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AFC #12 : Ring Master PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny DeCoco (ranked 21634 p4p, 450 weight class) and Walter Flanagan (ranked 3009 p4p, 254 weight class). Flanagan has chosen The Wizard as his entrance music. 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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155 lbs
0 - 5 - 1 |
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157 lbs
8 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny DeCoco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Walter Flanagan!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Flanagan misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - DeCoco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Flanagan wants to counter with a clinch but DeCoco pushes him away.
DeCoco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Flanagan lands a lovely overhand right.
Flanagan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Flanagan throws a body shot but no joy.
DeCoco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Flanagan walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flanagan throws the left hand but DeCoco avoids the punch easily.
DeCoco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flanagan swats away the attempt to clinch by DeCoco.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeCoco shoots in but Flanagan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
DeCoco staying out of range there.
DeCoco misses with a hook. Flanagan ducked under it nicely.
Flanagan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from DeCoco.
DeCoco tries to clinch but Flanagan moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from DeCoco is defended easily by Flanagan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny DeCoco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeCoco closes the distance and clinches up with Flanagan, looking for a takedown. DeCoco pushes Flanagan against the ropes but Flanagan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Flanagan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. DeCoco looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
DeCoco is looking to reverse the position.
DeCoco wants to control but Flanagan postures up.
Flanagan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan is putting a hurting on DeCoco here, landing some big shots from side control.
DeCoco is pushing Flanagan's head away, looking to escape. Flanagan manages to hold on to the position though.
DeCoco gets back to half guard.
DeCoco is trying to maintain the position but Flanagan is very close to passing his half guard.
DeCoco moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
DeCoco controlling the position.
DeCoco has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Flanagan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
DeCoco has control of Flanagan's left arm, preventing Flanagan from doing any damage.
DeCoco bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Flanagan's guard.
Flanagan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with DeCoco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Flanagan keeping full guard, as DeCoco tries to pass.
DeCoco decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Flanagan, up you get!
Flanagan has closed the distance and engaged DeCoco in a clinch.
DeCoco is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Flanagan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeCoco drops down looking for an ankle pick but Flanagan pulls his leg out and moves away.
DeCoco tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Flanagan defends well and DeCoco ends up having to push Flanagan into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
DeCoco shoots in but no luck this time.
DeCoco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flanagan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract DeCoco.
DeCoco appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
DeCoco fails with the takedown
and Flanagan counters by moving into the clinch.
Flanagan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flanagan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flanagan is trying to trip DeCoco. He has hold of a leg but DeCoco is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Flanagan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeCoco lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
DeCoco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Flanagan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
DeCoco pushes Flanagan up against the ropes in a clinch.
Flanagan struggles to land a body shot inside as DeCoco controls his hands.
Flanagan is looking to control DeCoco's arms but DeCoco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flanagan has his back to the ropes.
Flanagan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Flanagan cracks DeCoco with a nice body shot.
Flanagan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down DeCoco.
Flanagan looking for a takedown.
DeCoco blocking some punches.
DeCoco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
DeCoco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Flanagan has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeCoco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DeCoco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Flanagan at a distance.
DeCoco shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
DeCoco darts in looking for a takedown but Flanagan gets double underhooks and turns DeCoco into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeCoco throws a right hand that misses
and Flanagan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DeCoco shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Flanagan as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny DeCoco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Flanagan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flanagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but DeCoco manages to avoid it.
Walter Flanagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeCoco takes a jab right on the kisser.
DeCoco shoots for a double leg takedown but Flanagan sprawls well. He's pushed DeCoco's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Flanagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeCoco was well out of range. Poor timing from Flanagan.
A swing and a miss from Flanagan.
DeCoco attempts a counter takedown but Flanagan avoids it well and moves away.
Flanagan looks to land a right hand but DeCoco moved out of range.
Flanagan lands a nice looking body shot.
Flanagan swings for the body but DeCoco moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeCoco bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeCoco in side control, throwing shots but Flanagan defends.
DeCoco tries to move into full mount but can't pass Flanagan's legs.
Flanagan seems a little lost for a moment, as DeCoco dominates the positioning.
DeCoco tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no DeCoco has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
DeCoco stands up and beckons Flanagan to his feet.
Flanagan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from DeCoco. That one must have hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeCoco moves into the clinch successfully.
Flanagan taking a breather.
DeCoco blocks an uppercut.
Flanagan is pressed up against the ropes. DeCoco has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Flanagan down to the mat. Flanagan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Flanagan misses with a series of wild punches.
DeCoco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
DeCoco changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Flanagan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Flanagan misses with a body shot.
DeCoco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Flanagan swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeCoco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Flanagan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walter Flanagan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
DeCoco misses with a takedown
and Flanagan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
DeCoco is looking to clinch.
Flanagan with the counter takedown but DeCoco avoids it easily.
DeCoco wants to clinch up but Flanagan keeps it at a distance.
DeCoco ducks under a wild hook from Flanagan.
DeCoco gets a clinch.
Flanagan is looking to control DeCoco's arms but DeCoco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flanagan has his back to the ropes.
DeCoco is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Flanagan has a couple of punches blocked by DeCoco.
Flanagan leaning his opponent against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Flanagan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Flanagan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Flanagan taking a breather.
Flanagan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Flanagan.
Flanagan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flanagan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeCoco is trying to drag Flanagan to the mat but Flanagan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
DeCoco is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Flanagan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flanagan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flanagan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
DeCoco blocks an uppercut.
Flanagan is pressed up against the ropes. DeCoco has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Flanagan down to the mat. Flanagan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny DeCoco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeCoco shoots for a takedown but Flanagan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Flanagan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Flanagan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
DeCoco fails with the takedown
and Flanagan moves into the clinch.
Flanagan misses with a punch on the inside.
Flanagan tries to work over DeCoco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flanagan pushes DeCoco back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Johnny DeCoco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeCoco's elbow.
DeCoco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
DeCoco changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Flanagan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Flanagan cracks DeCoco with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
DeCoco misses with a takedown attempt
and Flanagan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flanagan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. DeCoco is trying to defend but Flanagan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
DeCoco manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Flanagan keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Flanagan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan lands an uppercut.
Flanagan is looking to control DeCoco's arms but DeCoco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flanagan has his back to the ropes.
Flanagan drops down looking for an ankle pick but DeCoco pulls his leg out and moves away.
Flanagan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
DeCoco has a takedown stuffed.
DeCoco tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Flanagan to counter with a crisp jab.
DeCoco tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Flanagan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Flanagan misses with a hook. DeCoco ducked under it nicely.
DeCoco clinches up with Flanagan and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flanagan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of DeCocos head.
Flanagan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from DeCoco.
DeCoco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
DeCoco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walter Flanagan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
DeCoco misses the shot to the body.
DeCoco throws a lazy uppercut
and Flanagan moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Flanagan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeCoco tries to pull guard but Flanagan forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
DeCoco throws a head punch that misses.
Flanagan blocks an uppercut.
DeCoco misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Flanagan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Flanagan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Flanagan!
An out of breath Walter Flanagan 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Herschel Pettaway (ranked 2184 p4p, 204 weight class) and Finlay Darrow (ranked 3473 p4p, 283 weight class). Pettaway's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Empire State of Mind - Jay Z. 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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30
155 lbs
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35
147 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Herschel Pettaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Finlay Darrow!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow moves into the clinch successfully.
Darrow scores with a shoulder strike.
Darrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettaway controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Pettaway manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Pettaway.
Darrow lands a nice uppercut.
Pettaway pushes off an throws an elbow but Darrow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pettaway pushes Darrow back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pettaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.
Pettaway working aggressively here.
Darrow managing to block the knees to the body from Pettaway.
Pettaway misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darrow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Pettaway controls the action.
Darrow lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pettaway fails to land.
Darrow avoids the elbow strike from Pettaway, against the ropes.
Darrow pushes Pettaway back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Pettaway.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.
Darrow lands a nice shot to the body.
Darrow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pettaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Darrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow digs a right hand into Pettaway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pettaway's gas tank.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darrow.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darrow lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Darrow on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Darrow pushes Pettaway back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pettaway is breathing heavily.
Darrow blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Darrow.
Darrow lands with a short shot to the head.
Pettaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow trying to stall but Pettaway improves his position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pettaway obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darrow pushes Pettaway back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Darrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pettaway working aggressively here.
Pettaway prevents a body shot from Darrow.
Pettaway scores with a shot to the side of Darrow's head.
Pettaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Darrow.
Darrow misses with a body punch.
Darrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettaway controls his hands.
Pettaway lands with a light punch inside.
Darrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettaway controls his hands.
Pettaway trying to control the position but instead, Darrow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pettaway into the ropes.
Darrow lands an uppercut.
Pettaway comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Darrow.
Darrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pettaway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darrow scores with a hook to the body.
Darrow misses with the head strike.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.
Darrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow is stalling here.
Darrow lands an uppercut.
Darrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Darrow.
Darrow tries to work over Pettaway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darrow lands with a light punch inside.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darrow digs a right hand into Pettaway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pettaway's gas tank.
Darrow lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pettaway utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Darrow lands an uppercut.
Pettaway working aggressively here.
Darrow blocking some punches.
Pettaway misses with the head strike.
Pettaway wants to stall.
Pettaway tries to throw a body punch but Darrow avoids it by throwing Pettaway back against the ropes.
Darrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pettaway.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Pettaway.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettaway.
Pettaway tries a body shot but Darrow blocks it.
Pettaway blocking some punches.
Pettaway trying to land knees to the body.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
Darrow gets through Pettaway's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pettaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finlay Darrow dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Darrow connects with an inside leg kick.
Pettaway tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Darrow counters with a good low kick that Pettaway was not able to check.
That kick from Darrow tenderised Pettaway's leg. Pettaway is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pettaway on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Darrow. Darrow obviously looking to wear him down.
Darrow scores with a jab to the body.
Pettaway throws a jab but it's blocked by Darrow.
Pettaway avoids the body shot from Darrow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pettaway fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Darrow is out of range.
Darrow lands a jab to the head.
Darrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Pettaway.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow thumps Pettaway with a low kick.
Darrow ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Pettaway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darrow.
Darrow darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Herschel Pettaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darrow staying out of range there.
Darrow misses with a shot to the body
and Pettaway counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Darrow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Darrow has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Pettaway lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Finlay Darrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darrow connects with the punch.
Some wild striking there from Pettaway.
Darrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Pettaway.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darrow.
Darrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Pettaway is just out of range.
Darrow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Darrow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pettaway looks to land a right hand but Darrow moved out of range.
Pettaway on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pettaway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darrow lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Pettaway.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darrow thuds a left hand into Pettaway's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow misses with a body shot.
Pettaway misses with a hook. Darrow ducked under it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darrow.
Pettaway closes the distance and pushes Darrow back into the ropes.
Pettaway scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Finlay Darrow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
Pettaway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darrow lands a left hand.
Darrow pushes Pettaway back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pettaway pushes Darrow back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pettaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pettaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Darrow.
Darrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pettaway misses with an elbow over the top.
Pettaway misses with some punches.
Pettaway working aggressively here.
Pettaway has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
Darrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pettaway backwards.
Nice body punch from Pettaway - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.
Darrow misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pettaway.
Darrow lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettaway's elbow.
Pettaway takes a shot to the head.
Pettaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow tries to work over Pettaway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darrow tries to work over Pettaway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darrow digs a right hand underneath Pettaway's ribcage. Pettaway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Darrow blocks an elbow strike.
Pettaway blocks a body shot from Darrow.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Pettaway controls the action.
Pettaway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darrow avoids it.
Pettaway blocks an uppercut.
Darrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pettaway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Darrow misses with the head strike.
Pettaway missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Darrow.
Darrow misses with a body punch.
Darrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pettaway landing knees to the body.
Pettaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Darrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pettaway landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Darrow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.
Pettaway tries a body shot but Darrow blocks it.
Pettaway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darrow is defending well for now.
Darrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettaway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pettaway misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finlay Darrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Darrow is looking to chop away at Pettaway's legs.
Pettaway throws a looping overhand right but Darrow ducks down to avoid it.
Darrow throws a leg kick
and Darrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darrow cracks Pettaway with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
An inside leg kick lands from Darrow.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettaway looks to land a combination but Darrow avoids it well.
Darrow ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Darrow throws a push kick but Pettaway slaps the foot to one side.
Darrow misses the jab.
Darrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pettaway.
Pettaway is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pettaway keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettaway works Darrow's body with a nice hook.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darrow throws a body punch but Pettaway moves out of range.
Darrow finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Darrow misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darrow slips a jab from Pettaway.
Pettaway is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway connects with a body shot that sends Darrow's belly button to the back.
Pettaway misses with a few strikes there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darrow.
Darrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pettaway.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darrow jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A jab from Pettaway misses.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettaway was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Darrow throws an overhand right that lands on Pettaway's shoulder, as Pettaway tries to avoid the shot.
A jab lands there for Darrow.
A cross from Darrow lands.
Darrow lands a nice looking body shot.
Darrow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pettaway jabs Darrow right on the nose. Darrow blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Pettaway misses.
Pettaway is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pettaway pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Darrow backs up against the ropes.
Pettaway throws a hook to the side of Darrow's head but Darrow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darrow throws out a counter right but Pettaway avoids it with no problem.
Pettaway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Darrow misses.
Darrow misses the shot to the body.
Darrow slips under a jab from Pettaway.
Pettaway backing away here, and Darrow unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pettaway walks into a stiff left hand from Darrow.
Herschel Pettaway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That kick from Darrow tenderised Pettaway's leg. Pettaway is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pettaway is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Darrow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pettaway tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Darrow there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice uppercut lands for Darrow. That snapped Pettaway's head back.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettaway throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darrow throws out a counter right but Pettaway avoids it with no problem.
Some wild striking there from Pettaway.
Darrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pettaway.
A jab from Pettaway misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Pettaway.
Darrow lands with an overhand left.
Pettaway takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pettaway pushes Darrow up against the ropes in a clinch.
Darrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pettaway blocks a body shot from Darrow.
Still in the clinch, Pettaway scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darrow lands a nice uppercut.
Pettaway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darrow.
Pettaway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darrow is defending well for now.
Pettaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Darrow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pettaway backwards.
Finlay Darrow is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darrow lands with a left to the head.
Pettaway blocking some punches.
Darrow blocks an uppercut.
Pettaway is working Darrow over against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pettaway blocks the elbow strike.
Pettaway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darrow is defending well for now.
Darrow pushes off an throws an elbow but Pettaway leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Darrow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pettaway backwards.
Darrow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pettaway backwards.
Pettaway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pettaway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darrow avoids it.
Darrow digs a right hand underneath Pettaway's ribcage. Pettaway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Darrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darrow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Darrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow looking to stall.
Darrow managing to block the knees to the body from Pettaway.
Pettaway landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Finlay Darrow.
Well Darrow 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finlay Darrow!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Troy Anselmo (ranked 3446 p4p, 358 weight class) and Danny Reborn (ranked 4176 p4p, 415 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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195 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
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Troy Anselmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Reborn!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reborn tries to land a body kick
and Anselmo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anselmo lands a nice looking body shot.
Anselmo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reborn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anselmo thuds his right hand into Reborn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reborn misses the shot to the body.
Anselmo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Double XX in the buildup to the fight.
Anselmo rushes Reborn and presses him up against the ropes.
Anselmo manages to break the clinch.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anselmo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reborn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Danny Reborn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anselmo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reborn finds it's way round the side to connect with Anselmo's head.
Reborn misses with an uppercut
and Anselmo counters with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reborn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anselmo.
Reborn tries to clinch up but Anselmo circles away and keeps his distance.
Anselmo thinks about countering with a body kick.
Reborn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reborn pushes Anselmo up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Anselmo as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Anselmo.
Reborn prevents a body shot from Anselmo.
Reborn pushes off an throws an elbow but Anselmo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Anselmo lands an uppercut.
Anselmo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Reborn fails to land.
Anselmo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anselmo avoids the elbow strike from Reborn, against the ropes.
Reborn takes a shot to the head.
Reborn working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anselmo.
Anselmo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Anselmo misses.
Reborn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Reborn clinches up against the ropes.
Reborn takes a shot to the head.
Anselmo gets through Reborn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Anselmo - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Anselmo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anselmo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
Reborn throws a punch but it's blocked by Anselmo.
Reborn lands an elbow just above Anselmo 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reborn.
Reborn throws an elbow but it misses.
Reborn swings wildly with an uppercut but Anselmo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anselmo misses with a punch to the body.
Reborn can't find room to land a body shot as Anselmo controls the action.
Anselmo blocks an elbow strike.
Reborn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anselmo avoids a wild elbow strike from Reborn.
Anselmo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Anselmo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reborn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Anselmo tries a body shot but Reborn blocks it.
Reborn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reborn misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anselmo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Reborn fails to land.
Anselmo lands with a short shot to the head.
Reborn lands an elbow just above Anselmo 's eye.
Anselmo lands a left hand.
Anselmo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anselmo working aggressively here.
Reborn swings wildly with an uppercut but Anselmo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reborn scores with a shoulder strike.
Reborn throws an elbow but it misses.
Anselmo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reborn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anselmo presses Reborn against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Anselmo blocks an elbow strike.
Reborn takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reborn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anselmo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reborn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reborn blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reborn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anselmo lands a shot to the body.
Anselmo lands with a right to the head.
Anselmo blocking some punches.
Anselmo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reborn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Anselmo tries to work over Reborn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anselmo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Anselmo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn lands a body shot.
Anselmo throws a punch but it's blocked by Reborn.
Reborn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Anselmo.
Reborn stalls.
Anselmo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anselmo misses with a body punch.
Anselmo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reborn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reborn lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Anselmo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Reborn throws a lazy uppercut
and Anselmo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anselmo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reborn's calf.
Reborn misses with an uppercut
and Anselmo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reborn clinches with his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Anselmo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
Anselmo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
Anselmo tries to throw a body punch but Reborn avoids it by throwing Anselmo back against the ropes.
Reborn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anselmo blocking some punches.
Anselmo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reborn throws a punch but it's blocked by Anselmo.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Anselmo.
Anselmo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
Anselmo lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anselmo tries to work over Reborn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anselmo swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reborn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anselmo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reborn lands a right hand.
Troy Anselmo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anselmo lands a shoulder strike.
Reborn has a couple of punches blocked by Anselmo.
A shot in the inside from Anselmo.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Anselmo.
Anselmo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.
Anselmo lands a shot to the body.
Anselmo misses with a punch to the body.
Anselmo lands with a right to the head.
Anselmo blocks an elbow strike.
Anselmo lands a nice shot to the body.
Reborn is breathing heavily.
Anselmo blocking some punches.
Anselmo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn throws a punch but it's blocked by Anselmo.
Still in the clinch, Anselmo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Anselmo misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn tries to stall but Anselmo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Anselmo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reborn wants to stall.
Anselmo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reborn's elbow.
Anselmo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reborn misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Reborn throws an elbow but misses.
Anselmo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Anselmo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reborn misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Anselmo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anselmo circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Anselmo counter with a right hand.
Anselmo throws the kick towards the body but Reborn avoids it.
Reborn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Anselmo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anselmo appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Anselmo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danny Reborn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anselmo misses with a low kick.
Reborn throws a right hand that Anselmo ducks under and follows up with a left that Anselmo also avoids with ease.
Reborn closes the distance but Anselmo moves to the side
and Reborn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anselmo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reborn is out of range and Anselmo settles back down.
Reborn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anselmo cracks Reborn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reborn misses with a double jab.
Reborn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anselmo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reborn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reborn throws a lazy right hand but Anselmo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Anselmo misses the target.
Reborn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reborn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anselmo misses with a wild body shot.
Reborn flicks out a counter leg kick but Anselmo steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reborn throws a right hand that Anselmo ducks under and follows up with a left that Anselmo also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reborn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A big left from Reborn misses.
Anselmo connects with a body shot that sends Reborn's belly button to the back.
Reborn moves out of range of the body kick from Anselmo.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anselmo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anselmo looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Anselmo slips a jab and a cross from Reborn.
Reborn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reborn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Anselmo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Some wild striking there from Reborn.
Reborn drives through and clinches with Anselmo against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Anselmo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Reborn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from Reborn does no damage.
Anselmo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reborn.
Anselmo works the jab nicely.
Nice defenses there by Anselmo.
Reborn has closed the distance and engaged Anselmo in a clinch.
Reborn is trying to maintain a safe position but Anselmo gets an underhook and turns Reborn into the ropes.
Anselmo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reborns head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anselmo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anselmo stalls.
Anselmo misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Reborn throws an elbow but misses.
Reborn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Anselmo lands a hook that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anselmo can't find room to land a body shot as Reborn controls the action.
Reborn pushes off an throws an elbow but Anselmo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Reborn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reborn working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Reborn.
Anselmo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Anselmo as Reborn tries to tie him up.
Anselmo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reborn can do to turn this around?
Anselmo tries to work over Reborn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anselmo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reborn is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reborn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Anselmo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reborn throws out a counter right but Anselmo avoids it with no problem.
Reborn works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anselmo avoids the body shot from Reborn.
Reborn tries to clinch but Anselmo moves out of range.
Anselmo tried to counter with a leg kick but Reborn avoided it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn tries to clinch but Anselmo moves out of range.
Reborn moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Reborn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Reborn tries to clinch
and Anselmo counters with a body kick that stops Reborn in his tracks momentarily.
Reborn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reborn wants to clinch.
Anselmo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reborn.
Anselmo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reborn 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.
Reborn looks to throw a body kick
and Anselmo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Troy Anselmo is winning the standup battle so far.
Anselmo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reborn has managed to clinch.
Reborn pushes off an throws an elbow but Anselmo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Anselmo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Anselmo works on Reborn's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anselmo lands a right hand.
Anselmo misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anselmo.
Reborn swings wildly with an uppercut but Anselmo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anselmo tries a body shot but Reborn blocks it.
Anselmo blocks an uppercut.
Anselmo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Anselmo misses the target.
Reborn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Anselmo counters with a right hand to the body.
Reborn tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Anselmo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Anselmo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jab by Anselmo.
Reborn tries to close the distance and clinch but Anselmo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Anselmo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Reborn.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reborn misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reborn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anselmo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reborn backwards.
Reborn is trying to stall.
Nice body punch from Anselmo - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anselmo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reborns head.
Anselmo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Danny Reborn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anselmo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reborn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anselmo throws a punch but it's blocked by Reborn.
Anselmo tries a body shot but Reborn blocks it.
Anselmo can't find room to land a body shot as Reborn controls the action.
Reborn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Anselmo blocks an elbow strike from Reborn.
Anselmo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reborn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Reborn lands an uppercut.
Anselmo blocks the elbow strike.
Anselmo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Anselmo can't find room to land a body shot as Reborn controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Troy Anselmo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Anselmo 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Anselmo!
Troy Anselmo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated Danny Reborn had this to say: 'The #%$@ is that my tooth?! '.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Rodrigues Filho (ranked 1240 p4p, 199 weight class) and Joels Van Wijnbergen (ranked 3746 p4p, 477 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pedro Rodrigues Filho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joels Van Wijnbergen!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Wijnbergen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hook but Filho avoids it easily.
Filho's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van Wijnbergen under the eye.
Van Wijnbergen takes one to the chin there.
Van Wijnbergen tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Wijnbergen throws out a leg kick but Filho moves out of range and Van Wijnbergen only half commits.
A slow jab from Van Wijnbergen misses its intended target.
Filho scores with a punch to the head.
Van Wijnbergen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Filho.
Filho misses with a wild body shot.
Filho misses the shot to the body.
Filho takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Wijnbergen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Filho.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen throws a low kick but Filho moves out of range easily.
Filho clobbers Van Wijnbergen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filho forces Van Wijnbergen back against the ropes and clinches.
Van Wijnbergen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Filho fails to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen cracks Filho with a nice body shot.
Filho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Filho lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Filho.
Van Wijnbergen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho manages to pull guard.
Filho throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Van Wijnbergen escapes and throws Filho's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Van Wijnbergen working away.
Filho is looking for a sweep.
Van Wijnbergen working away.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to take a break and control but Filho is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Filho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Van Wijnbergen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Filho moves out of range as Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick.
Van Wijnbergen lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Van Wijnbergen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Wijnbergen looks to throw the jab but Filho is out of range.
Van Wijnbergen throws a wild body kick that Filho sees coming a mile off.
Van Wijnbergen connects with an inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Filho.
Van Wijnbergen throws a shot from downtown. Filho moves away and avoids it.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Filho.
Nice defenses there by Filho.
Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Wijnbergen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Filho.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filho lands a nice hook to Van Wijnbergen's body. Van Wijnbergen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Filho swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Filho just misses with a punch to the body.
Filho throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Wijnbergen! But no joy.
Filho takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Wijnbergen blocks a head kick by Filho.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hook but Filho avoids it easily.
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a front kick but Filho steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Wijnbergen lands an overhand right.
Filho paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Van Wijnbergen jabs Filho to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Filho misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Wijnbergen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Filho. Van Wijnbergen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filho throws a lazy right hand but Van Wijnbergen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a spinning back kick!
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a front kick but Filho steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Wijnbergen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a body shot.
Filho lands with an uppercut that bounces Van Wijnbergen off the ropes and back into range.
Filho steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Wijnbergen. That one must have hurt.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Wijnbergen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Filho.
A big left from Filho misses.
Filho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Wijnbergen manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Van Wijnbergen misses.
Filho clinches.
Filho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Filho is trying to pull guard but Van Wijnbergen has him pressed against the ropes.
Filho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen prevents Filho from breaking the clinch.
Filho jumps guard.
Filho working for submissions but it's allowed Van Wijnbergen to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joels Van Wijnbergen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Filho blocks a head kick by Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick that misses.
Van Wijnbergen looks to throw the jab but Filho is out of range.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a kick to the body.
Van Wijnbergen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Filho works Van Wijnbergen's body with a nice hook.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a hook.
Filho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Wijnbergen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Filho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Wijnbergen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Filho cracks Van Wijnbergen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Filho closes the distance and clinches.
Van Wijnbergen lands a hook that snaps the head of Filho backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Wijnbergen.
It looks like Pedro Rodrigues Filho has been cut.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice uppercut.
Filho breaks from the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen thows a leg kick but Filho checks it
and Filho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body shot.
Van Wijnbergen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Filho avoids a kick to the body.
Van Wijnbergen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Wijnbergen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Filho throws an off balance right hand
and Van Wijnbergen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Filho throws a nice looking combination but Van Wijnbergen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Wijnbergen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Filho moves away.
Van Wijnbergen misses the jab.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filho throws a body shot but no joy.
Filho blocks a jab.
Filho misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a hook
and Filho counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Wijnbergen lunges at Filho with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Filho's hand.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hook to the side of Filho's head but Filho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Wijnbergen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Filho moves away.
Van Wijnbergen throws a shot to the body.
Filho tries to clinch up.
Van Wijnbergen misses with an uppercut.
Filho moves in looking to clinch but Van Wijnbergen pushes him off.
Van Wijnbergen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Filho checks a leg kick.
Van Wijnbergen throws a solid leg kick but Filho takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Wijnbergen.
It looked like Filho wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joels Van Wijnbergen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van Wijnbergen, right into the meat.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Filho in his tracks.
Filho lands with a right hand.
Filho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Filho pulls guard effortlessly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filho is trying to hold Van Wijnbergen in close to prevent damage but Van Wijnbergen has managed to pass into half guard.
Van Wijnbergen has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Ryōzanpaku Dojo. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Van Wijnbergen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Van Wijnbergen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Filho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Van Wijnbergen pulls his head out easily.
Van Wijnbergen not doing much here.
Let's hope that Van Wijnbergen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Filho looking for submissions off his back.
Filho is trying to control but can't.
Filho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Van Wijnbergen pulls his head out easily.
Van Wijnbergen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Filho trying to control here.
Van Wijnbergen controlling the pace.
Filho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Van Wijnbergen pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joels Van Wijnbergen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pedro Rodrigues Filho's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Van Wijnbergen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Filho has time to react.
Filho moves out of range of the body kick from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a hook but Filho avoids it easily.
Filho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Wijnbergen looks to score with a jab to the body but Filho is just out of range.
Van Wijnbergen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van Wijnbergen.
Filho will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Wijnbergen.
Filho steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Wijnbergen. That one must have hurt.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a body shot.
Filho blocks the body kick.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a shot to the body
and Filho counters by clinching up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Wijnbergen throws a punch but it's blocked by Filho.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen tries to throw a body punch but Filho avoids it by throwing Van Wijnbergen back against the ropes.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a punch to the body.
Van Wijnbergen lands a shot to the body.
Filho has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Wijnbergen blocks an uppercut.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Filho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Wijnbergen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Filho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Filho slips under a jab.
Van Wijnbergen is looking to land body kicks.
Van Wijnbergen looks to land a body kick but Filho moved away.
Van Wijnbergen lands a nice hook to Filho's body. Filho takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Wijnbergen throws an off balance right hand
and Filho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Wijnbergen misses with an uppercut. Filho saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Filho doesn't seem bothered though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a body kick.
Filho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Filho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Wijnbergen manages to avoid it.
Filho cracks Van Wijnbergen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Wijnbergen lands a jab to the head.
Van Wijnbergen motions for Filho to come forward. Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Filho. Beautiful body shot.
Van Wijnbergen defending well as Filho loads up on a big left hand.
Filho moves out of range of the strikes.
Filho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Filho scores with a body shot.
Filho is looking to clinch but Van Wijnbergen is avoiding it.
Filho connects with a nice looking jab.
Van Wijnbergen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Filho is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Wijnbergen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Filho manages to avoid it.
Filho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Filho tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Wijnbergen tries to land a leg kick but Filho saw it coming and moves away.
Filho's corner calls for a 1-2. Filho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Wijnbergen. That snapped Filho's head back.
Filho connects with a jab.
Filho looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Wijnbergen is just out of range.
Van Wijnbergen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Filho.
Filho moves out of range as Van Wijnbergen strikes.
Filho is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Van Wijnbergen.
Nice body kick from Van Wijnbergen.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Filho crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Van Wijnbergen - the referee stops the clock and Filho gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Van Wijnbergen. Filho manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Filho steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Wijnbergen throws a chopping leg kick but Filho manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Van Wijnbergen throws a leg kick but Filho sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Filho wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Joels Van Wijnbergen 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.
Van Wijnbergen cracks Filho with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Van Wijnbergen tenderised Filho's leg. Filho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Van Wijnbergen misses with a wild body shot.
Filho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Filho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Filho tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Wijnbergen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Wijnbergen pushes Filho away with a front kick.
Filho slips a straight right by Van Wijnbergen.
A jab from Van Wijnbergen does it's job there.
Filho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Wijnbergen.
Van Wijnbergen throws a shot to the body.
Van Wijnbergen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Filho wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Van Wijnbergen digs a good body shot into Filho's ribs.
Filho swings for the body but Van Wijnbergen moves out of range.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Wijnbergen connects with a solid leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joels Van Wijnbergen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Wijnbergen 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joels Van Wijnbergen!
During a confident post fight interview, Joels Van Wijnbergen 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pollo Tropical (ranked 2662 p4p, 376 weight class) and TJ Hearts (ranked 2757 p4p, 386 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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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
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pollo Tropical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, TJ Hearts!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Tropical.
It looks like TJ Hearts has been cut.
Hearts walks into a straight right hand from Tropical.
Nice body punch from Tropical.
Hearts on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hearts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hearts moves away from the strike by Tropical.
Hearts throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tropical misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tropical misses with a looping right.
Hearts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tropical misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hearts.
Tropical walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hearts connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tropical throws a shot from downtown. Hearts moves away and avoids it.
Hearts uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tropical has time to react.
Tropical misses with the combination.
Hearts lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearts throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hearts cracks Tropical with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
A lazy left from Hearts finds it's target.
Hearts walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tropical checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tropical avoids the body shot from Hearts.
Hearts takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hearts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tropical throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hearts clobbers Tropical with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tropical drops his hands momentarily and Hearts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
TJ Hearts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tropical misses with a looping right.
Hearts misses with a looping left.
Tropical lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hearts circles away quickly and effectively.
Hearts throws a right hand that misses
and Tropical counters with a left and a right that stings Hearts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hearts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tropical shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tropical closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Tropical just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hearts's brow.
Tropical is looking to break free of the clinch but Hearts has double underhooks.
Hearts misses with the head strike.
Hearts misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hearts fails to land.
Hearts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hearts misses with a body punch.
Tropical wants to break free but Hearts has control.
Tropical blocks a body shot from Hearts.
Hearts swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hearts struggles to land a body shot inside as Tropical controls his hands.
Tropical breaks the clinch.
Hearts works the jab nicely.
Tropical blocks a jab.
Hearts shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tropical manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropical looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hearts prevents Tropical from getting back to his feet.
Tropical keeping moving, preventing Hearts from controlling successfully.
Hearts throws an elbow that misses. Tropical uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hearts's guard. Nice move by Tropical!
Tropical trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hearts's guard.
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.
Tropical trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hearts has control of Tropical's left arm, preventing Tropical from doing any damage.
Hearts is trying to control the position but Tropical postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No joy there for Hearts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tropical displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hearts throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but TJ Hearts will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on TJ Hearts'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.
Tropical throws a big shot that misses.
Tropical stalks Hearts and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hearts's face. Hearts staggers backwards, shaken.
Tropical takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hearts lands with a straight right. Tropical didn't see that one coming.
Tropical misses with a hook.
Tropical ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hearts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tropical moves away.
Pollo Tropical is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hearts blocks a jab.
Hearts digs a good body shot into Tropical's ribs.
Tropical misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hearts.
Tropical takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Donk. Hearts catches Tropical right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hearts misses with a left hand
enabling Tropical to counter with a crisp jab.
Hearts scores with a jab.
Tropical avoids the body shot from Hearts.
Tropical uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hearts.
Nice defenses there by Tropical.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearts misses with a few strikes there.
Hearts has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Hearts throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Tropical to counter with a crisp jab.
Tropical slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hearts is rocked!
Tropical lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hearts circles away quickly and effectively.
Hearts shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
It looked like Tropical was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hearts.
Tropical misses with a body shot.
Tropical misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hearts lands a nice shot to the body.
Tropical scores with the left hand. Hearts knows he should have avoided that one.
Hearts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Hearts.
Tropical ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hearts moves away.
Hearts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tropical.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Tropical misses.
A leg kick checked by Tropical.
Tropical rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hearts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropical takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hearts shoots in but no luck this time.
Tropical on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tropical will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tropical has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tropical staying out of range there.
Tropical misses with a hook.
Tropical throws a body punch but Hearts moves out of range.
Hearts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hearts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tropical moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tropical was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tropical scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hearts misses with a looping right.
Hearts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A quick step to the side and Tropical tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hearts lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hearts finds it's way through Tropical's defenses.
Tropical throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hearts scores with a nice head shot.
Hearts has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hearts there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hearts shoots and misses
and Tropical counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hearts thinking.
Pollo Tropical has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Hearts.
Hearts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tropical was well out of range. Poor timing from Hearts.
An attempted straight right counter from Tropical misses the target.
Hearts on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hearts blocks a jab.
Hearts lands a two punch combo.
Tropical lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tropical throws out a powerful jab.
Hearts is still on wobbly legs! Can Tropical finish him?
TJ Hearts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tropical avoids the body shot from Hearts.
Hearts seems to have recovered his senses.
Hearts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tropical throwing a counter right hand but Hearts manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Hearts.
Tropical gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropical cracks a nice hook into Hearts's ribs.
Tropical swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left lands for Tropical.
Hearts throws a hook but Tropical blocks it.
Hearts scores with a punch to the head.
Tropical looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearts is just out of range.
A jab from Tropical misses.
Tropical misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hearts just misses with a punch to the body.
Hearts lands a nice hook to Tropical's body. Tropical takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tropical walks into a stiff left hand from Hearts.
Tropical throws a nice looking combination but Hearts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tropical misses with a series of wild punches.
Hearts lands with a right hand.
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 Pollo Tropical will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on TJ Hearts's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hearts missing with a left hand there. Tropical was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tropical scores with a shot to the body.
Tropical throws a big shot that misses.
Tropical waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hearts.
Tropical connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hearts. Hearts circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tropical rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hearts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hearts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tropical moves away.
Tropical misses with a double jab.
A combination from Tropical does no damage.
Hearts moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tropical takes a swing at Hearts's ribcage but misses.
Hearts is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tropical takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hearts misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hearts works Tropical's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearts connects with a crisp jab.
A jab from Hearts does it's job there.
Hearts moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tropical misses with a body shot.
Tropical moves out of range as Hearts strikes.
Tropical swinging wildly here.
Hearts looks to score with a jab to the body but Tropical is just out of range.
A lazy left from Hearts finds it's target.
Tropical is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hearts.
Hearts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hearts lands with a right hand.
Hearts slips a straight right by Tropical.
Tropical sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tropical dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Tropical is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hearts.
Tropical pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tropical moves out of range as Hearts strikes.
A shot to the liver by Hearts. Beautiful body shot.
Tropical scores with a decent looking hook.
That has opened up TJ Hearts's cut even more.
Hearts shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tropical manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Tropical wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Hearts is now in half guard.
Tropical is not content to let Hearts control the position.
Tropical has a hand on Hearts's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Hearts takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropical is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tropical tries to lock up and control but Hearts gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hearts punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tropical keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hearts landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropical wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Tropical wants to control but Hearts is having none of it.
Hearts lands a big elbow.
Tropical is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tropical really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hearts has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tropical's face.
And that's the end of the fight!
TJ Hearts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hearts 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... TJ Hearts!
An out of breath TJ Hearts thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alonzo Trotter (ranked 1501 p4p, 190 weight class) and Daniel Mouwanga (ranked 2416 p4p, 268 weight class). Mouwanga comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome to the Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alonzo Trotter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Mouwanga!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trotter tries to close the distance and clinch but Mouwanga swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trotter closes the distance but Mouwanga moves to the side
enabling Mouwanga to counter with a crisp jab.
Mouwanga throws a sloppy head kick and Trotter moves out of range easily.
Mouwanga misses with a hook.
Mouwanga misses with an uppercut.
Mouwanga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trotter.
Trotter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mouwanga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trotter manages to avoid it.
A combination from Trotter does no damage.
Mouwanga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mouwanga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trotter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trotter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mouwanga.
Trotter misses the jab.
Mouwanga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trotter fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trotter slips a jab and a cross from Mouwanga.
Mouwanga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've been informed that Mouwanga 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.
Trotter gets the takedown into side control.
Trotter looking to control but instead Mouwanga has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Trotter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Trotter wants to take a breather but Mouwanga is having none of it.
Trotter is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mouwanga is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Trotter looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trotter drops an elbow to the side of Mouwanga's head.
We've been hearing that Trotter has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Trotter thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Trotter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Trotter trying to control the action but Mouwanga is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouwanga pushes Trotter off but Trotter dives into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mouwanga taking a bit of punishment here - Trotter scoring with strikes.
Mouwanga is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Trotter is controlling him well.
Trotter is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mouwanga is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Trotter is chipping away with strikes.
Trotter working the head with strikes.
Trotter prevents Mouwanga from escaping the position.
Trotter working the head and body with strikes.
Mouwanga is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Trotter! That's hurt Mouwanga! Will he recover? Trotter fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alonzo Trotter!
A victorious Alonzo Trotter thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Daniel Mouwanga stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want to thank Freebok for sponsoring me. Buy there the have cool stuff!!! FREEBOK!!!'.
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