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RISE 11 - Comeau vs Aron PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raghave Upadhyaya (ranked 8076 p4p, 730 weight class) and Alex Hales (ranked 8809 p4p, 758 weight class). Upadhyaya's entrance music is Congratulations. A fine choice. Hales has chosen The Way I Am as his entrance music. Alex Hales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raghave Upadhyaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Hales!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Upadhyaya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No luck for Hales with that takedown attempt.
Upadhyaya misses with a few strikes there.
Upadhyaya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Alex Hales has been cut.
Upadhyaya lands a right hook to the body.
Upadhyaya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hales closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Upadhyaya quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hales is thwarting Upadhyaya's attempts to control the position.
Hales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Upadhyaya's head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Upadhyaya manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Upadhyaya has his feet on Hales's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hales will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Upadhyaya works over Hales's head and body with a nice combination.
Upadhyaya looks for a takedown but Hales sprawls well.
Upadhyaya misses with a double jab.
Hales goes for a double leg but Upadhyaya avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Upadhyaya continues to drive forward.
Raghave Upadhyaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Hales.
Upadhyaya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Raghave Upadhyaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Upadhyaya shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hales manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hales manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Upadhyaya is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Upadhyaya lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Upadhyaya thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hales's head.
Hales is trying is best to control the position here.
Upadhyaya thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hales is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upadhyaya trying to control the action but Hales is working from the bottom.
Upadhyaya seems to be looking for submissions.
Upadhyaya tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hales knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hales makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Upadhyaya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Upadhyaya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hales fails with the takedown.
Upadhyaya lands with a nice combination. Hales backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Upadhyaya.
Hales darts in looking for a takedown but Upadhyaya gets double underhooks and turns Hales into the cage.
Upadhyaya misses with a few strikes there.
And Hales tries to counter it with a takedown but Upadhyaya pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hales fails with a takedown attempt.
Hales shoots for a double leg takedown but Upadhyaya sprawls well. He's pushed Hales's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hales closes this distance looking for a takedown but Upadhyaya circles away.
Upadhyaya tests Hales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That has opened up Alex Hales's cut even more.
Hales darts in looking for a takedown but Upadhyaya gets double underhooks and turns Hales into the cage.
Upadhyaya looks to land a combination. Hales sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Upadhyaya is working the combinations to good effect here.
Upadhyaya lands a two punch combo.
Hales is rocked!
Upadhyaya fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hales to the ground. Upadhyaya is now in Hales's guard.
Hales is still in real trouble! Can Upadhyaya finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Upadhyaya postures up in Hales's guard and throws a big left but Hales blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hales preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hales seems to have recovered his senses.
Hales is adopting a defensive guard.
Upadhyaya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upadhyaya works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hales preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Upadhyaya is keen to just control but Hales is a slippery customer.
Hales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Upadhyaya not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hales is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Upadhyaya's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Upadhyaya's back!
Hales missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raghave Upadhyaya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Hales's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Upadhyaya lands a two punch combo.
Upadhyaya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Upadhyaya defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hales.
Upadhyaya seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Upadhyaya digs a good hook to Hales's body.
Hales shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Upadhyaya pinned against the cage. Upadhyaya gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Upadhyaya moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Upadhyaya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raghave Upadhyaya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Upadhyaya tests Hales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Upadhyaya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hales fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Upadhyaya avoids it really well and circles away.
Raghave Upadhyaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Hales.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Upadhyaya grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Hales takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Upadhyaya cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Raghave Upadhyaya!
Raghave Upadhyaya took some time post fight to say the following; 'Grind Never Stops'.
The defeated Alex Hales had this to say: 'Congrats to him. He was the better man tonight. I'll be back.. That's for sure. '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Crocker (ranked 5223 p4p, 602 weight class) and Tristan Farsight (ranked 5377 p4p, 611 weight class). Crocker comes to the cage accompanied by Olivia Newton-John - Physical. 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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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Crocker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tristan Farsight!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farsight moves out of range of the body kick from Crocker.
Farsight looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Farsight has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A combination from Crocker does no damage.
Crocker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It seemed like Farsight was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Crocker throws a series of punches but Farsight moves out of range.
Farsight throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crocker on the side of the head.
Farsight uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Farsight lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Farsight blocks a head kick by Crocker.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Farsight! But no joy.
Crocker misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from Farsight on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crocker walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Crocker is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crocker is aggressively charging in as Farsight backs up avoiding any damage. Farsight tosses out a jab and Crocker runs right into it face first! Crocker is out cold! Farsight dropped down on all fours and is barking in Crocker's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tristan Farsight!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tristan Farsight made sure he mentioned Pit Bull Development, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Orndorf (ranked 6598 p4p, 681 weight class) and Mark Hennsly (ranked 24721 p4p, 840 weight class). Orndorf kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wrecking Ball - Leo Moracchioli. Hennsly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bodies. Daniel Orndorf has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Orndorf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Hennsly!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orndorf lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Mark Hennsly has been cut.
Hennsly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hennsly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Orndorf throws a looping overhand right but Hennsly ducks down to avoid it.
Good work by Orndorf as he checks the leg kick.
Orndorf throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hennsly counters with a thumping low kick.
BOOM! Orndorf lands a beautiful left hook that drops Hennsly. Hennsly tries to recover but Orndorf is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Hennsly lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Orndorf!
Daniel Orndorf managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Evil Empire Nutrition - 151Q $100, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Brown (ranked 6339 p4p, 609 weight class) and Facundo Galley (ranked 6498 p4p, 619 weight class). Antonio Brown could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Facundo Galley's chin.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Facundo Galley!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown walks into a left hand.
It looks like Antonio Brown has been cut.
Galley blocks a head kick by Brown.
Galley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brown walks into a left hand.
Brown is rocked!
Brown is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Galley doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Brown crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Brown's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Facundo Galley!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bill Hardwick (ranked 8055 p4p, 599 weight class) and AJ Daniels (ranked 24850 p4p, 663 weight class). Hardwick comes to the cage accompanied by Move. AJ Daniels is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Hardwick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, AJ Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardwick lands with a hook. Daniels tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hardwick darts in and clinches Daniels up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Daniels fails to land.
Hardwick is working Daniels over against the cage.
Daniels tries to pull guard but Hardwick won't allow it.
Hardwick keeps control of Daniels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardwick just leaning against Daniels, taking a breather.
Hardwick lands a nice uppercut.
Daniels is trying to push Hardwick away but Hardwick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daniels tries to pull guard but Hardwick won't allow it.
A shot in the inside from Hardwick.
Hardwick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hardwick lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardwick lands a nice uppercut.
Daniels wants to get back to striking at distance but Hardwick won't allow it.
Daniels is trying to maintain a safe position but Hardwick gets an underhook and turns Daniels into the cage.
Hardwick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hardwick as Daniels tries to tie him up.
Hardwick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels tries a body shot but Hardwick blocks it.
Hardwick lands a left hand.
Hardwick is pushing Daniels up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Daniels has Hardwick pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hardwick manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bill Hardwick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Daniels.
Daniels has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hardwick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hardwick lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hardwick.
Hardwick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardwick drops Daniels with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Daniels looks back up at him and smiles so Hardwick waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Daniels is rocked!
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!
Daniels shoots in looking for a takedown but Hardwick manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Daniels's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Daniels is still on wobbly legs! Can Hardwick finish him?
Hardwick seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hardwick lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Daniels falls backwards - clearly groggy! Hardwick dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Hardwick!
Bill Hardwick 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Terence Lampshaw (ranked 6162 p4p, 420 weight class) and Raichu Kong (ranked 24907 p4p, 532 weight class). Lampshaw comes to the cage accompanied by Crave you. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terence Lampshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raichu Kong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kong shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lampshaw but Lampshaw pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lampshaw is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kong misses with a takedown attempt
and Lampshaw counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kong shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lampshaw counters with a stiff right hand.
Terence Lampshaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raichu Kong.
Lampshaw moves into the clinch.
Lampshaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Lampshaw as Kong shoots in.
Kong shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kong enables Lampshaw to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kong manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kong is looking for a triangle here but Lampshaw uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lampshaw remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Kong sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lampshaw with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kong trying to keep a closed guard but Lampshaw is proving a slippery customer.
Kong is looking to sweep but instead, Lampshaw has passed into half guard.
Kong keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lampshaw knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kong on the ground.
Kong is trying to maintain the position but Lampshaw is very close to passing his half guard.
Lampshaw wants to stand but Kong has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Kong looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kong looking for submissions off his back.
Kong actively working from the bottom here.
Kong looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kong looking for submissions off his back.
Kong is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Lampshaw jumps into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lampshaw working away.
Kong looking for a sweep but Lampshaw has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Kong slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Lampshaw lands with a punch from half guard.
Lampshaw sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kong defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kong is trying to control but Lampshaw passes into side control!
Lampshaw staying calm.
Lampshaw wants to stand but Kong is controlling his arm.
Kong wants to control but Lampshaw postures up.
Lampshaw works to advance to full mount. Kong defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lampshaw avoids the attempt from Kong to control.
Kong regains half guard.
Lampshaw controlling the pace.
Lampshaw wants to free his trapped foot but Kong is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lampshaw decides to stand up.
Lampshaw looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kong trying to control here.
Lampshaw performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terence Lampshaw dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kong fails with the takedown.
Kong tries for a takedown but Lampshaw circles away easily
and Lampshaw counters with a big head kick but Kong shrugs it off.
Kong throws a combination that misses
and Lampshaw counters by clinching up.
Kong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lampshaw pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Kong. Those never looked like landing.
Kong closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kong trying to control the action but Lampshaw is working from the bottom.
Lampshaw prevents Kong from moving into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lampshaw tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kong wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kong trying to control the action but Lampshaw is working from the bottom.
Lampshaw tries to bench press Kong off him but Kong keeps the position.
Terence Lampshaw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lampshaw takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kong working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kong wants to control but Lampshaw is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lampshaw is trying to improve his position.
Kong working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kong thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kong thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lampshaw is not content to let Kong control the position.
Lampshaw wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Kong has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Lampshaw's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Lampshaw is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Kong!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Raichu Kong!
Raichu Kong seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Terence Lampshaw was interviewed post fight and said 'Every step is a step for learning the road to success, Thank you all.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Mcsparren (ranked 3075 p4p, 394 weight class) and Bruce Ali (ranked 4046 p4p, 490 weight class). Mcsparren's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Big Gun. Lance Mcsparren has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Mcsparren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Ali!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Ali does it's job there.
It looks like Lance Mcsparren has been cut.
Ali thuds his right hand into Mcsparren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've been told by Mcsparren's head coaches at Baxendines that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mcsparren shoots in for a double leg but Ali sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ali swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ali gets caught flat footed, as Mcsparren shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mcsparren with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mcsparren trying to control the position from guard on top but Ali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mcsparren looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali pulls Mcsparren in to control the position.
Mcsparren drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mcsparren jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ali keeping moving, preventing Mcsparren from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcsparren stops Ali from standing up.
Mcsparren trying to control the position from guard on top but Ali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mcsparren is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Mcsparren thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mcsparren drops back looking for a leg! Ali is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ali manages to kick Mcsparren off! Mcsparren jumps back into Ali's guard.
Mcsparren is looking to work some ground and pound but Ali has wrist control.
Ali has control of Mcsparren's left arm, preventing Mcsparren from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mcsparren slips nicely into half guard.
Ali wants to improve his position but Mcsparren is controlling well.
Ali is trying to stand up here but Mcsparren is controlling him well.
Mcsparren is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mcsparren is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ali defends it well.
Ali wants to improve his position but Mcsparren is controlling well.
Mcsparren trying to control from half guard but Ali is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcsparren is trying for a kimura here. Ali looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Mcsparren wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lance Mcsparren!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Lance Mcsparren waved his t-shirt featuring Mockstar Energy Drinks 160Q's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Comeau (ranked 2695 p4p, 345 weight class) and Henry Aron (ranked 3167 p4p, 404 weight class). Comeau comes to the cage accompanied by One of These Days. Aron has chosen USA! as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Melvin Comeau!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henry Aron!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aron blocks a jab.
Aron tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Aron has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Comeau cracks Aron with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Henry Aron has been cut.
Comeau throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aron stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Comeau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Comeau.
Comeau misses with a lunging right hand
and Aron counters with a nice double leg into side control. Comeau won't be happy with that.
Comeau bucks up and tries to throw Aron off but instead Aron has got his back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aron lands a shot to the body.
Aron lands a shot to the head.
It looks like Melvin Comeau has been cut.
Comeau is trapped and Aron is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Melvin Comeau's cut is getting worse.
Aron lands with a hammerfist to the side of Comeau's head.
Melvin Comeau's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Melvin Comeau's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Henry Aron!
Henry Aron is the new light heavyweight champion!
Henry Aron decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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