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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mugabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Mugabi!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios cracks Mugabi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like John Mugabi has been cut.
Mugabi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Rios on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mugabi throws a hook but Rios blocks it.
Mugabi blocks a jab.
Mugabi scores with a nice head shot.
Rios throws a right hand that misses
and Mugabi counters with a nice body shot.
Mugabi throws a leg kick that misses.
Rios connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mugabi lands the left hand.
Rios misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mugabi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rios lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mugabi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mugabi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rios throws a leg kick
enabling Mugabi to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios misses with a double jab.
Mugabi lands a big head kick that sends Rios tumbling to the mat! Mugabi takes a step backwards and waves Rios back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Rios is rocked!
John Mugabi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Rios, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oh Rios is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rios keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Rios misses the target.
Rios seems to have got his legs back now.
A telegraphed right hand from Rios misses the target.
Rios misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios moves into the clinch.
Mugabi lands a shoulder strike.
Mugabi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mugabi lands with a shot to the body.
Mugabi lands a big right hand that sends Rios crashing to the mat! Mugabi stays standing though and waves Rios back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rios throws a hook to the side of Mugabi's head but Mugabi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rios avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rios keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mugabi lands with a nice body punch.
Mugabi misses with a few strikes there.
Rios misses with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mugabi, right into the meat.
The fighters circle, before Mugabi throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Rios's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Mugabi lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). John Mugabi!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sumbu Kalambayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Evans's choice of entrance music: Young Guns - Bones. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Richard Evans was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sumbu Kalambayo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Evans!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalambayo tries to land a front kick but Evans steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Evans misses with a right hand
and Evans takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kalambayo scores with a decent looking hook.
Sumbu Kalambayo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalambayo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Kalambayo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kalambayo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kalambayo throws a right hand that misses
and Evans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kalambayo throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Evans has Kalambayo up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Evans.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalambayo stalling against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Kalambayo.
Kalambayo swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kalambayo or not.
Evans cracks Kalambayo with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalambayo blocks an uppercut.
Kalambayo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans scores with a nice head shot.
A combination from Evans does no damage.
Kalambayo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Kalambayo.
Evans lands a head kick. Kalambayo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kalambayo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Evans looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kalambayo is fending him off so far but Evans persists. Nope, Kalambayo circles away and we're back to standing.
Kalambayo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Evans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Evans scores with a head kick. Kalambayo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kalambayo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kalambayo throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalambayo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Evans checks it well.
Kalambayo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Evans.
Kalambayo throws a right and a left that Evans avoids nicely.
Kalambayo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Evans has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans tries to clinch up.
Evans slips a straight right by Kalambayo.
Evans lands with an overhand left.
Kalambayo misses with a looping right.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans tries to work over Kalambayo's front leg with a kick but Kalambayo checks it.
Kalambayo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Evans cracks Kalambayo with an open hand slap.
Evans tries a head kick but it misses.
Evans scores with a leg kick.
Kalambayo misses with a body shot.
Kalambayo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Evans throws a hook to the side of Kalambayo's head but Kalambayo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kalambayo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kalambayo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Evans is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Evans - just one landing.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Kalambayo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Evans throws a quick inside leg kick.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Kalambayo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kalambayo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kalambayo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kalambayo lands a nice shot to the body.
Kalambayo throws a wild body kick that Evans sees coming a mile off.
Kalambayo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Evans has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Good leg kick by Evans there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kalambayo ducks right into an uppercut from Evans.
Kalambayo keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick from Kalambayo misses.
Kalambayo scoring well with a low kick there.
Kalambayo throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a right hand that Kalambayo ducks under and follows up with a left that Kalambayo also avoids with ease.
Evans lands with an uppercut that bounces Kalambayo off the cage and back into range.
Kalambayo looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Evans throws a looping overhand right but Kalambayo ducks down to avoid it.
Kalambayo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kalambayo lands with a right hand.
Kalambayo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Kalambayo gets tackled into the cage by Evans. Evans maintains the clinch.
Kalambayo lands a hook that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Evans works on Kalambayo's body with a couple of short punches.
Evans softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Evans struggles to land a body shot inside as Kalambayo controls his hands.
Kalambayo tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Kalambayo back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans lands with a left to the head.
Evans working aggressively here.
Kalambayo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Richard Evans will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kalambayo.
A low kick from Evans misses
and Kalambayo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kalambayo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kalambayo misses with a series of wild punches.
Evans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kalambayo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Kalambayo.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Kalambayo.
Nice straight punches there by Evans. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Evans.
Kalambayo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kalambayo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalambayo throws an overhand right that lands on Evans's shoulder, as Evans tries to avoid the shot.
Evans looks to land a left hand but Kalambayo moved out of range nicely.
Evans takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circling - Evans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kalambayo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Evans manages to circle out of the way.
Evans throws a jab but it's blocked by Kalambayo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans throws a low kick but Kalambayo avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Kalambayo misses the target.
Kalambayo misses with a right hand
and Evans counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kalambayo thinking.
Evans uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kalambayo.
Evans takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kalambayo just misses with a punch to the body.
Evans throws a leg kick but Kalambayo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Kalambayo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Evans.
Evans avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jab by Kalambayo.
Kalambayo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Kalambayo scores with a shot to the body.
Kalambayo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sumbu Kalambayo is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Evans is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Kalambayo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans walks into a jab.
Kalambayo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Evans on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kalambayo. Kalambayo obviously looking to wear him down.
Kalambayo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Evans throws a low kick but Kalambayo avoids it.
Kalambayo tries to keep at a distance but Evans has taken the fight into the clinch.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by Kalambayo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evans misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Evans misses with some punches.
Evans scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kalambayo blocks an uppercut.
Evans misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Kalambayo.
Evans blocking some punches.
Evans lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans working aggressively here.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kalambayo tries a body shot but Evans blocks it.
Evans working aggressively here.
Kalambayo stalling in the clinch but Evans improves position.
Kalambayo can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Evans blocks a body shot from Kalambayo.
Evans throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kalambayos head.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kalambayo pushes Evans back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evans misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Richard Evans seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kalambayo.
Evans lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Evans.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Evans misses with a body punch.
Kalambayo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Evans working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Kalambayo fails to land.
Evans lands a body shot.
Kalambayo tries to throw a body punch but Evans avoids it by throwing Kalambayo back against the cage.
Kalambayo working aggressively here.
Kalambayo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evans misses with a body punch.
Evans makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kalambayo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kalambayo misses with a left hand
and Evans counters with a nice body shot.
Evans wants to clinch
and Kalambayo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kalambayo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evans slips under a jab from Kalambayo.
Evans wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Richard Evans will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Kalambayo just misses with a punch to the body.
Kalambayo misses with a straight left.
Kalambayo tries to land a front kick but Evans steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Evans stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kalambayo.
Evans clinches up with Kalambayo and pushes him back against the cage.
Kalambayo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kalambayo has had enough of the clinch but Evans keeps him there for the moment.
Kalambayo prevents a body shot from Evans.
Kalambayo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kalambayo can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Evans.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalambayo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evans clinches with his opponent.
Evans tries to work over Kalambayo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kalambayo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kalambayo misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalambayo blocks an uppercut.
Kalambayo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kalambayo throws a punch but it's blocked by Evans.
Kalambayo has had enough of the clinch but Evans keeps him there for the moment.
Kalambayo is pushing Evans up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Evans lands a left hand.
Evans swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Evans can't find room to land a body shot as Kalambayo controls the action.
Kalambayo is trying to break free.
Kalambayo stalls.
Kalambayo prevents a body shot from Evans.
Kalambayo tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalambayo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalambayo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Evans lands a left hand.
Kalambayo struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kalambayo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kalambayo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evans lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kalambayo.
Kalambayo tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kalambayo blocks an uppercut.
Evans gets through Kalambayo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Evans tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kalambayo's elbow.
Kalambayo taking a breather.
Evans lands a nice uppercut.
Evans throws a punch but it's blocked by Kalambayo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Evans tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kalambayo's elbow.
Evans lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kalambayo trying to control the position but instead, Evans has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kalambayo into the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Evans.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kalambayo throws a punch but it's blocked by Evans.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalambayo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kalambayo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Evans is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kalambayo with a body shot.
Evans lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kalambayo's sensitive parts.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kalambayo swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Kalambayo throws a sloppy body shot
and Evans counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kalambayo lands a jab to the head.
Kalambayo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Evans with a jab.
Kalambayo misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Evans counter with a right hand.
Kalambayo slips a straight right by Evans.
An attempted straight right counter from Kalambayo misses the target.
Kalambayo takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Evans thuds his shin into the meat of Kalambayo's side.
The fighters circling - Kalambayo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evans paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Evans closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kalambayo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Evans thinking.
Kalambayo punishes Evans's body with a nice straight punch.
Kalambayo wants to land a leg kick but Evans is out of range.
Kalambayo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kalambayo catches Evans with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kalambayo misses with a straight right.
Evans wants to counter with a clinch but Kalambayo pushes him away.
Richard Evans is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Evans takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Evans scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kalambayo in his tracks.
Kalambayo connects with a body shot that sends Evans's belly button to the back.
Evans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kalambayo, pushing him back against the cage.
Kalambayo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sumbu Kalambayo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kalambayo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kalambayo is looking to counter the offense by Evans and move into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Evans winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Richard Evans!
A relieved looking Richard Evans thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Redfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heng Jiang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jiang is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Volbeat - A Warrior's Call. Peter Redfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Redfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heng Jiang!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiang staying out of range there.
Jiang defending well as Redfield loads up on a big left hand.
Redfield throws a lazy right hand but Jiang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Redfield rushes Jiang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Redfield definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jiang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Redfield.
Jiang working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Redfield.
Jiang breaks from the clinch.
Redfield slips a jab and a cross from Jiang.
Jiang takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Redfield lands a lovely overhand right.
Redfield throws a head kick that misses.
Jiang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jiang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heng Jiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jiang shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jiang tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiang looks to land a right hand but Redfield moved out of range.
Redfield scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jiang in his tracks.
Jiang is looking to clinch but Redfield is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiang throws a poor cross that misses
and Redfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Jiang throws a lazy uppercut
and Redfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jiang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Redfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jiang.
Jiang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Redfield.
Jiang motions for Redfield to come forward. Jiang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Redfield on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Redfield scores with a spinning back kick!
Redfield has Jiang up against the cage in a clinch.
Redfield lands a left hand.
Jiang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jiang - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Redfield lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jiang backwards.
Redfield misses with the head strike.
Jiang breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redfield has closed the distance and engaged Jiang in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfield has a couple of punches blocked by Jiang.
Redfield misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jiang avoiding damage.
Jiang can't find room to land a body shot as Redfield controls the action.
Redfield works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Redfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Redfield shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Peter Redfield has been cut.
A head kick from Jiang lands but Redfield takes it in his stride.
Jiang clinches up against the cage.
Redfield has a couple of punches blocked by Jiang.
Redfield lands a shoulder strike.
Redfield letting Jiang take a breather here.
A hook to the body from Jiang.
Redfield is trying to break the clinch but Jiang has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jiang.
Redfield presses Jiang against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Redfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Redfield breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Jiang there.
Jiang throws a head kick but Redfield moves out of range.
Jiang bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jiang lands a head kick. Redfield smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jiang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Redfield.
Jiang throws a sloppy head kick and Redfield moves out of range easily.
A lazy body kick from Redfield
and Jiang counters with a crisp one two that drops Redfield! Jiang thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Redfield to his feet! Redfield is in big trouble!
Redfield is rocked!
Jiang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiang lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Redfield is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jiang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Redfield seems to have got his legs back now.
Redfield lands an uppercut.
Jiang will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Redfield up against the cage.
Jiang misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Redfield - that landed with a thud.
Jiang breaks from the clinch.
Jiang throws a head kick that misses
and Redfield counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Redfield.
Jiang clinches with his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jiang tries a knee to the head but Redfield blocks it.
Redfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Redfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jiang - that landed with a thud.
Jiang manages to break the clinch.
Redfield uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jiang has time to react.
Nice shot by Redfield.
Jiang closes the distance and pushes Redfield back into the cage.
Redfield misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from Redfield.
Jiang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jiang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Redfield.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Heng Jiang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Peter Redfield's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Redfield closes the distance and clinches.
Jiang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jiang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jiang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Jiang lands but Redfield takes it in his stride.
Jiang takes the fight into the clinch.
Jiang effectively controlling the action here.
Redfield breaks the clinch.
Redfield moves into the clinch.
Redfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redfield has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Redfield manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redfield throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jiang's head.
Redfield throws a body shot but no joy.
Redfield sets himself, and Jiang steps forward looking for the clinch! Redfield avoids it this time.
Redfield swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jiang counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jiang misses with a lunging right hand
and Redfield counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jiang.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfield misses with a hook. Jiang ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Redfield finds it's way through Jiang's defenses.
Jiang closes the distance and clinches.
Jiang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Redfield backwards.
Jiang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Redfield closes the distance and clinches.
Jiang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Redfield has him pressed against the cage.
Redfield misses with a punch on the inside.
Redfield tries a body shot but Jiang blocks it.
Redfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Redfield tries to break the clinch but Jiang is controlling the position.
Redfield breaks from the clinch.
Redfield clinches up against the cage.
Redfield misses with a hook to the ribs.
Redfield working aggressively here.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Redfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jiang tries to break free but Redfield pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
Redfield wants to break free but Jiang has control.
Jiang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Redfield is working Jiang over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Redfield as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jiang blocks a body shot from Redfield.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Redfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Redfield clinches with his opponent.
Redfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jiang missing with knees to the body.
Peter Redfield has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Redfield lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jiang blocks an uppercut.
Redfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jiang breaks the clinch.
Jiang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jiang rushes Redfield and presses him up against the cage.
Jiang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Redfield throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jiangs head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jiang - that landed with a thud.
Redfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Jiang controls his hands.
Redfield is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jiang is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jiang tries a knee to the head but Redfield blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short left from Redfield.
Redfield misses with the head strike.
Redfield just leaning against Jiang, taking a breather.
Redfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Jiang won't allow it.
A short left from Jiang.
Redfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Redfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiang is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Redfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redfield misses with the head strike.
Jiang lands a hook that snaps the head of Redfield backwards.
Jiang trying to land knees to the body.
Redfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Redfield blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Redfield managing to block the knees to the body from Jiang.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jiang takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jiang trying to stall but Redfield improves his position.
Jiang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Redfield working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jiang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Redfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Redfield is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redfield.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redfield lands an uppercut.
Redfield misses with the head strike.
Redfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Redfield throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jiangs head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Redfield dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peter Redfield's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Redfield scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Redfield misses with a straight right.
Jiang throws the left hand but Redfield avoids the punch easily.
Heng Jiang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jiang misses with a straight left.
Redfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiang.
Redfield lands a jab.
Redfield throws out a loose jab but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang scores with a hook.
Redfield clinches with his opponent.
Redfield cracks Jiang with a nice body shot.
Redfield breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jiang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Redfield swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Redfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Redfield dips to his left and cracks Jiang with an uppercut!
Redfield jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jiang misses with a head kick.
Jiang goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfield dips to his left and cracks Jiang with an uppercut!
Redfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot lands for Jiang.
Jiang misses the jab.
Jiang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Redfield backs up against the cage.
Jiang slips a jab from Redfield.
Redfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jiang tries to keep at a distance but Redfield has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jiang lands a left hand.
Redfield lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jiang tries to land knees in the clinch but Redfield avoids the damage to the body.
Jiang digs a right hand underneath Redfield's ribcage. Redfield let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jiang tries a knee to the head but Redfield blocks it.
Redfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jiang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Redfield is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiang throws a lazy right hand but Redfield sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jiang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Redfield connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jiang blocks a jab.
Jiang connects with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Redfield. Jiang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Redfield scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Redfield lands with a good body shot.
Jiang slips under a jab from Redfield.
Redfield takes a swing at Jiang's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Jiang misses.
Redfield cracks Jiang with an open hand slap.
A slow jab from Redfield misses its intended target.
A left lands for Redfield.
Jiang throws a head kick that Redfield semi-blocks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfield tries a head kick but it misses.
Jiang is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Redfield 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.
Jiang tries a head kick but it misses.
Redfield clinches.
Jiang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jiang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Jiang.
Redfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Jiang controls his hands.
Jiang with a knee to the head.
Redfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Jiang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jiang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Redfield's elbow.
Jiang breaks from the clinch.
Jiang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Redfield.
Jiang misses with a wild body shot.
Redfield throws a head kick but Jiang moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Redfield misses.
Jiang ducks under a wild hook from Redfield.
Redfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiang was well out of range. Poor timing from Redfield.
It seemed like Jiang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd cheers as Jiang lands an impressive looking overhand right. Redfield doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jiang clinches up with Redfield and pushes him back against the cage.
Redfield lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jiang backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Jiang.
Redfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jiang throws a head kick that Redfield semi-blocks.
Jiang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jiang moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Redfield fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Jiang backwards.
Jiang tries to circle away but Redfield has him pinned against the cage.
Redfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Jiang.
Jiang blocking some punches.
Jiang lands a hook to the side of the head.
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 Peter Redfield.
I think Redfield 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Redfield!
A less than humble Peter Redfield misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Taran Chula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Soares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Sabbath - Iron Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Taran Chula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Soares!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soares misses with a takedown attempt - Chula sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chula displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soares throws out the jab.
Soares on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Soares walks into a stiff left hand from Chula.
Chula showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Soares.
Soares wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chula throws a leg kick which misses Soares's front leg but catches the back leg as Soares tries to avoid it.
Soares 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.
Soares fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chula defending well as Soares loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares lands a jab to the nose.
Chula clinches up with Soares and pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Chula.
Chula lands with a left to the head.
Soares misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chula is struggling to control the position.
Soares misses with the head strike.
Soares throws a punch but it's blocked by Chula.
Soares blocks a body shot from Chula.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soares.
I was talking to Chula's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Chula content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Chula.
Chula gets through Soares's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Chula on the inside.
Soares is rocked!
Chula breaks the clinch.
Soares is still on wobbly legs! Can Chula finish him?
An inside leg kick lands from Chula.
Soares seems to have recovered his senses.
Soares walks straight into a right hand from Chula - that's dropped him! Chula jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Soares from any more punishment! Soares complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Taran Chula!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Mancini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitri Vasleyiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Mancini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dimitri Vasleyiev!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mancini lands with a right hand.
Mancini clinches up against the cage.
Vasleyiev prevents a body shot from Mancini.
Vasleyiev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vasleyiev tries a body shot but Mancini blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vasleyiev.
Mancini is working for takedown but Vasleyiev is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mancini working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vasleyiev stops a takedown attempt from Mancini.
Vasleyiev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been hearing reports that Mancini has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mancini working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vasleyiev is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancini goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mancini is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vasleyiev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mancini taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasleyiev has had enough of the clinch but Mancini keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mancini creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mancini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mancini scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mancini struggles to land a body shot inside as Vasleyiev controls his hands.
Vasleyiev tries to throw a body punch but Mancini avoids it by throwing Vasleyiev back against the cage.
Mancini is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mancini lands a hook that snaps the head of Vasleyiev backwards.
Mancini misses with some punches.
Mancini taking a breather.
Vasleyiev blocking some punches.
Mancini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mancini misses with a right hand
and Vasleyiev counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vasleyiev throws a leg kick but Mancini sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mancini takes a swing at Vasleyiev's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Mancini misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mancini misses with a looping left.
Vasleyiev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mancini can pounce on him.
Mancini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Vasleyiev misses
and Mancini counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Vasleyiev!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasleyiev wants to control but Mancini postures up.
Mancini throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Vasleyiev works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Vasleyiev felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Mancini throws a strike but Vasleyiev avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Vasleyiev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mancini.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vasleyiev trying to keep a closed guard but Mancini is proving a slippery customer.
Mancini being controlled here momentarily.
Mancini stands up over Vasleyiev, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vasleyiev trying to keep a closed guard but Mancini is proving a slippery customer.
Mancini with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vasleyiev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mancini postures up in Vasleyiev's guard and throws a big left but Vasleyiev blocks it.
Vasleyiev is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mancini in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mancini.
Mancini wants to control from the top but Vasleyiev keeps moving.
Mancini missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vasleyiev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mancini.
Vasleyiev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mancini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mancini postures up in Vasleyiev's guard and throws a big left but Vasleyiev blocks it.
Vasleyiev avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vasleyiev wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Some bone on bone action there as Vasleyiev checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mancini moves into range and clinches up with Vasleyiev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Mancini dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vasleyiev explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Vasleyiev stuffs the takedown attempt from Mancini. Mancini gets slowly back to his feet.
Vasleyiev is looking to chop away at Mancini's legs.
Vasleyiev thows a leg kick but Mancini checks it
and Mancini counters with a series of strikes. Vasleyiev will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mancini lands with an overhand left.
Vasleyiev checks a leg kick nicely.
Vasleyiev thows a leg kick but Mancini checks it
and Mancini counters with a stiff right hand.
Vasleyiev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mancini.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancini instigates a clinch.
Mancini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mancini slips a jab from Vasleyiev.
Mancini clinches up with Vasleyiev and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasleyiev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mancini's elbow.
Mancini looking to stall.
Vasleyiev manages to break the clinch.
Mancini looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vasleyiev is fending him off so far but Mancini persists. Nope, Vasleyiev circles away and we're back to standing.
Vasleyiev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mancini is out of range and Vasleyiev settles back down.
Vasleyiev slips under a jab from Mancini.
Ray Mancini is winning the standup battle so far.
Mancini throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vasleyiev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mancini counters with a good low kick that Vasleyiev was not able to check.
Mancini is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vasleyiev can do to turn this around?
Mancini wants to land a leg kick but Vasleyiev is out of range.
Vasleyiev flicks out a counter leg kick but Mancini steps away.
Vasleyiev tries to work over Mancini's front leg with a kick but Mancini checks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Mancini misses the target.
Mancini drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mancini tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasleyiev is retaining full guard.
Mancini throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vasleyiev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vasleyiev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mancini.
Mancini is looking to work some ground and pound but Vasleyiev has wrist control.
Vasleyiev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mancini postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vasleyiev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mancini in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mancini throwing strikes but missing.
Mancini stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vasleyiev swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mancini is looking to work some ground and pound but Vasleyiev has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mancini distracts Vasleyiev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mancini with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vasleyiev has Mancini pulled in close to control his posture.
Mancini has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mancini accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mancini working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mancini trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mancini throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vasleyiev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vasleyiev keeping moving, preventing Mancini from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mancini scores with a jab to the head.
A low kick from Vasleyiev misses
and Mancini counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vasleyiev can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancini looks to land a strike but Vasleyiev avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Mancini missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mancini is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mancini working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mancini wants to control from the top but Vasleyiev keeps moving.
Vasleyiev working a defensive guard here.
Mancini throws a big elbow that misses.
Mancini throwing strikes from guard but Vasleyiev blocks nicely.
Mancini passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Mancini dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Mancini takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev misses with a kick to the body
and Mancini counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mancini being controlled here momentarily.
Mancini forces his way into half guard.
Mancini throwing shots but Vasleyiev is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mancini not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vasleyiev keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vasleyiev is refusing to be controlled, as Mancini sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancini lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mancini drops an elbow to the side of Vasleyiev's head.
Vasleyiev keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mancini perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mancini working Vasleyiev over with strikes.
Mancini not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mancini throwing shots but Vasleyiev is blocking nicely.
Mancini is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mancini missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dimitri Vasleyiev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ray Mancini is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mancini throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mancini is controlling the pace.
Mancini not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mancini is looking to advance position but Vasleyiev won't allow it.
Mancini moves nicely into side control.
Vasleyiev is not content to let Mancini control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancini moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Mancini in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Vasleyiev seems a little lost for a moment, as Mancini dominates the positioning.
The strikes coming from Mancini are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mancini happy to just control the position for now.
Mancini lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mancini throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mancini tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
You can see the frustration on Vasleyiev's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vasleyiev regains half guard there - taking advantage of Mancini's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Mancini performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mancini seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Vasleyiev for as long as he can get away with.
Mancini looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Mancini showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mancini 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Mancini!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Chernokov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Satoru Takada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chernokov comes to the cage accompanied by Disaster strikes - Mushroom cloud. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexei Chernokov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoru Takada!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chernokov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chernokov misses with an uppercut.
Chernokov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chernokov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takada.
Chernokov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Takada feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chernokovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chernokov misses with a combination
and Takada counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chernokov misses the shot to the body.
Chernokov throws a lazy right hand but Takada sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chernokov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Takada's hands.
Chernokov throws a looping overhand right but Takada ducks down to avoid it.
Takada is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Takada tries to clinch
and Chernokov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Takada. Beautiful body shot.
Takada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chernokov.
Chernokov 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.
Chernokov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chernokov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chernokov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takada avoids the body shot from Chernokov.
Chernokov scores with a jab.
Takada takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chernokov misses with a combination
and Takada counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chernokov throws an off balance right hand
and Takada counters with a straight right hand.
Chernokov closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Takada's guard.
Chernokov wants to control from the top but Takada keeps moving.
Takada keeping full guard, as Chernokov tries to pass.
Takada keeping moving, preventing Chernokov from controlling successfully.
Chernokov wants to pass the guard but Takada is keeping the position.
Takada throws his legs up looking for a submission but Chernokov uses it to pass to side control.
Chernokov lands some shots froms side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chernokov working the body and head with strikes.
Chernokov cracks Takada with a big elbow.
Chernokov is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Takada's shoulder. That is not cool.
Takada is trying to get back to half guard.
Chernokov creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Takada tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chernokov scoring with punches from side control.
Chernokov landing a few strikes.
Takada manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chernokov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Takada won't allow Chernokov to sweep him here.
Chernokov lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Chernokov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takada is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Chernokov off and has taken his back!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chernokov tries to break free.
Takada doesn't have the hooks in and Chernokov manages to turn into his guard.
Chernokov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chernokov stands up over Takada, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexei Chernokov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Chernokov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good standup being displayed there by Takada as he connects with a hook.
Takada has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Takada staying out of range there.
Takada ducks under a wild hook from Chernokov.
Takada is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chernokov with a body shot.
A big left from Takada misses.
Chernokov just misses with a punch to the body.
Chernokov throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Takada counter with a right hand.
Chernokov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chernokov misses the shot to the body.
Takada throws out a counter right but Chernokov avoids it with no problem.
Alexei Chernokov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chernokov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chernokov scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takada fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Takada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Takada cracks Chernokov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Chernokov loads up on a big right hand but Takada slips the punch.
Chernokov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Takada under the eye.
Satoru Takada seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chernokov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chernokov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chernokov.
Chernokov throws a looping overhand right but Takada ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Chernokov misses.
Takada tries to counter by closing the distance.
Chernokov shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chernokov is pressing down on Takada's thigh, looking to free his foot. Takada is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chernokov slips a nice elbow through Takada's hands, connecting with Takada's forehead.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Takada can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chernokov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Takada with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Takada wants to improve his position but Chernokov is controlling well.
Takada has hold of Chernokov's hands but Chernokov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Chernokov there.
Chernokov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Takada trying to control from the bottom.
Takada avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chernokov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chernokov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chernokov working Takada over with strikes.
Takada on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Takada is in trouble now - Chernokov has advanced to mount!
Chernokov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chernokov working the ground and pound effectively.
Takada is rocked!
Chernokov raining down hammerfists from mount.
Takada is still in real trouble! Can Chernokov finish him?
Chernokov postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Takada in real trouble here! The ref calls for Takada to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexei Chernokov!
Alexei Chernokov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mantis Toboggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Pink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mantis Toboggan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rupert Pink!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pink swats away the attempt to clinch by Toboggan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pink, right into the meat.
Toboggan moves into range and clinches up with Pink.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toboggan.
Pink's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pink misses with a hook. Toboggan ducked under it nicely.
Toboggan missing with a left hand there. Pink was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Toboggan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Toboggan moves into the clinch.
Toboggan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pinks head.
Pink tries to break the clinch but Toboggan is controlling the position.
Toboggan misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pink has a couple of punches blocked by Toboggan.
A head punch on the inside from Pink fails to land.
Pink breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pink throws a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Pink misses.
Toboggan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pink working hard to break the clinch.
Pink tries to circle away but Toboggan has him pinned against the cage.
Pink blocks a body shot from Toboggan.
Toboggan misses with a punch to the body.
Pink doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Toboggan.
Toboggan lands a left hand.
Pink blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pink lands a left hand.
Pink is trying to break the clinch but Toboggan is controlling him.
Pink looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Toboggan breaks from the clinch.
Pink tries a head kick but it misses.
Pink misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toboggan.
Toboggan doesn't manage to clinch there - Pink circles away.
A cross from Toboggan lands.
Pink takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toboggan checks a leg kick.
Pink throws a series of punches but Toboggan avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan wants to clinch up but Pink keeps it at a distance.
Toboggan wants to clinch up but Pink keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pink throws a lazy right hand but Toboggan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pink is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Toboggan tries to clinch there but Pink circles away.
Toboggan tries to clinch up.
Toboggan clinches up against the cage.
Toboggan throws a punch but it's blocked by Pink.
Pink breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toboggan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Toboggan is looking to clinch but Pink is avoiding it.
Pink lands a leg kick that knocks Toboggan off balance momentarily.
Toboggan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pink breaks from the clinch.
Toboggan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Toboggan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pink manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toboggan misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pink avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toboggan stalks Pink and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pink's face. Pink staggers backwards, shaken.
Pink darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pink throws a head kick that misses.
Pink throws a half hearted mid kick.
Toboggan wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Toboggan misses with a straight left.
Toboggan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toboggan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Toboggan does it's job there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toboggan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pink bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toboggan tries to clinch but Pink moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toboggan throws a body shot but no joy.
Toboggan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pink lands a lovely overhand right.
Pink throws a looping overhand right but Toboggan ducks down to avoid it.
Pink tries a head kick but it misses.
Pink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toboggan.
Toboggan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pink paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toboggan just misses with a punch to the body.
Toboggan moves into the clinch successfully.
Toboggan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toboggan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pink pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pink throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Toboggan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Toboggan tries to counter by clinching up but Pink breaks away and moves out of range.
Pink stuns Toboggan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pink looks to score with a jab to the body but Toboggan is just out of range.
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 Mantis Toboggan will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice uppercut there from Toboggan.
Rupert Pink seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Toboggan instigates a clinch.
Toboggan has Pink pressed against the cage, preventing Pink from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pink wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toboggan prevents Pink from breaking the clinch.
Pink has had enough of the clinch but Toboggan keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Pink - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Toboggan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pink fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mantis Toboggan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Toboggan working aggressively here.
Pink is trying to break the clinch but Toboggan is controlling him.
Pink misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pink scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Toboggan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Toboggan misses with a punch to the body.
Pink misses with the head strike.
Pink tries to break free but Toboggan pushes him back against the cage.
Toboggan has a couple of punches blocked by Pink.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toboggan lands with a short shot to the head.
Pink is trying to force a seperation but Toboggan has the dominant position.
Pink breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pink throws a nice looking combination but Toboggan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pink lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toboggan's sensitive parts.
Toboggan cracks Pink with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pink tries a head kick but it misses.
Toboggan rushes Pink and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Toboggan prevents Pink from breaking the clinch.
Pink breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the body from Toboggan misses
and Toboggan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Toboggan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pink tries to keep at a distance but Toboggan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pink is trying to break the clinch but Toboggan has him pressed against the cage.
Toboggan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pink.
Pink manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pink cracks Toboggan with a hook to the temple - Toboggan is on wobbly legs here! Pink swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Toboggan falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Pink wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rupert Pink!
A less than humble Rupert Pink misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severo Del Bosque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Bosque has chosen Keys N Krates - Treat Me Right (Grandtheft Remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Riddle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Severo Del Bosque!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Del Bosque.
Riddle fires out a quick counter leg kick but Del Bosque just manages to avoid it.
Del Bosque tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Riddle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Riddle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Del Bosque looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Del Bosque tries to close the distance and clinch but Riddle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Del Bosque misses with an uppercut
and Riddle counters with an inside leg kick.
Riddle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Del Bosque checks it well.
Del Bosque fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Riddle checks it well.
Severo Del Bosque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riddle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Severo Del Bosque has been cut.
Del Bosque has Riddle up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riddle is trying to stall.
Del Bosque comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riddle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Del Bosque misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosque pushes off an throws an elbow but Riddle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Del Bosque goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Del Bosque fails to land.
I was talking to Riddle's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Riddle looking to slow down the pace here.
Riddle swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Bosque uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Del Bosque.
Del Bosque is leaning against Riddle and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Del Bosque blocks an uppercut.
Riddle is trying to break the clinch but Del Bosque has him pressed against the cage.
Del Bosque lands with a light punch inside.
Del Bosque tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riddle avoids it.
Del Bosque misses with the head strike.
Riddle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Del Bosque scores with a shoulder strike.
Del Bosque tries to pull guard but Riddle won't allow it.
Riddle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Del Bosque just misses with a punch to the body.
Del Bosque blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Riddle.
Del Bosque catches Riddle with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Riddle moves away from the strike by Del Bosque.
Riddle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Del Bosque misses with an uppercut
and Riddle counters with a leg kick.
Riddle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Del Bosque.
Riddle feinted there with a counter leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Del Bosque looks to throw the jab but Riddle is out of range.
Riddle staying out of range there.
Del Bosque throws an off balance right hand
and Riddle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riddle throws a sloppy head kick and Del Bosque moves out of range easily.
Riddle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Del Bosque.
Riddle feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque misses with an uppercut.
Riddle tries to clinch but Del Bosque is having none of it.
Del Bosque shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Del Bosque showed some decent athleticism there.
Del Bosque is working for a submission of some sort.
Del Bosque trying to pass the guard but Riddle defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Riddle tries to roll over but Del Bosque keeps him under control.
Del Bosque slows the pace down in half guard.
Del Bosque seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Severo Del Bosque will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Severo Del Bosque's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Del Bosque ducks under a wild hook from Riddle.
Del Bosque misses with an attempted mid kick.
Riddle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Del Bosque misses with a straight right.
Del Bosque misses with a looping right.
Del Bosque takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Del Bosque closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Riddle's guard.
Del Bosque advances position into side control!
Del Bosque wants to lay and pray for a moment but Riddle keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Bosque is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Riddle has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle is looking for a sweep.
Del Bosque controlling from side mount.
Riddle is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Del Bosque is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Riddle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Riddle wants to control but Del Bosque postures up.
Del Bosque is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Riddle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Del Bosque goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Riddle rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Del Bosque's guard! Nice work there by Riddle!
Riddle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Del Bosque on the ground.
Del Bosque is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Riddle defends well.
Del Bosque is looking for a triangle but Riddle pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Riddle gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Del Bosque is looking for a triangle but Riddle pushes his legs off easily.
Del Bosque had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Riddle defends it easily.
Riddle controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Del Bosque looking to control.
Del Bosque working for a triangle but Riddle defends it easily.
Del Bosque has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Riddle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Riddle got a little sloppy there for a moment and Del Bosque has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Riddle has managed to get both his arms back between Del Bosque's legs - danger averted.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Riddle trying to control but Del Bosque is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Severo Del Bosque showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Severo Del Bosque's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Riddle scores with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Del Bosque checks a leg kick.
Riddle throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Del Bosque pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Del Bosque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riddle.
Riddle is looking to counter punch.
Del Bosque shoots in looking for a takedown but Riddle manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Del Bosque's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Riddle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Del Bosque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Del Bosque looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Bosque defending well as Riddle loads up on a big left hand.
Del Bosque missing with a left hand there. Riddle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riddle looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Del Bosque thows a leg kick but Riddle checks it
and Riddle counters with an outside leg kick.
Riddle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Del Bosque moves away.
Del Bosque appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Justin Riddle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riddle throws a looping overhand right but Del Bosque ducks down to avoid it.
Riddle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Del Bosque shoots in looking for a takedown. Riddle tries to sprawl out of it but Del Bosque keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Riddle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Justin Riddle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Severo Del Bosque.
Del Bosque misses with a takedown
enabling Riddle to counter with a crisp jab.
A clash of legs there as Del Bosque blocks the low kick.
Riddle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Del Bosque is out of range.
Del Bosque manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Riddle on his heels. He'll look to pass Riddle's guard now, I'm sure.
Del Bosque controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle keeping moving, preventing Del Bosque from controlling successfully.
Del Bosque is stalling in the full guard.
Del Bosque wants to control from the top but Riddle keeps moving.
Del Bosque won't allow Riddle to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Riddle wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Del Bosque is now in half guard.
Del Bosque is trying to control the action in half guard but Riddle is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Riddle wants to improve his position but Del Bosque is controlling well.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Del Bosque throws a hook but Riddle blocks it.
Del Bosque misses with a left hand
and Riddle counters with a stiff right hand.
Del Bosque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Bosque slips a jab from Riddle.
Del Bosque throws a leg kick but Riddle sees it coming and moves out of range.
Del Bosque scores with a nice strike.
Del Bosque ducks under a wild hook from Riddle.
Del Bosque throws out a counter right but Riddle avoids it with no problem.
Del Bosque blocks a head kick by Riddle.
Good standup being displayed there by Del Bosque as he connects with a hook.
Justin Riddle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riddle throws a head kick but Del Bosque moves out of range.
Del Bosque misses with a straight right.
Riddle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Del Bosque misses the shot to the body.
Del Bosque shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Riddle defends it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Riddle showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Del Bosque 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Severo Del Bosque!
Severo Del Bosque decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bua Khao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Zoldyck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zoldyck is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: You've Seen The Butcher by Deftones. Silva Zoldyck acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bua Khao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Silva Zoldyck!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zoldyck jabs at Khao's body.
Khao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khao throws out the jab.
Zoldyck throws a hook but Khao blocks it.
Khao misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Zoldyck on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zoldyck finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Khao tried to counter with a leg kick but Zoldyck avoided it.
A shot to the liver by Zoldyck. Beautiful body shot.
Khao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zoldyck chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khao darts in and clinches Zoldyck up against the cage.
Zoldyck wants to get back to striking at distance but Khao won't allow it.
Khao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khao lands with a light punch inside.
Zoldyck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Khao on the inside.
Khao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoldyck blocking some punches.
I was talking to Khao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zoldyck can't find room to land a body shot as Khao controls the action.
Zoldyck tries a body shot but Khao blocks it.
A short uppercut from Zoldyck.
Khao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zoldyck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zoldyck prevents a body shot from Khao.
Khao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khao misses with a punch to the body.
Zoldyck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Khao - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zoldyck blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khao holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khao misses with a punch on the inside.
Zoldyck pushes Khao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khao lands a nice uppercut.
Zoldyck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khao keeps control of Zoldyck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zoldyck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zoldyck manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zoldyck tests Khao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zoldyck throws out a loose jab but Khao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zoldyck avoids the body shot from Khao.
Zoldyck attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zoldyck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zoldyck takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Khao punishes Zoldyck's body with a nice straight punch.
Khao throws out a leg kick but Zoldyck moves out of range and Khao only half commits.
Khao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck feints and then cracks Khao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khao down.
Khao moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khao doesn't seem bothered though.
Zoldyck throws a nice looking combination but Khao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Khao misses the target.
Zoldyck ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khao checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khao throws an off balance right hand
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khao swings for the body but Zoldyck moves out of range.
Khao misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zoldyck! But no joy.
We've been informed that Zoldyck has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Khao moves out of range of the leg kick from Zoldyck.
Khao throws out a loose jab but Zoldyck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zoldyck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zoldyck counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A left lands for Khao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khao missing with a left hand there. Zoldyck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zoldyck throws a body punch but Khao moves out of range.
Zoldyck misses with a leg kick.
Zoldyck throws a big shot that misses.
Khao misses with a hook.
Zoldyck connects with a leg kick. Khao looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khao slips under a jab from Zoldyck.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zoldyck pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A cross from Khao lands.
Khao looks for the body kick but Zoldyck saw that one coming.
A countering left hand to the body from Zoldyck misses.
Khao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Khao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zoldyck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zoldyck just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromKhao.
Zoldyck lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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 Bua Khao will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Khao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zoldyck paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Zoldyck chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khao can pounce on him.
Zoldyck throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zoldyck.
Khao checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zoldyck blocks a head kick by Khao.
Khao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zoldyck manages to avoid it.
Khao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck throws a hook but Khao avoids it easily.
Zoldyck 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khao gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khao has a couple of punches blocked by Zoldyck.
Khao misses with some punches.
Khao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khao throws a punch but it's blocked by Zoldyck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khao leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zoldyck.
Khao effectively controlling the action here.
Zoldyck lands a body punch.
Khao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khao misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Zoldyck fails to land.
Khao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck scores with a shot to the side of Khao's head.
Bua Khao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zoldyck backwards.
Khao blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Khao fails to land.
Zoldyck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck is trying to break free.
Zoldyck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khao.
Khao misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khao has a couple of punches blocked by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck lands with a left to the head.
Zoldyck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khao lands a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khao.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khao fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zoldyck, pushing him back against the cage.
Khao lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Khao.
Zoldyck misses with a body punch.
Zoldyck blocks an uppercut.
Khao prevents a body shot from Zoldyck.
Khao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khao prevents a body shot from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khao taking a breather.
Zoldyck tries to break free but Khao pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck is trying to force a seperation but Khao has the dominant position.
Zoldyck is trying to break free.
Khao throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Zoldyck.
A short right from Khao.
Zoldyck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khao slips a straight right by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck misses with a few strikes there.
Zoldyck has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khao finds it's way round the side to connect with Zoldyck's head.
Zoldyck misses with a right hand
and Khao counters with a nice leg kick.
Khao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zoldyck.
Khao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khao tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khao moves out of range as Zoldyck strikes.
Zoldyck misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck walks into a stiff left hand from Khao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khao misses with a low kick.
Zoldyck is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Khao throws a hook but Zoldyck avoids it easily.
Zoldyck moves out of range of the body kick from Khao.
Decent striking displayed by Khao there.
Khao connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khao misses with a hook
and Zoldyck counters with a stiff right hand.
Khao with a hook.
Khao throws a low kick but Zoldyck moves out of range easily.
Zoldyck tries a quick counter leg kick but Khao is wise to it.
Zoldyck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zoldyck throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khao counters with a straight right hand.
Zoldyck takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zoldyck.
Zoldyck looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khao lands a slapping body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khao, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bua Khao dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Khao misses with a looping left.
Khao misses with a few strikes there.
Zoldyck lands a lovely overhand right.
Khao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A lazy body kick from Khao
and Zoldyck counters with a straight right hand.
Zoldyck scores with a leg kick.
Khao moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Khao.
Zoldyck swings wildly with an uppercut but Khao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zoldyck misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Zoldyck on the inside.
Khao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck has a couple of punches blocked by Khao.
Zoldyck breaks the clinch.
Khao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bua Khao is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoldyck works Khao's body with a nice hook.
Khao missing with a left hand there. Zoldyck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khao throws a body kick that misses
and Khao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khao takes one to the chin there.
Zoldyck connects with a body shot that sends Khao's belly button to the back.
Khao stalks Zoldyck and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zoldyck's face. Zoldyck staggers backwards, shaken.
Zoldyck takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zoldyck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khao.
Khao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zoldyck 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.
Khao throws a poor cross that misses
and Zoldyck counters with a good low kick that Khao was not able to check.
Khao misses with a looping right.
Zoldyck throws out a counter right but Khao avoids it with no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khao misses with a body shot.
Zoldyck chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zoldyck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khao throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zoldyck.
Silva Zoldyck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khao misses with a lunging right hand
and Zoldyck counters with a low kick, right behind Khao 's knee.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zoldyck darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zoldyck throws a leg kick but Khao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zoldyck smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Khao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zoldyck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zoldyck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khao.
Zoldyck doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zoldyck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Khao.
Zoldyck throws a low kick but it's checked well by Khao.
It looked like Khao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zoldyck misses with a wild body shot.
Khao thuds his shin into the meat of Zoldyck's side.
Zoldyck moves out of range as Khao throws a body kick.
Zoldyck flicks out a counter leg kick but Khao steps away.
Zoldyck throws an overhand right that lands on Khao's shoulder, as Khao tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khao.
Khao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zoldyck moves out of range as Khao throws a body kick.
Zoldyck thows a leg kick but Khao checks it
and Khao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zoldyck moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khao scores with a jab. Zoldyck acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khao pushes Zoldyck away with a front kick.
Khao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zoldyck moves away from the strike by Khao.
Khao lands a glancing blow to the side of Zoldyck's head.
Zoldyck throws a body shot but no joy.
Zoldyck misses with a low kick.
Khao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zoldyck throws out the jab.
Khao connects with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khao throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khao thows a body kick. Zoldyck tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Zoldyck fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khao throws a right hand that Zoldyck ducks under and follows up with a left that Zoldyck also avoids with ease.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khao. That's going to slow Zoldyck down.
Khao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khao moves into range and connects with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zoldyck. That's going to slow Khao down.
Khao darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khao.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khao throws a leg kick but Zoldyck checks it.
Zoldyck misses with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Silva Zoldyck.
Well Khao 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bua Khao!
Our winner, Bua Khao, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Outlaw Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Warror (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy comes into the arena with Raised Fist - Friends And Traitors blaring out of the sound system. Outlaw Hardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Outlaw Hardy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Warror!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warror throws a right hand that misses
and Hardy counters with a straight right hand.
Paul Warror seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Warror.
Warror misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Hardy misses with a hook. Warror ducked under it nicely.
Warror swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warror throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Warror takes the fight into the clinch.
Warror misses with a body punch.
Warror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Warror fails to land.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Warror.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Warror backwards.
Warror working aggressively here.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Warror blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Warror fails to land.
Warror has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Hardy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Warror up against the cage.
Hardy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Warror misses with some punches.
Warror lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warror.
Warror misses with the head strike.
A short right from Warror on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Warror lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Warror tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Warror misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Hardy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Warror lands a shoulder strike.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Warror swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Warror lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warror.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Warror swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Warror.
Hardy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Warrors head.
Hardy is stalling here.
Hardy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Warror prevents a body shot from Hardy.
Warror throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
A head punch on the inside from Warror fails to land.
Hardy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Warror lands with a short shot to the head.
Warror misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warror.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Warror misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Warror.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Warror.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Warror as Hardy tries to tie him up.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Warror.
Warror misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Hardy.
Warror misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warror lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy trying to stall but Warror improves his position.
Warror lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Warror controls the action.
Warror working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Warror 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.
Hardy misses with a hook to the body
and Warror counters with a nice body shot.
Warror misses with a shot to the body
and Hardy counters by moving into the clinch.
Warror has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Warror.
Warror misses with some punches.
Warror tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paul Warror seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Warror blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Warror.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Warror.
Hardy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Warror misses with a punch on the inside.
Warror misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Warror uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy controlling the action here for a moment.
Hardy working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Warror gets through Hardy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Warror.
Warror tries a body shot but Hardy blocks it.
Warror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Warror.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Warror misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warror throws a head punch that misses.
Warror lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Warror working aggressively here.
Warror fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warror fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warror misses with a punch on the inside.
Warror tries a body shot but Hardy blocks it.
Warror has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Hardy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Warror backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to stall but Warror uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Warror is working Hardy over against the cage.
Hardy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Warror.
A short right from Hardy on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warror throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warror.
Warror blocks an uppercut.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
Warror has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Warror scores with a shoulder strike.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
Warror lands with a light punch inside.
Hardy looking to stall.
Hardy tries a body shot but Warror blocks it.
Warror escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warror misses with a right hand
and Hardy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Warror avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Hardy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Warror counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Warror throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warror has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hardy moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slow jab from Hardy misses its intended target.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Warror.
Warror swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warror misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Hardy counter with a right hand.
Warror connects with a nice looking jab.
Warror lands a nice shot that snaps Hardy's head back.
Warror thumps Hardy with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Warror.
Warror swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hardy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Warror is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.
Warror swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Warror throws a jab when Hardy was well out of range.
Paul Warror seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Warror manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Warror.
Hardy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Warror lands with a nice body punch.
A slow jab from Warror misses its intended target.
Warror looks to land a left hand but Hardy moved out of range nicely.
Warror changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Warror.
A slow jab from Warror misses its intended target.
Hardy tries to counter by clinching up but Warror breaks away and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Warror showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Warror misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hardy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hardy moves into range and clinches up with Warror.
Warror can't find room to land a body shot as Hardy controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Warror misses with a body punch.
Hardy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Warror.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Warror.
Warror doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Warror.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warror lands a nice uppercut.
Warror working aggressively here.
Hardy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Warror misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hardy.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Warror.
Hardy struggles to land a body shot inside as Warror controls his hands.
Hardy lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Warror.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Warror.
Warror struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Warror can't find room to land a body shot as Hardy controls the action.
Hardy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Warror is keeping busy.
Warror cracks Hardy with a nice body shot.
Warror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy struggles to land a body shot inside as Warror controls his hands.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy trying to control the position but instead, Warror has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardy into the cage.
Warror lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hardy or not.
Warror wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Warror misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy tries to stall but Warror uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Warror lands an uppercut.
Hardy lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warror tries to throw a body punch but Hardy avoids it by throwing Warror back against the cage.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Hardy trying to control the position but instead, Warror has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardy into the cage.
Warror throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a nice uppercut.
Hardy trying to control the position but instead, Warror has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardy into the cage.
Warror is working Hardy over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warror.
Hardy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Warror misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warror misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Warror tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warror scores with a shot to the side of Hardy's head.
Warror has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Hardy misses with the head strike.
Hardy tries to work over Warror's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Warror on the inside.
Hardy stalling the fight.
Warror tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Warror swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warror blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Warror throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Warror misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Warror.
Warror throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Paul Warror just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Warror misses with a hook to the body
and Hardy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Warror tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy slips under a jab from Warror.
Warror throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hardy counters with a nice kick to the body.
Warror throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hardy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Warror.
Hardy misses with a body punch
letting Warror counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Warror.
Warror misses with a body shot
and Hardy counters with a nice leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Warror, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warror pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Warror dips to his left and cracks Hardy with an uppercut!
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Warror.
Hardy throws a quick counter kick to the body but Warror avoids it.
Warror misses with a body shot
and Hardy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warror scores with a body shot.
Hardy throws a body punch but Warror moves out of range.
Warror takes the fight into the clinch.
Hardy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Warror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy leaning against his opponent.
Warror fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warror misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Warror's elbow.
Warror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warror makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Warror.
Hardy trying to stall but Warror improves his position.
Hardy lands a shot to the body.
Warror misses with some punches.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warror has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warror working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warror.
Hardy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Warror blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Warror.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Warror.
Warror throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warror.
A left hand lands to the body for Warror.
Warror misses with a body punch.
Hardy blocks a body shot from Warror.
Warror misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Warror fails to land.
Warror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Hardy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hardy lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Hardy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Warror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warror lands an uppercut.
Warror blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Warror struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Warror tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
Warror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with a body punch.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Hardy.
Warror struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Warror avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Paul Warror will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Warror fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Warror.
Hardy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Warror looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
Hardy throws a lazy uppercut
and Warror counters with a straight right hand.
Warror misses with a body shot.
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Warror looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Warror moves away from the strike by Hardy.
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Warror throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hardy counters with a nice leg kick.
Hardy moves away from the strike by Warror.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warror takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Warror misses.
Warror takes the fight into the clinch.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Warror.
Warror scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hardy tries to stall but Warror uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warror.
A right hand to the body from Warror.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Warror uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warror lands a shot to the body.
Warror misses with the head strike.
Hardy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warror scores with a nice hook to the head.
Warror blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Warror.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Warror.
Warror blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Hardy to work.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hardy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warror blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Warror up against the cage.
Warror tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Warror blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warror tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardy takes a shot to the head.
Warror has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Hardy lands with a short shot to the head.
Warror lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Warror struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Warror throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hardy is stalling here.
Hardy misses with a body punch.
Warror gets through Hardy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Warror scores with a hook to the body.
Warror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paul Warror is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands with a light punch inside.
Warror prevents a body shot from Hardy.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hardy lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warror throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Warror lands a right hand.
Warror throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hardy fails to land.
Hardy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hardy slowing the pace effectively.
Outlaw Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hardy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Warror.
Well Warror 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 45:50
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 45:50
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Warror!
Paul Warror is the new welterweight champion!
A victorious Paul Warror thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
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C |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
59% |
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