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CSW 013 Aguilar vs Ramsay PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Builider (ranked 8237 p4p, 785 weight class) and Tsukimi Nagata (ranked 5628 p4p, 672 weight class). Bob Builider could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tsukimi Nagata's chin.
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207 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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bob Builider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tsukimi Nagata!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagata rushes Builider and presses him up against the cage.
Nagata's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Builider leaning against his opponent.
Nagata tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nagata gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Builider.
Builider looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nagata manages to break the clinch.
Builider looks for a takedown but Nagata sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagata darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Builider manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Nagata keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagata has hold of one of Builider's legs. Builider is fighting the takedown attempt but Nagata gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Nagata drops back looking for a leg! Builider is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Builider manages to kick Nagata off! Nagata jumps back into Builider's guard.
Nagata wants to control from the top but Builider keeps moving.
Nagata forces his way into half guard.
Builider looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagata missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Builider is refusing to be controlled, as Nagata sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagata controlling the action here.
Builider wants to control but Nagata is keeping busy.
Nagata sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Builider wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Builider wants to clinch.
Nagata leaves Builider with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nagata wants to counter with a clinch but Builider pushes him away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Builider. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nagata darts in and clinches Builider up against the cage.
Nagata gets control of Builider's arms and successfully pulls guard. Nagata will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Builider wants to control from the top but Nagata keeps moving.
Nagata bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Builider's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagata is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nagata trying to control the position from guard on top but Builider is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Builider wants to sweep but no luck.
Nagata controls from within his opponent's guard.
Builider trying to keep a closed guard but Nagata is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Builider escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nagata gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsukimi Nagata dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Builider fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nagata looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Builider is fending him off so far but Nagata persists. Nope, Builider circles away and we're back to standing.
Nagata clinches up with Builider and pushes him back against the cage.
Builider tries to pull guard but Nagata won't allow it.
Nagata jumps guard.
Builider trying to control but Nagata is working from the bottom.
Nagata throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nagata working a defensive guard but Builider manages to pass into side control anyway.
Builider will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Builider content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagata struggling a bit here.
Nagata stops Builider from passing to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nagata can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nagata is not content to let Builider control the position.
Nagata tries to buck Builider off but Builider is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Builider wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nagata, who protects the arm well.
Builider is looking to take a break and control but Nagata is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Builider goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Nagata rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Builider's guard! Nice work there by Nagata!
Nagata connects with a couple of short punches.
Nagata is working Builider over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagata trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nagata landing some decent shots from guard.
Builider has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Nagata has passed into side control.
Nagata wants to stand but Builider has his arm trapped.
Nagata laying and praying for a moment but Builider takes advantage and regains half guard.
Builider tries to roll over but Nagata keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagata wants to take a breather but Builider is having none of it.
Nagata is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Nagata blocks the strikes from Builider.
Builider is trying to get back to full guard.
Nagata perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsukimi Nagata showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Builider tries to clinch there but Nagata circles away.
Nagata let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nagata darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Builider is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nagata scores with a couple of nice shots.
Builider wants to control but Nagata is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nagata seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Builider is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Builider is not content to let Nagata control the position.
Builider is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Builider is trying to maintain the position but Nagata is very close to passing his half guard.
Nagata trying to control the action but Builider is working from the bottom.
Builider wants to control but Nagata is keeping busy.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nagata. Builider does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Nagata. Beautiful body shot.
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.
Nagata throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Builider shoots in for a takedown but Nagata shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nagata moves into the clinch successfully.
Nagata is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Builider can't fight it off and eventually Nagata manages to take the fight to the floor. Builider looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tsukimi Nagata has got the better of the ground game so far.
Builider looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nagata sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Builider's guard.
Nagata stalling.
Nagata has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagata tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Nagata prevents Builider from improving his position.
Builider is trying to control but can't.
Nagata wants to pass the guard but Builider is defending well.
Nagata works his way into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nagata controlling the position easily from mount.
Let's hope that Nagata has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bob Builider has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsukimi Nagata is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tsukimi Nagata comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nagata has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsukimi Nagata!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinod Zaaijer (ranked 5680 p4p, 200 weight class) and Tomasz Zahir (ranked 25313 p4p, 327 weight class). Zahir has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Vinod Zaaijer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tomasz Zahir's chin.
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinod Zaaijer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomasz Zahir!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaaijer drops Zahir with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Zahir looks back up at him and smiles so Zaaijer waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Tomasz Zahir has been cut.
Zaaijer drives through and clinches with Zahir against the cage.
Zaaijer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zaaijer shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaaijer sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Zaaijer postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Zahir to stand up.
Zaaijer clinches.
Zaaijer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zaaijer moves into range and clinches up with Zahir.
Zahir struggles to land a body shot inside as Zaaijer controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaaijer is trying to trip Zahir. He has hold of a leg but Zahir is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Zaaijer persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Zahir wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Zaaijer manages to pass to side control.
Zahir looks winded!
Zaaijer works his way into side control.
Zaaijer is putting a hurting on Zahir here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zaaijer passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Zahir!
Zahir has left one of his arms exposed and Zaaijer doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Zahir screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vinod Zaaijer!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Denton Daley (ranked 3016 p4p, 379 weight class) and Jaidee Shinawatra (ranked 4990 p4p, 553 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Daley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Heathens- Twenty One Pilots. Shinawatra has chosen Roy Jones Jr - Can't Be Touched as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denton Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaidee Shinawatra!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Daley does no damage.
Daley throws a lazy right hand but Shinawatra sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Daley throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Shinawatra to counter with a crisp jab.
Shinawatra staying out of range there.
It seemed like Shinawatra was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Daley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Daley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley punishes Shinawatra's body with a nice straight punch.
Daley with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shinawatra misses with a right hand
and Daley counters with a straight right hand.
Daley lands a jab to the nose.
Shinawatra is rocked!
Shinawatra tries to get into range but Daley steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Shinawatra! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Daley scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Denton Daley!
Denton Daley bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
In defeat, Jaidee Shinawatra stepped up to the mic, saying 'Guess fighting ain't my thing at all..'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Ballzonya (ranked 4440 p4p, 580 weight class) and Raquel Juarez (ranked 5627 p4p, 673 weight class). Raquel Juarez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
32 - 29 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Ballzonya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raquel Juarez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juarez avoids a kick to the body.
Ballzonya takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Juarez shoots in for a takedown but Ballzonya shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Juarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ballzonya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Juarez tries to close the distance and clinch but Ballzonya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Juarez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ballzonya counters with a nice body kick.
Juarez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ballzonya went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Harry Ballzonya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raquel Juarez.
Ballzonya scores with a body shot.
Ballzonya swats away the attempt to clinch by Juarez.
Ballzonya lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juarez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ballzonya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice body punch from Ballzonya.
Juarez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ballzonya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Ballzonya there.
Juarez is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juarez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ballzonya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Juarez misses with a takedown attempt
and Ballzonya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Juarez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ballzonya counters with a stiff right hand.
Juarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Ballzonya finish him?
Juarez moves to clinch but Ballzonya breaks away
enabling Ballzonya to counter with a crisp jab.
Juarez shoots and misses
and Ballzonya counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Juarez looks winded!
Ballzonya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Look low, kick high! Ballzonya uses the oldest trick in the book to send Juarez tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Ballzonya is absolutely delighted - when Juarez wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Harry Ballzonya!
Harry Ballzonya really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Legal High's 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ed Frettish (ranked 3744 p4p, 189 weight class) and Zackary Finyard (ranked 3914 p4p, 196 weight class). Finyard has chosen Your pussy's glued to a building on fire as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ed Frettish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zackary Finyard!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finyard shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Finyard was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Finyard is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
You can see the frustration on Frettish's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Finyard trying to control the position but Frettish is working away.
Finyard cracks Frettish with a big right hand but Frettish just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Finyard tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finyard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Finyard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Finyard trying to control the position but Frettish is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finyard grinds an elbow into Frettish's temple.
Finyard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Frettish keeps working.
Finyard working away.
Finyard controlling from side mount.
Finyard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Frettish keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Finyard tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Finyard working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Finyard content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Finyard wants to control but Frettish is keeping him busy.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A punch combination from Finyard misses.
Frettish takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frettish takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Frettish keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Finyard dodges the punch combination from Frettish.
Frettish gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Finyard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Finyard trying to control but Frettish is working from the bottom.
Finyard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finyard throws a big elbow that misses.
Frettish can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Finyard controls the pace.
Finyard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Finyard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Frettish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finyard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frettish. Finyard does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zackary Finyard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Finyard shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Frettish sprawls well. Frettish wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Finyard gets slowly back to his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Frettish misses the target.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Finyard. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Finyard shoots in and gets a takedown into Frettish's guard.
Finyard trying to control but Frettish is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finyard's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finyard throwing strikes from guard but Frettish blocks nicely.
Finyard lands a couple of elbows.
Finyard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Finyard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Finyard decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Finyard wants to work for an arm triangle but Frettish is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Finyard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finyard slows the pace down in half guard.
Frettish blocking the ground and pound attempt from Finyard.
Finyard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Finyard is keen to just control but Frettish is a slippery customer.
Zackary Finyard has got the better of the ground game so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finyard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Frettish's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finyard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Finyard is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Frettish doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Finyard.
Frettish knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Finyard on the ground.
Frettish is defending against the submission attempts here by Finyard.
Finyard is trying to control the action in half guard but Frettish is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Finyard tries to pass to full mount but Frettish defends it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Frettish loads up on a big right hand but Finyard slips the punch.
Finyard replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Frettish blocks it well.
Finyard walks into a jab.
Frettish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finyard.
No luck for Finyard with that takedown attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Frettish throws an overhand right that lands on Finyard's shoulder, as Finyard tries to avoid the shot.
Finyard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Frettish counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zackary Finyard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Finyard misses with a jab to the body
and Frettish counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Frettish misses its intended target.
Finyard is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Frettish's half guard.
Frettish is refusing to be controlled, as Finyard sits in half guard.
Frettish wants to improve his position but Finyard is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in half guard, Finyard seems content to control.
Finyard thows a huge punch but Frettish dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frettish is not content to let Finyard control the position.
Finyard controlling the pace.
Finyard is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Frettish sees it coming and defends easily.
Finyard trying to control from Frettish's half guard. Frettish has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Finyard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Finyard postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Frettish is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Finyard, into his guard.
Finyard doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Finyard wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finyard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Finyard throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zackary Finyard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Finyard slows the pace down in half guard.
Finyard is looking to take a break and control but Frettish is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Finyard wants to free his trapped foot but Frettish is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finyard sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Finyard's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ed Frettish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zackary Finyard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Finyard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frettish. Finyard does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zackary Finyard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Finyard winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zackary Finyard!
During a confident post fight interview, Zackary Finyard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Speed (ranked 2448 p4p, 288 weight class) and Philip Christoffersen (ranked 25667 p4p, 815 weight class). Tyson Speed has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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43
287 lbs
29 - 24 - 0 |
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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
29 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Philip Christoffersen!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christoffersen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Speed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Christoffersen scrambles back to his feet.
Speed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Speed throws a head kick but Christoffersen moves out of range.
Speed throws a head kick but Christoffersen moves out of range.
Christoffersen tries to clinch there but Speed circles away.
Speed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Christoffersen wants to counter the offense by Speed and move into the clinch position.
Christoffersen tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyson Speed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Speed stuffs the takedown attempt from Christoffersen. Christoffersen gets slowly back to his feet.
Speed connects with a jab.
It looks like Philip Christoffersen has been cut.
Christoffersen drops his hands momentarily and Speed needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Christoffersen just on the top of the head. Christoffersen drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Christoffersen - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tyson Speed!
Tyson Speed managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Staunton (ranked 2330 p4p, 299 weight class) and Sigurd Vinci (ranked 6759 p4p, 671 weight class). Staunton has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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195 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Staunton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sigurd Vinci!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Staunton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vinci tries to counter by closing the distance.
Staunton misses the jab.
Vinci clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vinci.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Staunton.
Vinci lands a hook that snaps the head of Staunton backwards.
Vinci misses with the head strike.
Staunton struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinci controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Vinci fails to land.
Vinci working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Staunton - that landed with a thud.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinci blocks an uppercut.
Staunton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Staunton lands with a left to the head.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Staunton.
Staunton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vinci scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
Vinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
Staunton is trying to force a seperation but Vinci has the dominant position.
Staunton pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vinci struggles to land a body shot inside as Staunton controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
A frustrated look appears on Staunton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vinci avoiding damage as Staunton throws knees to the body.
Staunton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Staunton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
Vinci lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vinci throws a head punch that misses.
Vinci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Staunton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staunton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Sigurd Vinci has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinci lands with a light punch inside.
Staunton tries to land a knee to the head but Vinci blocks with his arms.
Staunton is breathing heavily.
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!
Staunton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Staunton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vinci lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vinci.
Vinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Staunton blocks an uppercut.
Vinci misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vinci working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinci misses with a body punch.
Staunton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Staunton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Staunton blocks an uppercut.
Staunton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vinci blocks it with crossed arms.
Vinci lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vinci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinci.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staunton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vinci lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Staunton backwards.
Staunton is trying to force a seperation but Vinci has the dominant position.
Vinci working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Staunton trying to land knees to the body.
Staunton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vinci moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vinci wants to clinch.
Vinci blocks a head kick by Staunton.
Staunton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Staunton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinci has closed the distance and engaged Staunton in a clinch.
Vinci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vinci softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vinci swings wildly with an uppercut but Staunton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Staunton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Staunton manages to break the clinch.
Staunton looks to land a right hand but Vinci moved out of range.
Vinci wants to counter with a clinch but Staunton pushes him away.
Vinci blocks a leg kick.
Vinci slips under a jab from Staunton.
Vinci gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Staunton blocking some punches.
A short left from Vinci.
Vinci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinci tries to work over Staunton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigurd Vinci dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sigurd Vinci's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Vinci tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Staunton just misses with a punch to the body.
Staunton lands a right hook to the body.
Vinci clinches up against the cage.
Staunton tries a body shot but Vinci blocks it.
Vinci pushes Staunton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vinci lands an uppercut.
Staunton is leaning against Vinci and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Staunton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vinci misses with some punches.
Staunton breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinci fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Staunton, pushing him back against the cage.
Staunton misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vinci tries to work over Staunton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Staunton misses with the head strike.
Staunton throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinci.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staunton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Staunton struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinci controls his hands.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staunton working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Vinci has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vinci.
Vinci throws a punch but it's blocked by Staunton.
Vinci struggles to land a body shot inside as Staunton controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Vinci.
Staunton blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
Vinci pushes Staunton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Steve Staunton has been cut.
Vinci working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Vinci fails to land.
Staunton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Staunton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
Vinci works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Staunton prevents a body shot from Vinci.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staunton blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Vinci on the inside.
Vinci lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vinci lands a shoulder strike.
Staunton is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
Oh Staunton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staunton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vinci is keeping busy.
Staunton seems to have got his legs back now.
Vinci scores with a hook to the body.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinci lands with a right to the head.
Vinci misses with a punch to the body.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Staunton.
Vinci misses with some punches.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sigurd Vinci seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vinci throws a head punch that misses.
Staunton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vinci lands a big right hand that drops Staunton! The killer instinct kicks in and Vinci finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Vinci!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigurd Vinci!
Sigurd Vinci 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between How Long (ranked 1191 p4p, 186 weight class) and Kenny McCormick (ranked 2646 p4p, 387 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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42
182 lbs
37 - 16 - 0 |
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177 lbs
30 - 15 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, How Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny McCormick!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for McCormick!
McCormick tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Long controlling the position.
Long trying to control the action but McCormick is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCormick managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long in side control, throwing shots but McCormick defends.
Long trying to control the position but McCormick is working away.
Long scoring with punches and elbows.
A lull in the action here.
Long trying to control the action but McCormick is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McCormick is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Long trying to control the action but McCormick is working from the bottom.
Long working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on McCormick's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long trying to control the position but McCormick is working away.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
You can see the frustration on McCormick's face as Long controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
McCormick scores with a hook to the body. Long takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Long darts in and clinches McCormick up against the cage.
McCormick tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Long gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Long looking to pass the guard.
Long looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long trying to control but McCormick is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McCormick wants to sweep but no luck.
Long gets to his feet - McCormick follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
How Long dominated that round.
That's time! Long's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Long uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCormick.
Long scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Long scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McCormick scores with the left hand. Long knows he should have avoided that one.
Long fails with a takedown attempt.
Long shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McCormick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Long throws a sloppy head kick and McCormick moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long tries to score a power double leg takedown but McCormick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Long somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for How Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McCormick misses with an uppercut. Long saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCormick missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCormick defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Long.
Long darts in and clinches McCormick up against the cage.
Long blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCormick.
McCormick misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Long.
McCormick misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCormick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCormick working aggressively here.
McCormick misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCormick lands a shoulder strike.
McCormick misses with the head strike.
Long is working for takedown but McCormick is calmly controlling the position for now.
Long tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCormick avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McCormick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCormick swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCormick swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Long.
Long blocking some punches.
Long drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Long leaning against his opponent.
McCormick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCormick.
Long is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McCormick is keeping busy.
Long keeps control of McCormick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Long is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables McCormick to keep the fight standing.
Long jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McCormick walks away with a smile on his face. Long gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Long fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. McCormick sprawls well initially but Long persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
McCormick keeping hold of Long's head, controlling as best he can.
McCormick trying to hold on to Long's head to control him but Long postures up.
McCormick works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Long with a flurry of punches that miss.
Long wants to control from the top but McCormick keeps moving.
McCormick is looking to stand up but Long isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Long avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from McCormick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny McCormick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
McCormick swats away the attempt to clinch by Long.
Long tries a head kick but it misses.
Long lands with a right hand.
A low kick from McCormick misses
and Long counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
McCormick keeping moving, preventing Long from controlling successfully.
Long is really struggling to control McCormick but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCormick wants to get back to his feet but Long is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Long trying to control the position from guard on top but McCormick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long stands up from McCormick's guard - Long perhaps looking for a knockout.
Long looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Long misses with a left hand
and McCormick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCormick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Long manages to avoid it.
Long attempts a counter takedown but McCormick avoids it well and moves away.
Long shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
How Long overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Long working McCormick over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCormick is staying active underneath Long, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Long is pressing down on McCormick's thigh, looking to free his foot. McCormick is holding on for now.
McCormick is trying to maintain the position but Long is very close to passing his half guard.
McCormick might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Long haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Long throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Long wants to control but McCormick is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCormick trying to control but Long postures up.
Long is taking a breather. McCormick says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Long is looking to clinch.
As Long backs off McCormick throws a huge counter combo but Long manages to avoid it all.
Long moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
McCormick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - McCormick circles away.
Long is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCormick throws a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCormick throws out the jab.
McCormick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Long counters with a left and a right that stings McCormick.
McCormick jabs Long right on the nose. Long blinks but takes it well.
McCormick swings for the body but Long moves out of range.
Long is trying hard to land a takedown here. McCormick sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
McCormick looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Long shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McCormick as he avoids it easily.
McCormick looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for How Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCormick throws a chopping leg kick but Long manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kenny McCormick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A jab lands there for McCormick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Long takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Long slips a straight right by McCormick.
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 How Long.
I think Long 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... How Long!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Friedrich Bergfried (ranked 1537 p4p, 76 weight class) and Eduardo Alvarez (ranked 2799 p4p, 145 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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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Friedrich Bergfried!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eduardo Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Alvarez misses.
Bergfried changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bergfried uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alvarez.
Bergfried keeps the fight on the outside.
Alvarez has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Bergfried displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alvarez up against the cage.
Alvarez goes for a takedown attempt but Bergfried pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bergfried moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bergfried changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez blocks the body kick.
Alvarez moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Alvarez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bergfried lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez trying to stall but Bergfried improves his position.
Bergfried stalls.
Bergfried putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alvarez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez looking to stall.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Bergfried uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bergfried blocking some punches.
Alvarez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bergfried's elbow.
Alvarez misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.
Bergfried blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvarez misses with the head strike.
Bergfried escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bergfried.
Bergfried connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alvarez's hands.
Friedrich Bergfried is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bergfried is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alvarez.
Alvarez looks for a takedown but Bergfried sprawls well.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the body
and Bergfried counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez drops his hands momentarily and Bergfried takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A leg kick checked by Bergfried.
Bergfried is looking to land body kicks.
Bergfried ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Alvarez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bergfried lands a jab to the head.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Bergfried ducks down to avoid it.
Bergfried looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Bergfried 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Alvarez swings for the body but Bergfried moves out of range.
Alvarez throws a good cross that connects.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a lazy uppercut
and Bergfried finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Bergfried blocks the low kick.
Bergfried feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Alvarez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bergfried sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alvarez somewhat.
Bergfried swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Friedrich Bergfried has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eduardo Alvarez.
Bergfried scores with a crisp jab that stopped Alvarez in his tracks.
Alvarez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bergfried lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bergfried digs a good body shot into Alvarez's ribs.
Bergfried throws an off balance right hand
and Alvarez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alvarez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bergfried blocks a low kick nicely.
Alvarez's corner calls for a 1-2. Alvarez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alvarez shoots for a takedown but Bergfried saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Bergfried. No joy for Alvarez on that attempt.
Bergfried was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez has Bergfried up against the cage in a clinch.
Bergfried blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bergfried throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alvarez blocks it with crossed arms.
Alvarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bergfried controls his hands.
Bergfried blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez is looking for a takedown.
Bergfried blocks an uppercut.
Bergfried scores with a shoulder strike.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bergfried misses with a knee strike.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bergfried avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bergfried stops a takedown attempt from Alvarez.
Alvarez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Bergfried effectively controlling the action here.
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 Friedrich Bergfried will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Alvarez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alvarez dips to his left and cracks Bergfried with an uppercut!
Bergfried throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bergfried can pounce on him.
Alvarez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bergfried pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bergfried looks to land a body kick but Alvarez moved away.
Alvarez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bergfried.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bergfried counters with a slapping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Bergfried.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Alvarez tries to work over Bergfried's front leg with a kick but Bergfried checks it.
That kick from Bergfried tenderised Alvarez's leg. Alvarez is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bergfried thumps Alvarez with a low kick.
A jab from Alvarez misses.
Bergfried comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergfried avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bergfried counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bergfried can pounce on him.
Bergfried misses with a head kick.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bergfried paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bergfried ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alvarez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bergfried makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Alvarez really felt that one!
Bergfried takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Friedrich Bergfried is winning the standup battle so far.
Bergfried turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alvarez has taken the fight to the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Bergfried.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bergfried pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bergfried wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bergfried.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bergfried fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alvarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A punch combination from Alvarez misses.
Bergfried lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bergfried scores with a shot to the body.
Alvarez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Alvarez misses with a takedown attempt
and Bergfried counters with a right hand to the body.
Bergfried lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Alvarez misses
and Bergfried connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bergfried tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bergfried tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Bergfried.
Bergfried is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Bergfried misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alvarez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bergfried looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alvarez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bergfried misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a jab when Bergfried was well out of range.
Alvarez throws a right hand that misses
and Bergfried counters with a thumping low kick.
Bergfried has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bergfried there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bergfried manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bergfried was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.
Bergfried on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alvarez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bergfried sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bergfried.
Bergfried works Alvarez's body with a nice hook.
Alvarez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bergfried delivers a nice body kick.
Alvarez connects with a crisp jab.
Bergfried avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bergfried throws a head kick that half lands.
Bergfried swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez closes the distance and clinches up with Bergfried, looking for a takedown. Alvarez pushes Bergfried against the cage but Bergfried circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez misses with a left hand
and Bergfried counters with a nice body shot.
Alvarez takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bergfried's elbow.
Bergfried can't find room to land a body shot as Alvarez controls the action.
Alvarez gets through Bergfried's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alvarez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alvarez looking to slow down the pace here.
Alvarez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bergfried struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Bergfried.
Bergfried tries a body shot but Alvarez blocks it.
Bergfried stalls.
Bergfried pushes Alvarez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bergfried looking to throw knees to the head but Alvarez is blocking nicely.
Bergfried throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alvarez blocks it with crossed arms.
Alvarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Friedrich Bergfried dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bergfried connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bergfried scores with a nice body kick.
Bergfried throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bergfried moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Alvarez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bergfried swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Bergfried uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
It looked like Bergfried was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Alvarez.
Bergfried just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez throws out a counter right but Bergfried avoids it with no problem.
Bergfried drops his hands momentarily and Alvarez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bergfried.
Bergfried fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alvarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bergfried throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez 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!
Alvarez misses with a shot to the body
and Bergfried counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alvarez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Alvarez misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Bergfried.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez clinches up against the cage.
Alvarez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bergfried is defending well.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez tries a body shot but Bergfried blocks it.
Bergfried has Alvarez pushed against the cage.
Bergfried pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
Bergfried was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Bergfried throws a leg kick which misses Alvarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvarez tries to avoid it.
Bergfried checks a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bergfried. Alvarez shrugs it off though.
Bergfried throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alvarez jabs at Bergfried's body.
Bergfried ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bergfried throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bergfried throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez throws a jab but it's blocked by Bergfried.
Alvarez wants to clinch but Bergfried slips to the side
and Bergfried makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bergfried keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bergfried just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Bergfried's head but Bergfried sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but Bergfried moved away.
Bergfried throws a low kick, looking for Alvarez's leg but Alvarez calmly moves out of range.
A head kick from Bergfried lands but Alvarez takes it in his stride.
Alvarez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bergfried. Alvarez shrugs it off though.
Bergfried throws a push kick but Alvarez slaps the foot to one side.
Alvarez avoids the head kick by Bergfried.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alvarez's sensitive parts.
Alvarez shoots in looking for a takedown. Bergfried tries to sprawl out of it but Alvarez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bergfried manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alvarez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alvarez works the jab nicely.
Alvarez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bergfried. That one must have hurt.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut
and Bergfried counters with a nice uppercut.
Bergfried throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alvarez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bergfried swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
Bergfried looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bergfried looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a takedown
and Bergfried counters with a straight right hand.
Friedrich Bergfried has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eduardo Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Bergfried's head but Bergfried sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bergfried throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bergfried feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alvarez misses with a body shot.
Alvarez misses with a low kick as Bergfried jumps back.
Alvarez blocks the body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Bergfried. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bergfried.
Bergfried misses the shot to the body.
Alvarez misses with a takedown
and Bergfried finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bergfried connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A shot to the liver by Bergfried. Beautiful body shot.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Friedrich Bergfried clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bergfried moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bergfried throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Bergfried lands with a right hand.
A jab from Alvarez misses.
Bergfried throws a quick counter kick to the body but Alvarez avoids it.
Alvarez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bergfried feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Alvarez avoids a kick to the body.
Alvarez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bergfried uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
Bergfried lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses the jab.
Bergfried takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bergfried misses with a hook to the body
so Alvarez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez passes into half guard.
Alvarez prevents Bergfried from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergfried regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bergfried kicks Alvarez off and gets to his feet.
Alvarez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bergfried quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Bergfried throws a body kick that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Alvarez misses.
Good leg kick by Bergfried there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alvarez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bergfried.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Bergfried moves out of range.
Bergfried moves away from the strike by Alvarez.
Alvarez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez shoots in for a double leg but Bergfried sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alvarez is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bergfried tries to land a body kick
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bergfried cracks the inside of Alvarez's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alvarez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alvarez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bergfried - the referee stops the clock and Alvarez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bergfried. Alvarez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bergfried's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alvarez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bergfried scrambles back to his feet.
Alvarez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bergfried scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alvarez doesn't seem bothered though.
Alvarez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bergfried.
Bergfried buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alvarez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bergfried slips a jab from Alvarez.
Bergfried lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bergfried misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Bergfried there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut
and Alvarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alvarez throws a big shot that misses.
Bergfried walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bergfried swings widly with a right hand
and Alvarez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bergfried throws a leg kick but Alvarez moved away.
Bergfried slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bergfried throws a front kick that sends Alvarez stumbling back into the cage.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bergfried slips under a jab from Alvarez.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bergfried, right into the meat.
Bergfried throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Bergfried takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bergfried lands a nice hook to Alvarez's body. Alvarez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Bergfried throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bergfried looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alvarez lands with an overhand left.
Bergfried avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bergfried displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alvarez throws out the jab.
Bergfried lands a leg kick that knocks Alvarez off balance momentarily.
Alvarez throws out a leg kick but Bergfried moves out of range and Alvarez only half commits.
Alvarez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Bergfried to counter with a crisp jab.
Alvarez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bergfried. Bergfried obviously looking to wear him down.
Bergfried cracks the inside of Alvarez's front leg.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Bergfried was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bergfried scores with a push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Friedrich Bergfried had his way with Eduardo Alvarez in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Bergfried lands with a kick to the temple. Alvarez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bergfried tries to land a front kick but Alvarez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Bergfried on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bergfried avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a right hand that misses
and Bergfried makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bergfried looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut.
Bergfried tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Bergfried.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that Bergfried avoids nicely.
Bergfried connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bergfried motions for Alvarez to come forward. Bergfried throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bergfried counters with a head kick. That will keep Alvarez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Alvarez blocks the body kick.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
and Bergfried counters with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bergfried. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bergfried lands with a straight right. Alvarez didn't see that one coming.
Bergfried takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Bergfried.
Bergfried blocks a jab.
Bergfried missing with a left hand there. Alvarez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bergfried enables Alvarez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bergfried manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bergfried kicks Alvarez off and gets to his feet.
Alvarez is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez gets a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bergfried throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvarezs head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried wants to stall.
Bergfried breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Bergfried misses.
A little jabbing left from Alvarez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Alvarez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bergfried uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Bergfried appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bergfried bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Bergfried ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
Alvarez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Bergfried's head but Bergfried sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bergfried is looking to counter punch.
Bergfried throws a wild body kick that Alvarez sees coming a mile off.
Alvarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bergfried makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Alvarez. That snapped Bergfried's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bergfried throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Bergfried.
Alvarez fails with a takedown attempt.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Bergfried.
Eduardo Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bergfried scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alvarez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bergfried counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez tries to move into range but Bergfried moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bergfried keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Friedrich Bergfried has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eduardo Alvarez.
Alvarez walks into a stiff left hand from Bergfried.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bergfried.
Alvarez moves forwards but Bergfried connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Alvarez throws an overhand right that lands on Bergfried's shoulder, as Bergfried tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Bergfried does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bergfried throws a counter high kick but Alvarez was just alert enough to avoid it.
Alvarez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice body punch from Bergfried.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bergfried looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bergfried connects with a jab.
Bergfried lands with a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Bergfried there.
Nice defenses there by Bergfried.
Alvarez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bergfried scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Bergfried avoids it well.
Bergfried dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bergfried scores with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Friedrich Bergfried showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bergfried, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 50:45
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Friedrich Bergfried!
Friedrich Bergfried retains his bantamweight title!
Friedrich Bergfried 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Aguilar (ranked 1663 p4p, 219 weight class) and Gordon Ramsay (ranked 2848 p4p, 366 weight class). Gordon Ramsay is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Aguilar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gordon Ramsay!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguilar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramsay.
Ramsay takes a swing at Aguilar's ribcage but misses.
Aguilar was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ramsay drops his hands momentarily and Aguilar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Ramsay enables Aguilar to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Ramsay manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Aguilar drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ramsay dives on top into guard.
Ramsay got a little sloppy there for a moment and Aguilar has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ramsay has managed to get both his arms back between Aguilar's legs - danger averted.
Ramsay stopping the sweep attempt from Aguilar.
Ramsay loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ramsay must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ramsay wants to control from the top but Aguilar keeps moving.
Aguilar looking for a sweep. Not yet Aguilar, not yet.
Aguilar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ramsay trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aguilar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguilar has momentary wrist control but Ramsay slips an elbow through the middle.
Ramsay preventing the sweep.
Aguilar working for a triangle but Ramsay defends it easily.
Ramsay wants to control from the top but Aguilar keeps moving.
Aguilar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Aguilar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Aguilar has momentary wrist control but Ramsay slips an elbow through the middle.
Aguilar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ramsay manages to get himself to full guard.
Ramsay tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramsay keeping moving, preventing Aguilar from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aguilar tries to free his leg and advance position but Ramsay is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguilar postures up.
Aguilar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Aguilar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Aguilar slips nicely into half guard.
Aguilar with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Aguilar is keen to just control but Ramsay is a slippery customer.
Ramsay looking for submissions off his back.
Ramsay is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Aguilar pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Aguilar wants to work for an arm triangle but Ramsay is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Aguilar moves nicely into side control.
Ramsay is being controlled here.
Aguilar trying to control the position but Ramsay is working away.
Aguilar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ramsay has escaped the position, nice work there.
Aguilar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ramsay has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramsay is trying to get back to half guard.
Aguilar trying to control the position but Ramsay is working away.
Ramsay struggling a bit here.
Aguilar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ramsay is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ramsay manages to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ramsay trying to hold on to Aguilar's head to control him but Aguilar postures up.
Aguilar wants to free his trapped foot but Ramsay is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Aguilar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Aguilar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ramsay under the eye.
Aguilar misses with an uppercut.
Aguilar changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ramsay looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ramsay tries to buck Aguilar off but Aguilar is having none of it.
Sergio Aguilar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aguilar trying to control the action but Ramsay is working from the bottom.
Ramsay is looking for a sweep.
Aguilar goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ramsay rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Aguilar's guard! Nice work there by Ramsay!
Ramsay connects with a couple of short punches.
Aguilar looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ramsay is defending well. Aguilar quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ramsay has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Aguilar celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sergio Aguilar!
Sergio Aguilar retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Sergio Aguilar rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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