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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hodi Garbandit (ranked 6131 p4p, 429 weight class) and Jason Murdock (ranked 6081 p4p, 427 weight class). Jason Murdock struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hodi Garbandit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock tries to clinch but Garbandit is having none of it.
Garbandit is looking to counter punch.
Murdock has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Garbandit is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Garbandit avoids the head kick by Murdock.
Garbandit seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Murdock moves into range and clinches up with Garbandit.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Garbandit lands a right hand.
Garbandit lands a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Murdock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Murdock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murdock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garbandit breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbandit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murdock at a distance.
Murdock throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garbandit counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garbandit.
Murdock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garbandit.
Garbandit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garbandit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murdock.
Murdock is looking to clinch.
Murdock tries to clinch up.
Murdock tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garbandit swivels and escapes.
Garbandit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hodi Garbandit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murdock fails with the takedown
and Garbandit counters with a nice uppercut.
Garbandit moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock takes a shot to the head.
Garbandit breaks the clinch.
Murdock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garbandit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murdock tries for a takedown but Garbandit circles away easily
and Garbandit counters with a nice uppercut.
Hodi Garbandit has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Murdock.
Garbandit lands a jab to the nose.
Murdock is rocked!
Garbandit instigates a clinch.
Murdock is still on wobbly legs! Can Garbandit finish him?
Garbandit stalling.
Garbandit lands a nice uppercut.
Garbandit throws a big uppercut that drops Murdock! More strikes from Garbandit and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Murdock lies dazed against the ropes as Garbandit celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hodi Garbandit!
Hodi Garbandit took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Bank of noobs for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markus Hambucher (ranked 6301 p4p, 596 weight class) and Karl Anthony Towns (ranked 5881 p4p, 573 weight class). Towns is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Enter Sandman" - Metallica. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Markus Hambucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Karl Anthony Towns!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Watson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Towns lands the left hand.
Towns scores with a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Towns as he connects with a hook.
No joy there for Hambucher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hambucher throws a right hand that Towns ducks under and follows up with a left that Towns also avoids with ease.
Hambucher throws a left and a right that both miss
and Towns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hambucher has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hambucher there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hambucher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Towns lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Towns fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Towns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hambucher throws a right hand that Towns ducks under and follows up with a left that Towns also avoids with ease.
Towns lands a jab to the nose.
Hambucher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hambucher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Markus Hambucher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Towns 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.
Hambucher moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Towns dodges the punch combination from Hambucher.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Towns! But no joy.
Towns slips a jab from Hambucher.
Donk. Towns catches Hambucher right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hambucher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hambucher misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Hambucher misses.
Hambucher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Towns moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hambucher swinging wildly here.
Hambucher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Towns circles away quickly and effectively.
Towns cracks Hambucher with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hambucher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Towns lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice shot by Towns.
Hambucher takes one on the button.
Hambucher scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Towns is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hambucher misses with a wild combination.
Towns looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Towns lands with an uppercut that bounces Hambucher off the ropes and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Towns slips a jab and a cross from Hambucher.
Hambucher takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Towns showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hambucher.
Towns throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hambucher on the side of the head.
Towns scores with a decent looking hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Towns as he connects with a hook.
Hambucher scores with a body shot.
Hambucher takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hambucher just misses with a punch to the body.
Hambucher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Towns was well out of range. Poor timing from Hambucher.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hambucher.
Hambucher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, jab by Towns - just one landing.
Towns 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.
Towns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hambucher.
Hambucher looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hambucher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Towns circles away quickly and effectively.
Hambucher takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hambucher with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Towns to score with a decent uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hambucher on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Towns slips a jab and a cross from Hambucher.
Hambucher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Towns.
A little jabbing left from Towns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hambucher takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Towns stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hambucher scores with a nice head shot.
Hambucher looks to land a combination but Towns avoids it well.
Hambucher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hambucher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Towns.
Hambucher misses with a few strikes there.
Towns takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hambucher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hambucher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Towns clobbers Hambucher with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Towns has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Towns throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hambucher on the side of the head.
Towns lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hambucher closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Towns connects with a nice looking jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Hambucher 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hambucher looks to land a combination but Towns avoids it well.
Towns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Towns staying out of range there.
Towns connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hambucher. Hambucher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hambucher misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Towns was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hambucher throws a looping overhand right but Towns ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Towns there.
A nice combination there by Hambucher.
Hambucher scores with a jab. Towns acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hambucher throws a series of punches but Towns moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Hambucher.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Hambucher.
Towns connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Karl Anthony Towns will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hambucher throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hambucher catches Towns with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hambucher misses with a two punch combination.
Hambucher lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hambucher ducks right into an uppercut from Towns.
Hambucher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hambucher takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hambucher misses the jab.
Hambucher takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hambucher walks into a straight right hand from Towns.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hambucher takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hambucher catches Towns with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Towns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hambucher.
Hambucher takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Karl Anthony Towns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hambucher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Towns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Towns connects with a right hand. Hambucher shakes it off.
Hambucher throws a series of punches but Towns avoids them all with ease.
Hambucher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hambucher 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Towns as he connects with a hook.
Towns fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hambucher on the side of the head.
Hambucher misses with a few strikes there.
Towns connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hambucher momentarily.
Towns with a hook.
Towns throws out a powerful jab.
Hambucher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hambucher scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hambucher misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from Towns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Towns scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Towns moves into range and connects with a jab.
Towns avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Hambucher. Those never looked like landing.
Hambucher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hambucher misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hambucher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Towns lands a jab to the nose.
Hambucher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Towns. Towns obviously looking to wear him down.
Hambucher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hambucher takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hambucher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Towns lands with a straight right. Hambucher didn't see that one coming.
Towns connects with a single shot there.
Hambucher swings for the body but Towns moves out of range.
Towns looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Towns bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hambucher's head backwards.
Hambucher takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hambucher cracks Towns with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hambucher misses with a few strikes there.
Towns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Some wild striking there from Hambucher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towns defending well as Hambucher loads up on a big left hand.
Towns lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hambucher throws a series of punches but Towns moves out of range.
Towns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hambucher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Towns keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hambucher tries to bum rush Towns with a series of wild strikes but Towns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Markus Hambucher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A decent looking cross lands there for Towns.
Hambucher keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Towns connects with a nice looking jab.
Hambucher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hambucher misses with a straight right.
Towns lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hambucher pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Towns back to the ropes. Hambucher follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Towns getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hambucher moves forwards but Towns connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hambucher takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hambucher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Towns.
Hambucher lands a two punch combo.
Towns lands a glancing blow to the side of Hambucher's head.
Towns lands a head shot.
Towns fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hambucher on the side of the head.
Hambucher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Towns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Towns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hambucher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Towns moves away.
Hambucher lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hambucher misses with a series of wild punches.
Towns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hambucher throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Towns scores with a hook.
Hambucher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hambucher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hambucher throws a right hand that Towns ducks under and follows up with a left that Towns also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Karl Anthony Towns will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A jab from Towns finds it's way through Hambucher's defenses.
Towns lands with an overhand left.
Hambucher throws a nice looking combination but Towns bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hambucher throws a shot from downtown. Towns moves away and avoids it.
Towns moves forwards but Hambucher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hambucher ducks right into an uppercut from Towns.
Hambucher fails to land with a series of punches.
Towns lands the left hand.
Hambucher looks to land a right hand but Towns moved out of range.
Hambucher is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Towns takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hambucher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Towns scores with a nice head shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hambucher.
Towns fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hambucher on the side of the head.
Hambucher misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Towns darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hambucher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hambucher misses with a hook. Towns ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Towns! But no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Towns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Towns lands an overhand right.
Hambucher tries to bum rush Towns with a series of wild strikes but Towns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hambucher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Towns's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hambucher under the eye.
Hambucher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, jab by Towns - just one landing.
Towns getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Towns avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hambucher misses with a looping right.
Hambucher throws a hook to the side of Towns's head but Towns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Towns's corner calls for a 1-2. Towns obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Towns cracks Hambucher with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hambucher swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Towns shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sloppy strikes from Hambucher. Those never looked like landing.
A lazy left from Towns finds it's target.
Hambucher has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Towns finds it's way round the side to connect with Hambucher's head.
Hambucher takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hambucher swinging wildly here.
Towns darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Towns cracks Hambucher with an open hand slap.
Hambucher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Towns circles away quickly and effectively.
Towns 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.
Hambucher tries to bum rush Towns with a series of wild strikes but Towns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hambucher throws a series of punches but Towns moves out of range.
Towns lunges at Hambucher with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hambucher's hand.
Towns moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towns bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hambucher's head backwards.
Hambucher takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hambucher takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Towns catches Hambucher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hambucher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Towns.
Towns lands with a right hand.
Towns lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hambucher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Towns.
Hambucher takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Towns bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hambucher's head.
Markus Hambucher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Towns keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hambucher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hambucher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Towns connects with a crisp jab.
Towns slips under a jab from Hambucher.
Hambucher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karl Anthony Towns is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Towns.
Hambucher misses with a wild combination.
Hambucher misses with a series of wild punches.
Towns moves into range and connects with a jab.
Towns is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Towns scores with a kick to the body.
Towns connects with the punch.
Towns blocks a jab.
Towns slips under a jab from Hambucher.
Hambucher misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hambucher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Towns throws out a powerful jab.
Towns scores with a nice head shot.
Towns lands with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Anthony Towns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Towns 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Anthony Towns!
Karl Anthony Towns seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Petchuangtong Sitsongrit (ranked 6827 p4p, 587 weight class) and Kento Ban Gbus (ranked 4693 p4p, 478 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Petchuangtong Sitsongrit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kento Ban Gbus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ban Gbus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ban Gbus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Ban Gbus moves out of range.
Sitsongrit connects with a crisp jab.
Sitsongrit tries a low kick but Ban Gbus avoids it.
Ban Gbus throws a looping overhand right but Sitsongrit ducks down to avoid it.
Sitsongrit connects with a single shot there.
Sitsongrit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ban Gbus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sitsongrit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ban Gbus slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sitsongrit, right into the meat.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit thumps Ban Gbus with a low kick.
Ban Gbus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
Sitsongrit throws a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit scores with a leg kick.
Sitsongrit cracks Ban Gbus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ban Gbus throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Sitsongrit half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ban Gbus takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ban Gbus misses with a left hand
and Sitsongrit makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sitsongrit connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Sitsongrit misses.
Ban Gbus throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ban Gbus throws a body punch but Sitsongrit moves out of range.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Ban Gbus missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sitsongrit appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Ban Gbus is out of range.
Ban Gbus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ban Gbus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sitsongrit with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ban Gbus's head.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
Ban Gbus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Ban Gbus blocks it.
Ban Gbus checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ban Gbus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitsongrit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick that misses.
Ban Gbus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Ban Gbus thuds a left hand into Sitsongrit's body.
That kick from Sitsongrit tenderised Ban Gbus's leg. Ban Gbus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Ban Gbus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sitsongrit fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook. Sitsongrit ducked under it nicely.
Sitsongrit looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ban Gbus.
An attempted straight right counter from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ban Gbus misses with a wild combination.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the body.
Sitsongrit takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice head shot.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sitsongrit throws out a leg kick but Ban Gbus moves out of range and Sitsongrit only half commits.
Ban Gbus doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ban Gbus looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Good exchange - Sitsongrit coming out on top.
Ban Gbus misses with a lunging right hand
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ban Gbus just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit dominated that round.
That's time! Sitsongrit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Ban Gbus moved away.
Ban Gbus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sitsongrit 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.
Sitsongrit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ban Gbus! But no joy.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ban Gbus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook
and Ban Gbus counters with a nice uppercut.
Sitsongrit lands a body shot.
Ban Gbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick
and Ban Gbus counters with a nice body shot.
Ban Gbus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ban Gbus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sitsongrit bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ban Gbus's head.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit is winning the standup battle so far.
Ban Gbus just misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ban Gbus was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ban Gbus moves forwards but Sitsongrit connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ban Gbus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a hook but Ban Gbus blocks it.
Ban Gbus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sitsongrit stuns Ban Gbus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sitsongrit cracks the inside of Ban Gbus's front leg.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ban Gbus manages to avoid it.
Ban Gbus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Sitsongrit tries to land a leg kick but Ban Gbus saw it coming and moves away.
Sitsongrit tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ban Gbus is able to avoid easily.
Ban Gbus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ban Gbus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab from Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sitsongrit connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Sitsongrit misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Ban Gbus off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit scores with a sloppy right hand. Ban Gbus should have avoided that one.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sitsongrit connects with a body shot that sends Ban Gbus's belly button to the back.
Sitsongrit misses with a leg kick.
Ban Gbus looks to land a left hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range nicely.
Ban Gbus misses with a body shot.
Good work by Ban Gbus as he checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ban Gbus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ban Gbus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ban Gbus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sitsongrit. Sitsongrit obviously looking to wear him down.
Sitsongrit scores with the left hand. Ban Gbus knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit throws a body punch but Ban Gbus moves out of range.
Ban Gbus blocks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Ban Gbus's midsection.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sitsongrit just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A leg kick checked by Ban Gbus.
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ban Gbus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sitsongrit misses with a looping right.
Ban Gbus misses with a lunging right hand
and Sitsongrit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ban Gbus takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ban Gbus can do to turn this around?
Sitsongrit throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ban Gbus's sensitive parts.
Ban Gbus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ban Gbus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sitsongrit counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
Sitsongrit connects with a leg kick. Ban Gbus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sitsongrit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ban Gbus looks to score with a jab to the body but Sitsongrit is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ban Gbus checks a low kick from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus throws a big shot that misses.
Sitsongrit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight left.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sitsongrit thows a leg kick but Ban Gbus checks it
and Ban Gbus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Ban Gbus off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit lands a nice hook to Ban Gbus's body. Ban Gbus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sitsongrit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ban Gbus avoids the body shot from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus looks to land a right hand but Sitsongrit moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a leg kick that knocks Ban Gbus off balance momentarily.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ban Gbus was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.
Ban Gbus takes a swing at Sitsongrit's ribcage but misses.
You can see that Ban Gbus has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Ban Gbus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ban Gbus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ban Gbus misses with a wild body shot.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook to the body
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sitsongrit slips under a jab.
Sitsongrit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ban Gbus.
As Ban Gbus backs away, Sitsongrit returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sitsongrit scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Ban Gbus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sitsongrit with a body shot.
Ban Gbus throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ban Gbus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ban Gbus is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ban Gbus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit throws a lazy right hand but Ban Gbus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ban Gbus throws out a counter right but Sitsongrit avoids it with no problem.
Kento Ban Gbus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ban Gbus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sitsongrit lands with a good body shot.
Ban Gbus swings widly with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ban Gbus takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit lands a slapping body shot.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sitsongrit wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ban Gbus looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Sitsongrit lands a glancing blow to the side of Ban Gbus's head.
Ban Gbus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sitsongrit scores with a jab.
Sitsongrit lands with a nice body punch.
Sitsongrit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ban Gbus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from Sitsongrit finds it's way through Ban Gbus's defenses.
Sitsongrit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Petchuangtong Sitsongrit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sitsongrit 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Petchuangtong Sitsongrit!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Agaxan Ibragimov (ranked 25091 p4p, 232 weight class) and Gandolf Schmidt (ranked 6280 p4p, 183 weight class). Gandolf Schmidt has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Agaxan Ibragimov's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Agaxan Ibragimov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gandolf Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Topper Green and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidt scores with a decent looking hook.
Schmidt looks to land a combination. Ibragimov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Agaxan Ibragimov has been cut.
Ibragimov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been told by Ibragimov's head coaches at Cozad MMA Los Angeles that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Schmidt throws a shot to the body.
Schmidt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Schmidt closes the distance and clinches.
Ibragimov could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ibragimov is working for takedown but Schmidt is calmly controlling the position for now.
Schmidt lands with a short shot to the head.
Schmidt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ibragimov.
Ibragimov is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmidt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ibragimov breaks from the clinch.
Ibragimov gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Schmidt gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Ibragimov is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gandolf Schmidt!
Gandolf Schmidt decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivar The Boneless (ranked 6124 p4p, 182 weight class) and Ole Anderson (ranked 6120 p4p, 181 weight class). Anderson has chosen Jump-by Van Halen as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ivar The Boneless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ole Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson slips a straight right by The Boneless.
Anderson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Anderson trying to control the action but The Boneless is working from the bottom.
Anderson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. The Boneless is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Anderson yanks on the arm and The Boneless is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Anderson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ole Anderson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Bolt (ranked 4885 p4p, 502 weight class) and Jorn Diener (ranked 6282 p4p, 595 weight class). Jorn Diener has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Bolt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorn Diener!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Darius Henderson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diener 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.
It looks like Brock Bolt has been cut.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bolt.
Bolt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diener swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diener catches Bolt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diener scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Diener scores with the left hand. Bolt knows he should have avoided that one.
Diener lands with a right hand.
Bolt is rocked!
Bolt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jorn Diener seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diener misses with a body shot
and Bolt counters with a shoot takedown. Diener fights it but they end up in guard.
Diener really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bolt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bolt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bolt wants to control from the top but Diener keeps moving.
Bolt throws a big right hand that misses.
Bolt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Diener keeping moving, preventing Bolt from controlling successfully.
Bolt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bolt 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.
Diener working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bolt.
Diener avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bolt postures up in Diener's guard and throws a big left but Diener blocks it.
Bolt trying to control but Diener is working from the bottom.
Diener trying to keep a closed guard but Bolt is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two 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.
Bolt closes the distance and clinches up with Diener, looking for a takedown. Bolt pushes Diener against the ropes but Diener circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bolt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Bolt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diener throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bolt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diener pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bolt back to the ropes. Diener follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Brock Bolt's cut is getting worse.
Bolt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Diener scores with a jab to the head.
Oh Bolt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diener batters Bolt with a massive right followed by a huge left! Bolt is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Diener lands a final crushing right hand to drop Bolt to the mat with a gruesome thud! Diener is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jorn Diener!
A victorious Jorn Diener thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Sullivan (ranked 4841 p4p, 576 weight class) and Kukri Freeman (ranked 4900 p4p, 581 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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199 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kukri Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan drops Freeman with a right and a left! Sullivan comes rushing in but Freeman regains his composure and manages to keep Sullivan in guard.
Freeman is rocked!
It looks like Kukri Freeman has been cut.
Sullivan gets to his feet and stands over Freeman, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Freeman felt that one! Sullivan unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Freeman from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Sullivan!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lartem Obov (ranked 4216 p4p, 344 weight class) and Karl Flix (ranked 6281 p4p, 434 weight class). Lartem Obov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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25
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lartem Obov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karl Flix!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Topper Green and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Flix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Obov throws a sloppy head kick and Flix moves out of range easily.
Flix tries to clinch there but Obov circles away.
Obov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Flix fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Obov misses with a head kick.
Obov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Obov keeps Flix at a distance using the push kick.
Flix pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Obov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Flix is out of range and Obov settles back down.
Obov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flix shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Obov sprawls well. Obov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Flix gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flix tries to clinch but Obov is having none of it.
A little feinted left hand from Obov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Flix with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Obov to score with a decent uppercut.
Obov closes the distance and clinches up with Flix, looking for a takedown. Obov pushes Flix against the ropes but Flix circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Flix fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flix gets a clinch.
Obov pulls Flix into guard.
Flix landing some decent shots from guard.
Flix sitting in guard here, content to control.
Flix wants to pass the guard but Obov is keeping the position.
Flix looking to sit in guard and control but Obov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obov chips away with some ground and pound.
Flix is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Flix really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Obov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Obov trying to control but Flix is working from the bottom.
Obov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Flix's guard.
Obov drops back looking for a leg! Flix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Flix manages to kick Obov off! Obov jumps back into Flix's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flix has his foot on Obov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Obov works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Flix can't keep his opponent in guard - Obov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Obov connects with a nice short shot to Flix's temple.
Flix is trying to control but can't.
Obov slips a nice elbow through Flix's hands, connecting with Flix's forehead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Flix is looking to improve his position.
Flix is looking to control Obov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Flix avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obov is looking to take a break and control but Flix is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Obov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Flix is looking to control Obov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Flix avoid being mounted?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flix is trying to get back to full guard.
Flix is trying to stand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lartem Obov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Obov throws a low kick but Flix moves out of range easily.
Flix fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Obov tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Flix manages to circle out of the way.
Obov tried to score with a low kick but Flix checks it.
Obov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Obov.
Flix with the counter takedown but Obov avoids it easily.
Obov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flix.
Obov is looking to chop away at Flix's legs.
Flix tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Obov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Flix fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lartem Obov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Obov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Flix's guard.
Flix has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Obov is pushing him up against the ropes, looking to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flix struggles to land a body shot inside as Obov controls his hands.
Obov swings wildly with an uppercut but Flix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obov effectively controlling the action here.
Flix breaks from the clinch.
Obov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Flix. Those never looked like landing.
Flix tries to close the distance and clinch but Obov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flix tries for a takedown but Obov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Flix gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Obov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Flix's knee momentarily.
Lartem Obov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Flix.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flix stuffs the takedown attempt from Obov. Obov gets slowly back to his feet.
As Obov backs off Flix throws a huge counter combo but Obov manages to avoid it all.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Flix.
Flix tries to clinch up.
Flix has a takedown stuffed.
Obov misses with a shot to the body
and Flix counters with a leg kick.
Flix goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flix changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Obov tries to avoid it but Flix manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Obov to the ground. Obov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Flix throws a series of punches but Obov moves out of range.
Flix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Obov sets himself, and Flix steps forward looking for the clinch! Obov avoids it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obov stuffs the takedown.
Lartem Obov is winning the standup battle so far.
Flix is breathing heavily.
Obov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Obov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Flix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flix misses with a head kick.
Obov tries to counter with a takedown but Flix is quick to defend against it.
Flix fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Flix shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Obov pinned against the ropes. Obov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Flix uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flix throws a head kick but Obov moves out of range.
Obov cracks Flix with a right hand to the side of the head.
Flix shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Obov defends it nicely.
As Flix looks to move away, Obov throws a big counter combo but Flix just gets out of the way.
Obov stuffs the takedown attempt from Flix. Flix gets slowly back to his feet.
Obov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Flix wants to counter with a clinch but Obov pushes him away.
Obov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Flix.
A counter left hand to the body from Obov misses its target.
Obov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flix can do to turn this around?
Obov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Flix manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Obov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lartem Obov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Flix lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Flix.
Obov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Obov clinches up against the ropes.
Obov is trying to push Flix away but Flix has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Flix breaks the clinch.
Flix is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obov takes a swing at Flix's ribcage but misses.
Flix avoids the head kick by Obov.
Flix throws a head kick that misses
and Obov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Flix tries to clinch but Obov is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Obov misses
and Flix finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Flix tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Obov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Obov with a lazy takedown attempt
and Flix counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Obov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Obov is looking to wear down Flix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Flix shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Obov sprawls well. Obov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Flix gets slowly back to his feet.
Obov throws a body kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Flix.
Flix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Obov manages to avoid it.
Obov throws a head kick but Flix moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flix shoots in but no luck this time.
Lartem Obov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Flix.
Flix closes this distance looking for a takedown but Obov circles away.
Flix shoots in for a takedown but Obov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Flix with a lazy takedown attempt
and Obov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Flix thinking.
Obov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Flix manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Obov forces his way into half guard.
Obov is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Flix!
Lartem Obov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Obov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Flix keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Obov lands a nice shot to the head.
Obov controlling from the full mount.
Flix working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obov controlling from mount.
Lartem Obov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Flix is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Obov scoring with strikes but Flix is staying in there.
Flix is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Obov controlling his opponent.
Karl Flix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Lartem Obov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Obov 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lartem Obov!
Lartem Obov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Theodore Van Anderson (ranked 4112 p4p, 137 weight class) and Arn Anderson (ranked 6086 p4p, 179 weight class). Van Anderson comes into the arena with Ain't my bitch blaring out of the sound system. Anderson has chosen Thunderstruck-by ACDC as his entrance music. The key to victory for Theodore Van Anderson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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26
300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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280 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theodore Van Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arn Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Van Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anderson shoots in and bounces Van Anderson off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Anderson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Anderson trying to control but Van Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson pushes down on Van Anderson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Van Anderson wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson passes to full mount!
Van Anderson tries to buck Anderson off but Anderson takes his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Van Anderson is defending well but eventually Anderson manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Van Anderson has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Arn Anderson!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Barbosa (ranked 3896 p4p, 197 weight class) and Gary Dema (ranked 5384 p4p, 244 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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137 lbs
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Dema!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa thuds a left hand into Dema's body.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dema misses with a hook.
Dema misses with a straight left.
Barbosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dema on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Barbosa. Barbosa obviously looking to wear him down.
Dema looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
Dema gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dema wants to stall.
Dema lands an elbow that stopped Barbosa in his tracks for a moment.
Dema misses with a knee strike.
Dema blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dema obliges.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Dema.
Dema lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Dema controls the action.
Dema is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barbosa.
Dema lands an elbow inside that Barbosa shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dema lands a knee to the head.
Dema unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barbosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dema creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barbosa's defenses.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Dema controls his hands.
Dema lands a knee to the head.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Dema blocks it.
Dema landing knees to the head.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dema lands an elbow inside that Barbosa shrugs off.
Barbosa tries to pull guard but Dema forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Dema avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the ropes.
Dema lands a knee to the body.
Dema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barbosa.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dema lands an elbow that stopped Barbosa in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dema has him pressed against the ropes.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Dema controls his hands.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dema lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barbosa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Dema to keep the fight standing.
Dema blocking some punches.
Dema goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dema can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Dema misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Dema.
Dema trying to control the position but instead, Barbosa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dema into the ropes.
Barbosa taking a breather.
Dema lands a nice elbow.
Dema slowing the pace effectively.
Dema lands an elbow that stopped Barbosa in his tracks for a moment.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Dema avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the ropes.
Dema stalling the fight.
Barbosa is trying to pull guard but Dema turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Barbosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dema is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dema.
Barbosa wants to break free but Dema has control.
Barbosa is trying to break free.
Dema is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dema using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dema scores with a knee to the head.
Barbosa jumps guard but Dema stands there with Barbosa around his waist. Barbosa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Barbosa jumps guard but Dema stands there with Barbosa around his waist. Barbosa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Barbosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barbosa jumps guard but Dema turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Barbosa scores with a shot to the side of Dema's head.
Dema tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dema obliges.
Barbosa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barbosa working hard to break the clinch.
Dema is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dema trying to control the position but instead, Barbosa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dema into the ropes.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Dema.
Barbosa is trying to force a seperation but Dema has the dominant position.
Dema misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dema.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barbosa has had enough of the clinch but Dema keeps him there for the moment.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Knees to the body from Dema.
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!
Dema landing knees to the head.
Dema leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Barbosa takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Dema dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Barbosa lunges at Dema with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dema's hand.
Dema takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Barbosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dema.
Dema moves into the clinch.
Gary Dema seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Dema blocks it.
Dema with a knee to the head.
Dema tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barbosa avoids it.
Dema is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dema missing with knees to the body.
Dema throws an elbow that misses.
Barbosa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dema lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dema pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Dema with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Barbosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Dema controls his hands.
Barbosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Barbosa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dema smiles and moves away.
Barbosa thuds a left hand into Dema's body.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Dema.
Dema pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barbosa scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa dodges the punch combination from Dema.
Barbosa is looking to counter punch.
Barbosa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dema is rocked!
Barbosa fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Dema to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Dema looks to clinch but Barbosa throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Dema taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marcelo Barbosa!
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