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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elijah David (ranked 2399 p4p, 257 weight class) and Glen Taylor (ranked 3814 p4p, 382 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.



167 cm
27
165 lbs
7 - 7 - 0
175 cm
26
162 lbs
7 - 9 - 0
Great wrestler
Great elbows
Very quick
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Knockout power


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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Glen Taylor!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - David circles away.

Taylor pushes David up against the cage in a clinch.
David comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
David steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
David is looking for a counter combo.
David lands a jab-cross combination.
David throws a body punch but Taylor moves out of range.
Taylor tries to clinch up.
Taylor 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.

David tries to keep at a distance but Taylor has taken the fight into the clinch.
Taylor is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor.
David lands a shot to the body.

David has picked Taylor up - he's going for a ride! David dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor wants to improve his position but David is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David lands with a punch from half guard.
Taylor is refusing to be controlled, as David sits in half guard.
David trying to advance position but Taylor counters by regaining guard.
Taylor is adopting a defensive guard.
David throws a strike but Taylor rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.


That's two minutes gone in the round.
David looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
David is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David thows a huge punch but Taylor dodges it nicely.
David missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Taylor wants to control but David is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Taylor is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but David is staying active.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Taylor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from David.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Taylor's head.
David throwing shots but Taylor is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor is staying active underneath David, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
David throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Taylor blocking the ground and pound attempt from David.
David is keen to just control but Taylor is a slippery customer.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Elijah David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
David throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
David swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Taylor clinches up with David and pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
David tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taylor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taylor gets underhooks to prevent David's takedown attempt.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by David.
David lands an uppercut.
David scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from David on the inside.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as David controls the action.
Taylor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taylor blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah David dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.


David looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
David displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taylor throws out the jab.
David is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taylor can do to turn this around?
David tries for a takedown but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Taylor.
Taylor tries to clinch but David moves out of range.
David misses with a takedown
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab.
David tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
David bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Taylor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David is looking to score with low kicks.
As David backs off Taylor throws a huge counter combo but David manages to avoid it all.
Elijah David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor throws a body punch but David moves out of range.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but David pushes him off.
Taylor misses with a straight left.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - David circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Taylor pushes David up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
David throws an elbow but it's blocked.
I was talking to David's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
David swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taylor scores with a shot to the side of David's head.
Taylor presses David against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
David misses with a punch on the inside.
David lands a damaging elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Taylor.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
David goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, David creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
David misses with a shot to the kidneys.
David pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Taylor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by David.
David misses with an elbow over the top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by David.
David throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taylor avoids the elbow strike from David, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
David throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
David pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Taylor breaks from the clinch.
David dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taylor. That did some damage!
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Taylor closes the distance looking to clinch
and David counters with a left and a right that stings Taylor.
David lands with a kick to the temple. Taylor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Taylor is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David throws a head kick but Taylor moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Taylor.
David with a nice cross.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can David finish him?
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!
David looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but David paws at him with a jab and circles away.
David walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Taylor drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! David swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Taylor's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elijah David!
In defeat, Glen Taylor stepped up to the mic, saying 'Fuck all you bitches!'.
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Bean (ranked 2149 p4p, 277 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 3743 p4p, 423 weight class). Dincht is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Disturbed - Down With The Sickness. 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!



190 cm
26
204 lbs
9 - 7 - 0
184 cm
26
187 lbs
8 - 4 - 0
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin


BuriedAlive// Fight Gear


Arcticus University: London


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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, James Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean misses with a hook
and Dincht counters with a straight right hand.
Bean misses with a looping right.
Dincht takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dincht bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bean lands a jab to the nose.
Bean has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dincht.
Dincht sizes up Bean with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bean works Dincht's body with a nice hook.
Bean works Dincht's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean throws the left hand but Dincht avoids the punch easily.
Bean looks to land a left hand but Dincht moved out of range nicely.
Dincht thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bean lands with a hook. Dincht tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dincht scores with a jab.
Dincht avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bean connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dincht misses with a hook. Bean ducked under it nicely.
Bean lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean throws out a loose jab but Dincht uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean throws a body shot but no joy.
Bean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dincht swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dincht looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dincht is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Dincht misses the target.
Dincht throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bean sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Dincht lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bean doesn't seem phased though.
Dincht jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bean has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Arm Breakers/BJJ in the buildup to the fight.
Bean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Bean.
Dincht might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dincht uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bean.
Bean on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A cross from Dincht lands.
Dincht is looking to slow Bean down with leg kicks.
Dincht misses with a hook. Bean ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice straight punches there by Bean. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bean.
Bean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dincht manages to avoid it.
Bean bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht is looking for the big counter here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dincht scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dincht throws a body shot but no joy.
Bean misses with a hook. Dincht ducked under it nicely.
Bean listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bean paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bean plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bean throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bean moves away from the strike by Dincht.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bean swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dincht, right into the meat.
Bean misses with an uppercut.
Bean lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dincht throws a shot from downtown. Bean moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Bean misses its target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bean.
Dincht lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dincht cracks Bean with a good jab.
Dincht scores with a sloppy right hand. Bean should have avoided that one.
Dincht chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dincht misses the jab.
Dincht ducks right into an uppercut from Bean.
A telegraphed right hand from Bean misses the target.
Bean lands a body shot.
Crunch! Bean slams his shin into Dincht's torso.
Bean pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bean misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Dincht on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dincht throws a looping overhand right but Bean ducks down to avoid it.
Bean takes a swing at Dincht's ribcage but misses.
Dincht follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Dincht digs a good body shot into Bean's ribs.
Bean avoids the body shot from Dincht.
Dincht is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bean.
Bean avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bean throws a shot from downtown. Dincht moves away and avoids it.
Dincht avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bean scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean ducks under a wild hook from Dincht.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bean lands a nice shot that snaps Dincht's head back.
Bean misses with a straight right.
Dincht thinks about the counter body kick.
Bean uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dincht.

Dincht takes the fight into the clinch.
Bean presses Dincht against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Dincht manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bean. Dincht does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean lands with a nice body punch.
Bean misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Bean is out of range.
Bean's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dincht under the eye.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Bean is out of range.
Dincht throws a hook but Bean blocks it.
Bean appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Bean slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Bean dominated that round.
That's time! Bean's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.


Dincht has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bean finds it's way round the side to connect with Dincht's head.
Dincht does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bean 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.
Bean throws a lazy right hand but Dincht sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
James Bean is winning the standup battle so far.
Bean bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dincht keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bean.
Bean slips a jab from Dincht.
Bean misses with a body shot.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Bean.
Bean's corner calls for a 1-2. Bean obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean misses with a hook.
Dincht showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dincht throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bean sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Bean on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bean takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean misses with a looping right.
Bean throws a good cross that connects.
Dincht blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bean takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bean misses with a looping right.
Dincht scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, jab by Dincht - just one landing.
Dincht lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bean throws a head kick but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean lands with a shot to the body.
Bean stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dincht.
Dincht swings for the body but Bean moves out of range.
Dincht throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bean checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dincht throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good leg kick by Dincht there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dincht uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bean.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bean throws a shot from downtown. Dincht moves away and avoids it.
Dincht throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Bean on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dincht swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dincht cracks Bean with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dincht cracks Bean with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bean avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dincht tries to work over Bean's front leg with a kick but Bean checks it.
Dincht misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht looks to throw the jab but Bean is out of range.
That kick from Dincht tenderised Bean's leg. Bean is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bean lands a jab to Dincht's midsection.
Bean is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dincht waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bean.
Bean misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bean lands with an overhand left.
Bean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bean paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bean misses the jab.
Dincht slips under a jab.
Bean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dincht sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Bean walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bean throws a poor cross that misses
and Dincht counters with a nice uppercut.
Dincht loads up on a big right hand but Bean slips the punch.
A quick step to the side and Bean tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bean digs a good body shot into Dincht's ribs.
Dincht tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dincht avoids the head kick by Bean.
Bean bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dincht.

Dincht gets a clinch.
Good body shot from Dincht.
Dincht misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dincht working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bean checks a leg kick nicely.
Bean misses with an uppercut. Dincht saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dincht scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Bean was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dincht throws a head kick but Bean moves out of range.
Bean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht cracks Bean with a good jab.
Dincht uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bean.
Bean throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dincht digs a good body shot into Bean's ribs.
A head kick misses from Bean.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Bean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean throws a quick counter head kick but Dincht was just out of range.
Bean looks to score with a jab to the body but Dincht is just out of range.
Bean misses with a body shot
and Dincht counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bean throws a jab but it's blocked by Dincht.
Bean blocks a head kick by Dincht.
Bean has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dincht.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bean.
Dincht tries to clinch but Bean moves out of range.
Dincht uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bean has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zell Dincht 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!


Bean throws a hook but Dincht blocks it.
Bean avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dincht throws a leg kick which misses Bean's front leg but catches the back leg as Bean tries to avoid it.
Bean just misses with a punch to the body.
Bean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bean throws a series of punches but Dincht avoids them all with ease.
Dincht throws a front kick that sends Bean stumbling back into the cage.
Bean checks the leg kick.
Bean swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bean was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Bean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bean waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dincht.
Dincht lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bean tries to move into range but Dincht moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bean looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dincht connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bean momentarily.
Dincht takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Dincht.
Dincht looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bean tries to move into range but Dincht moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bean misses with a hook. Dincht ducked under it nicely.
Dincht throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bean on the side of the head.
Bean misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Bean.
Bean misses with an uppercut
and Dincht counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bean just misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bean was well out of range. Poor timing from Dincht.
Dincht scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dincht clobbers Bean with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sloppy strikes from Dincht. Those never looked like landing.
Bean misses with a wild combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dincht, right into the meat.
Dincht lands a leg kick that knocks Bean off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dincht.
Dincht tries to score with a low kick but Bean moves his leg out of the way.
Dincht connects with a jab.
Bean swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dincht lands a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dincht. Bean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dincht moves away.
Bean throws a nice looking combination but Dincht bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dincht flicks out a counter leg kick but Bean steps away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dincht, right into the meat.
Bean ducks under a wild hook from Dincht.
Bean lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bean misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dincht moves out of range of the strikes.
Bean loads up on a big right hand but Dincht slips the punch.
Bean gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Dincht has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean tries to work over Dincht's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Dincht - that landed with a thud.
Dincht tries a body shot but Bean blocks it.
Dincht working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Dincht.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bean can't find room to land a body shot as Dincht controls the action.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Bean.
Dincht lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bean tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dincht's elbow.
Dincht throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dincht scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like James Bean has been cut.
Nice body punch from Dincht.

Dincht pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bean throws a looping overhand right but Dincht ducks down to avoid it.
Dincht lands a nice hook to Bean's body. Bean takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dincht throws a push kick but Bean slaps the foot to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dincht.
Dincht misses with a double jab.
Bean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dincht sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Dincht.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht missing with a left hand there. Bean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bean misses with a straight right.
Dincht's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bean under the eye.
Dincht lands a jab to the head.
Dincht bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bean getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dincht throws a jab but it's blocked by Bean.
Dincht moves away from the strike by Bean.
Bean tries to move into range but Dincht moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bean lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bean rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dincht cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bean blocks the body kick.
Dincht dips to his left and cracks Bean with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bean.
Dincht misses with a looping right.
Bean walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zell Dincht comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dincht has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zell Dincht!

Zell Dincht decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
James Bean spoke after the fight, saying 'I think its nearly time to retire,im losing to much Blood.'.
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hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
83%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Issumatar Tariaksuq (ranked 1723 p4p, 174 weight class) and Takeshi Hashimoto (ranked 2632 p4p, 241 weight class). Tariaksuq kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tanya Tagaq - Uja. Hashimoto has chosen Tomoki Hasegawa - Lemon Song as his entrance music. Takeshi Hashimoto has the eye of the tiger tonight.



177 cm
33
142 lbs
19 - 9 - 0
158 cm
27
142 lbs
11 - 6 - 0
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank


Bullet Proof System


Bullet Proof System


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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Issumatar Tariaksuq!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Takeshi Hashimoto!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Richard Clark.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hashimoto closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tariaksuq did well to prevent Hashimoto getting side control.
My spies in Pride inform me that Hashimoto has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Tariaksuq is trying is best to control the position here.
Well, if Hashimoto is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Tariaksuq wants to control but Hashimoto passes into side.
Tariaksuq on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tariaksuq tries to get out of the position.
Hashimoto scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Tariaksuq's face as Hashimoto controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hashimoto is putting a hurting on Tariaksuq here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tariaksuq tries to buck Hashimoto off but Hashimoto is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hashimoto working away.
Hashimoto is putting a hurting on Tariaksuq here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hashimoto cracks Tariaksuq with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tariaksuq struggling a bit here.
Hashimoto misses with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tariaksuq takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Hashimoto's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
An elbow from Hashimoto crashes against the mat.
Tariaksuq is trying to control Hashimoto's posture but Hashimoto avoids it.
Hashimoto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tariaksuq down.
Hashimoto scoring with punches and elbows.
A lull in the action here.
Hashimoto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hashimoto working away.
Tariaksuq avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hashimoto.
Tariaksuq can't do much from the bottom here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto working the head and body with strikes.
Tariaksuq can't do much from the bottom here.
The strikes coming from Hashimoto are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Tariaksuq tries to buck Hashimoto off but Hashimoto is having none of it.
Tariaksuq is trying to control Hashimoto's posture but Hashimoto avoids it.
Hashimoto landing strikes.

It looks like Issumatar Tariaksuq has been cut.
Hashimoto is putting a hurting on Tariaksuq here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hashimoto scores with a couple of short elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hashimoto looks up at the clock and then as Tariaksuq takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hashimoto smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hashimoto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tariaksuq keeps working.
Tariaksuq knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hashimoto on the ground.
Hashimoto working away.
Check out the look on Hashimoto's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hashimoto working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tariaksuq is looking for a sweep.
Hashimoto grinds an elbow into Tariaksuq's temple.
Hashimoto lands a nice forearm strike.

Tariaksuq is rocked!
Hashimoto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Oh Tariaksuq is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Hashimoto! That's hurt Tariaksuq! Will he recover? Hashimoto fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeshi Hashimoto!
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G S C G energy
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hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
48%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan McCarthy (ranked 1504 p4p, 154 weight class) and Rami Astalo (ranked 1466 p4p, 150 weight class). Astalo has chosen Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff as his entrance music. Rami Astalo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!



185 cm
26
158 lbs
10 - 8 - 1
168 cm
25
145 lbs
12 - 10 - 0
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank


WarHorse Fightwear


RAGS of a RONIN


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 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Ryan McCarthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rami Astalo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and William Gold.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCarthy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Astalo counters with a slapping leg kick.
McCarthy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Astalo thows a body kick. McCarthy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Astalo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Astalo looks to score with a jab to the body but McCarthy is just out of range.
McCarthy throws a leg kick
and Astalo counters with an outside leg kick.

McCarthy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

McCarthy is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Astalo defends it well.
McCarthy trying to pass the guard but Astalo defending well.
McCarthy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
McCarthy passes the guard and advances to mount!
Astalo is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astalo is bucking up trying to escape but McCarthy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

McCarthy working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Astalo looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by McCarthy! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryan McCarthy!
A very excited looking Ryan McCarthy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Rami Astalo was interviewed post fight and said 'Nothing to say but fuck off,gonna smoke joint or two'.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
68%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kantemir Khashukaev (ranked 2638 p4p, 242 weight class) and Jeff Roberts (ranked 2641 p4p, 243 weight class). Jeff Roberts has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kantemir Khashukaev's chin.



166 cm
23
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0
182 cm
32
154 lbs
22 - 14 - 0
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick
Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin


Urban Fighter


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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kantemir Khashukaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeff Roberts!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khashukaev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roberts's hands.
Roberts shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Khashukaev defends it nicely.
Roberts shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Khashukaev but Khashukaev pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Roberts fails with a takedown attempt.
Kantemir Khashukaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Roberts.

Roberts shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Khashukaev is trying to defend but Roberts finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Khashukaev tries to kick Roberts off but Roberts keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Roberts drops an elbow to the side of Khashukaev's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khashukaev makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Khashukaev.
Roberts trying to control the position from guard on top but Khashukaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khashukaev wants to sweep but no luck.
Roberts trying to control the position from guard on top but Khashukaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roberts landing some decent shots from guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Khashukaev'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.
Khashukaev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Khashukaev keeps moving.
Khashukaev might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Khashukaev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

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.
Roberts throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khashukaev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roberts trying to control but Khashukaev is working from the bottom.
Roberts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khashukaev keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Khashukaev is pulling down on Roberts's head to control his posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Roberts closes the distance and clinches up with Khashukaev, looking for a takedown. Roberts pushes Khashukaev against the cage but Khashukaev circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Khashukaev looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberts is just out of range.
Roberts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khashukaev jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Roberts looking to score a takedown here. Khashukaev is defending well but Roberts drives through and ends up in Khashukaev's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roberts.
Khashukaev has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Roberts is looking to work some ground and pound but Khashukaev has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberts content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roberts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Roberts postures up and lands a big shot to Khashukaev's brow.
Roberts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Khashukaev keeps moving.
Roberts looking to pass the guard.
Khashukaev wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roberts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roberts must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Roberts throws a big elbow that misses.
Roberts throws an elbow that misses. Khashukaev uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roberts's guard. Nice move by Khashukaev!

Khashukaev throwing strikes from guard but Roberts blocks nicely.
Khashukaev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Khashukaev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roberts trying to keep a closed guard but Khashukaev is proving a slippery customer.
Roberts keeping moving, preventing Khashukaev from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kantemir Khashukaev will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.


Roberts fails with the takedown.

Khashukaev shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Khashukaev won't allow Roberts to get back to his feet.
Khashukaev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Khashukaev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khashukaev throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roberts working a defensive guard here.
Khashukaev won't allow Roberts to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khashukaev throwing strikes from guard but Roberts blocks nicely.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Khashukaev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khashukaev scores with a nice strike.
Khashukaev fails to land with a series of punches.
Khashukaev misses the jab.
Roberts is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Roberts shoots in for a double leg but Khashukaev sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Khashukaev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khashukaev cracks Roberts with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Khashukaev.

Khashukaev swings around for an armbar but Roberts sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Khashukaev's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts trying to control the position from guard on top but Khashukaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev trying to control the position here.
Roberts trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Khashukaev pulls Roberts in close to prevent any damage.
Roberts scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Khashukaev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roberts.
Roberts throws a strike but Khashukaev rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Roberts is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev lands a couple of digs.
Khashukaev showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Khashukaev is fighting to break Roberts's control of his arms but Roberts is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Khashukaev 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.
Khashukaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Roberts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khashukaev throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roberts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Roberts wants to get back to his feet but Khashukaev is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Roberts wants to sweep but no luck.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Khashukaev won't allow Roberts to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Khashukaev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khashukaev wants it to stay on the feet.
Khashukaev fires out a quick counter leg kick but Roberts just manages to avoid it.
Kantemir Khashukaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Roberts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Roberts.
Khashukaev stuffs the takedown attempt from Roberts. Roberts gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khashukaev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khashukaev wants it to stay on the feet.
Kantemir Khashukaev is winning the standup battle so far.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
Roberts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khashukaev lands an overhand right.

It looks like Jeff Roberts has been cut.
Roberts drops his hands momentarily and Khashukaev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kantemir Khashukaev dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Roberts's cut.
That's time! Khashukaev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!


Khashukaev leaves Roberts with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Khashukaev half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jab by Khashukaev.

Roberts throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Khashukaev tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Roberts is in Khashukaev's guard.
Jeff Roberts has got the better of the ground game so far.
Khashukaev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khashukaev has Roberts pulled in close to control his posture.
Khashukaev bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Roberts's guard.

Roberts is looking to stand up but Khashukaev isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khashukaev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roberts works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khashukaev working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khashukaev throws a big right hand that misses.
Khashukaev works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Khashukaev seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Khashukaev misses with a head shot. Roberts uses the momentum to regain guard.
Khashukaev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roberts works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khashukaev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Khashukaev throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khashukaev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khashukaev trying to control but Roberts is working from the bottom.
Khashukaev preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roberts works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roberts looking for a sweep. Not yet Roberts, not yet.
Khashukaev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Roberts working for submissions but it's allowed Khashukaev to get to half guard.
Roberts wants to control but Khashukaev is keeping busy.
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Khashukaev lands a nice short elbow.
Khashukaev lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khashukaev.
Khashukaev tries to pass to full mount but Roberts defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Khashukaev is trying to control. Roberts wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Khashukaev throwing shots but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Khashukaev wants to control but Roberts is keeping him busy.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Khashukaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khashukaev lunges at Roberts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roberts's hand.
Jeff Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khashukaev lands a body shot.
Roberts shoots and misses
and Khashukaev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khashukaev lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khashukaev.

Roberts closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Khashukaev to the mat! Khashukaev manages to get full guard.
Kantemir Khashukaev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khashukaev is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Roberts makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Roberts's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roberts is in close to Khashukaev's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jeff Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khashukaev is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kantemir Khashukaev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khashukaev has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kantemir Khashukaev!

Our winner, Kantemir Khashukaev, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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G S C G energy
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hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
36%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Gardenia (ranked 1930 p4p, 265 weight class) and Irvine Kinneas (ranked 1513 p4p, 211 weight class). Kinneas has chosen Judas Priest - Electric Eye as his entrance music. Eli Gardenia has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.



212 cm
28
222 lbs
17 - 8 - 0
193 cm
26
196 lbs
11 - 2 - 0
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin


Red Light Coffeeshop


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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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Eli Gardenia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Irvine Kinneas!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Glass.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardenia scores with a hook.
Gardenia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinneas.
Kinneas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gardenia on the side of the head.
Kinneas tries to clinch but Gardenia is having none of it.
Gardenia misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Kinneas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kinneas misses with a head kick.

Kinneas moves into the clinch.
Gardenia has had enough of the clinch but Kinneas keeps him there for the moment.

Gardenia breaks from the clinch.
Kinneas throws a jab but it's blocked by Gardenia.
Gardenia fails to land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Kinneas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gardenia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinneas moves out of range as Gardenia strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Kinneas misses.
Gardenia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kinneas.
Gardenia moves out of range of the body kick.
A quick step to the side and Gardenia tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gardenia misses with a hook to the body
and Kinneas counters with a good low kick that Gardenia was not able to check.
A big right from Kinneas misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Gardenia misses
and Kinneas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gardenia throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kinneas counters with a straight right hand.
Gardenia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kinneas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gardenia works Kinneas's body with a nice hook.
Gardenia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gardenia throws a big shot that misses.
Gardenia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kinneas can pounce on him.
Nice uppercut there from Gardenia.
Eli Gardenia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinneas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gardenia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kinneas throws a leg kick which misses Gardenia's front leg but catches the back leg as Gardenia tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardenia throws a right hand that misses
and Kinneas counters with a nice uppercut.
Gardenia scores with a decent looking hook.
Kinneas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheers as Gardenia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kinneas doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardenia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kinneas throws out a counter right but Gardenia avoids it with no problem.
Gardenia just misses with a punch to the body.
Kinneas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kinneas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kinneas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gardenia appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gardenia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gardenia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kinneas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kinneas tries to clinch
and Gardenia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gardenia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kinneas throws a right and a left that Gardenia avoids nicely.
Gardenia lands with a right hand.
Kinneas misses with a hook
and Gardenia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gardenia scores with a nice right hand.
Gardenia throws a big shot that misses.
Gardenia ducks under a wild hook from Kinneas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a hook.
Gardenia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kinneas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gardenia is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kinneas takes one to the side of the head.
Gardenia misses with an uppercut
and Kinneas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gardenia is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gardenia throws a body punch but Kinneas moves out of range.
Kinneas throws a counter combo.
Gardenia swings for the body but Kinneas moves out of range.
Gardenia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Kinneas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gardenia checks a leg kick nicely.
Kinneas takes one to the side of the head.
Gardenia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinneas was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardenia.
A nice side step and Kinneas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Kinneas moves into the clinch.
Kinneas has a couple of punches blocked by Gardenia.
Kinneas lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gardenia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kinneas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kinneas connects with a body shot that sends Gardenia's belly button to the back.
Gardenia misses with an uppercut
and Kinneas counters with a two punch combo.
Gardenia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gardenia throws a lazy right hand but Kinneas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kinneas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kinneas looks to land a right hand but Gardenia moved out of range.
Gardenia appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kinneas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gardenia manages to avoid it.
Gardenia throws a body punch but Kinneas moves out of range.
A nice side step and Kinneas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kinneas throws a looping overhand right but Gardenia ducks down to avoid it.
Gardenia is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Gardenia misses.
Kinneas misses the shot to the body.
Gardenia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kinneas.
Gardenia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Irvine Kinneas 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.


Nice cross by Gardenia.
Kinneas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gardenia scores with a nice right hand.
Gardenia misses the shot to the body.
Gardenia misses with a straight right.
Kinneas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kinneas lands with a good body shot.
Gardenia misses with a hook. Kinneas ducked under it nicely.
Gardenia misses with a jab to the body
enabling Kinneas to counter with a crisp jab.
Gardenia throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kinneas counters with a right hand to the body.
Kinneas misses with a wild combination.
Gardenia moves out of range as Kinneas strikes.
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!
Kinneas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gardenia sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a left hand
and Gardenia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gardenia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kinneas scores with a hook to the body. Gardenia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kinneas looks to clinch
and Gardenia counters with a nice uppercut.
Kinneas lands with a shot to the body.
Gardenia works Kinneas's body with a nice hook.

Gardenia tries to keep at a distance but Kinneas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kinneas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinneas misses with a punch on the inside.
Kinneas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinneas swings wildly with an uppercut but Gardenia uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Kinneas fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinneas tries a body shot but Gardenia blocks it.

Kinneas breaks from the clinch.
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!
Gardenia misses with a body shot
and Kinneas counters with a thumping low kick.
Gardenia misses with a hook. Kinneas ducked under it nicely.
Gardenia throws a body shot but no joy.
Gardenia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gardenia with a hook.
Gardenia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A cross from Gardenia lands.
Kinneas throws the kick towards the body but Gardenia avoids it.
Gardenia scores with a body shot.
Gardenia digs a good hook to Kinneas's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gardenia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gardenia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gardenia lands with a shot to the body.
Gardenia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gardenia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kinneas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kinneas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gardenia checks it well.
Kinneas throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gardenia. Kinneas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gardenia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kinneas on the side of the head.
Kinneas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gardenia throws a body shot but no joy.
Gardenia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gardenia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kinneas on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardenia misses with a jab to the body
and Kinneas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eli Gardenia is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kinneas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gardenia, pushing him back against the cage.
Gardenia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kinneas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kinneas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kinneas.
Gardenia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kinneas misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinneas.
Kinneas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kinneas misses with some punches.
Kinneas can't find room to land a body shot as Gardenia controls the action.
Gardenia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kinneas throws a punch but it's blocked by Gardenia.
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 Eli Gardenia will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!


Gardenia throws an off balance right hand
and Kinneas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kinneas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good shot there by Gardenia.
Kinneas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kinneas lands with a good body shot.
Gardenia misses with a wild body shot.
Gardenia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Gardenia.
Nice uppercut there from Gardenia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinneas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kinneas blocks a jab.
Gardenia throws a body punch but Kinneas moves out of range.
Gardenia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinneas.
Kinneas throws out a loose jab but Gardenia uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a double jab
and Gardenia counters with a straight right hand.
Gardenia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gardenia misses with a lunging right hand
and Kinneas counters with a nice uppercut.
Gardenia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kinneas defending well as Gardenia loads up on a big left hand.
Kinneas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gardenia tests Kinneas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gardenia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gardenia looks to score with a jab to the body but Kinneas is just out of range.
Kinneas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gardenia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardenia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gardenia's corner calls for a 1-2. Gardenia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kinneas walks into a stiff left hand from Gardenia.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gardenia's corner calls for a 1-2. Gardenia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gardenia moves out of range of the body kick from Kinneas.
Gardenia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kinneas counters with a nice body kick.
Gardenia jabs at Kinneas's body.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Gardenia.
The fighters circling - Kinneas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kinneas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gardenias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice uppercut there from Gardenia.
Gardenia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gardenia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kinneas throws out a counter right but Gardenia avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gardenia has time to react.
Gardenia takes a swing at Kinneas's ribcage but misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Kinneas misses.
Gardenia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kinneas.
Kinneas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gardenia misses with a straight left.
Kinneas throws a shot to the body.
Gardenia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kinneas manages to avoid it.
Gardenia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kinneas throws out the jab.
Kinneas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardenia.
Kinneas cracks a nice hook into Gardenia's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kinneas jabs Gardenia to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gardenia misses the body punch
and Kinneas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gardenia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kinneas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gardenia was well out of range. Poor timing from Kinneas.
Kinneas lands a slapping body shot.
Gardenia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kinneas.
Gardenia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kinneas's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gardenia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinneas was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardenia.
Kinneas throws an overhand right that lands on Gardenia's shoulder, as Gardenia tries to avoid the shot.
Gardenia was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gardenia misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Gardenia misses the target.
Gardenia throws a body shot but no joy.
Kinneas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gardenia misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gardenia. Kinneas does a little dance to reset his feet.

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 Eli Gardenia.
I think Gardenia 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!
S C
A
G S C
B
G S C G energy
A | B
hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
69%

 

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Troy Manning (ranked 1508 p4p, 206 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 2085 p4p, 274 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!



198 cm
33
179 lbs
14 - 7 - 0
196 cm
25
172 lbs
12 - 6 - 0
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick
Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Granite 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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Manning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Manning.
Manning throws a good cross that connects.
Manning really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Manning connects with a body shot that sends Dos Santos's belly button to the back.
Manning has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Shit House in the buildup to the fight.
Manning misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos with the counter takedown but Manning avoids it easily.
Manning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manning moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manning.
Troy Manning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manning just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A left lands for Manning.
Manning throws a jab when Dos Santos was well out of range.
Manning throws a body punch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Manning sets himself, and Dos Santos steps forward looking for the clinch! Manning avoids it this time.
Manning thuds his right hand into Dos Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Manning catches Dos Santos right on the button with a cross.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos feints the counter takedown.
Manning thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manning throws a lazy right hand but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dos Santos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dos Santos fails to land the takedown.
Manning getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Manning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manning lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Manning clobbers Dos Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Manning.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Manning pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dos Santos walks into a straight right hand from Manning.
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!
Manning lands a body shot.
Manning feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dos Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Manning cracks Dos Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Manning throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dos Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Dos Santos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Manning throws a body punch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Manning lands with a nice body punch.
Manning throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dos Santos! But no joy.
Dos Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Manning misses with a right hand
and Dos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Manning misses with a lunging right hand

and Dos Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Manning fights it but they end up in guard.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Manning is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dos Santos drops back looking for a leg! Manning is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Manning manages to kick Dos Santos off! Dos Santos jumps back into Manning's guard.
Manning tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Manning is keeping the position.
Manning is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dos Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Manning pulls his head out easily.
Manning with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Manning dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.


Dos Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Manning gets double underhooks and turns Dos Santos into the cage.
Manning smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Manning misses with a hook. Dos Santos ducked under it nicely.
Manning ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manning fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Manning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dos Santos avoids the body shot from Manning.
Dos Santos feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos blocks a jab.
Manning punishes Dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Manning pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manning misses the jab.
Manning fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Manning does it's job there.
Manning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dos Santos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Manning is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Manning tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Manning cracks Dos Santos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Manning misses the jab.
Dos Santos with the counter takedown but Manning avoids it easily.
Manning lands a right hook to the body.
Manning throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Manning finds it's way through Dos Santos's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Manning connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Manning.
Manning getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dos Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Manning throws out the jab.
Manning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Manning pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Manning thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Manning pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Dos Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Manning!

Dos Santos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Manning knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manning is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos wants to control but Manning is keeping him busy.

Dos Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Manning is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Manning tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Manning manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dos Santos's best efforts.
Manning controlling the position for now.
Dos Santos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Manning tries to kick Dos Santos off but Dos Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Junior Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Manning is defending well.
Manning is trying to get back to full guard.

Dos Santos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Manning wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Manning dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!


Manning misses with a looping left.
Manning stuns Dos Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Manning misses with a body shot.
Dos Santos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Manning lands a slapping body shot.
Manning throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Dos Santos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Manning digs a good body shot into Dos Santos's ribs.
Dos Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manning throws a poor cross that misses

and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dos Santos drops back, looking for a kneebar! Manning looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Manning looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Manning!

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking for a sweep.
Dos Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Manning in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Dos Santos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos wants to improve his position but Manning is controlling well.
Manning slows the pace down in half guard.

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.
Dos Santos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dos Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Manning gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Dos Santos has his foot on Manning's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Manning works his way back into a safe position though.
Our spies down at at London MMA Club inform us that Dos Santos has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Dos Santos being controlled here, momentarily.
Manning knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos is looking for a triangle here but Manning uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Dos Santos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Troy Manning is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dos Santos sneaks back into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Dos Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Manning pulls his head out easily.
Manning is looking to advance position but Dos Santos won't allow it.

Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Manning prevents Dos Santos from standing back up.
Dos Santos tries to roll over but Manning keeps him under control.
Manning looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Dos Santos actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Troy Manning showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Manning, 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Manning!
S C
A
G S C
B
G S C G energy
A | B
hype
A | B
pop
A | B
mgr
A | B
FIGHT
RATING
41%

 

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Two Chainz (ranked 819 p4p, 114 weight class) and Vito Scaletta (ranked 1710 p4p, 219 weight class). Chainz comes to the cage accompanied by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxD1Cnmn5s. Scaletta has chosen i kill cause im hungry as his entrance music. 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.



180 cm
29
182 lbs
11 - 4 - 1
181 cm
26
184 lbs
11 - 3 - 0
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed


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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 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Two Chainz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vito Scaletta!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and James Atkins.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scaletta throws a shot from downtown. Chainz moves away and avoids it.
Scaletta scores with a leg kick.
Scaletta connects with a jab.
Chainz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chainz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scaletta moves away.
A jab from Scaletta finds it's way through Chainz's defenses.
Scaletta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chainz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Both fighters circling a little - Chainz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Chainz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Scaletta eats them both and turns towards Chainz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Scaletta looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chainz tries a head kick but it misses.
Scaletta steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Chainz lands a big head kick that sends Scaletta to the canvas! Chainz follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Two Chainz!
After winning the bout, Two Chainz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Vito Scaletta had this to say: 'You know when we first started out, I thought I was gonna be the biggest, baddest wiseguy in the world'.
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Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masa Sanada (ranked 132 p4p, 16 weight class) and Dominic Trujillo (ranked 925 p4p, 133 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!



180 cm
24
174 lbs
10 - 0 - 0
175 cm
25
174 lbs
8 - 1 - 0
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible
Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Sanada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominic Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and James Glass.




The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanada throws a body punch but Trujillo moves out of range.
Trujillo with the counter takedown but Sanada avoids it easily.
Sanada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trujillo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Trujillo punishes Sanada's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanada throws a hook but Trujillo avoids it easily.
Trujillo looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanada is just out of range.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trujillo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Trujillo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trujillo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanada scores with a punch to the head.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanada as he jumps to the side.
A left lands for Trujillo.
Trujillo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanada.
Trujillo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sanada tries to avoid it but Trujillo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sanada to the ground. Sanada escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Sanada looks to land a right hand but Trujillo moved out of range.
Trujillo feints the counter takedown.
Sanada ducks under a wild hook from Trujillo.
Sanada looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Trujillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sanada lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanada misses the target.
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trujillo moves away.
Trujillo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Sanada is looking to wear down Trujillo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trujillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
Trujillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Trujillo misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Sanada.
Sanada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trujillo.
Masa Sanada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanada digs a good hook to Trujillo's body.
Trujillo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanada wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Trujillo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trujillo throws a sloppy body shot
and Trujillo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trujillo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Trujillo throws an off balance right hand
enabling Sanada to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanada takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Sanada misses.
Sanada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trujillo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trujillo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Sanada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Sanada lands a jab to Trujillo's midsection.
Sanada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Masa Sanada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanada swings widly with a right hand

and Trujillo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sanada's guard.
Sanada is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Trujillo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Sanada dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!


Sanada takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trujillo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Trujillo is out of range.
Trujillo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanada's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trujillo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanada scrambles back to his feet.
Sanada lands a right hook to the body.
Sanada lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanada is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trujillo can do to turn this around?
Sanada moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanada lunges at Trujillo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trujillo's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trujillo manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada digs a good hook to Trujillo's body.
Sanada lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trujillo.
Trujillo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanada.
A slow jab from Trujillo misses its intended target.
Sanada loads up on a big right hand but Trujillo slips the punch.
Jab by Trujillo.
Trujillo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanada throws a jab but it's blocked by Trujillo.
Sanada scores with a hook.
Sanada needs to keep his hands up - Trujillo had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Sanada connects with a nice looking jab.

Trujillo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Sanada throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Trujillo cracks Sanada with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Trujillo lands a jab.
Sanada misses with a body shot.
Sanada scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Trujillo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trujillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trujillo catches Sanada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Trujillo tries to counter it with a takedown but Sanada pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A jab from Sanada misses.
Sanada looks to land a combination but Trujillo avoids it well.
Trujillo scoring well with a low kick there.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
Sanada throwing a counter right hand but Trujillo manages to avoid it.
Sanada swings for the body but Trujillo moves out of range.
Trujillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada throws a shot to the body.
Masa Sanada is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo staying out of range there.
Sanada avoids the body shot from Trujillo.
Sanada throws a hook but Trujillo blocks it.
Trujillo misses with a straight left.
Trujillo misses the body punch
and Sanada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanada misses with a straight left.
Trujillo cracks a nice hook into Sanada's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trujillo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanada was well out of range. Poor timing from Trujillo.
Trujillo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Trujillo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trujillo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sanada defends it well.
Sanada throws a jab when Trujillo was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Sanada dominated that second round.
That's time! Sanada's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!


Trujillo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanada throws a hook but Trujillo avoids it easily.

Sanada closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trujillo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trujillo tries to throw a body punch but Sanada avoids it by throwing Trujillo back against the cage.

Trujillo wants the takedown. Sanada is fighting it off but Trujillo persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sanada's guard against the cage.
Sanada wants to stand up but Trujillo is controlling him.
Sanada pulls Trujillo in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo throws a big right hand that misses.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sanada holds on and takes a little breather.
Sanada trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada is pulling down on Trujillo's head. It's preventing any offense from Trujillo, at least for the moment.
Trujillo postures up.
Sanada looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sanada walks into a straight right hand from Trujillo.
Sanada takes a swing at Trujillo's ribcage but misses.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trujillo feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada throws a jab when Trujillo was well out of range.
Trujillo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sanada misses with a straight right.
Trujillo slips a jab from Sanada.
Trujillo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sanada avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trujillo.
Trujillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanada.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Sanada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada misses with a body shot.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Trujillo saw that one coming.
Trujillo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sanada defends it well.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada throws a looping overhand right but Trujillo ducks down to avoid it.
Dominic Trujillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trujillo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanada throws a hook to the side of Trujillo's head but Trujillo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanada misses with a looping right.
A big right from Sanada misses.
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Masa Sanada is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo throws an overhand right that lands on Sanada's shoulder, as Sanada tries to avoid the shot.
Trujillo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Sanada was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Trujillo.
Donk. Sanada catches Trujillo right on the button with a cross.
Sanada scores with a nice right hand.
Trujillo misses with a looping right.
Trujillo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trujillo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
Sanada slips a jab from Trujillo.

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 Masa Sanada.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanada, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masa Sanada!
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