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DUEL#23 Garavito vs Riccuito PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Archer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Archer comes to the cage accompanied by Centuries. Hari has chosen King Drum as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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268 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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
27 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Archer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harold Hari!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Archer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Archer scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - Archer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hari tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Archer.
Archer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Hari 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Archer just misses with a punch to the body.
And Hari tries to counter it with a takedown but Archer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Archer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Archer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Archer looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Archer controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hari trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Hari looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Archer puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hari strikes from the bottom but Archer passes into mount!
Hari is trying to escape the mount.
Hari throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hari tries to reverse the position but Archer maintains control.
Hari throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Archer content just to control the position here.
Hari really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Archer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hari flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Hari is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Hari is looking to improve his position but Archer isn't that keen on the idea.
Hari is still trying to improve position.
Archer landing strikes, looking to finish!
Archer has control of Hari's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hari regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Hari is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Hari is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Archer working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hari throwing hammer fists to the chest of Archer. What's that going to do exactly?
Hari throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Archer landing punches.
Hari is wriggling around trying to escape.
Archer blocks Hari's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hari tries to land a strike from the bottom but Archer has taken his back! He's got the choke... big trouble for Hari here! Hari is tapping! Great work there by Archer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aaron Archer!
A determined Aaron Archer didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Faldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparring Fighter 1 (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faldo comes to the cage accompanied by Paparazzi Pone - Man Down. Fighter 1 has chosen Lou Reed - The day John Kennedy Died as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sparring Fighter 1 enters the cage!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Faldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sparring Fighter 1!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter 1 scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Faldo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fighter 1 wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fighter 1 decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Fighter 1 takes the fight into the clinch.
Faldo is trying to stall.
Fighter 1's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faldo with a nice cross.
Sparring Fighter 1 seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fighter 1 is looking to clinch.
Faldo is looking to counter the offense by Fighter 1 and move into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Faldo misses the target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A body shot lands from Fighter 1.
Fighter 1 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faldo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fighter 1's calf.
Faldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fighter 1 clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fighter 1 misses with a knee strike.
Fighter 1 lands a hook that snaps the head of Faldo backwards.
Faldo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fighter 1 backwards.
Fighter 1 escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Faldo.
Faldo sets himself, and Fighter 1 steps forward looking for the clinch! Faldo avoids it this time.
Faldo throws a leg kick but Fighter 1 moved away.
Faldo tries to keep at a distance but Fighter 1 has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faldo.
Faldo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fighter 1 throws a punch but it's blocked by Faldo.
A head punch on the inside from Faldo fails to land.
Fighter 1 tries to land a knee to the head but Faldo blocks with his arms.
A short left from Faldo.
Fighter 1 pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fighter 1 tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Faldo throws a hook but Fighter 1 blocks it.
Faldo lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fighter 1 has managed to clinch.
Fighter 1 manages to break the clinch.
Fighter 1 tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Faldo missing with a left hand there. Fighter 1 was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fighter 1 appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fighter 1 moves out of range of the body kick.
Fighter 1 doesn't manage to clinch there - Faldo circles away.
Faldo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nick Faldo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fighter 1 tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Faldo lands a leg kick that knocks Fighter 1 off balance momentarily.
Fighter 1 misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fighter 1 tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Faldo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fighter 1 gets a clinch.
Fighter 1's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fighter 1 tries to clinch there but Faldo circles away.
Fighter 1 tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter 1 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Faldo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Faldo wants it to stay on the feet.
Fighter 1 takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fighter 1 takes the fight into the clinch.
Faldo throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Faldo on the inside.
Fighter 1 lands with a light punch inside.
Fighter 1 lands a shot to the body.
Fighter 1 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Faldo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Faldo dodges an elbow strike from Fighter 1.
Fighter 1 misses with an elbow strike.
Fighter 1 lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Faldo tries to work over Fighter 1's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Fighter 1.
Fighter 1 tries a body shot but Faldo blocks it.
Faldo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Faldo.
Faldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faldo.
Fighter 1 lands an elbow that stopped Faldo in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Nick Faldo has been cut.
Fighter 1 is looking to break free of the clinch but Faldo has double underhooks.
Faldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fighter 1 misses with an elbow over the top.
Fighter 1 swings wildly with an uppercut but Faldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Faldo'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.
Faldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fighter 1 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fighter 1 has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fighter 1 blocks an uppercut.
Faldo looking to slow down the pace here.
Faldo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fighter 1 backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sparring Fighter 1 dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Faldo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fighter 1 tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fighter 1 wants to clinch up but Faldo keeps it at a distance.
Fighter 1 moves into range and clinches up with Faldo.
Faldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fighter 1 looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fighter 1 has had enough of the clinch but Faldo keeps him there for the moment.
Faldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fighter 1 with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fighter 1's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Faldo has a couple of punches blocked by Fighter 1.
Faldo avoiding damage as Fighter 1 throws knees to the body.
Fighter 1 breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faldo throws a leg kick
and Fighter 1 counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fighter 1 clinches.
Fighter 1 blocks a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Faldo scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fighter 1 throws a punch but it's blocked by Faldo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Faldo on the inside.
Faldo lands a shoulder strike.
Fighter 1 misses with a hook to the ribs.
Faldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faldo dodges an elbow strike from Fighter 1.
Faldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fighter 1 backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Faldo.
Fighter 1 lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Faldo.
Fighter 1 pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faldo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Faldo misses with a low kick.
Nice body kick from Faldo.
Fighter 1 throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fighter 1 tries to close the distance and clinch but Faldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Fighter 1 blocks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fighter 1 looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faldo wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faldo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fighter 1 dives in and scores a takedown into Faldo's guard.
Fighter 1 wants to stand but Faldo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Fighter 1 pushes down on Faldo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fighter 1 is thwarting Faldo's attempts to control the position.
Fighter 1 controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter 1 trying to pass the guard but Faldo defending well.
Fighter 1 wants to control but Faldo is keeping him busy.
Faldo is trying to get back to full guard.
Faldo is looking to control Fighter 1's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Faldo avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fighter 1 seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Fighter 1 perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Faldo is trying is best to control the position here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Fighter 1 pivots, looking for a leg kick but Faldo is out of range and Fighter 1 settles back down.
Fighter 1 fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fighter 1 throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Faldo was covering up waiting for the punch and Fighter 1 finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighter 1 wants to stand but Faldo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Fighter 1 seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Faldo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fighter 1 looking to pass the guard.
Fighter 1 seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fighter 1 looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sparring Fighter 1 showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nick Faldo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Fighter 1 looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fighter 1 looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fighter 1 tries to clinch but Faldo is having none of it.
Fighter 1 moves in looking to clinch but Faldo pushes him off.
Faldo is looking to score with low kicks.
Fighter 1 clinches.
Faldo digs a right hand into Fighter 1's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fighter 1's gas tank.
Faldo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Faldo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faldo throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Faldo.
Faldo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Faldo lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter 1 lands an uppercut.
Fighter 1 takes a shot to the head.
Faldo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fighter 1.
Faldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fighter 1 looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faldo working aggressively here.
A short right from Faldo.
Fighter 1 blocks a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo lands a hook that snaps the head of Fighter 1 backwards.
Fighter 1 misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faldo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fighter 1 takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fighter 1 misses with a hook to the ribs.
Faldo prevents a body shot from Fighter 1.
Faldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Fighter 1 uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Faldo scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter 1 wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nick Faldo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fighter 1 blocks a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo lands an uppercut.
Faldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fighter 1's elbow.
Fighter 1 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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!
Faldo misses the body punch
and Fighter 1 counters with a two punch combo.
Faldo thuds his right hand into Fighter 1's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fighter 1 takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fighter 1 wants to clinch up but Faldo keeps it at a distance.
Fighter 1 has managed to clinch.
Fighter 1 lands with a short shot to the head.
Fighter 1 doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Faldo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Faldo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Faldo dodges an elbow strike from Fighter 1.
Fighter 1 working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faldo lands with a light punch inside.
Fighter 1 prevents a body shot from Faldo.
Nice elbow from Fighter 1.
Faldo lands with a short shot to the head.
Faldo stalls.
Faldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Fighter 1 misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fighter 1 blocks an uppercut.
Fighter 1 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fighter 1 slips under a jab from Faldo.
Faldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Fighter 1 is just out of range.
Fighter 1 closes the distance and pushes Faldo back into the cage.
Faldo prevents Fighter 1 from breaking the clinch.
Fighter 1 misses with a knee strike.
Faldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fighter 1's elbow.
Faldo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Faldo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Faldo.
Fighter 1 breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fighter 1 lands a head kick. Faldo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fighter 1 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fighter 1 darts in looking for a takedown but Faldo gets double underhooks and turns Fighter 1 into the cage.
Fighter 1 wants to clinch up but Faldo keeps it at a distance.
Sparring Fighter 1 is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fighter 1 walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Faldo misses.
Nice body punch from Faldo.
Fighter 1 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faldo.
Faldo swats away the attempt to clinch by Fighter 1.
Faldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fighter 1 sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nick Faldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Faldo throws a leg kick
and Fighter 1 counters with a series of strikes. Faldo will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Faldo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fighter 1 has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sparring Fighter 1!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rahkim Abdullah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woo Kidd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rahkim Abdullah is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rahkim Abdullah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Woo Kidd!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdullah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kidd manages to avoid it.
Abdullah lands a right hook to the body.
Abdullah lands a glancing blow to the side of Kidd's head.
Abdullah scores with a hook.
Kidd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kidd cracks Abdullah with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kidd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abdullah moves away.
Kidd avoids the body shot from Abdullah.
As Abdullah backs off Kidd throws a huge counter combo but Abdullah manages to avoid it all.
Kidd misses with a series of wild punches.
Abdullah appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kidd looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Abdullah lands a nice hook to Kidd's body. Kidd takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've been hearing reports that Abdullah has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Abdullah takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kidd ducks right into an uppercut from Abdullah.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdullah cracks Kidd with a right hand to the side of the head.
Abdullah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Abdullah dodges the punch combination from Kidd.
Abdullah is looking to wear down Kidd with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidd misses with a body shot.
Kidd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abdullah manages to avoid it.
Abdullah works over Kidd's head and body with a nice combination.
Kidd looks to score with a jab to the body but Abdullah is just out of range.
Abdullah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kidd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdullah.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Abdullah.
Abdullah looks to score with a jab to the body but Kidd is just out of range.
Abdullah throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kidd misses the shot to the body.
Kidd thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Kidd misses.
Kidd scores with a body shot.
Kidd takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kidd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Abdullah circles away quickly and effectively.
Kidd doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Abdullah throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Kidd. Those never looked like landing.
Kidd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abdullah throws a series of punches but Kidd moves out of range.
Abdullah works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kidd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abdullah fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kidd on the side of the head.
Abdullah closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kidd sneaks out the side door and pushes Abdullah away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Kidd misses with a body shot.
Abdullah cracks a nice hook into Kidd's ribs.
Kidd misses with a wild combination.
Abdullah throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kidd tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Abdullah is in Kidd's guard.
Abdullah is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Abdullah postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidd looking for a sweep. Not yet Kidd, not yet.
Abdullah is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Abdullah tries to free his leg and advance position but Kidd is retaining full guard.
Abdullah advances position into side control!
Abdullah has hold of Kidd's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Kidd seems comfortable defending it but Abdullah has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Kidd is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Kidd is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Abdullah couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rahkim Abdullah!
An out of breath Rahkim Abdullah 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Chad Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bach Schtrappe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Childish Gambino - Redbone. Schtrappe has chosen Phobia by Kreator as his entrance music. Bach Schtrappe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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152 lbs
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163 lbs
24 - 11 - 1 |
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World class 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
52 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chad Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bach Schtrappe!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Mendes.
No joy there for Mendes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schtrappe feints a counter leg kick.
Mendes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mendes throws a right and a left that Schtrappe avoids nicely.
It seemed like Schtrappe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mendes throws a series of punches but Schtrappe moves out of range.
Mendes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Schtrappe misses with a low kick as Mendes jumps back.
Schtrappe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mendes misses with a hook. Schtrappe ducked under it nicely.
Mendes 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.
Mendes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Schtrappe counters with a solid body kick.
Mendes misses with a double jab
and Schtrappe counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Mendes does no damage.
Mendes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schtrappe is looking for the big counter here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mendes tries to move into range but Schtrappe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mendes walks into a stiff left hand from Schtrappe.
Mendes is rocked!
A decent looking cross lands there for Mendes.
Oh Mendes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mendes misses with a double jab.
Mendes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Schtrappe counters with a huge right that knocks Mendes out cold! Schtrappe is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bach Schtrappe!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Bach Schtrappe made sure he mentioned Fury Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Habana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Ponjev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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36
203 lbs
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180 lbs
29 - 8 - 0 |
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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
22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Habana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Ponjev!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ponjev avoids the head kick by Habana.
Ponjev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Habana.
Bryan Habana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Habana swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ponjev misses with a straight left.
As Ponjev backs away, Habana returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Habana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Habana connects with an inside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ponjev is defended easily by Habana.
Habana misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Habana clinches with his opponent.
Habana can't find room to land a body shot as Ponjev controls the action.
Ponjev blocks an elbow strike from Habana.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ponjev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Habana connects with a knee to the head.
Ponjev letting Habana take a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ponjev fails to land.
Habana tries to land a knee to the head but Ponjev blocks with his arms.
Ponjev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Ponjev.
Ponjev is looking to control Habana's arms but Habana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ponjev has his back to the cage.
Habana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Habana scores a nice knee to the body.
Ponjev is struggling to control the position.
Ponjev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Habana backwards.
Habana taking a breather.
Habana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Habana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Habana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Habana misses with a body punch.
Ponjev lands a nice uppercut.
Habana tries to work over Ponjev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponjev has Habana pressed against the cage, preventing Habana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Habana missing with knees to the body.
Habana tries to stall but Ponjev uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Habana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ponjev misses with some punches.
Habana pushes Ponjev back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Habana throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Habana throws an elbow but misses.
Habana misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Habana as the two fighters clinch.
Ponjev pushes off an throws an elbow but Habana leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ponjev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Habana wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponjev won't allow it.
Habana blocks a body shot from Ponjev.
Ponjev working aggressively here.
Habana effectively controlling the action here.
Habana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ponjev blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habana working hard to break the clinch.
Habana avoids the elbow strike from Ponjev, against the cage.
Ponjev effectively controlling the action here.
Habana stalling.
Ponjev has Habana pressed against the cage.
Ponjev lands with a light punch inside.
Ponjev is looking for a takedown.
Habana lands with a left to the head.
Ponjev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Habana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ponjev has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Habana is trying to keep an underhook but Ponjev manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ponjev wants to take a breather but Habana is having none of it.
Habana is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ponjev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ponjev's back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ponjev tries to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Habana.
Habana lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Habana has the hooks in. Ponjev is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Habana biding his time, looking for the opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Habana dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Habana lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab lands there for Habana.
Ponjev looks to land a combination but Habana avoids it well.
Habana fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ponjev is out of range.
Habana has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ponjev gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ponjev thows a huge punch but Habana dodges it nicely.
Habana wants to control but Ponjev is keeping busy.
Nice strikes from Ponjev there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ponjev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ponjev looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Habana with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponjev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ponjev lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Ponjev there.
Sam Ponjev has got the better of the ground game so far.
Habana is doing well to control the position and prevent Ponjev from advancing to side control.
Ground and pound from Ponjev.
Habana wants to control but Ponjev passes into side.
Ponjev trying to control the position but Habana is working away.
Habana is trying to get back to half guard.
Habana wants to control but Ponjev postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Ponjev seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Habana wants to control but Ponjev postures up.
Ponjev controlling the position from side mount.
You can see the frustration on Habana's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Habana avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ponjev.
Ponjev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ponjev tries to score with some ground and pound. Habana controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sloppy strikes there by Ponjev.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponjev is looking to take a break and control but Habana is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ponjev working away.
Habana is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Habana's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Habana is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ponjev throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Habana works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ponjev seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Habana controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Habana trying to control but Ponjev postures up.
Habana makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Habana.
Habana is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Habana is looking to sweep but instead, Ponjev has passed into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Ponjev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ponjev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ponjev has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Habana tries to close the distance and clinch but Ponjev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Habana is looking to chop away at Ponjev's legs.
Habana is looking to clinch.
Ponjev drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Habana defends it well.
Habana throws out a powerful jab.
Ponjev misses with a hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Ponjev blocks the leg kick.
Ponjev drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Habana defends it well.
Ponjev defending well as Habana loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Habana throws a chopping leg kick but Ponjev manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Habana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bryan Habana is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy body kick from Habana
and Ponjev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ponjev closes the distance and clinches.
Habana stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Habana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Habana lands with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Habana.
Habana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ponjev misses with a takedown attempt - Habana sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Habana, right into the meat.
Ponjev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Habana lands with a kick to the temple. Ponjev shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Habana clinches with his opponent.
Ponjev misses with some punches.
Ponjev goes for a takedown attempt but Habana pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habana gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ponjev decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Habana's guard.
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!
Habana trying to control the position.
Ponjev wants to control from the top but Habana keeps moving.
Ponjev trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Habana manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Ponjev looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habana controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ponjev is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Habana is aware though and is defending well.
Ponjev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Habana is one step ahead there.
That's four 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.
Habana advances position into side control!
Ponjev is trying to control Habana's posture but Habana avoids it.
Ponjev is looking for a sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ponjev can't do much from the bottom here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Habana showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Habana has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Habana!
Bryan Habana bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Ragnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Rob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mad Rob is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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27
153 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Maximus Ragnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mad Rob!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ragnarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Rob blocks an uppercut.
Rob goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ragnarsson clinches up with Rob and pushes him back against the cage.
Rob throws a punch but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Rob avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.
Rob is leaning against Ragnarsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rob is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rob is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rob 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.
A leg kick checked by Ragnarsson.
A head kick misses from Rob.
Ragnarsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rob. Rob obviously looking to wear him down.
A punch combination from Ragnarsson misses.
Rob avoids the body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ragnarsson looks to throw the jab but Rob is out of range.
Rob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rob escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ragnarsson throws a shot from downtown. Rob moves away and avoids it.
Rob misses with a looping right.
Rob throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rob lands a head shot.
Ragnarsson slips a straight right by Rob.
Ragnarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rob.
Ragnarsson scores with the left hand. Rob knows he should have avoided that one.
Rob lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ragnarsson rushes Rob and presses him up against the cage.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rob blocks an uppercut.
Rob misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rob's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rob lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a body punch.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rob prevents a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob prevents a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rob swings wildly with an uppercut but Ragnarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ragnarsson closes the distance and pushes Rob back into the cage.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
Ragnarsson scores with a shot to the side of Rob's head.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
A nice left hand lands by Ragnarsson.
Rob's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ragnarsson rushes Rob and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rob blocking some punches.
Ragnarsson pushes Rob back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ragnarsson digs a right hand underneath Rob's ribcage. Rob let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rob manages to break the clinch.
Rob takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rob scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rob on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rob is rocked!
Ragnarsson throws a hook but Rob avoids it easily.
Rob is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ragnarsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Rob.
Rob looks to land a left hand but Ragnarsson moved out of range nicely.
Ragnarsson swinging wildly here.
Ragnarsson moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ragnarsson.
Rob is still on wobbly legs! Can Ragnarsson finish him?
Rob breaks the clinch.
Rob seems to have recovered his senses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ragnarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rob leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ragnarsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rob working hard to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rob.
Rob lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnarsson fails to land.
Ragnarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Rob controls his hands.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rob lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rob misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Rob struggles to land a body shot inside as Ragnarsson controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Ragnarsson - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Ragnarsson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rob fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Rob. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rob.
Decent striking displayed by Rob there.
Rob staying out of range there.
Rob misses with a straight left.
Ragnarsson throws a jab when Rob was well out of range.
Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rob can do to turn this around?
Rob breaks the clinch.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook. Rob ducked under it nicely.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook.
Ragnarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ragnarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Ragnarsson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rob.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ragnarsson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Rob moves out of range as Ragnarsson strikes.
Rob is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ragnarsson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rob slips a straight right by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rob counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ragnarsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ragnarsson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rob's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rob scores with a hook to the body.
Ragnarsson lands a body shot.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Rob controls the action.
Rob lands an uppercut.
Rob lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rob misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rob blocks a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Rob prevents a body shot from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rob lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rob lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Ragnarsson blocks an uppercut.
Ragnarsson prevents a body shot from Rob.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rob backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rob's elbow.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
Rob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Ragnarsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rob throws a jab but it's blocked by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson throws a right and a left that Rob avoids nicely.
Rob staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ragnarsson.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rob in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An inside leg kick from Rob misses.
Ragnarsson moves into range and clinches up with Rob.
Ragnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ragnarsson clinches up with Rob and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ragnarsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rob's efforts to push away.
Rob breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rob punishes Ragnarsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Rob waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ragnarsson.
Rob walks into a straight right hand from Ragnarsson.
Rob connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ragnarsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ragnarsson drives through and clinches with Rob against the cage.
Rob scores with a shoulder strike.
Rob lands with a short shot to the head.
Rob tries a body shot but Ragnarsson blocks it.
Rob fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rob's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson tries to throw a body punch but Rob avoids it by throwing Ragnarsson back against the cage.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Rob.
Rob trying to land knees to the body.
Rob can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rob misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maximus Ragnarsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
Rob works on Ragnarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Rob lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Ragnarsson is working Rob over against the cage.
Rob tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rob works on Ragnarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Rob throws a head punch that misses.
Rob blocking some punches.
Rob breaks the clinch.
Rob buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ragnarsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rob slips under a jab from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ragnarsson rushes Rob and presses him up against the cage.
Ragnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Ragnarsson dominated that second round.
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.
Ragnarsson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rob just misses with a punch to the body.
Rob wants to slow Ragnarsson down by chopping away at his legs.
Ragnarsson feints a jab promting Rob to slip. Ragnarsson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rob slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ragnarsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rob steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
Rob misses with an uppercut. Ragnarsson saw that one coming.
Ragnarsson clinches with his opponent.
Rob blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with the head strike.
Ragnarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ragnarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rob creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ragnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rob lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ragnarsson or not.
Rob can't find room to land a body shot as Ragnarsson controls the action.
Rob blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Rob is working Ragnarsson over against the cage.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rob pushes off an throws an elbow but Ragnarsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ragnarsson takes a shot to the head.
Ragnarsson tries to break the clinch but Rob is controlling the position.
Ragnarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rob.
A short left from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rob's elbow.
Ragnarsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rob backwards.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Rob.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ragnarsson working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Rob uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Rob controls the action.
Ragnarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ragnarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rob breaks from the clinch.
Rob lands a jab to Ragnarsson's midsection.
A big right from Rob misses.
Ragnarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ragnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Rob.
Rob tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ragnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ragnarsson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rob.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnarsson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rob lands a hook that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rob takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rob blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ragnarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Rob manages to break the clinch.
Ragnarsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rob.
An inside leg kick from Rob misses.
Ragnarsson moves into the clinch.
Maximus Ragnarsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rob tries a body shot but Ragnarsson blocks it.
Rob lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ragnarsson backwards.
Ragnarsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rob taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ragnarsson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rob.
Mad Rob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rob lands with a short shot to the head.
Rob misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rob blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rob lands with a right to the head.
Rob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rob lands a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rob pushes Ragnarsson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rob misses with some punches.
Rob looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maximus Ragnarsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ragnarsson 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximus Ragnarsson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Excuse Me. Michaels is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gimme Shelter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
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212 lbs
26 - 22 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edwin Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels lands a jab to Jordan's midsection.
Nice shot by Jordan.
Jordan moves out of range of the leg kick from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a hook. Jordan ducked under it nicely.
Jordan throws a hook to the side of Michaels's head but Michaels sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Edwin Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Michaels scores with a nice head shot.
Jordan slips under a jab.
Jordan misses with a jab to the body
and Michaels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jordan scores with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Jordan.
Jordan looks to land a left hand but Michaels moved out of range nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid body kick from Michaels.
Michaels ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jordan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Jordan saw that one coming.
Michaels bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jordan's head backwards.
Michaels fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jordan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan tried to score with a low kick but Michaels checks it.
Jordan throws a big shot that misses.
Good leg kick by Michaels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Michaels swinging wildly here.
Michaels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jordan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jordan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jordan digs a good hook to Michaels's body.
Michaels works the jab nicely.
Michaels lands a nice looking body shot.
Jordan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jordan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jordan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jordan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Michaels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jordan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Michaels does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jordan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michaels is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Michaels just misses with a punch to the body.
Jordan jabs Michaels to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters circling - Jordan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Jordan does no damage.
Jordan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jordan throws a body shot but no joy.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels's coach down at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Michaels's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jordan throws a combination that misses
and Michaels counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Michaels connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michaels moves out of range as Jordan strikes.
Jordan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Michaels darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jordan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
It looked like Jordan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Michaels throws a body shot but no joy.
Michaels connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Michaels.
Michaels misses the jab.
Jordan misses with a leg kick.
Michaels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jordan. That did some damage!
Michaels walks into a straight right hand from Jordan.
It looks like Karl Michaels has been cut.
A bone on bone clash there as Jordan blocks the leg kick.
Michaels takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Michaels scoring well with a low kick there.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jordan moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michaels. Jordan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jordan looks to land a combination but Michaels avoids it well.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Jordan.
Jordan misses with a jab to the body
and Michaels counters with a nice leg kick.
Michaels is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jordan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jordan looks for the body kick but Michaels saw that one coming.
Michaels doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jordan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michaels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jordan.
Michaels unleashes a big counter combination but Jordan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jordan swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels lands a slapping body shot.
Jordan 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.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Jordan.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Jordan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Jordan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Michaels.
Michaels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jordan fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Jordan misses the target.
Michaels looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut there from Michaels.
A punch combination from Jordan misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jordan throws a right hand that misses
and Michaels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jordan throws out a loose jab but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaels looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Michaels.
Michaels has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jordan misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Michaels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Michaels's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Michaels works the jab nicely.
Jordan is looking to slow Michaels down with leg kicks.
Jordan throws an off balance right hand
and Michaels counters with an outside leg kick.
Michaels defending well as Jordan loads up on a big left hand.
Jordan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michaels moves away from the strike by Jordan.
Michaels unleashes a big counter combination but Jordan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Michaels throws a hook but Jordan blocks it.
Michaels digs a good hook to Jordan's body.
Michaels lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Michaels.
Jordan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Michaels's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Jordan misses with a wild body shot.
Jordan throws a sloppy body shot
and Michaels counters with a good low kick that Jordan was not able to check.
Jordan looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jordan misses with a straight right.
Jordan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jordan throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
Jordan misses with a head kick.
Jordan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michaels.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jordan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jordan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michaels lands a nice looking body kick.
Jordan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jordan takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels lands with an overhand left.
Karl Michaels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick
and Jordan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jordan misses with a body shot.
Michaels lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Michaels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Jordan misses with a hook.
Michaels connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jordan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michaels.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels throws a shot from downtown. Jordan moves away and avoids it.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
Jordan throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Jordan scores with a jab to the body.
Karl Michaels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Michaels cracks the inside of Jordan's front leg.
Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Jordan moves out of range as Michaels strikes.
Jordan looks for the body kick but Michaels saw that one coming.
Jordan connects with the punch.
Jordan throws an overhand right that lands on Michaels's shoulder, as Michaels tries to avoid the shot.
Michaels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
Michaels throws an overhand right that lands on Jordan's shoulder, as Jordan tries to avoid the shot.
Michaels takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a hook
and Michaels counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Michaels throws a chopping leg kick but Jordan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jordan tries to bum rush Michaels with a series of wild strikes but Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Michaels scores with a shot to the body.
Michaels looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Michaels closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Michaels is rocked!
BAM! Jordan delivers a spinning backfist that drops Michaels like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Edwin Jordan!
A very excited looking Edwin Jordan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Garavito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Riccuito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garavito's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Thieves - Ministry. The crowd seem to be enjoying Riccuito's choice of entrance music: walk hard . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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219 lbs
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34
248 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Garavito!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mark Riccuito!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Garavito. That's going to slow Riccuito down.
Garavito lands a leg kick that knocks Riccuito off balance momentarily.
Riccuito tries to clinch up but Garavito circles away and keeps his distance.
Garavito has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Riccuito.
Garavito lands a jab to the nose.
Garavito throws a hook but Riccuito avoids it easily.
Garavito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riccuito manages to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riccuito.
Garavito is looking to control Riccuito's arms but Riccuito gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garavito has his back to the cage.
Garavito avoids a wild elbow strike from Riccuito.
Riccuito digs a right hand into Garavito's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garavito's gas tank.
Garavito can't find room to land a body shot as Riccuito controls the action.
Garavito avoids the elbow strike from Riccuito, against the cage.
Riccuito scores with a hook to the body.
Garavito takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Luis Garavito has been cut.
Garavito misses with a body punch.
Riccuito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riccuito misses with the head strike.
Riccuito is struggling to control the position.
Garavito is working Riccuito over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccuito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garavito's elbow.
Garavito has Riccuito pressed against the cage.
Riccuito stalling against the cage.
Garavito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garavito throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Garavito.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garavito.
Garavito is trying to maintain a safe position but Riccuito gets an underhook and turns Garavito into the cage.
Garavito blocks an elbow strike.
Riccuito throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Riccuito.
A shot in the inside from Garavito.
Garavito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garavito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riccuito.
Garavito connects with a crisp jab.
Garavito waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riccuito.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garavito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garavito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Riccuito finds it's way round the side to connect with Garavito's head.
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!
Riccuito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garavito throws a hook but Riccuito avoids it easily.
Riccuito is looking for the big counter here.
Garavito slips under a jab.
As Riccuito looks to move away, Garavito throws a big counter combo but Riccuito just gets out of the way.
Garavito lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garavito throws a big shot that misses.
Garavito walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Riccuito checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Garavito misses the shot to the body.
Riccuito jabs Garavito to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Riccuito closes the distance and clinches.
Riccuito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Garavito misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Garavito as the two fighters clinch.
Riccuito throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riccuito takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Riccuito throws an elbow that misses.
Garavito is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riccuito is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garavito avoiding damage as Riccuito throws knees to the body.
Riccuito blocks an uppercut.
Garavito tries a body shot but Riccuito blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Garavito.
Garavito controlling the action here for a moment.
Riccuito missing with knees to the body.
Garavito looking to slow down the pace here.
Garavito avoiding damage as Riccuito throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Garavito.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccuito throws an elbow but misses.
Garavito tries to work over Riccuito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riccuito lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garavito backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Riccuito.
Riccuito trying to land knees to the body.
Garavito taking a breather.
Riccuito comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riccuito.
Garavito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garavito lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Riccuito misses with a jab to the body
and Garavito counters with a leg kick.
Riccuito misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garavito cracks Riccuito with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riccuito throws a leg kick but Garavito checks it.
Garavito is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Riccuito staying out of range there.
Garavito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mark Riccuito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garavito on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garavito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riccuito moves away.
Riccuito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garavito throws out the jab.
Riccuito wants to clinch.
Garavito wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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 Luis Garavito will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Luis Garavito's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Riccuito connects with a right hand. Garavito shakes it off.
Garavito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riccuito catches Garavito with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Riccuito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garavito manages to avoid it.
Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garavito.
Riccuito fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garavito looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garavito connects with a body shot that sends Riccuito's belly button to the back.
A punch combination from Garavito misses.
Riccuito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riccuito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garavito connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Riccuito tries to land a front kick but Garavito steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A decent looking cross lands there for Riccuito.
Riccuito misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riccuito on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Riccuito moves away from the strike by Garavito.
Garavito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riccuito is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Garavito.
Good exchange - Riccuito coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garavito moves out of range of the leg kick from Riccuito.
Garavito scores with a jab to the jaw.
Garavito throws an overhand right that lands on Riccuito's shoulder, as Riccuito tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garavito, right into the meat.
Riccuito works the jab nicely.
Nice shot by Riccuito.
Luis Garavito is winning the standup battle so far.
Riccuito throws a series of punches but Garavito moves out of range.
Riccuito scores with a leg kick.
Riccuito tests Garavito's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garavito connects with an inside leg kick.
Garavito takes a jab right on the kisser.
Garavito slips a straight right by Riccuito.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garavito 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.
Garavito takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Garavito slips a straight right by Riccuito.
Garavito on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garavito throws a looping overhand right but Riccuito ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Riccuito scoring well with a low kick there.
No joy there for Garavito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riccuito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garavito. That did some damage!
Garavito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Riccuito momentarily.
Garavito throws an overhand right that lands on Riccuito's shoulder, as Riccuito tries to avoid the shot.
Riccuito has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Riccuito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Riccuito paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Good shot there by Riccuito.
Riccuito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garavito swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Riccuito.
Riccuito tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garavito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riccuito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riccuito, right into the meat.
Riccuito lands a jab to the head.
Riccuito with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garavito throws out a loose jab but Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito lands a right hook to the body.
Garavito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Riccuito lands a nice looking body shot.
Riccuito throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garavito misses with a hook.
Riccuito moves out of range of the strikes.
Riccuito throws a combination. Garavito tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garavito lands a right hook to the body.
Riccuito checks a low kick from Garavito.
Garavito works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garavito scores with a jab. Riccuito acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Riccuito cracks Garavito with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccuito looks to score with a jab to the body but Garavito is just out of range.
Riccuito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Riccuito.
Garavito misses the jab.
Garavito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Riccuito finds it's way round the side to connect with Garavito's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito misses with a looping left.
Garavito was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Riccuito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garavito. Garavito obviously looking to wear him down.
Riccuito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Riccuito scores with the left hand. Garavito knows he should have avoided that one.
Riccuito moves into the clinch.
Garavito blocking some punches.
Garavito throws a head punch that misses.
Riccuito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garavito backwards.
Riccuito blocks an uppercut.
Garavito takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riccuito throws an elbow but it misses.
Riccuito struggles to land a body shot inside as Garavito controls his hands.
Riccuito blocks an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Garavito - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garavito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garavito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garavito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Riccuito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Luis Garavito's cut.
That's time! Garavito's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A left lands for Riccuito.
A slow jab from Garavito misses its intended target.
Riccuito throws a head kick that misses.
Garavito throws a jab when Riccuito was well out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Riccuito 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Riccuito looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Riccuito misses with a body kick.
Garavito was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Riccuito staying out of range there.
Riccuito misses with a low kick.
Garavito half committed to a counter leg kick.
Riccuito connects with a right hand. Garavito shakes it off.
Riccuito slips a straight right by Garavito.
Riccuito only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Garavito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riccuito tries a quick counter leg kick but Garavito is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garavito misses with a body punch
letting Riccuito counter with a right hand.
Riccuito scoring well with a low kick there.
Garavito darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riccuito slips under a jab.
Garavito misses with a low kick.
Garavito connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Riccuito.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garavito. Riccuito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garavito is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Garavito throws out a powerful jab.
Riccuito scores with a nice head shot.
Garavito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Riccuito feints a counter leg kick.
Garavito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riccuito.
Riccuito feints a jab promting Garavito to slip. Riccuito then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Garavito slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Riccuito scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Riccuito moves away from the strike by Garavito.
Riccuito connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garavito finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Good exchange - Garavito coming out on top.
Garavito swinging wildly here.
Garavito moves out of range of the strikes.
Garavito appears to be looking for a big counter.
Riccuito throws a right hand that Garavito ducks under and follows up with a left that Garavito also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Riccuito closes the distance and pushes Garavito back into the cage.
Riccuito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Garavito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riccuito's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riccuito.
A short right from Riccuito on the inside.
Garavito throws a punch but it's blocked by Riccuito.
Riccuito missing with knees to the body.
Garavito takes a shot to the head.
Riccuito stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Garavito swings wildly with an uppercut but Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garavito has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Riccuito misses with a punch on the inside.
Garavito misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garavito swings wildly with an uppercut but Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garavito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garavito wants to get back to striking at distance but Riccuito won't allow it.
Riccuito lands a hook that snaps the head of Garavito backwards.
Riccuito lands an elbow just above Garavito 's eye.
Riccuito throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Garavito has a couple of punches blocked by Riccuito.
Garavito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garavito has a couple of punches blocked by Riccuito.
Riccuito scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riccuito gets through Garavito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garavito stalling in the clinch but Riccuito improves position.
Riccuito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Riccuito as Garavito tries to tie him up.
Garavito takes a shot to the head.
Riccuito just leaning against Garavito, taking a breather.
Riccuito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garavito breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito cracks Garavito with an open hand slap.
Garavito looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Riccuito lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riccuito lands a jab.
Garavito walks forward, straight into a front kick from Riccuito.
Garavito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garavito missing with a left hand there. Riccuito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riccuito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garavito throws out the jab.
Riccuito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garavito is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Riccuito scores with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garavito misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Riccuito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garavito scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Riccuito really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luis Garavito's cut.
That's time! Garavito's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Riccuito throws a right and a left that Garavito avoids nicely.
Garavito throws a big shot that misses.
Riccuito misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Garavito misses its intended target.
Garavito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Garavito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garavito throws a big shot that misses.
Riccuito pushes Garavito away with a front kick.
Garavito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Riccuito counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garavito's knee momentarily.
Garavito throws a body punch but Riccuito moves out of range.
Riccuito lands with an uppercut that bounces Garavito off the cage and back into range.
Garavito misses with a hook. Riccuito ducked under it nicely.
Riccuito feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riccuito. Garavito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garavito misses with an uppercut.
Garavito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riccuito throws a leg kick but Garavito sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garavito throwing a counter right hand but Riccuito manages to avoid it.
Riccuito scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garavito doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big left from Riccuito misses.
Riccuito cracks Garavito with a good jab.
Garavito connects with a good right hand that stumbles Riccuito. Riccuito circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Riccuito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garavito just misses with a punch to the body.
Riccuito fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garavito on the side of the head.
Riccuito wants to clinch.
Riccuito lands a nice looking kick to the body. Garavito takes a step back to recover.
Garavito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riccuito manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Riccuito. That's going to slow Garavito down.
Garavito throws out a loose jab but Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riccuito looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Riccuito swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito's corner calls for a 1-2. Riccuito obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garavito shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garavito throws out a powerful jab.
Riccuito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garavito waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riccuito.
Garavito missing with a left hand there. Riccuito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice straight punches there by Garavito. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Garavito.
Riccuito connects with a body shot.
Garavito scores with a jab.
A jab from Riccuito does it's job there.
Riccuito works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Riccuito.
Garavito takes one on the button.
Garavito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito delivers a nice body kick.
Riccuito scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Garavito misses.
Garavito scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garavito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garavito throws a looping overhand right but Riccuito ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Riccuito! But no joy.
Garavito is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Riccuito lands a leg kick that knocks Garavito off balance momentarily.
Garavito waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riccuito.
Riccuito misses with the combination.
Garavito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garavito wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Riccuito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garavito throws the left hand but Riccuito avoids the punch easily.
Riccuito connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garavito. Garavito circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garavito throws an overhand right that lands on Riccuito's shoulder, as Riccuito tries to avoid the shot.
Garavito misses with the combination.
Riccuito lands with a cross.
Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garavito.
Garavito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riccuito.
A cross from Riccuito lands.
Riccuito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Riccuito misses with the combination.
Riccuito listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garavito misses with a straight left.
Garavito moves out of range of the body kick from Riccuito.
Garavito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riccuito. Riccuito obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Riccuito dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Luis Garavito's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Garavito misses with a low kick.
Riccuito drops his hands momentarily and Garavito takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garavito misses with a series of wild punches.
Garavito swats away the attempt to clinch by Riccuito.
Garavito lands a jab to the head.
Riccuito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riccuito thows a leg kick but Garavito checks it
and Riccuito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riccuito takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garavito ducks under a wild hook from Riccuito.
Garavito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riccuito defending well as Garavito loads up on a big left hand.
Riccuito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garavito.
Garavito throws a leg kick but Riccuito sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garavito throws a jab but it's blocked by Riccuito.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccuito throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garavito on the side of the head.
A big left from Riccuito misses.
Riccuito works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garavito finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Riccuito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garavito.
Garavito cracks Riccuito with an open hand slap.
Riccuito blocks a jab.
Riccuito looks to land a combination but Garavito avoids it well.
Garavito was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garavito looks to land a right hand but Riccuito moved out of range.
Riccuito wants to counter the offense by Garavito and move into the clinch position.
Riccuito slips a straight right by Garavito.
Riccuito let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Garavito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riccuito.
Garavito will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Riccuito lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garavito's sensitive parts.
Riccuito lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slow jab from Garavito misses its intended target.
Riccuito misses with a lunging right hand
and Garavito counters with a straight right hand.
Riccuito's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garavito under the eye.
Luis Garavito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mark Riccuito is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garavito missing with a left hand there. Riccuito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garavito misses the shot to the body.
Riccuito is trying to counter with his kicks.
Riccuito avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garavito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garavito ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garavito bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Riccuito's head.
Garavito takes a swing at Riccuito's ribcage but misses.
Riccuito throws a right and a left that Garavito avoids nicely.
Garavito throws a shot from downtown. Riccuito moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Riccuito was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garavito lands a leg kick that knocks Riccuito off balance momentarily.
A combination from Garavito does no damage.
Riccuito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garavito.
Garavito backing away here, and Riccuito unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Riccuito is looking to slow Garavito down with leg kicks.
Riccuito lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Riccuito drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Garavito swings widly with a right hand
and Riccuito counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito slips a jab from Garavito.
Riccuito sizes up Garavito with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garavito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Riccuito.
Garavito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garavito throws an overhand right that lands on Riccuito's shoulder, as Riccuito tries to avoid the shot.
Riccuito staying out of range there.
Garavito takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garavito walks into a straight right hand from Riccuito.
Riccuito fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Riccuito feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garavito's calf.
Some wild striking there from Garavito.
The fighters circling - Garavito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Riccuito.
Riccuito misses with a body kick.
Riccuito throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garavito takes one to the chin there.
Riccuito is looking to slow Garavito down with leg kicks.
Garavito connects with a body shot that sends Riccuito's belly button to the back.
A shot to the liver by Riccuito. Beautiful body shot.
Riccuito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Riccuito doesn't manage to clinch there - Garavito circles away.
Garavito throwing a counter right hand but Riccuito manages to avoid it.
Garavito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riccuito lands a glancing blow to the side of Garavito's head.
Riccuito cracks Garavito with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garavito tries to move into range but Riccuito moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Garavito on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Riccuito throws a body shot but no joy.
Garavito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riccuito. Riccuito obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garavito misses with a straight right.
Riccuito lands with a shot to the body.
Garavito misses with an uppercut. Riccuito saw that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Luis Garavito.
Well Riccuito has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 47:50
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 47:50
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Riccuito!
Mark Riccuito is the new heavyweight champion!
Mark Riccuito was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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