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RFC 30: The Reaping PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lennart Lennartsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinten Kasper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lennartsson's entrance music is Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby. A fine choice. 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lennart Lennartsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Quinten Kasper!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasper has his takedown stuffed
and Lennartsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Quinten Kasper has been cut.
No luck for Kasper with that takedown attempt.
Lennartsson lands a big right hand that sends Kasper crashing to the mat! Lennartsson stays standing though and waves Kasper back to his feet!
Kasper is rocked!
Kasper shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lennartsson pinned against the cage. Lennartsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lennartsson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lennart Lennartsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quinten Kasper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kasper shoots and misses
and Lennartsson counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lennart Lennartsson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Lennart Lennartsson thanked Sin City Allstars for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kaleo Mana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Blackheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brett Blackheart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaleo Mana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brett Blackheart!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackheart throws a head kick but Mana moves out of range.
Blackheart lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blackheart lands an overhand right.
Blackheart avoids the head kick by Mana.
Blackheart lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blackheart.
Blackheart lands a head kick!
Mana throws a wild body kick that Blackheart sees coming a mile off.
Blackheart scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brett Blackheart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blackheart instigates a clinch.
Blackheart has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mana uses from the top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blackheart avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blackheart is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Blackheart perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mana looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Blackheart in particular looking to stall.
Blackheart has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackheart looking to control and managing it successfully.
Blackheart lands a heavy elbow.
Blackheart controlling from the full mount.
Mana defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Blackheart.
My spies in Touch Of Death Combat Academy inform me that Blackheart has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Blackheart is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Blackheart controlling the position easily from mount.
Blackheart in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blackheart content just to control the position here.
Mana squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Blackheart tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mana is in a horrible position here. Blackheart smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mana trying desperately to get to his feet.
Blackheart looking for a guillotine from mount but Mana is having none of it.
Blackheart with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blackheart is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mana can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mana takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Blackheart controlling his opponent.
Mana taking shots to the head.
Mana is rocked!
Mana is bucking up trying to escape but Blackheart cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Mana is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blackheart sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Blackheart's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mana squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Mana seems to have got his legs back now.
Mana holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blackheart tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Blackheart has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blackheart controlling from mount.
More stalling from Blackheart.
Blackheart has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mana's face.
Blackheart takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Blackheart looking to control but Mana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Blackheart controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackheart is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Mana is surviving well by controlling Blackheart's body position as best he can.
Blackheart raining down shots from the mount!
Blackheart misses with a head shot.
Mana wants to try and get back to his feet.
Blackheart controlling the position easily from mount.
Mana tries to buck Blackheart off but he can't manage it.
Blackheart lands a heavy elbow.
Mana blocking the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blackheart controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brett Blackheart dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Blackheart throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Mana stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Blackheart follows into mount!
Blackheart throwing strikes here but Mana is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Blackheart looking to control and managing it successfully.
Blackheart has isolated one of Mana's arms. Mana looking to fight him off but Blackheart twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brett Blackheart!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Master Blaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master Blaster has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Blaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hank Snow!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snow tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blaster counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Snow thinking.
Blaster lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Hank Snow has been cut.
Blaster slaps away a takedown attempt from Snow, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaster throws an overhand right that lands on Snow's shoulder, as Snow tries to avoid the shot.
Snow fails with a takedown attempt.
Blaster throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blaster fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snow closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Blaster did well to prevent Snow getting side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Blaster is trying to stand.
It looks like Snow is going to stand back up.
Snow wants to control but Blaster is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaster is trying to stand back up but Snow is controlling him
Snow looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Blaster wants to get back to his feet.
Blaster trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Blaster has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Puter Kepala's in the buildup to the fight.
Blaster avoids the body shot from Snow.
A little feinted left hand from Blaster on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Snow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Snow.
Snow walks into a straight right hand from Blaster.
Snow gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Blaster counters with a right hand to the body.
Master Blaster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hank Snow.
Snow scores with a takedown into Blaster's guard.
Blaster will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Snow is looking to stand up but Blaster won't let him.
Blaster has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Snow is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Blaster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blaster.
Blaster throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Snow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blaster leaves Snow with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Snow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Snow looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blaster.
Snow shoots in for a double leg but Blaster sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fighters circling - Blaster throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blaster seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Blaster is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snow.
Snow misses with a takedown attempt - Blaster sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
No joy there for Blaster, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Snow changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Blaster connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blaster bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Snow's head.
Snow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Snow closes the distance looking to clinch
and Snow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snow is looking to clinch but Blaster is avoiding it.
Snow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blaster as he jumps to the side.
Blaster swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Snow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blaster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blaster throws a right and a left that both miss.
Snow with the counter takedown but Blaster avoids it easily.
Snow blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snow moves out of range as Blaster strikes.
Blaster throws a big shot that misses.
Snow throws a counter combo.
Snow shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Blaster sprawls well. Blaster wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Snow gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Master Blaster dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hank Snow'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.
Snow shoots in but Blaster avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Blaster swats away the attempt to clinch by Snow.
Blaster was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Snow shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blaster defends it nicely.
Blaster is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Snow closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snow shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blaster as he avoids it easily.
Master Blaster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hank Snow.
Snow is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Blaster fails to land with a series of punches.
Snow tries for a takedown but Blaster circles away easily
and Blaster counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Snow is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaster connects with a single shot there.
Snow is still on wobbly legs! Can Blaster finish him?
Master Blaster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blaster fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Snow square on the jaw! Damn, Snow is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Master Blaster!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leom James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystian Olafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leom James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Krystian Olafsson!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James avoids a punch combination nicely.
Olafsson tries to sprawl but James drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Olafsson blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
James lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
James tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
James landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Olafsson blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
Olafsson trying to control but James postures up.
James working over Olafsson with some ground and pound. Olafsson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
James is thwarting Olafsson's attempts to control the position.
James slips a nice elbow through Olafsson's hands, connecting with Olafsson's forehead.
Olafsson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James slows the pace down in half guard.
James will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
James is trying to control. Olafsson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Olafsson wants to control but James is keeping busy and won't allow it.
James working Olafsson over with strikes.
Ground and pound from James.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Olafsson wants to improve his position but James is controlling well.
Olafsson trying to control here.
James working Olafsson over with strikes.
James lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but James scores with a couple of nice shots.
James working over Olafsson with some ground and pound. Olafsson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
James working the head and body with strikes.
James prevents Olafsson from improving his position.
James working the head and body with strikes.
James trying to control the action but Olafsson is working from the bottom.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
James drops an elbow to the side of Olafsson's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James winds up and cracks Olafsson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from James.
James slips a nice elbow through Olafsson's hands, connecting with Olafsson's forehead.
Olafsson has hold of James's hands but James slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
James working Olafsson over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to control the action in half guard but Olafsson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Olafsson wants to improve his position but James is controlling well.
James seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. James lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from James.
James working the head and body with strikes.
Olafsson trying to control but James postures up.
James lands strikes from half guard.
James seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
James is nestled in close to Olafsson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Olafsson has hold of James's hands but James slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
James is nestled in close to Olafsson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
James landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but James scores with a couple of nice shots.
Olafsson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of James's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take James's back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James trying to get back to his feet but Olafsson is in full control for now.
Olafsson looking to hold on to the position here but James rolls and ends up regaining guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as James holds on and takes a little breather.
James wants to stand up but Olafsson is controlling him.
James looking to hit a scissor sweep but Olafsson is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leom James dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Olafsson cracks James with an open hand slap.
James drives through with a takedown into guard.
Olafsson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Olafsson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
James scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
James with a nice head shot there.
James has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
James scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leom James overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
James distracts Olafsson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
James content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Olafsson has momentary wrist control but James slips an elbow through the middle.
Olafsson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead James passes into side control.
James lands a nice forearm strike.
Olafsson taking a bit of punishment here - James scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olafsson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
James working the head and body with strikes.
Olafsson gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. James lands a nice short elbow.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
James drops an elbow to the side of Olafsson's head.
James winds up and cracks Olafsson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
James prevents Olafsson from improving his position.
James winds up and cracks Olafsson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Olafsson tries to roll over but James keeps him under control.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
Olafsson taking some punishment here, with James in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James drops an elbow to the side of Olafsson's head.
Olafsson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
James winds up and cracks Olafsson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
James lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. James connects with a nice short shot to Olafsson's temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James winds up and cracks Olafsson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Olafsson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
James really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Olafsson is trying to control but can't.
Olafsson tries to get to full guard but James has control of the leg.
Olafsson is trying to control but can't.
James is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olafsson can do to turn this around?
James is trying to work for a kimura but Olafsson is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James winds up and cracks Olafsson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Olafsson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but James pulls his head out easily.
James lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from James there.
James looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Olafsson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
James wants to control but Olafsson is keeping him busy.
Olafsson is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from James there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James 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.
James is thwarting Olafsson's attempts to control the position.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
James wants to stand up but Olafsson has a hold of him and won't allow it.
James slips a nice elbow through Olafsson's hands, connecting with Olafsson's forehead.
Olafsson trying to hold on to James's head to control him but James postures up.
James slips a nice elbow through Olafsson's hands, connecting with Olafsson's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. James lands a nice short elbow.
James lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olafsson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
James 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leom James dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
James throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Olafsson was covering up waiting for the punch and James finishes the takedown easily into guard.
James works over Olafsson with some ground and pound from guard.
James slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Olafsson tries to buck James off but James is having none of it.
James working the ground and pound.
Olafsson is trying to control James's posture but James avoids it.
Olafsson is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Olafsson to see if he's OK.
James working the ground and pound from side control.
James lands an elbow.
James scoring with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Olafsson to see if he's OK.
Olafsson is working to avoid the ground and pound but James connects with a decent elbow.
Olafsson is trying to control James's posture but James avoids it.
James lands a nice forearm strike.
James lands a few punches from side control.
James lands some shots froms side control.
James cracks Olafsson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Olafsson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Olafsson wants to control but James postures up.
James in side control lands a decent elbow.
James scores with a couple of short elbows.
Olafsson tries to improve position but can't.
James creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Olafsson to see if he's OK.
Olafsson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Olafsson some visible discomfort.
Olafsson tries to bench press James off him but James keeps the position.
James scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Olafsson to see if he's OK.
James working the body and head with strikes.
James lands a few punches from side control.
James in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
James lands an elbow.
Olafsson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
James working the ground and pound.
Olafsson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
James is trying to get an arm triangle but Olafsson is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson can't do much from the bottom here.
James scoring with punches from side control.
James is looking to take a break and control but Olafsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Olafsson wants to control but James postures up.
James lands a nice forearm strike.
James working the ground and pound.
Olafsson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but James wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James scoring with punches and elbows.
James landing a few strikes.
Olafsson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Olafsson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on James's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Olafsson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. James connects with a nice short shot to Olafsson's temple.
Olafsson is looking for a sweep. James is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Krystian Olafsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. James lands a nice short elbow.
James 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.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Olafsson has hold of James's hands but James slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Leom James is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leom James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for James, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:25
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leom James!
Leom James was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Krystian Olafsson spoke after the fight, saying 'Much respect to my opponent, he was the better man tonight, Next time I will remove his soul from his body'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edward Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Supertramp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Supertramp's choice of entrance music: Sikamikanico- Red Hot Chili Peppers. Alexander Supertramp has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Edward Jones's chin.
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186 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Supertramp!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Supertramp accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Supertramp throws a big elbow that misses.
Supertramp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Supertramp is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Supertramp controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Supertramp lands a couple of elbows.
Jones keeping full guard, as Supertramp tries to pass.
Supertramp in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Supertramp in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Supertramp is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Supertramp wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Supertramp's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones is rocked!
Jones is breathing heavily.
Supertramp makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Supertramp postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Supertramp with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oh Jones is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Supertramp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Supertramp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Supertramp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Supertramp controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Supertramp's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Supertramp is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Supertramp with a nice head shot there.
Supertramp loads up on a big left hand. Jones felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Supertramp looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Jones can't hide his disappointment, as Supertramp celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Supertramp!
An out of breath Alexander Supertramp thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Wilder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roar Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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261 lbs
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rob Wilder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roar Horse!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Horse.
Wilder throws a poor cross that misses
and Horse connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wilder tries to clinch up but Horse circles away and keeps his distance.
Horse listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wilder's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wilder duly obliges.
Horse avoids the body shot from Wilder.
Horse uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Horse just misses with a punch to the body.
Horse cracks Wilder with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Wilder looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Horse finish him?
Wilder is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilder moves out of range as Horse strikes.
Wilder looks to clinch
and Horse counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wilder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Horse cracks Wilder with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Horse has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Wilder to stand back up!
Oh Wilder is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Horse lands an uppercut, right on the button! Wilder tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roar Horse!
Roar Horse bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Strom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver has chosen Raining Blood as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julius Strom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Carver!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strom tries to counter by clinching up but Carver breaks away and moves out of range.
Carver wants to clinch up but Strom keeps it at a distance.
A jab lands there for Strom.
Carver throws a head kick but Strom moves out of range.
Carver missing with a left hand there. Strom was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strom circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Strom counter with a right hand.
Strom rushes Carver and presses him up against the cage.
Strom definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Carver pushes off an throws an elbow but Strom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Strom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Strom blocks an elbow strike.
Strom scores with a shoulder strike.
Carver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strom is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Strom works on Carver's body with a couple of short punches.
Strom has a couple of punches blocked by Carver.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
Strom blocks an elbow strike from Carver.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
Carver blocking some punches.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom avoids the elbow strike from Carver, against the cage.
Strom lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Strom digs a right hand underneath Carver's ribcage. Carver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carver has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Strom seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Carver can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
Carver has a couple of punches blocked by Strom.
Strom lands a nice shot to the body.
Strom avoiding damage as Carver throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom misses with some punches.
Carver pushes off an throws an elbow but Strom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strom avoids it.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom tries to work over Carver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carver blocking some punches.
Carver throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom pushes Carver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carver can't find room to land a body shot as Strom controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Strom.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Carver takes a shot to the head.
Carver trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Strom avoids a wild elbow strike from Carver.
Strom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Strom throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom lands with a light punch inside.
Strom lands a left hand.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Strom.
Strom scores with a shot to the side of Carver's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver lands an elbow that stopped Strom in his tracks for a moment.
Strom lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Carver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Strom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Strom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Strom blocks an elbow strike from Carver.
Carver tries to land knees in the clinch but Strom avoids the damage to the body.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Strom blocks an elbow strike from Carver.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Strom cracks Carver with a nice body shot.
Strom lands a shoulder strike.
Carver scores a nice knee to the body.
Carver blocks an uppercut.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Strom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Strom.
Nice body punch from Strom.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Carver throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carver or not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carver throws an elbow but misses.
Carver misses with an elbow strike.
Strom lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carver looks winded!
Carver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strom.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strom.
Strom lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carver blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Strom.
Carver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strom blocks a body shot from Carver.
Strom throws a punch but it's blocked by Carver.
Strom misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carver throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Strom on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julius Strom dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Strom bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Carver's head backwards.
Carver circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carver counters with a thumping low kick.
Carver looks for the body kick but Strom saw that one coming.
Strom instigates a clinch.
Carver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Strom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carver lands a damaging elbow.
Carver misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Strom.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carver throws an elbow that misses.
Strom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carver backwards.
Strom digs a right hand underneath Carver's ribcage. Carver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Strom.
Carver is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strom is leaning against Carver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Carver is still on wobbly legs! Can Strom finish him?
Carver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carver seems to have recovered his senses.
Carver tries to throw a body punch but Strom avoids it by throwing Carver back against the cage.
Strom scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Carver.
Carver blocks an uppercut.
Strom takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carver is breathing heavily.
Strom blocks the elbow strike.
Carver pushes off an throws an elbow but Strom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Strom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carver can do to turn this around?
Carver working Strom over with knees to the body.
Julius Strom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carver throws an elbow but it misses.
Strom lands with a right to the head.
Carver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strom avoids it.
Strom misses with some punches.
Strom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carver backwards.
Strom lands a nice shot to the body.
Strom dodges an elbow strike from Carver.
Strom working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Strom.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
Strom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Strom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Strom scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strom lands with a left to the head.
Strom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Strom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carver tries to land knees in the clinch but Strom avoids the damage to the body.
Carver takes a shot to the head.
Strom lands with a right to the head.
Strom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strom.
Strom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Strom fails to land.
Strom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carver.
Strom lands a nice uppercut.
Strom creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Carver with a big uppercut! Carver tries to clinch up but Strom pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Carver to the mat! Carver covers up and Strom unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Julius Strom!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daiki Yamaguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wotan Krigson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krigson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Finntroll - Trollhammaren. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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215 lbs
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300 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daiki Yamaguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wotan Krigson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krigson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamaguchi moves away.
Krigson has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Krigson.
It looks like Daiki Yamaguchi has been cut.
Yamaguchi throws the left hand but Krigson avoids the punch easily.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at Krigson's ribcage but misses.
Yamaguchi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Krigson throws a looping overhand right but Yamaguchi ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi throws out a loose jab but Krigson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krigson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krigson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krigson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krigson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Krigson fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krigson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yamaguchi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Yamaguchi.
Krigson struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamaguchi controls his hands.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Krigson controls the action.
Yamaguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krigson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krigson throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Krigson controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Krigson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krigson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yamaguchi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Krigson controls his hands.
Yamaguchi working hard to break the clinch.
Yamaguchi blocks a body shot from Krigson.
Krigson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krigson.
Yamaguchi lands a nice uppercut.
Krigson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krigson has Yamaguchi pressed against the cage, preventing Yamaguchi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamaguchi throws a right and a left that Krigson avoids nicely.
Krigson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Yamaguchi.
Krigson moves away from the strike by Yamaguchi.
Krigson wants to counter with a clinch but Yamaguchi pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krigson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yamaguchi misses with a lunging right hand
and Krigson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamaguchi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Krigson throws a poor cross that misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a three punch combo that has Krigson backing up. Krigson nods at Yamaguchi to acknowledge the strikes.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the body
and Krigson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yamaguchi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krigson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yamaguchi takes a swing at Krigson's ribcage but misses.
Krigson wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamaguchi. Krigson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krigson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Krigson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy uppercut
and Krigson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Krigson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Krigson as the two fighters clinch.
Yamaguchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yamaguchi tries to break free but Krigson pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Yamaguchi fails to land.
Krigson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yamaguchi is breathing heavily.
A short left from Krigson.
Krigson lands with a short shot to the head.
Krigson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Krigson can't find room to land a body shot as Yamaguchi controls the action.
Krigson misses with a punch to the body.
Krigson lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krigson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yamaguchi or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Krigson.
Krigson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Yamaguchi to his knees! Krigson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wotan Krigson!
Wotan Krigson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Shinobi logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Daiki Yamaguchi spoke after the fight, saying 'Sepukku!!!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amadeus Mozart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mozart's choice of entrance music: Rock Me Amadeus. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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22
190 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raja Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amadeus Mozart!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mozart tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mozart.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mozart is just out of range.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mozart manages to avoid it.
Mozart drives through and clinches with Khan against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mozart.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mozart.
Khan wants to get back to striking at distance but Mozart won't allow it.
Mozart avoiding damage.
Mozart misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mozart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mozart tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Mozart back against the cage.
Mozart is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mozart stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mozart keeps control of Khan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mozart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mozart lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mozart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khan 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.
Mozart can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mozart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mozart manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Mozart has the dominant position.
Mozart is working Khan over against the cage.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mozart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mozart misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mozart lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mozart lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mozart lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Mozart misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mozart doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mozart is struggling to control the position.
Mozart tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mozart tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Mozart scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mozart prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mozart just leaning against Khan, taking a breather.
Mozart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mozart lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mozart.
Mozart lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mozart lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mozart.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Mozart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mozart stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mozart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Mozart - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mozart swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mozart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mozart misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amadeus Mozart dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Mozart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mozart fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Mozart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mozart looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Raja Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan throws a body punch but Mozart moves out of range.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Mozart fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mozart has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mozart tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mozart tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan is looking for a counter combo.
Mozart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mozart moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mozart holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mozart has him pressed against the cage.
Mozart tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mozart misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mozart misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Mozart to work.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Mozart tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mozart taking a breather.
Mozart tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Mozart back against the cage.
Mozart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Mozart is controlling him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mozart.
Mozart can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mozart.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Mozart.
Mozart tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Mozart back against the cage.
A short left from Mozart.
Mozart looking to stall.
Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mozart counters with a straight right hand.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mozart moves away.
Mozart looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mozart clinches up with Khan and pushes him back against the cage.
Mozart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Mozart.
Mozart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mozart pulls Khan into guard.
Khan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mozart looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mozart is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Khan frees his head nicely. Oh but Mozart has switched to an armbar! Khan is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Amadeus Mozart!
Amadeus Mozart thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taichi Kitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Messie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kitano's entrance music is Angel of Doom - Shiro Sagisu. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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27
177 lbs
10 - 0 - 0 |
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27
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taichi Kitano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanley Messie!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitano slips under a jab.
Stanley Messie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Messie jabs Kitano right on the nose. Kitano blinks but takes it well.
Messie throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kitano counters with a stiff right hand.
Kitano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Messie was well out of range. Poor timing from Kitano.
Messie tries to clinch but Kitano is having none of it.
Danga de danga de dang - Kitano scores with a four punch combination!
Kitano scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Messie doesn't seem bothered though.
Kitano blocks a jab.
Messie lands with a good body shot.
Messie misses with a lunging right hand
and Kitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kitano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Messie throws out the jab.
Messie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Messie's coach down at The Factory was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Messie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Messie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kitano throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Kitano.
Messie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kitano.
Messie swings widly with a right hand
enabling Kitano to counter with a crisp jab.
A cross from Kitano lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Messie swings widly with a right hand
and Kitano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Messie misses with a shot to the body
and Kitano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kitano swings for the body but Messie moves out of range.
Messie cracks Kitano with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kitano misses with a hook
and Messie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Messie misses with a looping right.
It looked like Kitano was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Messie.
Messie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Messie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Messie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Messie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kitano.
Kitano blocks a jab.
Messie moves into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kitano tries to work over Messie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kitano misses with some punches.
Messie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kitano backwards.
Messie tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano lands a body punch.
Kitano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Messie or not.
Messie swings wildly with an uppercut but Kitano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Messie struggles to land a body shot inside as Kitano controls his hands.
Messie throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Messie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kitano lands with a short shot to the head.
Kitano throws a head punch that misses.
Kitano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Messie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kitano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Messie swings for the body but Kitano moves out of range.
Kitano slips under a jab from Messie.
Kitano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kitano cracks Messie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kitano throws a hook to the side of Messie's head but Messie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Messie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kitano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Messie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kitano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messie moves out of range as Kitano strikes.
Messie throws a poor cross that misses
and Kitano counters with a right hand to the body.
Kitano looks to land a left hand but Messie moved out of range nicely.
Messie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kitano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kitano looks to land a combination. Messie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kitano looks to throw the jab but Messie is out of range.
Kitano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Messie blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Messie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kitano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Messie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Messie misses.
Messie misses with a wild body shot.
Kitano lands a jab.
Messie swings for the body but Kitano moves out of range.
Messie slips under a jab from Kitano.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Messie swings for the body but Kitano moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messie throws a body punch but Kitano moves out of range.
As Messie looks to move away, Kitano throws a big counter combo but Messie just gets out of the way.
Messie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kitano scores with a jab.
It looks like Stanley Messie has been cut.
Kitano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Messie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kitano connects with a body shot that sends Messie's belly button to the back.
Kitano throws an overhand right that lands on Messie's shoulder, as Messie tries to avoid the shot.
Kitano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Messie.
Messie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kitano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Messie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kitano with a body shot.
Kitano misses with a lunging right hand
and Messie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Messie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kitano thinking.
Kitano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Messie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Messie misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taichi Kitano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stanley Messie'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.
Kitano misses with a body shot.
Messie misses the jab.
Kitano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Messie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Messie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kitano throws a body punch but Messie moves out of range.
Kitano staying out of range there.
Messie slips a straight right by Kitano.
Kitano tries to bum rush Messie with a series of wild strikes but Messie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Messie moves into range and clinches up with Kitano.
Kitano lands a nice shot to the body.
Kitano misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kitano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kitano blocks a body shot from Messie.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kitano.
Messie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kitano tries a body shot but Messie blocks it.
Kitano prevents a body shot from Messie.
Kitano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano blocks a body shot from Messie.
Messie blocking some punches.
Kitano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Messie can do to turn this around?
Kitano misses with a punch to the body.
Messie has a couple of punches blocked by Kitano.
Messie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Messie misses with a punch to the body.
Messie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kitano throws a big shot that misses.
Messie misses with a jab to the body
enabling Kitano to counter with a crisp jab.
Kitano scores with a shot to the body.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Kitano throws an overhand right that lands on Messie's shoulder, as Messie tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Messie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kitano misses with a straight right.
Messie takes one to the chin there.
Messie ducks under a wild hook from Kitano.
Messie works the jab nicely.
Kitano ducks under a wild hook from Messie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Messie moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Messie misses with an uppercut
and Kitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Messie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kitano.
Kitano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Messie.
Messie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kitano throws a body shot but no joy.
Kitano throws a shot to the body.
Messie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kitano momentarily.
Kitano throws an off balance right hand
enabling Messie to counter with a crisp jab.
Kitano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kitano staying out of range there.
Kitano throwing a counter right hand but Messie manages to avoid it.
Messie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Messie throws a sloppy body shot
and Kitano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Messie thinking.
A jab lands there for Kitano.
A shot to the body from Messie misses
enabling Kitano to counter with a crisp jab.
Taichi Kitano is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Messie scores with a decent looking hook.
Messie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Messie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Messie is rocked!
Kitano fakes the body blow, causing Messie to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Messie goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Taichi Kitano!
Taichi Kitano retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Taichi Kitano 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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