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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sean Heir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Levi Ackerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heir comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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137 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Heir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Levi Ackerman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ackerman plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Heir shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ackerman pinned against the cage. Ackerman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ackerman throws a lazy head kick
and Heir counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ackerman won't be happy with that.
Ackerman bucks up and tries to throw Heir off but instead Heir has got his back!
Heir thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Heir controlling the position well here. Ackerman rolled but Heir kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Heir 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.
Heir punches the canvas rather than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ackerman is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Heir has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heir punches the canvas rather than the man.
Heir working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Ackerman is doing well to defend. Heir seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Ackerman is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sean Heir!
Sean Heir thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lamphard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Voilier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voilier is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I came to play. 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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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Lamphard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Voilier!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voilier darts in looking for a takedown but Lamphard gets double underhooks and turns Voilier into the cage.
Voilier closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lamphard quickly recovers to half guard.
Lamphard trying to control but Voilier postures up.
Lamphard has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Lamphard is pressing down on Voilier's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Voilier trying to control but Lamphard is working from the bottom.
Lamphard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lamphard tries to get out of the position.
Lamphard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Voilier defends well.
Lamphard looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamphard is looking to stand up but Voilier isn't so interested in that idea.
Lamphard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Voilier defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voilier trying to control the position from guard on top but Lamphard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lamphard looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Lamphard is looking for a triangle but Voilier pushes his legs off easily.
Lamphard looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Voilier preventing the sweep.
Lamphard has a closed guard, preventing Voilier from standing up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lamphard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Voilier closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Lamphard tries to improve position but can't.
Lamphard wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Voilier passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Lamphard!
Lamphard regains half guard.
Lamphard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Voilier lands strikes from half guard.
Lamphard looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voilier working the head and body with strikes.
Lamphard is looking to improve his position.
Lamphard slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Voilier must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lamphard working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Voilier has passed into half guard!
Lamphard keeping control of the position.
Lamphard wants to improve his position but Voilier is controlling well.
Voilier wants to take a breather but Lamphard is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Voilier wants to pass to mount but Lamphard is defending the position.
Lamphard moves into full guard.
Voilier wants to control from the top but Lamphard keeps moving.
Lamphard is looking for a triangle but Voilier pushes his legs off easily.
Lamphard is looking for a triangle here but Voilier uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Voilier wants to take a breather but Lamphard manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Voilier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Voilier dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lamphard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Voilier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Frank Lamphard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamphard is looking to clinch.
Voilier is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Frank Lamphard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lamphard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Voilier, pushing him back against the cage.
Lamphard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lamphard lands a nice uppercut.
Lamphard can't find room to land a body shot as Voilier controls the action.
Lamphard fails to pull guard.
Nice body punch from Lamphard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamphard misses with some punches.
Lamphard breaks the clinch.
Lamphard misses with a head kick.
Voilier throws a sloppy head kick and Lamphard moves out of range easily.
Voilier closes the distance and clinches up with Lamphard, looking for a takedown. Voilier pushes Lamphard against the cage but Lamphard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamphard doesn't manage to clinch there - Voilier circles away.
Lamphard pushes Voilier up against the cage in a clinch.
Lamphard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lamphard manages to break the clinch.
Lamphard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Voilier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lamphard sets himself, and Voilier steps forward looking for the clinch! Lamphard avoids it this time.
Lamphard lands a jab to Voilier's midsection.
Lamphard wants to clinch up but Voilier keeps it at a distance.
Voilier throws a body punch but Lamphard moves out of range.
Lamphard has managed to clinch.
Lamphard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Voilier lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lamphard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lamphard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lamphard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Voilier can do to turn this around?
Good body shot from Lamphard.
Voilier is breathing heavily.
Lamphard lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lamphard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lamphard throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Lamphard.
Lamphard lands a left hand.
Lamphard throws a big uppercut that drops Voilier! More strikes from Lamphard and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Voilier lies dazed against the cage as Lamphard celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Lamphard!
Frank Lamphard spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianpaolo Volpicelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gianpaolo Volpicelli acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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190 lbs
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197 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gianpaolo Volpicelli!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volpicelli tries to move into range but Potter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Volpicelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Potter.
Potter looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Volpicelli ducks under a wild hook from Potter.
Potter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Volpicelli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Potter half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Volpicelli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Potter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Volpicelli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Volpicelli dives in and scores a takedown into Potter's guard.
Potter wants to sweep here but Volpicelli controlling him for the moment.
Volpicelli pushes down on Potter's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Volpicelli tries to pass the half guard into mount. Potter knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Potter moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volpicelli works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Volpicelli is pressing down on Potter's thigh, looking to free his foot. Potter is holding on for now.
Potter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Volpicelli must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Volpicelli throwing strikes from guard but Potter blocks nicely.
Potter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potter is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Volpicelli is aware though and is defending well.
Potter wants to sweep here but Volpicelli controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volpicelli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Potter controls Volpicelli momentarily but Volpicelli frees himself.
Volpicelli passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Volpicelli trying to control the action but Potter is working from the bottom.
Potter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Potter sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Potter gets full guard.
Potter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Volpicelli manages to get himself to full guard.
Potter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Volpicelli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Volpicelli wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Potter is now in half guard.
Potter wants to free his trapped foot but Volpicelli is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Potter sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Volpicelli is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter is just content to waste time from the top position. Volpicelli takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Volpicelli is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Potter passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Potter controls the position from side control.
Potter tries to advance to mount but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Potter taking a breather here.
Volpicelli tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Potter easily slips into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Potter dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Potter throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Volpicelli was covering up waiting for the punch and Potter finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Potter trying to control the position from guard on top but Volpicelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Potter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Potter tries to advance to mount but Volpicelli denies him.
Volpicelli manages to get back to half guard.
Alexander Potter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volpicelli tries to get to full guard but Potter has control of the leg.
Potter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Volpicelli keeps working.
Volpicelli moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Volpicelli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Potter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Volpicelli can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Potter controls the pace.
Potter trying to control but Volpicelli is working from the bottom.
Volpicelli manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Potter manages to get himself to full guard.
Potter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Volpicelli pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Potter is keeping the position for now.
Potter looking for a sweep. Not yet Potter, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volpicelli slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Volpicelli wants to control from the top but Potter keeps moving.
Volpicelli might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Potter haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Volpicelli looking to sit in guard and control but Potter gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Potter seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Potter stopping the sweep attempt from Volpicelli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter passes Volpicelli's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Potter is looking to take a break and control but Volpicelli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Volpicelli tries to roll over but Potter keeps him under control.
Potter is trying to control. Volpicelli wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Volpicelli is looking for a sweep. Potter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Volpicelli keeps trying to improve his position.
Potter is trying to control the action in half guard but Volpicelli is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Volpicelli is trying to stand up here but Potter is controlling him well.
Potter frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Potter controlling from mount.
Potter seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Volpicelli for as long as he can get away with.
Potter's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Potter looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Potter avoids the attempt from Volpicelli to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Volpicelli is working to get back to half guard.
Potter with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Potter dominated that second round.
That's time! Potter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Volpicelli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Potter scores with a hook to the body. Volpicelli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Volpicelli gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Potter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Volpicelli is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Potter dives into side control.
Volpicelli prevents Potter from moving into mount.
Volpicelli manages to work his way to half guard, despite Potter's best efforts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potter is looking to take a break and control but Volpicelli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Potter trying to mount his opponent but Volpicelli defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Volpicelli wants to control but Potter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter trying to control the action but Volpicelli is working from the bottom.
Volpicelli is trying to control but can't.
Volpicelli wants to improve his position but Potter is controlling well.
Potter not doing much here.
Volpicelli is positioning himself well to prevent Potter advancing to mount.
Volpicelli wants to improve his position but Potter is controlling well.
Volpicelli is refusing to be controlled, as Potter sits in half guard.
Volpicelli wants to control but Potter is keeping busy.
Alexander Potter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Potter passes the guard and advances to mount!
Potter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Potter trying to control but Volpicelli is having none of it.
Potter controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Potter controlling the position easily from mount.
Gianpaolo Volpicelli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Potter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Volpicelli is looking to escape.
Potter avoids the attempt from Volpicelli to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volpicelli flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Volpicelli is wriggling around trying to escape.
Potter controlling from mount.
Volpicelli is squirming around, avoiding Potter's attempts to control the action.
Potter takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Volpicelli bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Potter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Volpicelli is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Potter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Potter 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Potter!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lynn comes to the cage accompanied by Big Things Poppin' - By: T.I.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Lynn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Russell Bell!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lynn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
Lynn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, jab by Bell - just one landing.
Lynn misses with a low kick.
Lynn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bell.
Bell lands a lovely overhand right.
Bell connects with a looping right hand.
Bell lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Russell Lynn has been cut.
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!
Bell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lynn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've been hearing reports that Lynn has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lynn on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lynn.
Lynn throws a big shot that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bell.
Bell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lynn.
Lynn throws a right hand that misses
and Bell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bell lands with a cross.
Bell misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Lynn does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell ducks under a wild hook from Lynn.
Bell scores with a body shot.
Bell cracks Lynn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lynn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lynn is out of range.
Lynn misses the jab.
Bell tries to counter with a clinch but Lynn shakes him off and moves away.
Lynn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bell's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice uppercut there from Lynn.
It looks like Russell Bell has been cut.
Lynn throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lynn misses with a looping right.
Lynn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lynn lunges at Bell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bell's hand.
Bell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lynn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bell bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lynn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bell looks to land a body kick but Lynn moved away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lynn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lynn throws a lazy uppercut
and Bell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lynn misses with a looping left.
Jab by Bell.
Bell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bell tries to clinch there but Lynn circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bell counters with a leg kick.
Jab from Bell.
Bell slips under a jab from Lynn.
Bell has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lynn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bell.
Lynn connects with a single shot there.
An inside leg kick lands from Bell.
Lynn looks to throw the jab but Bell is out of range.
Lynn throws an overhand right that lands on Bell's shoulder, as Bell tries to avoid the shot.
Russell Lynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lynn.
Bell feints a counter leg kick.
Lynn takes one on the button.
Bell ducks under a wild hook from Lynn.
Bell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lynn's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bell.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lynn manages to avoid it.
Lynn throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell throws a leg kick that misses.
Bell moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lynn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice side step and Bell releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lynn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lynn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell cracks the inside of Lynn's front leg.
Lynn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bell counters with a nice leg kick.
Lynn fails to land with a series of punches.
Bell delivers a nice body kick.
Lynn is breathing heavily.
Bell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lynn misses with a few strikes there.
Bell jabs Lynn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lynn throws a shot from downtown. Bell moves away and avoids it.
Lynn moves out of range of the body kick.
Bell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lynn misses with a lunging right hand
and Bell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bell moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Bell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lynn avoids the head kick by Bell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bell is looking to slow Lynn down with leg kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bell!
Bell lands a jab to the nose.
Lynn loads up on a big right hand but Bell slips the punch.
Bell clobbers Lynn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lynn misses with a hook. Bell ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell works over Lynn's head and body with a nice combination.
Lynn throws a leg kick
and Bell counters with a left and a right that stings Lynn.
Lynn is rocked!
Lynn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bell can pounce on him.
Oh Lynn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lynn momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bell. That's going to slow Lynn down.
Lynn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bell scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lynn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Lynn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lynn.
Lynn seems to have got his legs back now.
Bell scores with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Lynn.
Lynn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bell moves away from the strike by Lynn.
Lynn will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bell blocks a leg kick.
Lynn swats away the attempt to clinch by Bell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bell ducks under a wild hook from Lynn.
Lynn misses with a looping left.
Lynn swings widly with a right hand
and Bell counters with a leg kick.
Lynn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Bell dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
An inside leg kick lands from Bell.
Bell connects with an inside leg kick.
Bell scores with a jab to the body.
Lynn dips to his left and cracks Bell with an uppercut!
Lynn misses with a looping right.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lynn might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lynn cracks Bell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bell.
Lynn throws a big shot that misses.
Bell defending well as Lynn loads up on a big left hand.
Lynn throws out a loose jab but Bell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bell moves into the clinch.
Bell breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bell throws a series of punches but Lynn moves out of range.
Lynn misses with a looping right.
Lynn cracks Bell with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lynn. Bell does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Lynn misses.
Lynn throws a jab but it's blocked by Bell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lynn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bell. Bell obviously looking to wear him down.
Bell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lynn misses with a looping right.
Lynn misses with an uppercut.
That kick from Bell tenderised Lynn's leg. Lynn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lynn throws a hook but Bell blocks it.
Bell moves out of range as Lynn strikes.
As Lynn backs off Bell throws a huge counter combo but Lynn manages to avoid it all.
Bell slips under a jab.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Bell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bell throws a nice looking combination but Lynn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bell lands a lovely overhand right.
Lynn lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lynn takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Russell Bell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bell slips a jab from Lynn.
Bell lands a nice hook to Lynn's body. Lynn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lynn throws a looping overhand right but Bell ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lynn in his tracks.
Lynn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lynn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bell connects with a jab.
Bell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lynn missing with a left hand there. Bell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lynn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lynn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lynn feinted with a counter takedown.
Lynn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bell.
Bell lands with an uppercut that bounces Lynn off the cage and back into range.
Bell fails to land with a series of punches.
Lynn throws a body shot but no joy.
Lynn throws a nice looking combination but Bell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bell wants to counter with a clinch but Lynn pushes him away.
Nice uppercut there from Bell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynn looks to land a right hand but Bell moved out of range.
Bell throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lynn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bell staying out of range there.
Lynn looks to land a right hand but Bell moved out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bell. Lynn shrugs it off though.
Lynn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bell throws a nice head kick!
Lynn avoids the body shot from Bell.
Bell throws a right hand that Lynn ducks under and follows up with a left that Lynn also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheers as Bell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lynn doesn't seem phased though.
Lynn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Bell.
Bell 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.
Bell misses with a hook. Lynn ducked under it nicely.
Bell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lynn misses with an uppercut.
Lynn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lynn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bell misses with a wild combination.
Lynn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bell.
Lynn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Bell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lynn.
Lynn misses with a straight left.
Lynn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lynn throws a looping overhand right but Bell ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Lynn.
Lynn misses with a wild body shot.
Bell lands a head shot.
Lynn misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lynn misses with a hook. Bell ducked under it nicely.
Bell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lynn throws a right hand that misses
and Bell counters with a left and a right that stings Lynn.
Lynn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Bell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Lynn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bell.
Bell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lynn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lynn throws out a powerful jab.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Lynn moves out of range easily.
A left lands for Bell.
Lynn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bell looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bell throws the kick towards the body but Lynn avoids it.
Bell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lynn throws out the jab.
Lynn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bell.
Bell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lynn.
Lynn throws a poor cross that misses
and Bell counters with a good low kick that Lynn was not able to check.
Lynn throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lynn throws out a loose jab but Bell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lynn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bell.
Lynn throws a combination that misses
and Bell counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bell misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bell! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Lynn misses the target.
Bell throws a jab when Lynn was well out of range.
Bell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lynn is trying to break free.
Bell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick there by Bell.
Lynn's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Lynn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lynn throws out the jab.
Bell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lynn.
Lynn throws a leg kick that misses.
Bell lands a high kick!
Bell slips a straight right by Lynn.
Bell throws a counter combo.
Lynn misses with an uppercut. Bell saw that one coming.
Russell Lynn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lynn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lynn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lynn on the side of the head.
Lynn throws a hook but Bell blocks it.
Bell checks a leg kick.
Bell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lynn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bell moves into the clinch successfully.
Russell Bell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bell darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Lynn misses the target.
Bell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lynn throws a lazy right hand but Bell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lynn.
Lynn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bell's head.
Bell moves in looking to clinch but Lynn pushes him off.
Lynn misses with a looping left.
Bell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lynn.
Bell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bell scores with the left hand. Lynn knows he should have avoided that one.
Lynn throws a shot from downtown. Bell moves away and avoids it.
Bell jabs at Lynn's body.
Lynn throws a jab but it's blocked by Bell.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Bell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Lynn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Bell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lynn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bell slips a jab and a cross from Lynn.
Lynn looks to land a right hand but Bell moved out of range.
Lynn throws a right hand that misses
enabling Bell to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Lynn misses.
Lynn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lynn.
Lynn throws a lazy uppercut
and Bell counters with a two punch combo.
Bell lands a slapping body shot.
Lynn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lynn swings widly with a right hand
and Bell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bell has Lynn up against the cage in a clinch.
Lynn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lynn dips to his left and cracks Bell with an uppercut!
Lynn throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lynn tries to keep at a distance but Bell has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russell Bell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bell 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Bell!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bas Schippers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amadeus Venturo (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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bas Schippers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amadeus Venturo!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venturo cracks Schippers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schippers tries to move into range but Venturo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Schippers staying out of range there.
Venturo cracks Schippers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schippers has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Venturo.
Venturo works Schippers's body with a nice hook.
Venturo throws an overhand right that lands on Schippers's shoulder, as Schippers tries to avoid the shot.
Venturo jabs at Schippers's body.
Venturo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Schippers under the eye.
Venturo works Schippers's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schippers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Amadeus Venturo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Venturo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venturo lands a jab to the nose.
Venturo lands an overhand right.
Venturo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Venturo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Venturo cracks a nice hook into Schippers's ribs.
Venturo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Venturo lands with a straight right. Schippers didn't see that one coming.
Schippers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schippers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Schippers is rocked!
Venturo lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Schippers falls backwards - clearly groggy! Venturo dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amadeus Venturo!
An out of breath Amadeus Venturo 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Judge LaCrosse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Damian Brooks enters the cage!
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Judge LaCrosse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
LaCrosse tries to clinch there but Brooks circles away.
LaCrosse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
LaCrosse misses with a body punch
and Brooks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
LaCrosse gets through Brooks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
LaCrosse misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, LaCrosse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brooks's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from LaCrosse - that landed with a thud.
LaCrosse lands an elbow inside that Brooks shrugs off.
It looks like Damian Brooks has been cut.
Brooks wants a takedown but no success here.
LaCrosse misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks blocks a body shot from LaCrosse.
Brooks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by LaCrosse after a bit of a struggle.
Brooks is looking to take this one to the mat.
Judge LaCrosse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Brooks.
LaCrosse lands a hook to the side of the head.
LaCrosse lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
LaCrosse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
LaCrosse misses with a hook to the ribs.
LaCrosse pushes off an throws an elbow but Brooks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from LaCrosse - that landed with a thud.
Brooks tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks wants to take the fight to the mat but LaCrosse manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
LaCrosse throws an elbow that misses.
Brooks goes for a takedown in the clinch but LaCrosse prevents it.
Our sources have told us that LaCrosse has been working on his elbows in the gym.
LaCrosse lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
LaCrosse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brooks blocks a body shot from LaCrosse.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, LaCrosse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brooks's brow.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
LaCrosse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LaCrosse lands a body punch.
LaCrosse lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brooks is looking for a takedown up against the cage. LaCrosse gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from LaCrosse.
LaCrosse misses with a punch to the body.
LaCrosse tries to throw a body punch but Brooks avoids it by throwing LaCrosse back against the cage.
LaCrosse lands a nice uppercut.
Brooks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. LaCrosse is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
LaCrosse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brooks's defenses.
LaCrosse lands a nice elbow.
Brooks blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks dodges an elbow strike from LaCrosse.
Brooks is looking to take this one to the mat.
LaCrosse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brooks takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
LaCrosse pushes Brooks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brooks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by LaCrosse after a bit of a struggle.
LaCrosse misses with a hook to the ribs.
LaCrosse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brooks takes a shot to the head.
LaCrosse misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Judge LaCrosse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damian Brooks's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Brooks shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. LaCrosse manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
LaCrosse looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brooks is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brooks postures up in LaCrosse's guard and throws a big left but LaCrosse blocks it.
Brooks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
LaCrosse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brooks can do to turn this around?
Brooks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brooks is working LaCrosse over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks stopping the sweep attempt from LaCrosse.
LaCrosse working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brooks.
Brooks throwing strikes but missing.
Brooks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brooks looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brooks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brooks advances to half guard.
Brooks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brooks trying to control from half guard but LaCrosse is working away.
LaCrosse is defending against the submission attempts here by Brooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
LaCrosse is staying active underneath Brooks, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brooks is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so LaCrosse is just riding it out for now. Brooks eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brooks throwing shots but LaCrosse is blocking nicely.
Brooks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and LaCrosse defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
LaCrosse is refusing to be controlled, as Brooks sits in half guard.
Brooks thows a huge punch but LaCrosse dodges it nicely.
Brooks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brooks wants to control but LaCrosse is keeping him busy.
Brooks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
LaCrosse on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if LaCrosse tries to get out of the position.
Brooks throws a strike but LaCrosse avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
LaCrosse bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brooks's guard.
Damian Brooks has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brooks looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brooks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaCrosse trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brooks bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in LaCrosse's guard.
Brooks postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brooks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
LaCrosse keeping moving, preventing Brooks from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Brooks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Damian Brooks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Brooks scores with a jab to the head.
LaCrosse has closed the distance and engaged Brooks in a clinch.
LaCrosse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brooks's defenses.
Brooks dodges an elbow strike from LaCrosse.
LaCrosse prevents the takedown attempt.
A short left from LaCrosse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LaCrosse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
LaCrosse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
LaCrosse struggles to land a body shot inside as Brooks controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, LaCrosse creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brooks is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaCrosse struggles to land a body shot inside as Brooks controls his hands.
Judge LaCrosse has scored more points in the clinch so far.
LaCrosse throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks.
Brooks is looking for a takedown up against the cage. LaCrosse gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
LaCrosse tries to work over Brooks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
LaCrosse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
LaCrosse lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
LaCrosse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
LaCrosse lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaCrosse working aggressively here.
LaCrosse pushes off an throws an elbow but Brooks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
LaCrosse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brooks changes levels and goes for a takedown here. LaCrosse fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Judge LaCrosse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Brooks.
LaCrosse tries to clinch up but Brooks circles away and keeps his distance.
Brooks drops down looking to force a counter takedown but LaCrosse defends it well.
LaCrosse is looking to clinch but Brooks is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from LaCrosse as Brooks shoots in.
LaCrosse moves in looking to clinch but Brooks pushes him off.
Brooks wants to counter the offense by LaCrosse and move into the clinch position.
LaCrosse tries to clinch but Brooks is having none of it.
LaCrosse clinches up with Brooks and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LaCrosse scores with a shoulder strike.
LaCrosse lands a nice elbow.
Brooks is looking for a takedown.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike from LaCrosse.
LaCrosse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from LaCrosse fails to land.
Brooks avoids a wild elbow strike from LaCrosse.
Brooks blocks the elbow strike.
LaCrosse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from LaCrosse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaCrosse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
LaCrosse can't find room to land a body shot as Brooks controls the action.
Still in the clinch, LaCrosse scores with a nice short uppercut.
LaCrosse lands a body punch in the clinch.
LaCrosse scores with a shoulder strike.
LaCrosse pushes off an throws an elbow but Brooks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
LaCrosse lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from LaCrosse.
Brooks is still on wobbly legs! Can LaCrosse finish him?
LaCrosse misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Judge LaCrosse showed his dominance in that final round.
I think LaCrosse 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Judge LaCrosse!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Skap Hazard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iko Morrowind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrowind is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Foggy Dew. Skap Hazard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Skap Hazard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Iko Morrowind!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrowind throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hazard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morrowind misses with a straight left.
Morrowind misses with a hook
and Hazard counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrowind getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morrowind throws an off balance right hand
and Hazard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrowind misses with an uppercut
and Hazard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrowind has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrowind fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hazard manages to avoid it.
Morrowind swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hazard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hazard defending well as Morrowind loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Hazard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hazard moves out of range of the strikes.
Hazard is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrowind throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Hazard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morrowind looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hazard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Iko Morrowind seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrowind misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Hazard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morrowind misses with a right hand
and Hazard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrowind moves out of range as Hazard strikes.
Morrowind rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hazard counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Hazard.
Morrowind misses with an uppercut
and Hazard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hazard looks to throw the jab but Morrowind is out of range.
Morrowind throws a nice looking combination but Hazard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little feinted left hand from Hazard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind lands a nice shot that snaps Hazard's head back.
Morrowind throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrowind throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hazard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrowind.
Hazard is looking to counter punch.
Hazard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hazard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morrowind misses with an uppercut
and Hazard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hazard cracks Morrowind with a good jab.
Hazard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Morrowind throws a series of punches but Hazard moves out of range.
Hazard is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Hazard misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hazard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hazard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Morrowind throws a sloppy body shot
and Hazard counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrowind swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hazard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab by Morrowind.
Morrowind misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hazard.
Morrowind on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hazard throws a hook but Morrowind blocks it.
Morrowind is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A slow jab from Hazard misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind misses with a combination
and Hazard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morrowind scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Skap Hazard has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hazard throws an off balance right hand
and Morrowind connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Morrowind.
Hazard is looking to counter punch.
Hazard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrowind.
An attempted straight right counter from Hazard misses the target.
Morrowind throws a jab when Hazard was well out of range.
Hazard misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skap Hazard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skap Hazard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hazard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrowind.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morrowind.
Morrowind throws a series of punches but Hazard avoids them all with ease.
Morrowind ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skap Hazard is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrowind throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Hazard misses the target.
Morrowind throws an overhand right that lands on Hazard's shoulder, as Hazard tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Hazard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrowind lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hazard circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrowind just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrowind misses with a few strikes there.
Hazard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Morrowind misses with an uppercut
and Hazard counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrowind misses with a hook
and Hazard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morrowind steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hazard.
Morrowind throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice body punch from Morrowind.
Morrowind misses with a body shot
and Hazard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hazard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Morrowind, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hazard is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circling - Hazard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrowind throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hazard throwing a counter right hand but Morrowind manages to avoid it.
Hazard misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind misses with a double jab
letting Hazard counter with a right hand.
Morrowind misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hazard.
It looked like Hazard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrowind takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hazard moves forwards but Morrowind connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big right from Hazard misses.
Iko Morrowind is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrowind is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hazard.
A little feinted left hand from Hazard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morrowind just misses with a punch to the body.
Hazard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrowind.
Hazard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazard cracks Morrowind with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morrowind swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hazard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrowind throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hazard counters with a straight right hand.
Hazard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hazard throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Morrowind to counter with a crisp jab.
Morrowind tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hazard was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrowind.
Hazard stuns Morrowind with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind misses with an uppercut.
Morrowind displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hazard throws out the jab.
Morrowind tries to bum rush Hazard with a series of wild strikes but Hazard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morrowind throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hazard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hazard misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrowind lands a glancing blow to the side of Hazard's head.
Hazard scores with a decent looking hook.
A big left from Morrowind misses.
Morrowind misses with a jab to the body
and Hazard counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Skap Hazard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Skap Hazard's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Morrowind looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hazard throwing a counter right hand but Morrowind manages to avoid it.
Morrowind fails to land with a series of punches.
Hazard throws a hook to the side of Morrowind's head but Morrowind sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hazard blocks a jab.
Morrowind lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morrowind staying out of range there.
Morrowind misses with a double jab
letting Hazard counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hazard misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Hazard misses.
Morrowind let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazard misses with a hook. Morrowind ducked under it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morrowind, as that shot connected.
Morrowind throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hazard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab from Morrowind.
Hazard misses with an uppercut
and Morrowind counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrowind misses with a looping left.
Good standup being displayed there by Morrowind as he connects with a hook.
Hazard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hazard throws a hook but Morrowind avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Morrowind misses.
Hazard loads up on a big right hand but Morrowind slips the punch.
Hazard scores with a decent looking hook.
Morrowind takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrowind just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrowind falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morrowind takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrowind throws a body punch but Hazard moves out of range.
Morrowind ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hazard moves away.
It looked like Hazard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrowind uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hazard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hazard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrowind.
Hazard takes one on the button.
Hazard throws a poor cross that misses
and Morrowind counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from Morrowind does it's job there.
Morrowind misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hazard.
An attempted straight right counter from Hazard misses the target.
Hazard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morrowind throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrowind throws a poor cross that misses
and Hazard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morrowind with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A cross from Morrowind lands.
Hazard walks into a left hand.
Hazard connects with a looping right hand.
Morrowind lands a jab.
Iko Morrowind has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrowind throws a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iko Morrowind comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hazard 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Skap Hazard!
A relieved looking Skap Hazard 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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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernst Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernst Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy jabs Young right on the nose. Young blinks but takes it well.
Young tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
A good leg kick by Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ernst Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Young is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
Murphy scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Young checks a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Young.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy throws a good cross that connects.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Murphy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Young misses with a hook.
Murphy feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murphy.
Young is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murphy doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Young misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Decent striking displayed by Murphy there.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murphys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Young throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Young on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Murphy.
Young throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy motions for Young to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Young sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
A big left from Young misses.
Young scores with a leg kick.
Young lands with a straight right. Murphy didn't see that one coming.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Young is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Young attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Murphy counters with a body kick.
Young 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.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Murphy off the cage and back into range.
Young misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Murphy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy lands a nice shot that snaps Young's head back.
Young cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young misses the jab.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Young throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernst Young dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Murphy walks into a straight right hand from Young.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Murphy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Young has got the better of the exchanges.
Young blocks a low kick nicely.
Murphy tries to move into range but Young moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Young wants to slow Murphy down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Young catches Murphy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ernst Young is winning the standup battle so far.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Young throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Young looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Murphy lands with a hook. Young tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Young misses with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy misses with a jab to the body
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good shot there by Young.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Young avoids it with no problem.
Murphy drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Young 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.
Murphy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Young with a body shot.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Young clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Murphy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Young looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Murphy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Young with a body shot.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Young.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.
Young misses with a right hand
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young with a hook.
Young connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Young takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Young throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Murphy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy lands a nice looking body shot.
Young staying out of range there.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Murphy tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Murphy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Young misses with a lunging right hand
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Young lands with a cross.
A jab from Young does it's job there.
Young throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Young walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernst Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cedric Murphy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a good low kick that Young was not able to check.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Young throws a low kick, looking for Murphy's leg but Murphy calmly moves out of range.
Murphy swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young with a nice cross.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy lands with a cross.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murphy slips under a jab from Young.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
Young misses with a straight right.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murphy is out of range and Young settles back down.
Young scores with a shot to the body.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy lands with a good body shot.
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!
Young cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Young throws a body shot but no joy.
Young misses with the combination.
Murphy scores with a sloppy right hand. Young should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Young takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy cracks Young with a good jab.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young misses with a straight left.
Young throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy clinches.
Murphy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Young.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murphy, as that shot connected.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Young.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy throws a chopping leg kick but Young manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murphy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Young, pushing him back against the cage.
Young prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Cedric Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cedric Murphy.
I think Young 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernst Young!
Ernst Young seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Cedric Murphy was interviewed post fight and said 'fuck off... i am the best. next time i will kick his head off..'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fahad Al Qarni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Qarni kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hells Bells. Melo has chosen Max Webster- Toronto Tontos as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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187 lbs
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30
174 lbs
17 - 11 - 1 |
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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
25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fahad Al Qarni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Eddie Melo!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melo throws out a leg kick but Al Qarni moves out of range and Melo only half commits.
Melo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Al Qarni keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Melo tests Al Qarni's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Melo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Al Qarni's calf.
Melo jabs Al Qarni right on the nose. Al Qarni blinks but takes it well.
Both fighters circling a little - Al Qarni finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Al Qarni checks a low kick from Melo.
Melo throws a low kick but Al Qarni moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Al Qarni checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Al Qarni was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Melo.
Melo throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Qarni.
Al Qarni gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Al Qarni uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Melo has time to react.
Al Qarni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al Qarni is looking to counter with a body kick.
Melo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Qarni throws a hook but Melo blocks it.
Melo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice body kick there by Melo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Qarni throws a lazy right hand but Melo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Melo throws out a counter right but Al Qarni avoids it with no problem.
Melo looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Qarni is just out of range.
Melo just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Qarni throws a shot to the body.
Melo misses with a straight right.
Melo misses with a wild body shot.
Al Qarni takes a kick to the side of the head.
Al Qarni throws an overhand right that lands on Melo's shoulder, as Melo tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot lands for Al Qarni.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Al Qarni wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Al Qarni lands a head shot.
Al Qarni throws a hook to the side of Melo's head but Melo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Qarni misses with a hook
and Melo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Melo lands a head kick. Al Qarni smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Qarni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Melo counters with a nice body shot.
Melo looks to throw the jab but Al Qarni is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melo.
Al Qarni looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Melo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Al Qarni on the side of the head.
Melo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Qarni moves away.
A left lands for Melo.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Qarni keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That kick from Al Qarni tenderised Melo's leg. Melo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Al Qarni jabs at Melo's body.
Melo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al Qarni.
A low kick from Melo misses
and Al Qarni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Al Qarni checks a low kick from Melo.
Melo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Melo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Qarni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al Qarni ducks under a wild hook from Melo.
An attempted straight right counter from Al Qarni misses the target.
Al Qarni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo 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.
Melo scores with a leg kick.
Melo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melo feints and then cracks Al Qarni's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Al Qarni down.
Al Qarni throws a head kick that misses.
Melo throws a low kick but Al Qarni avoids it.
Al Qarni throws a shot to the body.
Melo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Al Qarni jabs at Melo's body.
Melo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Melo throws a head kick but Al Qarni moves out of range.
Melo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Al Qarni lands with a thumping leg kick.
Al Qarni lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Qarni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melo scores with a kick to the body.
Al Qarni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Melo.
Al Qarni shoots in and bounces Melo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Al Qarni looking to pass the guard.
Melo keeping moving, preventing Al Qarni from controlling successfully.
Al Qarni tries to free his leg and advance position but Melo is retaining full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al Qarni trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Melo manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Melo is looking to stand up but Al Qarni won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Melo dominated that round.
That's time! Al Qarni's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Melo scores with a jab.
Melo throws a jab when Al Qarni was well out of range.
Melo looks to throw the jab but Al Qarni is out of range.
Good leg kick by Al Qarni there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Al Qarni loads up on a big right hand but Melo slips the punch.
Al Qarni shoots for a takedown but Melo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Al Qarni will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Melo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Melo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Al Qarni's head.
Al Qarni listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Melo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Melo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Al Qarni lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Melo misses.
Al Qarni moves out of range as Melo throws a body kick.
Melo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Melo throws a right hand that misses
and Al Qarni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Melo tried to score with a low kick but Al Qarni checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo connects with a nice looking jab.
Melo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Al Qarni misses with an uppercut
and Melo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Melo is looking to slow Al Qarni down with leg kicks.
Al Qarni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al Qarni throws out a loose jab but Melo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melo throws a big counter head kick but Al Qarni avoids it with no problem.
Al Qarni blocks a low kick nicely.
Melo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big left from Melo misses.
Eddie Melo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Qarni lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Melo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Qarni 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.
A big left from Melo misses.
Melo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice jab there from Al Qarni.
Al Qarni takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni blocks a low kick nicely.
Al Qarni is looking to land body kicks.
Al Qarni missing with a left hand there. Melo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Al Qarni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Al Qarni checks a leg kick.
Melo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Al Qarni on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Al Qarni misses the jab.
Melo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Eddie Melo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Al Qarni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Melo slaps away a takedown attempt from Al Qarni, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Melo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Al Qarni throws a right hand that misses
enabling Melo to counter with a crisp jab.
Al Qarni throws a big shot that misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Melo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Al Qarni - the referee stops the clock and Melo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Al Qarni. Melo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Melo misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Melo throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Qarni.
Al Qarni throwing a counter right hand but Melo manages to avoid it.
Al Qarni drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Melo keeping full guard, as Al Qarni tries to pass.
Al Qarni passes Melo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Al Qarni looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Melo is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni is working for a kimura but Melo is defending it quite comfortably.
Al Qarni stops Melo from getting back to his feet.
Melo is staying active underneath Al Qarni, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Al Qarni seems to be looking for submissions.
Al Qarni is trying for a kimura here. Melo looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Al Qarni wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fahad Al Qarni!
During a confident post fight interview, Fahad Al Qarni thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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