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TGC 54: Cinco De Mayo PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Wade (ranked 2713 p4p, 352 weight class) and Fernando Eduardo (ranked 1980 p4p, 276 weight class). Wade comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac - Hail Mary. This should be a great matchup!
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224 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fernando Eduardo!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eduardo throws a nice looking combination but Wade bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wade looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Wade trying to control the position from guard on top but Eduardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wade won't allow Eduardo to sweep him here.
Wade is in close to Eduardo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wade controls from within his opponent's guard.
Eduardo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wade. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wade throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eduardo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade cracks Eduardo with a solid left hand.
Wade trying to control the position from guard on top but Eduardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wade throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eduardo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wade postures up and lands a big shot to Eduardo's brow.
Wade trying to control but Eduardo is working from the bottom.
Eduardo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wade trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wade slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wade taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Eduardo is not content to let Wade control the position.
Wade throws a strike aimed at the side of Eduardo's head but Eduardo avoids it well.
Wade working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eduardo managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wade.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo trying to remain calm as Wade controls from the top position.
Eduardo felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Wade throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Eduardo being controlled for a moment.
Wade trying to control the position but Eduardo is working away.
Eduardo is trying to control Wade's posture but Wade avoids it.
Wade tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wade has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wade goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Eduardo rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wade's guard! Nice work there by Eduardo!
Wade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wade is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Eduardo defends well.
Eduardo trying to control the position from guard on top but Wade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Wade dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Eduardo with a nice cross.
Eduardo digs a good hook to Wade's body.
Eduardo throws a jab but it's blocked by Wade.
Wade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little jabbing left from Eduardo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Eduardo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Eduardo stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade shoots in for a takedown but Eduardo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wade ducks under a wild hook from Eduardo.
Wade takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Wade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eduardo throws a hook to the side of Wade's head but Wade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wade is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eduardo can do to turn this around?
Eduardo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wade looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wade misses with a takedown attempt
and Eduardo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Eduardo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Eduardo slaps away a takedown attempt from Wade, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Josh Wade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wade shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Eduardo is not content to let Wade control the position.
Wade throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wade missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wade stalling away here and it's allowed Eduardo to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Eduardo keeping moving, preventing Wade from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Eduardo working a defensive guard here.
Wade postures up and lands a big shot to Eduardo's brow.
Eduardo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Wade has picked Eduardo up and slammed him! Eduardo can't keep hold of the triangle and Wade manages to pass to side control!
Wade working the ground and pound.
Wade is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Eduardo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Eduardo defending against the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Eduardo trying to remain calm as Wade controls from the top position.
Wade throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Wade trying to control the action but Eduardo is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
An elbow from Wade crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Josh Wade will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Wade tries for a takedown but Eduardo circles away easily
and Eduardo counters with a straight right hand.
Eduardo throws a hook to the side of Wade's head but Wade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horrible takedown attempt by Wade or perhaps it was just good defense by Eduardo, which made it look bad.
Eduardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wade.
Eduardo thuds a left hand into Wade's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Eduardo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wade shoots in and drives through. Eduardo sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Wade. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eduardo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wade darts in looking for a takedown but Eduardo gets double underhooks and turns Wade into the cage.
Wade fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wade throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wade takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eduardo throws a shot from downtown. Wade moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Wade wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Eduardo connects with a single shot there.
Wade swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Eduardo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Eduardo.
Eduardo misses with a looping right.
Eduardo throws a series of punches but Wade avoids them all with ease.
Wade shoots and misses
and Eduardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade dives in and grabs Eduardo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Eduardo pushes down on Wade's head and hops out.
As Wade backs off Eduardo throws a huge counter combo but Wade manages to avoid it all.
Wade tries for a takedown but Eduardo circles away easily
and Eduardo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wade misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade tries for a takedown but Eduardo circles away easily
and Eduardo counters with a right hand to the body.
Eduardo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wade on the side of the head.
Eduardo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Wade.
Wade changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Wade shoots in looking for a takedown but Eduardo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wade's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wade takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Eduardo works Wade's body with a nice hook.
Fernando Eduardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wade with a poor takedown
and Eduardo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eduardo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wade gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Eduardo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wade thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eduardo connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Eduardo counters with a stiff right hand.
Wade doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Eduardo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eduardo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Eduardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wade 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Jurevicious (ranked 879 p4p, 130 weight class) and Jose Morales (ranked 2210 p4p, 299 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
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Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darius Jurevicious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Morales!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales connects with a body shot that sends Jurevicious's belly button to the back.
Morales digs a good body shot into Jurevicious's ribs.
Morales darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Darius Jurevicious has been cut.
Morales waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Jurevicious. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Jurevicious to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jurevicious keeping moving, preventing Morales from controlling successfully.
Morales drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jurevicious manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morales has Jurevicious in his guard.
Jurevicious throws a big elbow that misses.
Morales really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jurevicious. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jurevicious distracts Morales with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jurevicious lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morales is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jurevicious working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morales's head.
We've been hearing that Jurevicious has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurevicious lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jurevicious trying to control but Morales is working from the bottom.
Morales is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jurevicious working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morales's head.
Morales has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jurevicious can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jurevicious preventing the sweep.
Morales looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morales has momentary wrist control but Jurevicious slips an elbow through the middle.
Jurevicious lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious scoring with some ground and pound.
Jurevicious postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jurevicious works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
Jurevicious is working Morales over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jurevicious distracts Morales with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morales is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morales keeping full guard, as Jurevicious tries to pass.
Jurevicious postures up and lands a big shot to Morales's brow.
Jurevicious works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
Jurevicious keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Morales's head.
Jurevicious works over Morales with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jurevicious working some strikes from top position.
Morales escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jurevicious gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jurevicious's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurevicious working some strikes from top position.
Jurevicious scoring with some ground and pound.
Jurevicious 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.
Jurevicious is in close to Morales's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jurevicious lands a couple of digs.
Morales has momentary wrist control but Jurevicious slips an elbow through the middle.
Morales is looking for a triangle but Jurevicious pushes his legs off easily.
Jurevicious trying to control the position from guard on top but Morales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morales looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jurevicious passes into half guard.
Jurevicious landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales is looking for a sweep. Jurevicious is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morales trying to control from the bottom.
Jurevicious looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morales with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jurevicious lands strikes from half guard.
Jurevicious landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morales is looking to control Jurevicious's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morales avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from Jurevicious there.
Jurevicious looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jurevicious is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morales sees it coming and defends easily.
Morales taking some punishment here, with Jurevicious in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Jurevicious dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Jurevicious'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.
Jurevicious changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Morales looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jurevicious wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morales keeps working.
Jurevicious is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morales knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Morales tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jurevicious presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Jurevicious landing strikes from the mount and Morales is in trouble!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales is working to get back to half guard.
Jurevicious looking to secure an arm triangle but Morales defends it well.
Jurevicious lands with some strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is trying to escape the mount.
Jurevicious scoring with strikes but Morales is staying in there.
Jurevicious putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Morales takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jurevicious scoring with strikes but Morales is staying in there.
Morales is rocked!
Jurevicious prevents Morales from getting the reversal.
Morales is in a horrible position here. Jurevicious smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morales is still in real trouble! Can Jurevicious finish him?
Morales takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Jurevicious connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jurevicious looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jurevicious lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jurevicious postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Morales out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Jurevicious goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Darius Jurevicious!
An out of breath Darius Jurevicious 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pearse Mullen (ranked 21959 p4p, 639 weight class) and Akihito Yamato (ranked 3536 p4p, 358 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Solid boxing
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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
6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Pearse Mullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akihito Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato dodges the punch combination from Mullen.
Mullen misses with a few strikes there.
Yamato dodges the punch combination from Mullen.
Mullen misses the shot to the body.
Mullen throws an off balance right hand
and Yamato counters with a nice uppercut.
Mullen with a poor takedown
and Mullen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yamato slips under a jab.
Pearse Mullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Yamato.
Mullen throws a body kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Yamato checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mullen throws a lazy head kick
and Yamato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mullen has his takedown stuffed
and Yamato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yamato counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pearse Mullen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mullen is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheers as Yamato lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mullen doesn't seem phased though.
Yamato scores with a sloppy right hand. Mullen should have avoided that one.
Yamato works Mullen's body with a nice hook.
Yamato digs a good body shot into Mullen's ribs.
Mullen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mullen ducks into an uppercut from Yamato and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Akihito Yamato!
Akihito Yamato bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chadwin De Chandler (ranked 1360 p4p, 173 weight class) and Shawn Griffin (ranked 1613 p4p, 200 weight class). Griffin has chosen Medicate - Flaw as his entrance music. Chadwin De Chandler could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shawn Griffin's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chadwin De Chandler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin doesn't manage to clinch there - De Chandler circles away.
Griffin throws a leg kick
and De Chandler counters with a shoot takedown. Griffin fights it but they end up in guard.
Griffin thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
De Chandler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Chandler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Chandler won't allow Griffin to sweep him here.
De Chandler postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Chandler stopping the sweep attempt from Griffin.
Griffin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Chandler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Chandler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Chandler sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Griffin will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Chandler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Griffin will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
De Chandler 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.
De Chandler trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.
De Chandler definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Griffin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Chandler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Griffin trying to strike off his back.
De Chandler passes into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Griffin can do anything to dispel that myth.
De Chandler is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Griffin sees it coming and defends easily.
Griffin punching from the bottom.
De Chandler is working for a submission of some sort.
De Chandler will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Griffin tries to roll over but De Chandler keeps him under control.
Griffin punching from the bottom.
Griffin misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Griffin is trying to stand.
Griffin wants to get back to full guard.
Griffin gets full guard.
De Chandler trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.
Griffin thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Chandler drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De Chandler jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Griffin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Griffin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Griffin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Chandler wants to control from the top but Griffin keeps moving.
De Chandler is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Griffin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Chandler.
Griffin striking off his back but it's not causing De Chandler any problems.
Griffin throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
De Chandler with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Chandler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Chandler is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffin has wrist control.
De Chandler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griffin is keeping the position for now.
De Chandler drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and De Chandler jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Griffin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Griffin wants to sweep but no luck.
De Chandler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De Chandler trying to control the position from guard on top but Griffin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Chandler won't allow Griffin to get back to his feet.
De Chandler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De Chandler is working hard here to advance position.
Griffin throwing short punches from the bottom.
De Chandler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Griffin striking off his back.
De Chandler is working Griffin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Griffin doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
De Chandler is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
De Chandler is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Chandler drops back looking for a leg! Griffin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Griffin manages to kick De Chandler off! De Chandler jumps back into Griffin's guard.
De Chandler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Chandler drops back looking for a leg! Griffin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Griffin manages to kick De Chandler off! De Chandler jumps back into Griffin's guard.
De Chandler passes Griffin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Griffin is pressing down on De Chandler's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Griffin striking off his back but it's not causing De Chandler any problems.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Griffin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Griffin thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
De Chandler trying to control the position from guard on top but Griffin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Griffin throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chadwin De Chandler dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De Chandler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin throws a push kick but De Chandler slaps the foot to one side.
De Chandler attempts a counter takedown but Griffin avoids it well and moves away.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and De Chandler counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
De Chandler passes Griffin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Griffin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
De Chandler is trying to control the action in half guard but Griffin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Chandler is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Griffin is just riding it out for now. De Chandler eventually gives up the hold.
De Chandler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Chandler is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
De Chandler is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Griffin is just riding it out for now. De Chandler eventually gives up the hold.
Griffin pushes De Chandler off looking to stand but De Chandler dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Chandler is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Griffin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time De Chandler.
Griffin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Griffin misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Griffin is looking for a sweep. De Chandler is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Chandler is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Griffin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Griffin missing with punches from the bottom.
De Chandler 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.
De Chandler is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Chandler trying to mount his opponent but Griffin defends it.
Chadwin De Chandler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Chandler stops Griffin from getting back to his feet.
De Chandler is trying to control. Griffin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
De Chandler is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Griffin is just riding it out for now. De Chandler eventually gives up the hold.
De Chandler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffin can do to turn this around?
De Chandler is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Griffin has managed to free his arm - good work.
Griffin connecting with a few gentle strikes.
De Chandler 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.
Griffin connecting with a few gentle strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to get to full guard but De Chandler has control of the leg.
Griffin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Griffin punching from the bottom.
De Chandler is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Griffin has managed to free his arm - good work.
Griffin striking from the bottom.
De Chandler blocks the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin kicks De Chandler off and gets back to his feet.
De Chandler takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Griffin throws a leg kick
and De Chandler counters with a single leg into guard. Griffin didn't expect that.
Griffin wants to stand and escape but De Chandler is having none of it.
Griffin scores with a nice shot.
De Chandler throwing strikes from guard but Griffin blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Chandler trying to control the position from guard on top but Griffin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Griffin looking for a sweep. Not yet Griffin, not yet.
Griffin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
De Chandler postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Griffin doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Chandler is pushing down on Griffin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Griffin is fighting to maintain full guard but De Chandler has managed to sneak the leg through.
Griffin tries to kick De Chandler off but De Chandler keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Griffin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Griffin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
De Chandler seems to be looking for submissions.
Griffin landing rabbit punches to the side of De Chandler's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Griffin wants to get back to his feet.
De Chandler 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.
Griffin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chadwin De Chandler dominated that second round.
That's time! De Chandler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Griffin lands with a nice combination. De Chandler backs away looking to recover.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Griffin misses with a kick to the body
and De Chandler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by De Chandler.
Griffin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Griffin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
De Chandler trying to control but Griffin is working from the bottom.
De Chandler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Chandler drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. De Chandler seems to have locked his on tight now - Griffin screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for De Chandler, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Chadwin De Chandler!
Chadwin De Chandler 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Salvatore (ranked 1243 p4p, 129 weight class) and Dan May (ranked 2625 p4p, 233 weight class). Salvatore comes to the cage accompanied by Reich mir die Hand. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enzo Salvatore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan May!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Salvatore. May does a little dance to reset his feet.
May is looking to clinch but Salvatore is avoiding it.
Salvatore swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
May tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salvatore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
May moves in looking to clinch but Salvatore pushes him off.
May instigates a clinch.
Salvatore is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but May is defending well.
Salvatore is trying to trip May. He has hold of a leg but May is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Salvatore persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Salvatore trying to control but May is working from the bottom.
Salvatore drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and May dives on top into guard.
Salvatore escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. May gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Salvatore 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.
May would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Salvatore definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
May is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
May stopping the sweep attempt from Salvatore.
May must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Salvatore is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
May is looking to stand up but Salvatore won't let him.
Salvatore trying to keep a closed guard but May is proving a slippery customer.
Salvatore is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! May rolls with it to try and escape but Salvatore cranks on the arm and May is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Enzo Salvatore!
Enzo Salvatore decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Dog (ranked 1007 p4p, 151 weight class) and Yuri Bezmenov (ranked 1106 p4p, 162 weight class). The Dog kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Meditation Time. Yuri Bezmenov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake The Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Bezmenov!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bezmenov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in The Dog's guard.
The Dog looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bezmenov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Dog is keeping the position for now.
The Dog is pulling down on Bezmenov's head. It's preventing any offense from Bezmenov, at least for the moment.
The Dog 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.
Bezmenov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The Dog has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezmenov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bezmenov is trying to control. The Dog wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Dog wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog gets back to full guard.
Bezmenov wants to control from the top but The Dog keeps moving.
Bezmenov wants to pass the guard but The Dog is keeping the position.
The Dog has control of Bezmenov's left arm, preventing Bezmenov from doing any damage.
Bezmenov tries to free his leg and advance position but The Dog is retaining full guard.
Bezmenov trying to control but The Dog is working from the bottom.
Bezmenov is stalling in the full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Dog is pulling down on Bezmenov's head. It's preventing any offense from Bezmenov, at least for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bezmenov shoots for a takedown but The Dog saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The Dog displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bezmenov.
The Dog tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bezmenov manages to circle out of the way.
Bezmenov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Dog tries to avoid it but Bezmenov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Dog to the ground. The Dog escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jake The Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Bezmenov.
Nice takedown defense from The Dog. No joy for Bezmenov on that attempt.
Bezmenov slips a jab from The Dog.
The Dog clinches.
The Dog lands with a left to the head.
The Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Dog misses with the head strike.
The Dog throws a head punch that misses.
The Dog digs a right hand into Bezmenov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bezmenov's gas tank.
The Dog scores with a shot to the side of Bezmenov's head.
The Dog lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Dog throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bezmenovs head.
Bezmenov being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dog lands a hook that snaps the head of Bezmenov backwards.
The Dog stalling.
Bezmenov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
I was talking to The Dog's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Dog misses with the head strike.
Bezmenov breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Bezmenov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bezmenov shoots in looking for a takedown. The Dog tries to sprawl out of it but Bezmenov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Dog manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Dog changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The Dog throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bezmenov on the side of the head.
No luck for Bezmenov with that takedown attempt.
Bezmenov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Dog tries to avoid it but Bezmenov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Dog to the ground. The Dog escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bezmenov shoots in but The Dog avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezmenov is trying hard to land a takedown here. The Dog sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The Dog misses the jab.
Bezmenov changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The Dog throws a hook but Bezmenov blocks it.
Bezmenov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Dog avoids it really well and circles away.
The Dog throws a hook but Bezmenov avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Dog throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bezmenov closes the distance and clinches up with The Dog, looking for a takedown. Bezmenov pushes The Dog against the cage but The Dog circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The Dog throws a looping overhand right but Bezmenov ducks down to avoid it.
Bezmenov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The Dog bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bezmenov's head backwards.
The Dog throws a jab when Bezmenov was well out of range.
Bezmenov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Dog throws a jab but it's blocked by Bezmenov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bezmenov slips under a jab from The Dog.
The Dog scores with a jab.
Bezmenov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Dog throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bezmenov has a takedown stuffed.
Bezmenov moves out of range of the strikes.
Bezmenov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Dog swivels and escapes.
As Bezmenov tries to get set, The Dog tries to push him back and clinch up but Bezmenov manages to avoid the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake The Dog dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The Dog throws a shot from downtown. Bezmenov moves away and avoids it.
Bezmenov changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The Dog is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bezmenov can do to turn this around?
The Dog tries to score with a low kick but Bezmenov moves his leg out of the way.
The Dog gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bezmenov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The Dog has Bezmenov pulled in close to control his posture.
The Dog manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bezmenov manages to get himself to full guard.
The Dog controlling from the top position.
The Dog has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezmenov pulls The Dog in close to prevent any damage.
The Dog not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezmenov is trying to keep The Dog in close.
The Dog is stalling in the full guard.
The Dog's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The Dog continues to stall.
Bezmenov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Dog is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bezmenov controls The Dog momentarily but The Dog frees himself.
The Dog showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Dog moves into the clinch.
The Dog misses with a punch to the body.
Bezmenov is trying to maintain a safe position but The Dog gets an underhook and turns Bezmenov into the cage.
Bezmenov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from The Dog.
The Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dog pushes Bezmenov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bezmenov.
The Dog has Bezmenov pressed against the cage, preventing Bezmenov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bezmenov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bezmenov blocks an uppercut.
The Dog struggles to land a body shot inside as Bezmenov controls his hands.
The Dog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bezmenov's elbow.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Bezmenov uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Dog lands a left hand.
The Dog taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bezmenov can't break the clinch.
The Dog throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from The Dog - that landed with a thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dog scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Dog tries to work over Bezmenov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from The Dog.
The Dog lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bezmenov is breathing heavily.
Bezmenov blocks an uppercut.
The Dog lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Dog.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Dog keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bezmenov's efforts to push away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Dog lands a shot to the body.
The Dog tries to work over Bezmenov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake The Dog dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bezmenov scores with a takedown into The Dog's guard.
Bezmenov wants to pass the guard but The Dog is keeping the position.
The Dog trying to control the position here.
The Dog keeping full guard, as Bezmenov tries to pass.
The Dog has Bezmenov pulled in close to control his posture.
Yuri Bezmenov has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezmenov trying to control but The Dog is working from the bottom.
The Dog wants to sweep but no luck.
The Dog is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog looking to control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The Dog connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Dog is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The Dog stuffs the takedown.
The Dog clinches.
The Dog lands a shoulder strike.
The Dog tries to work over Bezmenov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from The Dog.
The Dog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Dog tries to work over Bezmenov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Dog tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dog throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezmenov.
The Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Bezmenov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yuri Bezmenov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bezmenov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Dog scores with a hook to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jake The Dog has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bezmenov breaks from the clinch.
Bezmenov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Dog defends it nicely.
The Dog connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bezmenov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jake The Dog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Bezmenov.
Nice cross by The Dog.
Bezmenov ducks under a wild hook from The Dog.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Dog. That's going to slow Bezmenov down.
Bezmenov shoots in looking for a takedown but The Dog manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bezmenov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezmenov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Dog defends it nicely.
Bezmenov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Dog throws a body shot but no joy.
The Dog fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The Dog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bezmenov.
The Dog lands a big right hand that sends Bezmenov crashing to the mat! The Dog stays standing though and waves Bezmenov back to his feet!
Bezmenov is rocked!
Bezmenov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bezmenov is still on wobbly legs! Can The Dog finish him?
The Dog throws a jab but it's blocked by Bezmenov.
The Dog lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Bezmenov up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs The Dog from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Bezmenov's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jake The Dog!
Jake The Dog spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Smith (ranked 2002 p4p, 254 weight class) and DJ Rinky Dink (ranked 1883 p4p, 244 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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193 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
5 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Rinky Dink!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rinky Dink tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Rinky Dink misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rinky Dink throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Rinky Dink misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rinky Dink misses with a head kick.
DJ Rinky Dink seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rinky Dink throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Rinky Dink pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith blocks a head kick by Rinky Dink.
Rinky Dink throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rinky Dink jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith moves away from the strike by Rinky Dink.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith digs a good body shot into Rinky Dink's ribs.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Rinky Dink misses its intended target.
Smith jabs Rinky Dink right on the nose. Rinky Dink blinks but takes it well.
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rinky Dink tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith blocking some punches.
Rinky Dink swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rinky Dink throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Rinky Dink throws a head punch that misses.
Smith pushes Rinky Dink back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rinky Dink misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rinky Dink has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Rinky Dink working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rinky Dink tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rinky Dink throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Rinky Dink avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Rinky Dink misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink is trying to push Smith away but Smith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rinky Dink working aggressively here.
Rinky Dink working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Rinky Dink uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rinky Dink throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Rinky Dink has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Rinky Dink misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink misses with a punch on the inside.
Rinky Dink is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
Rinky Dink pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rinky Dink thows a leg kick but Smith checks it
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rinky Dink misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith moves away from the strike by Rinky Dink.
Smith thuds a left hand into Rinky Dink's body.
Smith slips under a jab from Rinky Dink.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rinky Dink just misses with a punch to the body.
Rinky Dink connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rinky Dink throws a body kick that misses
and Smith counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rinky Dink's knee momentarily.
Rinky Dink throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
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 Joe Smith will probably get the nod.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rinky Dink rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Rinky Dink throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rinky Dink.
Smith throws a series of punches but Rinky Dink avoids them all with ease.
Smith lands a body shot.
Rinky Dink throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rinky Dink throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith scores with a hook to the body. Rinky Dink takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Rinky Dink down.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rinky Dink can do to turn this around?
Rinky Dink throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
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!
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rinky Dink.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rinky Dink slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Rinky Dink thows a leg kick but Smith checks it
and Smith counters with a slapping leg kick.
A big right from Rinky Dink misses.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Rinky Dink throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Smith throws a big counter combination but Rinky Dink scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rinky Dink misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Smith looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rinky Dink throws a solid leg kick but Smith takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rinky Dink.
Smith thinks about countering with a head kick.
Rinky Dink misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a left to the body.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rinky Dink throws a poor cross that misses
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Rinky Dink cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Smith connects with a leg kick. Rinky Dink looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A low kick from Rinky Dink misses
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Rinky Dink 's knee.
Rinky Dink misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rinky Dink misses the jab.
Smith went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Rinky Dink throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smith lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rinky Dink throws a big shot that misses.
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rinky Dink walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rinky Dink moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Smith blocks a head kick by Rinky Dink.
Smith tried to counter with a leg kick but Rinky Dink avoided it.
Rinky Dink misses with a series of wild punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Smith misses its target.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rinky Dink.
A head kick from Smith lands but Rinky Dink takes it in his stride.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rinky Dink throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rinky Dink misses with a left hand
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Rinky Dink 's knee.
Rinky Dink's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Rinky Dink throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith tried to counter with a leg kick but Rinky Dink avoided it.
Rinky Dink thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith feints a jab promting Rinky Dink to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rinky Dink slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rinky Dink bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Rinky Dink throws a right hand that misses
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rinky Dink.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Smith.
Rinky Dink is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rinky Dink takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rinky Dink is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rinky Dink.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rinky Dink just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rinky Dink misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Rinky Dink 's knee.
Rinky Dink is breathing heavily.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Look low, kick high! Smith uses the oldest trick in the book to send Rinky Dink tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Smith is absolutely delighted - when Rinky Dink wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Joe Smith!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Joe Smith waved his t-shirt featuring IniTech Nutrition 's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between William Fidnhasieunch (ranked 1147 p4p, 121 weight class) and Mario Pereira (ranked 1693 p4p, 174 weight class). Pereira has chosen Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!
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151 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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154 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Fidnhasieunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fidnhasieunch tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pereira swivels and escapes.
Despite the aggression on Pereira's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Fidnhasieunch misses with a takedown attempt - Pereira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pereira moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fidnhasieunch misses with a takedown attempt
and Pereira counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Fidnhasieunch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pereira throws out a powerful jab.
Pereira lands a head kick!
Pereira scores with a hook.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pereira.
Fidnhasieunch misses with a takedown
and Pereira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fidnhasieunch misses with a takedown
and Fidnhasieunch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pereira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pereira lands with a shot to the body.
Fidnhasieunch drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fidnhasieunch defends well.
Fidnhasieunch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fidnhasieunch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fidnhasieunch working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fidnhasieunch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pereira has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fidnhasieunch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fidnhasieunch stops Pereira from standing up.
Fidnhasieunch forces his way into half guard.
Pereira is trying to stand back up but Fidnhasieunch is controlling him
Fidnhasieunch wants to pass the guard but Pereira is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fidnhasieunch throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Pereira to regain full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fidnhasieunch looking to improve position, pressing down on Pereira's thigh with his hand. Pereira seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Fidnhasieunch paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Fidnhasieunch's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Pereira picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mario Pereira!
Mario Pereira 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Wangler (ranked 471 p4p, 70 weight class) and Mark Steve (ranked 538 p4p, 82 weight class). Wangler kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Clash - I Fought The Law. Steve has chosen XXXTENTACION - Look At Me as his entrance music. Mark Steve has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bobby Wangler's chin.
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby Wangler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Steve!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wangler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wangler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab-cross combination lands for Wangler and sends Steve crashing to the mat! Wangler follows him down to the mat - Steve regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Steve is rocked!
It looks like Mark Steve has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steve holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Steve is still in real trouble! Can Wangler finish him?
Wangler tries to pass to full mount but Steve defends it.
Steve controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Steve seems to have recovered his senses.
Wangler thows a huge punch but Steve dodges it nicely.
Steve really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wangler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Steve is staying active underneath Wangler, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wangler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Steve's head.
Wangler perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wangler is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wangler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wangler trying to control the action but Steve is working from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Wangler seems content to control.
Wangler works his way into side control.
The ground and pound from Wangler seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wangler landing a few strikes.
Wangler goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Steve has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Wangler but great work by Steve.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wangler is letting Steve control him for a moment.
Wangler tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Steve wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wangler can't do much from the bottom here.
Wangler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
I wouldn't like to be where Wangler is right now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wangler is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wangler is working hard here to advance position.
Steve working away.
Wangler keeps Steve under control for a moment.
Wangler might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wangler tries to buck Steve off but Steve is having none of it.
Steve working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wangler is looking to reverse the position.
Wangler 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.
Wangler holding on.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wangler ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Wangler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steve lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Steve takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Steve rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wangler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mark Steve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steve moves away from the strike by Wangler.
Steve is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wangler with a body shot.
Bobby Wangler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wangler lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Wangler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Steve's cut.
That's time! Wangler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wangler scores with a hook to the body. Steve takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wangler moves away from the strike by Steve.
Wangler tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Steve swivels and escapes.
Steve takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wangler scores with a sloppy right hand. Steve should have avoided that one.
Wangler's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steve connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wangler scrambles back to his feet.
Wangler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wangler swings away with a body shot that misses
and Steve counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steve misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wangler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wangler throws a lazy uppercut
and Steve counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bobby Wangler is winning the standup battle so far.
Wangler ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangler on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wangler is rocked!
Steve lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Wangler falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mark Steve!
Mark Steve is the new light heavyweight champion!
Mark Steve made sure to mention his sponsor, Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200) in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Cobb (ranked 70 p4p, 7 weight class) and Butt Wipe (ranked 603 p4p, 54 weight class). Cobb's entrance music is Redman - Time 4 Sum Aksion. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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9 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Cobb!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Butt Wipe!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wipe connects with the punch.
It looks like Tyson Cobb has been cut.
Cobb takes one to the chin there.
Wipe lands with a right hand.
Cobb throws a series of punches but Wipe avoids them all with ease.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wipe checks a leg kick.
Cobb throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wipe lands with a cross.
Wipe is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Wipe's shoulder, as Wipe tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Wipe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wipe ducks under a wild hook from Cobb.
Cobb throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wipe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cobb misses with a leg kick.
Cobb throws a shot from downtown. Wipe moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobb finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
Wipe moves out of range of the body kick from Cobb.
Wipe wants to counter the offense by Cobb and move into the clinch position.
Wipe lands the left hand.
Tyson Cobb's cut is getting worse.
Wipe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wipe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cobb takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wipe lands a big uppercut and Cobb crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cobb looks OK. Wipe waves Cobb back to his feet!
Cobb is rocked!
Tyson Cobb's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cobb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wipe.
Wipe cracks Cobb with a hook to the temple - Cobb is on wobbly legs here! Wipe swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Cobb falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Wipe wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Butt Wipe!
Butt Wipe is the new heavyweight champion!
Butt Wipe gave a mention to Riner Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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