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MMMA 34: Night of Champions 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Bond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Melcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
29 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dallas Bond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Melcher!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melcher throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bond was covering up waiting for the punch and Melcher finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Melcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bond seems keen to control Melcher's posture.
Melcher working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Melcher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Melcher throws a big right hand that misses.
Melcher is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bond has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Melcher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Melcher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Melcher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Melcher postures up and lands a big shot to Bond's brow.
Bond working a defensive guard here.
Melcher throws an elbow that misses. Bond uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Melcher's guard. Nice move by Bond!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bond is looking to stand up but Melcher won't let him.
Melcher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Melcher has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bond off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bond avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Melcher has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bond is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bond closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bond.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond working Melcher over with knees to the body.
Melcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bond attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bond avoids a punch combination nicely.
That kick from Bond tenderised Melcher's leg. Melcher is trying to keep his angry face on.
Melcher ducks under a wild hook from Bond.
Some wild striking there from Bond.
Melcher shoots in but Bond avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melcher shoots in and bounces Bond off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Melcher has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Melcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Melcher throws a big elbow that misses.
Melcher content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bond is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bond utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bond avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Melcher with a nice head shot there.
Melcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Bond has wrist control.
Melcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Bond is breathing heavily.
Melcher lands a couple of elbows.
Melcher throwing strikes but missing.
Melcher in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Melcher works over Bond with some ground and pound from guard.
Melcher connects with a couple of short punches.
Melcher is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Melcher throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bond looking to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Melcher gets a double leg takedown into Bond's guard.
Melcher postures up and lands a big shot to Bond's brow.
Melcher in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Melcher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melcher postures up in Bond's guard and throws a big left but Bond blocks it.
Bond might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Melcher working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bond's head.
Melcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Melcher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Melcher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melcher is in close to Bond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Melcher with a nice head shot there.
Melcher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Melcher dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Melcher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bond pinned against the cage. Bond gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bond misses the shot to the body.
Melcher looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Melcher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bond sprawls well. Bond wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Melcher gets slowly back to his feet.
Dallas Bond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Melcher.
Bond throws out a loose jab but Melcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melcher fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bond to the ground. Melcher is now in Bond's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melcher is looking to work some ground and pound but Bond has wrist control.
Melcher throwing strikes but missing.
Melcher lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Melcher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melcher working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Melcher lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bond preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bond working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Melcher.
Melcher distracts Bond with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Melcher is in close to Bond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bond has momentary wrist control but Melcher slips an elbow through the middle.
Melcher working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bond's head.
Bond is trying to keep Melcher in close.
Bond avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bond utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Melcher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Melcher stands up over Bond, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melcher lands a couple of elbows.
Melcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Melcher throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Melcher shoots in but Bond avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bond looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bond gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Melcher counter with a right hand.
Melcher fails to land the takedown.
Bond gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Melcher to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Melcher works over Bond with some ground and pound from guard.
Melcher distracts Bond with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Melcher landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melcher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Melcher throwing strikes from guard but Bond blocks nicely.
Jon Melcher has got the better of the ground game so far.
Melcher working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bond's head.
Bond utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Melcher throws a big elbow that misses.
Melcher with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Melcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Melcher distracts Bond with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Melcher postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Melcher lands a couple of elbows.
Melcher throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bond works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Melcher works over Bond with some ground and pound from guard.
Melcher has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Melcher throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Melcher throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bond's waist but Bond gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Melcher off to one side.
Melcher shoots in and gets a takedown into Bond's guard.
Melcher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Melcher connects with a couple of short punches.
Melcher scoring with some ground and pound.
Bond avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Melcher lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Melcher connects with a couple of short punches.
Melcher loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Melcher chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Melcher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Melcher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Melcher shoots in for a takedown but Bond shows good takedown defense.
Melcher throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bond's waist but Bond gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Melcher off to one side.
Bond moves into the clinch successfully.
Melcher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Melcher wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Melcher wants to get back to striking at distance but Bond won't allow it.
Melcher is trying to force a seperation but Bond has the dominant position.
Bond tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Melcher avoids it.
Melcher is trying to break free.
Bond lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Melcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bond just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bond cracks the inside of Melcher's front leg.
Melcher is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bond sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dallas Bond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Melcher.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bond leaves Melcher with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bond throws a right hand that misses
and Bond takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Melcher shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bond wants to sweep here but Melcher controlling him for the moment.
Melcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Melcher in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Melcher throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bond works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Melcher scoring with punches to the head and body.
Melcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bond utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Melcher throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bond works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Melcher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Melcher shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bond napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dallas Bond has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melcher looks up at the clock and then as Bond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Melcher smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Melcher is putting a hurting on Bond here, landing some big shots from side control.
Melcher lands a decent elbow from side control.
Melcher working the ground and pound.
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!
Melcher lands a few punches from side control.
Melcher lands a nice forearm strike.
Melcher cracks Bond with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Melcher landing strikes.
Melcher in side control lands a decent elbow.
Melcher misses with the ground and pound.
Melcher is working Bond over with some ground and pound from side control.
Melcher working the ground and pound.
Melcher scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Melcher connects with a decent elbow.
Melcher landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Melcher looks up at the clock and then as Bond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Melcher smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Melcher connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bond some visible discomfort.
Bond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Melcher connects with a decent elbow.
Melcher scores with a couple of short elbows.
Melcher cracks Bond with a big elbow.
Melcher in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bond tries to bench press Melcher off him but Melcher keeps the position.
Bond wants to control but Melcher postures up.
Melcher looks up at the clock and then as Bond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Melcher smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Melcher grinds an elbow into Bond's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melcher working the head and body with strikes.
Bond taking punishment in the form of punches.
Melcher connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bond some visible discomfort.
Melcher throws an elbow but Bond slips to the side and avoids it well.
Melcher cracks Bond with a big elbow.
Melcher lands some shots froms side control.
Melcher landing a few strikes.
Melcher working the ground and pound from side control.
Melcher is working Bond over with some ground and pound from side control.
Melcher creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Melcher lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Melcher landing a few strikes.
Bond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Melcher connects with a decent elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Melcher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Melcher winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Melcher!
Jon Melcher thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raiymbek Batyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Fantana is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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144 lbs
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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
18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Raiymbek Batyr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Fantana!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batyr has a takedown stuffed.
Donk. Fantana catches Batyr right on the button with a cross.
Fantana misses with a looping right.
Batyr just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batyr manages to avoid it.
Fantana throws a shot to the body.
Batyr throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fantana. Batyr does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Batyr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantana lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantana with a hook.
Fantana lands with a hook. Batyr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana swats away the attempt to clinch by Batyr.
Fantana looks to score with a jab to the body but Batyr is just out of range.
Batyr staying out of range there.
Fantana misses with a body shot.
Batyr misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Batyr.
Fantana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batyr manages to avoid it.
Batyr was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Batyr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Batyr tries to clinch there but Fantana circles away.
Batyr blocks a jab.
Batyr lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantana misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Batyr.
Fantana lands with a nice body punch.
Batyr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fantana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fantana looks to land a right hand but Batyr moved out of range.
Batyr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Batyr gets a double leg takedown into Fantana's guard.
Fantana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Batyr is looking to work some ground and pound but Fantana has wrist control.
Batyr trying to control but Fantana is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantana is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fantana keeping moving, preventing Batyr from controlling successfully.
Fantana preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantana wants to sweep but no luck.
Batyr trying to control the position from guard on top but Fantana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Batyr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Batyr is looking to work some ground and pound but Fantana has wrist control.
Batyr throwing strikes from guard but Fantana blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantana looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Batyr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Batyr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Batyr wants to pass the guard but Fantana is keeping the position.
Batyr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fantana preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batyr landing some decent shots from guard.
Batyr wants to stand but Fantana has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Batyr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fantana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fantana looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Batyr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Batyr throws a big right hand that misses.
Batyr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Batyr is working Fantana over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Batyr got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fantana has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Batyr has managed to get both his arms back between Fantana's legs - danger averted.
Batyr postures up in Fantana's guard and throws a big left but Fantana blocks it.
Batyr throws a big right hand that misses.
Batyr got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fantana has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Batyr has managed to get both his arms back between Fantana's legs - danger averted.
Batyr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brian Fantana will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Batyr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantana is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Batyr goes for a small jab and connects. Now Batyr goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Fantana stumbles back but Batyr runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Fantana to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Fantana will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Raiymbek Batyr!
A very excited looking Raiymbek Batyr rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Moonra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbigniew Ciosek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moonra's entrance music is Boombastic. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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277 lbs
33 - 36 - 1 |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Moonra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 36 - 1, fighting out of London, Zbigniew Ciosek!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moonra clinches with his opponent.
Moonra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ciosek pushes off an throws an elbow but Moonra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ciosek fails to land.
Moonra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Zbigniew Ciosek has been cut.
Moonra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moonra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Ciosek was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ciosek with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Moonra.
Ciosek has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Moonra moves into the clinch successfully.
Ciosek is trying to break the clinch but Moonra has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moonra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Moonra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moonra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ciosek throws a punch but it's blocked by Moonra.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moonra lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ciosek.
Ciosek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ciosek lands with a short shot to the head.
Ciosek slows down the pace here.
Ciosek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Moonra stalling.
Moonra gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Moonra breaks the clinch.
Ciosek moves out of range of the leg kick from Moonra.
Despite the aggression on Ciosek's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Moonra tries to clinch there but Ciosek circles away.
Moonra tries to clinch
and Ciosek counters with a series of strikes. Moonra will be more careful next time no doubt.
Moonra takes the fight into the clinch.
Moonra blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moonra just leaning against Ciosek, taking a breather.
Ciosek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moonra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Moonra.
A head punch on the inside from Ciosek fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Moonra.
Ciosek looks winded!
Ciosek has a couple of punches blocked by Moonra.
Moonra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moonra slips a jab from Ciosek.
Moonra fakes the leg kick and cracks Ciosek in the body.
Moonra connects with a body shot.
Moonra clinches.
Moonra works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Moonra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Moonra.
Moonra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moonra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moonra gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Moonra.
Moonra lands with a short shot to the head.
Moonra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Moonra lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Moonra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moonra gets through Ciosek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Moonra scores with a shot to the side of Ciosek's head.
Ciosek takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Zbigniew Ciosek's cut even more.
Moonra slows down the pace here.
Moonra is stalling here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ciosek has a couple of punches blocked by Moonra.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moonra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moonra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moonra as Ciosek tries to tie him up.
Ciosek has had enough of the clinch but Moonra keeps him there for the moment.
Moonra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moonra is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Ciosek flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ciosek is out cold! Moonra holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacob Moonra!
During a confident post fight interview, Jacob Moonra thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lock Bresnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingen Ciuchten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bresnar comes to the cage accompanied by ABOVE THE LAW - murder rap. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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300 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lock Bresnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kingen Ciuchten!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Bresnar both land. Nice combination.
Bresnar has closed the distance and engaged Ciuchten in a clinch.
Bresnar stalls.
Ciuchten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bresnar connects with a nice looking jab.
Bresnar scores with a decent looking hook.
Bresnar seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ciuchten fails to land the takedown.
Bresnar cracks Ciuchten with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ciuchten walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ciuchten tries for a takedown but Bresnar circles away easily
and Bresnar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciuchten closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bresnar circles away.
Lock Bresnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kingen Ciuchten.
Ciuchten tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bresnar defends well and Ciuchten ends up having to push Bresnar into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciuchten looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lock Bresnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ciuchten moves in looking to clinch but Bresnar pushes him off.
Bresnar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ciuchten.
Ciuchten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bresnar.
Ciuchten gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ciuchten walks into a jab.
Ciuchten's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bresnar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ciuchten scrambles back to his feet.
Bresnar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Kingen Ciuchten has been cut.
Bresnar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ciuchten in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bresnar throws a right and a left that Ciuchten avoids nicely.
Bresnar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bresnar throws a right and a left that Ciuchten avoids nicely.
Bresnar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar gets caught flat footed, as Ciuchten shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bresnar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ciuchten throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bresnar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bresnar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bresnar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ciuchten is controlling him.
Ciuchten is fighting to break Bresnar's control of his arms but Bresnar is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bresnar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ciuchten is one step ahead there.
Bresnar looking for a guillotine here but Ciuchten defends easily.
Bresnar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciuchten loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bresnar has his hands on Ciuchten's head, controlling the position.
Bresnar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ciuchten's guard.
Bresnar chips away with some ground and pound.
Bresnar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bresnar advances to half guard.
Ciuchten is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Ciuchten is desperately trying to improve his position but Bresnar has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Bresnar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bresnar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ciuchten tries to hold on but Bresnar postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bresnar wants to control the pace but Ciuchten is squirming around nicely.
Bresnar unloading with bombs!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciuchten flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bresnar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bresnar blocks Ciuchten's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bresnar landing strikes from the mount and Ciuchten is in trouble!
Ciuchten is trying desperately to improve position.
Bresnar breaks from Ciuchten's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ciuchten is working to get back to half guard.
Bresnar scoring with strikes but Ciuchten is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bresnar prevents Ciuchten from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bresnar raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bresnar blocks Ciuchten's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lock Bresnar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kingen Ciuchten's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bresnar lands the left hand.
Bresnar is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bresnar manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ciuchten on his heels. He'll look to pass Ciuchten's guard now, I'm sure.
Ciuchten will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ciuchten throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bresnar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ciuchten can do to turn this around?
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bresnar is working Ciuchten over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bresnar works over Ciuchten with some ground and pound from guard.
Ciuchten striking off his back but it's not causing Bresnar any problems.
Bresnar trying to control but Ciuchten is working from the bottom.
Ciuchten tries to strike from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bresnar trying to control the position from guard on top but Ciuchten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ciuchten throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ciuchten wants to sweep here but Bresnar controlling him for the moment.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bresnar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bresnar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ciuchten is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ciuchten tries to strike from the bottom.
Bresnar is stalling in the full guard.
Bresnar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ciuchten's head.
Lock Bresnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bresnar stands up over Ciuchten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bresnar cracks Ciuchten with a solid left hand.
Bresnar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ciuchten throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Bresnar thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ciuchten is looking to regain half guard here but Bresnar keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciuchten is not content to let Bresnar control the position.
Bresnar avoids the strikes from the bottom by Ciuchten.
Ciuchten gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ciuchten is not content to let Bresnar control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bresnar lands a nice short elbow.
Ciuchten throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Bresnar manages to pass to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ciuchten striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Bresnar working the ground and pound.
Ciuchten is looking for a sweep.
Bresnar avoids the strikes from the bottom by Ciuchten.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bresnar trying to control the position but Ciuchten is working away.
Bresnar working the body and head with strikes.
Ciuchten is trying to improve his position.
Bresnar wants to control but Ciuchten is keeping him busy.
Ciuchten tries to bench press Bresnar off him but Bresnar keeps the position.
Bresnar working the head and body with strikes.
Bresnar works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bresnar avoids the strikes from the bottom by Ciuchten.
Bresnar thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ciuchten trying to remain calm as Bresnar controls from the top position.
Ciuchten taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ciuchten tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar scoring with punches from side control.
Bresnar looks up at the clock and then as Ciuchten takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bresnar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ciuchten tries to bench press Bresnar off him but Bresnar keeps the position.
Bresnar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ciuchten misses with a strike from the bottom.
Bresnar cracks Ciuchten with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bresnar lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bresnar avoids the strikes from the bottom by Ciuchten.
Ciuchten taking a bit of punishment here - Bresnar scoring with strikes.
Ciuchten is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ciuchten is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bresnar connects with a decent elbow.
Ciuchten takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bresnar is looking to take a break and control but Ciuchten is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bresnar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ciuchten tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lock Bresnar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kingen Ciuchten's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bresnar lands an overhand right.
Bresnar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bresnar clobbers Ciuchten with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ciuchten tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bresnar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bresnar stuffs the takedown attempt from Ciuchten. Ciuchten gets slowly back to his feet.
No joy there for Bresnar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bresnar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bresnar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bresnar cracks Ciuchten with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ciuchten is rocked!
Ciuchten has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bresnar Throws a clean left jab. Bresnar Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Ciuchten's chin! Ciuchten crumbles to the ground and Bresnar follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Bresnar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lock Bresnar!
Lock Bresnar really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Underworld Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mats Thoreson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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28
280 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
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35
302 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyrus Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Mats Thoreson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thoreson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Great.
Thoreson throws out a counter right but Great avoids it with no problem.
Great throws a lazy uppercut
and Thoreson counters with a left and a right that stings Great.
Thoreson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Great paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Great digs a good body shot into Thoreson's ribs.
Thoreson tries to clinch up but Great circles away and keeps his distance.
Thoreson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thoreson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Great.
Great throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little jabbing left from Thoreson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Great avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Great gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thoreson.
Thoreson tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
Thoreson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thoreson moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Great is trying to pull guard but Thoreson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Thoreson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Great blocks it with crossed arms.
Thoreson lands an elbow inside.
I was talking to Great's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Great pulls guard successfully.
Great not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Great has his foot on Thoreson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thoreson works his way back into a safe position though.
Thoreson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Great, up you get!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Great misses with an uppercut.
Cyrus Great is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Great with a hook.
Great just misses with a punch to the body.
Great throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thoreson counters with a good low kick that Great was not able to check.
Great misses with a looping left.
Thoreson tries to clinch up but Great circles away and keeps his distance.
Great misses with a wild combination.
Thoreson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Great moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thoreson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thoreson lands a right hand.
Great managing to block the knees to the body from Thoreson.
Great fails to pull guard.
Thoreson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Great avoiding damage as Thoreson throws knees to the body.
Thoreson lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Great jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thoreson walks away with a smile on his face. Great gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrus Great. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoreson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thoreson has Great up against the cage in a clinch.
Great jumps guard but Thoreson stands there with Great around his waist. Great gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Great avoiding damage as Thoreson throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Thoreson.
Great is trying to pull guard but Thoreson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Great is trying to pull guard but Thoreson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Great is trying to pull guard but Thoreson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Great tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thoreson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Thoreson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Great lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Great jumps guard but Thoreson stands there with Great around his waist. Great gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thoreson.
Great is breathing heavily.
Thoreson lands an elbow that stopped Great in his tracks for a moment.
Thoreson scores with a shoulder strike.
Thoreson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thoreson lands with a short shot to the head.
Thoreson lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Cyrus Great has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoreson is working Great over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Thoreson.
Thoreson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thoreson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Great lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Thoreson on the inside.
Thoreson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Great backwards.
Great is rocked!
Thoreson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thoreson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Great tries to pull guard but Thoreson holds him up against the cage and eventually Great drops back down to his feet.
Thoreson tries to land knees in the clinch but Great avoids the damage to the body.
Thoreson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thoreson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thoreson misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thoreson lands a good knee to the midsection. Great won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch on the inside from Thoreson fails to land.
Thoreson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Thoreson.
Thoreson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Thoreson.
Thoreson scores with a shot to the side of Great's head.
Oh Great is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Thoreson.
Thoreson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Great on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Great fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thoreson lands with a right to the head.
Thoreson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thoreson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Great is defending well for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Great avoids a wild elbow strike from Thoreson.
Thoreson creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Great's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Great drops to his knees and Thoreson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mats Thoreson!
After the fight, Mats Thoreson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Cyrus Great spoke after the fight, saying 'O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Obi Canuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Steve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Obi Canuel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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30
201 lbs
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28
191 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Obi Canuel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruno Steve!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canuel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steve connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Canuel scrambles back to his feet.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Canuel.
Bruno Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Canuel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steve looks to land a combination. Canuel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Canuel blocks a leg kick.
Canuel ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Steve looks to throw a body kick
and Canuel counters with a stiff right hand.
Steve takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Canuel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Steve misses with a kick to the body.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Canuel.
Canuel walks into a jab.
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!
Steve needs to keep his hands up - Canuel had a free shot at his head there.
Steve throws a head kick that misses.
Steve staying out of range there.
Canuel throws a leg kick that misses.
Steve pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Steve there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Canuel lands with an uppercut that bounces Steve off the cage and back into range.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Canuel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot by Canuel.
Steve throws a push kick but Canuel slaps the foot to one side.
Steve feints and then cracks Canuel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Canuel down.
Steve has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Steve feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Canuel's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Steve.
Steve looks to land a body kick but Canuel moved away.
Canuel throws a hook to the side of Steve's head but Steve sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Steve misses the target.
Steve throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canuel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Canuel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Steve's head backwards.
Steve throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Canuel.
Canuel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steve.
Steve misses with a kick to the body.
Steve's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Steve duly obliges.
Canuel 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.
Canuel misses with a body shot.
Steve drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Canuel defends it well.
Steve throws a lazy uppercut
and Canuel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Canuel avoids the head kick by Steve.
Canuel connects with a crisp jab.
Steve wants to slow Canuel down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canuel throws a solid leg kick but Steve takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Canuel.
Steve scoring well with a low kick there.
Steve changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steve scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Obi Canuel has been cut.
Canuel throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
And Steve tries to counter it with a takedown but Canuel pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Canuel misses with an uppercut
and Steve counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve throwing shots but Canuel is blocking nicely.
Steve thows a huge punch but Canuel dodges it nicely.
Steve controlling the pace.
Canuel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Steve.
Steve missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve throwing shots but Canuel is blocking nicely.
Steve looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Steve missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Steve throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Steve not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Steve is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steve misses with a head shot. Canuel uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canuel looking for a sweep. Not yet Canuel, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Obi Canuel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Canuel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Canuel.
Canuel scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Canuel, as that shot connected.
Canuel scores with a sloppy right hand. Steve should have avoided that one.
Steve showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canuel.
Canuel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Canuel.
A shot to the liver by Steve. Beautiful body shot.
Steve lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canuel slips a jab from Steve.
Steve goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Steve moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steve misses with a low kick.
Steve displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Canuel throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
Canuel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Canuel is rocked!
Steve chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steve moves away from the strike by Canuel.
Canuel throws a jab when Steve was well out of range.
Steve throws a leg kick which misses Canuel's front leg but catches the back leg as Canuel tries to avoid it.
Steve with a hook.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Canuel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steve moves out of range of the strikes.
Steve lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Canuel at a distance.
Steve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Canuel scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve dodges the punch combination from Canuel.
Steve thows a body kick. Canuel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steve uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Canuel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steve.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Canuel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canuel is looking to counter punch.
Steve connects with a right hand. Canuel shakes it off.
Oh Canuel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Canuel.
Steve looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Canuel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steve moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Canuel seems to have got his legs back now.
Steve throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Canuel gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Steve gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Canuel is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Steve!
Bruno Steve is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Bruno Steve thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Pedan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Harrass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrass has chosen Tomorrow as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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35
145 lbs
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148 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Pedan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Harrass!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Harrass as he connects with a hook.
Harrass swings widly with a right hand
and Pedan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harrass scores with a leg kick.
We've been informed that Harrass has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Harrass gets a clinch.
Harrass lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrass lands with a right to the head.
Harrass has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pedan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short left from Harrass.
Harrass wants a takedown but no success here.
Still in the clinch, Pedan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pedan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrass has hold of one of Pedan's legs. Pedan is fighting the takedown attempt but Harrass gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Harrass is fighting to break Pedan's control of his arms but Pedan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pedan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Pedan keeping moving, preventing Harrass from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedan wants to get back to his feet but Harrass is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Harrass postures up.
Pedan is controlling Harrass's posture.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pedan wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Pedan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrass takes the fight into the clinch.
Harrass stalling in the clinch.
Harrass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Pedan - that landed with a thud.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedan misses with a body punch.
Harrass gets through Pedan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harrass has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pedan after a bit of a struggle.
Alexander Pedan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Harrass.
Harrass fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pedan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harrass lands an uppercut.
Harrass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Harrass.
Pedan misses with an uppercut
enabling Harrass to counter with a crisp jab.
Harrass is looking to chop away at Pedan's legs.
Pedan scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Harrass misses.
Pedan misses with a double jab.
Harrass looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A cross from Pedan lands.
Pedan swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrass.
Pedan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrass connects with a leg kick. Pedan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harrass looks to land a right hand but Pedan moved out of range.
Pedan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harrass throws a right hand that Pedan ducks under and follows up with a left that Pedan also avoids with ease.
Pedan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pedan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pedan clinches.
Pedan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harrass is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Pedan as the two fighters clinch.
Pedan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pedan scores with a shoulder strike.
Harrass is still on wobbly legs! Can Pedan finish him?
Pedan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pedan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pedan batters Harrass with a massive right followed by a huge left! Harrass is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Pedan lands a final crushing right hand to drop Harrass to the mat with a gruesome thud! Pedan is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Pedan!
Alexander Pedan retains his bantamweight title!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Eremeev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Sigit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sigit is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gie. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Eremeev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, The Sigit!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eremeev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sigit was well out of range. Poor timing from Eremeev.
Eremeev throws a combination that misses
and Sigit counters with a nice double leg into side control. Eremeev won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eremeev wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Eremeev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sigit cracks Eremeev with a big elbow.
Sigit connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Eremeev some visible discomfort.
Sigit lands some shots froms side control.
Sigit prevents Eremeev from escaping the position.
Eremeev is trying to improve his position.
Sigit working the ground and pound from side control.
Eremeev tries to escape but Sigit is in control.
Sigit lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sigit in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Eremeev is rocked!
Sigit is chipping away with strikes.
Oh Eremeev is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sigit has an Americana. Eremeev didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Sigit is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Sigit hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). The Sigit!
The Sigit took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien Redman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Bestarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redman comes to the cage accompanied by Put Your Lights On . Viktor Bestarsson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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30
169 lbs
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28
166 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Damien Redman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viktor Bestarsson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bestarsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bestarsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Redman, pushing him back against the cage.
Bestarsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Redman avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bestarsson.
Bestarsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Redman is defending well for now.
Redman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Redman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Redman misses with an elbow strike.
Bestarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redman.
Redman misses with an elbow strike.
Bestarsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Redman misses with an elbow over the top.
Bestarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Bestarsson fails to land.
Nice elbow from Redman.
Bestarsson avoids the elbow strike from Redman, against the cage.
Bestarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bestarsson blocks an elbow strike from Redman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redman pushes off an throws an elbow but Bestarsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman blocks an uppercut.
Bestarsson tries to land a knee to the head but Redman blocks with his arms.
A short right from Bestarsson on the inside.
Bestarsson missing with knees to the body.
Bestarsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bestarsson misses with a knee to the head.
Bestarsson trying to land knees to the body.
Redman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bestarsson landing knees to the head.
Redman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Redman misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redman.
Redman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Redman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bestarsson lands a knee to the head.
Bestarsson looking to throw knees to the head but Redman is blocking nicely.
Redman blocks a body shot from Bestarsson.
Bestarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bestarsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Redman is defending well for now.
A body shot lands from Redman.
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!
Bestarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bestarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Redman throws an elbow but misses.
Redman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bestarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bestarsson pushes Redman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bestarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Redman controls his hands.
A short right from Redman.
Bestarsson misses with the head strike.
Bestarsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Redman.
Bestarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bestarsson misses with some punches.
Redman blocks an uppercut.
Bestarsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Redman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Redman lands an elbow just above Bestarsson 's eye.
Redman wants to stall.
Bestarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Redman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bestarsson dodges an elbow strike from Redman.
Bestarsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bestarsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bestarsson blocks an elbow strike from Redman.
Bestarsson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Redman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Redman is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Bestarsson.
Bestarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Bestarsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bestarsson.
Bestarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Redman backwards.
Bestarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Redman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bestarsson landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bestarsson works on Redman's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Bestarsson as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Bestarsson - that landed with a thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bestarsson.
Bestarsson pushes Redman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bestarsson blocks the elbow strike.
Bestarsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short left from Bestarsson.
Bestarsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bestarsson connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bestarsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Redman is rocked!
Bestarsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Redman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bestarsson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Redman to his knees! Bestarsson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Bestarsson!
Viktor Bestarsson is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Viktor Bestarsson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stasius Venom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Beast. Venom is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by For Heavy Metal we will die!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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174 lbs
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176 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Ryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stasius Venom!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan with a nice cross.
Ryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheers as Venom lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ryan doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Andrew Ryan has been cut.
Ryan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by Venom.
Venom bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Venom looks to score with a jab to the body but Ryan is just out of range.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick from Venom.
Ryan is looking to counter the offense by Venom and move into the clinch.
Ryan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Venom connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ryan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ryan dives in and grabs Venom's left leg, looking for a takedown. Venom pushes down on Ryan's head and hops out.
Venom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ryan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Venom connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ryan scrambles back to his feet.
Venom connects with a leg kick. Ryan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some bone on bone action there as Ryan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venom misses with a two punch combination.
Venom takes a swing at Ryan's ribcage but misses.
Venom fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ryan darts in and clinches Venom up against the cage.
Ryan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ryan misses with some punches.
Venom misses with the head strike.
Venom blocking some punches.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Venom.
Venom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Venom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ryan backwards.
Ryan is rocked!
Venom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oh Ryan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ryan is holding his hands too far apart here. Venom throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Ryan is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stasius Venom! Stasius Venom retains his welterweight title!
A less than humble Stasius Venom misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated Andrew Ryan had this to say: 'FREE MAMADO LET HIM USE THE FORUM'.
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