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UGD 106:Bixby Vs Hill PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Remy LeBeau (ranked 1859 p4p, 240 weight class) and Jason Sturd Jr (ranked 936 p4p, 129 weight class). Sturd Jr has chosen Waka Flocka Flame - 50K (Neon Dreams Remix) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Remy LeBeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sturd Jr!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBeau misses with a leg kick
and Sturd Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
LeBeau misses with a hook. Sturd Jr ducked under it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sturd Jr, as that shot connected.
Sturd Jr tried to score with a low kick but LeBeau checks it.
LeBeau needs to keep his hands up - Sturd Jr had a free shot at his head there.
Sturd Jr lands a body shot.
LeBeau moves forwards but Sturd Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
LeBeau displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Jason Sturd Jr has been cut.
Sturd Jr cracks LeBeau with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
LeBeau swinging wildly here.
LeBeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sturd Jr.
LeBeau slips a jab from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr catches LeBeau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sturd Jr tries to land a leg kick but LeBeau saw it coming and moves away.
Sturd Jr scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
LeBeau misses with a wild combination.
Sturd Jr pushes LeBeau up against the cage in a clinch.
LeBeau works on Sturd Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
Sturd Jr prevents LeBeau from breaking the clinch.
LeBeau misses with a punch to the body.
LeBeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
LeBeau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sturd Jr. Sturd Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Sturd Jr blocks a jab.
LeBeau has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sturd Jr finds it's way round the side to connect with LeBeau's head.
Sturd Jr is looking to clinch.
Sturd Jr throws a combination. LeBeau tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sturd Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sturd Jr moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sturd Jr manages to break the clinch.
Sturd Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as LeBeau throws out the jab.
Sturd Jr lands a jab to the nose.
A combination from Sturd Jr does no damage.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
LeBeau misses with a body punch
and Sturd Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sturd Jr sizes up LeBeau with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sturd Jr wants to clinch.
LeBeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sturd Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sturd Jr clobbers LeBeau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sturd Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to LeBeau's calf.
Sturd Jr moves into the clinch.
Sturd Jr can't break the clinch.
LeBeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from LeBeau misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBeau throws a big shot that misses.
Sturd Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've been told by LeBeau's head coaches at Vicious Striking that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
LeBeau lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jason Sturd Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from LeBeau.
Sturd Jr tries a quick counter leg kick but LeBeau is wise to it.
LeBeau just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturd Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
LeBeau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sturd Jr cracks the inside of LeBeau's front leg.
Remy LeBeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
LeBeau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr blocks a jab.
Sturd Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to LeBeau's calf.
Sturd Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by LeBeau.
LeBeau lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sturd Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Sturd Jr flicks out a counter leg kick but LeBeau steps away.
Sturd Jr is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! LeBeau had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sturd Jr tests LeBeau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
LeBeau swings for the body but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
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!
LeBeau misses with a combination
and Sturd Jr counters with a low kick, right behind LeBeau 's knee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr moves out of range as LeBeau strikes.
Sturd Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
LeBeau misses with a looping right.
LeBeau avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
LeBeau feinted with a counter takedown.
LeBeau looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sturd Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sturd Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
LeBeau lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sturd Jr backs up against the cage.
Nice uppercut there from LeBeau.
LeBeau takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sturd Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
LeBeau appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sturd Jr keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
LeBeau lands a head shot.
LeBeau misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Sturd Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sturd Jr lands with a hook. LeBeau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sturd Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
LeBeau's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and LeBeau duly obliges.
Sturd Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but LeBeau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
LeBeau lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That has opened up Jason Sturd Jr's cut even more.
LeBeau throws a leg kick that misses.
Sturd Jr tries a quick counter leg kick but LeBeau is wise to it.
Sturd Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses LeBeau's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sturd Jr, right into the meat.
Sturd Jr tries to land a leg kick but LeBeau saw it coming and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from LeBeau misses the target.
Remy LeBeau is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sturd Jr fakes a jab and throws a low kick but LeBeau checks it well.
LeBeau seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sturd Jr connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturd Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck LeBeau on the side of the head.
LeBeau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sturd Jr lands with a nice body kick.
LeBeau misses with a double jab
and Sturd Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Sturd Jr rushes LeBeau and presses him up against the cage.
LeBeau trying to stall but Sturd Jr improves his position.
Sturd Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sturd Jr breaks the clinch.
Sturd Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
LeBeau has his takedown stuffed
and Sturd Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
LeBeau missing with a left hand there. Sturd Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sturd Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from LeBeau.
LeBeau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sturd Jr at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr cracks LeBeau with an open hand slap.
It looks like Remy LeBeau has been cut.
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!
LeBeau throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
LeBeau swings widly with a right hand
and Sturd Jr counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
LeBeau fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sturd Jr cracks the inside of LeBeau's front leg.
Jason Sturd Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sturd Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
LeBeau 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.
Nice shot by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr cracks LeBeau with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sturd Jr cracks a nice hook into LeBeau's ribs.
LeBeau misses with a lunging right hand
and Sturd Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sturd Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from LeBeau.
Sturd Jr cracks LeBeau with a right hand to the side of the head.
LeBeau throws the left hand but Sturd Jr avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBeau throws a leg kick but Sturd Jr moved away.
LeBeau on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
LeBeau scores with a jab to the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr walks into a left hand.
Sturd Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between LeBeau's hands.
Sturd Jr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits LeBeaus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sturd Jr thuds his shin into the meat of LeBeau's side.
LeBeau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sturd Jr counters with a good low kick that LeBeau was not able to check.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sturd Jr.
LeBeau throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sturd Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sturd Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sturd Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
LeBeau is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sturd Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sturd Jr throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from LeBeau lands but Sturd Jr takes it in his stride.
LeBeau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and LeBeau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
LeBeau tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sturd Jr swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Remy LeBeau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sturd Jr - that will leave a mark!
Sturd Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt LeBeau.
LeBeau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sturd Jr. Sturd Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
LeBeau falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sturd Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sturd Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sturd Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
LeBeau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sturd Jr. Sturd Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sturd Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and LeBeau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
LeBeau misses with an uppercut
enabling Sturd Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Sturd Jr lands a nice hook to LeBeau's body. LeBeau takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sturd Jr moves away from the strike by LeBeau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Sturd Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
LeBeau takes one to the side of the head.
LeBeau throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sturd Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick by LeBeau misses
and LeBeau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sturd Jr cracks LeBeau with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
LeBeau looks to throw a body kick
and Sturd Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
LeBeau with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sturd Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
Sturd Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
LeBeau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sturd Jr. Sturd Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Sturd Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
LeBeau doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LeBeau gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and LeBeau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sturd Jr lands a head kick. LeBeau smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sturd Jr connects with a leg kick. LeBeau looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
LeBeau looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A left lands for Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt LeBeau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBeau on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sturd Jr moves into the clinch successfully.
Sturd Jr has LeBeau pressed against the cage, preventing LeBeau from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sturd Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sturd Jr cracks LeBeau with a right hand to the side of the head.
LeBeau tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sturd Jr scores with a jab to the head.
Sturd Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
LeBeau wants to slow Sturd Jr down by chopping away at his legs.
Sturd Jr blocks a head kick by LeBeau.
LeBeau takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sturd Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
LeBeau gets tackled into the cage by Sturd Jr. Sturd Jr maintains the clinch.
Sturd Jr prevents a body shot from LeBeau.
Sturd Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sturd Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Sturd Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
LeBeau looks to land a combination but Sturd Jr avoids it well.
LeBeau swats away the attempt to clinch by Sturd Jr.
LeBeau swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sturd Jr counters with a leg kick.
LeBeau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sturd Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sturd Jr manages to break the clinch.
Sturd Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Sturd Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
LeBeau loads up on a big right hand but Sturd Jr slips the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sturd Jr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
LeBeau closes the distance and clinches up with Sturd Jr, looking for a takedown. LeBeau pushes Sturd Jr against the cage but Sturd Jr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
LeBeau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sturd Jr scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sturd Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
LeBeau will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sturd Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Sturd Jr clinches.
Sturd Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
LeBeau shoots in for a takedown but Sturd Jr shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Remy LeBeau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sturd Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and LeBeau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sturd Jr lands a jab to the head.
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!
Sturd Jr lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBeau loads up on a big right hand but Sturd Jr slips the punch.
Sturd Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
LeBeau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for LeBeau. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
LeBeau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A telegraphed right hand from LeBeau misses the target.
LeBeau throws a big shot that misses.
Remy LeBeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
LeBeau misses with a combination
and Sturd Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
LeBeau takes a swing at Sturd Jr's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sturd Jr sizes up LeBeau with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
LeBeau 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.
LeBeau is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sturd Jr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sturd Jr connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Sturd Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sturd Jr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Sturd Jr!
Jason Sturd Jr seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giacomo Benvenuti (ranked 841 p4p, 83 weight class) and Taras Shevchenko (ranked 1500 p4p, 162 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benvenuti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pantera - Goddamn Electric. Giacomo Benvenuti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Taras Shevchenko's chin.
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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
38 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Giacomo Benvenuti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Taras Shevchenko!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shevchenko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Taras Shevchenko has been cut.
Benvenuti thumps Shevchenko with a low kick.
Benvenuti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shevchenko connects with a leg kick. Benvenuti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Benvenuti misses with a straight left.
Benvenuti misses with a body shot.
Shevchenko throws a shot from downtown. Benvenuti moves away and avoids it.
Benvenuti misses with a straight left.
Benvenuti scores with a push kick.
Benvenuti bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Benvenuti misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shevchenko feints a counter leg kick.
Shevchenko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shevchenko throws a right hand that misses
and Benvenuti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Benvenuti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Benvenuti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benvenuti takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Benvenuti.
Shevchenko has Benvenuti pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Benvenuti manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Shevchenko blocks a body shot from Benvenuti.
Shevchenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shevchenko manages to break the clinch.
Benvenuti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shevchenko.
Benvenuti lunges at Shevchenko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shevchenko's hand.
That has opened up Taras Shevchenko's cut even more.
Benvenuti cracks Shevchenko with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Shevchenko looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Benvenuti finish him?
Shevchenko is rocked!
Benvenuti is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shevchenko blocks the body kick.
Benvenuti thuds a left hand into Shevchenko's body.
Benvenuti feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Shevchenko sprawling to the canvas! Shevchenko rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Benvenuti finish him?!
Shevchenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Benvenuti finish him?
The cut above Taras Shevchenko's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Benvenuti cracks Shevchenko with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Shevchenko falls to his knees and Benvenuti doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giacomo Benvenuti!
After winning the bout, Giacomo Benvenuti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Justice (ranked 639 p4p, 98 weight class) and Three Dog (ranked 1280 p4p, 180 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Justice might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Montana of 300 - Daddy Used to be the Plug. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dog's choice of entrance music: Fallout. This should be a great matchup!
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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
22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Three Dog!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice misses with a body kick.
Dog let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Justice misses with an uppercut
and Dog counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Justice defending well as Dog loads up on a big left hand.
Dog waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Justice.
Justice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dog throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Justice counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dog drives through and clinches with Justice against the cage.
Dog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Justice throws a head punch that misses.
Dog wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dog pushes Justice back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Justice throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dog misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Justice throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dog lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dog lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Justice on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dog blocks an uppercut.
Justice lands with a short shot to the head.
Dog throws a punch but it's blocked by Justice.
Justice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Justice lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dog backwards.
Dog swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justice lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dog backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Justice.
Dog lands with a left to the head.
Dog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dog takes a shot to the head.
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Dog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dogs head.
Dog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justice's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Justice working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Justice creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justice's elbow.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Justice lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dog backwards.
Dog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Justice lands with a right to the head.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by Dog.
Justice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Justice presses Dog against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Justice.
It looks like Three Dog has been cut.
Justice misses with a hook to the ribs.
Justice lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
Justice throws a head punch that misses.
Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dog softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Justice pushes Dog back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dog tries to work over Justice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Justice.
Dog wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dog avoiding damage as Justice throws knees to the body.
Dog blocks an elbow strike.
Justice misses with a punch on the inside.
Dog misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Justice creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Justice.
Justice lands a body shot.
Justice misses with a hook to the ribs.
Justice looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Justice scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Justice prevents a body shot from Dog.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Justice.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Justice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justice lands a left hand.
Dog's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Justice lands with a right to the head.
Dog blocks an uppercut.
Justice scores with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dog fails to land.
Justice lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dog blocking some punches.
Justice trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Justice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Three Dog'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.
Nice body punch from Dog.
Dog throws a head kick that misses.
Dog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dog just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Dog looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice jab there from Dog.
Justice looks to land a left hand but Dog moved out of range nicely.
Justice moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Dog does it's job there.
Justice slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Justice.
Dog throws a hook but Justice blocks it.
Justice misses with an uppercut.
Dog now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Justice misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dog stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Justice.
Three Dog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dog throws a good cross that connects.
Dog walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Justice throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Justice misses.
Dog misses with a low kick as Justice jumps back.
Justice throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dog on the side of the head.
Justice slips a jab from Dog.
Dog with a hook.
Dog slips a jab from Justice.
Justice is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dog can do to turn this around?
Some bone on bone action there as Dog checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dog lands a nice leg kick that just misses Justice's sensitive parts.
Justice scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice throws a quick 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!
Dog looks to throw the jab but Justice is out of range.
Dog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Dog uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Justice.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dog swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dog throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Justice scores with a leg kick.
Dog feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Justice's calf.
Dog connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Justice momentarily.
The fighters circling - Dog throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dog swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Justice counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dog throws a head kick that misses
and Justice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dog throws a predictable looking body shot
and Justice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
It looked like Justice wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dog misses with an uppercut. Justice saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dog under the eye.
Dog swings for the body but Justice moves out of range.
Dog fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Justice has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dog throws a shot from downtown. Justice moves away and avoids it.
Justice is looking to counter punch.
Dog defending well as Justice loads up on a big left hand.
Justice looks to land a right hand but Dog moved out of range.
Dog looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Justice attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dog let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dog throws a leg kick but Justice sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dog tries to move into range but Justice moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnny Justice is winning the standup battle so far.
Justice misses with a wild combination.
Justice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Justice throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dog counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dog throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Justice looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dog cracks Justice with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dog slips under a jab.
Dog throws a sloppy head kick and Justice moves out of range easily.
Justice is looking to counter punch.
Justice throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dog.
Dog pushes Justice away with a front kick.
Justice throws a hook but Dog avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Dog.
A telegraphed right hand from Justice misses the target.
Dog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dog fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dog tries to land a body kick
letting Justice counter with a right hand.
Justice throws a solid leg kick but Dog takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Justice.
A swing and a miss from Dog.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Three Dog will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Three Dog's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Justice drops his hands momentarily and Dog takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Justice lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Justice.
A combination from Justice does no damage.
Dog jabs Justice to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dog tries to clinch but Justice is having none of it.
Justice throwing a counter right hand but Dog manages to avoid it.
Dog throws a body kick that misses
and Justice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dog slips a straight right by Justice.
Justice has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Justice there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dog misses the shot to the body.
Dog misses with a shot to the body
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Justice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dog throws out a counter right but Justice avoids it with no problem.
Justice connects with a looping 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!
Dog avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justice sets himself, and Dog steps forward looking for the clinch! Justice avoids it this time.
Dog lunges at Justice with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Justice's hand.
Dog lands a head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Dog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dog takes a swing at Justice's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Justice wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Justice misses with a body shot
and Dog counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dog throws a nice outside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Justice there.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Justice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dog.
Dog dodges the punch combination from Justice.
Dog throws the kick towards the body but Justice avoids it.
Dog staying out of range there.
Dog slips under a jab from Justice.
Dog misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Justice appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Justice checks a leg kick.
A low kick from Dog misses
and Justice counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Dog lands but Justice takes it in his stride.
Justice takes a swing at Dog's ribcage but misses.
Dog uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dog staying out of range there.
Dog throws a hook but Justice blocks it.
Dog keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Justice looks to land a right hand but Dog moved out of range.
Justice throws a front kick aimed at Dog's knee but Dog avoids it well.
Dog throws a body kick that misses
and Justice counters with a thumping low kick.
Justice misses with a leg kick
enabling Dog to counter with a crisp jab.
Dog lands with a hook. Justice tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dog misses the jab.
Dog swings widly with a right hand
and Justice counters with a one-two to the body.
Dog is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Dog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Justice, right into the meat.
Dog jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dog turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dog tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dog with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Justice to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from Dog.
Justice looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Justice 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.
Dog's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dog pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dog takes a swing at Justice's ribcage but misses.
Justice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Justice throws a front kick aimed at Dog's knee but Dog avoids it well.
Dog misses with a low kick.
Justice is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Justice throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog punishes Justice's body with a nice straight punch.
Dog throws a half hearted mid kick.
Justice scores with a hook.
Justice misses with a series of wild punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dog gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dog misses the jab.
Dog is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
Dog thows a body kick. Justice tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Justice connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dog slips under a jab from Justice.
Dog takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Justice lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dog's sensitive parts.
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 Johnny Justice.
Well Justice 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Justice!
During a confident post fight interview, Johnny Justice thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Coath (ranked 596 p4p, 82 weight class) and Robert Munson (ranked 729 p4p, 105 weight class). Coath comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Coath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Munson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munson misses with a looping left.
Coath feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Munsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Munson misses with a wild body shot.
Munson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Munson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coath.
Coath missing with a left hand there. Munson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coath checks a low kick from Munson.
Munson throws the left hand but Coath avoids the punch easily.
Munson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Coath's head backwards.
Jab from Coath.
Munson 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.
Coath drives through and clinches with Munson against the cage.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Coath tries to work over Munson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Coath tries to work over Munson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coath blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coath jumps guard but Munson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson trying to stall but Coath improves his position.
Coath working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Coath misses with a punch on the inside.
Munson tries to work over Coath's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coath lands a nice shot to the body.
Coath lands an uppercut.
Munson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Coath struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
Munson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Coath swings wildly with an uppercut but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munson.
Munson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coath backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Munson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Munson swings wildly with an uppercut but Coath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munson misses with a body punch.
Munson misses with a punch to the body.
Coath misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Coath.
Coath pulls guard successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coath is looking for a triangle but Munson pushes his legs off easily.
Munson preventing the sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coath looking for a guillotine here but Munson defends easily.
Munson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Coath wants to sweep but no luck.
Coath is looking for a triangle but Munson pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coath is looking to sweep but instead, Munson has passed into half guard.
Coath tries to roll over but Munson keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Coath is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Munson pulls his head out easily.
Coath tries to get to full guard but Munson has control of the leg.
Coath wants to sweep but Munson has passed to side control!
Coath is looking to reverse the position.
Munson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coath tries to improve position but can't.
Coath gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Coath is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
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 Chris Coath will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Munson lands a lovely overhand right.
Munson avoids the body shot from Coath.
Munson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Coath. Coath obviously looking to wear him down.
Coath misses with a straight right.
Coath throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Munson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheers as Coath lands an impressive looking overhand right. Munson doesn't seem phased though.
Munson misses with an uppercut. Coath saw that one coming.
Coath misses with a body shot.
Munson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Coath eats them both and turns towards Munson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Munson misses with a body kick.
Munson throws a sloppy head kick and Coath moves out of range easily.
Coath throws a jab but it's blocked by Munson.
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!
Coath throws a right hand that Munson ducks under and follows up with a left that Munson also avoids with ease.
Munson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Munson.
Munson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Coath lands with a cross.
Coath misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coath misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Munson.
Munson slips a jab from Coath.
Coath with a hook.
Coath uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munson.
Munson tries a head kick but it misses.
Coath on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Munson. Munson obviously looking to wear him down.
Chris Coath seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coath blocks the body kick.
Coath throws a leg kick that misses.
Coath feints and then cracks Munson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Munson down.
Munson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Coath moves out of range as Munson strikes.
Chris Coath is winning the standup battle so far.
Munson scores with a hook.
Munson misses the shot to the body.
Munson throws a shot from downtown. Coath moves away and avoids it.
Coath uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munson.
Coath looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Munson looks for the body kick but Coath saw that one coming.
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!
Coath throws a hook to the side of Munson's head but Munson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Munson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Coath throws a leg kick which misses Munson's front leg but catches the back leg as Munson tries to avoid it.
Coath throws a nice inside leg kick.
Munson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Coath throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've been told by Coath's head coaches at Heavy Metal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Munson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Coath.
Munson slips under a jab from Coath.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Munson! But no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Coath.
Donk. Munson catches Coath right on the button with a cross.
Munson scores with a shot to the body.
Coath keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Munson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good leg kick by Coath there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Munson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Coath on the side of the head.
Coath lands a right hook to the body.
Coath swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Munson.
Coath misses with a double jab
and Munson counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Coath misses with a low kick.
Munson misses with a kick to the body.
Munson lands with a kick to the temple. Coath shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Munson cracks Coath with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Munson lands with a hook. Coath tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Munson slips under a jab from Coath.
Coath throws a jab when Munson was well out of range.
Munson catches Coath with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Munson misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Coath lands an impressive looking overhand right. Munson doesn't seem phased though.
Munson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Munson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coath.
Munson looks to land a left hand but Coath moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Munson.
Munson keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Coath 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 Munson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Munson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice side step and Munson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good leg kick by Munson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A punch lands to the side of Munson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice body punch from Munson.
Coath closes the distance and pushes Munson back into the cage.
Munson tries a body shot but Coath blocks it.
Coath misses with some punches.
Munson working aggressively here.
Munson lands with a right to the head.
Coath throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Munson blocking some punches.
Coath fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coath lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Coath blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coath can't find room to land a body shot as Munson controls the action.
Chris Coath has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
Coath doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Munson misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Munson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Robert Munson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Coath swings widly with a right hand
and Munson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Coath looks to land a right hand but Munson moved out of range.
Coath throws an overhand right that lands on Munson's shoulder, as Munson tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Munson! But no joy.
Coath's jab looks to have found its range, popping Munson under the eye.
Coath throws a right and a left that both miss.
Munson throws the left hand but Coath avoids the punch easily.
Munson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Coath can pounce on him.
Munson throws a hook but Coath blocks it.
The fighters circling - Coath throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Munson throws a low kick but Coath avoids it.
Coath connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Coath 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Munson lands a nice looking body kick.
Coath lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coath scores with a sloppy right hand. Munson should have avoided that one.
A slapping body kick lands there for Munson.
Munson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by Munson. That's going to slow Coath down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coath pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Munson throws out a powerful jab.
Coath throws a leg kick which misses Munson's front leg but catches the back leg as Munson tries to avoid it.
Munson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Munson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Coath thows a left - swing and a miss!
Munson throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Coath blocks the low kick.
Coath swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coath misses with a hook. Munson ducked under it nicely.
Munson keeps the fight on the outside.
Coath throws a looping overhand right but Munson ducks down to avoid it.
Coath wants to land a leg kick but Munson is out of range.
Munson lands with a kick to the temple. Coath shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Coath tries to close the distance and clinch but Munson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Munson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Coath is out of range.
Munson throws a solid leg kick but Coath takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Munson.
It looked like Coath wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson swats away the attempt to clinch by Coath.
Munson defending well as Coath loads up on a big left hand.
Coath misses with a looping left.
Munson counters with a body kick.
Coath tests Munson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Coath is out of range and Munson settles back down.
Coath takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Coath is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Munson.
Munson tests Coath's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Munson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Coath tries to clinch
and Munson counters with a nice uppercut.
Coath throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Coath throws out a loose jab but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Coath.
Munson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Coath missing with a left hand there. Munson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coath scores with a crisp jab that stopped Munson in his tracks.
Munson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Coath.
Munson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Coath looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Munson with a jab.
Munson throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Coath misses its intended target.
Coath takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Coath throws a hook but Munson avoids it easily.
Coath throws a hook to the side of Munson's head but Munson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good leg kick by Coath there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Munson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Coath's sensitive parts.
Munson connects with a body shot.
A slow jab from Coath misses its intended target.
Munson throws a head kick that misses.
Munson throws a series of punches but Coath avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coath fails in his attempt to clinch.
Munson throws out a counter right but Coath avoids it with no problem.
Munson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Coath if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Munson throws a low kick but Coath moves out of range easily.
Coath dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Munson. That did some damage!
Coath tests Munson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Munson tries to score with a low kick but Coath moves his leg out of the way.
Munson scores with a nice body kick.
Munson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Coath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Coath wants to clinch
and Munson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Coath walks into a jab.
A head kick misses from Munson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Coath tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Munson.
Coath throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Munson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Munson 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Munson!
A very excited looking Robert Munson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 286 p4p, 36 weight class) and Harrison Yates (ranked 573 p4p, 76 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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194 lbs
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199 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
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Yes Man Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harrison Yates!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab from Yates.
A shot to the liver by Yates. Beautiful body shot.
We've been informed that Yates has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Yates is avoiding it.
Sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Yates.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yates takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Yates avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yates.
Good leg kick by Yates there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Yates is avoiding it.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Yates.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Yates scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A jab from Yates misses.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yates.
Yates darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Yates.
Yates lands a nice uppercut.
Yates lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Yates, against the cage.
Yates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates lands a shot to the body.
Yates lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yates with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Sanchez to work.
Yates is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Sanchez lands a body punch.
Yates working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
Yates working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Yates tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Yates scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Yates creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yates as Sanchez tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates lands an uppercut.
Yates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yates's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Yates.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Yates creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yates tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Yates back against the cage.
Yates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yates using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yates tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Yates misses with an elbow strike.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A hook to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Yates, against the cage.
Yates tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Yates.
Yates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yates has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Yates throws knees to the body.
I was talking to Sanchez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Yates utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yates misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez presses Yates against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yates scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Yates controls the action.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Yates blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harrison Yates dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Yates feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanchez's calf.
Harrison Yates seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Yates saw that one coming.
Yates cracks Sanchez with an open hand slap.
Yates lands a right hook to the body.
Yates is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Sanchez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yates throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little feinted left hand from Sanchez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yates's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Yates throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
It appears Sanchez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Yates misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yates stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yates throws a leg kick
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Yates moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Yates.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Yates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Yates tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yates takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Yates has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Yates.
A right handed body shot lands from Yates.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Yates avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Yates lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harrison Yates seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Yates.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Yates controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yates fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez slows down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yates creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanchez.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Yates avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yates or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yates tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yatess head.
Sanchez cracks Yates with a nice body shot.
Yates is breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez pushes Yates back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez gets through Yates's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Yates controls his hands.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Yates.
Sanchez tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez pushes Yates back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yates as Sanchez tries to tie him up.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Yates throws knees to the body.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Yates blocks it.
Yates scores a nice knee to the body.
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yates misses with the head strike.
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body.
Yates comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez.
Yates lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Yates lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yates lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yes Man Sanchez dominated that second round.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Yates throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Yates cracks Sanchez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab lands there for Sanchez.
Yates takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez fakes the leg kick and cracks Yates in the body.
Yates throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Yates sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Yates.
Yates takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yates rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yates tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez presses Yates against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez cracks Yates with a nice body shot.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanchez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Sanchez.
Yates throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sanchez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yates is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yates.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yates is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Yates seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez cracks Yates with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Sanchez.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yates working aggressively here.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yates connects with a knee to the head.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Yates goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yates obliges.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yates fails to land.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Yates.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez tries to work over Yates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yates backwards.
Yates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yates misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Yates.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
Yates throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Yates misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Yates lands with a light punch inside.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yates working aggressively here.
Yates throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Yates misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Yates controls his hands.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yes Man Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yes Man Sanchez!
Yes Man Sanchez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Archie Griffiths (ranked 220 p4p, 29 weight class) and Jerry Haze (ranked 199 p4p, 26 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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147 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
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Archie Griffiths!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerry Haze!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze throws a nice looking combination but Griffiths bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haze gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Griffiths.
Griffiths ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haze moves away.
Haze raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Griffiths ducks under a wild hook from Haze.
Haze slips a straight right by Griffiths.
Haze throws an off balance right hand
and Griffiths counters with a low kick, right behind Haze 's knee.
Griffiths throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Haze misses.
Griffiths takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Griffiths tries to clinch up.
Haze let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Haze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Haze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffiths is looking to counter with a body kick.
Haze throws an overhand right that lands on Griffiths's shoulder, as Griffiths tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffiths throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Griffiths blocks a head kick by Haze.
Griffiths keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haze looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Griffiths fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Haze checks it well.
Haze takes a swing at Griffiths's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a lazy right hand but Haze sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Griffiths misses with an uppercut. Haze saw that one coming.
Haze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Griffiths throws a low kick but Haze avoids it.
Haze tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Griffiths fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haze, pushing him back against the cage.
Griffiths lands a shot to the body.
Griffiths lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffiths working aggressively here.
Haze looking to slow down the pace here.
Griffiths fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffiths misses with a punch to the body.
Griffiths prevents a takedown attempt there.
Griffiths lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Haze blocking some punches.
Haze is trying to trip Griffiths. He has hold of a leg but Griffiths is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Haze persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Haze is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffiths has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haze is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffiths has wrist control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Haze working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Haze is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffiths has wrist control.
Griffiths utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haze working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Griffiths's head.
Haze with a nice head shot there.
Haze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Haze is fighting to break Griffiths's control of his arms but Griffiths is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Haze's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Haze throws a big elbow that misses.
Haze lands a couple of digs.
Haze trying to control but Griffiths is working from the bottom.
Griffiths working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haze.
Haze throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Griffiths works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Haze scoring with punches to the head and body.
Griffiths is controlling Haze's posture.
Griffiths is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Haze has his hands clasped together around Griffiths's back. He's all about the action.
Griffiths prevents Haze from improving his position.
Griffiths content to control rather than advance.
Haze wants to control but Griffiths is keeping busy.
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 Archie Griffiths will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice body kick there by Haze.
Griffiths showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haze.
Haze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Griffiths.
Haze throws the kick towards the body but Griffiths avoids it.
Haze looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffiths is just out of range.
Griffiths is looking to counter punch.
Haze misses the shot to the body.
Haze scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Griffiths keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffiths cracks a nice hook into Haze's ribs.
Haze misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffiths throws a jab but it's blocked by Haze.
Griffiths misses with a straight left.
Haze now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Griffiths throws a body shot but no joy.
Haze throws a hook to the side of Griffiths's head but Griffiths sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Griffiths fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haze goes for a double leg but Griffiths avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Griffiths continues to drive forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Griffiths looks to clinch
and Haze counters with a left to the body.
Haze throws a head kick but Griffiths moves out of range.
Jerry Haze seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haze tries to bum rush Griffiths with a series of wild strikes but Griffiths uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Haze throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body kick from Griffiths.
Griffiths slips a jab from Haze.
Griffiths tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Haze manages to circle out of the way.
Haze throws a half hearted mid kick.
Haze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffiths tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haze has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Griffiths misses with a low kick.
Haze is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Haze misses with a kick to the body
and Griffiths counters with a straight right hand.
Griffiths darts in trying to clinch
and Haze counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffiths swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze throws a push kick but Griffiths slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Griffiths misses.
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!
Haze motions for Griffiths to come forward. Haze throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab lands there for Griffiths.
Griffiths feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Haze's calf.
Haze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Haze looks to land a body kick but Griffiths moved away.
Griffiths swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Haze.
Haze misses the shot to the body.
Haze thuds his right hand into Griffiths's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Griffiths throws a front kick aimed at Haze's knee but Haze avoids it well.
Haze throws a body kick that misses.
Haze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Griffiths. That did some damage!
Griffiths slips under a jab.
Haze lands a head shot.
Jerry Haze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Haze shoots for a takedown but Griffiths saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Haze moves out of range as Griffiths throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the head.
Haze jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Haze shoots in and gets a takedown into Griffiths's guard.
Griffiths has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Haze has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Haze swings wildly with an uppercut but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Griffiths lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffiths tries to work over Haze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Griffiths pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haze connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Griffiths moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Haze checks a leg kick.
Griffiths swinging wildly here.
Griffiths stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haze's hands.
Griffiths thows a body kick. Haze tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Haze lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Griffiths has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Haze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffiths moves away.
Haze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Griffiths.
Haze throws a half hearted mid kick.
Griffiths is looking to clinch but Haze is avoiding it.
Griffiths connects with a solid leg kick.
Haze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Griffiths scores with a leg kick.
Haze swings away with a body shot that misses
and Griffiths counters with a nice low kick that buckles Haze's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffiths lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffiths delivers a nice body kick.
Haze with a jab.
Haze throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jerry Haze will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Haze looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Haze throws out a loose jab but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffiths fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haze lands an overhand right.
Griffiths connects with a body shot that sends Haze's belly button to the back.
A clash of legs there as Haze blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haze. Griffiths does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffiths tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Haze manages to circle out of the way.
Griffiths connects with a jab.
Good shot there by Haze.
Haze throws a right and a left that Griffiths avoids nicely.
Haze throws a body punch but Griffiths moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Haze.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haze misses with a body shot.
Griffiths chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Haze slips under a jab.
Griffiths digs a good hook to Haze's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haze looks to land a right hand but Griffiths moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Haze misses.
Haze looks to throw the jab but Griffiths is out of range.
Haze throws out a powerful jab.
Haze misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Griffiths counters with a good, hard body kick but Haze shrugs it off.
Haze takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Haze's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Griffiths tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Haze.
A swing and a miss from Griffiths.
Haze scores with a jab to the body.
Haze scores with a hook to the body. Griffiths takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Griffiths.
Griffiths lands with a slapping head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Haze crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Griffiths - the referee stops the clock and Haze gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Griffiths. Haze manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Haze thuds a left hand into Griffiths's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Griffiths darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Griffiths walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Haze checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Griffiths with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffiths sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffiths tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Haze manages to circle out of the way.
Griffiths throws a leg kick but Haze moved away.
Haze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haze moves out of range of the body kick.
Haze avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Griffiths slips under a jab.
Griffiths connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Haze takes one on the button.
Griffiths throws a quick inside leg kick.
Haze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffiths takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Griffiths missing with a left hand there. Haze was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffiths throws a low kick but it's checked well by Haze.
Haze throws out a counter right but Griffiths avoids it with no problem.
Griffiths cracks Haze with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Haze on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haze throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Griffiths.
Haze looks to land a left hand but Griffiths moved out of range nicely.
Griffiths misses with an uppercut. Haze saw that one coming.
Griffiths slips under a jab.
Haze lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Haze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffiths.
Haze is looking to land body kicks.
Some bone on bone action there as Haze checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Archie Griffiths is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haze misses with a hook to the body
and Haze takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haze throws a good cross that connects.
Griffiths finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slow jab from Haze misses its intended target.
Haze throws a lazy body kick
and Griffiths counters with a nice leg kick.
Griffiths checks a low kick from Haze.
Haze throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Griffiths scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Haze doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Griffiths counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Griffiths avoids the body shot from Haze.
Haze misses with a straight left.
Griffiths moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffiths wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haze misses the shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Griffiths.
Griffiths scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Griffiths looks for the body kick but Haze saw that one coming.
It seemed like Haze was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Haze has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Griffiths.
Griffiths jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Griffiths backs off Haze throws a huge counter combo but Griffiths manages to avoid it all.
Haze has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Griffiths.
Haze lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffiths avoids the body shot from Haze.
A head kick from Griffiths lands but Haze takes it in his stride.
Haze walks into a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Griffiths showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Griffiths 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Troy Hooper (ranked 184 p4p, 23 weight class) and Pablo Maraçon (ranked 435 p4p, 62 weight class). Maraçon has chosen Pistolero as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Troy Hooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 2, fighting out of London, Pablo Maraçon!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maraçon misses with a hook.
Hooper feinted with a counter takedown.
Hooper misses the jab.
Hooper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maraçon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maraçon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hooper.
Hooper will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Maraçon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maraçon connects with an inside leg kick.
Hooper misses with a left hand
and Maraçon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maraçon misses with a body kick.
Hooper forces Maraçon back against the cage and clinches.
I was talking to Hooper's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hooper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maraçon struggles to land a body shot inside as Hooper controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maraçon misses with the head strike.
Hooper misses with a body punch.
Maraçon tries a body shot but Hooper blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maraçon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maraçon misses with a punch to the body.
Maraçon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hooper scores with a shot to the side of Maraçon's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maraçon pushes off an throws an elbow but Hooper leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maraçon struggles to land a body shot inside as Hooper controls his hands.
Maraçon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maraçon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hooper's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Hooper.
Maraçon blocking some punches.
Hooper throws a head punch that misses.
Maraçon presses Hooper against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hooper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maraçon backwards.
Hooper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hooper prevents a body shot from Maraçon.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maraçon.
Maraçon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maraçon swings wildly with an uppercut but Hooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hooper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hooper wants a takedown but no success here.
A left hand lands to the body for Maraçon.
Hooper tries a body shot but Maraçon blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maraçon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hooper lands with a short shot to the head.
Hooper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hooper misses with some punches.
Maraçon tries a body shot but Hooper blocks it.
Maraçon gets through Hooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hooper swings wildly with an uppercut but Maraçon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maraçon is trying to stall.
Maraçon has a couple of punches blocked by Hooper.
Hooper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Maraçon misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maraçon.
Maraçon swings wildly with an uppercut but Hooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hooper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maraçon has him pressed against the cage.
Maraçon lands a nice uppercut.
Hooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hooper lands a shoulder strike.
Hooper working aggressively here.
A short right from Hooper on the inside.
Hooper digs a right hand into Maraçon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maraçon's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maraçon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hooper tries a body shot but Maraçon blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Hooper fails to land.
Hooper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maraçon can't find room to land a body shot as Hooper controls the action.
Maraçon lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hooper.
Maraçon blocks a body shot from Hooper.
Maraçon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maraçon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hooper backwards.
Hooper has a couple of punches blocked by Maraçon.
Maraçon misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Hooper.
A short uppercut from Maraçon.
Maraçon lands with a left to the head.
Hooper prevents a body shot from Maraçon.
Maraçon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hooper scores with a shot to the side of Maraçon's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maraçon.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maraçon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Hooper scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hooper.
Maraçon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maraçon throws out a loose jab but Hooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maraçon throws a wild body kick that Hooper sees coming a mile off.
Pablo Maraçon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hooper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maraçon.
Hooper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maraçon.
Maraçon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hooper takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hooper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maraçon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maraçon scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maraçon throws a leg kick which misses Hooper's front leg but catches the back leg as Hooper tries to avoid it.
A slow jab from Hooper misses its intended target.
It seemed like Maraçon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hooper has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maraçon.
Maraçon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hooper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Hooper finds it's way through Maraçon's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pablo Maraçon 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.
Maraçon scoring well with a low kick there.
Maraçon throws out a loose jab but Hooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hooper throws a big shot that misses.
Maraçon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hooper is able to avoid easily.
Hooper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Maraçon throws a hook to the side of Hooper's head but Hooper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hooper appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hooper throws a sloppy head kick and Maraçon moves out of range easily.
Maraçon throws a body shot but no joy.
Hooper scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hooper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Maraçon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Maraçon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hooper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maraçon's calf.
Maraçon lands a jab.
Maraçon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maraçon looks to throw a body kick
and Hooper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maraçon moves out of range as Hooper strikes.
Maraçon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Maraçon avoids the body shot from Hooper.
Maraçon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hooper misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Maraçon! But no joy.
A low kick from Maraçon misses
and Hooper counters with a single leg into guard. Maraçon didn't expect that.
Hooper tries to free his leg and advance position but Maraçon is retaining full guard.
Maraçon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hooper's guard.
Hooper looking for a sweep. Not yet Hooper, not yet.
Maraçon trying to control but Hooper is working from the bottom.
Hooper looking for a sweep. Not yet Hooper, not yet.
Maraçon passes into half guard.
Hooper is trying to maintain the position but Maraçon is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maraçon is taking a breather. Hooper says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hooper wants to improve his position but Maraçon is controlling well.
Maraçon wants to pass the guard but Hooper is defending well.
Hooper looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hooper is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper trying to control here.
Maraçon looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Maraçon is looking to take a break and control but Hooper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Maraçon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hooper wants to get back to full guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hooper jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hooper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maraçon's hands.
Maraçon throws an overhand right that lands on Hooper's shoulder, as Hooper tries to avoid the shot.
Hooper swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Maraçon scores with a leg kick.
Pablo Maraçon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooper throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hooper takes a swing at Maraçon's ribcage but misses.
Hooper connects with a single shot there.
Maraçon takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A head kick from Maraçon lands but Hooper takes it in his stride.
Hooper throws a head kick but Maraçon moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Maraçon's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hooper swings widly with a right hand
and Maraçon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maraçon staying out of range there.
Hooper lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hooper connects with a jab.
Hooper 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.
Hooper throws a sloppy body shot
and Maraçon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maraçon misses with a hook.
Hooper appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hooper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maraçon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Hooper dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hooper on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab, jab by Maraçon - just one landing.
Maraçon lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hooper will feel that in the morning.
Maraçon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hooper feints and as Maraçon raises his hands in defense, Hooper changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Maraçon kicks Hooper off and gets to his feet.
Hooper tries to clinch but Maraçon is having none of it.
Maraçon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maraçon pushes Hooper up against the cage in a clinch.
Maraçon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Maraçon.
Hooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Maraçon.
Maraçon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maraçon tries to work over Hooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maraçon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hooper has a couple of punches blocked by Maraçon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maraçon can't find room to land a body shot as Hooper controls the action.
Hooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Maraçon.
Maraçon lands a hook that snaps the head of Hooper backwards.
Maraçon misses with some punches.
Hooper tries a body shot but Maraçon blocks it.
Maraçon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hooper backwards.
Maraçon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hooper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hooper throws a head punch that misses.
Maraçon misses with a body punch.
Maraçon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hooper misses with a punch to the body.
Hooper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maraçon lands a nice uppercut.
Hooper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Maraçon.
Hooper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maraçon.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hooper.
Maraçon blocks an uppercut.
Maraçon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hooper wants to take the fight to the mat but Maraçon manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hooper tries a body shot but Maraçon blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hooper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hooper looking for a takedown.
Hooper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maraçon backwards.
Troy Hooper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hooper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maraçon backwards.
Hooper blocks a body shot from Maraçon.
Maraçon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maraçon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maraçon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hooper tries a body shot but Maraçon blocks it.
Maraçon tries to work over Hooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hooper misses with the head strike.
Hooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hooper is trying to drag Maraçon to the mat but Maraçon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Hooper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hooper has a couple of punches blocked by Maraçon.
Maraçon tries to throw a body punch but Hooper avoids it by throwing Maraçon back against the cage.
Hooper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooper misses with a punch on the inside.
Hooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hooper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maraçon takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maraçon.
Maraçon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Maraçon controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maraçon.
Hooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Maraçon.
Hooper misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hooper.
Hooper dodges an elbow strike from Maraçon.
Hooper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Maraçon controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hooper.
Maraçon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hooper blocks a body shot from Maraçon.
A head punch on the inside from Maraçon fails to land.
Nice body punch from Maraçon - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Hooper.
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!
Maraçon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maraçon lands with a left to the head.
Maraçon struggles to land a body shot inside as Hooper controls his hands.
Maraçon connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Troy Hooper has been cut.
Hooper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maraçon.
Maraçon blocking some punches.
Maraçon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hooper.
Maraçon working aggressively here.
Hooper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Hooper.
Maraçon struggles to land a body shot inside as Hooper controls his hands.
Hooper working aggressively here.
Hooper misses with some punches.
Hooper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maraçon gets through Hooper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maraçon misses with a punch to the body.
Maraçon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hooper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maraçon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hooper's knee momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Maraçon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maraçon 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Pablo Maraçon!
Pablo Maraçon thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sang Seok (ranked 67 p4p, 9 weight class) and Selfie Lord (ranked 339 p4p, 41 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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152 lbs
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147 lbs
21 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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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
23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lee Sang Seok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Selfie Lord!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seok listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Seok is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lord sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Seok 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.
A slow jab from Lord misses its intended target.
Seok darts in looking for a takedown but Lord gets double underhooks and turns Seok into the cage.
Lord throws out a counter right but Seok avoids it with no problem.
Seok looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Lord misses.
The fighters circling - Lord throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Seok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lord.
Seok throws a jab when Lord was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord lands a jab to the head.
Lord jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Seok misses the target.
Lord uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seok.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seok ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Lord scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lord throws a jab when Seok was well out of range.
Seok misses with a series of wild punches.
Lord ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lord looks to land a left hand but Seok moved out of range nicely.
Seok attempts a counter takedown but Lord avoids it well and moves away.
Seok scores with a nice strike.
Selfie Lord is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seok.
Lord 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.
Lord scores with a head kick.
Seok displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lord throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seok misses with a looping left.
Lord tries to land a front kick but Seok steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Seok tries to counter with a takedown but Lord is quick to defend against it.
Lord fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seok.
Lord takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lord takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Seok throws an off balance right hand
and Lord counters with a stiff right hand.
Lord takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Seok misses with a looping right.
Lord checks a low kick from Seok.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Seok.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Lord.
Seok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Lord misses the target.
Lord throws an overhand right that lands on Seok's shoulder, as Seok tries to avoid the shot.
Lord throws a leg kick that misses.
Lord checks a leg kick.
Lord feints a counter leg kick.
Seok slips a straight right by Lord.
Seok scores with a punch to the head.
Lord has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Lord on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Seok throws a low kick but Lord moves out of range easily.
Lord appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Seok throws out a leg kick but Lord moves out of range and Seok only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Lord lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lord throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Seok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seok's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lord connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Seok scrambles back to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Seok.
Lord throws a body shot but no joy.
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!
Seok misses with a shot to the body
and Lord counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Lord is predictable there
and Seok counters with a single leg into guard. Lord didn't expect that.
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.
Seok passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lord bucks up and tries to throw Seok off but instead Seok has got his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but 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.
Lord throws a body shot but no joy.
Seok attempts a counter takedown but Lord avoids it well and moves away.
Lord staying out of range there.
Lord throws out a powerful jab.
Seok shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Seok throws a nice inside leg kick.
Seok lands a jab to the nose.
Seok ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Lord misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seok checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lord throws a nice looking combination but Seok bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lord listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Seok.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seok shoots in and bounces Lord off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Seok pushing down on Lord's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Seok stops Lord from getting back to his feet.
Seok trying to control from half guard but Lord is working away.
Seok lands strikes from half guard.
Seok is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seok not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Seok wants to pass the guard but Lord is defending well.
Seok is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lord is trying to stand up here but Seok is controlling him well.
Seok wants to pass to mount but Lord is defending the position.
Seok is trying to control. Lord wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Seok thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Seok wants to take a breather but Lord is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seok working Lord over with strikes.
Seok looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Seok is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lord defends it well.
Seok is trying to control the action in half guard but Lord is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Seok connects with a nice short shot to Lord's temple.
Seok 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.
Seok is keen to just control but Lord is a slippery customer.
Seok is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lord is just riding it out for now. Seok eventually gives up the hold.
Seok seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seok fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lord! But no joy.
Seok takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seok feinted with a counter takedown.
Lord connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Seok's hands.
A telegraphed right hand from Lord misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Selfie Lord will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Lord lands with a shot to the body.
Seok shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lord but Lord pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Seok avoids the body shot from Lord.
Lord comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lord slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lord misses with a right hand
and Seok counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Seok not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seok advances position into side control!
Seok trying to control the action but Lord is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Seok landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lord is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Seok asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Seok has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Lee Sang Seok has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Seok punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lord is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Lee Sang Seok overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Seok can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lord is looking to escape.
Lord is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Seok lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seok with good strikes from the mount here!
Lord is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Lord is in a horrible position here. Seok smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Seok looking to control but Lord is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lord is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lord can't escape the position.
Seok is landing with some decent strikes but Lord is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Seok tries to control but Lord wriggling away.
Selfie Lord is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seok moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Lord has worked his arm free - good work by Lord!
Lord is trying to get back to his feet.
Seok cracks Lord with a big right hand but Lord just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Seok misses with the ground and pound.
Lord is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Seok asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seok throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Sang Seok showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lord 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Gower (ranked 26 p4p, 3 weight class) and Pako Laine (ranked 36 p4p, 5 weight class). Laine has chosen Nikke Ankara - Värifilmi as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Gower!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pako Laine!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laine, right into the meat.
Gower uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Laine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pako Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gower lands a nice looking kick to the body. Laine takes a step back to recover.
We've been told by Gower's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gower throws a low kick but Laine moves out of range easily.
Laine scores with a nice body kick.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gower.
Gower tries a head kick but it misses.
Gower throws a solid leg kick but Laine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gower.
Gower fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laine.
Laine has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gower swings wildly with an uppercut but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gower digs a right hand underneath Laine's ribcage. Laine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gower misses with the head strike.
Laine struggles to land a body shot inside as Gower controls his hands.
Gower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gower avoids it.
Gower tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laine tries a knee to the head but Gower blocks it.
Gower has a couple of punches blocked by Laine.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Gower.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gower lands a shoulder strike.
Laine misses with a punch to the body.
Laine throws a punch but it's blocked by Gower.
Laine is looking for a takedown.
Laine working aggressively here.
Laine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gower avoids it.
Gower misses with a body punch.
Laine has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gower is trying to keep an underhook but Laine manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Gower manages to get to full guard.
Laine passes Gower's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Laine works his foot free and advances to mount.
Laine goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Gower is on top in guard.
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!
Laine trying to control the position.
Gower trying to stand up but can't free himself from Laine's guard.
Laine has his foot on Gower's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gower works his way back into a safe position though.
Gower won't allow Laine to sweep him here.
Laine is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Laine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine looking for a sweep. Not yet Laine, not yet.
Gower has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Laine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Laine is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gower doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Laine.
Laine controlling the pace.
Gower is trying to maintain the position but Laine is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gower keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Laine is working for a kimura but Gower is defending it quite comfortably.
Laine looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Laine looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pako Laine will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gower, right into the meat.
Gower lands a front kick.
Nice sprawl there from Gower as Laine shoots in.
Gower throws an overhand right that lands on Laine's shoulder, as Laine tries to avoid the shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Laine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laine. Gower does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laine moves out of range of the body kick.
Gower buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gower throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Gower ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Laine throws a jab but it's blocked by Gower.
Gower appears to be looking for a big counter.
Laine misses with a looping left.
Gower looks to score with a jab to the body but Laine is just out of range.
Laine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gower has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine scores with a shot to the side of Gower's head.
Gower is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Laine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gower swings wildly with an uppercut but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gower fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine blocks an uppercut.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Gower uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Laine.
Laine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gower avoids it.
Laine throws a head punch that misses.
Gower tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laine's elbow.
Jeff Gower has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gower digs a right hand underneath Laine's ribcage. Laine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gower.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gower.
Gower blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gower lands with a light punch inside.
Gower misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gower gets through Laine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gower fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gower.
Laine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gower.
Gower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laine pulls guard effortlessly.
Laine is working an open guard so Gower takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Gower throws a low kick but Laine moves out of range easily.
Laine throws a right and a left that Gower avoids nicely.
Gower tried to counter with a leg kick but Laine avoided it.
Laine throws a low kick but Gower avoids it.
Laine wants to slow Gower down by chopping away at his legs.
Gower throws a low kick but Laine avoids it.
Laine lands with a right hand.
Laine tries to clinch but Gower moves out of range.
Laine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gower.
Laine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gower manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gower misses with a right hand
and Laine counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Laine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gower pinned against the cage. Gower gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jeff Gower has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pako Laine.
Laine takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gower moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Laine.
Laine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gower pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Laine misses with a lunging right hand
and Gower makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Laine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Laine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laine throws a jab when Gower was well out of range.
Laine throws a body punch but Gower moves out of range.
Gower scores with a jab. Laine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laine moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a looping left.
Laine connects with a jab.
Laine fails with the takedown.
Laine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gower misses with a wild body shot.
Laine throws a lazy right hand but Gower sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gower throws a good cross that connects.
Laine throws a body punch but Gower moves out of range.
Gower feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laine's calf.
Laine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Laine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Laine.
Laine turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gower paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Laine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Gower dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gower throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jeff Gower is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gower.
Laine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Laine closes the distance looking to clinch
and Laine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gower.
Laine throws out a counter right but Gower avoids it with no problem.
Laine takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Laine thuds his shin into the meat of Gower's side.
Laine misses with a low kick as Gower jumps back.
Gower connects with a solid leg kick.
Laine shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gower manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gower manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
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!
Laine lands with a light punch inside.
Gower scores with a shot to the side of Laine's head.
Gower lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gower misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gower blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gower misses with some punches.
Gower tries to work over Laine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gower makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laine lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laine tries to land knees in the clinch but Gower avoids the damage to the body.
Laine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gower can't find room to land a body shot as Laine controls the action.
Gower misses with a punch to the body.
Gower managing to block the knees to the body from Laine.
Gower scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laine tries to land knees in the clinch but Gower avoids the damage to the body.
Gower fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gower blocks an uppercut.
Gower lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gower lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laine misses with a knee strike.
Laine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Gower.
Gower stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gower misses with some punches.
Laine working aggressively here.
Gower lands a nice uppercut.
Laine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gower avoids it.
Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laine blocking some punches.
Gower is working Laine over against the cage.
Gower presses Laine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Laine throws a punch but it's blocked by Gower.
Laine tries to land a knee to the head but Gower blocks with his arms.
Laine tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gower smiles and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gower.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gower misses with a body kick.
Laine checks a leg kick.
Gower takes a swing at Laine's ribcage but misses.
Laine misses with a hook. Gower ducked under it nicely.
Gower scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Laine lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gower doesn't seem phased though.
Gower throws a half hearted mid kick.
Laine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gower throws a leg kick
and Laine counters with a leg kick.
Laine blocks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Laine.
Laine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Gower.
Gower digs a good hook to Laine's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a looping left.
Gower fires out a quick counter leg kick but Laine just manages to avoid it.
Gower throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gower went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Laine tries to clinch up but Gower circles away and keeps his distance.
Laine has his takedown stuffed
and Gower counters with a 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!
A bone on bone clash there as Gower blocks the leg kick.
Gower throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gower misses the shot to the body.
Gower with a nice cross.
Laine gets the takedown into side control.
Gower is looking to get back to his feet here but Laine is keeping cool and he's managed to take Gower's back.
Laine is persistently looking for the submission but Gower is defending it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine tightening his grip on Gower, looking for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Gower clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gower thumps Laine with a low kick.
Gower misses with a right hand
and Laine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Laine staying out of range there.
Laine throws a fast counter high kick but Gower manages to duck under it in time.
Laine connects with a jab.
Gower blocks a low kick nicely.
Gower bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gower tries to land a leg kick but Laine saw it coming and moves away.
Laine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laine tries a low kick but Gower avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gower goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gower thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gower scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gower.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Gower's shoulder, as Gower tries to avoid the shot.
Laine throws a low kick but Gower avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gower.
Gower is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laine.
Gower scores with a leg kick.
Laine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gower is fending him off so far but Laine persists. Nope, Gower circles away and we're back to standing.
Gower chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gower moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jeff Gower is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laine misses with a right hand
and Gower counters by moving into the clinch.
Laine throws a head punch that misses.
Gower tries a body shot but Laine blocks it.
Gower gets through Laine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laine misses with a knee strike.
Laine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laine.
Laine takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gower lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gower avoiding damage as Laine throws knees to the body.
Gower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gower lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laine blocks an uppercut.
Gower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gower digs a right hand underneath Laine's ribcage. Laine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gower is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laine can do to turn this around?
Gower lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
A short right from Laine.
Laine throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gower fails to land.
Gower lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laine missing with knees to the body.
Gower misses with a punch on the inside.
Gower misses with a punch on the inside.
Laine has Gower pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gower manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gower blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gower is defending well for now.
Gower is pressed up against the cage. Laine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gower down to the mat. Gower avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jeff Gower has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pako Laine.
Laine is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Gower misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Gower looks for the body kick but Laine saw that one coming.
Gower looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gower throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Gower misses the jab.
Laine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laine just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGower.
Gower fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gower lands a right hook to the body.
Laine throws a solid leg kick but Gower takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Laine.
Gower swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Gower as he connects with a hook.
Gower scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gower keeps Laine at a distance using the push kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Laine crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gower - the referee stops the clock and Laine gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gower. Laine manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Laine throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gower with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laine to score with a decent uppercut.
Laine shoots in for a takedown but Gower shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gower misses with a low kick as Laine jumps back.
Laine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gower finds it's way round the side to connect with Laine's head.
Laine is looking to land body kicks.
Gower scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Laine doesn't seem bothered though.
Laine takes a swing at Gower's ribcage but misses.
Gower ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Laine scores with a jab to the jaw.
Laine is looking to slow Gower down with leg kicks.
Gower just misses with a punch to the body.
Gower uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
As Laine looks to move away, Gower throws a big counter combo but Laine just gets out of the way.
Gower chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Laine stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gower.
Laine shoots in for a takedown but Gower shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Gower had his way with Pako Laine in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Laine shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gower sprawls well. Gower wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Laine gets slowly back to his feet.
Laine has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gower.
Laine swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laine keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Laine.
Gower dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laine. That did some damage!
Gower lets loose with a powerful body kick. Laine will feel that in the morning.
Laine swings for the body but Gower moves out of range.
Gower misses with a body kick.
Gower swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine throws out a loose jab but Gower uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gower looks to score with a jab to the body but Laine is just out of range.
Gower cracks the inside of Laine's front leg.
Gower jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laine tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Laine feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gower's calf.
Gower lands a head kick. Laine smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Gower wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Laine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Laine wants to slow Gower down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd cheers as Laine lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gower doesn't seem phased though.
Laine throws a leg kick but Gower sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gower looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gower walks forward, straight into a front kick from Laine.
Laine throws a low kick, looking for Gower's leg but Gower calmly moves out of range.
Gower throws a shot from downtown. Laine moves away and avoids it.
Gower slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Laine moves out of range as Gower strikes.
Laine throws the left hand but Gower avoids the punch easily.
Laine looks to land a right hand but Gower moved out of range.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Gower was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gower looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pako Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gower connects with a looping right hand.
Laine misses with a straight right.
Gower takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gower misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gower. That's going to slow Laine down.
Gower thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laine is looking to slow Gower down with leg kicks.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Gower.
Gower tries to work over Laine's front leg with a kick but Laine checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laine. Gower does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gower slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Gower.
Gower looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laine misses with a straight left.
Laine missing with a left hand there. Gower was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine throws a right hand that Gower ducks under and follows up with a left that Gower also avoids with ease.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gower darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gower keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gower slips a jab from Laine.
Gower staying out of range there.
Laine throws a head kick that misses.
Gower lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laine fails with the takedown
and Laine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laine is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Laine is looking to clinch but Gower is avoiding it.
Gower connects with the punch.
Laine misses with a hook
and Gower counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gower checks a leg kick.
Gower connects with the punch.
Laine misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gower swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jeff Gower is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jeff Gower has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pako Laine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gower. Gower obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Gower moves away and avoids it.
Gower lands a nice looking kick to the body. Laine takes a step back to recover.
Gower lands with a shot to the body.
Laine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gower.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Laine looks to land a right hand but Gower moved out of range.
Laine walks into a straight right hand from Gower.
Gower lands a slapping body shot.
Gower throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good leg kick by Gower there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laine misses with a body shot
and Gower makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Gower moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Gower misses its target.
Laine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gower sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Gower showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gower 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:46
Judge William Gold scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Gower!
Jeff Gower retains his featherweight title!
Jeff Gower thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buzz Bixby (ranked 15 p4p, 4 weight class) and Jericho Hill (ranked 97 p4p, 16 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buzz Bixby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jericho Hill!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bixby closes the distance and clinches up with Hill, looking for a takedown. Bixby pushes Hill against the cage but Hill circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hill now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bixby scores with a nice right hand.
Bixby missing with a left hand there. Hill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bixby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bixby misses with an uppercut.
Jericho Hill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bixby connects with a nice looking jab.
Bixby tests Hill's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bixby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bixby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hill.
Hill throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bixby walks into a left hand.
Bixby throws a hook but Hill blocks it.
Bixby takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Bixby misses.
Bixby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hill throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bixby tries to counter with a takedown but Hill is quick to defend against it.
Hill throws a front kick aimed at Bixby's knee but Bixby avoids it well.
Hill tries to score with a low kick but Bixby moves his leg out of the way.
Bixby shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hill as he avoids it easily.
Hill fails to land with a series of punches.
Hill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Bixby lands.
Bixby blocks a leg kick.
Bixby changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hill digs a good hook to Bixby's body.
Hill scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bixby on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hill. Hill obviously looking to wear him down.
Bixby takes one to the side of the head.
Hill scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bixby doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hill throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An inside leg kick lands from Hill.
Hill thumps Bixby with a low kick.
Hill throws a leg kick that misses.
Bixby drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hill sprawls and moves away.
Hill is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bixby rather than just go for the knockout.
Hill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bixby circles away quickly and effectively.
Bixby loads up on a big right hand but Hill slips the punch.
Hill pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bixby darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hill wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bixby missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bixby is looking to stall here but Hill recovers full guard.
Bixby 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.
Bixby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bixby throws an elbow that misses. Hill uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bixby's guard. Nice move by Hill!
Bixby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hill wants to get up but he can't break Bixby's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bixby is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hill defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bixby 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.
Bixby has a closed guard, preventing Hill from standing up.
Bixby looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hill is one step ahead there.
Hill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hill trying to control the position from guard on top but Bixby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Hill dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bixby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Hill fails to land with a series of punches.
Bixby looks to throw the jab but Hill is out of range.
Bixby checks a leg kick.
Bixby drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hill sprawls and moves away.
Crunch! Hill slams his shin into Bixby's torso.
Bixby missing with a left hand there. Hill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hill throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bixby sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Bixby half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hill throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bixby is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bixby fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bixby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And Hill responds with a good body kick, but Bixby manages to step out the way in time.
A swing and a miss from Hill.
Bixby drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hill sprawls and moves away.
Hill lands a nice hook to Bixby's body. Bixby takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill catches Bixby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jericho Hill seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bixby tries for a takedown but Hill sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hill cracks the inside of Bixby's front leg.
Hill darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bixby.
Hill throws an overhand right that lands on Bixby's shoulder, as Bixby tries to avoid the shot.
Hill lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hill has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hill there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bixby looks to score with a jab to the body but Hill is just out of range.
Hill has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bixby blocks the body kick.
Hill misses with the body kick
and Bixby counters with a shoot takedown. Hill fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bixby wants to pass the guard but Hill is keeping the position.
Hill working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bixby.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill trying to keep a closed guard but Bixby is proving a slippery customer.
Bixby looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bixby wants to pass the guard but Hill is keeping the position.
Hill is trying to keep Bixby in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill is controlling Bixby's posture.
Hill wants to stand up but Bixby is controlling him.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hill throws a leg kick
and Bixby counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've been informed that Hill has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hill keeping moving, preventing Bixby from controlling successfully.
Bixby passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hill taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bixby throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
An elbow from Bixby crashes against the mat.
Bixby tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hill is looking for a sweep.
Hill gets back to half guard.
Bixby not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jericho Hill will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hill tries a head kick but it misses.
Hill throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some bone on bone action there as Bixby checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bixby tries to counter with a takedown but Hill is quick to defend against it.
Hill misses with a body kick.
Bixby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hill lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bixby will feel that in the morning.
Bixby throws a big shot that misses.
Hill tries to land a body kick
and Bixby counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bixby is keen to just control but Hill is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bixby stops Hill from getting back to his feet.
Buzz Bixby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bixby scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hill wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bixby landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bixby not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bixby stops Hill from getting back to his feet.
Hill wants to improve his position but Bixby is controlling well.
Bixby looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bixby landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hill is refusing to be controlled, as Bixby sits in half guard.
Bixby is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hill has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill is refusing to be controlled, as Bixby sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bixby lands strikes from half guard.
Hill controlling the position for now.
Hill pushes Bixby off looking to stand but Bixby dives back in and keeps control.
Bixby not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bixby misses with a straight right.
Bixby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hill digs a good body shot into Bixby's ribs.
Hill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bixby.
Bixby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bixby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hill jabs at Bixby's body.
Hill connects with the punch.
Good leg kick by Hill there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bixby takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
Hill jabs at Bixby's body.
Hill is looking to chop away at Bixby's legs.
Hill misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bixby blocks the body kick.
Hill throws a hook but Bixby avoids it easily.
Bixby drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hill sprawls and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hill bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill misses with a body shot.
Hill throws a leg kick which misses Bixby's front leg but catches the back leg as Bixby tries to avoid it.
Hill thuds a left hand into Bixby's body.
Hill cracks the inside of Bixby's front leg.
Bixby misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Hill tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Bixby blocks the leg kick.
Hill misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bixby. Hill does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Hill really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bixby's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hill connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bixby scrambles back to his feet.
Bixby lunges at Hill with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hill's hand.
Hill throws a body shot but no joy.
Bixby drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hill sprawls and moves away.
Hill misses with a hook.
Bixby looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bixby.
Bixby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bixby.
Bixby tries to counter with a takedown but Hill is quick to defend against it.
Hill connects with a jab.
Bixby throws a hook to the side of Hill's head but Hill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill scoring well with a low kick there.
Hill looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bixby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hill to score with a decent uppercut.
Hill is looking to chop away at Bixby's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bixby shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hill sprawls well. Hill wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bixby gets slowly back to his feet.
Bixby slips a straight right by Hill.
Jericho Hill is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bixby, as that shot connected.
Bixby with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Hill counter with a right hand.
Hill lands a jab.
A good leg kick by Hill.
Bixby is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hill tried to score with a low kick but Bixby checks it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hill, right into the meat.
Hill scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill connects with a right hand. Bixby shakes it off.
Bixby throws a hook to the side of Hill's head but Hill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hill thuds his shin into the meat of Bixby's side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hill thumps Bixby with a low kick.
Bixby swinging wildly here.
Hill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hill misses with a wild body shot.
Bixby appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Hill finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hill defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bixby.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buzz Bixby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bixby throws a hook but Hill avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bixby misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bixby manages to avoid it.
Bixby blocks a head kick by Hill.
Hill misses with a looping left.
Bixby checks a leg kick.
Hill takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bixby misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bixby blocks a low kick nicely.
Hill slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill throws a lazy body kick
and Bixby counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bixby.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bixby's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hill wants to stand and escape but Bixby is having none of it.
Bixby loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hill is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bixby throws a big right hand that misses.
Hill tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bixby postures up in Hill's guard and throws a big left but Hill blocks it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hill throws a low kick, looking for Bixby's leg but Bixby calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Hill dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bixby.
Hill feints a counter leg kick.
Bixby misses with a hook.
It seemed like Hill was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hill tries to work over Bixby's front leg with a kick but Bixby checks it.
Hill cracks Bixby with an open hand slap.
Hill misses with a double jab
and Bixby counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bixby.
Hill wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Bixby engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill wants to stand but Bixby is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bixby looking to pass the guard.
Bixby won't allow Hill to get back to his feet.
Hill wants to sweep but no luck.
Bixby makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bixby stopping the sweep attempt from Hill.
Bixby wants to control from the top but Hill keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hill scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Buzz Bixby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Bixby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bixby takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bixby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Hill defending well as Bixby loads up on a big left hand.
Hill takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bixby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hill.
Bixby moves out of range of the leg kick from Hill.
Bixby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hill sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hill stuns Bixby with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hill thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bixby if he has to take too many more of those.
Hill throws a leg kick which misses Bixby's front leg but catches the back leg as Bixby tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bixby takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hill lands with a good body shot.
Hill wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hill throws a jab when Bixby was well out of range.
Bixby half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hill displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bixby.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hill.
Hill scores with a kick to the body.
Hill throws a shot from downtown. Bixby moves away and avoids it.
Bixby scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill feints and then cracks Bixby's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bixby down.
A big left from Hill misses.
Hill uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bixby.
Bixby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hill.
Bixby throws a good cross that connects.
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!
Hill uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bixby has time to react.
Hill blocks a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hill!
Hill rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bixby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hill scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bixby doesn't seem bothered though.
Hill cracks Bixby with an open hand slap.
Jericho Hill is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A good leg kick by Hill.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jericho Hill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hill 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 45:50
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jericho Hill!
Jericho Hill is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Jericho Hill 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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