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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Taylor (ranked 21887 p4p, 759 weight class) and Sumo Jo (ranked 4780 p4p, 547 weight class). The key to victory for Jason Taylor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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218 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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sumo Jo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor scores with a head kick.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jo.
Taylor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Taylor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Taylor is fending him off so far but Jo persists. Nope, Taylor circles away and we're back to standing.
Jo fails to land the takedown.
Taylor looks to land a body kick but Jo moved away.
Jo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Taylor avoids it really well and circles away.
Jason Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sumo Jo.
Jo tries to sprawl but Taylor drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Taylor is thwarting Jo's attempts to control the position.
Taylor is nestled in close to Jo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jo keeping control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taylor.
Taylor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Taylor is trying to control the action in half guard but Jo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Taylor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jo is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Taylor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jo is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Taylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jo defending well though.
Jo controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Taylor is thwarting Jo's attempts to control the position.
Jo tries to roll over but Taylor keeps him under control.
Jo tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Taylor is looking to take a break and control but Jo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jo tries to roll over but Taylor keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taylor wants to take a breather but Jo is having none of it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo dives in and grabs Taylor's left leg, looking for a takedown. Taylor pushes down on Jo's head and hops out.
Taylor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jo's guard.
Jo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Jo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Jo.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor throwing strikes from guard but Jo blocks nicely.
Jo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jo keeping full guard, as Taylor tries to pass.
Taylor won't allow Jo to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor distracts Jo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
Taylor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Jo.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jo is on top in guard.
Jo trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Jo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jo won't allow Taylor to sweep him here.
Jo trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jo cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Taylor dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jo misses with a takedown attempt - Taylor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taylor leaves Jo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Taylor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taylor looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jo controlling the position well.
Taylor working over Jo with some ground and pound. Jo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Taylor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Taylor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jo wants to control but Taylor is keeping busy.
Jo is holding on to half guard well.
Jo is looking for a sweep. Taylor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Taylor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Taylor's back!
Jo lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Jo.
Jo scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Jo cracks Taylor with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Taylor from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Jo gets his hands free as Taylor looks to control.
Jo cracks Taylor with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Taylor from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Jo trying to control.
Taylor is covering up but some of the strikes from Jo are getting through and doing damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jo is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Jo lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Jo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee is taking a good look at Taylor as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Jo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
I really don't envy Taylor right now.
Jo avoiding Taylor 's attempts to control his hands.
Sumo Jo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Taylor prevents Jo from getting a body triangle.
Jo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Taylor is looking for a way out.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Jo lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Taylor is looking for a way out.
Jo is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Jo gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Jo gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Jo apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jo looks for a takedown but Taylor sprawls well.
Jason Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sumo Jo.
Jo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
Taylor looks for a takedown but Jo sprawls well.
Taylor looks for the body kick but Jo saw that one coming.
Jo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Taylor circles away.
Taylor goes for a double leg but Jo avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jo continues to drive forward.
Taylor scores with a head kick. Jo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jason Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jo closes the distance and clinches up with Taylor, looking for a takedown. Jo pushes Taylor against the cage but Taylor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taylor throws a leg kick
and Jo counters with a shoot takedown. Taylor fights it but they end up in guard.
Taylor on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Taylor tries to get out of the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jo 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.
Taylor throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Taylor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jo on the ground.
Jo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taylor lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jo pulls Taylor in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sumo Jo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Taylor throws a lazy body kick
so Jo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jo tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.
Jo distracts Taylor with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jo connects with a couple of short punches.
Jo is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Taylor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jo lands a couple of elbows.
Jo won't allow Taylor to sweep him here.
Taylor looking to control.
Taylor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor controls Jo momentarily but Jo frees himself.
Jo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Taylor is striking but Jo is not phased and passes to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jo trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taylor throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jo wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Jo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Taylor trying to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jo distracts Taylor with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Taylor trying to strike off his back.
Jo wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Jo sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Taylor dives in for a single leg takedown but Jo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jo shoots in but Taylor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Taylor appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jo.
As Jo tries to get set, Taylor tries to push him back and clinch up but Jo manages to avoid the attempt.
Jason Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sumo Jo.
Jo goes for a double leg but Taylor avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Taylor continues to drive forward.
Taylor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor gets full guard.
Jo won't allow Taylor to sweep him here.
Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Taylor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jo manages to get himself to full guard.
Jo throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Jo controlling the position.
Jo wants to sweep here but Taylor controlling him for the moment.
Jo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Taylor doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Taylor manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jo trying to keep a closed guard but Taylor is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throwing strikes from guard but Jo blocks nicely.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Jo.
Jo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Taylor is staying active underneath Jo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Taylor tries to get to full guard but Jo has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jo lands strikes from half guard.
Jason Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taylor tries to roll over but Jo keeps him under control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sumo Jo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Sumo Jo!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Sumo Jo!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Sumo Jo!
Sumo Jo wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ted Truck (ranked 4127 p4p, 386 weight class) and Emil Jagerkokov (ranked 8568 p4p, 557 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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159 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ted Truck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emil Jagerkokov!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Jagerkokov or perhaps it was just good defense by Truck, which made it look bad.
Truck really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Jagerkokov shoots in for a double leg but Truck sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jagerkokov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jagerkokov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Truck can't keep his opponent in guard - Jagerkokov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jagerkokov keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jagerkokov moves into full mount! Truck won't be happy about that!
Jagerkokov looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jagerkokov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Truck might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jagerkokov stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Jagerkokov shoots for a double leg takedown but Truck sprawls well. He's pushed Jagerkokov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ted Truck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emil Jagerkokov.
Truck tried to score with a low kick but Jagerkokov checks it.
Jagerkokov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Truck.
Jagerkokov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truck is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Truck's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Jagerkokov drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Jagerkokov seems to have locked his on tight now - Truck screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Jagerkokov, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Emil Jagerkokov!
A victorious Emil Jagerkokov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kumo LaRusso (ranked 2094 p4p, 300 weight class) and Jordan Fairchild (ranked 9070 p4p, 736 weight class). LaRusso comes to the cage accompanied by The crystal method-coming back. Jordan Fairchild is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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175 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Brawler
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kumo LaRusso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Fairchild!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairchild takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fairchild misses with a jab to the body
and LaRusso counters with a nice body shot.
Fairchild takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Jordan Fairchild has been cut.
Fairchild takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
LaRusso sends Fairchild crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! LaRusso is motioning to the referee to let Fairchild up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Fairchild is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LaRusso sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Fairchild's defenses. It connects perfectly with Fairchild's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kumo LaRusso!
Kumo LaRusso spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badou Baha (ranked 1769 p4p, 239 weight class) and Franky Page (ranked 3103 p4p, 402 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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210 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Badou Baha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Franky Page!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page ducks under a wild hook from Baha.
Page shoots in and drives through. Baha sprawls well.
Page throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baha misses with a double jab
and Page counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Page takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Page missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Baha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Page.
Baha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Page.
Page seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Baha does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page 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.
Page scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Page connects with a nice short shot to Baha's temple.
Page thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Baha's head.
Page has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Page.
Page is trying to control the action in half guard but Baha is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Baha wants to improve his position but Page is controlling well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Page working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Page seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Page throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Page throwing shots but Baha is blocking nicely.
Page with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Page prevents Baha from standing back up.
Page works his way into side control.
Page has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Baha is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Page yanks on the arm and Baha is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Page.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Franky Page!
Franky Page is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramses Fiddlesticks (ranked 6227 p4p, 587 weight class) and Bjorn Wallstrom (ranked 1364 p4p, 155 weight class). Ramses Fiddlesticks is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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250 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ramses Fiddlesticks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bjorn Wallstrom!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fiddlesticks fails with the takedown
enabling Wallstrom to counter with a crisp jab.
Wallstrom catches Fiddlesticks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fiddlesticks drops his hands momentarily and Wallstrom takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice cross by Wallstrom.
Wallstrom lands a body shot.
Fiddlesticks looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wallstrom is fending him off so far but Fiddlesticks persists. Nope, Wallstrom circles away and we're back to standing.
Fiddlesticks misses with a takedown attempt
and Wallstrom counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramses Fiddlesticks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fiddlesticks is breathing heavily.
Wallstrom drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Fiddlesticks's head, knocking him out cold! Wallstrom is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bjorn Wallstrom!
A victorious Bjorn Wallstrom thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Kovalev (ranked 3204 p4p, 345 weight class) and Siva Tavau (ranked 3207 p4p, 347 weight class). Tavau is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In the Air Tonight. Siva Tavau acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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264 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Kovalev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Siva Tavau!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavau tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kovalev sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tavau somewhat.
Tavau misses with a takedown
and Kovalev counters with a left to the body.
Kovalev throws a combination. Tavau tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Siva Tavau has been cut.
Jab, jab by Kovalev - just one landing.
Kovalev cracks Tavau with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kovalev has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tavau to stand back up!
Tavau is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tavau circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Kovalev. Tavau falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Kovalev!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vladimir Kovalev!
Siva Tavau was interviewed post fight and said 'At least i dont have to sleep on the beach tonight...'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Hepple (ranked 328 p4p, 49 weight class) and Hank Roy (ranked 1862 p4p, 266 weight class). Roy has chosen Heat of the Moment as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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177 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronnie Hepple!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank Roy!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some wild striking there from Roy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Roy slips a jab and a cross from Hepple.
Roy throws out a counter right but Hepple avoids it with no problem.
Roy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roy doesn't manage to clinch there - Hepple circles away.
Ronnie Hepple seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hepple connects with a looping right hand.
A jab lands there for Hepple.
Hepple cracks Roy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hepple lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hepple jabs at Roy's body.
Hepple lands with a right hand.
Roy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hepple takes a swing at Roy's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Roy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hepple misses with a combination
and Roy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hepple fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roy manages to avoid it.
Hepple lands with a nice body punch.
Hepple lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roy at a distance.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hepple has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Arm Breakers/BJJ in the buildup to the fight.
Hepple scores with a decent looking hook.
Roy moves out of range of the strikes.
Roy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hepple lands with a straight right. Roy didn't see that one coming.
Hepple misses with a straight right.
Roy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hepple with a body shot.
Hepple lands a nice shot that snaps Roy's head back.
Roy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hepple connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hepple is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hepple moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hepple throws a jab but it's blocked by Roy.
Roy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Roy swings for the body but Hepple moves out of range.
Roy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hepple sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Hepple misses the target.
Roy throws out a powerful jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Roy ducks right into an uppercut from Hepple.
Roy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hepple under the eye.
Hepple's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hepple duly obliges.
Roy looks to throw the jab but Hepple is out of range.
Roy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy dodges the punch combination from Hepple.
Hepple jabs Roy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Roy just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Hepple misses.
Hepple misses the jab.
Hepple misses with a straight right.
Roy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hepple.
Roy slips a jab and a cross from Hepple.
Hepple cracks Roy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hepple misses with a wild combination.
Roy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hepple finds it's way round the side to connect with Roy's head.
A slow jab from Roy misses its intended target.
Hepple swings for the body but Roy moves out of range.
Hepple slips under a jab from Roy.
Roy throws a hook to the side of Hepple's head but Hepple sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hepple uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hepple moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hepple looks to throw the jab but Roy is out of range.
Hepple lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roy tries to move into range but Hepple moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hepple fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roy on the side of the head.
Hepple fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roy manages to avoid it.
Roy looks to throw the jab but Hepple is out of range.
Hepple avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Roy misses the target.
Hepple takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hepple scores with a punch to the head.
Hepple throws out a loose jab but Roy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hepple fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Hepple as he connects with a hook.
Roy ducks under a wild hook from Hepple.
Hepple is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roy.
Roy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Roy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hepple loads up on a big right hand but Roy slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hepple takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A combination from Roy does no damage.
Hepple thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roy lands with a nice body punch.
Hepple throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Roy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hepple staying out of range there.
A jab from Hepple finds it's way through Roy's defenses.
Hepple connects with the punch.
Hepple defending well as Roy loads up on a big left hand.
Hepple swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hepple is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A swing and a miss from Roy.
Hepple blocks a jab.
Roy misses with a straight right.
Roy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hepple moves out of range of the strikes.
Hepple connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hepple lands the left hand.
Hepple throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hepple feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Roys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Hepple dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
Hepple lands with a shot to the body.
Hepple gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hepple stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Hepple lands.
Hepple lands with a right hand.
Hepple connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roy's hands.
Roy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hepple lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roy backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hepple sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hepple lands a jab to Roy's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hepple looks to land a left hand but Roy moved out of range nicely.
Roy staying out of range there.
Hepple takes a swing at Roy's ribcage but misses.
Hepple lands a body shot.
Hepple uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roy.
A counter left hand to the body from Hepple misses its target.
Roy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ronnie Hepple is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hepple.
Roy missing with a left hand there. Hepple was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roy throws a hook to the side of Hepple's head but Hepple sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roy misses with a wild body shot.
Roy cracks Hepple with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big right from Hepple misses.
Roy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roy lands with a hook. Hepple tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roy throws a jab when Hepple was well out of range.
Roy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hepple is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roy can do to turn this around?
Roy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hepple swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hepple.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hepple, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hepple misses with an uppercut. Roy saw that one coming.
Roy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hepple paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hepple avoids the body shot from Roy.
Hepple tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roy was well out of range. Poor timing from Hepple.
Hepple lands a jab to the nose.
Hepple ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roy moves away.
Roy misses with a hook. Hepple ducked under it nicely.
Hepple lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Roy moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Roy misses.
Roy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hepple throws a body punch but Roy moves out of range.
Roy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hepple throws a shot from downtown. Roy moves away and avoids it.
Roy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hepple waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roy.
Roy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hepple.
Hepple misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roy takes one to the chin there.
Roy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hepple throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roy counters with a stiff right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roy.
A jab from Roy misses.
Roy misses with a straight left.
Hepple misses with the combination.
Hepple uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roy.
Hepple slips a jab from Roy.
Hepple throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roy throws a body punch but Hepple moves out of range.
Hepple was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hepple throws a jab when Roy was well out of range.
Roy digs a good body shot into Hepple's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Hepple.
Hepple ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Hepple misses the target.
Hepple misses with a wild body shot.
Hepple cracks Roy with a good jab.
A big right from Hepple misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hepple throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hepple.
Hepple cracks Roy with a good jab.
Nice uppercut there from Hepple.
Hepple misses with a right hand
and Roy counters with a left to the body.
Roy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab, jab by Hepple - just one landing.
Roy looks to land a right hand but Hepple moved out of range.
Roy misses with an uppercut. Hepple saw that one coming.
Hepple misses with the combination.
Roy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hepple.
Hepple was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roy connects with a body shot.
Roy throws the left hand but Hepple avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roy throws a body shot but no joy.
Hepple lands a head shot.
Roy throws a combination. Hepple tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hepple lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Hepple dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hepple throws a good cross that connects.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Roy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hepple's corner calls for a 1-2. Hepple obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A slow jab from Hepple misses its intended target.
Roy scores with a jab to the body.
Hepple misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Roy misses.
Roy throws a lazy right hand but Hepple sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roy throws a hook but Hepple avoids it easily.
Hepple with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roy to score with a decent uppercut.
Roy looks to score with a jab to the body but Hepple is just out of range.
Roy looks to land a left hand but Hepple moved out of range nicely.
Roy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hepple lands a glancing blow to the side of Roy's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hepple throws a right and a left that Roy avoids nicely.
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
Decent striking displayed by Hepple there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hepple takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Roy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hepple throws the left hand but Roy avoids the punch easily.
Hepple moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hepple lands with a hook. Roy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roy throws a jab but it's blocked by Hepple.
A jab from Roy does it's job there.
Hepple lands a right hook to the body.
Hepple throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roy! But no joy.
Roy lands with a good body shot.
Roy blocks a jab.
Hepple misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Roy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roy takes a swing at Hepple's ribcage but misses.
Hepple takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hepple throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
Hepple uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hepple connects with a single shot there.
Hepple jabs at Roy's body.
Roy throws a hook to the side of Hepple's head but Hepple sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roy blocks a jab.
Roy moves out of range as Hepple strikes.
Nice shot by Hepple.
Hepple lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roy backs up against the cage.
Hepple misses with a lunging right hand
letting Roy counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hepple swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Roy.
Roy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hepple.
Roy throws a lazy right hand but Hepple sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hepple avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hepple was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hepple throws a looping overhand right but Roy ducks down to avoid it.
Jab by Hepple.
Hepple keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roy.
A jab lands there for Hepple.
A jab from Hepple finds it's way through Roy's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roy misses with a hook. Hepple ducked under it nicely.
Hepple takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Roy misses with a two punch combination.
Hepple ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roy moves away.
Roy misses with a hook. Hepple ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Roy misses.
Hepple misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roy.
A jab lands there for Hepple.
Roy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Hepple.
Hepple drops his hands momentarily and Roy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hepple slips a jab and a cross from Roy.
Hepple tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roy was well out of range. Poor timing from Hepple.
Roy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hepple dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
A quick step to the side and Hepple tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hepple misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy lands a nice shot to the body.
Hepple stalks Roy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Roy's face. Roy staggers backwards, shaken.
Roy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hepple tries to move into range but Roy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hepple misses with a body shot.
Hepple cracks Roy with an open hand slap.
A lazy left from Roy finds it's target.
Hepple lands with a hook. Roy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roy ducks under a wild hook from Hepple.
Hepple jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roy lands a head shot.
Hepple is rocked!
Hepple throws a poor cross that misses
and Roy counters with a crisp right that sends Hepple to the canvas! Roy follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hank Roy!
Hank Roy is the new welterweight champion!
Hank Roy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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