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Bushido 66: Middleweight GP R1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hirusho Matasaki (ranked 3438 p4p, 488 weight class) and Bartholomew Razzers (ranked 6256 p4p, 727 weight class). Bartholomew Razzers told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hirusho Matasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bartholomew Razzers!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Razzers looks to score with a jab to the body but Matasaki is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Razzers. Matasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Matasaki both land. Nice combination.
Matasaki shoots in for a double leg but Razzers sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Matasaki fails with the takedown.
Matasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Razzers throws out the jab.
A jab from Razzers finds it's way through Matasaki's defenses.
Razzers misses with a hook. Matasaki ducked under it nicely.
Matasaki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hirusho Matasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matasaki ducks under a wild hook from Razzers.
Razzers lands with a shot to the body.
Razzers takes a swing at Matasaki's ribcage but misses.
Razzers rushes Matasaki and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Matasaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short body shot lands from Matasaki as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Razzers swings wildly with an uppercut but Matasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Razzers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matasaki blocks a body shot from Razzers.
Matasaki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Razzers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Razzers misses with a body punch.
Razzers looking to stall.
Razzers working aggressively here.
Matasaki blocks an uppercut.
Razzers tries a body shot but Matasaki blocks it.
Matasaki misses with a knee strike.
Razzers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Razzers swings wildly with an uppercut but Matasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matasaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Razzers avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Razzers misses with the head strike.
Razzers is leaning against Matasaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Razzers is trying to break the clinch but Matasaki is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matasaki.
Razzers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Razzers lands a right hand.
Matasaki trying to control the position but instead, Razzers has worked for underhooks and has pushed Matasaki into the ropes.
Razzers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Matasaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Razzers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Razzers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Razzers misses with some punches.
Razzers lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matasaki.
A right handed body shot lands from Razzers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matasaki stalling against the ropes.
Razzers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matasaki manages to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Matasaki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Razzers gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Razzers won't allow Matasaki to sweep him here.
Razzers content to stall in guard here.
Razzers wants to control from the top but Matasaki keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matasaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Matasaki keeping moving, preventing Razzers from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Matasaki shoots in for a takedown but Razzers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Matasaki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Razzers counters with a nice uppercut.
Matasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Razzers's shoulder, as Razzers tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Razzers! But no joy.
Matasaki scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Matasaki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Razzers counters with a nice uppercut.
Razzers drops Matasaki with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Matasaki looks back up at him and smiles so Razzers waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Matasaki is rocked!
It looks like Hirusho Matasaki has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Razzers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matasaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartholomew Razzers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hirusho Matasaki's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Matasaki looks to land a combination but Razzers avoids it well.
Razzers has Matasaki up against the ropes in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Razzers.
A right hand to the body from Razzers.
Razzers lands a nice uppercut.
Razzers misses with a punch on the inside.
Razzers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Razzers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Razzers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matasaki tries to stall but Razzers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bartholomew Razzers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Matasaki tries to stall but Razzers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Razzers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Matasaki.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matasaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Razzers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Razzers.
Matasaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Matasaki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Razzers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Matasaki.
Razzers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Razzers.
Razzers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Razzers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Razzers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Matasaki. Those never looked like landing.
Razzers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matasaki.
Razzers has Matasaki up against the ropes in a clinch.
Matasaki takes a shot to the head.
Razzers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Razzers scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matasaki takes a shot to the head.
Razzers drops Matasaki onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Matasaki is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Razzers pushes Matasaki against the ropes. Razzers is working some dirty boxing. Razzers pushes off with a quick right hook! Matasaki goes down! Matasaki tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Razzers moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bartholomew Razzers!
A very excited looking Bartholomew Razzers made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Carlos Luciano (ranked 1663 p4p, 259 weight class) and Rory Macpierre (ranked 5127 p4p, 647 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Carlos Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rory Macpierre!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Luciano finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Luciano throws the left hand but Macpierre avoids the punch easily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Macpierre.
Luciano trying to remain calm as Macpierre controls from the top position.
It looks like Macpierre might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
You can see the frustration on Luciano's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Luciano prevents Macpierre from improving position.
Macpierre is looking to take a break and control but Luciano is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macpierre laying and praying for a moment but Luciano takes advantage and regains half guard.
Macpierre is keen to just control but Luciano is a slippery customer.
Macpierre prevents Luciano from improving his position.
Macpierre is looking to advance position but Luciano won't allow it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Luciano tries to roll over but Macpierre keeps him under control.
Luciano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Macpierre trying to control the action but Luciano is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Macpierre in particular looking to stall.
Macpierre is looking to pass Luciano's guard but actually Luciano recovers to full guard.
Macpierre wants to control from the top but Luciano keeps moving.
Luciano looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Luciano looking for a sweep. Not yet Luciano, not yet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with a kick to the body.
Macpierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Luciano throws a head kick that half lands.
Macpierre goes for a double leg but Luciano avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Luciano continues to drive forward.
Macpierre tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Macpierre misses with a takedown attempt - Luciano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Luciano half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jose Carlos Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory Macpierre.
Luciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Macpierre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Macpierre's sensitive parts.
Macpierre needs to keep his hands up - Luciano had a free shot at his head there.
Luciano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Luciano takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Macpierre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Luciano pinned against the ropes. Luciano gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Luciano quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Macpierre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Carlos Luciano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Luciano looks to land a body kick but Macpierre moved away.
Luciano scores with a nice body kick.
Luciano throws a leg kick but Macpierre sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Luciano stuffs the takedown.
Crunch! Luciano slams his shin into Macpierre's torso.
Luciano throws a wild body kick that Macpierre sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luciano loads up on a big right hand but Macpierre slips the punch.
It seemed like Macpierre was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Macpierre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands with a nice body punch.
Macpierre shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luciano displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Macpierre.
Jose Carlos Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory Macpierre.
Luciano scores with a jab. Macpierre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Luciano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses the shot to the body.
Jose Carlos Luciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That kick from Luciano tenderised Macpierre's leg. Macpierre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Macpierre doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
Luciano misses with the combination.
Luciano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macpierre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Macpierre misses with a takedown
and Luciano counters with a straight right hand.
Jose Carlos Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Macpierre takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Macpierre throws out a counter right but Luciano avoids it with no problem.
Luciano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luciano lands a head kick. Macpierre smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Luciano stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Luciano wants it to stay on the feet.
Luciano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macpierre fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters circling a little - Luciano finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Luciano is looking to land body kicks.
Macpierre shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Luciano napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Macpierre wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Luciano manages to work his way to half guard, despite Macpierre's best efforts.
Luciano is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Macpierre's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Macpierre's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Carlos Luciano dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Macpierre shoots in for a double leg but Luciano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Luciano throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Luciano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Luciano lands a nice looking body shot.
Luciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luciano lands a body shot.
Luciano connects with a leg kick. Macpierre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano lands a front kick.
Luciano punishes Macpierre's body with a nice straight punch.
Macpierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macpierre shoots in but Luciano avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jab, jab by Luciano - just one landing.
Macpierre tries for a takedown but Luciano circles away easily
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jose Carlos Luciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory Macpierre.
Macpierre tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luciano swivels and escapes.
Luciano swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice jab there from Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Macpierre is rocked!
Luciano is stalking Macpierre. Macpierre circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Luciano, and it's lights out! Macpierre really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose Carlos Luciano!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buzz Meeks (ranked 7616 p4p, 712 weight class) and Seung-Jin Bailey (ranked 1055 p4p, 140 weight class). Bailey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Zombie Juice - Lava kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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202 lbs
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Buzz Meeks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Seung-Jin Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meeks defending well as Bailey loads up on a big left hand.
Bailey lands with a good body shot.
Bailey throws out a loose jab but Meeks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meeks tries to clinch up but Bailey circles away and keeps his distance.
Meeks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bailey misses with an uppercut. Meeks saw that one coming.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meeks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bailey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Meeks throws a right hand that Bailey ducks under and follows up with a left that Bailey also avoids with ease.
Bailey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Meeks lands a leg kick that knocks Bailey off balance momentarily.
Bailey moves out of range of the leg kick from Meeks.
Meeks connects with a crisp jab.
Bailey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bailey throws a leg kick but Meeks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bailey throws a looping overhand right but Meeks ducks down to avoid it.
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!
A swing and a miss from Meeks.
Meeks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bailey throws an overhand right that lands on Meeks's shoulder, as Meeks tries to avoid the shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
No joy there for Bailey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Meeks defending well as Bailey loads up on a big left hand.
Meeks throws a chopping leg kick but Bailey manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bailey uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bailey moves out of range of the leg kick from Meeks.
Meeks throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body. Meeks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bailey takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Meeks takes a swing at Bailey's ribcage but misses.
Bailey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bailey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meeks on the side of the head.
Jab by Bailey.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Meeks.
Meeks connects with an inside leg kick.
Bailey throws a leg kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Meeks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Meeks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bailey rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks lands a head kick!
Bailey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meeks avoids the body shot from Bailey.
Meeks has been working on his boxing with his coaches at the smoker in the buildup to the fight.
Meeks connects with an inside leg kick.
Bailey's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bailey with a hook.
Bailey swings away with a body shot that misses
and Meeks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bailey misses the jab.
Meeks misses with a hook.
It seemed like Bailey was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meeks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bailey defending well as Meeks loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Meeks darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bailey throws a hook but Meeks blocks it.
Meeks throws a body shot but no joy.
Meeks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bailey is looking to slow Meeks down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Meeks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Meeks is predictable there
and Bailey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Meeks throws a low kick but Bailey avoids it.
Meeks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bailey was well out of range. Poor timing from Meeks.
A little jabbing left from Bailey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bailey cracks Meeks with an open hand slap.
Meeks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bailey throws out the jab.
A big right from Bailey misses.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meeks fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bailey just manages to avoid it.
Bailey connects with the punch.
Meeks throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey throws a shot from downtown. Meeks moves away and avoids it.
Bailey throws a leg kick but Meeks moved away.
Meeks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bailey.
Meeks throws a body shot but no joy.
Meeks scores with a sloppy right hand. Bailey should have avoided that one.
Both fighters circling a little - Meeks finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bailey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Meeks. That did some damage!
Meeks throws a low kick but Bailey avoids it.
Meeks is looking to wear down Bailey with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bailey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meeks's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bailey misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Bailey misses its intended target.
Meeks throws a push kick but Bailey slaps the foot to one side.
Meeks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Meeks throws a right hand that misses
enabling Bailey to counter with a crisp jab.
Meeks throws a looping overhand right but Bailey ducks down to avoid it.
Meeks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meeks throws a sloppy head kick and Bailey moves out of range easily.
Bailey takes a swing at Meeks's ribcage but misses.
Bailey throws a shot from downtown. Meeks moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meeks. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bailey misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Bailey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Meeks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bailey throws a predictable looking body shot
and Meeks counters with a straight right hand.
Bailey loads up on a big right hand but Meeks slips the punch.
Bailey throws a shot from downtown. Meeks moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Buzz Meeks will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Meeks throws a hook but Bailey avoids it easily.
Bailey will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Meeks thuds his right hand into Bailey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bailey.
Meeks throws a shot from downtown. Bailey moves away and avoids it.
Buzz Meeks is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Bailey.
Meeks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bailey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bailey throws a poor cross that misses
and Meeks counters with a left to the body.
Bailey misses with a straight left.
Meeks ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Meeks moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meeks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bailey's sensitive parts.
Meeks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meeks looks for the body kick but Bailey saw that one coming.
Meeks scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bailey in his tracks.
Meeks ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Meeks ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meeks slips under a jab from Bailey.
Meeks will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bailey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bailey is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meeks with a body shot.
Bailey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meeks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Meeks loads up on a big right hand but Bailey slips the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Meeks.
Meeks scores with a body shot.
Meeks throws a leg kick which misses Bailey's front leg but catches the back leg as Bailey tries to avoid it.
Bailey throws a hook to the side of Meeks's head but Meeks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meeks on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Bailey checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A punch combination from Meeks misses.
Bailey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meeks swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bailey tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Meeks scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey throws an off balance right hand
and Meeks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bailey thinking.
Meeks throws out a loose jab but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bailey appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks loads up on a big right hand but Bailey slips the punch.
Meeks ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bailey might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Meeks has got the better of the exchanges.
Bailey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meeks slips a straight right by Bailey.
Meeks throws a body punch but Bailey moves out of range.
Meeks lands a front kick.
Meeks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bailey's sensitive parts.
Meeks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Meeks throws a leg kick but Bailey moved away.
Meeks takes a swing at Bailey's ribcage but misses.
Bailey doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bailey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meeks.
Bailey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Meeks slips a straight right by Bailey.
Meeks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bailey moves out of range as Meeks strikes.
Meeks shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bailey throws out a counter right but Meeks avoids it with no problem.
Meeks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Bailey.
Bailey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meeks.
Meeks misses with a wild combination.
Meeks on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bailey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bailey looks to land a right hand but Meeks moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Meeks on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meeks.
Bailey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meeks manages to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Meeks finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bailey takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bailey throws a hook but Meeks avoids it easily.
Meeks misses with a head kick.
Meeks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bailey's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meeks's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bailey under the eye.
A head kick misses from Meeks.
Bailey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey misses the shot to the body.
Bailey tried to score with a low kick but Meeks checks it.
Bailey lunges at Meeks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Meeks's hand.
Bailey throws a big shot that misses.
Bailey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meeks manages to avoid it.
Meeks scores with a kick to the body.
Meeks lands with an overhand left.
Bailey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Meeks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bailey was well out of range. Poor timing from Meeks.
Bailey misses with the combination.
Meeks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meeks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meeks moves out of range as Bailey strikes.
Meeks ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Bailey just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buzz Meeks dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Meeks scores with a sloppy right hand. Bailey should have avoided that one.
Bailey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Meeks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meeks thumps Bailey with a low kick.
Meeks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Meeks scoring well with a low kick there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Meeks. Bailey shrugs it off though.
A cross from Bailey lands.
Bailey on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A shot to the body from Bailey misses
enabling Meeks to counter with a crisp jab.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses.
Meeks throws a head kick that misses.
Meeks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bailey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meeks connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bailey. Bailey circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Bailey lands.
Meeks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bailey throws out the jab.
Meeks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bailey momentarily.
Meeks throws a hook but Bailey avoids it easily.
Bailey now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meeks. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bailey is looking to score with low kicks.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meeks.
Meeks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Meeks. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Meeks connects with a high kick.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meeks.
Meeks half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bailey throws a combination. Meeks tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Meeks misses with a two punch combination.
Meeks tries a head kick but it misses.
Meeks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bailey.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Meeks misses.
Meeks throws a body punch but Bailey moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meeks ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Bailey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bailey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meeks.
Bailey lands with a good body shot.
A left lands for Bailey.
Meeks lands with a straight right. Bailey didn't see that one coming.
Meeks jabs at Bailey's body.
Meeks scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Meeks defending well as Bailey loads up on a big left hand.
Bailey throws a jab but it's blocked by Meeks.
Meeks looks to land a left hand but Bailey moved out of range nicely.
Bailey misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bailey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bailey jabs Meeks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bailey throws a hook but Meeks blocks it.
Bailey throws a shot from downtown. Meeks moves away and avoids it.
Bailey has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Meeks.
Meeks misses with a hook. Bailey ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bailey.
A chopping leg kick lands by Meeks.
Bailey jabs Meeks right on the nose. Meeks blinks but takes it well.
Bailey swings for the body but Meeks moves out of range.
It looked like Meeks wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Meeks is looking to score with low kicks.
Meeks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meeks misses with a hook. Bailey ducked under it nicely.
Seung-Jin Bailey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bailey throws a hook but Meeks avoids it easily.
Meeks misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bailey! But no joy.
Meeks looks for the body kick but Bailey saw that one coming.
Bailey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bailey throws a hook to the side of Meeks's head but Meeks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meeks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bailey just misses with a punch to the body.
Meeks throwing a counter right hand but Bailey manages to avoid it.
Bailey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bailey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Meeks.
Buzz Meeks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meeks loads up on a big right hand but Bailey slips the punch.
Bailey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meeks thows a leg kick but Bailey checks it
and Bailey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bailey throws a body shot but no joy.
Bailey misses with a looping left.
Meeks lands a jab.
Bailey has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Meeks connects with an inside leg kick.
Meeks misses the shot to the body.
Bailey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Meeks.
Bailey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Meeks.
Bailey throws a hook but Meeks blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bailey misses with a shot to the body
enabling Meeks to counter with a crisp jab.
Bailey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Meeks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bailey. That did some damage!
And that's the end of the fight!
Buzz Meeks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Meeks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buzz Meeks!
Seung-Jin Bailey spoke after the fight, saying 'I came in way too heavy for this fight and had to cut a lot of weight last minute, I fucked up. I'll be back'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TheDragon Reborn (ranked 1732 p4p, 221 weight class) and Dean Wesson (ranked 2361 p4p, 313 weight class). Wesson has chosen In Your Honor - Foo Fighters as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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201 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TheDragon Reborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Wesson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reborn throws the left hand but Wesson avoids the punch easily.
Wesson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've been informed that Wesson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Wesson misses with a head kick.
Dean Wesson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wesson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wesson slips under a jab from Reborn.
A big right from Reborn misses.
Wesson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reborn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Reborn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wesson connects with a looping right hand.
Wesson lands a nice looking body shot.
Reborn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reborn slips a straight right by Wesson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wesson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reborn's head.
Reborn dodges the punch combination from Wesson.
Wesson stalks Reborn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reborn's face. Reborn staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wesson!
Wesson throws a hook but Reborn blocks it.
Reborn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Reborn sets himself, and Wesson steps forward looking for the clinch! Reborn avoids it this time.
A big left from Reborn misses.
Wesson counters with a body kick.
Reborn just misses with a punch to the body.
Wesson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Reborn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wesson - the referee stops the clock and Reborn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wesson. Reborn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Reborn shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wesson lands with a nice combination. Reborn backs away looking to recover.
The fighters circling - Wesson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wesson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slow jab from Wesson misses its intended target.
Reborn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wesson misses with the head strike.
Wesson lands an elbow just above Reborn 's eye.
It looks like TheDragon Reborn has been cut.
Wesson blocks an elbow strike.
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!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesson lands a shoulder strike.
Wesson ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wesson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Reborn tries to free his leg and advance position but Wesson is retaining full guard.
Reborn wants to control from the top but Wesson keeps moving.
Wesson is looking for a triangle but Reborn pushes his legs off easily.
Wesson keeping moving, preventing Reborn from controlling successfully.
Reborn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Reborn drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Wesson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Reborn has Wesson in his guard.
Reborn lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson wants to sweep but no luck.
Wesson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wesson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reborn defends it easily.
Wesson looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Reborn has picked Wesson up and slammed him! Wesson can't keep hold of the triangle and Reborn manages to pass to side control!
Reborn moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Reborn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Wesson, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reborn goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Wesson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Reborn's guard! Nice work there by Wesson!
Reborn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wesson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reborn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wesson pushing down on Reborn's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wesson seems to be working for a kimura but Reborn defends the submission attempt.
Wesson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Reborn is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Wesson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TheDragon Reborn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Reborn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dean Wesson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wesson throws a push kick but Reborn slaps the foot to one side.
Reborn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wesson tries to score with a low kick but Reborn moves his leg out of the way.
Wesson looks to throw the jab but Reborn is out of range.
Reborn misses with a combination
and Wesson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wesson scores with a punch to the head.
Wesson staying out of range there.
Reborn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wesson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wesson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wesson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reborn throws a leg kick
and Wesson counters with a good, hard body kick but Reborn shrugs it off.
Wesson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wesson avoids a kick to the body.
Wesson lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reborn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wesson counters with an outside leg kick.
Reborn walks into a straight right hand from Wesson.
Reborn throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Reborn misses its intended target.
Reborn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reborn wants to clinch up but Wesson keeps it at a distance.
Reborn throws a leg kick which misses Wesson's front leg but catches the back leg as Wesson tries to avoid it.
Reborn takes one to the chin there.
Wesson tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wesson.
Wesson keeps the fight on the outside.
Reborn moves out of range as Wesson throws a body kick.
Wesson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Reborn's head.
Reborn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wesson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reborn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn blocks a head kick by Wesson.
Reborn looks to land a body kick but Wesson moved away.
Wesson misses with a body kick.
Wesson throws a jab but it's blocked by Reborn.
Wesson moves out of range as Reborn strikes.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wesson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wesson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Reborn rushes Wesson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Reborn lands a shot to the body.
Wesson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reborn has him pressed against the ropes.
Reborn misses with a body punch.
Reborn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wesson misses with a body punch.
Wesson working aggressively here.
Wesson avoids the elbow strike from Reborn, against the ropes.
Reborn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wesson is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson blocks a body shot from Reborn.
Wesson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wesson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn lands an elbow inside that Wesson shrugs off.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Wesson.
Wesson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reborn lands an elbow inside.
Wesson can't find room to land a body shot as Reborn controls the action.
Reborn throws an elbow but it misses.
Wesson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wesson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reborn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reborn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wesson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wesson lands with an uppercut that bounces Reborn off the ropes and back into range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Wesson.
Reborn slips under a jab.
Reborn tries to counter by clinching up but Wesson breaks away and moves out of range.
Wesson jabs at Reborn's body.
An inside leg kick lands from Wesson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wesson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reborn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reborn misses with a series of wild punches.
Reborn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reborn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wesson if he has to take too many more of those.
Wesson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reborn will feel that in the morning.
Wesson scores with a nice body kick.
Wesson misses with a leg kick
and Reborn counters with a two punch combo.
Wesson misses with a hook. Reborn ducked under it nicely.
Reborn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wesson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Wesson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on TheDragon Reborn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Reborn is looking to clinch but Wesson is avoiding it.
Wesson tries a quick counter leg kick but Reborn is wise to it.
Reborn defending well as Wesson loads up on a big left hand.
Reborn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wesson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Reborn is looking to counter the offense by Wesson and move into the clinch.
Wesson scores with a decent looking hook.
Wesson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wesson takes a swing at Reborn's ribcage but misses.
Reborn rushes Wesson and presses him up against the ropes.
Wesson misses with a punch on the inside.
Reborn dodges an elbow strike from Wesson.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Wesson.
Wesson lands a right hand.
Reborn tries to work over Wesson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reborn blocks an uppercut.
Wesson tries a body shot but Reborn blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reborn misses with a hook to the ribs.
TheDragon Reborn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wesson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reborn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wesson counters with a low kick, right behind Reborn 's knee.
Wesson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wesson is looking to score with low kicks.
Reborn moves into the clinch successfully.
Reborn throws an elbow that misses.
Wesson pulls guard successfully.
Wesson has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Reborn should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Wesson has tightened it up now! Reborn should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dean Wesson!
An out of breath Dean Wesson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
TheDragon Reborn spoke after the fight, saying 'I can do better'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jukka Toskala (ranked 877 p4p, 121 weight class) and Corwin Valentine (ranked 8505 p4p, 758 weight class). Valentine has chosen I Get Knocked Down as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jukka Toskala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Corwin Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toskala jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Corwin Valentine has been cut.
Valentine wants to clinch but Toskala slips to the side
and Toskala counters with a series of strikes. Valentine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Corwin Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toskala scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toskala has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Valentine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valentine has managed to clinch.
Toskala lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toskala scores with a nice hook to the head.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but Toskala blocks it.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but Toskala blocks it.
A short uppercut from Toskala.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
Valentine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toskala lands a shot to the body.
Toskala lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Toskala.
Valentine looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Toskala.
Toskala lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Valentine.
A nice right hand lands inside from Toskala.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Toskala as the two fighters clinch.
Toskala lands an elbow just above Valentine 's eye.
Toskala works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Toskala scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toskala scores with a shot to the side of Valentine's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Toskala.
Valentine's coach down at Hard Knocks Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Valentine's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Valentine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Toskala.
Valentine is rocked!
Toskala lands a shoulder strike.
Valentine is still on wobbly legs! Can Toskala finish him?
Toskala makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toskala pushes Valentine against the ropes. Toskala is working some dirty boxing. Toskala pushes off with a quick right hook! Valentine goes down! Valentine tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Toskala moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jukka Toskala!
After winning the bout, Jukka Toskala thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Mamedov (ranked 382 p4p, 52 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 1860 p4p, 241 weight class). Mamedov comes to the ring accompanied by Shamhan Daldaev - Eto Kavkaz. Dincht has chosen Disturbed - Down With The Sickness as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khalid Mamedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mamedov.
Dincht feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mamedov's calf.
Mamedov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mamedov catches Dincht with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice defenses there by Dincht.
Dincht is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mamedov.
Nice jab there from Mamedov.
Mamedov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dincht moves out of range of the strikes.
Zell Dincht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Dincht.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dincht.
Mamedov is looking to clinch but Dincht is avoiding it.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mamedov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mamedov moves in looking to clinch but Dincht pushes him off.
Dincht looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dincht throws a big shot that misses.
Mamedov looks to land a right hand but Dincht moved out of range.
Dincht lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamedov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dincht, pushing him back against the ropes.
Dincht lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mamedov.
Dincht's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mamedov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mamedov lands a body shot.
Mamedov presses Dincht against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dincht.
Mamedov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Mamedov on the inside.
Mamedov misses with the head strike.
Dincht misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mamedovs head.
Mamedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dincht lands with a left to the head.
Dincht lands with a left to the head.
Dincht breaks from the clinch.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dincht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamedov was well out of range. Poor timing from Dincht.
Mamedov fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dincht misses with a hook
so Mamedov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mamedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Dincht is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mamedov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mamedov throwing strikes but missing.
Mamedov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dincht told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mamedov trying to move into half guard but instead Dincht has managed to sweep!
Mamedov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dincht gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mamedov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dincht gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dincht wants to control from the top but Mamedov keeps moving.
Mamedov working a defensive guard here.
Mamedov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mamedov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dincht gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mamedov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mamedov is controlling Dincht's posture.
Mamedov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dincht got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mamedov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dincht has managed to get both his arms back between Mamedov's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Mamedov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dincht misses with a hook. Mamedov ducked under it nicely.
Good shot there by Dincht.
Mamedov looks to land a right hand but Dincht moved out of range.
Dincht misses with an uppercut.
Mamedov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dincht moves out of range of the strikes.
Dincht throws a leg kick but Mamedov moved away.
Mamedov avoids the body shot from Dincht.
Mamedov thuds a left hand into Dincht's body.
Mamedov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mamedov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Mamedov.
Mamedov throws a hook but Dincht avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamedov throws the left hand but Dincht avoids the punch easily.
A low kick from Dincht misses
and Mamedov counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mamedov seems to be looking for submissions.
Mamedov throwing shots but Dincht is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mamedov is trying to control. Dincht wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mamedov wants to pass to mount but Dincht is defending the position.
Mamedov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mamedov sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dincht defending well though.
Mamedov stalling.
Mamedov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mamedov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mamedov is working for a kimura but Dincht is defending it quite comfortably.
Mamedov is stalling here. Dincht is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mamedov seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dincht has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Dincht working away.
Mamedov tries to bench press Dincht off him but Dincht keeps the position.
Mamedov wants to control but Dincht postures up.
Dincht trying to control the position but Mamedov is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov sneaks back into half guard.
Mamedov controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Mamedov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dincht pulls his head out easily.
Mamedov is looking for a sweep. Dincht is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mamedov is holding on to half guard well.
Mamedov tries to roll over but Dincht keeps him under control.
Dincht is trying to control the action in half guard but Mamedov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mamedov is trying to control but can't.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dincht jabs at Mamedov's body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mamedov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Mamedov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Mamedov dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mamedov throws a jab but it's blocked by Dincht.
Khalid Mamedov is winning the standup battle so far.
Dincht lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mamedov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dincht throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dincht is looking to chop away at Mamedov's legs.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mamedov misses with a hook
and Dincht counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mamedov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dincht.
Mamedov tries to close the distance and clinch but Dincht swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mamedov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Dincht on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dincht.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamedov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dincht misses the jab.
Mamedov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dincht. That one must have hurt.
Mamedov lands a glancing blow to the side of Dincht's head.
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!
Mamedov throws an overhand right that lands on Dincht's shoulder, as Dincht tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamedov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dincht.
Mamedov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dincht was well out of range. Poor timing from Mamedov.
Mamedov avoids the head kick by Dincht.
Mamedov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dincht manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dincht throws a lazy uppercut
and Mamedov counters with a nice body shot.
Dincht throws a body punch but Mamedov moves out of range.
Mamedov moves into the clinch successfully.
Dincht is trying to break the clinch but Mamedov is controlling him.
Dincht misses with a punch to the body.
Mamedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Mamedov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mamedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dincht doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Mamedov.
Dincht lands with a left to the head.
Dincht struggles to land a body shot inside as Mamedov controls his hands.
Dincht wants to break free but Mamedov has control.
Zell Dincht has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
I was talking to Mamedov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mamedov lands with a short shot to the head.
Dincht manages to break the clinch.
Mamedov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dincht tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dincht.
Dincht throws a leg kick but Mamedov checks it.
Dincht with a nice cross.
Mamedov closes the distance and pushes Dincht back into the ropes.
Mamedov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Zell Dincht has been cut.
Mamedov blocking some punches.
Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mamedov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dincht gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mamedov counters with a straight right hand.
Mamedov clobbers Dincht with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dincht moves out of range of the strikes.
Dincht thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mamedov throws a big counter combination but Dincht scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Dincht misses its intended target.
Dincht gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mamedov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dincht lands with a right to the head.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dincht tries to break free but Mamedov pushes him back against the ropes.
Mamedov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dincht swings wildly with an uppercut but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mamedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Mamedov misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Dincht.
Khalid Mamedov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dincht is leaning against Mamedov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mamedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dincht lands a left hand.
Mamedov has a couple of punches blocked by Dincht.
Khalid Mamedov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mamedov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dincht.
Dincht lands a nice uppercut.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Mamedov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dincht is trying to force a seperation but Mamedov has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mamedov.
Dincht breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dincht ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dincht throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mamedov to counter with a crisp jab.
Mamedov doesn't manage to clinch there - Dincht circles away.
Mamedov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dincht pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dincht lands a really nice looking cross but Mamedov seems unphased.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zell Dincht.
I think Mamedov 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalid Mamedov!
A victorious Khalid Mamedov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eyeam Yurmommy (ranked 1010 p4p, 55 weight class) and Mike McLaughlin (ranked 758 p4p, 37 weight class). Yurmommy comes to the ring accompanied by Peanut Butter Jelly Time - Galantis. 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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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eyeam Yurmommy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike McLaughlin!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yurmommy lands with a cross.
Yurmommy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McLaughlin's head.
McLaughlin throws a hook to the side of Yurmommy's head but Yurmommy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yurmommy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McLaughlin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yurmommy.
McLaughlin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Yurmommy throws a looping overhand right but McLaughlin ducks down to avoid it.
Yurmommy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McLaughlin was well out of range. Poor timing from Yurmommy.
McLaughlin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yurmommy to score with a decent uppercut.
A jab from Yurmommy misses.
Yurmommy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McLaughlin finds it's way round the side to connect with Yurmommy's head.
Yurmommy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McLaughlin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Yurmommy throws a lazy uppercut
and McLaughlin counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Yurmommy scores with the left hand. McLaughlin knows he should have avoided that one.
McLaughlin looks to land a left hand but Yurmommy moved out of range nicely.
Yurmommy feinted with a counter takedown.
McLaughlin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yurmommy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McLaughlin.
Yurmommy lands a nice shot that snaps McLaughlin's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurmommy lands a jab.
We've been hearing reports that Yurmommy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Yurmommy throws out a loose jab but McLaughlin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from McLaughlin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McLaughlin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McLaughlin misses the jab.
Yurmommy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yurmommy misses with a straight left.
Yurmommy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yurmommy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yurmommy throws a right hand that misses
and McLaughlin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yurmommy thinking.
McLaughlin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yurmommy.
A punch lands to the side of Yurmommy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McLaughlin keeps the fight on the outside.
Eyeam Yurmommy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLaughlin looks to throw the jab but Yurmommy is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLaughlin looks to land a left hand but Yurmommy moved out of range nicely.
McLaughlin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Yurmommy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLaughlin lands a jab to Yurmommy's midsection.
A big left from McLaughlin misses.
It looked like Yurmommy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yurmommy scores with a shot to the body.
Yurmommy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
McLaughlin tries to get to full guard but Yurmommy has control of the leg.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yurmommy is trying to control the action in half guard but McLaughlin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yurmommy moves nicely into side control.
McLaughlin stops Yurmommy from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurmommy wants to lay and pray for a moment but McLaughlin keeps working.
McLaughlin is looking for a sweep.
McLaughlin gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
McLaughlin tries to lock up and control but Yurmommy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yurmommy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McLaughlin can do anything to dispel that myth.
McLaughlin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
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.
McLaughlin is controlling an arm, preventing Yurmommy from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Yurmommy jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… McLaughlin is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by McLaughlin and Yurmommy has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Yurmommy tries to advance to mount but can't.
Yurmommy wants to lay and pray for a moment but McLaughlin keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Eyeam Yurmommy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McLaughlin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yurmommy.
McLaughlin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yurmommy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yurmommy ducks under a wild hook from McLaughlin.
Yurmommy misses with a looping left.
McLaughlin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McLaughlin misses with a right hand
and Yurmommy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McLaughlin misses with a hook.
Yurmommy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yurmommy thows a left - swing and a miss!
McLaughlin throws out a powerful jab.
McLaughlin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Yurmommy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Donk. McLaughlin catches Yurmommy right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Yurmommy misses.
Yurmommy throws an off balance right hand
and McLaughlin counters with a straight right hand.
McLaughlin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yurmommy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurmommy looks to land a left hand but McLaughlin moved out of range nicely.
Mike McLaughlin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McLaughlin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yurmommy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yurmommy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but McLaughlin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yurmommy lands a nice shot to the body.
McLaughlin moves out of range as Yurmommy strikes.
A swing and a miss from Yurmommy.
Yurmommy throws the left hand but McLaughlin avoids the punch easily.
Yurmommy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yurmommy closes the distance and clinches up with McLaughlin, looking for a takedown. Yurmommy pushes McLaughlin against the ropes but McLaughlin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yurmommy avoids the head kick by McLaughlin.
Yurmommy shoots in and gets a takedown into McLaughlin's guard.
McLaughlin is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Yurmommy dives into side control.
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!
Yurmommy wants to control but McLaughlin is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLaughlin is looking to regain half guard here but Yurmommy keeps moving and retains side control.
McLaughlin is not content to let Yurmommy control the position.
McLaughlin prevents Yurmommy from moving into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLaughlin struggling a bit here.
McLaughlin is not content to let Yurmommy control the position.
Yurmommy working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yurmommy is looking to take a break and control but McLaughlin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A telegraphed right hand from McLaughlin misses the target.
Yurmommy takes a swing at McLaughlin's ribcage but misses.
McLaughlin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yurmommy throws a body shot but no joy.
Yurmommy moves away from the strike by McLaughlin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike McLaughlin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Nice defenses there by Yurmommy.
Yurmommy tries to clinch but McLaughlin moves out of range.
McLaughlin takes one on the button.
Yurmommy misses with a jab to the body
and McLaughlin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yurmommy.
Yurmommy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yurmommy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McLaughlin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yurmommy misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for McLaughlin.
Yurmommy throws a jab but it's blocked by McLaughlin.
Yurmommy shoots for a double leg takedown but McLaughlin sprawls well. He's pushed Yurmommy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yurmommy closes this distance looking for a takedown but McLaughlin circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eyeam Yurmommy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McLaughlin throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurmommy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. McLaughlin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
McLaughlin keeping moving, preventing Yurmommy from controlling successfully.
Yurmommy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McLaughlin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McLaughlin keeping moving, preventing Yurmommy from controlling successfully.
McLaughlin is trying to control the position but Yurmommy postures up.
McLaughlin pulls Yurmommy in to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurmommy passes McLaughlin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Yurmommy wants to lay and pray for a moment but McLaughlin keeps working.
McLaughlin has a hand on Yurmommy's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Yurmommy takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Yurmommy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McLaughlin is looking to escape.
McLaughlin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yurmommy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yurmommy throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLaughlin is looking to get to half guard.
Yurmommy quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Yurmommy but it's paid off an McLaughlin is forced to tap! Nice work by Yurmommy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eyeam Yurmommy!
An intense looking Eyeam Yurmommy took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Night night traitor! PS: It's my birthday! '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jayne Cobb (ranked 2617 p4p, 339 weight class) and Nam Ho (ranked 395 p4p, 55 weight class). Cobb's entrance music is The Hero of Canton. A fine choice. 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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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jayne Cobb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nam Ho !
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Ho misses with a wild combination.
Cobb drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ho sprawls and moves away.
Ho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nam Ho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Cobb.
Cobb appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho .
Cobb appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho looks to throw the jab but Cobb is out of range.
Ho looks to land a left hand but Cobb moved out of range nicely.
Ho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ho misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nice jab there from Ho .
Cobb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho .
Ho looks to land a left hand but Cobb moved out of range nicely.
Ho throws a nice looking combination but Cobb bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
Ho misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Ho misses.
Ho misses the body punch
and Cobb counters with a series of strikes. Ho will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cobb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cobb was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobb.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Ho - just one landing.
Ho throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
Cobb swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ho throws a series of punches but Cobb avoids them all with ease.
Ho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nam Ho dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Ho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobb.
Cobb is looking to counter punch.
Cobb moves out of range as Ho strikes.
Ho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobb.
Cobb is looking for a counter combo.
Ho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cobb counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb wants to control from the top but Ho keeps moving.
Cobb stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb trying to control the position from guard on top but Ho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cobb missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cobb postures up and lands a big shot to Ho 's brow.
Cobb throws an elbow that misses. Ho uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cobb's guard. Nice move by Ho !
Cobb working a defensive guard here.
Cobb looking to control but Ho passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cobb is looking to control Ho 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cobb avoid being mounted?
Cobb 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.
Cobb tries to get to full guard but Ho has control of the leg.
Cobb regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho trying to control but Cobb is working from the bottom.
Cobb doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ho would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cobb seems keen to control Ho 's posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Cobb displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho throws out the jab.
Ho 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.
Ho scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cobb keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ho .
Nam Ho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ho loads up on a big right hand but Cobb slips the punch.
Ho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobb.
It looked like Cobb was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ho .
Ho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ho scores with a jab to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nam Ho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobb was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho .
Ho misses with an uppercut. Cobb saw that one coming.
Ho misses with a straight left.
Ho lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho fails to land with a series of punches.
Cobb is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cobb was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobb blocks a jab.
Cobb steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho .
Cobb tries to counter with a takedown but Ho is quick to defend against it.
Cobb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cobb counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cobb is keen to just control but Ho is a slippery customer.
Ho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cobb sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ho defending well though.
Cobb is just content to waste time from the top position. Ho takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ho can't keep his opponent in guard - Cobb advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cobb is trying to control the action in half guard but Ho is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cobb sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cobb throwing shots but Ho is blocking nicely.
Ho avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cobb.
Nam Ho is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cobb seems to be working for a kimura but Ho defends the submission attempt.
Ho moves into full guard.
Cobb lands a couple of digs.
Jayne Cobb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cobb postures up in Ho 's guard and throws a big left but Ho blocks it.
Cobb missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cobb tries to free his leg and advance position but Ho is retaining full guard.
Cobb trying to control the position from guard on top but Ho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ho can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cobb trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ho throws an overhand right that lands on Cobb's shoulder, as Cobb tries to avoid the shot.
Cobb feinted with a counter takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ho throws a shot from downtown. Cobb moves away and avoids it.
Cobb appears to be looking for a big counter.
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 Jayne Cobb.
I think Ho has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nam Ho !
In his post fight interview, Nam Ho started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krystian Soszynski (ranked 326 p4p, 51 weight class) and Douche Canoe (ranked 1141 p4p, 166 weight class). Soszynski comes to the ring accompanied by Sabaton - 40 : 1. Douche Canoe acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krystian Soszynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Douche Canoe!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canoe avoids the body shot from Soszynski.
Soszynski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Soszynski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Soszynski.
Canoe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Soszynski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Canoe is out of range and Soszynski settles back down.
Douche Canoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soszynski throws a right hand that misses
and Canoe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Canoe throws a right hand that misses
and Soszynski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Soszynski tries to move into range but Canoe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Krystian Soszynski has been cut.
Soszynski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Canoe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Soszynski. That's going to slow Canoe down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Canoe shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Soszynski is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canoe prevents Soszynski from improving his position.
Canoe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soszynski's head.
Soszynski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Canoe.
Soszynski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Canoe.
Soszynski trying to control here.
Ground and pound from Canoe.
Canoe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soszynski's head.
Canoe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Canoe working over Soszynski with some ground and pound. Soszynski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Canoe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski is looking for a sweep. Canoe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Canoe trying to control from half guard but Soszynski is working away.
Soszynski is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ganja Ninjas Dojo, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Canoe is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Canoe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Soszynski keeping control of the position.
Soszynski tries to roll over but Canoe keeps him under control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Soszynski misses with a lunging right hand
and Canoe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski moves out of range of the strikes.
Soszynski cracks a nice hook into Canoe's ribs.
Canoe misses with a hook
and Soszynski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Canoe's knee momentarily.
Canoe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Canoe lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Soszynski backs up against the ropes.
Soszynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Canoe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Soszynski defends it well.
Nice straight punches there by Canoe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Canoe.
Canoe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Soszynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Canoe.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Soszynski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soszynski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Canoe misses with a right hand
and Soszynski counters with a nice body kick.
Soszynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Canoe.
Soszynski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Soszynski connects with the punch.
Soszynski lands a glancing blow to the side of Canoe's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canoe throws the left hand but Soszynski avoids the punch easily.
Soszynski dips to his left and cracks Canoe with an uppercut!
It looks like Douche Canoe has been cut.
Soszynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Canoe.
Canoe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Soszynski. Soszynski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Canoe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soszynski's head backwards.
Soszynski avoids the body shot from Canoe.
Soszynski is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Soszynski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Canoe momentarily.
Canoe throws a hook to the side of Soszynski's head but Soszynski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soszynski thumps Canoe with a low kick.
Soszynski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Canoe throws out the jab.
Soszynski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Canoe throws an overhand right that lands on Soszynski's shoulder, as Soszynski tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Soszynski needs to keep his hands up - Canoe had a free shot at his head there.
Canoe 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.
Soszynski scores with a head kick. Canoe tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Soszynski digs a good body shot into Canoe's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Douche Canoe will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A good leg kick by Soszynski.
Nice body kick from Soszynski.
Canoe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Soszynski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Canoe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Canoe takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Canoe throws a right hand that misses
and Soszynski counters with a straight right hand.
Canoe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Soszynski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Canoe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Canoe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Canoe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
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!
Canoe throws a hook but Soszynski blocks it.
Soszynski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Soszynski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Canoe.
Canoe connects with the punch.
A jab lands there for Canoe.
Soszynski connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Canoe. Those never looked like landing.
Canoe takes one to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Canoe misses
and Soszynski counters with a thumping low kick.
Canoe throws a big shot that misses.
A nice combination there by Canoe.
Canoe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Soszynskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Soszynski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That has opened up Douche Canoe's cut even more.
Krystian Soszynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Canoe misses with a body shot.
Canoe misses with a body shot.
Canoe loads up on a big right hand but Soszynski slips the punch.
Soszynski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Canoe misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soszynski scores with a hook to the body. Canoe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Canoe misses its intended target.
Soszynski fakes the leg kick and cracks Canoe in the body.
Canoe is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canoe throws a hook but Soszynski blocks it.
Donk. Soszynski catches Canoe right on the button with a cross.
Soszynski scores with a jab. Canoe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Canoe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soszynski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Canoe is rocked!
Canoe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soszynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Canoe.
Soszynski fires out a quick counter leg kick but Canoe just manages to avoid it.
Canoe is still on wobbly legs! Can Soszynski finish him?
Soszynski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Canoe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Canoe seems to have recovered his senses.
Canoe looks to throw the jab but Soszynski is out of range.
Jab, jab by Soszynski - just one landing.
Nice defenses there by Soszynski.
Canoe shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Soszynski manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Soszynski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Canoe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canoe with a nice head shot there.
Canoe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Canoe wants to control from the top but Soszynski keeps moving.
Canoe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Soszynski is pulling down on Canoe's head. It's preventing any offense from Canoe, at least for the moment.
Canoe landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Canoe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Canoe is working Soszynski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Canoe throwing strikes from guard but Soszynski blocks nicely.
Soszynski trying to keep a closed guard but Canoe is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Soszynski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice cross by Canoe.
A lazy left from Canoe finds it's target.
Nice shot lands for Soszynski.
The cut above Douche Canoe's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Soszynski moves away from the strike by Canoe.
Soszynski looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Canoe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
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 Krystian Soszynski will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Canoe misses the shot to the body.
Soszynski throws a big shot that misses.
Canoe looks to throw the jab but Soszynski is out of range.
Canoe looks to land a left hand but Soszynski moved out of range nicely.
Canoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soszynski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Canoe misses the jab.
Canoe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Canoe misses the jab.
Soszynski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Krystian Soszynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Soszynski ducks under a wild hook from Canoe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soszynski scores with a body shot.
Soszynski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Canoe walks into a jab.
Canoe throws a shot from downtown. Soszynski moves away and avoids it.
Soszynski misses with a kick to the body
and Canoe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canoe lands a jab to the nose.
Soszynski's corner calls for a 1-2. Soszynski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Canoe throws a jab when Soszynski was well out of range.
Soszynski appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Soszynski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Canoe misses.
Soszynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Canoe lands a nice looking body shot.
Canoe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soszynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Canoe.
Soszynski looks to throw the jab but Canoe is out of range.
Soszynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Canoe.
Canoe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Canoe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Soszynski to score with a decent uppercut.
Canoe misses with a hook
and Soszynski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Soszynski misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canoe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soszynski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Canoe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Soszynski misses the target.
Canoe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Soszynski throws a body punch but Canoe moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Canoe.
Soszynski swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Soszynski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Canoe moves away.
Soszynski misses with a leg kick
and Canoe counters with a nice double leg into side control. Soszynski won't be happy with that.
Soszynski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Canoe misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Canoe.
Canoe in side control, throwing shots but Soszynski defends.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canoe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Canoe is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Soszynski's shoulder. That is not cool.
Soszynski struggling a bit here.
Canoe working the head and body with strikes.
Canoe throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Soszynski is trying to control Canoe's posture but Canoe avoids it.
Douche Canoe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Canoe misses with the ground and pound.
Canoe throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Soszynski works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canoe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Soszynski works his way to full guard. Good work.
Canoe cracks Soszynski with a solid left hand.
Soszynski managing to control the position.
Canoe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Canoe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Douche Canoe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Canoe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Douche Canoe!
In his post fight interview, Douche Canoe started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Irvine Kinneas (ranked 562 p4p, 87 weight class) and Bryan Mayhem (ranked 298 p4p, 45 weight class). Kinneas comes to the ring accompanied by Judas Priest - Electric Eye. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Irvine Kinneas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Mayhem!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kinneas misses with an uppercut
and Mayhem counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kinneas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mayhem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinneas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kinneas slips under a jab.
Kinneas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mayhem tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kinneas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kinneas tries to clinch up.
Mayhem looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinneas.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Kinneas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayhem.
Kinneas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a right hand
letting Mayhem counter with a right hand.
Kinneas punishes Mayhem's body with a nice straight punch.
Mayhem misses the shot to the body.
Kinneas misses with a double jab.
Mayhem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mayhem takes the fight into the clinch.
Kinneas has had enough of the clinch but Mayhem keeps him there for the moment.
Mayhem lands with a right to the head.
Kinneas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
Kinneas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kinneas misses with a punch to the body.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mayhem misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
Mayhem is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kinneas is defending well.
Kinneas misses with a punch to the body.
Mayhem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kinneas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kinneas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinneas prevents the takedown attempt.
Kinneas cracks Mayhem with a nice body shot.
Kinneas breaks from the clinch.
Kinneas lands a head shot.
Kinneas checks a low kick from Mayhem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem throws out a loose jab but Kinneas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Mayhem misses.
Kinneas throws a poor cross that misses
and Kinneas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mayhem has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kinneas misses with a looping right.
Mayhem feints a counter leg kick.
Kinneas throws a hook but Mayhem avoids it easily.
A low kick from Mayhem is predictable there
and Kinneas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mayhem on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mayhem looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mayhem throws a right hand that misses
and Kinneas counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem looking to score a takedown here. Kinneas is defending well but Mayhem drives through and ends up in Kinneas's guard.
Kinneas keeping moving, preventing Mayhem from controlling successfully.
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!
Kinneas seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Mayhem trying to control the position from guard on top but Kinneas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayhem stopping the sweep attempt from Kinneas.
Mayhem controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Irvine Kinneas will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mayhem feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kinneass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mayhem cracks a nice hook into Kinneas's ribs.
Mayhem throws a jab when Kinneas was well out of range.
Mayhem misses with a low kick.
Mayhem thuds his right hand into Kinneas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinneas misses with a kick to the body.
Mayhem throws out a counter right but Kinneas avoids it with no problem.
Kinneas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mayhem moves out of range as Kinneas strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem throws a jab when Kinneas was well out of range.
It looked like Kinneas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bryan Mayhem seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kinneas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mayhem.
Kinneas cracks Mayhem with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mayhem staying out of range there.
Kinneas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mayhem counters with a nice body shot.
A combination from Kinneas does no damage.
Mayhem walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kinneas checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mayhem throws a sloppy body shot
and Kinneas counters with a good low kick that Mayhem was not able to check.
Kinneas lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem moves out of range of the body kick.
Mayhem drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kinneas defends it well.
Mayhem lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kinneas's sensitive parts.
Kinneas throws an off balance right hand
and Mayhem counters with a nice uppercut.
Kinneas misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Mayhem misses the target.
Mayhem staying out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayhem slips under a jab from Kinneas.
Kinneas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kinneas lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem throws a sloppy head kick
and Kinneas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kinneas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mayhem appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mayhem attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mayhem connects with a nice looking jab.
Kinneas scoring well with a low kick there.
Mayhem staying out of range there.
And Mayhem responds with a good body kick, but Kinneas manages to step out the way in time.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kinneas, right into the meat.
Kinneas checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem lands an overhand right.
Mayhem closes the distance and clinches.
Kinneas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mayhem lands an uppercut.
Kinneas tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Kinneas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mayhem swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kinneas.
Kinneas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mayhem throws a looping overhand right but Kinneas ducks down to avoid it.
Mayhem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mayhem slips a straight right by Kinneas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bryan Mayhem will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kinneas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mayhem.
The fighters circling - Kinneas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mayhem throws a lazy right hand but Kinneas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kinneas misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Mayhem was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kinneas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mayhem.
A leg kick checked by Mayhem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Kinneas misses.
Mayhem let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kinneas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mayhem lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kinneas circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Mayhem.
Mayhem moves out of range as Kinneas strikes.
Mayhem has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kinneas finds it's way round the side to connect with Mayhem's head.
Kinneas throws a leg kick but Mayhem checks it.
Mayhem thuds a left hand into Kinneas's body.
Mayhem keeps the fight on the outside.
Mayhem looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mayhem swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kinneas counters with a straight right hand.
Kinneas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mayhem.
Mayhem misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem swings for the body but Kinneas moves out of range.
Mayhem looks to score with a jab to the body but Kinneas is just out of range.
Mayhem looks to throw the jab but Kinneas is out of range.
Kinneas misses with a looping left.
Mayhem swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kinneas throws an off balance right hand
and Mayhem counters with a shoot takedown. Kinneas fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kinneas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mayhem is one step ahead there.
Mayhem works over Kinneas with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mayhem wants to control from the top but Kinneas keeps moving.
Kinneas seems keen to control Mayhem's posture.
Mayhem throws a strike but Kinneas rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mayhem throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mayhem wants to hit a switch here but Kinneas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Mayhem there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mayhem can't escape the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mayhem is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mayhem is desperately trying to improve his position but Kinneas has a good base and remains in mount.
Mayhem is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kinneas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Irvine Kinneas did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mayhem misses with a low kick.
Mayhem throws a leg kick
and Kinneas counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Mayhem misses.
A swing and a miss from Mayhem.
A jab from Kinneas misses.
Kinneas throws a body punch but Mayhem moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem scores with a nice body kick.
Kinneas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kinneas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Kinneas misses.
Mayhem ducks right into an uppercut from Kinneas.
Mayhem misses with a wild body shot.
Kinneas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mayhem's head.
Mayhem avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mayhem! But no joy.
Irvine Kinneas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayhem swats away the attempt to clinch by Kinneas.
Mayhem with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kinneas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mayhem on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas scores with a kick to the body.
Mayhem looks to score with a jab to the body but Kinneas is just out of range.
Kinneas appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mayhem, right into the meat.
Kinneas moves out of range of the strikes.
Kinneas motions for Mayhem to come forward. Kinneas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mayhem tries to counter by closing the distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Kinneas misses the target.
A big left from Kinneas misses.
Mayhem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinneas was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayhem.
A little feinted left hand from Kinneas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas scores with a leg kick.
Mayhem tries to clinch but Kinneas moves out of range.
A jab from Kinneas misses.
Mayhem throws a front kick aimed at Kinneas's knee but Kinneas avoids it well.
And Kinneas counters with a quick kick to the body but Mayhem blocks it.
An inside leg kick from Kinneas misses.
Mayhem tries to counter with a clinch but Kinneas shakes him off and moves away.
Kinneas throws a front kick aimed at Mayhem's knee but Mayhem avoids it well.
Mayhem fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice takedown defense from Kinneas. No joy for Mayhem on that attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Kinneas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Mayhem.
Kinneas misses with a body shot.
Mayhem feints the counter takedown.
Kinneas defending well as Mayhem loads up on a big left hand.
Mayhem fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Irvine Kinneas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Mayhem.
Kinneas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mayhem scores with a hook to the body. Kinneas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mayhem throws an off balance right hand
letting Kinneas counter with a right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayhem takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mayhem changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Irvine Kinneas had his way with Bryan Mayhem in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Mayhem tries to clinch
and Kinneas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kinneas misses with a low kick.
Mayhem looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mayhem scores with a shot to the body.
Kinneas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kinneas throws the left hand but Mayhem avoids the punch easily.
Kinneas bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem misses the shot to the body.
Mayhem blocks a jab.
A shot to the liver by Mayhem. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas lands a big head kick that sends Mayhem tumbling to the mat! Kinneas takes a step backwards and waves Mayhem back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mayhem is rocked!
It looks like Bryan Mayhem has been cut.
Kinneas staying out of range there.
Kinneas throwing a counter right hand but Mayhem manages to avoid it.
Mayhem is still on wobbly legs! Can Kinneas finish him?
Mayhem moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mayhem throws a leg kick
and Kinneas counters with a right hand from hell and Mayhem is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Irvine Kinneas!
Our winner, Irvine Kinneas, 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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