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C26: Antonio vs Slice PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Svyatoslav Bondarenko (ranked 4403 p4p, 471 weight class) and Cameron Gowing (ranked 3347 p4p, 371 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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Decent elbows
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Svyatoslav Bondarenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cameron Gowing!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bondarenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Bondarenko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gowing drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bondarenko defends it well.
Bondarenko gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bondarenko is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Gowing dives into side control.
Gowing advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gowing controlling the pace for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gowing looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gowing controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bondarenko is bucking up trying to escape but Gowing cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gowing controlling from the full mount.
Gowing working for a submission but Bondarenko is keeping him at bay.
Bondarenko is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bondarenko looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gowing wants to finish this one by submission but Bondarenko is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gowing.
Bondarenko is looking to get to half guard.
Gowing looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gowing cracks Bondarenko with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cameron Gowing!
A very excited looking Cameron Gowing 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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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jade Amoroso (ranked 3605 p4p, 463 weight class) and Dick Mahoney (ranked 3761 p4p, 476 weight class). Amoroso's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bodies - Drowning Pool. Dick Mahoney is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 lbs
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185 lbs
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jade Amoroso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Mahoney!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amoroso throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mahoney was covering up waiting for the punch and Amoroso finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Amoroso looking to pass the guard.
Amoroso throws a big right hand that misses.
Amoroso advances to half guard.
Mahoney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Amoroso is keen to just control but Mahoney is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amoroso is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mahoney is just riding it out for now. Amoroso eventually gives up the hold.
Amoroso trying to control from half guard but Mahoney is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney is defending against the submission attempts here by Amoroso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amoroso is pressing down on Mahoney's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mahoney is holding on for now.
We've been hearing good reports from Amoroso's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Amoroso is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mahoney is looking to control Amoroso's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mahoney avoid being mounted?
Amoroso passes to side control.
Amoroso looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mahoney tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Amoroso wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mahoney manages to work his way to half guard, despite Amoroso's best efforts.
Mahoney is doing well to control the position and prevent Amoroso from advancing to side control.
Mahoney 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.
Amoroso thows a huge punch but Mahoney dodges it nicely.
Mahoney avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Amoroso.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mahoney tries to get to full guard but Amoroso has control of the leg.
Amoroso tries to pass to full mount but Mahoney defends it.
Amoroso thows a huge punch but Mahoney dodges it nicely.
Amoroso trying to work for an americana but Mahoney has managed to regain full guard.
Mahoney is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney wants to sweep but no luck.
Mahoney pulls Amoroso in close to prevent any damage.
Amoroso with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Amoroso trying to control the position from guard on top but Mahoney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Amoroso won't allow Mahoney to sweep him here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Amoroso darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mahoney kicks Amoroso off and gets back to his feet.
Amoroso shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mahoney is trying to defend but Amoroso finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amoroso trying to control from Mahoney's half guard. Mahoney has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Amoroso might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Amoroso looking to pass the guard.
Amoroso wants to control from the top but Mahoney keeps moving.
Amoroso wants to pass the guard but Mahoney is keeping the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahoney looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Mahoney keeping moving, preventing Amoroso from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jade Amoroso dominated that round.
That's time! Amoroso's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Amoroso shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mahoney is trying to defend but Amoroso finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mahoney can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mahoney controlling the position for now.
Mahoney really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Amoroso. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Well, if Amoroso is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Amoroso is working for an americana but Mahoney has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Amoroso was thinking about the submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amoroso postures up and lands a big shot to Mahoney's brow.
Amoroso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mahoney swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahoney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Amoroso pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mahoney is keeping the position for now.
Mahoney wants to sweep here but Amoroso controlling him for the moment.
Amoroso trying to control but Mahoney is working from the bottom.
Mahoney trying to control the position here.
Amoroso pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mahoney is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Amoroso is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mahoney can do to turn this around?
Amoroso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mahoney is trying to control the position but Amoroso postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Amoroso clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Mahoney.
Mahoney lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mahoney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mahoney scores with a shot to the side of Amoroso's head.
Still in the clinch, Mahoney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mahoney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Amorosos head.
Mahoney lands an uppercut.
Amoroso is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amoroso tightens his grip and picks Mahoney up, before dumping him to the ground. Mahoney manages to land in guard.
Amoroso controlling from the top position.
Mahoney keeping full guard, as Amoroso tries to pass.
Mahoney manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Amoroso misses with a shot to the body
and Mahoney counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Amoroso is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like Jade Amoroso has been cut.
Amoroso throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Amoroso ducks into an uppercut from Mahoney and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dick Mahoney!
Dick Mahoney decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derek Trucks (ranked 1205 p4p, 167 weight class) and Zoran Paunovic (ranked 3218 p4p, 367 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Trucks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zoran Paunovic!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trucks tries to clinch up.
Paunovic checks the leg kick.
Trucks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Paunovics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circling - Paunovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paunovic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Derek Trucks has been cut.
Trucks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paunovic manages to avoid it.
Paunovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trucks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Paunovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Paunovic misses.
Paunovic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Zoran Paunovic has been cut.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Paunovic - that will leave a mark!
Paunovic slips under a jab from Trucks.
Paunovic missing with a left hand there. Trucks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paunovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trucks.
Paunovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Paunovic darts in trying to clinch
and Trucks counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trucks fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Trucks throws out a powerful jab.
Sloppy strikes from Trucks. Those never looked like landing.
Trucks gets tackled into the cage by Paunovic. Paunovic maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paunovic.
Paunovic misses with some punches.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Paunovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paunovic tries a body shot but Trucks blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trucks.
Trucks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trucks working aggressively here.
Paunovic blocks a body shot from Trucks.
Trucks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paunovic's elbow.
Trucks struggles to land a body shot inside as Paunovic controls his hands.
Paunovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Paunovic.
Trucks cracks Paunovic with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trucks blocks a body shot from Paunovic.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Trucks scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trucks.
Trucks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paunovic has a couple of punches blocked by Trucks.
A short left from Paunovic.
Trucks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trucks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trucks throws a punch but it's blocked by Paunovic.
We've been informed that Paunovic 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.
Trucks blocking some punches.
Paunovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trucks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paunovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paunovic.
Paunovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paunovic throws a head punch that misses.
Trucks blocks a body shot from Paunovic.
Paunovic tries to work over Trucks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trucks scores with a shoulder strike.
Trucks throws a head punch that misses.
Paunovic misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trucks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trucks scores with a shot to the side of Paunovic's head.
Paunovic lands with a left to the head.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Paunovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paunovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Trucks.
Paunovic presses Trucks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Paunovic misses with a body punch.
Trucks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paunovic.
Trucks working aggressively here.
Paunovic has a couple of punches blocked by Trucks.
Paunovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Trucks uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Trucks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Trucks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paunovic misses with a punch to the body.
Paunovic misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paunovic.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Paunovic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paunovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trucks has a couple of punches blocked by Paunovic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paunovic.
Paunovic lands a left hand.
Trucks working aggressively here.
Paunovic tries to throw a body punch but Trucks avoids it by throwing Paunovic back against the cage.
Trucks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paunovic.
Paunovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trucks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paunovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trucks misses with some punches.
Paunovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paunovic scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Paunovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trucks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paunovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paunovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zoran Paunovic will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Trucks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Paunovic scores with a hook.
Paunovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trucks.
Trucks looks to throw the jab but Paunovic is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Paunovic.
Paunovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Trucks stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Paunovic misses with a head kick.
Paunovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trucks.
Paunovic slips a straight right by Trucks.
Good shot there by Paunovic.
Trucks misses with a few strikes there.
Trucks avoids the body shot from Paunovic.
Derek Trucks is winning the standup battle so far.
Paunovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trucks swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Paunovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paunovic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paunovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trucks.
Trucks misses with a straight right.
Paunovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trucks's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic fakes the leg kick and cracks Trucks in the body.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the body.
Trucks missing with a left hand there. Paunovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paunovic throws a hook to the side of Trucks's head but Trucks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paunovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Trucks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Paunovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Paunovic is looking to chop away at Trucks's legs.
Trucks misses with a hook. Paunovic ducked under it nicely.
Paunovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Paunovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trucks throws out the jab.
That kick from Paunovic tenderised Trucks's leg. Trucks is trying to keep his angry face on.
Trucks takes a swing at Paunovic's ribcage but misses.
Trucks throws a body punch but Paunovic moves out of range.
Trucks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sloppy strikes from Paunovic. Those never looked like landing.
Trucks went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paunovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Trucks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paunovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic tries to work over Trucks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Trucks.
Paunovic can't find room to land a body shot as Trucks controls the action.
Paunovic is leaning against Trucks and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trucks.
Paunovic lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trucks.
Paunovic working aggressively here.
Trucks misses with a body punch.
Paunovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Paunovic digs a right hand underneath Trucks's ribcage. Trucks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trucks throws a punch but it's blocked by Paunovic.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Paunovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paunovic prevents a body shot from Trucks.
Paunovic blocks an uppercut.
Paunovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trucks lands with a left to the head.
A body shot lands from Trucks.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the side of Trucks's head.
Still in the clinch, Trucks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paunovic takes a shot to the head.
Trucks lands with a short shot to the head.
Trucks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paunovics head.
Paunovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paunovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trucks backwards.
Trucks lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paunovic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trucks lands with a left to the head.
Paunovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paunovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Trucks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trucks blocks an uppercut.
Trucks throws a head punch that misses.
Paunovic takes a shot to the head.
Trucks prevents a body shot from Paunovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Paunovic.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paunovic.
Paunovic blocks an uppercut.
Paunovic working aggressively here.
Trucks misses with some punches.
Paunovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Trucks lands a shoulder strike.
Trucks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paunovic lands a shoulder strike.
Trucks blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Paunovic.
Trucks cracks Paunovic with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paunovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Trucks.
Paunovic throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Trucks fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zoran Paunovic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Trucks takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Trucks walks into a left hand.
Paunovic moves into the clinch.
Paunovic scores with a shot to the side of Trucks's head.
Paunovic misses with the head strike.
Paunovic can't find room to land a body shot as Trucks controls the action.
Paunovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trucks working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Paunovic.
Paunovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Truckss head.
Nice body punch from Paunovic - that landed with a thud.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Trucks controls his hands.
Trucks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trucks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trucks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trucks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trucks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trucks misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paunovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paunovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paunovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Paunovic lands a body punch.
Paunovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trucks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paunovics head.
Paunovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Trucks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paunovic lands a nice uppercut.
Paunovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paunovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Trucks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trucks has a couple of punches blocked by Paunovic.
Paunovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trucks is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paunovic.
Oh Trucks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Paunovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paunovic creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Trucks's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Trucks drops to his knees and Paunovic pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zoran Paunovic!
Zoran Paunovic tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iain Reilly (ranked 1894 p4p, 260 weight class) and J.J. Grey (ranked 2950 p4p, 397 weight class). Reilly comes to the cage accompanied by Dubliners - Fields of Athenry. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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218 lbs
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216 lbs
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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
12 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iain Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, J.J. Grey!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey fails with the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Reilly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A combination from Reilly does no damage.
Grey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grey throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reilly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reilly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Reilly misses with a few strikes there.
Grey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reilly. That did some damage!
Reilly missing with a left hand there. Grey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Horrible takedown attempt by Grey or perhaps it was just good defense by Reilly, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly misses with a right hand
and Grey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Iain Reilly has been cut.
Grey shoots in looking for a takedown but Reilly manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Grey's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Iain Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of J.J. Grey.
Reilly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reilly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grey's head backwards.
The crowd cheers as Reilly lands an impressive looking overhand right. Grey doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly throws a right hand that Grey ducks under and follows up with a left that Grey also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly looking to score a takedown here. Grey is defending well but Reilly drives through and ends up in Grey's guard.
Reilly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grey's head.
Reilly is working Grey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reilly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reilly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Reilly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reilly got a little sloppy there for a moment and Grey has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Reilly has managed to get both his arms back between Grey's legs - danger averted.
Grey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reilly.
Reilly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grey's head.
Reilly with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Grey has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Reilly can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Grey wants to sweep here but Reilly controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Reilly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly trying to control but Grey is working from the bottom.
Grey is looking for a triangle but Reilly pushes his legs off easily.
Grey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reilly.
Reilly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reilly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reilly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reilly landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Reilly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grey working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Reilly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Reilly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grey working for a triangle but Reilly defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly cracks Grey with a solid left hand.
Reilly wants to pass the guard but Grey is keeping the position.
Grey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Reilly is aware though and is defending well.
Reilly scoring with punches to the head and body.
Grey has momentary wrist control but Reilly slips an elbow through the middle.
Reilly has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reilly is in close to Grey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reilly throws a big right hand that misses.
Reilly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Grey has momentary wrist control but Reilly slips an elbow through the middle.
Reilly passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Grey taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey manages to work his way to half guard, despite Reilly's best efforts.
Ground and pound from Reilly.
Grey looking for submissions off his back.
Reilly is nestled in close to Grey, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Reilly seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Grey wants to get back to full guard.
Reilly is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grey is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Reilly pulls his head out easily.
Reilly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Reilly lands strikes from half guard.
Reilly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grey is rocked!
Reilly lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Grey quite badly. Grey pulls Reilly in close trying to recover. Reilly postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Grey on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Grey doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iain Reilly!
Iain Reilly seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beckett Bellwether (ranked 1630 p4p, 198 weight class) and Lennart Lennartsson (ranked 936 p4p, 112 weight class). Bellwether's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance. Lennartsson has chosen Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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30
275 lbs
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250 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beckett Bellwether!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lennart Lennartsson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Bellwether tenderised Lennartsson's leg. Lennartsson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bellwether fails to land with a series of punches.
Lennartsson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bellwether with a body shot.
Lennartsson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bellwether.
Bellwether lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lennartsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bellwether closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lennartsson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lennartsson throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bellwether looks to land a right hand but Lennartsson moved out of range.
Bellwether throws a solid leg kick but Lennartsson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bellwether.
Bellwether throws a leg kick that misses.
Lennartsson scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellwether connects with a body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bellwether tries to work over Lennartsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bellwether tries a body shot but Lennartsson blocks it.
Bellwether lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lennartsson backwards.
Bellwether lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Lennartsson on the inside.
Bellwether digs a right hand into Lennartsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lennartsson's gas tank.
Bellwether swings wildly with an uppercut but Lennartsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lennartsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bellwether misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bellwether has Lennartsson pressed against the cage, preventing Lennartsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lennartsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bellwether misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellwether lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bellwether working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Bellwether.
Lennartsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bellwether throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bellwether struggles to land a body shot inside as Lennartsson controls his hands.
Lennartsson prevents a body shot from Bellwether.
Lennartsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lennartsson is trying to break the clinch but Bellwether is controlling him.
Bellwether tries to throw a body punch but Lennartsson avoids it by throwing Bellwether back against the cage.
Bellwether lands a shoulder strike.
Lennartsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Bellwether.
Bellwether has Lennartsson pressed against the cage.
Bellwether lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Bellwether'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 three minutes gone in the round.
Bellwether tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bellwether lands a body shot.
Bellwether has a couple of punches blocked by Lennartsson.
Lennartsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bellwether.
Lennartsson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bellwether tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lennartsson manages to break the clinch.
Bellwether clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bellwether fails to land.
Bellwether is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lennartsson is defending well for now.
A nice left hand lands by Lennartsson.
Bellwether goes for a takedown attempt but Lennartsson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lennartsson checks a leg kick.
Bellwether throws a leg kick but Lennartsson moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lennartsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bellwether.
Bellwether misses with a shot to the body
and Lennartsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lennartsson clobbers Bellwether with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lennartsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Lennartsson scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lennartsson moves out of range of the leg kick from Bellwether.
Bellwether rushes Lennartsson and presses him up against the cage.
Good body shot from Bellwether.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lennartsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Bellwether.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beckett Bellwether dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lennartsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bellwether moves away.
Bellwether misses with a body shot.
Bellwether has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lennartsson finds it's way round the side to connect with Bellwether's head.
Beckett Bellwether seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Bellwether.
Bellwether tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Bellwether is predictable there
and Lennartsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bellwether throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Lennartsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Bellwether uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lennartsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bellwether misses with a kick to the body.
Lennartsson throws out a counter right but Bellwether avoids it with no problem.
Lennartsson throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Bellwether wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bellwether pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellwether jabs Lennartsson right on the nose. Lennartsson blinks but takes it well.
Lennart Lennartsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bellwether looks to clinch
and Lennartsson counters with a right hand to the body.
Bellwether moves to clinch but Lennartsson breaks away
and Lennartsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lennartsson misses with an uppercut. Bellwether saw that one coming.
Lennartsson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lennartsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bellwether swings widly with a right hand
and Lennartsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bellwether looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellwether feints and then cracks Lennartsson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lennartsson down.
Bellwether wants to clinch
and Lennartsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Bellwether misses its intended target.
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!
Bellwether avoids the body shot from Lennartsson.
Bellwether scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lennartsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bellwether.
Lennartsson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bellwether looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lennartsson throws a counter combo.
Lennartsson takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Lennartsson. No joy for Bellwether on that attempt.
Lennartsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bellwether tries to close the distance and clinch but Lennartsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bellwether fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lennartsson avoids it really well and circles away.
Bellwether slips a straight right by Lennartsson.
Lennartsson throws an overhand right that lands on Bellwether's shoulder, as Bellwether tries to avoid the shot.
Bellwether uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lennartsson.
Bellwether thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellwether is looking to clinch but Lennartsson is avoiding it.
Bellwether attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bellwether closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bellwether tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bellwether trying to control the action but Lennartsson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lennart Lennartsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bellwether is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bellwether throws an overhand right that lands on Lennartsson's shoulder, as Lennartsson tries to avoid the shot.
Lennartsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bellwether chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bellwether just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lennartsson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lennartsson counters with a three punch combo that has Bellwether backing up. Bellwether nods at Lennartsson to acknowledge the strikes.
Bellwether swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellwether is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bellwether tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lennartsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lennartsson throws out a counter right but Bellwether avoids it with no problem.
Bellwether drives through and clinches with Lennartsson against the cage.
Bellwether effectively controlling the action here.
Bellwether can't find room to land a body shot as Lennartsson controls the action.
Bellwether lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lennartsson.
Lennartsson lands a nice uppercut.
Bellwether scores with a hook to the body.
Beckett Bellwether has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lennartsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bellwether blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bellwether tries to land knees in the clinch but Lennartsson avoids the damage to the body.
Lennartsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bellwether.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lennartsson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellwether swings wildly with an uppercut but Lennartsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bellwether misses with a punch on the inside.
Lennartsson breaks the clinch.
Lennartsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bellwether tries to close the distance and clinch but Lennartsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lennartsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bellwether.
Some wild striking there from Lennartsson.
Bellwether tries to close the distance and clinch but Lennartsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lennartsson moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lennartsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lennartsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bellwether is looking to clinch but Lennartsson is avoiding it.
Bellwether with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bellwether clinches up against the cage.
Lennartsson lands a nice uppercut.
Lennartsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lennart Lennartsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lennartsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bellwether throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lennartsson counters with a straight right hand.
Bellwether closes the distance and pushes Lennartsson back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bellwether.
Bellwether fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bellwether misses with a punch to the body.
Bellwether swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lennartsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lennartsson lands a nice shot that snaps Bellwether's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bellwether moves into the clinch.
Bellwether tries to throw a body punch but Lennartsson avoids it by throwing Bellwether back against the cage.
Bellwether tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lennartsson's elbow.
Bellwether makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bellwether has clasped his hands together around Lennartsson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Lennartsson tries to bench press Bellwether off him but Bellwether keeps the position.
Bellwether looking to control but instead Lennartsson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Bellwether is working for a kimura but Lennartsson is defending it quite comfortably.
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 Beckett Bellwether.
I think Bellwether 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beckett Bellwether!
An out of breath Beckett Bellwether thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ulrik Meyer (ranked 1130 p4p, 174 weight class) and Jan Kriel (ranked 797 p4p, 135 weight class). Kriel is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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29
180 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
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26
181 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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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
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulrik Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer looks to land a body kick but Kriel moved away.
Kriel cracks Meyer with an open hand slap.
Meyer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kriel missing with a left hand there. Meyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meyer tries to land a body kick
and Kriel counters with a stiff right hand.
Kriel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
That kick from Meyer tenderised Kriel's leg. Kriel is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meyer misses with a straight right.
Kriel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meyer scores with a jab.
It looks like Jan Kriel has been cut.
Meyer slips a jab from Kriel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Meyer. That's going to slow Kriel down.
Kriel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Meyer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kriel is out of range.
Meyer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Meyer bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Meyer scores with a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Meyer.
Kriel now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Meyer tries a low kick but Kriel avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer lands a head shot.
Kriel blocks a head kick by Meyer.
Kriel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Meyer misses with a left hand
and Kriel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Meyer misses with a right hand
and Meyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Kriel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kriel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meyer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good exchange - Meyer coming out on top.
Kriel moves out of range as Meyer strikes.
Meyer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws a series of punches but Kriel moves out of range.
Kriel thinks about the counter body kick.
The crowd cheers as Meyer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kriel doesn't seem phased though.
Kriel lands with a good body shot.
Meyer lunges at Kriel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kriel's hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Meyer.
Kriel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Meyer.
A little jabbing left from Kriel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Meyer takes a swing at Kriel's ribcage but misses.
Meyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meyer backing away here, and Kriel unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Meyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer misses with a right hand
and Kriel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kriel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meyer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kriel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meyer's elbow.
Meyer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meyer lands with a short shot to the head.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Meyer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meyer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kriel pushes Meyer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Meyer on the inside.
Kriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Meyer controls his hands.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Kriel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kriel blocking some punches.
Meyer takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrik Meyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jan Kriel's cut.
That's time! Meyer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Meyer misses with a lunging right hand
and Kriel counters with an outside leg kick.
Kriel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kriel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Meyer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Meyer connects with a body shot.
Kriel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kriel scores with a jab to the body.
Meyer thows a leg kick but Kriel checks it
and Meyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel misses the shot to the body.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kriel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kriel looks to score with a jab to the body but Meyer is just out of range.
Meyer is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kriel misses with an uppercut.
Kriel throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Meyer.
Meyer swings widly with a right hand
letting Kriel counter with a right hand.
Kriel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
Meyer misses with a kick to the body
enabling Kriel to counter with a crisp jab.
Kriel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Meyer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A low kick from Meyer is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kriel misses with an uppercut
and Meyer counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kriel.
Kriel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Meyer misses with a lunging right hand
letting Kriel counter with a 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!
Meyer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Meyer is rocked!
Ulrik Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer is looking to land body kicks.
Meyer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kriel misses with a body shot.
Kriel misses the jab.
Meyer throws a big shot that misses.
Kriel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meyer.
Meyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meyer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kriel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Meyer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Kriel is out of range.
Kriel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Meyer looks to land a body kick but Kriel moved away.
Meyer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circling - Meyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kriel throws a nice looking combination but Meyer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws a lazy uppercut
and Kriel counters with a nice leg kick.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kriel.
Meyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kriel.
Jan Kriel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer throws a shot to the body.
Meyer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kriel has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Kriel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kriel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Meyer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Meyer scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jan Kriel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jan Kriel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Meyer looks to land a left hand but Kriel moved out of range nicely.
Meyer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kriel at a distance.
Kriel throws a body shot but no joy.
Meyer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kriel thuds a left hand into Meyer's body.
Meyer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kriel.
A little jabbing left from Kriel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Meyer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Kriel.
Kriel throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kriel.
Meyer feints and then cracks Kriel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kriel down.
The fighters circling - Meyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meyer lands a high kick!
Meyer misses with a lunging right hand
and Kriel counters with a nice uppercut.
Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kriel.
A leg kick checked by Kriel.
Meyer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kriel back to the cage. Meyer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kriel is rocked!
Kriel slips under a jab.
Kriel is still on wobbly legs! Can Meyer finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer scores with a nice body kick.
Kriel throws a sloppy head kick and Meyer moves out of range easily.
Kriel seems to have recovered his senses.
Meyer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Meyer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kriel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Meyer connects with a leg kick. Kriel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Meyer lands with a cross.
Kriel avoids the body shot from Meyer.
Meyer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kriel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Meyer checks it well.
Kriel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meyer on the side of the head.
Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meyer to score with a decent uppercut.
Kriel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kriel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good work by Meyer as he checks the leg kick.
Meyer works the jab nicely.
Meyer looks to land a body kick but Kriel moved away.
Kriel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer throws an overhand right that lands on Kriel's shoulder, as Kriel tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kriel! But no joy.
Good leg kick by Meyer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kriel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meyer.
Meyer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice side step and Kriel releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kriel counters with a stiff right hand.
Kriel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Meyer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kriel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Meyer.
Kriel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meyer.
A big left from Kriel misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ulrik Meyer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Meyer 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ulrik Meyer!
Ulrik Meyer looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Stunned, thought he would kick my butt again.'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Moses Ohchooto (ranked 614 p4p, 34 weight class) and Shovel Knight (ranked 1596 p4p, 77 weight class). Knight is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: X Gon' Give It To Ya. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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29
144 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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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
38 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Moses Ohchooto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shovel Knight!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Ohchooto.
Knight jabs at Ohchooto's body.
Ohchooto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ohchooto misses with a looping right.
Knight steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ohchooto.
Knight misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Knight connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ohchooto. Ohchooto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ohchooto swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
A head kick misses from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight avoids the body shot from Ohchooto.
Knight connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ohchooto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ohchooto lands a nice looking body shot.
Knight throws a body punch but Ohchooto moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight looks to land a body kick but Ohchooto moved away.
Ohchooto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ohchooto was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Ohchooto scores with a one two! Knight had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Knight checks a leg kick nicely.
Knight tries to counter with a clinch but Ohchooto shakes him off and moves away.
Knight scores with a hook.
Knight misses with a body shot
and Ohchooto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ohchooto lands a jab to Knight's midsection.
Ohchooto moves forwards but Knight connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ohchooto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ohchooto checks the leg kick.
Ohchooto with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohchooto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Knight backs up against the cage.
Ohchooto throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Ohchooto scores with a kick to the midsection.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Knight has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ohchooto scores with a kick to the body.
Ohchooto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ohchooto is out of range and Knight settles back down.
Knight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knight is looking to clinch but Ohchooto is avoiding it.
Knight throws a low kick, looking for Ohchooto's leg but Ohchooto calmly moves out of range.
Ohchooto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight throws a looping overhand right but Ohchooto ducks down to avoid it.
Ohchooto connects with a body shot.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ohchooto tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Knight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ohchooto.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Ohchooto half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ohchooto throws a head kick that misses.
Ohchooto sets himself, and Knight steps forward looking for the clinch! Ohchooto avoids it this time.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Ohchooto is just out of range.
Ohchooto lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ohchooto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ohchooto moves into the clinch.
Knight scores with a shoulder strike.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight blocking some punches.
Ohchooto throws a head punch that misses.
Knight lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ohchooto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ohchooto missing with knees to the body.
Ohchooto lands a nice uppercut.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight working aggressively here.
I was talking to Ohchooto's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight blocking some punches.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight avoiding damage as Ohchooto throws knees to the body.
Ohchooto looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
Ohchooto has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ohchooto misses with a knee strike.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ohchooto backwards.
Ohchooto misses with a knee to the head.
Knight scores with a shot to the side of Ohchooto's head.
Ohchooto trying to land knees to the body.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohchooto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight scores with a hook to the body.
Ohchooto missing with knees to the body.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moses Ohchooto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ohchooto. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ohchooto throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Ohchooto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ohchooto finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ohchooto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knight.
Ohchooto moves out of range of the leg kick from Knight.
Knight tries to clinch but Ohchooto is having none of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ohchooto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ohchooto moves away.
Ohchooto fires out a quick counter leg kick but Knight just manages to avoid it.
Knight looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A lazy body kick from Ohchooto
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ohchooto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight lands with a short shot to the head.
Ohchooto throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Shovel Knight seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Ohchooto.
Ohchooto lands with a right to the head.
Knight stalls.
Ohchooto being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Knight's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ohchooto.
Ohchooto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Ohchooto.
Knight content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ohchooto pushes Knight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knight is rocked!
Knight's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knight is still on wobbly legs! Can Ohchooto finish him?
Clinched against the cage, Ohchooto lands a big elbow that drops Knight! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Knight is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moses Ohchooto!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Moses Ohchooto waved his t-shirt featuring Spartan Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bode Muller (ranked 688 p4p, 100 weight class) and Azamat Secoy (ranked 953 p4p, 136 weight class). Muller comes to the cage accompanied by Feuer Frei. 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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23 - 11 - 0 |
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210 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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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
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bode Muller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azamat Secoy!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Secoy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Secoy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Muller counters with a two punch combo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Muller.
Muller throws a hook but Secoy avoids it easily.
Secoy is looking to score with low kicks.
Muller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Muller ducks under a wild hook from Secoy.
Secoy connects with a leg kick. Muller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Muller closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half 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.
Secoy tries to get to full guard but Muller has control of the leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Muller is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Muller is nestled in close to Secoy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Secoy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Muller lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Muller is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Secoy tries to roll over but Muller keeps him under control.
Muller working the head and body with strikes.
Secoy is trying to get back to full guard.
Secoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Muller is looking to advance position but Secoy won't allow it.
Muller looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Secoy wants to improve his position but Muller is controlling well.
Muller trying to control from half guard but Secoy is working away.
Secoy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Muller's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Muller's back!
Secoy tightening his grip on Muller, looking for the choke.
Secoy is trying to stick to Muller's back but Muller is turning into Secoy. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Secoy's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Muller.
Muller is in close to Secoy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muller stopping the sweep attempt from Secoy.
Secoy can't keep his opponent in guard - Muller advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Muller is stalling here. Secoy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Muller seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Secoy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Muller 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.
Muller is working hard here to advance position.
Secoy throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Muller regains half guard.
Secoy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Muller is pressing down on Secoy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Muller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Secoy.
Secoy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Muller is keeping the position for now.
Muller is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Secoy trying to control but Muller is working from the bottom.
Muller controls Secoy momentarily but Secoy frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Secoy passes Muller's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Secoy trying to mount his opponent but Muller defends it.
Muller is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Muller manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Muller manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Secoy manages to get himself to full guard.
Secoy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Secoy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Muller has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Secoy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Muller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Secoy's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bode Muller dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Muller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muller takes one to the side of the head.
Muller checks a leg kick.
Azamat Secoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Secoy throws an overhand right that lands on Muller's shoulder, as Muller tries to avoid the shot.
Secoy scores with a jab.
Muller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Secoy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Secoy moves out of range of the body kick.
Secoy tries a quick counter leg kick but Muller is wise to it.
A cross from Muller lands.
Secoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Muller finds it's way through Secoy's defenses.
Muller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Secoy can do to turn this around?
Muller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muller tries to score a power double leg takedown but Secoy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Muller somewhat.
A jab from Secoy misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Secoy lands.
Good shot there by Secoy.
Muller ducks under a wild hook from Secoy.
Secoy lands a jab.
Muller checks the leg kick nicely there.
Azamat Secoy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Secoy misses.
Secoy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Secoy throws an overhand right that lands on Muller's shoulder, as Muller tries to avoid the shot.
Muller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Secoy manages to avoid it.
Muller connects with a jab.
Secoy scores with a nice head shot.
Muller takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Azamat Secoy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Muller misses with a body shot.
Muller takes one on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Muller checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Secoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Secoy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Muller.
Muller takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Secoy misses with a lunging right hand
and Muller counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Muller fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Secoy is out of range.
Secoy throws a right hand that misses
and Muller counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Secoy.
Muller takes a swing at Secoy's ribcage but misses.
Muller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Secoy.
A little feinted left hand from Muller on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Secoy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Muller throws a looping overhand right but Secoy ducks down to avoid it.
Muller loads up on a big right hand but Secoy slips the punch.
Muller tries a low kick but Secoy avoids it.
Muller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Secoy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Secoy tries to keep at a distance but Muller has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Muller fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Muller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Muller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Secoy working aggressively here.
Muller misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Secoy scores with a hook to the body.
Muller swings wildly with an uppercut but Secoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muller gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Muller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Muller won't allow Secoy to sweep him here.
Muller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Secoy wants to sweep here but Muller controlling him for the moment.
Muller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Secoy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Muller is aware though and is defending well.
Bode Muller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Secoy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Muller lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Muller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller drops back looking for a leg! Secoy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Secoy manages to kick Muller off! Muller jumps back into Secoy's guard.
Secoy wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Muller makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Secoy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Muller cracks Secoy with a solid left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muller trying to control but Secoy is working from the bottom.
Muller stopping the sweep attempt from Secoy.
Muller lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
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 Bode Muller will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Muller checks the leg kick.
Muller was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Muller misses.
Muller takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Secoy avoids the body shot from Muller.
Secoy tries to land a leg kick but Muller saw it coming and moves away.
Muller dives in and grabs Secoy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Secoy pushes down on Muller's head and hops out.
Muller misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Secoy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Muller.
Secoy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Secoy does it's job there.
Muller seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Muller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Secoy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Secoy.
Muller on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Muller moves out of range as Secoy strikes.
Muller throws a hook to the side of Secoy's head but Secoy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Secoy throws a lazy uppercut
and Muller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Secoy.
Muller shoots in for a double leg but Secoy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bode Muller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Secoy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Muller stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Secoy misses with a body shot.
Secoy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muller.
Muller throws the kick towards the body but Secoy avoids it.
Muller gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Secoy.
Secoy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Muller throws a looping overhand right but Secoy ducks down to avoid it.
Muller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Secoy was well out of range. Poor timing from Muller.
Secoy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Muller scores with a three punch combo!
Muller ducks under a wild hook from Secoy.
Secoy cracks Muller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Secoy jabs Muller right on the nose. Muller blinks but takes it well.
Muller doesn't manage to clinch there - Secoy circles away.
Secoy clobbers Muller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Secoy scores with a nice head shot.
Muller has managed to clinch.
Secoy cracks Muller with a nice body shot.
Secoy tries to work over Muller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azamat Secoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muller looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Secoy misses with the head strike.
Muller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Secoy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Muller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Secoy doesn't seem bothered though.
Secoy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Muller's hands.
Secoy cracks Muller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Secoy connects with a right hand. Muller shakes it off.
Secoy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muller.
As Muller backs off Secoy throws a huge counter combo but Muller manages to avoid it all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Secoy lands a glancing blow to the side of Muller's head.
Muller drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Muller scores with a hook to the body. Secoy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Muller misses its intended target.
Secoy clobbers Muller with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Secoy misses with a looping left.
Muller throws a lazy right hand but Secoy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Muller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Secoy moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Muller as he connects with a hook.
Good leg kick by Secoy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Muller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Secoy ducks under a wild hook from Muller.
Secoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muller walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut lands for Secoy. That snapped Muller's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muller walks into a stiff left hand from Secoy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller checks the leg kick nicely there.
Secoy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Muller wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Secoy. No joy for Muller on that attempt.
Muller fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Secoy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Muller.
Secoy misses with a straight right.
Muller lands a glancing blow to the side of Secoy's head.
Secoy looks to land a left hand but Muller moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Muller on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Muller misses with a kick to the body.
Muller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Secoy moves out of range as Muller throws a body kick.
Secoy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Bode Muller has been cut.
Secoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Azamat Secoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Muller 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bode Muller!
An out of breath Bode Muller thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hank Roy (ranked 1293 p4p, 200 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 1504 p4p, 227 weight class). Roy comes into the arena with Heat of the Moment blaring out of the sound system. Gracie has chosen Jiu Jitsu by Smoke Serpent as his entrance music. Hank Roy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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179 lbs
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gracie on the side of the head.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Roy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Roy 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.
Roy clinches with his opponent.
Gracie is looking for a takedown.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Hank Roy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Gracie.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Roy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Roy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Roy gets underhooks to prevent Gracie's takedown attempt.
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!
Roy misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Roy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Roy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roy gets a clinch.
Roy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Roy.
Roy is fighting off a takedown attempt but Gracie is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Roy to the mat. Roy regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Roy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Gracie seems to have locked his on tight now - Roy screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Gracie, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugenio Antonio (ranked 235 p4p, 8 weight class) and Kimbo Slice (ranked 95 p4p, 4 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kimbo Slice enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eugenio Antonio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimbo Slice!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antonio lands a leg kick that knocks Slice off balance momentarily.
Antonio wants to clinch
letting Slice counter with a right hand.
Eugenio Antonio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slice blocks a jab.
Antonio tries to score with a low kick but Slice moves his leg out of the way.
Antonio connects with a jab.
Slice throws the left hand but Antonio avoids the punch easily.
Antonio slips a jab from Slice.
It looked like Antonio wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Slice throws the left hand but Antonio avoids the punch easily.
Slice connects with a right hand. Antonio shakes it off.
A low kick from Antonio misses
and Slice counters with a stiff right hand.
Antonio scores with a nice head shot.
Slice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slice dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slice takes one on the button.
Slice misses with a body shot.
Slice ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Slice has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Antonio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antonio throws a body punch but Slice moves out of range.
Antonio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big right from Antonio misses.
Antonio throws an off balance right hand
and Slice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Antonio - that will leave a mark!
Slice chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Antonio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Antonio throws the left hand but Slice avoids the punch easily.
Slice takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Antonio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Slice, right into the meat.
Slice misses with a looping left.
Antonio wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Antonio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Slice swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Antonio was well out of range. Poor timing from Slice.
Antonio tries to counter by clinching up but Slice breaks away and moves out of range.
Antonio blocks a jab.
Slice looks to land a right hand but Antonio moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Antonio throws an overhand right that lands on Slice's shoulder, as Slice tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Slice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Slice scores with a decent looking hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Antonio.
Slice throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Antonio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Antonio.
A big right from Antonio misses.
Antonio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Antonio - that will leave a mark!
Nice defenses there by Antonio.
Antonio dips to his left and cracks Slice with an uppercut!
Slice checks a low kick from Antonio.
Slice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Antonio.
Slice just misses with a punch to the body.
Antonio tries to keep at a distance but Slice has taken the fight into the clinch.
Antonio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antonio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Antonio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Slice.
Slice misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slice.
Antonio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Slice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Antonio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slice.
Antonio avoids the body shot from Slice.
Antonio misses with a hook.
Antonio defending well as Slice loads up on a big left hand.
Antonio misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Slice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Antonio. Slice does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slice blocks a leg kick.
Jab from Slice.
Antonio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Slice finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonio darts in and clinches Slice up against the cage.
Slice breaks the clinch.
Antonio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Both fighters circling a little - Slice finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Antonio lands a slapping body shot.
Nice jab there from Slice.
Slice tries to keep at a distance but Antonio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Antonio lands a left hand.
Slice throws a head punch that misses.
Slice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Antonio misses with a punch on the inside.
Antonio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antonio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Antonio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Slice prevents a body shot from Antonio.
Antonio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Slice's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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 Eugenio Antonio will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Slice lands a jab.
Slice throws a leg kick which misses Antonio's front leg but catches the back leg as Antonio tries to avoid it.
Slice defending well as Antonio loads up on a big left hand.
Slice is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Antonio with a body shot.
Slice cracks Antonio on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Antonio falls backwards against the cage. Slice follows up with more strikes that drop Antonio to his knees. Slice keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Antonio! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimbo Slice!
Kimbo Slice is the new super heavyweight champion!
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