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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergej Valentinovich (ranked 2865 p4p, 306 weight class) and Ben Breeze (ranked 4204 p4p, 504 weight class). Valentinovich comes to the cage accompanied by Defeatist. Sergej Valentinovich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergej Valentinovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Breeze!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breeze lands with a kick to the temple. Valentinovich shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Breeze closes the distance and clinches up with Valentinovich, looking for a takedown. Breeze pushes Valentinovich against the cage but Valentinovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Valentinovich is looking to counter punch.
Breeze just misses with a punch to the body.
Valentinovich scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Breeze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Valentinovich tries to avoid it but Breeze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Valentinovich to the ground. Valentinovich escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Breeze walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Breeze wants to clinch
and Valentinovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Breeze is rocked!
Valentinovich throws an overhand right that drops Breeze like a sack of potatoes! Valentinovich dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergej Valentinovich!
A relieved looking Sergej Valentinovich thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jari Aarnio (ranked 838 p4p, 121 weight class) and Howard Stern (ranked 2366 p4p, 293 weight class). Aarnio comes to the cage accompanied by Ice Cube - Why We Thugs. Stern has chosen The Great American Nightmare as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jari Aarnio has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jari Aarnio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howard Stern!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stern takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Aarnio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aarnio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Aarnio lands a head shot.
Stern shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aarnio as he avoids it easily.
Stern throws a low kick but it's checked well by Aarnio.
Aarnio swings for the body but Stern moves out of range.
Stern is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Good leg kick by Aarnio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stern looks to land a left hand but Aarnio moved out of range nicely.
Aarnio throws a quick counter kick to the body but Stern avoids it.
Aarnio 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.
Stern shoots in for a takedown but Aarnio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Aarnio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Stern 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.
Aarnio looks to land a left hand but Stern moved out of range nicely.
Aarnio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stern manages to avoid it.
Aarnio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A left lands for Aarnio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stern tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stern doesn't manage to clinch there - Aarnio circles away.
Stern throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stern chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stern throws a one two combo.
Aarnio misses the jab.
Aarnio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Aarnio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stern throws a nice looking combination but Aarnio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aarnio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stern jabs Aarnio right on the nose. Aarnio blinks but takes it well.
Aarnio throws a hook to the side of Stern's head but Stern sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aarnio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stern is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stern rushes Aarnio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Aarnio manages to break the clinch.
Aarnio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stern was well out of range. Poor timing from Aarnio.
Aarnio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stern stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aarnio lands with a shot to the body.
Aarnio really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stern misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stern slips under a jab.
Aarnio lands a jab to Stern's midsection.
Stern moves forwards but Aarnio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters circling - Stern throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stern's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stern duly obliges.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A good leg kick by Aarnio.
A cross from Aarnio lands.
Stern tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aarnio was well out of range. Poor timing from Stern.
Aarnio throws a jab but it's blocked by Stern.
Stern connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Aarnio is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Stern throws out a leg kick but Aarnio moves out of range and Stern only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stern throws a jab but it's blocked by Aarnio.
Aarnio misses with a hook. Stern ducked under it nicely.
Stern gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aarnio.
Stern throws a shot to the body.
Aarnio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stern sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stern loads up on a big right hand but Aarnio slips the punch.
Stern misses with a wild combination.
Stern fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jari Aarnio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Howard Stern.
Aarnio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stern fails to land the takedown.
A counter left hand to the body from Aarnio misses its target.
Aarnio jabs at Stern's body.
Aarnio throws a body punch but Stern moves out of range.
Stern shoots in but no luck this time.
Aarnio connects with a looping right hand.
Aarnio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A clash of legs there as Stern blocks the low kick.
Stern wants to counter the offense by Aarnio and move into the clinch position.
Stern walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stern scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donk. Aarnio catches Stern right on the button with a cross.
Stern lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stern misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stern tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch combination from Stern misses.
Aarnio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stern keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aarnio tries a low kick but Stern avoids it.
Stern is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Aarnio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aarnio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aarnio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Stern. Those never looked like landing.
No luck for Stern with that takedown attempt.
Stern misses with a two punch combination.
Aarnio dodges the punch combination from Stern.
Aarnio blocks a leg kick.
Aarnio cracks Stern with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Aarnio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Stern misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aarnio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stern looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stern staying out of range there.
Aarnio lands a nice hook to Stern's body. Stern takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stern looks winded!
A jab from Stern misses.
Aarnio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stern has time to react.
Stern slips a straight right by Aarnio.
Aarnio lands a head shot.
A left lands for Stern.
Aarnio lands a jab to the nose.
Stern connects with a nice looking jab.
Aarnio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aarnio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Aarnio.
Stern misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Aarnio.
Stern throws out a leg kick but Aarnio moves out of range and Stern only half commits.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stern fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aarnio throws a quick counter kick to the body but Stern avoids it.
Aarnio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stern manages to avoid it.
Aarnio misses the jab.
Stern is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A telegraphed right hand from Aarnio misses the target.
Stern slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Aarnio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stern avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stern feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Aarnios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Aarnio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aarnio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stern walks into a jab.
Aarnio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stern.
Aarnio takes a swing at Stern's ribcage but misses.
Aarnio misses with a body shot.
Aarnio with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stern to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aarnio. Stern does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot by Stern.
Stern on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Aarnio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stern throws a head kick but Aarnio moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Stern as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stern avoids the body shot from Aarnio.
A telegraphed right hand from Aarnio misses the target.
Aarnio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stern sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stern throws a big counter head kick but Aarnio avoids it with no problem.
Aarnio misses with an uppercut. Stern saw that one coming.
Stern ducks right into an uppercut from Aarnio.
Stern takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aarnio looks to score with a jab to the body but Stern is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Aarnio misses the target.
Stern moves forwards but Aarnio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Stern throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aarnio looks to score with a jab to the body but Stern is just out of range.
Aarnio connects with the punch.
Stern on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aarnio. Aarnio obviously looking to wear him down.
Aarnio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stern connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Aarnio scrambles back to his feet.
Aarnio throws a leg kick that misses.
Aarnio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stern feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aarnio's calf.
Aarnio 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.
Aarnio throws a hook to the side of Stern's head but Stern sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stern shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stern looks to land a right hand but Aarnio moved out of range.
Stern avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stern scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Aarnio doesn't seem bothered though.
Jari Aarnio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stern clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Aarnio.
Aarnio takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio lands a body punch.
Aarnio can't find room to land a body shot as Stern controls the action.
Stern fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aarnio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Aarnio.
Aarnio throws a punch but it's blocked by Stern.
Stern lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aarnio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aarnio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aarnio throws a body punch but Stern moves out of range.
Stern throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aarnio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aarnio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stern was well out of range. Poor timing from Aarnio.
Aarnio misses with an uppercut. Stern saw that one coming.
Stern throws a head kick but Aarnio moves out of range.
Aarnio is looking to counter punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stern.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Aarnio misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Aarnio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aarnio misses with an uppercut.
Stern has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Aarnio throws a hook but Stern blocks it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stern!
Aarnio cracks Stern with an open hand slap.
Stern misses the shot to the body.
Stern walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Aarnio throws a body shot but no joy.
Stern stuns Aarnio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jari Aarnio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stern shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aarnio as he avoids it easily.
Jari Aarnio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Howard Stern.
Aarnio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Aarnio ducks under a wild hook from Stern.
Stern lands a head kick!
Aarnio moves away from the strike by Stern.
Aarnio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aarnio misses the shot to the body.
Aarnio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stern throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aarnio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio tests Stern's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stern on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Aarnio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stern moves forwards but Aarnio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aarnio scores with the left hand. Stern knows he should have avoided that one.
Stern clinches with his opponent.
Stern misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Aarnio - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aarnio.
Aarnio lands a left hand.
Aarnio swings wildly with an uppercut but Stern uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aarnio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jari Aarnio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aarnio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Aarnio misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Aarnio dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Aarnio throws a leg kick which misses Stern's front leg but catches the back leg as Stern tries to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Aarnio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stern has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stern and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stern only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Stern moves out of range of the strikes.
Stern throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Aarnio's head.
Stern connects with a body shot.
Aarnio moves into range and connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Aarnio misses the target.
Stern throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aarnio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Aarnio misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Stern on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stern is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Aarnio lands a jab to the nose.
Aarnio just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aarnio stuffs the takedown.
Aarnio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stern has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stern there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stern throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stern tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stern is defended easily by Aarnio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stern shoots in for a takedown but Aarnio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jari Aarnio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Howard Stern.
Stern takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stern pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aarnio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stern throws a right hand that Aarnio ducks under and follows up with a left that Aarnio also avoids with ease.
Aarnio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stern.
Nice uppercut there from Aarnio.
Stern uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aarnio.
Stern throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aarnio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stern can do to turn this around?
A decent looking cross lands there for Aarnio.
Stern displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aarnio throws out the jab.
Stern walks into a stiff left hand from Aarnio.
Stern throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aarnio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stern slips under a jab from Aarnio.
Aarnio scores with a nice strike.
Aarnio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aarnio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stern.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stern walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aarnio.
Howard Stern has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio misses with a body shot.
Aarnio scores with a shot to the body.
Stern tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Aarnio misses the target.
Stern is trying desperately to land a takedown but Aarnio is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Stern.
Aarnio misses with a low kick as Stern jumps back.
Aarnio slips a jab and a cross from Stern.
Aarnio scores with a nice right hand.
Stern ducks right into an uppercut from Aarnio.
Stern avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stern or perhaps it was just good defense by Aarnio, which made it look bad.
Aarnio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A swing and a miss from Stern.
Aarnio misses with a looping left.
Aarnio jabs Stern to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stern connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stern uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aarnio.
A jab from Aarnio misses.
Stern misses with an uppercut. Aarnio saw that one coming.
Aarnio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stern takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aarnio misses with a wild body shot.
Stern takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aarnio.
A big right from Aarnio misses.
Aarnio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stern lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stern throws a body shot but no joy.
Aarnio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aarnio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stern manages to avoid it.
Aarnio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Aarnio lands a right hook to the body.
Aarnio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stern.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Stern misses its intended target.
Aarnio thinks about countering with a body kick.
Aarnio tries to land a front kick but Stern steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aarnio motions for Stern to come forward. Aarnio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aarnio throws out a loose jab but Stern uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stern swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Stern.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio is not content to let Stern control the position.
Aarnio manages to get back to half guard.
Aarnio moves into full guard.
Stern looking to pass the guard.
Aarnio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stern's guard.
Aarnio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aarnio's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Aarnio slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Stern tries to improve position but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Aarnio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aarnio, 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Aarnio!
A pretty intense looking Jari Aarnio took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
Howard Stern spoke after the fight, saying 'I blame Robin and those big G's.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Napoleon (ranked 1217 p4p, 132 weight class) and Ricki Suckerpunch (ranked 2034 p4p, 219 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buster Napoleon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricki Suckerpunch!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Napoleon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Suckerpunch is trying to force a seperation but Napoleon has the dominant position.
Suckerpunch misses with a body punch.
Napoleon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Suckerpunch tries to throw a body punch but Napoleon avoids it by throwing Suckerpunch back against the cage.
Napoleon takes a shot to the head.
It looks like Buster Napoleon has been cut.
Napoleon lands a hook that snaps the head of Suckerpunch backwards.
Suckerpunch tries to work over Napoleon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Napoleon successfully pulls guard.
Napoleon pushes a forearm under Suckerpunch's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Suckerpunch is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Buster Napoleon!
Buster Napoleon very nearly forgot to thank KAISER Nutrition - Q160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Selfie Lord (ranked 966 p4p, 104 weight class) and Eon Yaj (ranked 1394 p4p, 141 weight class). Selfie Lord 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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Selfie Lord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Eon Yaj!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord ducks under a wild hook from Yaj.
Lord is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yaj.
Lord throws a good cross that connects.
Lord avoids the head kick by Yaj.
Yaj throws a head kick that half lands.
Lord throws a head kick but Yaj moves out of range.
Lord needs to keep his hands up - Yaj had a free shot at his head there.
Yaj works over Lord's head and body with a nice combination.
Yaj with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lord to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Lord.
Yaj lands a jab to the nose.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lord.
Lord catches Yaj with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lord tries to close the distance and clinch but Yaj swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lord throws a jab when Yaj was well out of range.
Lord checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord tries to clinch up but Yaj circles away and keeps his distance.
A low kick from Yaj is predictable there
and Lord counters with a thumping low kick.
Lord pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yaj throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yaj fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lord connects with a looping right hand.
Lord uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yaj keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lord.
Yaj wants to counter with a clinch but Lord pushes him away.
Lord misses with an uppercut
and Yaj counters with a nice body shot.
Lord throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yaj. Lord does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lord scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lord swings for the body but Yaj moves out of range.
Lord with a hook.
Lord ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lord seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Yaj ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lord moves away.
That's two 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!
Yaj ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Lord fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big left from Lord misses.
Lord fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yaj looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yaj slips under a jab.
Yaj fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lord, pushing him back against the cage.
Yaj misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lord lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lord lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Lord tries to throw a body punch but Yaj avoids it by throwing Lord back against the cage.
Lord's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lord swings for the body but Yaj moves out of range.
Yaj tries to keep at a distance but Lord has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yaj scores with a shoulder strike.
Lord's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Yaj. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj tries to land a leg kick but Lord saw it coming and moves away.
Lord works Yaj's body with a nice hook.
Yaj throws a low kick but Lord avoids it.
Lord misses with a hook.
Yaj misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lord throwing a counter right hand but Yaj manages to avoid it.
A left and a right from Lord both land. Nice combination.
Yaj blocks a jab.
Yaj drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lord defends it well.
Yaj keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yaj thinks about the counter body kick.
Lord throws the left hand but Yaj avoids the punch easily.
Lord goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lord sets himself, and Yaj steps forward looking for the clinch! Lord avoids it this time.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lord ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yaj moves away.
Lord moves out of range of the leg kick from Yaj.
Lord appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lord avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Lord lands a lovely overhand right.
Lord is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yaj keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yaj staying out of range there.
Yaj avoids the body shot from Lord.
Lord misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lord uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yaj.
Yaj throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lord.
Yaj throws a sloppy head kick and Lord moves out of range easily.
Lord was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yaj misses the shot to the body.
Yaj lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lord throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lord. Yaj shrugs it off though.
Yaj takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yaj uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Yaj moves out of range as Lord strikes.
Yaj appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Selfie Lord dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yaj lands a jab to the head.
Lord fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yaj lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lord is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yaj can do to turn this around?
A good leg kick by Lord.
Yaj avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yaj scores with a nice right hand.
Selfie Lord is winning the standup battle so far.
Yaj gets a clinch.
Lord manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lord. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lord moves in looking to clinch but Yaj pushes him off.
Yaj doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Good shot there by Yaj.
Lord steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yaj.
Lord misses with a straight right.
Yaj throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaj cracks Lord with a good jab.
Lord misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Lord misses.
Yaj let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lord misses the shot to the body.
Lord fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yaj looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yaj throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yaj ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lord moves away.
The fighters circling - Lord throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yaj wants to land a leg kick but Lord is out of range.
Yaj thuds a left hand into Lord's body.
Yaj lands an overhand right.
Lord swings for the body but Yaj moves out of range.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Lord.
Yaj takes a swing at Lord's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj scores with a leg kick.
Yaj feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lord's calf.
Yaj is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lord throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lord cracks Yaj with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yaj misses with a body punch
letting Lord counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lord. Yaj does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lord checks a leg kick nicely.
Yaj uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lord.
A jab from Yaj finds it's way through Lord's defenses.
Yaj comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yaj missing with a left hand there. Lord was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yaj lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord swings for the body but Yaj moves out of range.
Lord throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yaj. That's going to slow Lord down.
Lord is looking to land body kicks.
Yaj clobbers Lord with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yaj was well out of range. Poor timing from Lord.
Yaj takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yaj uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lord tries to clinch up but Yaj circles away and keeps his distance.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Yaj sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yaj shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yaj listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A cross from Lord lands.
Lord avoids the body shot from Yaj.
Yaj slips a jab from Lord.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lord misses with a hook. Yaj ducked under it nicely.
Lord pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lord clobbers Yaj with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yaj throws a leg kick but Lord sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yaj throws a leg kick
and Lord cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lord fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lord lands a slapping body shot.
Lord looks to score with a jab to the body but Yaj is just out of range.
Yaj moves away from the strike by Lord.
Lord throws an overhand right that lands on Yaj's shoulder, as Yaj tries to avoid the shot.
Yaj jabs Lord to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yaj fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lord checks it well.
Lord scores with the left hand. Yaj knows he should have avoided that one.
Lord comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lord ducks under a wild hook from Yaj.
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 Selfie Lord will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Yaj throws a low kick but Lord avoids it.
Yaj uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lord.
Lord moves into range and connects with a jab.
Yaj's corner calls for a 1-2. Yaj obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yaj steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Yaj looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lord closes the distance and clinches.
Lord working aggressively here.
Lord lands with a right to the head.
Yaj misses with a punch on the inside.
Lord misses with a punch to the body.
Lord tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yaj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lord has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaj misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yaj can't find room to land a body shot as Lord controls the action.
Lord working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yaj misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lord presses Yaj against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lord breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaj will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lord gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yaj trying to land knees to the body.
Lord makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yaj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lord breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lord feints a jab promting Yaj to slip. Lord then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yaj slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Eon Yaj has been cut.
Lord misses with a hook. Yaj ducked under it nicely.
Lord looks to throw the jab but Yaj is out of range.
Lord lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lord throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lord scores with a nice strike.
Yaj is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lord misses with an uppercut. Yaj saw that one coming.
Eon Yaj has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Selfie Lord is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lord.
Yaj looks to score with a jab to the body but Lord is just out of range.
Yaj pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lord is out of range and Yaj settles back down.
Lord appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lord lands a jab to the nose.
Yaj fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lord slips under a jab from Yaj.
Lord ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yaj moves away.
Lord connects with a single shot there.
Yaj walks into a straight right hand from Lord.
Lord cracks Yaj with a good jab.
Lord misses the shot to the body.
Lord feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yaj's calf.
Lord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yaj was well out of range. Poor timing from Lord.
Lord uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yaj.
It looked like Lord wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A good leg kick by Lord.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord misses with a low kick.
Yaj needs to keep his hands up - Lord had a free shot at his head there.
Yaj misses with a straight left.
Lord pushes Yaj up against the cage in a clinch.
Yaj tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lord lands a hook that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Lord avoiding damage as Yaj throws knees to the body.
Yaj is leaning against Lord and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yaj can't find room to land a body shot as Lord controls the action.
Yaj is stalling here.
Yaj tries to land knees in the clinch but Lord avoids the damage to the body.
Lord blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaj trying to land knees to the body.
Yaj tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yaj tries to land knees in the clinch but Lord avoids the damage to the body.
Yaj lands a nice uppercut.
Lord avoiding damage as Yaj throws knees to the body.
Yaj tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lord's elbow.
Lord blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yaj takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lord's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yaj missing with knees to the body.
Selfie Lord has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lord blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Selfie Lord showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lord 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Selfie Lord!
Our winner, Selfie Lord, 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Munson (ranked 359 p4p, 46 weight class) and Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 716 p4p, 102 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Munson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Yes Man Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munson misses with a body kick.
Munson tries to score with a low kick but Sanchez moves his leg out of the way.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Munson moves out of range.
Munson wants to slow Sanchez down by chopping away at his legs.
Sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez takes a swing at Munson's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Sanchez coming out on top.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1-2. Sanchez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Munson.
Sanchez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Munson.
Munson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Munson's sensitive parts.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Munson is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Munson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Munson.
Munson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munson.
Munson misses with the head strike.
Munson misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Munson.
Munson can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Munson.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Munson takes a shot to the head.
Munson lands with a short shot to the head.
Munson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Munson misses with a body punch.
Munson is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Munson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Munson throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Munson misses with an uppercut.
Munson sets himself, and Sanchez steps forward looking for the clinch! Munson avoids it this time.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Munson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Munson is looking for a counter combo.
Sanchez slips a jab from Munson.
Munson throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez clinches up with Munson and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Munson.
Munson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Munson blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Munson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanchez lands a left hand.
Munson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Good shot there by Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Munson off the cage and back into range.
Munson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Munson dips to his left and cracks Sanchez with an uppercut!
Robert Munson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Munson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sanchez ducks right into an uppercut from Munson.
Nice body kick from Munson.
Munson slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Munson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Munson counters with a stiff right hand.
Munson throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez has taken the fight to 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!
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Munson's elbow.
Sanchez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Munson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sanchez can turn it around.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Munson's head.
Munson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Munson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Munson avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Munson breaks the clinch.
Munson cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Munson slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Munson 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.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Munson moves away
and Munson counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A jab from Munson misses.
Munson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Munson misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yes Man Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sanchez clinches up against the cage.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munson.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez avoiding damage.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Munsons head.
Munson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Munson.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Sanchez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Munson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Munson tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Munson back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Munson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munson throwing a counter right hand but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Robert Munson is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez slips a jab from Munson.
Sanchez swings for the body but Munson moves out of range.
Munson throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez throws a sloppy body shot
and Munson counters with a big head kick but Sanchez shrugs it off.
A left lands for Munson.
Sanchez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Munson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Munson. That's going to slow Sanchez down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson checks a leg kick nicely.
Munson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Munson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Munson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Munson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Munson throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to work over Munson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Munson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Munson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Munson.
Sanchez blocks the body kick.
Sanchez darts in and clinches Munson up against the cage.
Sanchez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez has Munson pressed against the cage, preventing Munson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A body shot lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Munson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Munson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Munson's head but Munson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Munson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Munson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Munson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Munson. Munson obviously looking to wear him down.
Munson scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
A low kick from Sanchez is predictable there
enabling Munson to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Munson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez jabs at Munson's body.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Munson saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Munson lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yes Man Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Munson throws a leg kick that misses.
Munson avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Munson throws a body shot but no joy.
Munson lands a head kick. Sanchez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Munson counters with a body kick that stops Sanchez in his tracks momentarily.
A combination from Munson does no damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Munson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanchez clobbers Munson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Munson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Munson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Munson, right into the meat.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Munson saw that one coming.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Munson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Munson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Munson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Munson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Munson counters with a body kick that stops Sanchez in his tracks momentarily.
Munson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez swings for the body but Munson moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Munson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Munson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robert Munson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Munson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
As Sanchez looks to move away, Munson throws a big counter combo but Sanchez just gets out of the way.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Munson moves away and avoids it.
Munson throws a lazy uppercut
and Munson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Munson scores with a punch to the head.
Sanchez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Munson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Munson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Munson's head but Munson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munson connects with a high kick.
Munson throws a body kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Munson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Yes Man Sanchez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Munson.
Munson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanchez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Munson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Munson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Munson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Munson manages to avoid it.
Munson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Munson throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Munson moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Munson's sensitive parts.
A lazy body kick from Munson
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Munson takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Munson.
Munson throws a lazy body kick
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson digs a good body shot into Sanchez's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Munson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Munson throws an off balance right hand
and Sanchez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Munson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Munson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Munson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Munson lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Munson.
Munson tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yes Man Sanchez.
I've got Sanchez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 28:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yes Man Sanchez!
An out of breath Yes Man Sanchez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raise Hell (ranked 394 p4p, 52 weight class) and Riza Rakija (ranked 660 p4p, 86 weight class). Hell kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Motörhead - Hellraiser. Rakija has chosen Rakija as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
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167 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Raise Hell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Riza Rakija!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rakija tries a head kick but it misses.
Hell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rakija moves away.
Rakija misses with a head kick.
Rakija throws a head kick that misses.
Rakija fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hell misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Rakija on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hell seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rakija connects with a solid leg kick.
Hell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A bone on bone clash there as Rakija blocks the leg kick.
Hell moves out of range of the strikes.
Rakija 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.
Hell scores with a jab.
Hell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rakija moves away.
Hell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rakija scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rakija throws a leg kick which misses Hell's front leg but catches the back leg as Hell tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rakija lands a high kick!
Hell is looking to score with low kicks.
Hell misses with a body shot.
Hell misses with a right hand
and Rakija connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hell scores with a leg kick.
Hell tries to land a leg kick but Rakija saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Hell.
Hell checks the leg kick.
Hell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hell misses with a straight right.
Hell connects with a crisp jab.
Hell throws a lazy right hand but Rakija sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rakija throws a solid leg kick but Hell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rakija.
Hell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rakija appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hell is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rakija.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rakija checks a leg kick.
Rakija throws a counter combo.
Rakija lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hell throws an overhand right that lands on Rakija's shoulder, as Rakija tries to avoid the shot.
Raise Hell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rakija takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rakija on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hell misses with a body shot.
Rakija throws a counter combo.
Hell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rakija.
Hell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rakija. Rakija obviously looking to wear him down.
Hell lands with an uppercut that bounces Rakija off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rakija moves out of range as Hell strikes.
Rakija steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hell.
Hell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hell missing with a left hand there. Rakija was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rakija takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rakija connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
No joy there for Rakija, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rakija.
Nice straight punches there by Rakija. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rakija.
Rakija misses with the combination.
Hell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rakija.
Rakija connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hell's hands.
Hell throws out a loose jab but Rakija uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rakija is rocked!
Rakija throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rakija is still on wobbly legs! Can Hell finish him?
Rakija misses with a low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Hell misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Rakija misses its intended target.
Hell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rakija.
Hell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rakija seems to have recovered his senses.
Hell throws a lazy right hand but Rakija sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rakija.
Hell pounces like a tiger and cracks Rakija with a vicious hook! Rakija is down but not out! Hell follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Raise Hell!
Raise Hell was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Sullivan (ranked 818 p4p, 111 weight class) and Pablo Maraçon (ranked 256 p4p, 42 weight class). Maraçon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pistolero kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Pablo Maraçon!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Maraçon!
Sullivan takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've been hearing reports that Sullivan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Maraçon connects with a right hand. Sullivan shakes it off.
Sullivan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maraçon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maraçon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sullivan under the eye.
Sullivan tries for a takedown but Maraçon circles away easily
and Maraçon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Maraçon misses with a hook
and Sullivan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Maraçon won't be happy with that.
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!
Maraçon sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Maraçon tries to roll over but Sullivan keeps him under control.
Sullivan working the head and body with strikes.
Sullivan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Maraçon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sullivan.
Maraçon moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maraçon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sullivan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sullivan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sullivan 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.
Maraçon trying to control the position.
Maraçon pulls Sullivan in close to prevent any damage.
Sullivan trying to control but Maraçon is working from the bottom.
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.
Maraçon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maraçon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sullivan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sullivan throws a big elbow that misses.
Maraçon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sullivan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Maraçon wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sullivan stopping the sweep attempt from Maraçon.
Sullivan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Maraçon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maraçon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maraçon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sullivan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sullivan preventing the sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sullivan trying to control but Maraçon is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sullivan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maraçon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Maraçon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sullivan distracts Maraçon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Maraçon keeping moving, preventing Sullivan from controlling successfully.
Sullivan throws a strike but Maraçon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sullivan is looking for a triangle here but Maraçon uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Sullivan is looking for a sweep.
Sullivan sneaks back into half guard.
Sullivan is looking to improve his position.
Maraçon controlling the action here.
Sullivan wants to improve his position but Maraçon is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sullivan manages to get to full guard.
Sullivan keeping full guard, as Maraçon tries to pass.
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 Jeremy Sullivan will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sullivan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maraçon instigates a clinch.
Sullivan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maraçon pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Maraçon lands with a right to the head.
Maraçon is working Sullivan over against the cage.
Maraçon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sullivan backwards.
Maraçon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maraçon prevents the takedown attempt.
Sullivan jumps guard and drags Maraçon to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sullivan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Maraçon controls the pace.
Sullivan working for submissions but it's allowed Maraçon to get to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Maraçon in particular looking to stall.
Sullivan is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sullivan actively working from the bottom here.
Maraçon not doing much here.
Sullivan is looking to control Maraçon's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sullivan avoid being mounted?
Maraçon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sullivan keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maraçon prevents Sullivan from improving his position.
Maraçon is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sullivan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Maraçon showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Maraçon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Maraçon stays in close to Sullivan's body and controls the position.
Maraçon's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Sullivan is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Maraçon has his hands clasped together but Sullivan extends and breaks Maraçon's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Sullivan.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeremy Sullivan!
Jeremy Sullivan got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Kruger (ranked 159 p4p, 19 weight class) and Cavey Beaumont (ranked 316 p4p, 32 weight class). Kruger's entrance music is Enter The Spingbok Ninja. A fine choice. Cavey Beaumont has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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243 lbs
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290 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dustin Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cavey Beaumont!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Beaumont.
Beaumont moves into range and connects with a jab.
It looks like Dustin Kruger has been cut.
Beaumont misses with a body kick.
As Beaumont backs away, Kruger returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Beaumont looks to land a body kick but Kruger moved away.
Kruger wants to land a leg kick but Beaumont is out of range.
Beaumont looks to land a body kick but Kruger moved away.
Kruger appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Beaumont throws a jab when Kruger was well out of range.
Beaumont steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kruger. That one must have hurt.
Kruger checks a low kick from Beaumont.
No joy there for Beaumont, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A counter left hand to the body from Kruger misses its target.
Beaumont scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beaumont misses with a combination
and Kruger counters with a low kick, right behind Beaumont 's knee.
Kruger scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kruger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beaumont.
Kruger has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaumont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kruger avoids the head kick by Beaumont.
Kruger lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beaumont closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kruger did well to prevent Beaumont getting side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Beaumont controlling the action here.
Kruger preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Beaumont tries to pass to full mount but Kruger defends it.
Kruger is looking for a sweep. Beaumont is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaumont passes the guard and advances to mount!
Beaumont looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Beaumont wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Beaumont looking to finish Kruger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kruger!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Beaumont cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Beaumont won't let Kruger get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
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!
Kruger is looking to improve his position but Beaumont isn't that keen on the idea.
Kruger is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger tries to hold on but Beaumont pushes him away.
Kruger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beaumont lands a nice shot to the head.
Beaumont throwing strikes here but Kruger is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kruger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kruger is trying desperately to improve position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Beaumont working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kruger tries to lock up and control but Beaumont gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Beaumont throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Beaumont is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger is trying desperately to improve position.
Beaumont pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beaumont controlling the pace for now.
Beaumont with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Kruger defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Beaumont.
Kruger tries to reverse the position but Beaumont maintains control.
Kruger holds on, trying desperately to control.
Beaumont sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cavey Beaumont dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dustin Kruger'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.
Beaumont misses with a right hand
and Kruger counters with a stiff right hand.
Beaumont misses with a shot to the body
and Kruger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Cavey Beaumont has been cut.
Beaumont tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kruger swivels and escapes.
Kruger lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Beaumont finds it's way through Kruger's defenses.
Kruger throws a looping overhand right but Beaumont ducks down to avoid it.
Beaumont counters with a body kick.
Beaumont scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beaumont throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Kruger misses the target.
Beaumont misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beaumont connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kruger scrambles back to his feet.
Beaumont has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kruger misses the jab.
Beaumont fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beaumont checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Beaumont 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.
Beaumont throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruger.
Beaumont closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kruger throws a hook but Beaumont avoids it easily.
Beaumont throws a leg kick
and Beaumont takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kruger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beaumont throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kruger on the side of the head.
Dustin Kruger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beaumont tries to bum rush Kruger with a series of wild strikes but Kruger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kruger takes a swing at Beaumont's ribcage but misses.
Beaumont uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruger.
Kruger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beaumont.
Kruger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cavey Beaumont seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two 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!
Beaumont moves out of range as Kruger strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beaumont! But no joy.
Kruger misses with a low kick.
Cavey Beaumont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beaumont. Kruger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beaumont pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kruger is out of range and Beaumont settles back down.
Beaumont takes one to the chin there.
Kruger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruger misses with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Beaumont. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beaumont.
Beaumont tries to clinch but Kruger moves out of range.
Kruger throws a low kick but Beaumont moves out of range easily.
Beaumont scores with a jab to the body.
Beaumont throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kruger on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaumont ducks under a wild hook from Kruger.
Kruger ducks under a wild hook from Beaumont.
Beaumont takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That has opened up Cavey Beaumont's cut even more.
Beaumont tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruger misses with a straight left.
Beaumont moves out of range of the body kick from Kruger.
Kruger looks for the body kick but Beaumont saw that one coming.
Beaumont defending well as Kruger loads up on a big left hand.
Kruger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beaumont throws out the jab.
Beaumont scores with a decent looking hook.
Kruger throws out a loose jab but Beaumont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kruger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beaumont manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger slips a jab and a cross from Beaumont.
Kruger keeps Beaumont at a distance using the push kick.
Beaumont misses the shot to the body.
Kruger checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kruger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kruger misses with a low kick.
Beaumont fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dustin Kruger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cavey Beaumont.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruger delivers a nice body kick.
Beaumont is breathing heavily.
Beaumont takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Beaumont takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Beaumont uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kruger.
A big left from Beaumont misses.
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 Dustin Kruger will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kruger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruger is looking to counter with a body kick.
Beaumont connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kruger's hands.
Kruger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beaumont.
Beaumont stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Beaumont scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kruger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Beaumont throws an overhand right that lands on Kruger's shoulder, as Kruger tries to avoid the shot.
Beaumont has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kruger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beaumont blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beaumont shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kruger napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kruger throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruger. Beaumont does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beaumont throws a leg kick but Kruger moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaumont lands a two punch combo.
Beaumont avoids a kick to the body.
Beaumont keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beaumont scores with a head kick. Kruger tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Beaumont bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beaumont throws a head kick but Kruger moves out of range.
Kruger appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Beaumont takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beaumont lands with a straight right. Kruger didn't see that one coming.
Kruger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beaumont has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kruger.
Beaumont with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beaumont blocks the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kruger, right into the meat.
Beaumont tests Kruger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kruger wants to land a leg kick but Beaumont is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaumont throws an overhand right that lands on Kruger's shoulder, as Kruger tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kruger is looking to land body kicks.
Beaumont is looking for the big counter here.
Beaumont misses with a right hand
and Kruger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruger. Beaumont does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruger on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kruger throws a wild body kick that Beaumont sees coming a mile off.
Beaumont looks to throw the jab but Kruger is out of range.
Beaumont is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Beaumont misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kruger.
Kruger is looking for a counter combo.
Kruger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick by Beaumont misses
and Kruger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kruger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beaumont in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Beaumont.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger thumps Beaumont with a low kick.
Kruger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beaumont paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beaumont misses with an uppercut
and Kruger counters with a low kick, right behind Beaumont 's knee.
Kruger throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beaumont stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beaumont avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruger scores with a decent looking hook.
Kruger scores with a nice strike.
Beaumont is rocked!
The cut above Cavey Beaumont's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kruger misses with a wild body shot.
Beaumont was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Beaumont is still on wobbly legs! Can Kruger finish him?
Decent striking displayed by Kruger there.
Kruger throws a leg kick but Beaumont sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kruger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beaumont moves out of range of the leg kick from Kruger.
Beaumont seems to have recovered his senses.
Beaumont tries to clinch
and as Beaumont loses concentration momentarily, Kruger counters with a picture perfect head kick! Beaumont goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dustin Kruger!
In his post fight interview, Dustin Kruger started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ajax (ranked 35 p4p, 10 weight class) and Felix Sturm (ranked 140 p4p, 20 weight class). Ajax comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. This should be a great matchup!
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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
33 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marco Ajax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Sturm!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturm throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ajax throws a shot from downtown. Sturm moves away and avoids it.
Sturm looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sturm ducks under a wild hook from Ajax.
Ajax 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.
Sturm takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ajax ducks under a wild hook from Sturm.
Sturm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ajax.
Sturm moves out of range of the body kick from Ajax.
Sturm fails to land with a series of punches.
Sturm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ajax. That did some damage!
Sturm throws a hook but Ajax avoids it easily.
Ajax swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ajax misses with a low kick.
Ajax seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sturm misses with an uppercut. Ajax saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Ajax.
Sturm misses with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A low kick from Ajax is predictable there
and Sturm counters with an inside leg kick.
Ajax works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ajax just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturm defending well as Ajax loads up on a big left hand.
Ajax closes the distance and clinches up with Sturm, looking for a takedown. Ajax pushes Sturm against the cage but Sturm circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ajax is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturm 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.
Ajax missing with a left hand there. Sturm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marco Ajax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ajax throws a leg kick
and Sturm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ajax just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturm scores with a nice strike.
Sturm takes one on the button.
Sturm listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sturm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sturm misses with a looping right.
Nice shot lands for Sturm.
Felix Sturm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ajax looks to land a combination. Sturm sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturm moves out of range of the leg kick from Ajax.
Ajax throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ajax shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sturm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sturm takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ajax keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sturm.
Sturm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Ajax.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sturm. Ajax does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Sturm.
Ajax throws a looping overhand right but Sturm ducks down to avoid it.
Ajax looks to throw the jab but Sturm is out of range.
Sturm scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ajax in his tracks.
Sturm misses with a looping right.
Sturm misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Sturm.
Sturm is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sturm stalks Ajax and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ajax's face. Ajax staggers backwards, shaken.
Ajax fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sturm is out of range.
Sturm connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sturm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ajax.
Ajax throws out a loose jab but Sturm uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Ajax.
Ajax needs to keep his hands up - Sturm had a free shot at his head there.
Sturm scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Sturm misses.
A swing and a miss from Ajax.
Sturm lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ajax.
Sturm slips a straight right by Ajax.
Ajax fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sturm checks it well.
Sturm takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ajax keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sturm.
Ajax cracks the inside of Sturm's front leg.
Ajax lunges at Sturm with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sturm's hand.
Sturm blocks a jab.
Sturm misses the shot to the body.
Sturm darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Ajax, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ajax throws a low kick but Sturm moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Sturm on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ajax throws a low kick but Sturm moves out of range easily.
Ajax shoots for a takedown but Sturm saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A nice side step and Sturm releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Ajax. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ajax looks to throw the jab but Sturm is out of range.
Sturm throws a poor cross that misses
letting Ajax counter with a right hand.
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!
Sturm slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sturm is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ajax had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ajax misses with a body shot.
Ajax bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sturm can't do much from the bottom here.
Ajax scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ajax creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ajax working the ground and pound but Sturm is defending the strikes.
Ajax works to advance to full mount. Sturm defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sturm is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poor strikes thrown by Ajax there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Felix Sturm will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sturm stuffs the takedown.
Sturm takes one to the chin there.
Sturm scores with a nice strike.
Sturm throws a body shot but no joy.
Ajax appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sturm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sturm slips under a jab.
Ajax throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ajax will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ajax.
Sturm has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice defenses there by Sturm.
It seemed like Sturm was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sturm has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sturm 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.
Ajax looks to throw the jab but Sturm is out of range.
Sturm looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ajax throws a low kick but Sturm avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sturm paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sturm takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sturm connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ajax's hands.
Felix Sturm seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ajax takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ajax throws a leg kick but Sturm checks it.
Sturm lands a nice shot that snaps Ajax's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ajax lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sturm has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sturm and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An inside leg kick from Sturm misses.
Ajax attempts a counter takedown but Sturm avoids it well and moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ajax lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sturm has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sturm and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ajax looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ajax defending well as Sturm loads up on a big left hand.
Sturm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ajax was well out of range. Poor timing from Sturm.
Donk. Sturm catches Ajax right on the button with a cross.
Sturm swings for the body but Ajax moves out of range.
Sturm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ajax moves away.
Ajax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sturm checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sturm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ajax is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sturm lands a body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Sturm checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sturm takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sturm loads up on a big right hand but Ajax slips the punch.
Ajax drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sturm sprawls and moves away.
Ajax throws a leg kick
and Sturm counters with a thumping low kick.
Sturm slips a straight right by Ajax.
Ajax throws a wild body kick that Sturm sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajax misses with a wild combination.
Sturm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ajax pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sturm back to the cage. Ajax follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
Ajax misses with a hook. Sturm ducked under it nicely.
Sturm lands a leg kick that knocks Ajax off balance momentarily.
Ajax misses with a looping right.
Ajax takes one on the button.
Ajax misses with a low kick.
Ajax throws a head kick but Sturm moves out of range.
Ajax uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sturm.
A swing and a miss from Ajax.
A head kick from Sturm lands but Ajax takes it in his stride.
Sturm scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ajax throws a head kick that misses.
Sturm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ajax manages to avoid it.
Sturm thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sturm lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajax jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sturm throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ajax feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ajax misses with a looping right.
Ajax throws a leg kick
and Sturm counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sturm moves away from the strike by Ajax.
Sturm misses with a wild combination.
Ajax feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sturm's calf.
Sturm listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ajax checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ajax avoids the body shot from Sturm.
An inside leg kick from Sturm misses.
Ajax uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturm.
Sturm scores with a head kick. Ajax tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice body punch from Sturm.
Ajax misses with a straight right.
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!
Sturm misses the shot to the body.
Ajax misses with a low kick.
Ajax uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturm.
Sturm scores with the left hand. Ajax knows he should have avoided that one.
Ajax shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ajax misses with a low kick as Sturm jumps back.
A slow jab from Ajax misses its intended target.
Sturm connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ajax momentarily.
Sturm just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ajax.
Sturm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ajax loads up on a big right hand but Sturm slips the punch.
Decent striking displayed by Sturm there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sturm misses with a hook. Ajax ducked under it nicely.
Ajax is looking to counter punch.
Good shot there by Sturm.
Ajax shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sturm pinned against the cage. Sturm gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sturm! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Sturm showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A big right from Sturm misses.
Sturm cracks a nice hook into Ajax's ribs.
That kick from Ajax tenderised Sturm's leg. Sturm is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ajax takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ajax scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sturm fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ajax has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sturm lands the left hand.
Sturm stuns Ajax with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ajax avoids the body shot from Sturm.
Ajax changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sturm tries to avoid it but Ajax manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sturm to the ground. Sturm escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sturm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ajax manages to avoid it.
Sturm slips under a jab from Ajax.
Sturm looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ajax misses with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Ajax.
A jab from Sturm misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sturm misses with a straight right.
Ajax connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ajax takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ajax with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ajax takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ajax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sturm.
Ajax closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sturm did well to prevent Ajax getting side control.
Ajax not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ajax not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ajax is just content to waste time from the top position. Sturm takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ajax working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ajax trying to control but Sturm is working from the bottom.
Ajax throwing strikes from guard but Sturm blocks nicely.
Ajax is looking to work some ground and pound but Sturm has wrist control.
Marco Ajax has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajax trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ajax wants to control from the top but Sturm keeps moving.
Ajax throws a big right hand that misses.
Ajax is in close to Sturm's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ajax 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.
Sturm wants to sweep but no luck.
Ajax trying to control the position from guard on top but Sturm is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sturm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ajax is one step ahead there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ajax uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturm.
Ajax shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sturm is trying to defend but Ajax finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajax performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sturm avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ajax.
Ajax is looking to take a break and control but Sturm is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ajax with the ground and pound but Sturm uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ajax throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sturm is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
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.
Ajax wants to control from the top but Sturm keeps moving.
Sturm not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A low kick from Ajax misses
and Sturm counters with a straight right hand.
Jab from Sturm.
Sturm looks to throw the jab but Ajax is out of range.
A big right from Ajax misses.
Ajax throws a body punch but Sturm moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sturm! But no joy.
Ajax lands with a hook. Sturm tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab lands there for Sturm.
Ajax tries to land a leg kick but Sturm saw it coming and moves away.
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 Marco Ajax.
I think Sturm has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felix Sturm!
A less than humble Felix Sturm misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fook Man (ranked 16 p4p, 3 weight class) and Gary Tonon (ranked 25 p4p, 7 weight class). Tonon has chosen What About Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fook Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gary Tonon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tonon counters with a one-two to the body.
A cross from Man lands.
Tonon looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tonon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Fook Man has been cut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Tonon misses with a takedown
and Man counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Man lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tonon will feel that in the morning.
Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tonon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tonon gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Man makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonon moves out of range as Man throws a body kick.
Tonon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Man gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tonon counters with a straight right hand.
Man stuns Tonon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Man's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Man duly obliges.
Tonon looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Man!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man struggling a bit here.
Tonon decides to stand back up.
Tonon slips under a jab from Man.
Tonon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Despite the aggression on Tonon's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Man misses with a body punch
and Tonon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No luck for Tonon with that takedown attempt.
Man is looking to counter punch.
Fook Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Tonon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Man finds it's way round the side to connect with Tonon's head.
Man throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fook Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tonon unleashes a big counter combination but Man bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tonon throws a series of strikes that have Man backpedaling.
Tonon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tonon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Man manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Man has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Tonon is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Man lands an uppercut.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
Tonon wants to take the fight to the mat but Man manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
Man lands with a short shot to the head.
Man misses with some punches.
Man working aggressively here.
Tonon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Man pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fook Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fook Man's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Man lands the left hand.
Tonon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Man lands with an uppercut that bounces Tonon off the cage and back into range.
Tonon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tonon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonon moves into range and clinches up with Man.
Tonon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Man gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Tonon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Tonon.
Tonon successfully pulls guard.
Man is looking to pass into half guard but Tonon pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tonon is in guard.
Tonon stopping the sweep attempt from Man.
Man is trying to control the position but Tonon postures up.
Man keeping full guard, as Tonon tries to pass.
Man trying to keep a closed guard but Tonon is proving a slippery customer.
Gary Tonon has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonon preventing the sweep.
Tonon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Man seems keen to control Tonon's posture.
Tonon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Man swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tonon stands and throws Man's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Man regains half guard.
Man wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tonon decides to stand and escape the position.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Tonon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man connects with a nice looking jab.
Tonon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Man but Man pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tonon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Man looks to throw the jab but Tonon is out of range.
Tonon appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Man scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a body kick that misses.
Tonon unleashes a big counter combination but Man bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Tonon counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
A big right from Man misses.
Tonon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tonon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fook Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Tonon.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Tonon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Man misses with an attempted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tonon! But no joy.
Tonon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fook Man dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fook Man's cut.
That's time! Man's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Tonon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tonon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Man throws a sloppy body shot
and Tonon counters with a straight right hand.
Tonon tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Man defends well and Tonon ends up having to push Man into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tonon is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Man's half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonon wants to pass the guard but Man is defending well.
Man trying to hold on to Tonon's head to control him but Tonon postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man wants to get back to full guard.
Tonon controlling the action here.
Man is pressing down on Tonon's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tonon looking to pass the guard.
Tonon trying to control the position from guard on top but Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tonon is looking to pass into half guard but Man pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Man is in guard.
Tonon keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tonon can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man stays in close to Tonon's body and controls the position.
Tonon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Man controls from within his opponent's guard.
Man trying to move into half guard but instead Tonon has managed to sweep!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonon pushes down on Man's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Man is trying to control Tonon's posture. Tonon takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Man! Tonon is rotating here... this could be the end... Man is out! Tonon has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Gary Tonon!
Gary Tonon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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