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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Norvac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Adams could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jimmy Norvac'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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Norvac!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adams went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Adams avoids the body shot from Norvac.
Norvac lunges at Adams with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adams's hand.
Adams shoots in and bounces Norvac off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Adams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams throws a big elbow that misses.
Adams forces his way into half guard.
Adams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Norvac is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norvac tries to kick Adams off in order to stand up. Adams Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Norvac really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Adams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Norvac defending against the ground and pound.
Adams landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Norvac dodges the ground and pound from Adams.
Adams is putting a hurting on Norvac here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ground and pound from Adams seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Norvac is trying to buck Adams off.
Adams working the ground and pound.
Norvac is rocked!
Adams lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Norvac! Adams senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Norvac out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tony Adams!
After the big win, Tony Adams made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vai SeFuder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Agustin Benitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vai SeFuder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Agustin Benitez!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benitez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Benitez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
SeFuder is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
SeFuder wants to control but Benitez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
SeFuder moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
SeFuder not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Benitez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
SeFuder controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benitez trying to control the position from guard on top but SeFuder is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benitez stays in close to SeFuder's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SeFuder is trying to keep Benitez in close.
SeFuder is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Benitez has his hands clasped together but SeFuder extends and breaks Benitez's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by SeFuder.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vai SeFuder!
Vai SeFuder thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rob Myres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Myres could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Soa Silva's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Myres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Soa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Myres just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Myres's head back.
Myres slips under a jab.
Silva jabs at Myres's body.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Myres lands a jab to the head.
Myres lands with a shot to the body.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Myres swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Myres.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Myres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a hook but Myres blocks it.
Sloppy strikes from Myres. Those never looked like landing.
Myres steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Myres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Myres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Myres on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Myress jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myres misses with a wild combination.
Myres swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva throws a series of punches but Myres moves out of range.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Myres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Myres on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Myres.
Myres throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Myres takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Myres gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Myres is trying to break free.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Myres really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Myres wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myres wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Myres is trying to break free.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Myres backwards.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Myres's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Myres is trying to break free.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva prevents Myres from breaking the clinch.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Myress head.
Myres blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Myres wants to break free but Silva has control.
Myres wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva works on Myres's body with a couple of short punches.
Myres wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Myres wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Silva.
Myres wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Myres tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva has Myres pressed against the cage, preventing Myres from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Myres is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Myres's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Myres is trying to break free.
Myres wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Myres is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Myres wants to break free but Silva has control.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva has Myres pressed against the cage, preventing Myres from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Myres is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a body shot.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Myres tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Myres is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Myres tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva keeps control of Myres as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Myres jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Myres is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Myres wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Myres breaks the clinch.
Myres takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Myres.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Myres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Myres throws a body shot but no joy.
Myres takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Myres. Those never looked like landing.
Myres throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Myres throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Myres throws a left and a right that both miss
and Myres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myres scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva throws a body punch but Myres moves out of range.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Myres on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Myres displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Myres blocks a jab.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Myres had a free shot at his head there.
Rob Myres is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva clobbers Myres with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Myres.
Myres slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Myres thows a left - swing and a miss!
Myres works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Myres throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Myres throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Rob Myres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Myres moved out of range.
Myres cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Myres looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myres defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
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!
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Myres wants to break free but Silva has control.
Myres is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Myres wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Myres tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Silva.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Myres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Myres's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Myres manages to break the clinch.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Myres scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Rob Myres is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Myres takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Myres misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Myres throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Myres ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Myres.
Myres works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Myres missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big left from Silva misses.
Myres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Myres fails to land with a series of punches.
Myres swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Myres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Myres moves away and avoids it.
Myres swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silva throws a hook but Myres avoids it easily.
Myres tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Myres will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Myres moves away from the strike by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Soa Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Myres throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Myres with a nice cross.
Myres staying out of range there.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Myres.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva connects with a right hand. Myres shakes it off.
Myres on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Myres works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Myres with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Myres moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Myres was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva cracks Myres with an open hand slap.
Myres misses with a straight left.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Myres doesn't seem phased though.
Myres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Myres misses with a double jab.
Silva thuds a left hand into Myres's body.
Myres takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Myres slips under a jab.
Myres throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Myres misses the shot to the body.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Myres slips a jab from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva darts in and clinches Myres up against the cage.
Myres can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myres is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva prevents Myres from breaking the clinch.
Myres tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Myres tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Myres backwards.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Myress head.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Myres wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva has Myres pressed against the cage, preventing Myres from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Myres looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Myres can't break the clinch.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Myres is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Oh Myres is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Myres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Myres blocks an uppercut.
Myres seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Myres or not.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Myres backwards.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Myres looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Myres wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Myres.
Soa Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva prevents Myres from breaking the clinch.
Myres takes a shot to the head.
Myres wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myres fails to pull guard.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Myres's efforts to push away.
Myres is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Myres tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Myres looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Myres is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Myres wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Myres tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Myres has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Rob Myres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Myres.
And that's the end of the fight!
Soa Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soa Silva!
Soa Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Rob Myres stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sorry for crappy performance tonight guys, I'll be back better than ever next time out '.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cody Dillabrandt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dillabrandt might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to We Will Rock You. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cody Dillabrandt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Carver!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Hemmingworth and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillabrandt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Dillabrandt wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Carver blocks a jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Carver has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Carver has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dillabrandt throws a nice looking combination but Carver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carver takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big left from Dillabrandt misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillabrandt throws a series of punches but Carver avoids them all with ease.
Carver on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dillabrandt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cody Dillabrandt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillabrandt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dillabrandt throws out the jab.
Carver drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dillabrandt defends it well.
A swing and a miss from Dillabrandt.
Dillabrandt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carver counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Carver wants to take a breather but Dillabrandt is having none of it.
Carver missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Carver is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Carver trying to control from half guard but Dillabrandt is working away.
Dillabrandt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Carver on the ground.
Dillabrandt wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dillabrandt keeps working.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dillabrandt wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Carver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dillabrandt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big right from Dillabrandt misses.
Dillabrandt throws a series of punches but Carver moves out of range.
Carver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dillabrandt circles away quickly and effectively.
Dillabrandt is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillabrandt misses with an uppercut. Carver saw that one coming.
Carver looks to land a combination but Dillabrandt avoids it well.
Cody Dillabrandt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carver slips a jab from Dillabrandt.
And Carver tries to counter it with a takedown but Dillabrandt pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dillabrandt tries to bum rush Carver with a series of wild strikes but Carver uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carver feints the counter takedown.
Carver moves out of range as Dillabrandt strikes.
Dillabrandt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dillabrandt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carver.
Dillabrandt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillabrandt missing with a left hand there. Carver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dillabrandt is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Carver's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A lazy left from Dillabrandt finds it's target.
Dillabrandt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carver moves away.
Dillabrandt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carver feints the counter takedown.
Carver takes one to the side of the head.
Dillabrandt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carver with the counter takedown but Dillabrandt avoids it easily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dillabrandt jabs Carver to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Carver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Dillabrandt dominated that round.
That's time! Dillabrandt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Carver looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dillabrandt is fending him off so far but Carver persists. Nope, Dillabrandt circles away and we're back to standing.
It looked like Dillabrandt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Carver.
Carver shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dillabrandt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Carver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carver ducks under a wild hook from Dillabrandt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillabrandt looks to score with a jab to the body but Carver is just out of range.
Carver with the counter takedown but Dillabrandt avoids it easily.
Carver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Carver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little feinted left hand from Dillabrandt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Carver misses with a few strikes there.
Dillabrandt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Carver lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Dillabrandt misses.
A combination from Dillabrandt does no damage.
Carver throws a shot to the body.
Dillabrandt looks to land a left hand but Carver moved out of range nicely.
Dillabrandt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carver can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver misses the shot to the body.
Dillabrandt throws a lazy right hand but Carver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carver darts in looking for a takedown but Dillabrandt gets double underhooks and turns Carver into the cage.
Dillabrandt throws a big counter combination but Carver scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Carver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Dillabrandt counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carver is defended easily by Dillabrandt.
Cody Dillabrandt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Carver.
Dillabrandt throws a right hand that Carver ducks under and follows up with a left that Carver also avoids with ease.
Carver with the counter takedown but Dillabrandt avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillabrandt misses with a looping right.
Carver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dillabrandt missing with a left hand there. Carver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carver with the counter takedown but Dillabrandt avoids it easily.
Dillabrandt looks to land a combination. Carver sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Carver shoots and misses
and Carver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dillabrandt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carver drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dillabrandt defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Dillabrandt. Those never looked like landing.
Carver feints the counter takedown.
Carver misses with a two punch combination.
Dillabrandt connects with a jab.
Carver moves away from the strike by Dillabrandt.
Carver tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Carver throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dillabrandt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dillabrandt scores with a nice strike.
A combination from Dillabrandt does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Dillabrandt dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Dillabrandt lands with a nice body punch.
Dillabrandt works Carver's body with a nice hook.
Dillabrandt misses with a straight left.
Dillabrandt catches Carver with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dillabrandt cracks Carver with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Carver misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Dillabrandt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Carver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillabrandt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cody Dillabrandt is winning the standup battle so far.
Dillabrandt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dillabrandt scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cody Dillabrandt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dillabrandt misses with a wild combination.
Carver misses with a takedown
and Dillabrandt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillabrandt swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carver counters with a shoot takedown. Dillabrandt fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carver slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Carver tries to advance to mount but Dillabrandt denies him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dillabrandt is pushing Carver's head away, looking to escape. Carver manages to hold on to the position though.
Dillabrandt manages to work his way to half guard, despite Carver's best efforts.
Carver is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dillabrandt defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver wants to control but Dillabrandt is keeping him busy.
Carver controlling the action here.
Carver is looking for a kimura but Dillabrandt is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Carver to get the leverage.
Dillabrandt wants to get back to his feet.
Carver seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dillabrandt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Carver is looking for a kimura but Dillabrandt is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Carver to get the leverage.
Dillabrandt on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dillabrandt tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dillabrandt is not content to let Carver control the position.
Carver prevents Dillabrandt from standing back up.
Carver wants to control but Dillabrandt is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Carver shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dillabrandt as he avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Dillabrandt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cody Dillabrandt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Carver.
Dillabrandt lands with a nice body punch.
Carver slips under a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carver fails with the takedown
and Dillabrandt counters with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Dillabrandt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dillabrandt, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Dillabrandt!
Our winner, Cody Dillabrandt, 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bismack Kagonbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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21
244 lbs
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280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bismack Kagonbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Topper Green and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger loads up on a big right hand but Kagonbo slips the punch.
Kagonbo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kruger misses with a left hand
and Kagonbo counters with a right hand to the body.
Kagonbo misses with a body shot.
Kruger swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kagonbo throws a hook to the side of Kruger's head but Kruger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kagonbo slips a straight right by Kruger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roman Kruger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kagonbo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kagonbo moves away from the strike by Kruger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kagonbo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kagonbo slips a jab from Kruger.
As Kruger tries to get set, Kagonbo tries to push him back and clinch up but Kruger manages to avoid the attempt.
Kagonbo ducks under a wild hook from Kruger.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Kruger misses with a right hand
and Kagonbo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kagonbo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kruger misses with a right hand
and Kagonbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kruger jabs at Kagonbo's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger throws an off balance right hand
and Kagonbo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruger throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Kagonbo misses the target.
Kruger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kagonbo was well out of range. Poor timing from Kruger.
A quick step to the side and Kagonbo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kagonbo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kruger takes one to the chin there.
Kruger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kruger might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kagonbo dodges the punch combination from Kruger.
Kagonbo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Bismack Kagonbo has been cut.
Kagonbo slips a straight right by Kruger.
A little feinted left hand from Kagonbo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kagonbo tests Kruger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A shot to the liver by Kruger. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Kruger misses the target.
A quick step to the side and Kagonbo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kagonbo scores with a jab. Kruger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kruger throws a hook to the side of Kagonbo's head but Kagonbo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kagonbo throwing a counter right hand but Kruger manages to avoid it.
Kruger misses with a hook
and Kagonbo counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kruger throws a poor cross that misses
and Kagonbo counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruger is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Kagonbo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kruger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Roman Kruger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bismack Kagonbo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kruger misses with a straight right.
Kagonbo wants to clinch.
Kruger throws an overhand right that lands on Kagonbo's shoulder, as Kagonbo tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Kagonbo misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kagonbo manages to avoid it.
Kagonbo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kagonbo lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kagonbo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruger manages to avoid it.
Kruger is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kagonbo with a body shot.
Kagonbo's corner calls for a 1-2. Kagonbo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kagonbo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kruger at a distance.
Kruger throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Kruger misses.
Kagonbo fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kruger just manages to avoid it.
Kruger sizes up Kagonbo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kagonbo lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger misses with a hook
and Kagonbo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruger. Kagonbo does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Kagonbo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kruger.
Kruger misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Kagonbo misses the target.
Kagonbo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kruger fails to land.
Kruger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kruger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kagonbo has him pressed against the cage.
I was talking to Kagonbo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kagonbo scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kruger misses with some punches.
Kruger scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruger tries a body shot but Kagonbo blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kagonbo working aggressively here.
Kagonbo can't find room to land a body shot as Kruger controls the action.
Kagonbo takes a shot to the head.
Kagonbo blocks an uppercut.
Kruger throws a punch but it's blocked by Kagonbo.
Kruger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kruger misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kagonbo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kagonbo.
Kruger breaks from the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kagonbo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kagonbo.
Donk. Kagonbo catches Kruger right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kagonbo looks to score with a jab to the body but Kruger is just out of range.
It seemed like Kruger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kruger misses with a left hand
and Kagonbo counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruger swings widly with a right hand
and Kruger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kagonbo moves away from the strike by Kruger.
Kagonbo ducks under a wild hook from Kruger.
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!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kruger thuds a left hand into Kagonbo's body.
Kagonbo throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bismack Kagonbo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bismack Kagonbo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kruger throws an off balance right hand
and Kagonbo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kruger misses with an uppercut.
Kagonbo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kruger misses with a hook
and Kagonbo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kagonbo throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kruger to counter with a crisp jab.
Kruger misses with a hook. Kagonbo ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kagonbo scores with a body shot.
Kruger misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger misses with a double jab
and Kagonbo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kruger loads up on a big right hand but Kagonbo slips the punch.
Kagonbo is looking to counter punch.
Kagonbo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kruger.
Kruger swings widly with a right hand
and Kagonbo counters with a nice leg kick.
Kagonbo thuds a left hand into Kruger's body.
A slow jab from Kruger misses its intended target.
Bismack Kagonbo is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger throws a right hand that misses
and Kagonbo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kruger's knee momentarily.
Kagonbo throws out a powerful jab.
Kruger with a hook.
Kruger misses with an uppercut. Kagonbo saw that one coming.
Kagonbo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kruger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kagonbo moves away.
Kagonbo fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kruger just manages to avoid it.
Kagonbo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kagonbo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruger misses with an uppercut
and Kagonbo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kagonbo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kruger.
Kruger checks a low kick from Kagonbo.
Kagonbo takes one on the button.
A jab from Kruger finds it's way through Kagonbo's defenses.
Kagonbo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kruger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger looks to land a right hand but Kagonbo moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Kagonbo.
A swing and a miss from Kruger.
Kruger throws a poor cross that misses
and Kagonbo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kagonbo ducks under a wild hook from Kruger.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kruger misses with a body shot
and Kagonbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kagonbo throws a body kick that misses.
Kruger throws out a counter right but Kagonbo avoids it with no problem.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bismack Kagonbo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kagonbo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bismack Kagonbo!
During a confident post fight interview, Bismack Kagonbo 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Lindberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lindberg comes to the cage accompanied by At The Gates - The Book of Sand. Vargas has chosen Drake - Trophies as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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150 lbs
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157 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomas Lindberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johny Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Francis DeMontford and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindberg stuns Vargas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lindberg lands a nice looking body shot.
Lindberg with a nice cross.
Lindberg feints a jab promting Vargas to slip. Lindberg then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Vargas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Vargas throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lindberg tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Vargas is in Lindberg's guard.
Lindberg trying to keep a closed guard but Vargas is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lindberg wants to stand but Vargas is controlling the position.
Vargas is in close to Lindberg's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lindberg controls Vargas momentarily but Vargas frees himself.
Vargas throws an elbow that misses. Lindberg uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vargas's guard. Nice move by Lindberg!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lindberg wants to stand but Vargas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas wants to stand but Lindberg is controlling the position.
Vargas is looking to stand back up but Lindberg counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Vargas.
Lindberg stops Vargas from getting back to his feet.
Lindberg stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Vargas to get to his feet.
Lindberg misses with a hook. Vargas ducked under it nicely.
Vargas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lindberg slips a jab and a cross from Vargas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas fails with a takedown attempt.
Vargas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lindberg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lindberg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lindberg lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lindberg looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vargas misses with a double jab.
Lindberg lands a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Lindberg as he connects with a hook.
Tomas Lindberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vargas misses with a series of wild punches.
Vargas scores with the left hand. Lindberg knows he should have avoided that one.
Johny Vargas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vargas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lindberg to score with a decent uppercut.
Vargas just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Vargas. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas ducks under a wild hook from Lindberg.
Lindberg forces Vargas back against the cage and clinches.
Vargas looking to stall.
Vargas blocks a body shot from Lindberg.
Lindberg tries to throw a body punch but Vargas avoids it by throwing Lindberg back against the cage.
Vargas is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vargas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vargas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lindberg misses with the head strike.
Lindberg tries a body shot but Vargas blocks it.
Lindberg misses with the head strike.
Lindberg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vargas blocks a body shot from Lindberg.
Lindberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Lindberg stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lindberg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lindberg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Lindberg lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vargas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tomas Lindberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johny Vargas.
Lindberg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vargas changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lindberg fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vargas misses with a double jab
enabling Lindberg to counter with a crisp jab.
Vargas is rocked!
Vargas looks winded!
Vargas shoots in and gets a takedown into Lindberg's guard.
Lindberg is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lindberg holds on and takes a little breather.
Vargas stops Lindberg from standing up.
Vargas throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomas Lindberg 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.
Lindberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vargas manages to avoid it.
Vargas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lindberg counters with a stiff right hand.
Lindberg misses the shot to the body.
Lindberg dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vargas throws a jab but it's blocked by Lindberg.
Lindberg swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Vargas swings for the body but Lindberg moves out of range.
Vargas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vargas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lindberg, as that shot connected.
Vargas is still on wobbly legs! Can Lindberg finish him?
Vargas misses with a combination
and Lindberg counters with a nice uppercut.
Vargas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vargas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lindberg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lindberg gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lindberg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vargas can do to turn this around?
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!
Vargas needs to keep his hands up - Lindberg had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas throws a nice looking combination but Lindberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vargas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vargas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lindberg's hands.
Vargas seems to have recovered his senses.
Vargas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Lindberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lindberg scores with the left hand. Vargas knows he should have avoided that one.
A punch lands to the side of Vargas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vargas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lindberg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lindberg lands a nice looking body shot.
Vargas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lindberg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindberg scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vargas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lindberg throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vargas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lindberg circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Vargas tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Lindberg wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tomas Lindberg!
An out of breath Tomas Lindberg thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kasper Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Turner's choice of entrance music: Next Episode by Dr. Dre. Josh Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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147 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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kasper Saunders !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Turner!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Turner looks to land a left hand but Saunders moved out of range nicely.
Saunders throws a series of punches but Turner moves out of range.
Saunders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner misses with a lunging right hand
and Saunders makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turner with a jab.
Saunders misses with an uppercut. Turner saw that one coming.
Saunders throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab from Saunders .
Saunders defending well as Turner loads up on a big left hand.
Turner misses with a leg kick.
A nice combination there by Saunders .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saunders doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Saunders blocks a jab.
Turner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turner scores with a jab. Saunders acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Saunders closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Saunders dips to his left and cracks Turner with an uppercut!
Saunders scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Saunders throws a body shot but no joy.
Turner feints the counter takedown.
Saunders darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saunders lands with a right hand.
Saunders connects with a body shot.
Saunders moves out of range of the strikes.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saunders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner throws a hook but Saunders blocks it.
Turner gets a double leg takedown into Saunders 's guard.
Saunders controls Turner momentarily but Turner frees himself.
Turner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Saunders swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Saunders is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Turner is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saunders wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Turner is now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Turner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Saunders is trying to stand.
Saunders is concentrating on defense, preventing Turner from advancing position.
Turner is trying to control. Saunders wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Saunders !
Turner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Saunders is looking to escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Turner moves to the back.
Saunders breaks Turner's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Turner has his foot on Saunders 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Saunders works his way back into a safe position though.
Saunders has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Saunders trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saunders loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Saunders is fighting to break Turner's control of his arms but Turner is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders postures up in Turner's guard and throws a big left but Turner blocks it.
Saunders trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turner looking for a guillotine here but Saunders defends easily.
Turner is trying to keep Saunders in close.
Saunders won't allow Turner to sweep him here.
Turner seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Saunders wants to control from the top but Turner keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kasper Saunders 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.
Saunders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saunders pushes Turner up against the cage in a clinch.
Turner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
I was talking to Saunders 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Saunders tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Saunders back against the cage.
Turner is trying to maintain a safe position but Saunders gets an underhook and turns Turner into the cage.
Saunders misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Saunders fails to land.
Saunders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turner's elbow.
Saunders throws a punch but it's blocked by Turner.
Saunders tries to work over Turner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turner stalling in the clinch but Saunders improves position.
Turner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saunders gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Turner.
Saunders lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders gets underhooks to prevent Turner's takedown attempt.
Saunders has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
Saunders avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Saunders as Turner tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Turner.
Saunders lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turner slows down the pace here.
Saunders scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saunders struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Saunders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turner can do to turn this around?
Saunders working aggressively here.
Saunders working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Saunders misses with the head strike.
Turner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saunders is defending well for now.
Saunders misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saunders dodges an elbow strike from Turner.
Saunders tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saunders lands a hook that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Saunders lands with a left to the head.
Turner is trying to maintain a safe position but Saunders gets an underhook and turns Turner into the cage.
A knee to the head by Turner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner tries to pull guard but Saunders forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kasper Saunders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Turner.
Saunders swings wildly with an uppercut but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saunders .
Saunders scores with a shoulder strike.
Turner throws an elbow that misses.
Saunders tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saunders tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saunders throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
Turner looks to land a right hand but Saunders moved out of range.
Saunders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kasper Saunders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saunders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saunders changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Saunders .
A big left from Saunders misses.
Turner throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Saunders connects with a body shot that sends Turner's belly button to the back.
Saunders finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Saunders saw that one coming.
Turner checks a leg kick.
Turner might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Saunders throws a nice looking combination but Turner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And Turner tries to counter it with a takedown but Saunders pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Saunders slips the punch.
Saunders defending well as Turner loads up on a big left hand.
Saunders is looking to counter punch.
Kasper Saunders is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Saunders is just out of range.
It looked like Saunders wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Turner checks a leg kick.
Turner misses with a body shot.
Saunders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders needs to keep his hands up - Turner had a free shot at his head there.
Saunders is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
Turner misses with a hook. Saunders ducked under it nicely.
Saunders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
Turner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kasper Saunders is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saunders throws a series of punches but Turner moves out of range.
Saunders connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Saunders misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner scores with a head kick.
Saunders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
Saunders throws a leg kick but Turner moved away.
Good leg kick by Saunders there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saunders throws a head kick that misses
and Turner counters with a takedown into side control.
Josh Turner has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee asks Turner politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Turner prefers to stall for the moment though.
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And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kasper Saunders dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saunders .
Saunders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Turner throws a body punch but Saunders moves out of range.
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saunders .
Turner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saunders .
Saunders bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turner works Saunders 's body with a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Saunders - just one landing.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saunders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saunders walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Saunders lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Turner misses the target.
Saunders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turner moves away.
Turner clobbers Saunders with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saunders pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Saunders 's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Saunders throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Danga de danga de dang - Saunders scores with a four punch combination!
Saunders lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Turner backs up against the cage.
Saunders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Turner does it's job there.
Turner drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saunders is looking for a triangle but Turner pushes his legs off easily.
Saunders is looking for a triangle but Turner pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saunders keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.
Saunders is trying to keep Turner in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders working for a triangle but Turner defends it easily.
Saunders has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Turner can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Turner engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders avoids the body shot from Turner.
Turner cracks Saunders with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab by Turner.
Saunders 's corner calls for a 1-2. Saunders obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Turner slips under a jab from Saunders .
Turner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Saunders misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Kasper Saunders is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Turner throws a big shot that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turner.
Saunders looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saunders staying out of range there.
Turner misses with a hook. Saunders ducked under it nicely.
Saunders swings for the body but Turner moves out of range.
Turner drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Saunders defends it well.
A jab from Saunders misses.
A big left from Saunders misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner missing with a left hand there. Saunders was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saunders leaves Turner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Turner swings widly with a right hand
and Saunders counters with a straight right hand.
Saunders fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saunders misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saunders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Sloppy strikes from Turner. Those never looked like landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Turner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fighters circle momentarily. Saunders darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turner slips a straight right by Saunders .
Saunders lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Saunders swings for the body but Turner moves out of range.
Josh Turner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saunders feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Turners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Turner looks to land a right hand but Saunders moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kasper Saunders .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Saunders , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kasper Saunders !
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kylar Sensei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kylar Sensei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Hemmingworth and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sensei scores with a punch to the head.
Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sensei.
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sensei appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sensei.
Cruz feints a counter leg kick.
Cruz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Sensei is controlling the position.
Sensei is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cruz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sensei turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Cruz stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
You can see the frustration on Cruz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cruz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sensei working away.
Cruz might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sensei 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.
Sensei working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cruz to see if he's OK.
Sensei working away.
Sensei 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.
Cruz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sensei.
Sensei is trying to get an arm triangle but Cruz is defending well.
Sensei trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz is looking for a sweep.
Check out the look on Sensei's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Cruz is trying to control Sensei's posture but Sensei avoids it.
Sensei cracks Cruz with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We've been hearing that Sensei has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cruz tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cruz, who protects the arm well.
Cruz sneaks back into half guard.
Sensei drops an elbow to the side of Cruz's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sensei connects with a nice short shot to Cruz's temple.
Cruz is doing well to control the position and prevent Sensei from advancing to side control.
Sensei lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cruz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sensei.
Sensei wants to pass to mount but Cruz is defending the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sensei working Cruz over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cruz.
Sensei trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sensei wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Cruz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sensei defends it easily.
Sensei lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cruz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sensei postures up and lands a big shot to Cruz's brow.
Sensei chips away with some ground and pound.
Cruz is looking for a triangle but Sensei pushes his legs off easily.
Sensei forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control but Sensei postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sensei connects with a nice short shot to Cruz's temple.
Cruz tries to roll over but Sensei keeps him under control.
Cruz is not content to let Sensei control the position.
Sensei is nestled in close to Cruz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cruz preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Cruz trying to control from the bottom.
Cruz gets back to full guard.
Sensei is in close to Cruz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kylar Sensei dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Sensei loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Cruz thows a body kick. Sensei tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Sensei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sensei ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dom Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sensei lands a nice hook to Cruz's body. Cruz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cruz throws a head kick that Sensei semi-blocks.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Sensei to counter with a crisp jab.
Sensei misses with a series of wild punches.
Sensei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
Cruz moves out of range as Sensei strikes.
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sensei stuns Cruz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Sensei moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sensei.
Sensei appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sensei.
Sensei throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Sensei misses with an uppercut.
Dom Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz slips under a jab from Sensei.
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cruz wants to clinch.
Sensei lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sensei looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big left from Sensei misses.
Cruz steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sensei.
Sensei misses with a body shot.
Sensei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
Good work by Sensei as he checks the leg kick.
Cruz thows a leg kick but Sensei checks it
and Sensei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei thuds a left hand into Cruz's body.
Cruz tried to score with a low kick but Sensei checks it.
Sensei was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sensei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz slaps away a takedown attempt from Sensei, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cruz darts in and clinches Sensei up against the cage.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cruz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cruz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Cruz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sensei controls the pace.
Sensei stands up over Cruz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sensei trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sensei.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is controlling Sensei's posture.
Sensei with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz has Sensei pulled in close to control his posture.
Sensei trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sensei postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sensei with a nice head shot there.
Kylar Sensei overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cruz trying to keep a closed guard but Sensei is proving a slippery customer.
Cruz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sensei defends well.
Sensei drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sensei jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sensei won't allow Cruz to sweep him here.
Sensei postures up.
Sensei cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
Cruz controlling the position.
Sensei trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cruz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sensei stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kylar Sensei dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Cruz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sensei checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cruz tried to score with a low kick but Sensei checks it.
Sensei takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Sensei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sensei lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cruz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sensei regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cruz is in close to Sensei's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cruz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sensei is looking to improve his position.
Cruz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Cruz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cruz lands strikes from half guard.
Sensei wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sensei is looking for a sweep. Cruz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cruz trying to advance position but Sensei counters by regaining guard.
Cruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cruz stands up over Sensei, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cruz is pushing down on Sensei's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sensei is fighting to maintain full guard but Cruz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cruz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sensei is staying active underneath Cruz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kylar Sensei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sensei manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cruz looking to sit in guard and control but Sensei gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sensei slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sensei advances to half guard.
Dom Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cruz wants to control but Sensei is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Still in half guard, Sensei seems content to control.
Cruz taking some punishment here, with Sensei in his half guard.
Sensei slows the pace down in half guard.
Cruz is trying is best to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but Sensei has control of the leg.
Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sensei is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sensei landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sensei sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sensei is looking for a kimura here.
Sensei controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sensei is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sensei looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sensei working the head and body with strikes.
Cruz is looking to control Sensei's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cruz avoid being mounted?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz is trying to stand.
Sensei is nestled in close to Cruz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kylar Sensei.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sensei, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kylar Sensei!
Kylar Sensei seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Fitzpatrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sesto D Ippolito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D Ippolito has chosen Squeeze- Cool for Cats as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Francis Fitzpatrick has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Fitzpatrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sesto D Ippolito!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzpatrick loads up on a big right hand but D Ippolito slips the punch.
D Ippolito has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fitzpatrick is landing a low percentage of strikes.
D Ippolito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzpatrick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
D Ippolito just misses with a punch to the body.
D Ippolito scores with a hook to the body. Fitzpatrick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice takedown defense from Fitzpatrick. No joy for D Ippolito on that attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Fitzpatrick misses the target.
Fitzpatrick throws a right and a left that D Ippolito avoids nicely.
Fitzpatrick lands a straight punch to the body, keeping D Ippolito at a distance.
D Ippolito shoots in and drives through. Fitzpatrick sprawls well.
Fitzpatrick throws a nice looking combination but D Ippolito bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fitzpatrick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from D Ippolito.
Fitzpatrick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzpatrick lands a nice looking body shot.
D Ippolito misses with a wild body shot.
Fitzpatrick scores with a jab to the body.
D Ippolito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fitzpatrick misses with a wild body shot.
D Ippolito feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick scores with a decent looking hook.
Fitzpatrick swats away the attempt to clinch by D Ippolito.
Fitzpatrick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fitzpatrick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fitzpatrick counters with a left to the body.
Fitzpatrick swinging wildly here.
D Ippolito gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
D Ippolito takes an elbow to the temple.
Fitzpatrick lands a left hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
D Ippolito blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fitzpatrick pushes D Ippolito back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
D Ippolito jumps guard but Fitzpatrick stands there with D Ippolito around his waist. D Ippolito gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Francis Fitzpatrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sesto D Ippolito.
D Ippolito fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fitzpatrick lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick lands with a left to the head.
D Ippolito is rocked!
Fitzpatrick prevents a body shot from D Ippolito.
D Ippolito is still on wobbly legs! Can Fitzpatrick finish him?
D Ippolito can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzpatrick controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fitzpatrick.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fitzpatrick.
D Ippolito looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Fitzpatrick.
A right hand to the body from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick presses D Ippolito against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A shot in the inside from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fitzpatrick dips a shoulder and cracks D Ippolito with a mighty uppercut! D Ippolito falls back against the cage and Fitzpatrick unloads with a barrage of strikes! D Ippolito is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Fitzpatrick screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Fitzpatrick!
The defeated Sesto D Ippolito had this to say: 'soundcloud.com/spinmanfinn'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Reco Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reco Penn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reco Penn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Manuel!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Chris Dean and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manuel scores with a nice head shot.
Manuel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Penn misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Penn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Penn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Penn misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Manuel does it's job there.
Manuel throws a looping overhand right but Penn ducks down to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Penn - that will leave a mark!
Penn throws a leg kick but Manuel moved away.
Manuel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Penn tries to move into range but Manuel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Penn connects with a jab.
Manuel throws a hook to the side of Penn's head but Penn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Penn seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Penn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manuel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manuel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Penn. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn thumps Manuel with a low kick.
Manuel throws a nice looking combination but Penn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Manuel throws the left hand but Penn avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn thuds his shin into the meat of Manuel's side.
Penn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Penn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Manuel misses with a looping right.
Penn throws a quick counter head kick but Manuel was just out of range.
Manuel throws a right hand that misses
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.
Penn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Manuel. That did some damage!
Manuel slips a jab from Penn.
Manuel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Manuel as he connects with a hook.
Penn gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Manuel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Manuel moves forwards but Penn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manuel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Penn.
Penn scores with a push kick.
Manuel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Manuel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Penn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manuel throws out the jab.
Penn punishes Manuel's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Manuel.
Penn tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Manuel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn is rocked!
Manuel misses with a looping right.
Manuel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Penn blocks a jab.
Manuel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Penn is looking to score with low kicks.
Penn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Manuel misses with an uppercut.
Good shot there by Manuel.
A jab from Manuel misses.
Penn lands with a nice body punch.
Penn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Penn misses with a few strikes there.
Penn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Manuel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manuel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Penn switches off momentarily and Manuel cracks him with a monster right hand! Penn topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Manuel dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Manuel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peter Manuel!
Peter Manuel is the new bantamweight champion!
Our winner, Peter Manuel, 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.
The defeated Reco Penn had this to say: 'vittu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.
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