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DUEL#57 Silver vs Phoenix PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hu Thot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Rondeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hu Thot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Rondeau!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rondeau closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Thot makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Thot shoots in but no luck this time.
Thot dives in and grabs Rondeau's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rondeau pushes down on Thot's head and hops out.
Thot looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thot shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rondeau counters with a series of strikes. Thot will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hu Thot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thot misses with a takedown attempt
and Rondeau counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rondeau manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Thot on his heels. He'll look to pass Thot's guard now, I'm sure.
Thot has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rondeau off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Thot is breathing heavily.
Rondeau misses with a head kick.
Rondeau throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thot drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rondeau sprawls and moves away.
Thot takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thot fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rondeau sprawls well initially but Thot persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rondeau is looking for a sweep. Thot is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rondeau is trying to stand up here but Thot is controlling him well.
Thot is looking for a kimura here.
Thot is looking to advance position but Rondeau won't allow it.
Rondeau is trying is best to control the position here.
Thot stops Rondeau from getting back to his feet.
Thot lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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.
Rondeau is trying to maintain the position but Thot is very close to passing his half guard.
Thot is looking for a kimura but Rondeau is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Thot to get the leverage.
Rondeau trying to control but Thot postures up.
Rondeau is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Thot is staying active.
Rondeau wants to improve his position but Thot is controlling well.
Rondeau won't allow Thot to pass to mount.
Thot thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thot throws a poor cross that misses
and Rondeau counters with a straight right hand.
Thot dives in for a single leg takedown but Rondeau sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Thot feints and as Rondeau raises his hands in defense, Thot changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thot tries to free his leg and advance position but Rondeau is retaining full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rondeau looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rondeau looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thot's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thot passes Rondeau's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Thot prevents Rondeau from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thot is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rondeau is just riding it out for now. Thot eventually gives up the hold.
Thot working over Rondeau with some ground and pound. Rondeau looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Thot seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Thot has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Rondeau defend it? Thot steps over the head and cranks it - Rondeau is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Thot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hu Thot!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kingsley Nasir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Garcia's choice of entrance music: enguinha pocoto. Alexandre Garcia is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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182 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kingsley Nasir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasir has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nasir jumps guard.
Nasir looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nasir seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Nasir is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nasir moves nicely into side control.
Garcia looks winded!
Nasir advances to full mount.
Garcia taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nasir landing strikes from the mount.
Nasir is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Garcia is in real trouble.
Garcia is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Nasir.
Nasir continues to stall.
Nasir punches Garcia on the ear.
Nasir working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Garcia is doing well to defend. Nasir seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Garcia is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kingsley Nasir!
Kingsley Nasir decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Alexandre Garcia spoke after the fight, saying 'tava sentindo dores'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bunting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunner Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bunting comes to the cage accompanied by Shell Shocked. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
41 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bunting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunner Harris!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris clinches.
Bunting misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bunting.
Harris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bunting smiles and moves away.
Harris shoots in and drives through. Bunting sprawls well.
Harris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bunting swivels and escapes.
John Bunting has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gunner Harris.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Bunting was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris tries for a takedown but Bunting circles away easily
and Bunting counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bunting is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunting circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bunting counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bunting misses with a left hand
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bunting.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harris thows a leg kick but Bunting checks it
and Bunting counters with a nice body kick.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Bunting counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Bunting moved out of range nicely.
Bunting misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
Bunting throws a head punch that misses.
Bunting goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bunting lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunting tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris walks into a jab.
Bunting dodges the punch combination from Harris.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gunner Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bunting manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bunting lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Bunting back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bunting pinned against the cage. Bunting gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harris throws an off balance right hand
and Bunting counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris dips to his left and cracks Bunting with an uppercut!
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Bunting is just out of range.
Bunting is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harris moves away from the strike by Bunting.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Bunting pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Bunting misses the target.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris instigates a clinch.
Bunting misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris jumps guard but Bunting turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bunting working aggressively here.
Bunting tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Bunting misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bunting tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunting tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bunting is working Harris over against the cage.
Bunting is pressed up against the cage. Harris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bunting down to the mat. Bunting avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bunting is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bunting throws a shot to the body.
Harris tries to clinch but Bunting is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris stalks Bunting and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bunting's face. Bunting staggers backwards, shaken.
Harris misses with a takedown
and Bunting counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bunting dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bunting jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bunting throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris drives through and clinches with Bunting against the cage.
Bunting misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bunting misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris wants to clinch up but Bunting keeps it at a distance.
Bunting stuffs the takedown attempt from Harris. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunting throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
Harris lands with a straight right. Bunting didn't see that one coming.
It looks like John Bunting has been cut.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Bunting pushes him off.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bunting moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Bunting was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Bunting fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris wants to counter the offense by Bunting and move into the clinch position.
Harris tries for a takedown but Bunting circles away easily
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John Bunting has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gunner Harris.
Harris tries for a takedown but Bunting circles away easily
and Bunting makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harris is breathing heavily.
Harris tries to clinch but Bunting moves out of range.
Harris looks to clinch
and Bunting counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris is rocked!
John Bunting is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunting is stalking Harris. Harris circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Bunting, and it's lights out! Harris really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Bunting!
John Bunting took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raistlin Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Norbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raistlin Lovelair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dirk Norbit!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norbit misses with an uppercut
and Lovelair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Dirk Norbit has been cut.
Lovelair moves out of range of the strikes.
Norbit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lovelair lands a jab.
Norbit looks to score with a jab to the body but Lovelair is just out of range.
Lovelair wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lovelair closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Norbit misses with some punches.
Lovelair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norbit is defending well for now.
Norbit misses with a punch on the inside.
Norbit has Lovelair pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lovelair manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Norbit misses with some punches.
Norbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norbit misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Lovelair's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lovelair misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Norbit.
Norbit misses with some punches.
Norbit is trying to force a seperation but Lovelair has the dominant position.
Lovelair misses with a knee strike.
Norbit has Lovelair pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lovelair manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Norbit lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lovelair backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lovelair tries to land knees in the clinch but Norbit avoids the damage to the body.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norbit avoids it.
Lovelair lands a knee to the body.
Norbit looks winded!
Lovelair lands a left hand.
Norbit managing to block the knees to the body from Lovelair.
Norbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lovelair landing knees to the head.
Norbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Lovelair.
Lovelair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lovelair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lovelair tries a knee to the head but Norbit blocks it.
Lovelair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lovelair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Norbit avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
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!
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Lovelair.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Norbit in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Norbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lovelair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lovelair prevents a takedown attempt there.
Raistlin Lovelair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Norbit.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norbit avoids it.
Norbit goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lovelair prevents it.
Lovelair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Norbit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lovelair trying to land knees to the body.
Lovelair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lovelair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lovelair missing with knees to the body.
Norbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lovelair.
Norbit has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lovelair avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lovelair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair with a knee to the head.
Norbit avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Norbit's ribcage.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but Norbit blocks with his arms.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lovelair misses with a knee strike.
Lovelair tries to land knees in the clinch but Norbit avoids the damage to the body.
Norbit avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
Lovelair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lovelair lands a hook that snaps the head of Norbit backwards.
Lovelair lands with a right to the head.
Lovelair blocking some punches.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norbit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hand to the body from Lovelair.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norbit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norbit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lovelair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norbit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norbit avoids it.
Lovelair trying to land knees to the body.
Norbit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norbit goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lovelair prevents it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Norbit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair looking to throw knees to the head but Norbit is blocking nicely.
Norbit avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
Lovelair lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lovelair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lovelair keeps control of Norbit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norbit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair tries a knee to the head but Norbit blocks it.
Lovelair is leaning against Norbit and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lovelair looking to throw knees to the head but Norbit is blocking nicely.
Lovelair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raistlin Lovelair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Norbit's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lovelair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Norbit! But no joy.
Norbit has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Norbit throws a series of punches but Lovelair moves out of range.
Lovelair pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lovelair throws a head kick but Norbit moves out of range.
Lovelair is looking to clinch.
Raistlin Lovelair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Norbit has managed to clinch.
Norbit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lovelair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norbit can do to turn this around?
Lovelair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norbit is defending well for now.
Norbit avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norbit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norbit is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lovelair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norbit.
Norbit is breathing heavily.
Norbit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lovelair is working Norbit over against the cage.
Norbit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lovelair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Norbit backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Norbit misses with a punch on the inside.
Lovelair missing with knees to the body.
Norbit throws a punch but it's blocked by Lovelair.
Lovelair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norbit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norbit changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lovelair fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Norbit throws a jab when Lovelair was well out of range.
Lovelair defending well as Norbit loads up on a big left hand.
Norbit cracks Lovelair with a good jab.
Norbit throws a leg kick
and Lovelair counters with a two punch combo.
Lovelair closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Norbit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lovelair works on Norbit's body with a couple of short punches.
Lovelair tries a knee to the head but Norbit blocks it.
Lovelair scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lovelair tries a knee to the head but Norbit blocks it.
A knee to the head by Lovelair.
Lovelair connects with a nasty looking knee right to Norbit's face.
That has opened up Dirk Norbit's cut even more.
Lovelair lands a good knee to the midsection. Norbit won't want to take too many of those.
Norbit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Norbit managing to block the knees to the body from Lovelair.
Norbit misses with some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
Lovelair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Norbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lovelair has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lovelair missing with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands a knee to the body.
Lovelair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norbit is defending well for now.
Lovelair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norbit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norbit is defending well for now.
Lovelair is pressed up against the cage. Norbit has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lovelair down to the mat. Lovelair avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Raistlin Lovelair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Norbit.
Lovelair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norbit misses with an uppercut.
Lovelair stalks Norbit and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norbit's face. Norbit staggers backwards, shaken.
Lovelair clinches up against the cage.
Norbit managing to block the knees to the body from Lovelair.
Raistlin Lovelair has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Norbit throws a head punch that misses.
Lovelair has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Norbit goes down! Lovelair pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Norbit is rocked!
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!
Lovelair in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Norbit is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Raistlin Lovelair!
Dirk Norbit was interviewed post fight and said 'lucky day for some but not for me...oh well I still got my looks'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ali Pasha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Taphorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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39
138 lbs
33 - 15 - 2 |
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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
24 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ali Pasha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Taphorn!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taphorn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pasha on the side of the head.
Pasha looks to land a right hand but Taphorn moved out of range.
Taphorn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pasha as he jumps to the side.
Pasha looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Pasha tries a head kick but it misses.
Taphorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pasha.
Pasha throws a head kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Pasha.
Pasha just misses with a punch to the body.
Taphorn was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A nice inside leg kick there by Taphorn. That's going to slow Pasha down.
Taphorn misses with an uppercut
and Pasha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pasha throws a sloppy head kick
and Pasha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left lands for Taphorn.
Taphorn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot lands for Pasha.
Pasha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taphorn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taphorn misses with a low kick.
Pasha throws a sloppy head kick and Taphorn moves out of range easily.
Pasha checks a low kick from Taphorn.
Taphorn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pasha defends it nicely.
Pasha lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Crunch! Pasha slams his shin into Taphorn's torso.
Taphorn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Taphorn scoring well with a low kick there.
Pasha looks to throw a body kick
and Taphorn counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taphorn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Taphorn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Taphorn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pasha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Taphorn is working Pasha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Taphorn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taphorn stopping the sweep attempt from Pasha.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Pasha looking for a guillotine here but Taphorn defends easily.
Taphorn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pasha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taphorn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taphorn wants to control from the top but Pasha keeps moving.
Pasha is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Pasha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Taphorn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Taphorn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taphorn chips away with some ground and pound.
Pasha keeping moving, preventing Taphorn from controlling successfully.
Taphorn might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pasha haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taphorn with a nice head shot there.
Pasha escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Taphorn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taphorn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Taphorn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Taphorn stopping the sweep attempt from Pasha.
Taphorn looking to pass the guard.
Pasha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taphorn postures up in Pasha's guard and throws a big left but Pasha blocks it.
Taphorn cracks Pasha with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taphorn avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Taphorn controls from within his opponent's guard.
Taphorn stopping the sweep attempt from Pasha.
Pasha keeping full guard, as Taphorn tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taphorn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pasha is looking for a triangle but Taphorn pushes his legs off easily.
Taphorn preventing the sweep.
Taphorn working some strikes from top position.
Taphorn passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Taphorn 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.
Taphorn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taphorn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pasha throws a sloppy head kick and Taphorn moves out of range easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Taphorn, as that shot connected.
Taphorn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pasha.
Pasha throws a good cross that connects.
Taphorn scoring well with a low kick there.
Pasha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taphorn.
Pasha walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Taphorn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pasha.
Peter Taphorn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pasha blocks the body kick.
Pasha's corner calls for a 1-2. Pasha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pasha is looking to clinch.
Pasha throws an overhand right that lands on Taphorn's shoulder, as Taphorn tries to avoid the shot.
Taphorn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pasha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Taphorn circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taphorn lands a jab.
A head kick misses from Pasha.
Taphorn throws out a counter right but Pasha avoids it with no problem.
Taphorn lands a jab.
Taphorn lunges at Pasha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pasha's hand.
Taphorn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pasha lands a glancing blow to the side of Taphorn's head.
Pasha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pasha tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Taphorn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pasha thinking.
Taphorn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taphorn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taphorn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taphorn throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasha walks into a straight right hand from Taphorn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pasha dives in and grabs Taphorn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Taphorn pushes down on Pasha's head and hops out.
Taphorn avoids the head kick by Pasha.
Taphorn throws the kick towards the body but Pasha avoids it.
Pasha stuns Taphorn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Taphorn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Taphorn throws a shot from downtown. Pasha moves away and avoids it.
Pasha appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pasha throws a head kick but Taphorn moves out of range.
Taphorn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pasha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pasha doesn't manage to clinch there - Taphorn circles away.
Taphorn unleashes a big counter combination but Pasha bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A head kick from Pasha lands but Taphorn takes it in his stride.
It looks like Peter Taphorn has been cut.
Taphorn misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taphorn misses with a shot to the body
and Pasha counters with a nice uppercut.
Pasha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Pasha.
Pasha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taphorn.
Pasha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taphorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Pasha.
Taphorn scores with a jab. Pasha acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pasha misses with a few strikes there.
Pasha closes the distance and clinches up with Taphorn, looking for a takedown. Pasha pushes Taphorn against the cage but Taphorn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ali Pasha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pasha misses with an uppercut.
Taphorn throws the kick towards the body but Pasha avoids it.
Taphorn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pasha counters with a three punch combo that has Taphorn backing up. Taphorn nods at Pasha to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taphorn misses with a body shot
and Pasha counters with a head kick that drops Taphorn - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Taphorn is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taphorn tries to get to full guard but Pasha has control of the leg.
Taphorn is still in real trouble! Can Pasha finish him?
Taphorn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pasha pulls his head out easily.
Pasha is looking for a kimura here.
Taphorn tries to get to full guard but Pasha has control of the leg.
Taphorn seems to have recovered his senses.
Pasha wants to free his trapped foot but Taphorn is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Taphorn is pressing down on Pasha's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pasha trying to control but Taphorn is working from the bottom.
Taphorn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Peter Taphorn will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Peter Taphorn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Taphorn thuds his shin into the meat of Pasha's side.
Taphorn throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Taphorn misses the target.
Pasha throws a big counter combination but Taphorn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pasha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pasha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pasha moves in looking to clinch but Taphorn pushes him off.
Taphorn cracks a nice hook into Pasha's ribs.
Pasha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pasha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taphorn throws a leg kick but Pasha sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Taphorn tries to clinch up
and Pasha counters with a head kick. That will keep Taphorn thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taphorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taphorn goes for a double leg but Pasha avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Pasha continues to drive forward.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pasha, as that shot connected.
Taphorn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pasha under the eye.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taphorn.
Pasha misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Taphorn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Taphorn takes one to the side of the head.
Taphorn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pasha lands with a cross.
Pasha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taphorn connects with a right hand. Pasha shakes it off.
Pasha swings widly with a right hand
and Taphorn counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taphorn misses the jab.
Taphorn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Taphorn wants it to stay on the feet.
Pasha is looking to clinch.
Pasha throws a jab but it's blocked by Taphorn.
Taphorn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pasha's head backwards.
Taphorn misses with a low kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Pasha misses its target.
Taphorn walks into a straight right hand from Pasha.
Pasha blocks the body kick.
Taphorn throws a push kick but Pasha slaps the foot to one side.
As Taphorn looks to move away, Pasha throws a big counter combo but Taphorn just gets out of the way.
A slow jab from Taphorn misses its intended target.
Pasha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasha throws the left hand but Taphorn avoids the punch easily.
Taphorn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pasha manages to avoid it.
Taphorn misses with a wild body shot.
Pasha throws a counter high kick but Taphorn was just alert enough to avoid it.
Taphorn lands with a nice combination. Pasha backs away looking to recover.
Taphorn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pasha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A low kick from Taphorn misses
and Pasha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Taphorn cracks the inside of Pasha's front leg.
Taphorn looks to throw the jab but Pasha is out of range.
Taphorn just misses with a punch to the body.
Taphorn misses with a low kick.
Taphorn closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pasha did well to prevent Taphorn getting side control.
Pasha is pressing down on Taphorn's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pasha has momentary wrist control but Taphorn slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Taphorn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Taphorn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pasha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Taphorn throws a big elbow that misses.
Pasha working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taphorn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pasha is trying to keep Taphorn in close.
Taphorn lands a couple of elbows.
Taphorn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pasha escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Taphorn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pasha looking for a guillotine here but Taphorn defends easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Taphorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taphorn 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Taphorn!
Peter Taphorn decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Ali Pasha had this to say: 'He was the better fighter tonight. But I will be back and kick his ASS again. Idiots'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ove Sundberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
24 - 11 - 0 |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gustavo Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ove Sundberg!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sundberg lands with a hook. Carvalho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sundberg walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Carvalho throws a leg kick but Sundberg sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Carvalho gets caught napping as Sundberg dives in and scores a takedown. Carvalho manages to retain guard.
Sundberg controlling from the top position.
Sundberg got a little sloppy there for a moment and Carvalho has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sundberg has managed to get both his arms back between Carvalho's legs - danger averted.
Sundberg stopping the sweep attempt from Carvalho.
Sundberg working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sundberg throwing strikes from guard but Carvalho blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sundberg stopping the sweep attempt from Carvalho.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carvalho working for a triangle but Sundberg defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundberg throwing strikes but missing.
Carvalho has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sundberg can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Carvalho looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sundberg wants to control from the top but Carvalho keeps moving.
Carvalho escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sundberg gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sundberg passes Carvalho's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sundberg trying to control from half guard but Carvalho is working away.
Sundberg passes to side control.
Carvalho is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sundberg's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Carvalho wants to control but Sundberg is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Carvalho is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sundberg scores with a couple of nice shots.
Carvalho trying to control but Sundberg postures up.
Sundberg is looking to take a break and control but Carvalho is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Carvalho is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho controlling the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sundberg thows a huge punch but Carvalho dodges it nicely.
Carvalho is controlling Sundberg's trapped leg to prevent Sundberg from advancing to side control.
Carvalho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sundberg pulls his head out easily.
Carvalho looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sundberg is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carvalho looking for submissions off his back.
Carvalho is looking to control Sundberg's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carvalho avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Carvalho is trying to get back to full guard.
Carvalho looking for submissions off his back.
Sundberg looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Carvalho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sundberg pulls his head out easily.
Sundberg wants to work for an arm triangle but Carvalho is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sundberg controlling the pace.
Carvalho regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ove Sundberg dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sundberg has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sundberg there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sundberg slips under a jab.
Sundberg with the counter takedown but Carvalho avoids it easily.
Sundberg fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Carvalho is out of range.
Sundberg ducks under a wild hook from Carvalho.
Carvalho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carvalho misses with a body shot.
Sundberg drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Carvalho defends it well.
Sundberg keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Carvalho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sundberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Carvalho is just out of range.
Carvalho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carvalho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sundberg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sundberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Carvalho is just out of range.
Carvalho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carvalho shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Carvalho showed some decent athleticism there.
Sundberg wants to control but Carvalho is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Carvalho missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Carvalho is trying to control. Sundberg wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sundberg keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Carvalho not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Carvalho prevents Sundberg from improving his position.
Sundberg is staying active underneath Carvalho, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sundberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sundberg trying to control from the bottom.
Carvalho throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sundberg keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sundberg has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Carvalho is working away from the top position though.
Carvalho is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sundberg sees it coming and defends easily.
Sundberg is looking to control Carvalho's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sundberg avoid being mounted?
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Carvalho slips a jab and a cross from Sundberg.
Carvalho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Carvalho moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Sundberg. That snapped Carvalho's head back.
Sundberg blocks a low kick nicely.
And Sundberg tries to counter it with a takedown but Carvalho pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sundberg lands a slapping body shot.
Carvalho tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carvalho tries to land a leg kick but Sundberg saw it coming and moves away.
Carvalho throws a lazy uppercut
and Sundberg counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sundberg lands strikes from half guard.
Sundberg missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carvalho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sundberg pulls his head out easily.
Sundberg lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Carvalho trying to control but Sundberg postures up.
Carvalho has hold of Sundberg's hands but Sundberg slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sundberg works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sundberg avoids the attempt from Carvalho to control.
Sundberg looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sundberg raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sundberg pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Carvalho can't escape the position.
Carvalho tries to lock up and control but Sundberg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sundberg with shots to the head and body - Carvalho looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ove Sundberg has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carvalho is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sundberg punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carvalho is trying to escape the mount.
Carvalho is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sundberg cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sundberg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carvalho wants to control but Sundberg is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ove Sundberg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sundberg thuds a left hand into Carvalho's body.
Sundberg scores with a jab to the head.
Sundberg is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Carvalho rather than just go for the knockout.
Sundberg connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Carvalho slips a jab from Sundberg.
Carvalho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carvalho throws an overhand right that lands on Sundberg's shoulder, as Sundberg tries to avoid the shot.
Sundberg scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sundberg shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Carvalho napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Check out the look on Sundberg's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sundberg throws an elbow but Carvalho slips to the side and avoids it well.
Carvalho tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carvalho is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sundberg working the head with strikes.
Carvalho wants to control but Sundberg postures up.
Sundberg tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundberg is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Carvalho knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Check out the look on Sundberg's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Carvalho is looking to regain half guard here but Sundberg keeps moving and retains side control.
Sundberg cracks Carvalho with a big elbow.
Carvalho is looking for a sweep.
Carvalho wants to control but Sundberg postures up.
Sundberg lands a few punches from side control.
Sundberg trying to control the action but Carvalho is working from the bottom.
Carvalho is trying to escape the position but Sundberg is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho tries to buck Sundberg off but Sundberg is having none of it.
Sundberg working away.
Sundberg wants to control but Carvalho is keeping him busy.
Carvalho takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Carvalho takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Carvalho tries to bench press Sundberg off him but Sundberg keeps the position.
Carvalho struggling a bit here.
Carvalho tries to bench press Sundberg off him but Sundberg keeps the position.
Carvalho struggling a bit here.
Sundberg trying to control the action but Carvalho is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Sundberg are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Carvalho is trying to improve his position.
Sundberg cracks Carvalho with a big elbow.
A lull in the action here as Sundberg stalls from top position.
Sundberg wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Carvalho, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sundberg working away.
Sundberg working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sundberg lands a nice forearm strike.
Gustavo Carvalho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A lull in the action here as Sundberg stalls from top position.
Carvalho wants to control but Sundberg postures up.
Ove Sundberg is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carvalho is being controlled here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ove Sundberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sundberg 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ove Sundberg!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Haack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conor Harris has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andre Haack'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
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Andre Haack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conor Harris!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands with a cross.
Haack looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Haack throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Haack slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris moves out of range as Haack throws a body kick.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haack circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haack throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haack. Haack obviously looking to wear him down.
Haack misses with a low kick.
Haack takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haack fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Harris uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Haack has time to react.
Haack moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Haack was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Haack moved away.
As Harris looks to move away, Haack throws a big counter combo but Harris just gets out of the way.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haack lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haack chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris cracks the inside of Haack's front leg.
Haack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Andre Haack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haack lands with a kick to the temple. Harris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Haack misses with a hook
and Harris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris lands with a kick to the temple. Haack shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Haack pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Haack settles back down.
A jab from Haack does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haack throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A head kick misses from Haack.
Haack feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good standup being displayed there by Haack as he connects with a hook.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Haack moved out of range nicely.
Haack 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Haack there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Haack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haack scores with the left hand. Harris knows he should have avoided that one.
Haack looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Haack takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haack takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haack with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Haack misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Harris.
Harris walks forward, straight into a front kick from Haack.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Haack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haack looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
A nice side step and Harris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
Haack looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haack lands a front kick.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Haack was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haack scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haack throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Haack only half commits.
A little jabbing left from Harris on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris lands with an uppercut that bounces Haack off the cage and back into range.
Nice body kick from Haack.
Harris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haack half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
Harris motions for Haack to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haack lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Haack blocks a jab.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Haack throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haack throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Haack lands with a right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Haack.
Haack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haack lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Haack throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Haack is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haack.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It appears Haack was looking to counter with a kick there.
Harris takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Haack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haack scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Haack feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Haack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andre Haack will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harris misses with an uppercut. Haack saw that one coming.
Haack throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haack.
Harris is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Haack bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Haack looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Haack is just out of range.
Harris has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Haack.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Haack throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Andre Haack is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Harris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good work by Harris as he checks the leg kick.
Conor Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Haack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris 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.
Haack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haack.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Haack counters with a stiff right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haack.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haack looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Haack rather than just go for the knockout.
Haack throws a body kick that misses.
Haack scores with a nice strike.
Haack misses with a body kick.
Harris wants to slow Haack down by chopping away at his legs.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Haack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haack misses with a kick to the body.
As Haack backs off Harris throws a huge counter combo but Haack manages to avoid it all.
Haack throws a big shot that misses.
Haack avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haack defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris looks for the body kick but Haack saw that one coming.
Haack with a hook.
Harris is rocked!
Haack walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Harris drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Haack swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Harris's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Haack!
During a confident post fight interview, Andre Haack thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Four Loko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axl Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loko comes to the cage accompanied by marry yourdaughter. Rose has chosen You Could Be Mine as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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171 lbs
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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
40 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Four Loko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Axl Rose!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rose lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Loko falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rose makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Loko throws a combination that misses
and Rose counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Loko is breathing heavily.
Rose throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rose getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rose feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Loko sprawling to the canvas! Loko rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Rose finish him?!
Loko is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loko ducks into an uppercut from Rose and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Axl Rose!
Our winner, Axl Rose, 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parker Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes into the arena with Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 23 - 2, fighting out of London, Billy Silver!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Parker Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix misses with an uppercut.
Silver misses the jab.
Phoenix steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silver.
Silver throws a shot from downtown. Phoenix moves away and avoids it.
Phoenix scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silver catches Phoenix with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.
We've been hearing reports that Silver has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Phoenix takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silver scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phoenix scores with a jab to the body.
Silver throws a head kick but Phoenix moves out of range.
Silver looks to land a left hand but Phoenix moved out of range nicely.
Silver lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phoenix swings for the body but Silver moves out of range.
Silver throws a jab when Phoenix was well out of range.
Phoenix digs a good hook to Silver's body.
Phoenix throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Billy Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Phoenix.
Silver misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix avoids the head kick by Silver.
Silver misses the jab.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phoenix throws a lazy right hand but Silver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phoenix looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Phoenix lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Phoenix closes the distance and pushes Silver back into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix misses with a body punch.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Phoenix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with some punches.
Phoenix throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike.
A short body shot lands from Phoenix as the two fighters clinch.
Phoenix lands an uppercut.
Silver blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Phoenix.
Phoenix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Phoenix.
Good body shot from Phoenix.
Phoenix throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Phoenix dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Phoenix in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Phoenix avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Nice body punch from Phoenix.
Silver is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries to land knees in the clinch but Phoenix avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Phoenix blocks the elbow strike.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Billy Silver has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Silver dodges an elbow strike from Phoenix.
Phoenix throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Phoenix throws an elbow but misses.
Phoenix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Phoenix looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike.
Phoenix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Silver crunches a lovely knee into Phoenix's ribcage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phoenix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Phoenix shrugs off.
Phoenix takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver working Phoenix over with knees to the body.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Phoenix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Phoenix avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Phoenix tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Phoenix.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Silver's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silver looks to land a left hand but Phoenix moved out of range nicely.
Phoenix staying out of range there.
Phoenix fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Phoenix's corner calls for a 1-2. Phoenix obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Phoenix scores with a jab. Silver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Phoenix fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Phoenix is just out of range.
Phoenix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silver.
Silver throws a head kick but Phoenix moves out of range.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phoenix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phoenix swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silver.
Billy Silver is winning the standup battle so far.
Phoenix misses with a hook. Silver ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver defending well as Phoenix loads up on a big left hand.
Silver walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silver misses with a looping left.
Phoenix dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Silver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Phoenix lands the left hand.
Silver misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Silver lands an impressive looking overhand right. Phoenix doesn't seem phased though.
Phoenix avoids the head kick by Silver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phoenix moves out of range as Silver strikes.
Silver walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silver connects with a looping right hand.
Silver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phoenix throws out a counter right but Silver avoids it with no problem.
Silver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phoenix.
Phoenix wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Phoenix forces Silver back against the cage and clinches.
Phoenix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Silver.
Phoenix lands a nice uppercut.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phoenix comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix lands an elbow inside that Silver shrugs off.
Silver lands a left hand.
Phoenix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Phoenix.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silver.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Phoenix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Phoenix lands a right hand.
Phoenix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phoenix throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Phoenix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Phoenix lands with a right to the head.
Phoenix works on Silver's body with a couple of short punches.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Phoenix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silver's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with a punch to the body.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Phoenix struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phoenix avoids it.
Phoenix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Phoenix tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Phoenix.
Phoenix gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Phoenix.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Billy Silver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Phoenix.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Phoenix.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Phoenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phoenix avoids it.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Phoenix takes an elbow to the forehead.
Phoenix tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phoenix misses with a hook to the ribs.
Phoenix throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Phoenix lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Phoenix blocks an elbow strike.
Phoenix lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Phoenix.
Phoenix misses with an elbow strike.
Silver lands an elbow just above Phoenix 's eye.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Parker Phoenix showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Silver's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silver tries a head kick but it misses.
Silver takes a jab right on the kisser.
A left lands for Phoenix.
Silver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Phoenix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silver throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Phoenix on the side of the head.
Nice cross by Phoenix.
Silver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phoenix now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Silver takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Phoenix lands with a straight right. Silver didn't see that one coming.
Silver missing with a left hand there. Phoenix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Phoenix to score with a decent uppercut.
Phoenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Phoenix connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice shot lands for Phoenix.
Phoenix wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.
Phoenix lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silver at a distance.
Phoenix blocks a head kick by Silver.
Phoenix connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silver's hands.
Phoenix blocks a head kick by Silver.
Phoenix fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Phoenix scores with a nice strike.
Phoenix defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
Decent striking displayed by Phoenix there.
Silver lands with an overhand left.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phoenix.
Silver throws a counter high kick but Phoenix was just alert enough to avoid it.
Phoenix works the jab nicely.
Silver rushes Phoenix and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix lands a damaging elbow.
Phoenix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Phoenix pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Phoenix in his tracks for a moment.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Phoenix back against the cage.
Phoenix tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phoenix creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Phoenix lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silver's defenses.
Silver prevents a body shot from Phoenix.
Phoenix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Phoenix dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Phoenix dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Phoenix.
Silver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Phoenix lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Phoenix works on Silver's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix lands with a right to the head.
Phoenix lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Phoenix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Billy Silver's cut is getting worse.
Phoenix lands with a left to the head.
Silver looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Phoenix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Phoenix blocks the elbow strike.
Good body shot from Phoenix.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Phoenix lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Phoenix.
Phoenix scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phoenix lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phoenix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Phoenix is defending well for now.
Phoenix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Phoenix.
Phoenix lands a hook that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver tries to land knees in the clinch but Phoenix avoids the damage to the body.
Phoenix avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Phoenix lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Silver blocks a body shot from Phoenix.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phoenix is leaning against Silver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Phoenix avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Phoenix's defenses.
Phoenix blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Parker Phoenix really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Silver's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silver on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Phoenix misses with a looping right.
Phoenix on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phoenix.
Silver misses with the combination.
Phoenix lands a body shot.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phoenix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silver throws a right hand that misses
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
Silver scores with a jab. Phoenix acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix throws a hook but Silver blocks it.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Phoenix's head but Phoenix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phoenix scores with a body shot.
Phoenix throws the left hand but Silver avoids the punch easily.
Silver avoids the body shot from Phoenix.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver slips under a jab from Phoenix.
Silver is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver misses the jab.
Silver misses with a head kick.
Phoenix fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Phoenix ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Silver misses with a looping left.
Phoenix lands a glancing blow to the side of Silver's head.
Phoenix defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phoenix moves away.
A lazy left from Phoenix finds it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Phoenix there.
Silver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Phoenix takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silver looks to land a right hand but Phoenix moved out of range.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Silver.
Phoenix wants to counter with a clinch but Silver pushes him away.
Phoenix ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Phoenix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver misses with an uppercut.
Silver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Phoenix bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silver's head backwards.
Silver loads up on a big right hand but Phoenix slips the punch.
Silver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Silver throws a lazy right hand but Phoenix sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phoenix let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Phoenix swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silver.
Phoenix jabs at Silver's body.
Phoenix misses with a body shot.
Phoenix with a jab.
Phoenix has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Phoenix misses with a body punch.
Phoenix avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Phoenix.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Phoenix lands a body shot.
Phoenix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Phoenix pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Phoenix blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Phoenix.
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phoenix avoids it.
Phoenix misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Phoenix leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Phoenix swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Phoenix is defending well for now.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A hook to the body from Silver.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix is leaning against Silver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silver lands an elbow just above Phoenix 's eye.
Phoenix throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Phoenix softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Phoenix blocks the elbow strike.
Silver blocks a body shot from Phoenix.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phoenix's brow.
Silver working Phoenix over with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Phoenix.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Phoenix takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Parker Phoenix will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Billy Silver's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Silver scores with a nice right hand.
Phoenix slips a straight right by Silver.
Silver connects with a good right hand that stumbles Phoenix. Phoenix circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Phoenix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Silver misses the target.
Phoenix has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Phoenix there as he acknowledges the shot.
Phoenix on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Phoenix is rocked!
Silver misses with a hook. Phoenix ducked under it nicely.
Phoenix is still on wobbly legs! Can Silver finish him?
Silver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phoenix throws out the jab.
It looked like Silver wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silver finds Phoenix's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Phoenix flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Silver lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Phoenix will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Billy Silver!
Billy Silver retains his middleweight title!
Billy Silver took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Another easy win! Id like to thank my trainers and all of my fans for making this little dream into something unforgettable '.
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