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OFC 319: Timeless PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 3877 p4p, 492 weight class) and Frank Lopez (ranked 3265 p4p, 429 weight class). Putin comes to the cage accompanied by IAMX - Happiness. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
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187 lbs
18 - 17 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Putin moves into range and clinches up with Lopez.
Our sources have told us that Putin has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopez is defending well for now.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopez is defending well for now.
Putin pushes off an throws an elbow but Lopez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Putin working Lopez over with knees to the body.
Putin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
Putin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Frank Lopez has been cut.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lopez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Putin or not.
Lopez tries to stall but Putin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Putin controls his hands.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Putin lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopez is defending well for now.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Lopez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin closes the distance but Lopez moves to the side
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
Putin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Putin clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.
Nice elbow from Putin.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Lopez misses with an elbow over the top.
Lopez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Putin or not.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin crunches a lovely knee into Lopez's ribcage.
Putin blocks an elbow strike.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Putin managing to block the knees to the body from Lopez.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Putin avoids it.
Putin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lopez's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Putin working Lopez over with knees to the body.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez blocks an elbow strike.
Putin dodges an elbow strike from Lopez.
Lopez leaning against his opponent.
Lopez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Putin wants to clinch.
Putin tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin darts in trying to clinch
and Lopez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez looks to land a body kick but Putin moved away.
Putin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Putin wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Putin has time to react.
Putin has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopez is defending well for now.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Putin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez tries to work over Putin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez blocks an elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Lopez is trying to push Putin away but Putin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lopez swings wildly with an uppercut but Putin uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez working hard to break the clinch.
Putin takes an elbow to the temple.
Putin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Lopez tries a body shot but Putin blocks it.
Putin managing to block the knees to the body from Lopez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Putin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lopez's face.
Putin lands an elbow just above Lopez 's eye.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
Lopez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Putin is controlling the position.
Putin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin connects with a knee to the head.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lopez avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Putin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Lopez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lopez counters with an inside leg kick.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lopez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Putin tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Lopez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Putin with a body shot.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Putin tries to clinch up.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin tries to clinch but Lopez moves away
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Putin rushes Lopez and presses him up against the cage.
Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Putin is looking to clinch.
Putin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Lopez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.
Lopez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Putin tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez throws out a counter right but Putin avoids it with no problem.
Lopez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Putin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopez can do to turn this around?
Putin tries to clinch up.
Putin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jab by Lopez.
Putin is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lopez is looking to control Putin's arms but Putin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lopez has his back to the cage.
Lopez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Putin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vlad Putin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lopez avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Putin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Putin gets a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Lopez.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lopez dodges an elbow strike from Putin.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.
Putin keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez tries to land knees in the clinch but Putin avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Putin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopez's brow.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Putin's elbow.
Putin dodges an elbow strike from Lopez.
Putin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Putin has Lopez pressed against the cage, preventing Lopez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopez is defending well for now.
Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Putin tries to clinch up.
Lopez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Putin wants to clinch.
Lopez digs a good body shot into Putin's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lopez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Putin is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Vlad Putin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Putin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Putin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vlad Putin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Putin moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.
Putin tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Putin clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lopez counters with a two punch combo.
Frank Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Putin scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Lopez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Frank Lopez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lopez tests Putin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
It seemed like Lopez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Putin closes the distance but Lopez moves to the side
and Lopez counters with a three punch combo that has Putin backing up. Putin nods at Lopez to acknowledge the strikes.
Putin tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Putin tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Despite the aggression on Lopez's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lopez throws a body punch but Putin moves out of range.
Putin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Lopez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Putin doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin rushes Lopez and presses him up against the cage.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lopez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lopez managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
Lopez looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Putin misses with an elbow strike.
Putin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lopez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lopez tries to circle away but Putin has him pinned against the cage.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Frank Lopez's cut even more.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Putin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Putin lands a nice knee to the body.
Putin lands a nice elbow.
Putin scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Putin lands a nice elbow.
Lopez misses with an elbow over the top.
Putin lands a nice knee to the body.
Putin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Putin.
Putin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lopez throws an elbow but it misses.
Putin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin blocking some punches.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Lopez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lopez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Putin up against the cage.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Lopez is blocking nicely.
Putin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lopez avoids it.
Putin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lopez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Putin working Lopez over with knees to the body.
Lopez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lopez tries to land a leg kick but Putin saw it coming and moves away.
Putin wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Putin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lopez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Putin thinking.
Putin tries to clinch up
and Lopez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lopez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lopez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Putin rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to circle away but Putin has him pinned against the cage.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
Lopez working hard to break the clinch.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lopez blocks it with crossed arms.
Lopez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Putin tries to clinch but Lopez moves away
and Lopez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Putin is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Putin is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.
Putin connects with a solid leg kick.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad Putin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Putin 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Putin!
Post fight, Vlad Putin stared into the camera and said 'I am not surprised, motherf**ker!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dante Flux (ranked 1231 p4p, 192 weight class) and John Luther (ranked 2574 p4p, 359 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dante Flux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Luther!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flux throws a right and a left that Luther avoids nicely.
Luther looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luther clinches up against the cage.
Luther lands a body shot in the clinch.
Luther tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luther lands a left hand that snaps the head of Flux backwards.
Luther lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Luther.
Flux misses with a punch to the body.
Flux gets underhooks to prevent Luther's takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Flux.
Luther swings wildly with an uppercut but Flux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flux escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flux looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Flux attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Flux attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As Flux backs off Luther throws a huge counter combo but Flux manages to avoid it all.
Luther fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luther shoots for a double leg takedown but Flux sprawls well. He's pushed Luther's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luther throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Luther misses the shot to the body.
Flux is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Luther.
Flux clinches.
A short left from Luther.
Flux lands a nice shot to the body.
Flux throws a head punch that misses.
Flux tries to work over Luther's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luther goes for a takedown in the clinch but Flux prevents it.
Dante Flux has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Luther.
Flux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Flux swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flux swats away the attempt to clinch by Luther.
Luther tries to clinch but Flux moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Flux on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luther clinches up with Flux and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luther has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Flux avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Flux gets through Luther's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Flux pushes Luther back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flux softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luther scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flux.
Flux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luther swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luther tries to throw a body punch but Flux avoids it by throwing Luther back against the cage.
Flux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flux misses with a knee to the head.
Luther's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Luther avoiding damage as Flux throws knees to the body.
Flux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luther backwards.
Luther tries to score a body lock takedown but Flux shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Flux struggles to land a body shot inside as Luther controls his hands.
Luther has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Flux is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Flux breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luther shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Luther tries to close the distance and clinch but Flux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luther will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luther tries a body shot but Flux blocks it.
Flux lands a shoulder strike.
Luther can't get the takedown.
Flux doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flux is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luther is defending well for now.
Luther blocks an elbow strike.
Luther pushes Flux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Flux.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luther tries to throw a body punch but Flux avoids it by throwing Luther back against the cage.
Flux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Flux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luther has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Flux seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Luther can turn it around.
Flux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flux working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luther has a couple of punches blocked by Flux.
A head punch on the inside from Flux fails to land.
Flux makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luther pushes Flux back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Luther fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luther has a couple of punches blocked by Flux.
Flux looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flux struggles to land a body shot inside as Luther controls his hands.
Flux blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luther creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Flux dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Flux looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Luther pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luther fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luther misses with the head strike.
Luther escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luther fails with an attempt to clinch.
It appears Flux was looking to counter with a kick there.
Luther closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Flux's guard.
Flux can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Luther controls the pace.
Flux pulls Luther in to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luther wants to pass the guard but Flux is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flux is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luther pushing down on Flux's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Luther passes to side control.
Flux manages to get back to half guard.
Flux is trying is best to control the position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Flux manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Flux managing to control the position.
Flux looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luther is one step ahead there.
Flux is controlling Luther's posture.
Luther works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luther trying to control the action but Flux is working from the bottom.
Luther is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Flux defends it well.
Luther passes the guard and advances to mount!
Luther is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Flux to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Flux shrugs it off.
Flux can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flux is working hard here to advance position.
Flux is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Flux is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flux is squirming around, avoiding Luther's attempts to control the action.
Luther prevents Flux from getting the reversal.
Luther fails to move to back control.
John Luther has got the better of the ground game so far.
Luther looking to control but Flux is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Luther jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Flux manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Flux tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Luther wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flux struggling a bit here.
Luther tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Luther working away.
Flux tries to bench press Luther off him but Luther keeps the position.
Flux is not content to let Luther control the position.
Flux manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Luther tries to get to full guard but Flux has control of the leg.
Luther taking some punishment here, with Flux in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Luther showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Luther tries to clinch but Flux moves out of range.
Luther has Flux up against the cage in a clinch.
Flux is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luther is defending well for now.
Flux misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luther.
Luther lands with a short shot to the head.
Luther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luther misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Luther fails to land.
Luther blocks a body shot from Flux.
Luther is looking to take this one to the mat.
Flux has a couple of punches blocked by Luther.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flux misses with some punches.
Flux throws a head punch that misses.
Flux tries to work over Luther's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luther is trying to stall.
Flux manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flux throws a head kick but Luther moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luther is working for takedown but Flux is calmly controlling the position for now.
Flux breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luther tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Luther backs away, Flux returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
John Luther is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flux fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Luther is out of range.
Flux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luther raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Luther 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luther looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice jab there from Flux.
Luther throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luther closes the distance but Flux moves to the side
enabling Flux to counter with a crisp jab.
Flux gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Flux misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dante Flux has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luther takes a shot to the head.
Flux misses with some punches.
Flux lands a body punch.
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!
Flux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flux misses with some punches.
Luther avoids the elbow strike from Flux, against the cage.
Flux throws a punch but it's blocked by Luther.
Luther's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flux.
A right hook to the body lands for Luther.
Luther blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luther is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Flux pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dante Flux has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Luther.
Flux misses with a punch to the body.
Flux is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luther can do to turn this around?
Flux tries a body shot but Luther blocks it.
Flux struggles to land a body shot inside as Luther controls his hands.
Flux lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Flux prevents a body shot from Luther.
Luther misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luther lands a body shot in the clinch.
Flux breaks from the clinch.
Luther uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flux.
A combination from Luther does no damage.
Luther tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Flux loads up on a big right hand but Luther slips the punch.
Luther wants to clinch but Flux slips to the side
and Flux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Flux moves out of range as Luther strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luther tries to clinch
and Flux counters with a nice uppercut.
Luther is looking to clinch but Flux is avoiding it.
Flux thuds a left hand into Luther's body.
Flux misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luther looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dante Flux is winning the standup battle so far.
Luther is trying hard to land a takedown here. Flux sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Luther wants to clinch up but Flux keeps it at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flux works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Luther. That snapped Flux's head back.
John Luther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luther lands a nice leg kick that just misses Flux's sensitive parts.
Luther tries to clinch up.
Luther bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Luther checks a leg kick.
Flux keeps the fight on the outside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Flux showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Flux has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Flux!
After the big win, Dante Flux made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sportivité and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aksel Stenger (ranked 1609 p4p, 217 weight class) and Charles Cooper (ranked 2429 p4p, 294 weight class). Stenger comes to the cage accompanied by Hit2face - Ain't it nice to get hit to the face?. Cooper has chosen s.mouse - slap my elbow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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190 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
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aksel Stenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stenger tries to land a front kick but Cooper steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stenger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stenger. Cooper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stenger swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper wants to clinch up but Stenger keeps it at a distance.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Stenger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stenger presses Cooper against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cooper wants to stall.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stenger misses with a body punch.
Cooper told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Cooper takes a shot to the head.
Stenger definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stenger misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stenger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stenger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stenger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Stenger.
The fighters circling - Stenger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stenger swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper tries to clinch but Stenger moves out of range.
Cooper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stenger blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Stenger blocks an uppercut.
Stenger lands with a light punch inside.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stenger blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper works on Stenger's body with a couple of short punches.
Cooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Stenger.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Stenger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stenger breaks from the clinch.
Cooper tries to clinch there but Stenger circles away.
Stenger is looking to counter punch.
Cooper is looking to clinch but Stenger is avoiding it.
Cooper instigates a clinch.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooper.
A right hook to the body lands for Stenger.
Cooper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stenger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stenger misses with a few strikes there.
Stenger takes a swing at Cooper's ribcage but misses.
Cooper takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenger tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Stenger fails to land.
Stenger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stenger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stenger dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Stenger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooper.
Stenger misses with a punch to the body.
Cooper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cooper pushes off an throws an elbow but Stenger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stenger misses with a punch to the body.
Stenger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper pushes Stenger up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper cracks Stenger with a nice body shot.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stenger blocks an elbow strike.
Cooper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cooper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stenger's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stenger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stenger avoids a wild elbow strike from Cooper.
Stenger is trying to force a seperation but Cooper has the dominant position.
Cooper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cooper lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Stenger tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Stenger manages to break the clinch.
Cooper rushes Stenger and presses him up against the cage.
Stenger blocks an elbow strike from Cooper.
Stenger trying to stall but Cooper improves his position.
Stenger has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Stenger dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cooper looking to slow down the pace here.
Stenger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stenger throws a lazy right hand but Cooper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Charles Cooper will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Stenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stenger swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Stenger throws a head kick that misses.
Cooper moves into the clinch.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cooper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stenger or not.
Cooper is trying to maintain a safe position but Stenger gets an underhook and turns Cooper into the cage.
Stenger blocking some punches.
Cooper trying to control the position but instead, Stenger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cooper into the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Stenger is leaning against Cooper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Stenger.
Cooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Stenger.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Cooper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stenger misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper is looking to control Stenger's arms but Stenger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cooper has his back to the cage.
Cooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stenger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper tries to throw a body punch but Stenger avoids it by throwing Cooper back against the cage.
Stenger stalling.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Stenger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cooper presses Stenger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stenger breaks from the clinch.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stenger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooper moves away.
Stenger motions for Cooper to come forward. Stenger throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stenger, pushing him back against the cage.
Cooper takes a shot to the head.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stenger stalling in the clinch but Cooper improves position.
Stenger scores with a shoulder strike.
Stenger dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stenger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cooper blocks it with crossed arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Stenger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
Cooper misses with an elbow strike.
Cooper lands an elbow inside.
Stenger lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cooper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stenger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
Cooper throws an elbow but it misses.
Stenger tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
A short left from Cooper.
Stenger throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooper.
Stenger misses with a punch on the inside.
Stenger dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper tries a body shot but Stenger blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stenger can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Stenger lands a knee to the body.
Stenger blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stenger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
Stenger breaks the clinch.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Stenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stenger misses the jab.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cooper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stenger, pushing him back against the cage.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stenger lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stenger is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cooper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stenger misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenger scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cooper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stenger blocks an elbow strike.
Stenger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stenger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cooper has Stenger up against the cage in a clinch.
Cooper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stenger is keeping busy.
Stenger lands a shoulder strike.
Stenger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cooper avoids it.
Stenger works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stenger avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cooper in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stenger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooper blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aksel Stenger will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooper looks to clinch
and Stenger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooper fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Stenger was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cooper clinches up with Stenger and pushes him back against the cage.
Cooper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cooper lands a damaging elbow.
Cooper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stenger missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Stenger fails to land.
Stenger misses with a knee strike.
Stenger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cooper closes the distance and pushes Stenger back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stenger has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Stenger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stenger's efforts to push away.
Stenger misses with a knee to the head.
Stenger misses with a punch on the inside.
Stenger misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Stenger on the inside.
Stenger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stenger tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cooper manages to circle out of the way.
Cooper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stenger throws out the jab.
Cooper defending well as Stenger loads up on a big left hand.
Cooper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stenger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cooper avoids the head kick by Stenger.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch but Stenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Cooper tries to get set, Stenger tries to push him back and clinch up but Cooper manages to avoid the attempt.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
Stenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenger tries to keep at a distance but Cooper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stenger slowing the pace effectively.
Cooper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cooper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stenger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cooper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenger lands a right hand.
Charles Cooper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
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!
Cooper prevents a body shot from Stenger.
Stenger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Stenger is looking to control Cooper's arms but Cooper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stenger has his back to the cage.
Stenger looking to stall.
Cooper presses Stenger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stenger tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stenger breaks from the clinch.
Cooper doesn't manage to clinch there - Stenger circles away.
Stenger swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper forces Stenger back against the cage and clinches.
Stenger dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Stenger pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stenger manages to break the clinch.
Cooper clinches up against the cage.
Cooper lands a right hand.
Cooper lands a body punch.
Cooper taking a breather.
Stenger avoids the elbow strike from Cooper, against the cage.
Stenger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cooper moves in looking to clinch but Stenger pushes him off.
Stenger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A punch combination from Stenger misses.
Cooper darts in and clinches Stenger up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Stenger scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stenger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stenger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stenger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stenger swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper has closed the distance and engaged Stenger in a clinch.
Stenger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stenger just misses with a punch to the body.
Aksel Stenger is winning the standup battle so far.
Stenger swats away the attempt to clinch by Cooper.
Cooper clinches.
Stenger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stenger - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stenger dodges an elbow strike from Cooper.
Cooper blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aksel Stenger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stenger 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nils Holgersson (ranked 1613 p4p, 180 weight class) and Krejzi Kure (ranked 1367 p4p, 149 weight class). Holgersson comes to the cage accompanied by Theme. Kure has chosen BIG SHUG - who's hard as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Krejzi Kure enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Holgersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Krejzi Kure!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holgersson slips under a jab.
Holgersson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kure defends well and Holgersson ends up having to push Kure into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Holgersson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Holgersson.
Kure tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holgersson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kure.
Holgersson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Holgersson misses with a body kick.
Kure avoids the head kick by Holgersson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holgersson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kure napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kure is trying to buck Holgersson off.
You can see the frustration on Kure's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Kure thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holgersson's head.
Kure working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kure lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kure is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Holgersson manages to get to full guard.
Holgersson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kure is one step ahead there.
Kure wants to stand but Holgersson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Holgersson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kure trying to control the position from guard on top but Holgersson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kure gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Holgersson slips a jab from Kure.
Kure misses with a few strikes there.
Holgersson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Holgersson slips a jab from Kure.
Kure connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Holgersson momentarily.
Holgersson dodges the punch combination from Kure.
Holgersson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson connects with a leg kick. Kure looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kure throws out a loose jab but Holgersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holgersson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kure manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holgersson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kure is trying to defend but Holgersson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kure is looking for a sweep. Holgersson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kure trying to control from the bottom.
Holgersson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kure bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kure manages to get himself to full guard.
Kure wants to sweep here but Holgersson controlling him for the moment.
Holgersson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holgersson distracts Kure with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kure keeping moving, preventing Holgersson from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Holgersson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Holgersson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kure is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holgersson chips away with some ground and pound.
Holgersson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Krejzi Kure will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Holgersson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Holgersson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kure's waist but Kure gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Holgersson off to one side.
A countering left hand to the body from Kure misses.
Holgersson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kure throws out the jab.
Kure on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Holgersson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kure.
Kure throws a hook but Holgersson blocks it.
A shot to the body from Holgersson misses
and Holgersson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Nils Holgersson has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holgersson looks to clinch
enabling Kure to counter with a crisp jab.
Holgersson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kure counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holgersson is rocked!
Kure has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kure throws a poor cross that misses
and Holgersson counters with a head kick. That will keep Kure thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure throws a series of punches but Holgersson moves out of range.
Kure takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kure loads up on a big right hand but Holgersson slips the punch.
Holgersson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Holgersson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kure counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Holgersson thinking.
Holgersson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kure takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kure thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kure misses with a straight right.
Holgersson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Holgersson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kure sprawls well. Kure wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Holgersson gets slowly back to his feet.
Despite the aggression on Kure's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nils Holgersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holgersson moves into the clinch.
Kure is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Holgersson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kure uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holgersson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kure avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kure tries to circle away but Holgersson has him pinned against the cage.
Kure wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holgersson has him pressed against the cage.
Holgersson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holgersson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kure tries to circle away but Holgersson has him pinned against the cage.
Kure lands a nice shot to the body.
Kure throws an elbow but it misses.
Holgersson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kure has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kure is trying to force a seperation but Holgersson has the dominant position.
Kure misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Holgersson fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holgersson.
Holgersson pulls Kure into guard.
Kure loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kure works over Holgersson with some ground and pound from guard.
Holgersson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Holgersson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kure controls the pace.
Kure keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holgersson's head.
Kure lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kure chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kure throwing strikes but missing.
Kure throws an elbow that misses. Holgersson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kure's guard. Nice move by Holgersson!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kure is trying to keep Holgersson in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nils Holgersson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nils Holgersson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kure swings for the body but Holgersson moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Kure.
Holgersson scores with a push kick.
Kure moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kure gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holgersson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kure has Holgersson pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Holgersson's guard.
Kure preventing the sweep.
Kure missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holgersson looking to control.
Holgersson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kure manages to get himself to full guard.
Holgersson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Holgersson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Holgersson chips away with some ground and pound.
Kure wants to sweep here but Holgersson controlling him for the moment.
Kure controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holgersson wants to control from the top but Kure keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Holgersson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Holgersson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kure is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kure working a defensive guard here.
Kure keeping moving, preventing Holgersson from controlling successfully.
Holgersson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nils Holgersson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kure is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Holgersson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kure is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kure lands with a cross.
Holgersson feints and as Kure raises his hands in defense, Holgersson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kure manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Holgersson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kure quickly recovers to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holgersson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Holgersson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Holgersson seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Holgersson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Holgersson wants to free his trapped foot but Kure is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Holgersson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Holgersson is pressing down on Kure's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kure is holding on for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nils Holgersson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Holgersson 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nils Holgersson!
Nils Holgersson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alka Mangrove (ranked 450 p4p, 52 weight class) and Head Coach (ranked 652 p4p, 77 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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163 lbs
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alka Mangrove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 3, fighting out of London, Head Coach!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mangrove rushes Coach and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mangrove misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mangrove tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mangrove throws an elbow that misses.
Coach prevents a body shot from Mangrove.
Coach avoids the elbow strike from Mangrove, against the cage.
Coach successfully pulls guard.
Mangrove showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mangrove trying to control the position from guard on top but Coach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangrove looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangrove is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Coach is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mangrove defends well.
Coach is adopting a defensive guard.
Mangrove tries to stand but Coach is controlling from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Mangrove trying to control but Coach is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Coach closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mangrove's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove keeping moving, preventing Coach from controlling successfully.
Coach working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mangrove is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mangrove looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mangrove looking for a guillotine here but Coach defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coach trying to control the position from guard on top but Mangrove is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mangrove trying to control the position.
Coach preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coach wants to control from the top but Mangrove keeps moving.
Mangrove pulls Coach in close to prevent any damage.
Coach is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Coach wants to control from the top but Mangrove keeps moving.
Mangrove is looking for a triangle but Coach pushes his legs off easily.
Mangrove is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mangrove is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Coach sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach moves into full guard.
Coach looking for a guillotine here but Mangrove defends easily.
Coach has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mangrove can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mangrove sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Coach's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Coach is not content to let Mangrove control the position.
Coach felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Mangrove seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alka Mangrove dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mangrove swings for the body but Coach moves out of range.
Mangrove is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coach can do to turn this around?
Coach blocks the body kick.
Coach tries a head kick but it misses.
Mangrove checks the leg kick.
Mangrove attempts a counter takedown but Coach avoids it well and moves away.
Coach throws a push kick but Mangrove slaps the foot to one side.
Coach throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mangrove.
Mangrove on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mangrove thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Coach if he has to take too many more of those.
Mangrove takes a swing at Coach's ribcage but misses.
Mangrove throws a front kick that sends Coach stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangrove throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mangrove rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Coach moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mangrove tries to clinch but Coach is having none of it.
Mangrove fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coach.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mangrove. Coach does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Coach as Mangrove shoots in.
Mangrove on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mangrove shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Coach looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Coach misses with a looping left.
Mangrove misses with the combination.
Mangrove lands a really nice looking cross but Coach seems unphased.
A telegraphed right hand from Coach misses the target.
Mangrove shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Coach as he jumps to the side.
Coach moves out of range as Mangrove throws a body kick.
Coach lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mangrove circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mangrove. Coach does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mangrove misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coach missing with a left hand there. Mangrove was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mangrove throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Coach swings for the body but Mangrove moves out of range.
Mangrove throws a shot to the body.
Mangrove finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mangrove works Coach's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mangrove swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mangrove drops down looking for a counter takedown but Coach sprawls and moves away.
Mangrove looks to land a body kick but Coach moved away.
Mangrove wants to clinch.
A nice side step and Coach releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mangrove is looking to wear down Coach with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Coach defending well as Mangrove loads up on a big left hand.
And Coach tries to counter it with a takedown but Mangrove pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mangrove misses with a leg kick
letting Coach counter with a right hand.
Coach sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mangrove slips a jab from Coach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coach gets tackled into the cage by Mangrove. Mangrove maintains the clinch.
Mangrove struggles to land a body shot inside as Coach controls his hands.
Mangrove pushes off an throws an elbow but Coach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Coach jumps guard and drags Mangrove to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mangrove trying to control the position from guard on top but Coach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mangrove being controlled here momentarily.
Coach trying to strike off his back.
Coach trying to control the position.
Mangrove engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mangrove trying to control but Coach is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove looking to pass the guard.
Coach with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Mangrove can't handle though.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Coach tries to close the distance and clinch but Mangrove swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mangrove clinches.
Mangrove pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mangrove pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Coach throws an elbow but it misses.
Coach prevents a body shot from Mangrove.
Coach using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Coach scores with a nice short uppercut.
Coach avoids a wild elbow strike from Mangrove.
Coach prevents a body shot from Mangrove.
Coach lands an elbow that stopped Mangrove in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangrove comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alka Mangrove dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Coach closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mangrove tries to throw a body punch but Coach avoids it by throwing Mangrove back against the cage.
Coach landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Coach prevents a body shot from Mangrove.
Mangrove throws an elbow that misses.
Coach takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Head Coach has been cut.
Mangrove throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mangrove tries to throw a body punch but Coach avoids it by throwing Mangrove back against the cage.
Mangrove tries to throw a body punch but Coach avoids it by throwing Mangrove back against the cage.
Mangrove misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coach is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mangrove to keep the fight standing.
Mangrove tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coach's elbow.
Coach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coach is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mangrove digs a right hand underneath Coach's ribcage. Coach let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mangrove misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coach takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mangrove goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coach lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mangrove pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mangrove misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mangrove comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Coach drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mangrove pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mangrove throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mangrove drops his hands momentarily and Coach takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mangrove misses with a shot to the body
and Coach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mangrove misses with a wild body shot.
Mangrove tries a low kick but Coach avoids it.
Coach blocks the body kick.
Coach moves out of range of the body kick from Mangrove.
Mangrove misses with a wild body shot.
Coach tries to clinch but Mangrove is having none of it.
Mangrove half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Coach blocks the leg kick.
Coach blocks a low kick nicely.
Alka Mangrove is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Coach moves out of range of the body kick.
Mangrove moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromCoach.
Coach scores with a decent looking hook.
Coach moves out of range of the leg kick from Mangrove.
Coach unleashes a big counter combination but Mangrove bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mangrove throws a series of punches but Coach avoids them all with ease.
Mangrove jabs at Coach's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mangrove throws a leg kick which misses Coach's front leg but catches the back leg as Coach tries to avoid it.
Coach moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mangrove.
Mangrove ducks under a wild hook from Coach.
Mangrove moves forwards but Coach connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mangrove goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Coach moves out of range as Mangrove throws a body kick.
Mangrove lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mangrove tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Coach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coach throws a counter combo.
Alka Mangrove is winning the standup battle so far.
Mangrove clinches with his opponent.
Mangrove pushes off an throws an elbow but Coach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Coach tries to pull guard but Mangrove forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Alka Mangrove has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Head Coach.
Mangrove creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Coach lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mangrove or not.
Mangrove misses with an elbow strike.
Mangrove creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Coach's defenses.
Coach lands with a short shot to the head.
Coach dodges an elbow strike from Mangrove.
Coach blocks the elbow strike.
Mangrove scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Mangrove.
Mangrove misses with a body punch.
Coach jumps guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Mangrove looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mangrove advances position into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coach is being controlled here.
Head Coach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mangrove wants to control but Coach is keeping him busy.
Mangrove is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Coach knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mangrove wants to control but Coach is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alka Mangrove showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mangrove, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alka Mangrove!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gurney Halleck (ranked 388 p4p, 44 weight class) and Brian Jones (ranked 573 p4p, 66 weight class). Halleck's entrance music is Simple Minds - Changeling. A fine choice. Jones has chosen Take my hand as his entrance music. Gurney Halleck has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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158 lbs
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146 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gurney Halleck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gurney Halleck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halleck throws a leg kick that misses.
Jones avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Halleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Halleck misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Halleck does it's job there.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Halleck.
Jones feints a counter leg kick.
Halleck tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Halleck closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halleck lands a shot to the body.
Halleck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Halleck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by Halleck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halleck misses with a hook
and Jones counters with an inside leg kick.
Halleck takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Halleck finds it's way through Jones's defenses.
Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gurney Halleck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
Halleck has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Halleck instigates a clinch.
Halleck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Halleck lands with a left to the head.
Halleck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halleck lands a left hand.
Jones has Halleck pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Halleck manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Halleck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Halleck throws a shot to the body.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Halleck.
Halleck throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones feints a counter leg kick.
Jones slips under a jab.
Halleck looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Halleck misses with a shot to the body
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones throws the left hand but Halleck avoids the punch easily.
Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Halleck gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Halleck engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Halleck's guard.
Halleck wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones wants to control from the top but Halleck keeps moving.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jones trying to control but Halleck is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Halleck gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Halleck stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones trying to control the position.
Halleck is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Halleck is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gurney Halleck dominated that round.
That's time! Halleck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Halleck lunges at Jones with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jones's hand.
Halleck is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Halleck moves into range and connects with a jab.
Halleck lands a nice looking body shot.
Halleck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Halleck connects with the punch.
Halleck is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Halleck throws a lazy uppercut
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Halleck misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Halleck takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halleck misses with an uppercut.
Halleck misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones thinks about the counter body kick.
Jones finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Halleck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halleck misses with a wild body shot.
Jones tries a quick counter leg kick but Halleck is wise to it.
Halleck swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
Jones lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Halleck falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
Halleck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Halleck fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Halleck rather than just go for the knockout.
Sloppy strikes from Halleck. Those never looked like landing.
Halleck misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
Halleck throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jones stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jones staying out of range there.
Gurney Halleck is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halleck.
Jones appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones thuds a left hand into Halleck's body.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Halleck swings widly with a right hand
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halleck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Halleck.
Jones tries a quick counter leg kick but Halleck is wise to it.
Jones throws a chopping leg kick but Halleck manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jones lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Halleck has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Halleck throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Halleck lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Halleck instigates a clinch.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Halleck pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Halleck jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Halleck swings widly with a right hand
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Halleck swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Halleck.
Jones thuds a left hand into Halleck's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halleck throws an off balance right hand
and Jones finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Halleck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halleck throws a lazy body kick
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Halleck on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Halleck throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Halleck throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Halleck misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a nice low kick that buckles Halleck's knee momentarily.
Halleck throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Halleck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Halleck is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Halleck misses with an uppercut.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gurney Halleck will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Halleck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Halleck throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Halleck misses with a kick to the body.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Halleck takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Halleck takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halleck.
Jones misses with a low kick as Halleck jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halleck wants to clinch
and Halleck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Halleck misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Jones is looking to slow Halleck down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halleck throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Halleck is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Halleck blocks it well.
Jones jabs at Halleck's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Halleck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Halleck throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Halleck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Halleck moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jones takes a swing at Halleck's ribcage but misses.
Halleck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halleck misses with a lunging right hand
and Jones counters with an inside leg kick.
Halleck checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halleck lands with a straight right. Jones didn't see that one coming.
Halleck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halleck scores with a hook.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Halleck.
Brian Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Halleck scores with a shot to the body.
Jones slips a jab from Halleck.
Halleck connects with a nice looking jab.
Halleck throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Jones tries to work over Halleck's front leg with a kick but Halleck checks it.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Halleck moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Good exchange - Halleck coming out on top.
Halleck misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Halleck fakes the leg kick and cracks Jones in the body.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Gurney Halleck is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Halleck misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Jones releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Halleck off the cage and back into range.
Halleck avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Halleck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A lazy body kick from Halleck
and Jones counters with a low kick, right behind Halleck 's knee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Halleck. Beautiful body shot.
Halleck checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halleck checks the leg kick nicely there.
Halleck lunges at Jones with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jones's hand.
Jones throws a body punch but Halleck moves out of range.
Halleck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones feints a counter leg kick.
Halleck throws a body kick that misses.
Halleck looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jones feints a counter leg kick.
Halleck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halleck throws out the jab.
Halleck fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jones on the side of the head.
Halleck throws a big shot that misses.
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 Gurney Halleck.
Well Halleck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gurney Halleck!
Post fight, an emotional Gurney Halleck said 'https://soundcloud.com/spinmanfinn'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tung Fo (ranked 1103 p4p, 167 weight class) and Cam Newton (ranked 962 p4p, 142 weight class). Newton has chosen Superman as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tung Fo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cam Newton!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Newton.
Fo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Newton is fending him off so far but Fo persists. Nope, Newton circles away and we're back to standing.
Newton lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Newton has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Fo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fo fails with a takedown attempt.
Fo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Newton finds it's way round the side to connect with Fo's head.
Fo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Newton avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tung Fo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fo shoots and misses
and Newton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Newton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tung Fo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Newton.
Fo shoots for a takedown but Newton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fo moves into the clinch.
Newton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fo moves in looking to clinch but Newton pushes him off.
Fo fails with the takedown
and Newton counters with a nice right hand that sends Fo toppling to the canvas! Fo scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Newton finish him?!
It looks like Tung Fo has been cut.
Fo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Newton throws a series of punches but Fo moves out of range.
Newton misses with a few strikes there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Newton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Newton throws a lazy right hand but Fo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Newton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fo needs to keep his hands up - Newton had a free shot at his head there.
Cam Newton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fo misses with a takedown attempt
and Newton counters with a big right hand! Oh Fo is in trouble here! Newton follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cam Newton!
In his post fight interview, Cam Newton started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stasius Venom (ranked 713 p4p, 119 weight class) and Vicente Lafayette (ranked 855 p4p, 140 weight class). Venom comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stasius Venom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vicente Lafayette!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lafayette throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Venom scores with a head kick. Lafayette tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Venom shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lafayette connects with a single shot there.
Venom lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Venom misses with a body shot.
Lafayette cracks the inside of Venom's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Venom.
Venom catches Lafayette with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Venom throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lafayette throws a solid leg kick but Venom takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lafayette.
Venom throwing a counter right hand but Lafayette manages to avoid it.
Venom uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lafayette.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lafayette, as that shot connected.
A jab from Venom finds it's way through Lafayette's defenses.
Lafayette throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lafayette fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Venom manages to avoid it.
Lafayette lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Venom at a distance.
Venom lands a nice hook to Lafayette's body. Lafayette takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Venom looks to score with a jab to the body but Lafayette is just out of range.
Lafayette wants to slow Venom down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lafayette misses with a right hand
and Venom counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Venom throws a body kick that misses.
Venom throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lafayette stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Lafayette.
Lafayette looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Venom 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.
An inside leg kick from Venom misses.
Venom misses with the combination.
An inside leg kick from Venom misses.
Venom takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Venom cracks Lafayette with an open hand slap.
Lafayette dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Venom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lafayette lands the left hand.
Venom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Venom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lafayette lands a jab to Venom's midsection.
Venom lands with a hook. Lafayette tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A left lands for Lafayette.
Lafayette smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Venom is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lafayette throws a body kick that misses.
Oh Venom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lafayette lands a big right hand that sends Venom crashing to the mat! Lafayette stays standing though and waves Venom back to his feet!
Venom misses with an uppercut.
Lafayette just misses with a punch to the body.
Venom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lafayette throws out the jab.
Venom half committed to a counter leg kick.
Lafayette takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Venom seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Venom misses with a jab to the body
and Lafayette counters with a leg kick.
Venom seems to have got his legs back now.
Lafayette uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Venom.
Lafayette doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lafayette blocks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Venom.
Nice cross by Lafayette.
Venom looks to land a right hand but Lafayette moved out of range.
Venom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Venom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lafayette's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Venom connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lafayette scrambles back to his feet.
A low kick from Venom misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Venom scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lafayette in his tracks.
Lafayette cracks Venom with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Lafayette has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Venom to stand back up!
Lafayette connects with a leg kick. Venom looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Venom ducks under a wild hook from Lafayette.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venom throws an off balance right hand
and Lafayette scores with a counter punch that sends Venom to the canvas! Lafayette smells blood - he's punishing Venom with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Venom has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vicente Lafayette!
Vicente Lafayette really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that House of Valor logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexi Laiho (ranked 383 p4p, 55 weight class) and Ramses Xll (ranked 280 p4p, 40 weight class). Laiho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cold Sweat/ Thin Lizzy. Xll has chosen World Order - Informal Empire as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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226 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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexi Laiho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramses Xll!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch but Xll swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laiho shoots in looking for a takedown. Xll tries to sprawl out of it but Laiho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Xll manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Laiho tries to clinch up but Xll circles away and keeps his distance.
Xll misses with a head kick.
Laiho lands a jab.
Xll scores with a head kick. Laiho tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Xll misses with a body kick.
Laiho has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Midnight MMA in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xll walks into a jab.
Laiho fails with the takedown.
Xll moves away from the strike by Laiho.
Laiho dives in and grabs Xll's left leg, looking for a takedown. Xll pushes down on Laiho's head and hops out.
Xll let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexi Laiho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laiho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Laiho throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Xll was covering up waiting for the punch and Laiho finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Laiho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Xll is pulling down on Laiho's head. It's preventing any offense from Laiho, at least for the moment.
Xll avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xll has his feet on Laiho's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Xll throws a shot to the body.
Laiho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xll.
Laiho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laiho tries a head kick but it misses.
Laiho throws a lazy uppercut
and Xll counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Xll as Laiho shoots in.
Laiho throws a hook but Xll blocks it.
Laiho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laiho scores with a one two! Xll had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Xll ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Xll throws a low kick but Laiho moves out of range easily.
A big right from Xll misses.
Xll throws a head kick that misses.
That kick from Xll tenderised Laiho's leg. Laiho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Xll will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laiho wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Xll dodges the punch combination from Laiho.
Xll is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Laiho with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xll fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Laiho on the side of the head.
Laiho moves out of range as Xll throws a body kick.
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Xll paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laiho looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Laiho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Xll finds it's way round the side to connect with Laiho's head.
Laiho blocks a head kick by Xll.
Horrible takedown attempt by Laiho or perhaps it was just good defense by Xll, which made it look bad.
Good standup being displayed there by Laiho as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laiho walks straight into a right hand from Xll - that's dropped him! Xll jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Laiho from any more punishment! Laiho complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ramses Xll!
During a confident post fight interview, Ramses Xll thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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pop
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