice body kick.
Logan takes a swing at Stander's ribcage but misses.
Logan misses with an uppercut
letting Stander counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stander slips a jab from Logan.
Logan drops his hands momentarily and Stander takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jab, jab by Stander - just one landing.
It looks like Jimmy Logan has been cut.
Logan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Logan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stander can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick lands from Stander.
Stander buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stander lands with a straight right. Logan didn't see that one coming.
Stander tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Logan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Logan dips to his left and cracks Stander with an uppercut!
Logan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stander thinks about countering with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stander gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Stander.
Logan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Logan throws a punch but it's blocked by Stander.
Logan misses with a punch on the inside.
Stander blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Stander scores with a nice short uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stander scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stander unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Logan lands a right hand.
Logan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stander struggles to land a body shot inside as Logan controls his hands.
Stander breaks the clinch.
Stander throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Logan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stander thows a leg kick but Logan checks it
enabling Logan to counter with a crisp jab.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Stander is just out of range.
Stander swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Logan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Stander counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Logan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Logan swings widly with a right hand
and Stander counters with a nice low kick that buckles Logan's knee momentarily.
Jimmy Logan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Logan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Logan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stander. Stander obviously looking to wear him down.
Stander rushes Logan and presses him up against the cage.
Stander drops down looking for an ankle pick but Logan pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stander tries a low kick but Logan avoids it.
Logan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stander throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crunch! Stander slams his shin into Logan's torso.
Logan misses with a jab to the body
and Stander connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Logan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Logan punishes Stander's body with a nice straight punch.
Logan throws out a loose jab but Stander uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Logan.
It looks like Bobby Stander has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stander is defended easily by Logan.
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 Bobby Stander will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stander darts in and clinches Logan up against the cage.
Stander working hard to break the clinch.
Stander blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stander scores with a shot to the side of Logan's head.
Stander's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Logan throws a shot from downtown. Stander moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Stander.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stander throws a body kick that misses.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stander misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stander wants to clinch.
Logan misses with a straight left.
Stander scores with a leg kick.
Stander gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stander scores with a crisp jab that stopped Logan in his tracks.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Stander is just out of range.
Stander catches Logan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
An inside leg kick lands from Stander.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stander on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stander waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Logan.
A big right from Logan misses.
Stander moves in looking to clinch but Logan pushes him off.
Logan looks to score with a jab to the body but Stander is just out of range.
Stander shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Logan has one foot on Stander's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stander misses with a body kick.
Logan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bobby Stander is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stander slips a jab from Logan.
A cross from Logan lands.
Logan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stander.
Logan misses with a hook.
It looked like Stander wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Logan misses with a hook. Stander ducked under it nicely.
Stander throws a push kick but Logan slaps the foot to one side.
Logan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Logan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stander throws a head kick but Logan moves out of range.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stander connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Stander scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Logan is rocked!
Logan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stander lands an uppercut, right on the button! Logan tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bobby Stander!
After winning the bout, Bobby Stander 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between George Ibraham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Owen (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Ibraham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Owen!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Owen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ibraham.
Owen motions for Ibraham to come forward. Owen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Owen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Luke Owen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Owen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like George Ibraham has been cut.
Ibraham walks forward, straight into a front kick from Owen.
Owen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Owen throws a sloppy head kick and Ibraham moves out of range easily.
Ibraham fires out a quick counter leg kick but Owen just manages to avoid it.
Owen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ibraham half committed to a counter leg kick.
Owen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ibraham eats them both and turns towards Owen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ibraham slips a jab and a cross from Owen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Owen misses with a few strikes there.
Owen throws a head kick that misses.
Ibraham went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Owen moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibraham lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Owen tries a head kick but it misses.
We've been informed that Owen 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.
Ibraham thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Owen if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice body punch from Owen.
Owen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Owen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ibraham lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Owen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ibraham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Owen is looking to land body kicks.
Owen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Owen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ibraham. That did some damage!
Ibraham throws a solid leg kick but Owen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ibraham.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owen misses with a wild combination.
Ibraham appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Owen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt 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!
No joy there for Owen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Owen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ibraham finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Owen throws a leg kick
and Ibraham counters with a head kick.
Owen misses with a kick to the body
and Ibraham makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Ibraham.
Owen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Owen tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Owen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ibraham circles away quickly and effectively.
Ibraham stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Owen.
Owen 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.
Owen lands a high kick!
Owen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ibraham is looking to slow Owen down with leg kicks.
Ibraham fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Owen.
Owen throws a big shot that misses.
Owen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Owen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ibraham buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ibraham throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Owen misses with a few strikes there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Some wild striking there from Owen.
Owen misses with a double jab.
Owen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ibraham back to the cage. Owen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ibraham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Owen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Owen misses with the body kick
and Ibraham counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ibraham throws a leg kick but Owen checks it.
Owen throws a body kick that misses
and Ibraham counters with a head kick.
A head kick by Owen misses
and Ibraham counters with a low kick, right behind Owen 's knee.
Ibraham avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Owen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Ibraham's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Owen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Owen cracks the inside of Ibraham's front leg.
Ibraham throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Owen throws a counter combo.
Ibraham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ibraham lands a nice leg kick that just misses Owen's sensitive parts.
Owen throws a head kick that misses.
Ibraham shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Owen eats them both and turns towards Ibraham to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Owen tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Owen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ibraham has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Owen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ibraham counters with a low kick, right behind Owen 's knee.
Luke Owen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Owen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Owen misses with a low kick.
Ibraham lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibraham lands with a straight right. Owen didn't see that one coming.
Ibraham throws a leg kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Owen.
Owen lands with a kick to the temple. Ibraham shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Owen misses with a combination
and Ibraham counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Owen looks for the body kick but Ibraham saw that one coming.
Ibraham thinks about countering with a head kick.
Owen misses with a body kick.
Owen misses with a few strikes there.
Owen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ibraham slips a jab and a cross from Owen.
Owen lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owen avoids the head kick by Ibraham.
Ibraham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Owen throws out the jab.
Owen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ibraham counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Owen.
Owen misses with a double jab
and Ibraham makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Owen really felt that one!
Owen is breathing heavily.
Owen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ibraham lands a leg kick that knocks Owen off balance momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Owen blocks the leg kick.
Ibraham moves out of range as Owen throws a body kick.
Ibraham explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Owen misses with a head kick.
As Owen backs away, Ibraham returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Owen misses with the body kick
and Ibraham counters with a low kick, right behind Owen 's knee.
Ibraham lands with a kick to the ribs.
Owen misses the shot to the body.
Ibraham throws a big counter combination but Owen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ibraham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Owen throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Ibraham misses.
Owen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Owen throws a sloppy head kick and Ibraham moves out of range easily.
Ibraham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Owen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ibraham misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Owen throws a wild body kick that Ibraham sees coming a mile off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ibraham.
Owen tries a head kick but it misses.
Owen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ibraham blocks the body kick.
Ibraham half committed to a counter leg kick.
Owen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Owen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ibraham appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Owen misses the body punch
and Ibraham counters with a good low kick that Owen was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibraham buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ibraham blocks a head kick by Owen.
Luke Owen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ibraham throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Owen misses with a double jab
and Ibraham counters with a thumping low kick.
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 George Ibraham will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on George Ibraham'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. And we move into the final round!
Owen misses the body punch
and Ibraham counters with a nice low kick that buckles Owen's knee momentarily.
Owen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ibraham thinks about countering with a head kick.
Owen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Owen throws a combination that misses
and Ibraham counters with a good low kick that Owen was not able to check.
Owen misses with a hook.
Ibraham tried to counter with a leg kick but Owen avoided it.
Owen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ibraham counters with a low kick, right behind Owen 's knee.
Owen throws a head kick that misses
and Ibraham counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Owen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Owen throws a head kick but Ibraham moves out of range.
Owen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Owen throws a sloppy head kick and Ibraham moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Owen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Owen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ibraham rather than just go for the knockout.
Ibraham showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Owen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Owen throws a head kick that misses
and Ibraham counters with a slapping leg kick.
Owen throws a leg kick
and Ibraham counters with a right hand to the body.
Ibraham turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Owen misses with a double jab
and Ibraham counters with a left and a right that stings Owen.
Owen takes a swing at Ibraham's ribcage but misses.
Ibraham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ibraham moves out of range of the body kick.
Owen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Owen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owen misses with a double jab
letting Ibraham counter with a right hand.
Ibraham lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ibraham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ibraham chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ibraham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ibraham connects with a leg kick. Owen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Owen misses the body punch
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Ibraham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Owen misses with a wild combination.
Ibraham half committed to a counter leg kick.
Owen misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Owen misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Owen misses with a double jab.
Ibraham lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Owen tries a head kick but it misses.
Owen throws a right hand that Ibraham ducks under and follows up with a left that Ibraham also avoids with ease.
Owen looks to throw a body kick
and Ibraham counters with a leg kick.
Ibraham connects with a leg kick. Owen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ibraham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ibraham avoids the head kick by Owen.
Sloppy strikes from Owen. Those never looked like landing.
Owen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ibraham counters with a thumping low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibraham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ibraham is looking to slow Owen down with leg kicks.
Owen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Owen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ibraham checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ibraham thumps Owen with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Owen throws a sloppy head kick and Ibraham moves out of range easily.
Owen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ibraham throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Owen misses with a double jab.
A shot to the body from Owen misses
and Ibraham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ibraham lands with a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Ibraham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ibraham 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Ibraham!
George Ibraham thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renan Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Duponte (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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138 lbs
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139 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renan Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Duponte!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber takes one to the chin there.
Duponte looks to land a right hand but Faber moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Faber misses the target.
A punch combination from Faber misses.
Good exchange - Faber coming out on top.
It looks like Justin Duponte has been cut.
Faber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from Duponte finds it's way through Faber's defenses.
Duponte scores with a jab. Faber acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Faber is rocked!
Duponte lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Faber falls backwards - clearly groggy! Duponte dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Duponte!
Justin Duponte decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thickski Brickhackski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Conley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Conley acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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175 lbs
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thickski Brickhackski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Conley!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brickhackski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Conley eats them both and turns towards Brickhackski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brickhackski shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Conley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Brickhackski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brickhackski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Conley is keeping the position for now.
Brickhackski is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Conley has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Brickhackski is looking to defend but Conley has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Brickhackski! Conley pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Brickhackski taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chris Conley!
Chris Conley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Pickerage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Rockhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Rockhold has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Pickerage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Rockhold!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickerage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rockhold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pickerage lands a jab.
Pickerage lands with a shot to the body.
Pickerage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rockhold looks to throw the jab but Pickerage is out of range.
Pickerage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rockhold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Pickerage catches Rockhold right on the button with a cross.
Pickerage misses with a hook to the body
and Rockhold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Taylor Pickerage has been cut.
Rockhold dodges the punch combination from Pickerage.
Pickerage tries to clinch there but Rockhold circles away.
Rockhold looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rockhold misses with a few strikes there.
Rockhold takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Pickerage lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rockhold doesn't seem phased though.
Pickerage jabs at Rockhold's body.
Rockhold scores with a punch to the head.
Pickerage darts in trying to clinch
and Rockhold counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pickerage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rockhold takes one on the button.
Pickerage just misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage defending well as Rockhold loads up on a big left hand.
Pickerage avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No luck for Pickerage with that takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Rockhold on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rockhold looks to score with a jab to the body but Pickerage is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pickerage clinches.
Rockhold misses with a body punch.
Pickerage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rockhold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickerage throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockhold.
Pickerage misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickerage can't find room to land a body shot as Rockhold controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockhold.
Rockhold tries to work over Pickerage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rockhold.
Rockhold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pickerage or not.
Pickerage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rockhold swings wildly with an uppercut but Pickerage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rockhold blocking some punches.
Pickerage can't find room to land a body shot as Rockhold controls the action.
Pickerage can't find room to land a body shot as Rockhold controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Pickerage.
Rockhold prevents a body shot from Pickerage.
Pickerage has a couple of punches blocked by Rockhold.
I was talking to Pickerage's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pickerage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pickerage misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage misses with some punches.
Pickerage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pickerage tries a body shot but Rockhold blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockhold.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage blocking some punches.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockhold.
Rockhold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rockhold tries to work over Pickerage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rockhold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pickerage or not.
Rockhold swings wildly with an uppercut but Pickerage uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rockhold blocks an uppercut.
Rockhold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockhold controls his hands.
Rockhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pickerages head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Pickerage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taylor Pickerage's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pickerage tries to clinch up
and Rockhold counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Pickerage. Beautiful body shot.
Pickerage clinches with his opponent.
Rockhold lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Pickerage is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rockhold can do to turn this around?
Still in the clinch, Rockhold scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rockhold misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Rockhold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pickerage blocks a body shot from Rockhold.
Pickerage misses with a body punch.
Pickerage tries to throw a body punch but Rockhold avoids it by throwing Pickerage back against the cage.
Rockhold can't find room to land a body shot as Pickerage controls the action.
A short right from Pickerage.
Rockhold is leaning against Pickerage and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickerage lands a right hand.
Rockhold lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rockhold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rockhold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockhold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Rockhold.
Pickerage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rockhold.
Pickerage blocks a body shot from Rockhold.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rockhold.
Rockhold prevents a body shot from Pickerage.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pickerage fails to land.
Pickerage scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rockhold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rockhold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pickerage misses with a punch to the body.
Rockhold stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rockhold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Rockhold lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Rockhold.
Rockhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pickerages head.
Rockhold scores with a shot to the side of Pickerage's head.
Rockhold scores with a hook to the body.
Rockhold scores with a hook to the body.
Rockhold scores with a shoulder strike.
Rockhold lands a shot to the body.
Rockhold lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rockhold.
Rockhold working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Rockhold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Rockhold.
Pickerage takes a shot to the head.
Pickerage is rocked!
Rockhold gets through Pickerage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Pickerage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rockhold lands a right hand.
Rockhold throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luke Rockhold seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rockhold misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickerage seems to have got his legs back now.
Rockhold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rockhold lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockhold.
Rockhold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Rockhold.
Rockhold lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rockhold scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Rockhold.
Rockhold lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Rockhold scores with a shot to the side of Pickerage's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockhold lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Rockhold lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rockhold.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockhold.
Rockhold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pickerage or not.
Rockhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pickerages head.
Rockhold works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rockhold lands an uppercut.
Rockhold lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Rockhold.
Rockhold unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Pickerage! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Rockhold is unloading with more strikes now! Pickerage drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Rockhold!
Luke Rockhold decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Scott Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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141 lbs
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135 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Powell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Perry!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry throws a body punch but Powell moves out of range.
Perry's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Perry's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Perry cracks Powell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Powell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Powell is rocked!
Perry closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Powell! Perry dives in looking to finish! Powell is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Perry!
Mike Perry is the new bantamweight champion!
An out of breath Mike Perry thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Muhammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Fang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Muhammad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matthew Fang!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fang tries for a takedown but Muhammad circles away easily
and Muhammad counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fang is defended easily by Muhammad.
Fang misses with a takedown attempt
and Muhammad counters with a nice uppercut.
Abraham Muhammad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Fang.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Fang with that takedown attempt.
Fang shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fang doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Muhammad counters with a right hand from hell and Fang is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Abraham Muhammad!
Abraham Muhammad retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Abraham Muhammad thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Twist Calypso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donal Brogue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donal Brogue acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Twist Calypso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Donal Brogue!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brogue darts in and clinches Calypso up against the cage.
Calypso pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Calypso.
Calypso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brogue is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Calypso takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brogue working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calypso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brogue wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brogue.
Calypso lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like Donal Brogue has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calypso lands with a light punch inside.
Brogue breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Brogue.
Calypso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Calypso has managed to clinch.
Calypso tries to work over Brogue's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Calypso keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brogue's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Calypso fails to land.
Calypso effectively controlling the action here.
Calypso working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Calypso takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Calypso lands a nice uppercut.
Calypso lands a body shot.
Brogue is looking to break free of the clinch but Calypso has double underhooks.
Brogue has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brogue is trying to push Calypso away but Calypso has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Calypso creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Calypso scores with a shoulder strike.
Brogue blocking some punches.
Calypso leaning his opponent against the cage.
Calypso has Brogue pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brogue is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brogue can't break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Calypso creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brogue is trying to push Calypso away but Calypso has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Calypso swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogue uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calypso lands with a left to the head.
Calypso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brogue is trying to force a seperation but Calypso has the dominant position.
Brogue blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brogue is trying to break the clinch but Calypso has him pressed against the cage.
Brogue is working for takedown but Calypso is calmly controlling the position for now.
Calypso makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Calypso stalling the fight.
Calypso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Calypso.
Calypso lands a shoulder strike.
Brogue blocks a body shot from Calypso.
A right hook to the body lands for Calypso.
Brogue letting Calypso take a breather here.
Brogue tries to break free but Calypso pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Twist Calypso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donal Brogue'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.
Brogue circles away from the clinch attempt.
Calypso tries to clinch but Brogue is having none of it.
Calypso tries to clinch but Brogue is having none of it.
Calypso has Brogue up against the cage in a clinch.
Calypso scores with a shoulder strike.
Calypso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brogue backwards.
Brogue is trying to break free.
Calypso blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calypso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Calypso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brogue backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Calypso.
Calypso working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogue blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brogue manages to break the clinch.
Calypso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Calypso takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Calypso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brogue swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Calypso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brogue, pushing him back against the cage.
Calypso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Calypso slows down the pace here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Calypso lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That has opened up Donal Brogue's cut even more.
Calypso'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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calypso pushes Brogue back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Calypso taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Brogue is trying to push Calypso away but Calypso has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Calypso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brogue backwards.
Twist Calypso has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brogue changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Calypso fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Calypso has Brogue up against the cage in a clinch.
Brogue drops down looking for an ankle pick but Calypso pulls his leg out and moves away.
A right-left combo lands from Brogue.
Twist Calypso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calypso clinches up with Brogue and pushes him back against the cage.
Calypso taking a breather.
Calypso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Calypso misses with the head strike.
Calypso prevents Brogue from breaking the clinch.
Calypso lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brogue is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Calypso is defending well.
Twist Calypso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donal Brogue.
A hook to the body from Calypso.
Brogue has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calypso swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogue uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Calypso.
Calypso lands a right hand.
Brogue letting Calypso take a breather here.
Calypso is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Calypso seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Calypso lands with a left to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Calypso - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Calypso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brogue backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Twist Calypso dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donal Brogue's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Calypso taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Calypso lands a body shot in the clinch.
Calypso has a couple of punches blocked by Brogue.
Calypso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brogue breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calypso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brogue fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brogue circles away from the clinch attempt.
Calypso has managed to clinch.
Calypso has Brogue pressed against the cage, preventing Brogue from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Calypso holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogue is trying to push Calypso away but Calypso has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Calypso lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Brogue's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brogue.
Brogue blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Calypso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Calypso.
Calypso lands a right hand.
Brogue is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brogue wants to get back to striking at distance but Calypso won't allow it.
Calypso effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calypso slows down the pace here.
Calypso lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Calypso has Brogue pressed against the cage.
Calypso taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Calypso is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Twist Calypso.
Brogue looks to land a combination but Calypso avoids it well.
Brogue fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calypso manages to avoid it.
Brogue closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calypso pushes Brogue up against the cage in a clinch.
Calypso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Calypso pressing his opponent against the cage.
Calypso keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brogue's efforts to push away.
Brogue is trying to break free.
Brogue is trying to break free.
Calypso lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brogue backwards.
Brogue is trying to force a seperation but Calypso has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calypso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brogues head.
Calypso is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Calypso.
Twist Calypso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Calypso just leaning against Brogue, taking a breather.
Brogue lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Calypso backwards.
Donal Brogue has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brogue working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Calypso'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.
Calypso just leaning against Brogue, taking a breather.
And that's the end of the fight!
Twist Calypso showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Calypso, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Twist Calypso!
Twist Calypso retains his welterweight title!
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