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DFC 22: Saunders Vs Johns PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corey Truck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riccardo Pica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corey Truck has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Brawler
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Corey Truck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Riccardo Pica!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pica tries for a takedown but Truck circles away easily
and Truck counters with a single leg into guard. Pica didn't expect that.
Pica is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Truck dives into side control.
Truck is putting a hurting on Pica here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pica controls the position for a moment.
Pica looks winded!
Truck prevents Pica from escaping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pica takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pica is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The referee asks Truck politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Truck prefers to stall for the moment though.
We've been hearing good reports from Truck's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Truck working the ground and pound.
Pica takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Truck landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Truck controlling the position.
Truck working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Truck lands a few punches from side control.
Pica is rocked!
Truck in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Pica looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Truck turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corey Truck!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yo Yo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: XXL. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Willy Johnson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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174 lbs
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yo Yo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Willy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yo stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Yo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Yo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yo cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Yo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson wants to stand up but Yo is controlling him.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Yo controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Yo postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Johnson is trying to keep Yo in close.
Yo lands a couple of digs.
Yo cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Yo looking to pass the guard.
Yo is working Johnson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Yo controlling him for the moment.
Yo cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yo postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Johnson is rocked!
Yo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Yo finish him?
Yo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson looks winded!
Yo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Johnson's guard.
Yo sitting in half guard here. He lands a big elbow that has hurt Johnson! Oh, Johnson is in big trouble! Yo lands more strikes and the ref dives in to save him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yo Yo!
Yo Yo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakeem Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Tucker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great low kicks
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hakeem Perry!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perry gets tackled into the cage by Tucker. Tucker maintains the clinch.
Tucker is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tucker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tucker lands with a right to the head.
Tucker lands a hook that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
Tucker struggles to land a body shot inside as Perry controls his hands.
Tucker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tucker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tucker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perry is rocked!
Tucker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
Perry is still on wobbly legs! Can Tucker finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perry misses with the head strike.
Tucker throws a big uppercut that drops Perry! More strikes from Tucker and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Perry lies dazed against the cage as Tucker celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Tucker!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Old Man Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikey Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Old Man Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Hemmingworth and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Watson.
Jenkins punishes Watson's body with a nice straight punch.
Jenkins lands an overhand right.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Watson is defended easily by Jenkins.
Jenkins misses the jab.
Watson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Jenkins sprawls and moves away.
Watson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jenkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
Jenkins feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Watson sprawling to the canvas! Watson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Jenkins finish him?!
Watson is rocked!
It looks like Mikey Watson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Jenkins shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jenkins cracks Watson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Jenkins has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Watson to stand back up!
Oh Watson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jenkins goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watson feinted with a counter takedown.
Jenkins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Watson gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Jenkins points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Watson wakes up just in time to hear Jenkins thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Old Man Jenkins!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Murha Pate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chayton Littlestone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murha Pate could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chayton Littlestone's chin.
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Murha Pate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chayton Littlestone!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pate cracks the inside of Littlestone's front leg.
We've been informed that Littlestone has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Littlestone keeps the fight on the outside.
Pate backing away here, and Littlestone unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Littlestone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pate to score with a decent uppercut.
Littlestone 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.
Pate takes a swing at Littlestone's ribcage but misses.
Pate fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pate fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Littlestone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pate throws a nice head kick!
Littlestone takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pate connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate lands a leg kick that knocks Littlestone off balance momentarily.
Pate tries to land a body kick
and Littlestone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Pate. Those never looked like landing.
Pate lands a high kick!
Pate looks to throw a body kick
and Littlestone counters with a right hand to the body.
Pate looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pate misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Littlestone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pate lands a really nice looking cross but Littlestone seems unphased.
Littlestone walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pate.
Pate throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Littlestone on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pate looks to land a combination but Littlestone avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pate connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Littlestone's hands.
Littlestone moves out of range of the leg kick from Pate.
A nice side step and Littlestone releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pate throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Littlestone moves out of range of the body kick from Pate.
Pate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Littlestone swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pate thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Littlestone if he has to take too many more of those.
Pate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Littlestone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pate tries to score with a low kick but Littlestone moves his leg out of the way.
A little jabbing left from Littlestone on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Littlestone gets tackled into the cage by Pate. Pate maintains the clinch.
Littlestone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pate swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pate clinches up against the cage.
Pate gets through Littlestone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Littlestone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Littlestone breaks the clinch.
Good leg kick by Pate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pate pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice side step and Littlestone releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pate tries to work over Littlestone's front leg with a kick but Littlestone checks it.
A countering left hand to the body from Littlestone misses.
Littlestone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pate cracks Littlestone with an open hand slap.
Littlestone moves out of range as Pate strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pate backing away here, and Littlestone unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Littlestone checks a leg kick.
Pate lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Littlestone has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pate.
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!
Pate throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pate explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Littlestone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pate lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pate misses with a low kick.
Littlestone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murha Pate dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Littlestone momentarily.
Murha Pate is winning the standup battle so far.
Pate throws a wild body kick that Littlestone sees coming a mile off.
Pate fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Littlestone checks it well.
Pate looks to land a body kick but Littlestone moved away.
Pate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Littlestone.
Littlestone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pate pivots, looking for a leg kick but Littlestone is out of range and Pate settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pate attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pate thows a leg kick but Littlestone checks it
and Littlestone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pate throws a wild body kick that Littlestone sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Littlestone stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pate.
Pate throws a chopping leg kick but Littlestone manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pate lands with a cross.
Pate connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Littlestone's hands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pate.
Pate explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pate throws a body kick that misses.
Littlestone appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pate scores with a sloppy right hand. Littlestone should have avoided that one.
Littlestone 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate cracks Littlestone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murha Pate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pate throws a lazy right hand but Littlestone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Littlestone gets tackled into the cage by Pate. Pate maintains the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pate tries to work over Littlestone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Littlestone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Littlestone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pate cracks a nice hook into Littlestone's ribs.
Pate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Littlestone.
Littlestone blocks a low kick nicely.
Littlestone throws out a counter right but Pate avoids it with no problem.
Littlestone ducks under a wild hook from Pate.
A nice side step and Littlestone releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Pate misses.
Littlestone was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate misses with a left hand
and Littlestone counters with a straight right hand.
Pate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pate.
Littlestone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pate.
Pate with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Littlestone 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.
Littlestone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Littlestone has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pate.
Pate tries to score with a low kick but Littlestone moves his leg out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Littlestone blocks a head kick by Pate.
Littlestone feints a counter leg kick.
Pate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pate goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick there by Pate.
Pate connects with a right hand. Littlestone shakes it off.
Pate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Littlestone was well out of range. Poor timing from Pate.
Pate misses with a low kick as Littlestone jumps back.
Littlestone now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pate lands a nice shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murha Pate dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pate misses with a shot to the body
enabling Littlestone to counter with a crisp jab.
Littlestone has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pate.
Pate keeps Littlestone at a distance using the push kick.
Pate wants to clinch.
Pate scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pate swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Littlestone appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pate tries to bum rush Littlestone with a series of wild strikes but Littlestone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Littlestone throws out a counter right but Pate avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Littlestone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pate connects with a leg kick. Littlestone looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pate misses with a right hand
and Littlestone counters with a low kick, right behind Pate 's knee.
Littlestone walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pate scores with a jab to the body.
Pate throws a push kick but Littlestone slaps the foot to one side.
Pate throws a solid leg kick but Littlestone takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pate.
Pate throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pate closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Littlestone counter with a right hand.
Chayton Littlestone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate misses with a right hand
and Littlestone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pate thumps Littlestone with a low kick.
Pate looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Littlestone now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
You can see that Littlestone has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Pate walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Littlestone checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pate backing away here, and Littlestone unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pate closes the distance but Littlestone moves to the side
and Littlestone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate throws a nice head kick!
Littlestone avoids the head kick by Pate.
Pate scores with a spinning back kick!
Pate lands a nice shot that snaps Littlestone's head back.
Littlestone is rocked!
Pate fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pate lands a nice leg kick that just misses Littlestone's sensitive parts.
Pate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Littlestone can do to turn this around?
A head kick from Pate lands but Littlestone takes it in his stride.
Littlestone is still on wobbly legs! Can Pate finish him?
Littlestone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Littlestone chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pate can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Littlestone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Littlestone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pate has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pate pushes Littlestone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Littlestone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pate looks to score with a jab to the body but Littlestone is just out of range.
Littlestone is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pate with a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Pate finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pate scores with a leg kick.
Pate lands a brutal head kick. Littlestone looks out on his feet and Pate throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Murha Pate!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Goat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 25 Ta Life - Fight Dirty kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Goat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, TJ De Santos!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goat missing with a left hand there. De Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Goat definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
De Santos lands a nice looking body kick.
Goat swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Santos moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from De Santos.
Goat tries to break free but De Santos pushes him back against the cage.
De Santos lands a right hand.
De Santos is stalling here.
De Santos trying to stall but Goat improves his position.
Goat tries to score a body lock takedown but De Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Santos.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Santos.
Goat tries to break free but De Santos pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goat pulls guard.
De Santos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goat trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos is posturing up here but Goat has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! De Santos tries to roll out but it's too tight and De Santos has to tap! Slick submission there by Goat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Billy Goat!
Our winner, Billy Goat, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junkyard Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Striking Champion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striking Champion acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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210 lbs
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junkyard Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Striking Champion!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Champion tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dog swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dog misses the shot to the body.
Champion looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Dog checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice body punch from Champion.
Champion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dog throws out the jab.
Dog blocks a head kick by Champion.
Dog was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Some wild striking there from Dog.
Dog lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Striking Champion has been cut.
Dog avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dog appears to be looking for a big counter.
Junkyard Dog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Champion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dog throws a looping overhand right but Champion ducks down to avoid it.
Dog lands a jab-cross combination.
Champion throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog connects with a crisp jab.
Champion looks to land a left hand but Dog moved out of range nicely.
Champion gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dog.
Dog misses with a body punch
and Champion counters with a one-two to the body.
Champion moves away from the strike by Dog.
Champion connects with a high kick.
Dog throws a shot from downtown. Champion moves away and avoids it.
Dog scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dog will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Champion slips a straight right by Dog.
Dog scores with a body shot.
Dog scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dog swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Champion.
Champion is rocked!
Champion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Champion is still on wobbly legs! Can Dog finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champion throws a poor cross that misses
and Dog counters with a crisp right that sends Champion to the canvas! Dog follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junkyard Dog!
An out of breath and clearly excited Junkyard Dog thanked Sully's Bar & Grill for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reco Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Drakivomoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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147 lbs
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153 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reco Penn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boris Drakivomoy!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drakivomoy misses with an uppercut. Penn saw that one coming.
Penn moves out of range of the strikes.
Penn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Drakivomoy misses with a lunging right hand
and Penn counters with a nice uppercut.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penn scores with a hook to the body. Drakivomoy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drakivomoy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Penn lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Penn scores with a head kick. Drakivomoy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Boris Drakivomoy has been cut.
Drakivomoy throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Penn.
Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drakivomoy.
Drakivomoy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Penn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drakivomoy.
Penn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Penn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drakivomoy or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Drakivomoy fails to land.
Drakivomoy throws a head punch that misses.
Penn lands with a light punch inside.
Penn pushes Drakivomoy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Drakivomoy has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Penn gets through Drakivomoy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Penn lands with a light punch inside.
Penn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Penn scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drakivomoy looks winded!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Penn blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drakivomoy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Penn's elbow.
Drakivomoy tries to stall but Penn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Penn gets through Drakivomoy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penn presses Drakivomoy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penn lands with a short shot to the head.
Penn gets through Drakivomoy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drakivomoy is stalling here.
Penn presses Drakivomoy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Penn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Penn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drakivomoy backwards.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Penn lands an uppercut.
Penn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Penn scoring well with a low kick there.
Penn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Drakivomoy on the side of the head.
Penn instigates a clinch.
Penn lands with a right to the head.
Penn just leaning against Drakivomoy, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn breaks from the clinch.
Penn works the jab nicely.
Drakivomoy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drakivomoy is rocked!
Penn dips to his left and cracks Drakivomoy with an uppercut!
Drakivomoy is still on wobbly legs! Can Penn finish him?
Penn slips under a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Penn. Drakivomoy shrugs it off though.
Penn lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Drakivomoy - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Penn!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Reco Penn!
Reco Penn retains his featherweight title!
Reco Penn decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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#R1#
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Saunders missing with a left hand there. Johns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saunders throws a body punch but Johns moves out of range.
Saunders falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johns counters with a stiff right hand.
Good work by Johns as he checks the leg kick.
Saunders throws a one two combo.
La'Von Johns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders throws a right hand that Johns ducks under and follows up with a left that Johns also avoids with ease.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saunders paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saunders swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saunders tries to score with a low kick but Johns moves his leg out of the way.
Johns is looking to clinch.
Johns lands a head shot.
The fighters circling - Saunders throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saunders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johns.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#CL2#
Johns rushes Saunders and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johns blocking some punches.
#T1##BC2#
Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saunders throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saunders swats away the attempt to clinch by Johns.
Saunders connects with a crisp jab.
Johns takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saunders manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johns connects with a single shot there.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Saunders circles away.
Saunders tries to close the distance and clinch but Johns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johns gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saunders .
Saunders keeps the fight on the outside.
Johns lands a jab.
Saunders connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Saunders is looking to chop away at Johns's legs.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Saunders circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saunders misses the jab.#T2#
Johns tries to clinch up but Saunders circles away and keeps his distance.
Johns defending well as Saunders loads up on a big left hand.
Saunders fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johns on the side of the head.#ROC#
Johns is rocked!
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Saunders circles away.
Saunders throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saunders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saunders tries to bum rush Johns with a series of wild strikes but Johns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#CL2#
Johns gets in close and instigates a clinch.
I was talking to Saunders 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johns gets through Saunders 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johns lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Saunders misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johns blocking some punches.
Saunders lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johns pushes Saunders back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saunders misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Saunders - just one landing.
Johns is still on wobbly legs! Can Saunders finish him?
Saunders throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Johns colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Saunders as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Johns is left battered and dazed whilst Saunders and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kasper Saunders !
Kasper Saunders retains his bantamweight title!
La'Von Johns was interviewed post fight and said 'It just wasn't my night, but I'll be back, I promise you, that gold will be mine.'.
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