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EFA 49 Farmery vs Vasilevskiy PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darryl Rose (ranked 1691 p4p, 216 weight class) and Minobu Kurita (ranked 6567 p4p, 558 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rose might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mobb Deep - Shook ones. Kurita has chosen Game of Thrones as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darryl Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Minobu Kurita!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kurita!
Kurita is looking to get back to his feet here but Rose is keeping cool and he's managed to take Kurita's back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kurita takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Rose has got one arm under Kurita's chin. This could be trouble... Kurita trying to control the other hand but Rose gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Kurita has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Darryl Rose!
Darryl Rose took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
In defeat, Minobu Kurita stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sayonara'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liquid Voyage (ranked 4865 p4p, 510 weight class) and Alan Hansen (ranked 2388 p4p, 291 weight class). Hansen has chosen Follow the Leader - by-KORN as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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195 lbs
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202 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liquid Voyage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alan Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voyage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hansen.
Alan Hansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hansen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hansen misses with a hook
and Voyage counters with a straight right hand.
Hansen throws a low kick, looking for Voyage's leg but Voyage calmly moves out of range.
Voyage throws a lazy uppercut
and Hansen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Voyage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hansen throws a big shot that misses.
Voyage throws a body punch but Hansen moves out of range.
Voyage's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Voyage duly obliges.
It looks like Alan Hansen has been cut.
Hansen tries to keep at a distance but Voyage has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hansen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Voyage effectively controlling the action here.
Voyage being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voyage presses Hansen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hansen misses with some punches.
Hansen throws a punch but it's blocked by Voyage.
Voyage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hansen throws a head punch that misses.
Hansen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Voyage backwards.
Voyage stalling against the cage.
Hansen blocks an uppercut.
Voyage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Voyage drops his hands momentarily and Hansen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Voyage has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Voyage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hansen was well out of range. Poor timing from Voyage.
Hansen misses with a lunging right hand
and Voyage counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voyage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voyage throws a big shot that misses.
Voyage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hansen throws out the jab.
Hansen loads up on a big right hand but Voyage slips the punch.
Voyage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hansen.
Hansen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Voyage.
Voyage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hansen was well out of range. Poor timing from Voyage.
A combination from Hansen does no damage.
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!
Voyage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hansen, pushing him back against the cage.
Voyage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Voyage lands with a left to the head.
Hansen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Hansen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voyage's elbow.
Voyage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voyage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hansen trying to control the position but instead, Voyage has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hansen into the cage.
Voyage digs a right hand into Hansen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hansen's gas tank.
Hansen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voyage manages to break the clinch.
Hansen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hansen throws an overhand right that lands on Voyage's shoulder, as Voyage tries to avoid the shot.
Hansen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hansen misses with a straight right.
Hansen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Voyage connects with a single shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voyage moves out of range as Hansen strikes.
Voyage seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Voyage. Hansen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hansen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Voyage tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hansen throws a hook but Voyage blocks it.
Hansen throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Voyage.
Voyage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Voyage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hansen throws the left hand but Voyage avoids the punch easily.
Hansen scores with a jab.
Hansen scores with a shot to the body.
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 Liquid Voyage will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alan Hansen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Voyage closes the distance and clinches.
Voyage looking to stall.
Voyage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Voyage lands a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hansen digs a right hand into Voyage's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Voyage's gas tank.
Hansen leaning against his opponent.
Voyage stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Voyage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liquid Voyage is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hansen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hansen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hansen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Voyage.
Hansen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voyage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Voyage.
Voyage gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hansen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Voyage lands a nice shot to the body.
Voyage lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hansen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A hook to the body from Hansen.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voyage lands a right hand.
Hansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Voyage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Voyage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hansen.
Hansen misses with a straight left.
Voyage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Voyage scores with a nice right hand.
Hansen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voyage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Voyage walks into a stiff left hand from Hansen.
Voyage throws a good cross that connects.
Hansen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hansen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hansen looks to land a right hand but Voyage moved out of range.
Voyage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen misses with a looping right.
Voyage is looking for a counter combo.
Voyage lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hansen defending well as Voyage loads up on a big left hand.
Hansen slips under a jab.
Hansen throws a lazy uppercut
and Voyage cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Voyage throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Hansen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Voyage.
A telegraphed right hand from Voyage misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hansen! But no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hansen, as that shot connected.
Hansen swings widly with a right hand
and Voyage counters with a straight right hand.
Hansen lands a glancing blow to the side of Voyage's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Voyage as he connects with a hook.
Voyage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Voyage throws a shot from downtown. Hansen moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Voyage. Those never looked like landing.
A punch lands to the side of Voyage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Liquid Voyage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Voyage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hansen.
Hansen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Voyage drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Hansen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Voyage throwing a counter right hand but Hansen manages to avoid it.
Hansen's corner calls for a 1-2. Hansen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Voyage instigates a clinch.
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 Liquid Voyage will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alan Hansen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Hansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hansen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hansen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Voyage throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hansen counters with a straight right hand.
Voyage takes a swing at Hansen's ribcage but misses.
Hansen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Voyage gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Voyage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liquid Voyage has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Voyage.
Voyage taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voyage breaks the clinch.
Voyage ducks under a wild hook from Hansen.
Hansen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Voyage.
A little feinted left hand from Voyage on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Voyage closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voyage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voyage breaks the clinch.
Hansen throws a poor cross that misses
and Voyage counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Voyage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Voyage avoids the body shot from Hansen.
Voyage's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hansen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Voyage scrambles back to his feet.
Hansen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Voyage's hands.
Hansen just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hansen.
Voyage clinches up with Hansen and pushes him back against the cage.
Hansen stalling.
Hansen is looking to control Voyage's arms but Voyage gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hansen has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Voyage has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Voyage leaning against his opponent.
Voyage softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Voyage stalling in the clinch but Hansen improves position.
Hansen misses with a punch to the body.
Voyage stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Voyage.
Voyage scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voyage lands an elbow that stopped Hansen in his tracks for a moment.
Voyage misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Hansen fails to land.
Voyage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hansen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voyage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voyage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Voyage will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hansen up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is trying to stall.
Hansen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Voyage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alan Hansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Voyage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Liquid Voyage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Voyage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hansen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Voyage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Voyage is looking to counter punch.
Voyage looks to land a left hand but Hansen moved out of range nicely.
Hansen misses with an uppercut.
Voyage on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voyage has taken the fight to the clinch.
Voyage misses with some punches.
Voyage misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Voyage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hansen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hansen lands a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liquid Voyage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Voyage, 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liquid Voyage!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Liquid Voyage made sure he mentioned Vikai Gear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Alan Hansen was interviewed post fight and said 'Terrible defending'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wilner Fatiman (ranked 3023 p4p, 270 weight class) and Monkey Straw Hat (ranked 3594 p4p, 308 weight class). Fatiman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Zion Train. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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155 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilner Fatiman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Monkey Straw Hat!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Straw Hat. No joy for Fatiman on that attempt.
Straw Hat is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fatiman tries for a takedown but Straw Hat sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fatiman forces Straw Hat back against the cage and clinches.
We've been hearing reports that Fatiman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Straw Hat.
Straw Hat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fatiman is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilner Fatiman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fatiman has Straw Hat pressed against the cage, preventing Straw Hat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Straw Hat is looking to control Fatiman's arms but Fatiman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Straw Hat has his back to the cage.
Fatiman tries for a takedown but Straw Hat manages to get underhooks.
Straw Hat looking to throw knees to the head but Fatiman is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Straw Hat looking to slow down the pace here.
Straw Hat stops a takedown attempt from Fatiman.
Straw Hat with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Straw Hat working aggressively here.
Fatiman wants the takedown. Straw Hat is fighting it off but Fatiman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Straw Hat's guard against the cage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fatiman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Straw Hat controls Fatiman momentarily but Fatiman frees himself.
Fatiman lands a couple of elbows.
Straw Hat has momentary wrist control but Fatiman slips an elbow through the middle.
Fatiman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fatiman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatiman 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.
Fatiman is in close to Straw Hat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fatiman content to stall in guard here.
Fatiman cracks Straw Hat with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fatiman stands up over Straw Hat, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fatiman slips nicely into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Straw Hat can do anything to dispel that myth.
Straw Hat tries to roll over but Fatiman keeps him under control.
Fatiman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fatiman works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Fatiman stalls from top position.
Fatiman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Straw Hat can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Straw Hat taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fatiman has hold of Straw Hat's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Straw Hat tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Fatiman cranks the arm and Straw Hat screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Straw Hat, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Wilner Fatiman!
Wilner Fatiman thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lakoj Dresden (ranked 2370 p4p, 326 weight class) and Sam Micalinni (ranked 1802 p4p, 255 weight class). Sam Micalinni told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lakoj Dresden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Micalinni!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Hemmingworth and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dresden shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Micalinni wants to sweep here but Dresden controlling him for the moment.
Micalinni is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dresden showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dresden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Micalinni is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Micalinni is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dresden is working Micalinni over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Micalinni trying to keep a closed guard but Dresden is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dresden not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Micalinni is trying to control the position but Dresden postures up.
Dresden trying to control the position from guard on top but Micalinni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dresden preventing the sweep.
Dresden is looking to stand up but Micalinni won't let him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Micalinni 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.
Dresden clinches with his opponent.
Dresden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Micalinni throws the left hand but Dresden avoids the punch easily.
Dresden shoots in but Micalinni avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Micalinni misses with a left hand
and Dresden counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micalinni loads up on a big right hand but Dresden slips the punch.
Dresden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Micalinni connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dresden scrambles back to his feet.
Dresden has closed the distance and engaged Micalinni in a clinch.
Micalinni misses with an elbow strike.
Dresden keeps control of Micalinni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dresden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dresden drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Micalinni looking for a sweep but Dresden has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The referee warns Micalinni that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dresden prevents Micalinni from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dresden tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Micalinni is in all sorts of trouble here.
Micalinni wants to get back to his feet.
Dresden controlling from the full mount.
Dresden punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dresden takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dresden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dresden working Micalinni over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Micalinni throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dresden. What's that going to do exactly?
Dresden working the ground and pound effectively.
Dresden working Micalinni over with strikes here.
Dresden scoring with strikes but Micalinni is staying in there.
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!
Micalinni is in all sorts of trouble here.
Micalinni tries to lock up and control but Dresden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Micalinni working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lakoj Dresden dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Micalinni misses with a looping left.
Dresden shoots in and gets a takedown into Micalinni's guard.
Dresden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dresden stands up over Micalinni, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dresden looking to pass the guard.
Micalinni looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dresden is one step ahead there.
Dresden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dresden trying to control but Micalinni is working from the bottom.
Dresden sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Micalinni looking for a sweep. Not yet Micalinni, not yet.
Dresden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dresden postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Micalinni keeping full guard, as Dresden tries to pass.
Micalinni has control of Dresden's left arm, preventing Dresden from doing any damage.
Dresden connects with a couple of short punches.
Dresden stays in close to Micalinni's body and controls the position.
Micalinni wants to sweep but no luck.
Micalinni looking to control but Dresden passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micalinni is trying to control but can't.
Still in half guard, Dresden seems content to control.
Micalinni wants to control but Dresden is keeping busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Micalinni trying to get back to full guard but Dresden takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Micalinni wants to hold on but Dresden pushes him away.
Dresden landing strikes from the mount and Micalinni is in trouble!
Dresden landing shots from mount.
Dresden is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dresden fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Micalinni is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Micalinni tries to hold on but Dresden postures up.
Micalinni is still in real trouble! Can Dresden finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dresden lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Micalinni tries to hold on but Dresden postures up.
Micalinni seems to have recovered his senses.
Dresden blocks Micalinni's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Dresden lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Micalinni working to try and regain half guard.
Dresden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Micalinni can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dresden trying to control but Micalinni is having none of it.
Dresden controlling the position easily from mount.
Dresden punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dresden landing strikes from the mount.
Dresden punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dresden unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Micalinni wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Dresden celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lakoj Dresden!
In his post fight interview, Lakoj Dresden gave a big smile as he said 'That was to easy ... Love you Fans '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Warley Alvez (ranked 3242 p4p, 373 weight class) and Vihaan Lal (ranked 21735 p4p, 752 weight class). Alvez comes to the cage accompanied by NYSNC`-POP. This should be fireworks!
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190 lbs
0 - 8 - 0 |
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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
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Warley Alvez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vihaan Lal!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ben Watson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lal takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alvez circles away.
Warley Alvez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A thudding body kick lands there by Alvez!
Lal looks winded!
Alvez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvez connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Lal tumbling to the canvas! Alvez pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Lal was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Warley Alvez!
Warley Alvez 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yang Xinhai (ranked 2208 p4p, 112 weight class) and Yamato Ishii (ranked 7235 p4p, 283 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Yang Xinhai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yamato Ishii!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ishii misses.
Ishii fails to land with a series of punches.
Ishii moves out of range as Xinhai strikes.
Xinhai throws a hook to the side of Ishii's head but Ishii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Xinhai scores with a shot to the body.
Xinhai paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Xinhai just misses with a punch to the body.
Xinhai misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishii throws a left and a right that both miss
and Xinhai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ishii misses with a looping right.
Ishii misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii slips a straight right by Xinhai.
Ishii looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ishii rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Xinhai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Xinhai swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Xinhai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ishii throws a left and a right that both miss
and Xinhai counters with a left to the body.
Xinhai cracks Ishii on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Ishii falls backwards against the cage. Xinhai follows up with more strikes that drop Ishii to his knees. Xinhai keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Ishii! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yang Xinhai!
A relieved looking Yang Xinhai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Yamato Ishii had this to say: 'It is what it is'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Mordino (ranked 7234 p4p, 578 weight class) and Aniketh Chin (ranked 21824 p4p, 695 weight class). Victor Mordino has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Victor Mordino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aniketh Chin!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mordino but Mordino pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mordino closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mordino lands in his opponent's guard.
Mordino passes Chin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mordino maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Chin could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Mordino has cracked it and Chin is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Mordino!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Victor Mordino!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matvey Pavlov (ranked 1080 p4p, 55 weight class) and Baka Vizsla (ranked 7180 p4p, 282 weight class). Pavlov comes to the cage accompanied by Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights. Vizsla has chosen Bodak Yellow by Cardi B. as his entrance music. Baka Vizsla struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matvey Pavlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Baka Vizsla!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Chris Dean and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlov dives in and scores a takedown into Vizsla's guard.
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.
Pavlov stands and throws Vizsla's legs to the side, diving into side control.
We've been hearing good reports from Pavlov's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Pavlov moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Pavlov gets to mount! Vizsla was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Pavlov throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Vizsla has his hands clasped together but Pavlov breaks the hold and Vizsla is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Pavlov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matvey Pavlov!
An out of breath and clearly excited Matvey Pavlov thanked BuriedAlive// Fight Gear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Baka Vizsla was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm coming back with vengeance!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Donnelly (ranked 1424 p4p, 188 weight class) and Godofredo Ruiz (ranked 1988 p4p, 252 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dominic Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Godofredo Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donnelly.
Ruiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Donnelly - that will leave a mark!
Ruiz rushes Donnelly and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruiz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ruiz works over Donnelly's head and body with a nice combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruiz. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruiz misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly throws a good cross that connects.
Ruiz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab lands there for Ruiz.
Ruiz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ruiz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Ruiz.
Donnelly is looking to counter the offense by Ruiz and move into the clinch.
Donnelly tries to bum rush Ruiz with a series of wild strikes but Ruiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donnelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruiz fails to land with a series of punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Donnelly. Ruiz shrugs it off though.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Ruiz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donnelly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donnelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Ruiz does it's job there.
Donnelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruiz wants to counter with a clinch but Donnelly pushes him away.
Donnelly lunges at Ruiz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ruiz's hand.
Ruiz misses with a jab to the body
and Donnelly counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick
and Ruiz moves into the clinch.
Donnelly blocking some punches.
Ruiz misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Donnelly's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruiz throws a head punch that misses.
Ruiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Donnelly has a couple of punches blocked by Ruiz.
Ruiz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Donnelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ruiz tries to throw a body punch but Donnelly avoids it by throwing Ruiz back against the cage.
Donnelly lands with a short shot to the head.
Ruiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Donnelly misses with an elbow over the top.
Donnelly lands an elbow inside that Ruiz shrugs off.
It looks like Godofredo Ruiz has been cut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruiz.
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Ruiz lands a nice uppercut.
Ruiz blocking some punches.
Ruiz has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
Ruiz can't find room to land a body shot as Donnelly controls the action.
Ruiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Donnelly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Donnelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly pushes Ruiz away with a front kick.
Donnelly has closed the distance and engaged Ruiz in a clinch.
Ruiz prevents Donnelly from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donnelly.
Donnelly breaks from the clinch.
Ruiz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Donnelly eats them both and turns towards Ruiz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Donnelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ruiz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Donnelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ruiz.
Donnelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Donnelly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ruiz 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.
Ruiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Donnelly.
Ruiz misses the shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donnelly, right into the meat.
Donnelly throws a chopping leg kick but Ruiz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Donnelly looks to throw the jab but Ruiz is out of range.
Ruiz wants to counter the offense by Donnelly and move into the clinch position.
Donnelly digs a good hook to Ruiz's body.
Donnelly misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruiz avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruiz is just out of range.
Donnelly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Donnelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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 Dominic Donnelly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Godofredo Ruiz's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Donnelly with a hook.
A jab from Ruiz finds it's way through Donnelly's defenses.
Ruiz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Donnelly counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ruiz is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Ruiz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donnelly wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ruiz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly sets himself, and Ruiz steps forward looking for the clinch! Donnelly avoids it this time.
Ruiz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ruiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly slips a jab from Ruiz.
Donnelly digs a good body shot into Ruiz's ribs.
Ruiz throws a right hand that misses
and Donnelly moves into the clinch.
Ruiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ruiz misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz avoids the elbow strike from Donnelly, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruiz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ruiz fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Donnelly as the two fighters clinch.
Godofredo Ruiz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Donnelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ruiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donnelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruiz is defending well for now.
Donnelly working aggressively here.
Donnelly throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
Ruiz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Donnelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruiz's brow.
Donnelly pushes Ruiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donnelly prevents a body shot from Ruiz.
Ruiz misses with the head strike.
Donnelly prevents a body shot from Ruiz.
Donnelly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ruiz throws a head punch that misses.
Donnelly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ruiz or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly breaks from the clinch.
Dominic Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Donnelly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donnelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruiz 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.
Donnelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Ruiz should have avoided that one.
Donnelly slips under a jab from Ruiz.
Nice body kick there by Donnelly.
Ruiz clinches up with Donnelly and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Donnelly fails to land.
Ruiz lands a hook that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Donnelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ruiz throws a head punch that misses.
Donnelly blocking some punches.
Ruiz tries to throw a body punch but Donnelly avoids it by throwing Ruiz back against the cage.
Donnelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz misses with some punches.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donnelly digs a right hand into Ruiz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ruiz's gas tank.
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Ruiz breaks from the clinch.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruiz manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Ruiz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donnelly has Ruiz up against the cage in a clinch.
Donnelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ruiz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ruiz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruiz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ruiz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruiz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruiz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
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!
Ruiz cracks Donnelly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ruiz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ruiz tries to throw a body punch but Donnelly avoids it by throwing Ruiz back against the cage.
Donnelly works on Ruiz's body with a couple of short punches.
Ruiz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Donnelly blocks a body shot from Ruiz.
Ruiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Donnelly.
Donnelly presses Ruiz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ruiz digs a right hand into Donnelly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Donnelly's gas tank.
Donnelly tries to work over Ruiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donnelly lands a nice uppercut.
Ruiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Donnelly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Godofredo Ruiz's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Ruiz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruiz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Donnelly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A telegraphed right hand from Donnelly misses the target.
Donnelly sets himself, and Ruiz steps forward looking for the clinch! Donnelly avoids it this time.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut. Ruiz saw that one coming.
Donnelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Donnelly tries a low kick but Ruiz avoids it.
Ruiz throws a big shot that misses.
Donnelly is looking to counter the offense by Ruiz and move into the clinch.
Donnelly throws a hook but Ruiz avoids it easily.
Ruiz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
Dominic Donnelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruiz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ruiz.
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dominic Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruiz misses with a hook. Donnelly ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ruiz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Donnelly.
Ruiz looks to land a combination but Donnelly avoids it well.
Donnelly takes one on the button.
Donnelly scores with the left hand. Ruiz knows he should have avoided that one.
Donnelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruiz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ruiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ruiz.
Donnelly misses with a leg kick.
Ruiz wants to counter the offense by Donnelly and move into the clinch position.
Godofredo Ruiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dominic Donnelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Ruiz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiz throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly 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.
Ruiz takes a swing at Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
Ruiz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ruiz is looking to control Donnelly's arms but Donnelly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ruiz has his back to the cage.
Donnelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Donnelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ruiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ruiz pushes Donnelly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruiz lands with a left to the head.
Donnelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Ruiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Donnelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Ruiz.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Ruiz misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Donnelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruiz throws a head punch that misses.
Donnelly gets through Ruiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ruiz misses with a punch to the body.
Ruiz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Donnellys head.
Ruiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donnelly sets himself, and Ruiz steps forward looking for the clinch! Donnelly avoids it this time.
Ruiz throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
As Ruiz tries to get set, Donnelly tries to push him back and clinch up but Ruiz manages to avoid the attempt.
Ruiz avoids a kick to the body.
Ruiz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Donnelly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruiz's sensitive parts.
Donnelly misses with a body shot.
Ruiz tries to counter with a clinch but Donnelly shakes him off and moves away.
Ruiz pushes Donnelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ruiz's elbow.
Ruiz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Donnelly tries to work over Ruiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donnelly breaks the clinch.
Donnelly instigates a clinch.
Donnelly blocking some punches.
Ruiz throws a head punch that misses.
Donnelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Donnelly lands with a light punch inside.
Donnelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ruiz throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ruiz.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Godofredo Ruiz.
I think Donnelly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominic Donnelly!
A relieved looking Dominic Donnelly 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Philip Farmery (ranked 454 p4p, 66 weight class) and Andrei Vasilevskiy (ranked 876 p4p, 122 weight class). Farmery comes into the arena with Bad Wolves-Zombie blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Philip Farmery!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrei Vasilevskiy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ron Honeybunn and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Farmery. That snapped Vasilevskiy's head back.
Vasilevskiy scores with a shot to the body.
Farmery scores with a kick to the body.
Farmery just misses with a punch to the body.
Farmery lands with an uppercut that bounces Vasilevskiy off the cage and back into range.
Vasilevskiy looks to score with a jab to the body but Farmery is just out of range.
Farmery tries to bum rush Vasilevskiy with a series of wild strikes but Vasilevskiy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Farmery lands a right hook to the body.
Farmery throws a hook but Vasilevskiy blocks it.
Farmery drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farmery is fighting to break Vasilevskiy's control of his arms but Vasilevskiy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Vasilevskiy throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Farmery escapes and throws Vasilevskiy's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Vasilevskiy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Farmery looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farmery frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farmery wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Vasilevskiy tries to hold on but Farmery postures up.
Vasilevskiy blocking the ground and pound.
Vasilevskiy tries to lock up and control but Farmery gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Farmery looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Farmery looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Vasilevskiy is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasilevskiy is looking to get to half guard.
Farmery throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Vasilevskiy holds on to Farmery as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vasilevskiy holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Farmery tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Vasilevskiy working to try and regain half guard.
Farmery putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vasilevskiy wants to control but Farmery is having none of it.
Farmery goes for an armbar but Vasilevskiy turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Vasilevskiy.
Farmery escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vasilevskiy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasilevskiy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Farmery has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vasilevskiy has managed to get both his arms back between Farmery's legs - danger averted.
Farmery wants to improve his position but instead Vasilevskiy has moved into half guard.
Farmery is looking to control Vasilevskiy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Farmery avoid being mounted?
Vasilevskiy is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Farmery actively working from the bottom here.
Vasilevskiy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Farmery actively working from the bottom here.
Vasilevskiy content to control rather than advance.
Vasilevskiy is continuing to stall.
My spies in Team Alpha Midget inform me that Vasilevskiy has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Farmery trying to hold on to Vasilevskiy's head to control him but Vasilevskiy postures up.
Farmery wants to get back to full guard but Vasilevskiy has mounted him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Philip Farmery dominated that round.
That's time! Farmery's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vasilevskiy throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Philip Farmery has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vasilevskiy.
Farmery bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Vasilevskiy. That snapped Farmery's head back.
Vasilevskiy drops Farmery with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Farmery looks back up at him and smiles so Vasilevskiy waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Farmery is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big head kick from Farmery and Vasilevskiy is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Oh Farmery is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vasilevskiy is rocked!
It looks like Andrei Vasilevskiy has been cut.
Farmery looking to pass the guard.
Vasilevskiy is still in real trouble! Can Farmery finish him?
Farmery is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Vasilevskiy looking to control.
Vasilevskiy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Farmery defends well.
Vasilevskiy is looking for a triangle but Farmery pushes his legs off easily.
Farmery throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Farmery seems to have got his legs back now.
Vasilevskiy seems to have recovered his senses.
Farmery is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Vasilevskiy seems keen to control Farmery's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasilevskiy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vasilevskiy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Farmery looking to pass the guard.
Vasilevskiy looking to control.
Farmery avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farmery with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vasilevskiy looking for a guillotine here but Farmery defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Farmery missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vasilevskiy keeping moving, preventing Farmery from controlling successfully.
Farmery is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vasilevskiy can do to turn this around?
Vasilevskiy has his foot on Farmery's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Farmery works his way back into a safe position though.
Farmery trying to control the position from guard on top but Vasilevskiy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vasilevskiy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vasilevskiy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Farmery missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasilevskiy trying to control the position here.
Farmery working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vasilevskiy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vasilevskiy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Farmery thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Vasilevskiy keeping full guard, as Farmery tries to pass.
Farmery wants to control from the top but Vasilevskiy keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vasilevskiy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Farmery lands a lovely overhand right.
Farmery throws a hook to the side of Vasilevskiy's head but Vasilevskiy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vasilevskiy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Farmery.
Farmery looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vasilevskiy is fending him off so far but Farmery persists. Nope, Vasilevskiy circles away and we're back to standing.
Vasilevskiy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vasilevskiy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Farmery shoots for a double leg takedown but Vasilevskiy sprawls well. He's pushed Farmery's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Farmery throws a shot from downtown. Vasilevskiy moves away and avoids it.
Philip Farmery is winning the standup battle so far.
Farmery takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Farmery looks to throw the jab but Vasilevskiy is out of range.
Farmery tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vasilevskiy swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Philip Farmery. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Farmery misses.
Farmery throws a lazy head kick
and Vasilevskiy counters with a crisp right hand that drops Farmery! Vasilevskiy lets Farmery back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Philip Farmery's cut is getting worse.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Farmery.
Vasilevskiy misses with a leg kick.
Farmery scores with a nice right hand.
Farmery misses with a low kick.
Farmery changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vasilevskiy tries to avoid it but Farmery manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vasilevskiy to the ground. Vasilevskiy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vasilevskiy measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Farmery! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Andrei Vasilevskiy!
Andrei Vasilevskiy is the new welterweight champion!
Andrei Vasilevskiy looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Popped that cherry!'.
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