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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kotetsu Yamamoto (ranked 1288 p4p, 122 weight class) and Brian Jones (ranked 1473 p4p, 144 weight class). Jones has chosen Take my hand as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Kotetsu Yamamoto has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kotetsu Yamamoto seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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146 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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
24 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kotetsu Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Jones!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto lands a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yamamoto, as that shot connected.
Yamamoto scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yamamoto misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yamamoto throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
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!
Yamamoto is trying to stand.
Jones takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jones wants to control the pace but Yamamoto is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Yamamoto is trying to escape the mount but Jones keeps good control and instead manages to take Yamamoto's back.
Yamamoto is trying to get back to his feet but Jones has full control of the position and if anything, Yamamoto has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Jones is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Yamamoto with him. Yamamoto is trying to defend but Jones has an arm under the chin now! Yamamoto grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brian Jones!
Brian Jones decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Holger The Dane (ranked 1265 p4p, 150 weight class) and Frankie Logan (ranked 1308 p4p, 156 weight class). Logan has chosen Blackened Sunrise - Viking Skull as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Holger The Dane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Logan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dane ducks under a wild hook from Logan.
The Dane lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A swing and a miss from Logan.
A lazy left from The Dane finds it's target.
Logan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Dane's head backwards.
Good standup being displayed there by Logan as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Holger The Dane has been cut.
The Dane turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from The Dane.
Logan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Logan looks to throw the jab but The Dane is out of range.
Nice body kick from The Dane.
Logan throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Dane.
The Dane scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Dane ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Logan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The Dane lands a really nice looking cross but Logan seems unphased.
It looks like Frankie Logan has been cut.
Logan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Logan misses with a combination
enabling The Dane to counter with a crisp jab.
Logan is rocked!
Logan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dane closes the distance and pushes Logan back into the cage.
The Dane lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Logan lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Dane looking to throw knees to the head but Logan is blocking nicely.
The Dane misses with a knee to the head.
Logan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Dane throws a head kick that misses.
Logan throws a poor cross that misses
and The Dane counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Logan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Logan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Holger The Dane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Dane lands a right hook to the body.
Logan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Dane checks a leg kick.
The Dane ducks right into an uppercut from Logan.
The Dane misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan lands a head shot.
Nice jab there from Logan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The Dane closes the distance and pushes Logan back into the cage.
Logan misses with the head strike.
The Dane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Logan's efforts to push away.
The Dane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Dane throws the left hand but Logan avoids the punch easily.
Logan scores with a hook to the body. The Dane takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Logan connects with a crisp jab.
Logan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Dane circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Dane lands a nice hook to Logan's body. Logan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Logan.
Logan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The Dane lands with a kick to the ribs.
The Dane's jab looks to have found its range, popping Logan under the eye.
The Dane slips a jab from Logan.
Holger The Dane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Logan looks to land a right hand but The Dane moved out of range.
The Dane misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan misses the shot to the body.
Logan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Dane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Logan.
The Dane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Logan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Dane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Dane scores with a hook to the body. Logan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Logan ducks under a wild hook from The Dane.
Logan is looking for the big counter here.
Logan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Logan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Logan throws a hook but The Dane blocks it.
The Dane swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Dane.
The Dane throws a head kick that misses.
Logan lands a glancing blow to the side of The Dane's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from The Dane. Logan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Logan misses.
The Dane scores with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Logan. The Dane does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Dane scores with a hook to the body. Logan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Logan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Logan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fighters circling - Logan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Dane is looking to score with low kicks.
The Dane lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Dane throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Logan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The Dane on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Dane throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Logan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Dane moves away.
Nice body kick there by The Dane.
The Dane connects with a single shot there.
The Dane is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Logan throws a hook to the side of The Dane's head but The Dane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Logan throws a big shot that misses.
The Dane has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Logan finds it's way round the side to connect with The Dane's head.
The Dane takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holger The Dane dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice defenses there by The Dane.
The Dane is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A swing and a miss from Logan.
As Logan looks to move away, The Dane throws a big counter combo but Logan just gets out of the way.
The Dane scores with a push kick.
Logan misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Logan.
The Dane is looking to land body kicks.
Logan drops his hands momentarily and The Dane takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Logan throws an overhand right that lands on The Dane's shoulder, as The Dane tries to avoid the shot.
The Dane throws an off balance right hand
and The Dane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Dane missing with a left hand there. Logan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Dane misses with a hook.
The Dane dips to his left and cracks Logan with an uppercut!
The Dane bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Logan is looking to land body kicks.
Holger The Dane is winning the standup battle so far.
The Dane lands a right hook to the body.
The Dane goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The Dane takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dane misses with an uppercut.
The Dane slips under a jab.
We've been told by The Dane's head coaches at BIGISLAND BIGGUNS WARRIOR TRAINING that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Logan throws a shot to the body.
Logan throws a shot to the body.
The Dane throws a wild body kick that Logan sees coming a mile off.
Logan unleashes a big counter combination but The Dane bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The Dane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Logan lands with a nice combination. The Dane backs away looking to recover.
A slow jab from The Dane misses its intended target.
The Dane slips a straight right by Logan.
Logan misses with a left hand
and The Dane counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Dane. Logan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Logan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Dane fires out a quick counter leg kick but Logan just manages to avoid it.
Logan looks to land a left hand but The Dane moved out of range nicely.
Logan avoids the body shot from The Dane.
Logan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Logan misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan misses with a left hand
and The Dane counters with an outside leg kick.
The Dane looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Logan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Dane. The Dane obviously looking to wear him down.
The Dane cracks Logan with a good jab.
Logan looks to land a left hand but The Dane moved out of range nicely.
Logan misses with a looping right.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Dane!
The Dane lands a brutal head kick. Logan looks out on his feet and The Dane throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Holger The Dane!
Holger The Dane seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dante Esposito (ranked 511 p4p, 68 weight class) and Dag Daghammar (ranked 712 p4p, 87 weight class). Daghammar is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Just like that - Dregen. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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161 lbs
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165 lbs
24 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Esposito !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dag Daghammar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Daghammar momentarily.
Daghammar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It seemed like Daghammar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oooooh!!! Daghammar has knocked Esposito down with a huge combo! Daghammar steps away and waves a wobbly Esposito back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Esposito is rocked!
It looks like Dante Esposito has been cut.
Esposito lands with a cross.
Esposito lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esposito ducks under a wild hook from Daghammar.
Esposito was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Esposito avoids the body shot from Daghammar.
Esposito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daghammar.
Esposito is looking to counter punch.
A head kick misses from Esposito .
Daghammar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Daghammar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Esposito .
Daghammar misses with a hook. Esposito ducked under it nicely.
Daghammar misses with a hook
and Esposito counters with a nice low kick that buckles Daghammar's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a straight left.
Daghammar blocks a head kick by Esposito .
A little jabbing left from Daghammar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Esposito misses with an uppercut
enabling Daghammar to counter with a crisp jab.
Esposito looks to land a left hand but Daghammar moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Daghammar! But no joy.
Esposito has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 805 Beast's House in the buildup to the fight.
Esposito scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Esposito swings widly with a right hand
and Daghammar counters with a nice uppercut.
Esposito throws a leg kick but Daghammar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Esposito throws a hook but Daghammar blocks it.
Esposito darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Daghammar moves away from the strike by Esposito .
Daghammar throws out a counter right but Esposito avoids it with no problem.
Esposito swings widly with a right hand
and Daghammar counters with a crisp right hand that drops Esposito ! Daghammar lets Esposito back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Esposito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Daghammar lands with a right and another and another! Esposito is in big trouble! Daghammar lands again and this time it's lights out for Esposito ! A quality knockout there for Daghammar.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dag Daghammar!
A very excited looking Dag Daghammar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Durden (ranked 306 p4p, 37 weight class) and Kron Silva (ranked 773 p4p, 80 weight class). Durden comes to the cage accompanied by Where Is My Mind. Tyler Durden has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 2, fighting out of London, Kron Silva!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Durden. That's going to slow Silva down.
A big left from Durden misses.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Durden goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Durden swings widly with a right hand
so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
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!
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Durden is keeping the position for now.
Durden looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva stands up over Durden, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Durden holds on and takes a little breather.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva wants to control from the top but Durden keeps moving.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Durden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Durden keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Durden not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Durden trying to control the position here.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Durden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva flicks out a counter leg kick but Durden steps away.
Durden misses with the body kick
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Durden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Durden comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Durden misses with a low kick.
Durden misses with a kick to the body
so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Durden controlling Silva's posture.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva trying to control but Durden is working from the bottom.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Durden haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Durden trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Silva trying to control but Durden is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kron Silva will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Durden.
Durden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Durden throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva throws out a counter right but Durden avoids it with no problem.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durden throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tyler Durden is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Durden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Durden connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Durden throws a big shot that misses.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Durden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durden connects with a high kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Durden down.
Durden takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Durden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Durden to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Durden throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Durden.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Durden.
Silva is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Durden misses with a body shot
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva slips a straight right by Durden.
Silva changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Durden fails to land with a series of punches.
Durden misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Durden.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Durden misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva defending well as Durden loads up on a big left hand.
Silva tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Durden tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Durden throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Durden.
Durden slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Durden sprawls well.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Durden scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Durden with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva slips a straight right by Durden.
Silva appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Durden works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Durden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Durden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Durden counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Durden.
Silva moves away from the strike by Durden.
Durden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Durden wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Durden throws a poor cross that misses
and Durden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Durden dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Durden lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Durden.
Durden chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Durden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Durden misses with a wild body shot.
Silva tries a quick counter leg kick but Durden is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden checks a low kick from Silva.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Durden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Durden.
Durden is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Durden cracks Silva with a good jab.
Durden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Durden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Nice uppercut lands for Durden. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Durden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Durden thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
A big left from Durden misses.
Tyler Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durden lands a slapping body shot.
Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Durden has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Durden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva distracts Durden with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Durden seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Durden working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Durden pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Durden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Durden not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kron Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva trying to control but Durden is working from the bottom.
Durden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Durden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durden connects with a body shot.
Durden throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
A good leg kick by Durden.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Durden.
Silva gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A jab from Durden finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Nice uppercut lands for Durden. That snapped Silva's head back.
A big left from Durden misses.
Silva tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Durden misses with a hook.
Silva lands with a straight right. Durden didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durden throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Durden looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Durden missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Durden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Durden has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Durden!
A very excited looking Tyler Durden made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Allan Coyoca (ranked 931 p4p, 136 weight class) and Michael Garibaldi (ranked 967 p4p, 145 weight class). Garibaldi has chosen Resist and Bite - Sabaton as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Allan Coyoca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coyoca cracks the inside of Garibaldi's front leg.
Coyoca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Coyoca moves into range and clinches up with Garibaldi.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Coyoca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coyoca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coyoca's elbow.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Coyoca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garibaldi's defenses.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Coyoca.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coyoca definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi managing to block the knees to the body from Coyoca.
Garibaldi lands a body punch.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Garibaldi as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Coyoca's head.
Garibaldi pushes Coyoca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garibaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Garibaldi circles away.
Coyoca blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
Coyoca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garibaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi walks into a left hand.
Coyoca tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Coyoca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Coyoca back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coyoca tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca scores a nice knee to the body.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca goes for a takedown attempt but Garibaldi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Coyoca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Coyoca trying to land knees to the body.
Coyoca lands an elbow inside that Garibaldi shrugs off.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca is looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Coyoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Coyoca is working Garibaldi over against the cage.
Coyoca misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Garibaldi.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Garibaldi.
A right hook to the body lands for Garibaldi.
Coyoca is breathing heavily.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coyoca pushes off an throws an elbow but Garibaldi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Coyoca controls the action.
Coyoca tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Coyoca back against the cage.
Coyoca can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Coyoca's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Coyoca controls his hands.
Coyoca misses with a punch to the body.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garibaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Coyoca tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Coyoca back against the cage.
Coyoca has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Coyoca tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Garibaldi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Coyoca closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Garibaldi felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Garibaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garibaldi is trying to control Coyoca's posture but Coyoca avoids it.
Garibaldi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Garibaldi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Coyoca defends it easily.
Coyoca stands up over Garibaldi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coyoca scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coyoca wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.
Coyoca working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garibaldi's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coyoca avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Coyoca postures up in Garibaldi's guard and throws a big left but Garibaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garibaldi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garibaldi working a defensive guard here.
Coyoca advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from Coyoca there.
Coyoca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi has hold of Coyoca's hands but Coyoca slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Garibaldi is defending against the submission attempts here by Coyoca.
Coyoca landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Coyoca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garibaldi defending well though.
Coyoca lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coyoca connects with a nice short shot to Garibaldi's temple.
Garibaldi wants to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Coyoca looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Coyoca is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coyoca is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Coyoca seems to be looking for submissions.
Coyoca wants to work for an arm triangle but Garibaldi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Allan Coyoca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coyoca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Garibaldi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coyoca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coyoca looking to pass the guard.
Coyoca cracks Garibaldi with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca with a flurry of punches that miss.
Coyoca postures up and lands a big shot to Garibaldi's brow.
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as Coyoca tries to pass.
Garibaldi looking for a sweep. Not yet Garibaldi, not yet.
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Coyoca chips away with some ground and pound.
Coyoca wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.
Coyoca is in close to Garibaldi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garibaldi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Coyoca is aware though and is defending well.
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Coyoca chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Allan Coyoca dominated that second round.
That's time! Coyoca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Coyoca throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garibaldi.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi stops a takedown attempt from Coyoca.
Coyoca misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coyoca blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi cracks Coyoca with a nice body shot.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Coyoca is trying to pull guard but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
Coyoca pushes off an throws an elbow but Garibaldi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi pushes Coyoca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garibaldi is leaning against Coyoca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi presses Coyoca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Garibaldi lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Coyoca throws an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garibaldi.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi digs a right hand into Coyoca's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Coyoca's gas tank.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Garibaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michael Garibaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coyoca fails with a takedown attempt.
Garibaldi throws a fast counter high kick but Coyoca manages to duck under it in time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan Coyoca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.
Coyoca wants a takedown.
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi works on Coyoca's body with a couple of short punches.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garibaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garibaldi lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coyoca's elbow.
Coyoca lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coyoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi presses Coyoca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Coyoca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi presses Coyoca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Garibaldi pushes Coyoca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garibaldi manages to break the clinch.
Coyoca takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garibaldi looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Garibaldi backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Coyoca's temple! It sends Coyoca violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Garibaldi celebrates and the doctors try to help Coyoca!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Callum Pagnozzi (ranked 601 p4p, 74 weight class) and Tony O Rangers (ranked 761 p4p, 96 weight class). O Rangers is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hold on to you. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 5, fighting out of London, Callum Pagnozzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Tony O Rangers!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pagnozzi avoids the body shot from O Rangers.
Pagnozzi is looking for a counter combo.
O Rangers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Rangers staying out of range there.
Pagnozzi throws an off balance right hand
and O Rangers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Rangers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pagnozzi is fending him off so far but O Rangers persists. Nope, Pagnozzi circles away and we're back to standing.
Pagnozzi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
O Rangers sizes up Pagnozzi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Rangers walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pagnozzi.
O Rangers looks to land a left hand but Pagnozzi moved out of range nicely.
Pagnozzi lands a high kick!
O Rangers misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pagnozzi counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from O Rangers does no damage.
Pagnozzi throwing a counter right hand but O Rangers manages to avoid it.
Pagnozzi throws a solid leg kick but O Rangers takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pagnozzi.
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!
Pagnozzi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pagnozzi throws a body punch but O Rangers moves out of range.
O Rangers with the counter takedown but Pagnozzi avoids it easily.
Tony O Rangers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pagnozzi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Rangers lands a nice shot to the body.
O Rangers cracks Pagnozzi with an open hand slap.
O Rangers shoots in looking for a takedown but Pagnozzi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing O Rangers's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
O Rangers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Pagnozzi misses the target.
Pagnozzi swings for the body but O Rangers moves out of range.
O Rangers lands a jab to Pagnozzi's midsection.
O Rangers takes a swing at Pagnozzi's ribcage but misses.
Pagnozzi motions for O Rangers to come forward. Pagnozzi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pagnozzi defending well as O Rangers loads up on a big left hand.
Pagnozzi throws a right hand that misses
and O Rangers counters with a shoot takedown. Pagnozzi fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pagnozzi wants to sweep here but O Rangers controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pagnozzi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pagnozzi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
O Rangers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
O Rangers is stalling in the full guard.
Pagnozzi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
O Rangers trying to control but Pagnozzi is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Pagnozzi finds it's way through O Rangers's defenses.
O Rangers closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pagnozzi quickly recovers to half guard.
O Rangers is looking to take a break and control but Pagnozzi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pagnozzi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. O Rangers is working away from the top position though.
O Rangers seems to be working for a kimura but Pagnozzi defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Rangers is trying to control. Pagnozzi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
O Rangers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
O Rangers is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pagnozzi wants to get back to full guard.
O Rangers looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pagnozzi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. O Rangers is working away from the top position though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. O Rangers connects with a nice short shot to Pagnozzi's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tony O Rangers will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
O Rangers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pagnozzi sprawls well initially but O Rangers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pagnozzi is looking to control O Rangers's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pagnozzi avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pagnozzi is concentrating on defense, preventing O Rangers from advancing position.
Pagnozzi is not content to let O Rangers control the position.
Pagnozzi is looking for a sweep. O Rangers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tony O Rangers has got the better of the ground game so far.
O Rangers tries to pass to full mount but Pagnozzi defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Rangers stalling away here and it's allowed Pagnozzi to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
O Rangers pushes down on Pagnozzi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pagnozzi is in trouble now - O Rangers has advanced to mount!
Pagnozzi wants to hold on but O Rangers pushes him away.
Pagnozzi working to try and regain half guard.
O Rangers wants to control the pace but Pagnozzi is squirming around nicely.
O Rangers controlling from the full mount.
O Rangers has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at mickeyharts the greatest . Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pagnozzi is working to get back to half guard.
Pagnozzi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
O Rangers fails to move to back control.
O Rangers trying to control but Pagnozzi is having none of it.
Pagnozzi wants to control but O Rangers is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pagnozzi is looking to escape.
O Rangers throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pagnozzi because O Rangers loaded up on that one.
O Rangers fails to advance to Pagnozzi's back.
Pagnozzi wants to control but O Rangers is having none of it.
O Rangers trying to control but Pagnozzi is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
O Rangers landing shots from mount.
O Rangers content just to control the position here.
O Rangers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
O Rangers controlling from the full mount.
Pagnozzi tries to lock up and control but O Rangers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
O Rangers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pagnozzi is looking to escape.
Pagnozzi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony O Rangers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
O Rangers looks for a takedown but Pagnozzi sprawls well.
A low kick from Pagnozzi misses
and Pagnozzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Rangers wants to clinch up but Pagnozzi keeps it at a distance.
O Rangers doesn't manage to clinch there - Pagnozzi circles away.
Pagnozzi looks to land a left hand but O Rangers moved out of range nicely.
O Rangers misses with a body shot.
Pagnozzi punishes O Rangers's body with a nice straight punch.
O Rangers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pagnozzi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Rangers misses with a wild body shot.
O Rangers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pagnozzi.
Pagnozzi lands a nice shot that snaps O Rangers's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Rangers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pagnozzi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Rangers drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pagnozzi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pagnozzi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in O Rangers's guard.
Pagnozzi engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pagnozzi trying to control but O Rangers is working from the bottom.
Pagnozzi preventing the sweep.
Callum Pagnozzi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers pulls Pagnozzi in to control the position.
Pagnozzi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
O Rangers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
O Rangers pulls Pagnozzi in to control the position.
O Rangers lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Tony O Rangers is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
O Rangers stays in close to Pagnozzi's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pagnozzi is on top in guard.
O Rangers working a defensive guard here.
Pagnozzi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pagnozzi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
O Rangers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pagnozzi being controlled here momentarily.
Pagnozzi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. O Rangers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
O Rangers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Pagnozzi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
O Rangers moves in looking to clinch but Pagnozzi pushes him off.
Pagnozzi is looking to counter punch.
Pagnozzi misses with a body shot.
Pagnozzi misses with a left hand
and Pagnozzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O Rangers drives through with a takedown into guard.
O Rangers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Callum Pagnozzi.
I think O Rangers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony O Rangers!
Our winner, Tony O Rangers, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caius Cosades (ranked 142 p4p, 17 weight class) and Shi Fu Tu (ranked 201 p4p, 27 weight class). Cosades comes to the cage accompanied by Reign of the Septims. Fu Tu has chosen Klendathu drop 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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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caius Cosades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 2, fighting out of London, Shi Fu Tu!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fu Tu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fu Tu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cosades waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fu Tu.
Cosades fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fu Tu avoids it really well and circles away.
Fu Tu misses with a looping left.
It looked like Cosades wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fu Tu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cosades closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fu Tu loads up on a big right hand but Cosades slips the punch.
It looked like Cosades wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosades fails with the takedown
and Fu Tu counters with a nice body kick.
Cosades takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Fu Tu!
Fu Tu looks to land a right hand but Cosades moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters circling - Fu Tu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cosades has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fu Tu looks to land a body kick but Cosades moved away.
Cosades looks to land a body kick but Fu Tu moved away.
Cosades gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cosades misses with a right hand
and Fu Tu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fu Tu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fu Tu moves into range and connects with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fu Tu.
Cosades moves out of range as Fu Tu strikes.
Fu Tu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cosades takes one on the button.
Fu Tu scores with the left hand. Cosades knows he should have avoided that one.
Cosades looks for a takedown but Fu Tu sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caius Cosades. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cosades on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fu Tu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fu Tu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fu Tu scores with a body shot.
Fu Tu's corner calls for a 1-2. Fu Tu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cosades misses with a head kick.
Fu Tu connects with a single shot there.
Cosades dives in for a single leg takedown but Fu Tu sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu misses with a kick to the body.
Fu Tu thows a body kick. Cosades tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cosades on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fu Tu. Fu Tu obviously looking to wear him down.
Fu Tu walks into a stiff left hand from Cosades.
Cosades scores with a kick to the body.
Shi Fu Tu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cosades takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fu Tu feints and then cracks Cosades's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cosades down.
Cosades moves out of range of the body kick.
Cosades stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fu Tu.
Both fighters circling a little - Fu Tu finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fu Tu lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cosades. Fu Tu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cosades comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fu Tu.
Fu Tu has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Fu Tu fakes the leg kick and cracks Cosades in the body.
Fu Tu moves out of range of the strikes.
Fu Tu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cosades throws a sloppy head kick
and Fu Tu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cosades thinking.
Cosades takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fu Tu.
Cosades lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fu Tu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fu Tu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fu Tu swings for the body but Cosades moves out of range.
Cosades will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fu Tu throws a looping overhand right but Cosades ducks down to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Fu Tu - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shi Fu Tu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fu Tu misses with a body shot.
Fu Tu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cosades appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cosades with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice straight punches there by Cosades. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cosades.
Fu Tu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cosades thinks about countering with a head kick.
Jab by Cosades.
Cosades looks for the body kick but Fu Tu saw that one coming.
Fu Tu throws a looping overhand right but Cosades ducks down to avoid it.
Fu Tu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cosades looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Cosades might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fu Tu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fu Tu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cosades is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fu Tu moves forwards but Cosades connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shi Fu Tu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fu Tu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fu Tu counters with a right hand to the body.
Shi Fu Tu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fu Tu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cosades.
Fu Tu looks to throw the jab but Cosades is out of range.
Fu Tu scores with a hook.
Fu Tu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fu Tu catches Cosades with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cosades swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cosades slips a straight right by Fu Tu.
An inside leg kick from Cosades misses.
Cosades fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice takedown defense from Fu Tu. No joy for Cosades on that attempt.
Cosades shoots in for a double leg but Fu Tu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caius Cosades. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cosades takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu jabs Cosades to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cosades lands with an uppercut that bounces Fu Tu off the cage and back into range.
A cross from Fu Tu lands.
Cosades steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fu Tu. That one must have hurt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cosades.
Fu Tu is looking to regain half guard here but Cosades keeps moving and retains side control.
Fu Tu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cosades off and has taken his back!
Fu Tu trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Cosades is in a bad position with Fu Tu working for a choke. Cosades manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Fu Tu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cosades manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades keeping moving, preventing Fu Tu from controlling successfully.
Fu Tu wants to pass the guard but Cosades is keeping the position.
Cosades seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Fu Tu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cosades works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fu Tu looking to sit in guard and control but Cosades gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fu Tu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cosades's guard.
Fu Tu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cosades is keeping the position for now.
Fu Tu is looking to work some ground and pound but Cosades has wrist control.
Fu Tu would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Fu Tu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cosades's guard.
Fu Tu trying to mount his opponent but Cosades defends it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cosades manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fu Tu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fu Tu gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cosades slips a straight right by Fu Tu.
Fu Tu looks to throw the jab but Cosades is out of range.
Cosades fails with the takedown
and Fu Tu counters with a stiff right hand.
Cosades lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fu Tu lands a nice hook to Cosades's body. Cosades takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shi Fu Tu 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!
Fu Tu throws a poor cross that misses
and Cosades counters with an outside leg kick.
Fu Tu lands a jab to the nose.
Cosades lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fu Tu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cosades is out of range.
Cosades swings widly with a right hand
and Fu Tu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fu Tu misses with a body kick.
Fu Tu lands with a nice body punch.
Fu Tu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fu Tu cracks Cosades with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosades tries to land a body kick
and Fu Tu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cosades tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fu Tu's corner calls for a 1-2. Fu Tu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cosades looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fu Tu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fu Tu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cosades's head.
Cosades takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cosades uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fu Tu.
Cosades throws a poor cross that misses
and Fu Tu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fu Tu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fu Tu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cosades swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fu Tu connects with a body shot.
Cosades misses with a body shot.
Fu Tu misses with a body kick.
Cosades avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosades looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cosades misses with a hook.
Caius Cosades has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosades throws a body punch but Fu Tu moves out of range.
Cosades swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Fu Tu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fu Tu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cosades takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cosades ducks under a wild hook from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fu Tu with a jab.
Fu Tu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cosades was well out of range. Poor timing from Fu Tu.
Cosades was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cosades fails with the takedown
and Fu Tu counters with a good low kick that Cosades was not able to check.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cosades walks into a straight right hand from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu lands with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cosades's calf.
Nice body punch from Fu Tu.
Fu Tu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A jab from Fu Tu finds it's way through Cosades's defenses.
Cosades takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Fu Tu catches Cosades with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fu Tu throws a leg kick but Cosades sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fu Tu throws a quick inside leg kick.
A low kick from Fu Tu misses
and Cosades decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fu Tu's guard.
Fu Tu is trying to control the position but Cosades postures up.
Fu Tu looking for a sweep. Not yet Fu Tu, not yet.
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!
Cosades is fighting to break Fu Tu's control of his arms but Fu Tu is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fu Tu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fu Tu is trying to control the position but Cosades postures up.
Fu Tu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cosades is one step ahead there.
Fu Tu has momentary wrist control but Cosades slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cosades's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cosades lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fu Tu pulls Cosades in close to his closed guard and prevents Cosades from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cosades is working Fu Tu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fu Tu looking for a sweep. Not yet Fu Tu, not yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shi Fu Tu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fu Tu 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shi Fu Tu!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Shi Fu Tu made sure he mentioned Urban Fighter, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 49 p4p, 9 weight class) and Rama Arjuna (ranked 202 p4p, 26 weight class). Burns 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank. Arjuna is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Om. Alex John Conor Burns could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rama Arjuna's chin.
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207 lbs
27 - 11 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alex John Conor Burns !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rama Arjuna!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arjuna connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burns momentarily.
Arjuna throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Burns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arjuna.
Arjuna walks into a straight right hand from Burns .
Arjuna has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Arjuna misses with a body shot.
Arjuna lands with a nice body kick.
Arjuna throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arjuna moves away from the strike by Burns .
Burns is looking to land body kicks.
Arjuna lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Burns lands with a good body shot.
Arjuna throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Burns .
Arjuna throws a sloppy head kick
and Burns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns tries to score with a low kick but Arjuna moves his leg out of the way.
Arjuna throws a shot from downtown. Burns moves away and avoids it.
Burns tests Arjuna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burns lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Arjuna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Arjuna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Arjuna has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Arjuna there as he acknowledges the shot.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Arjuna finds it's way round the side to connect with Burns 's head.
Burns slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Arjuna takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Arjuna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns .
A little jabbing left from Arjuna on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Arjuna thuds a left hand into Burns 's body.
Arjuna checks a low kick from Burns .
Arjuna misses with a looping right.
Arjuna looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Arjuna blocks the leg kick.
Arjuna connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arjuna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arjuna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Arjuna.
Burns thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arjuna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Burns connects with a crisp jab.
Arjuna throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
It looked like Burns was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Burns lands with a cross.
Burns jabs Arjuna to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Arjuna looks to land a body kick but Burns moved away.
Arjuna lands a jab to the head.
Burns is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burns misses with a few strikes there.
Burns thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arjuna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Arjuna connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A low kick from Burns misses
and Arjuna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns dodges the punch combination from Arjuna.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arjuna takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Arjuna feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Burns 's calf.
Arjuna on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Arjuna misses with a wild combination.
Burns feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Arjuna misses with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Arjuna.
Burns connects with a body shot.
Burns lands a lovely overhand right.
Arjuna checks a leg kick.
Burns connects with a jab.
Arjuna misses with a body shot.
Burns throws a solid leg kick but Arjuna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burns .
A jab from Arjuna does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Burns as he connects with a hook.
A big right from Arjuna misses.
Burns scores with a nice strike.
Burns moves out of range of the body kick.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Arjuna tries a quick counter leg kick but Burns is wise to it.
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burns throws the left hand but Arjuna avoids the punch easily.
Arjuna throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Arjuna throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Burns counters with a body kick that stops Arjuna in his tracks momentarily.
Burns scores with the left hand. Arjuna knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arjuna misses with a hook
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arjuna is rocked!
Burns looks for the body kick but Arjuna saw that one coming.
Arjuna misses with an attempted mid kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Burns misses the target.
Burns lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex John Conor Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Burns throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Burns takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Burns misses with a right hand
and Arjuna counters with a straight right hand.
Arjuna does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Arjuna connects with a solid leg kick.
Arjuna cracks Burns with an open hand slap.
Burns throws a quick inside leg kick.
Arjuna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Arjuna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Arjuna throws a low kick, looking for Burns 's leg but Burns calmly moves out of range.
Burns takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Arjuna might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Burns has got the better of the exchanges.
Arjuna throws a front kick aimed at Burns 's knee but Burns avoids it well.
Burns lands with a right hand.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arjuna can do to turn this around?
Burns lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arjuna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns is looking to counter punch.
Burns cracks Arjuna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Arjuna is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a leg kick but Arjuna checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Arjuna! But no joy.
Arjuna seems to have recovered his senses.
Burns misses with a leg kick
and Arjuna counters with a thumping low kick.
Burns blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Arjuna there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Arjuna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns .
Burns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Burns misses with a hook. Arjuna ducked under it nicely.
Burns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Arjuna on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Arjuna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arjuna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burns scores with a punch to the head.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arjuna manages to avoid it.
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arjuna.
Arjuna misses with a left hand
and Burns counters with a good low kick that Arjuna was not able to check.
Arjuna misses with a right hand
enabling Burns to counter with a crisp jab.
Burns scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arjuna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alex John Conor Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Burns there.
Burns throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arjuna throws a wild hook but Burns just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Arjuna gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Burns raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex John Conor Burns !
After winning the bout, Alex John Conor Burns thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 18 p4p, 4 weight class) and Sergey Beznisko (ranked 84 p4p, 15 weight class). Matt Cooke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Sergey Beznisko!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beznisko lands with a good body shot.
Cooke's jab looks to have found its range, popping Beznisko under the eye.
Beznisko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Beznisko misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a leg kick.
Beznisko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cooke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Beznisko misses with a straight left.
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Cooke tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Beznisko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cooke finds it's way round the side to connect with Beznisko's head.
Cooke slips a jab from Beznisko.
Cooke half committed to a counter leg kick.
A big right from Beznisko misses.
Beznisko throws the left hand but Cooke avoids the punch easily.
Cooke was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
Cooke lands a right hook to the body.
Beznisko shoots for a double leg takedown but Cooke sprawls well. He's pushed Beznisko's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice combination there by Beznisko.
It looks like Matt Cooke has been cut.
Beznisko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beznisko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cooke.
Cooke throws a head kick that Beznisko semi-blocks.
Beznisko lands a body shot.
Beznisko is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Beznisko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cooke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beznisko has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Cooke lands a jab to the nose.
Cooke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beznisko. That did some damage!
Beznisko misses with a wild body shot.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut
and Cooke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Beznisko throws an off balance right hand
and Cooke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cooke misses with an uppercut. Beznisko saw that one coming.
Beznisko feints and as Cooke raises his hands in defense, Beznisko changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cooke wriggles free and stands up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beznisko misses with a hook. Cooke ducked under it nicely.
Beznisko misses with a looping right.
Cooke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cooke looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beznisko throws out the jab.
Beznisko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooke manages to avoid it.
Beznisko misses with an uppercut.
Cooke scores with a sloppy right hand. Beznisko should have avoided that one.
Beznisko lands a slapping body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Cooke. That snapped Beznisko's head back.
Beznisko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
A good leg kick by Cooke.
Beznisko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beznisko with a nice cross.
Cooke is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cooke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beznisko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cooke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooke scores with a shot to the body.
Cooke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Cooke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cooke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Cooke. That snapped Beznisko's head back.
Beznisko looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
Cooke fires out a quick counter leg kick but Beznisko just manages to avoid it.
Cooke clinches.
Beznisko misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cooke - that landed with a thud.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cooke breaks the clinch.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Beznisko's front leg but catches the back leg as Beznisko tries to avoid it.
Beznisko tries a low kick but Cooke avoids it.
Beznisko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beznisko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beznisko cracks Cooke with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cooke throws a jab when Beznisko was well out of range.
Beznisko appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Beznisko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Matt Cooke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beznisko misses with a hook
and Beznisko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beznisko walks into a left hand.
Cooke scores with a hook to the body. Beznisko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beznisko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooke.
Beznisko misses with a wild body shot.
Beznisko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beznisko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beznisko tries for a takedown but Cooke circles away easily
and Cooke counters with a stiff right hand.
Beznisko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Beznisko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beznisko scores with a kick to the body.
Beznisko throws a looping overhand right but Cooke ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cooke throws a nice looking combination but Beznisko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cooke throws out a powerful jab.
Beznisko takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cooke moves forwards but Beznisko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Cooke'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.
Beznisko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooke manages to avoid it.
Beznisko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cooke counters with a nice uppercut.
Beznisko uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice shot by Cooke.
Nice shot by Cooke.
A big right from Beznisko misses.
Beznisko throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cooke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beznisko throws a right hand that misses
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beznisko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beznisko moves out of range of the strikes.
Beznisko throws a hook but Cooke avoids it easily.
Cooke keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beznisko.
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!
Beznisko slips under a jab from Cooke.
Cooke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beznisko at a distance.
Beznisko throws a low kick, looking for Cooke's leg but Cooke calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beznisko.
Cooke throws a series of punches but Beznisko moves out of range.
Cooke closes the distance and pushes Beznisko back into the cage.
Beznisko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beznisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beznisko can't find room to land a body shot as Cooke controls the action.
Cooke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooke lands a shoulder strike.
Cooke scores with a shot to the side of Beznisko's head.
Beznisko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cooke is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cooke lands with a left to the head.
Cooke misses with a punch on the inside.
Beznisko looking to stall.
Cooke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beznisko's elbow.
Cooke lands a left hand.
Cooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beznisko can do to turn this around?
Cooke gets underhooks to prevent Beznisko's takedown attempt.
Cooke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beznisko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cooke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beznisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooke moves out of range of the strikes.
Cooke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
Beznisko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cooke's head.
Matt Cooke is winning the standup battle so far.
Cooke throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Beznisko on the side of the head.
Beznisko throws a low kick but Cooke avoids it.
Cooke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beznisko throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
Beznisko lands a jab to Cooke's midsection.
Beznisko throws a body punch but Cooke moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beznisko.
Beznisko looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
Beznisko moves forwards but Cooke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Beznisko shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cooke tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Beznisko manages to move to mount!
Cooke tries to hold on but Beznisko pushes him away.
Cooke manages to control the position for a moment.
Beznisko thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Beznisko with shots to the head and body - Cooke looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beznisko looking to finish Cooke with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cooke!
Beznisko avoids the attempt from Cooke to control.
Beznisko lands a big shot there that rocks Cooke but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Beznisko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beznisko trying to control but Cooke is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beznisko cracks Cooke with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Beznisko unloads with some shots from mount but Cooke bucks and avoids them well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beznisko trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Beznisko working the ground and pound effectively.
Cooke is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sergey Beznisko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Matt Cooke's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Beznisko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Beznisko tries to clinch up.
Cooke thumps Beznisko with a low kick.
Beznisko misses the shot to the body.
Cooke gets tackled into the cage by Beznisko. Beznisko maintains the clinch.
Cooke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beznisko can't find room to land a body shot as Cooke controls the action.
Cooke prevents the takedown attempt.
Cooke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Matt Cooke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beznisko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cooke lands a nice uppercut.
Beznisko is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke tries to work over Beznisko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cooke trying to control the position but instead, Beznisko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cooke into the cage.
Beznisko working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beznisko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beznisko misses with a body punch.
Beznisko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beznisko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cooke gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch on the inside from Beznisko fails to land.
Cooke is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cooke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cooke digs a right hand underneath Beznisko's ribcage. Beznisko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooke lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Beznisko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beznisko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beznisko has picked Cooke up - he's going for a ride! Beznisko dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Nice strikes from Beznisko there.
Cooke makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cooke.
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!
Beznisko with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cooke working a defensive guard here.
Cooke has control of Beznisko's left arm, preventing Beznisko from doing any damage.
Cooke is trying to control the position but Beznisko postures up.
Cooke wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Beznisko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Beznisko postures up.
Cooke controlling the position.
Beznisko lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Beznisko wants to control from the top but Cooke keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is trying to keep Beznisko in close.
Beznisko trying to control but Cooke is working from the bottom.
Beznisko throws a big elbow that misses.
Cooke pulls Beznisko in to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Beznisko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cooke eats them both and turns towards Beznisko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Beznisko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beznisko.
Beznisko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Cooke finds it's target.
Beznisko walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beznisko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cooke misses with an uppercut.
Cooke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beznisko.
Beznisko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Cooke.
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
Beznisko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beznisko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cooke.
A little feinted left hand from Cooke on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Beznisko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Beznisko does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooke was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cooke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cooke is looking to score with low kicks.
Cooke with a hook.
Beznisko does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooke misses the jab.
Cooke tries to close the distance and clinch but Beznisko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Beznisko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Sergey Beznisko just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Matt Cooke's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Some bone on bone action there as Beznisko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Beznisko misses with a lunging right hand
and Cooke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Beznisko misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
Cooke with a jab.
Cooke throws out a powerful jab.
Beznisko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Beznisko looks to land a left hand but Cooke moved out of range nicely.
Beznisko moves in looking to clinch but Cooke pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Cooke.
Beznisko throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Cooke to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cooke counters with a straight right hand.
Beznisko tries to clinch but Cooke moves away
and Cooke counters with a left to the body.
Cooke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Beznisko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Beznisko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cooke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cooke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Beznisko misses with a left hand
and Cooke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cooke throws a hook but Beznisko avoids it easily.
Cooke defending well as Beznisko loads up on a big left hand.
Beznisko scores with a leg kick.
Beznisko tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooke takes a swing at Beznisko's ribcage but misses.
Beznisko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
Beznisko misses with a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cooke.
Cooke defending well as Beznisko loads up on a big left hand.
Cooke blocks a leg kick.
Beznisko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cooke tries to keep at a distance but Beznisko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooke scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Beznisko scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke looking to slow down the pace here.
Cooke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Beznisko gets through Cooke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cooke is trying to break the clinch but Beznisko has him pressed against the cage.
Beznisko blocking some punches.
Matt Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cooke lands a shot to the body.
Cooke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cooke lands with a light punch inside.
Cooke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cooke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beznisko trying to stall but Cooke improves his position.
Beznisko is looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
Beznisko blocking some punches.
Cooke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beznisko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooke.
Beznisko is working for takedown but Cooke is calmly controlling the position for now.
Beznisko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooke's elbow.
Cooke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beznisko struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooke controls his hands.
Cooke misses with a body punch.
Beznisko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cooke is defending well.
Matt Cooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergey Beznisko.
Beznisko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cooke.
Beznisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beznisko looking to slow down the pace here.
Beznisko is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Cooke can't fight it off and eventually Beznisko manages to take the fight to the floor. Cooke looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Beznisko is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cooke wants to stand but Beznisko is controlling the position.
Beznisko not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Beznisko trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Beznisko trying to control but Cooke is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke had his way with Sergey Beznisko in that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Cooke's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Beznisko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A cross from Cooke lands.
Cooke slips under a jab from Beznisko.
Beznisko shoots in looking for a takedown but Cooke manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Beznisko's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
Beznisko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beznisko moves forwards but Cooke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big right from Cooke misses.
Beznisko misses the jab.
Nice shot lands for Cooke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beznisko wants to clinch but Cooke slips to the side
and Cooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beznisko doesn't manage to clinch there - Cooke circles away.
Beznisko throws a leg kick that misses.
Beznisko misses with a shot to the body
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beznisko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke throws a jab when Beznisko was well out of range.
Beznisko jabs Cooke right on the nose. Cooke blinks but takes it well.
Beznisko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cooke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beznisko throws out the jab.
Beznisko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cooke finds it's way round the side to connect with Beznisko's head.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beznisko.
Cooke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cooke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beznisko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cooke scrambles back to his feet.
Beznisko drops his hands momentarily and Cooke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donk. Beznisko catches Cooke right on the button with a cross.
Beznisko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cooke momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooke scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cooke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beznisko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Beznisko with that takedown attempt.
Beznisko throws a front kick aimed at Cooke's knee but Cooke avoids it well.
Beznisko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beznisko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Beznisko checks a low kick from Cooke.
Good shot there by Cooke.
Beznisko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice shot by Beznisko.
A left lands for Cooke.
Beznisko scores with a kick to the midsection.
Beznisko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beznisko moves into range and clinches up with Cooke.
Cooke wants to get back to striking at distance but Beznisko won't allow it.
Cooke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beznisko.
Beznisko digs a good hook to Cooke's body.
Cooke throws out a loose jab but Beznisko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beznisko staying out of range there.
Beznisko tries to land a front kick but Cooke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cooke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Beznisko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beznisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beznisko moves out of range of the strikes.
Beznisko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooke.
Beznisko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beznisko feints the counter takedown.
Nice shot lands for Cooke.
Beznisko just misses with a punch to the body.
Cooke takes a swing at Beznisko's ribcage but misses.
Beznisko now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cooke scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke with a jab.
Beznisko on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beznisko throws a body kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cooke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beznisko ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Beznisko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beznisko throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Beznisko moves away from the strike by Cooke.
Beznisko drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cooke defends it well.
Cooke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beznisko.
Cooke was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beznisko throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beznisko staying out of range there.
Beznisko throws out a leg kick but Cooke moves out of range and Beznisko only half commits.
A swing and a miss from Beznisko.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Beznisko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beznisko throws a leg kick
and Beznisko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Cooke showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cooke has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Cooke!
Matt Cooke retains his light heavyweight title!
Matt Cooke bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Galen Dall (ranked 6 p4p, 1 weight class) and Dixie Small (ranked 48 p4p, 7 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dall might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Red - Already Over. Small has chosen Penis song 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galen Dall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dixie Small!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dall staying out of range there.
Dixie Small seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Small misses
enabling Dall to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Dixie Small has been cut.
Small misses with an uppercut
and Dall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dall looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Dall is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Dall.
Small appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice cross by Dall.
Small throws an off balance right hand
and Dall counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Galen Dall!
Galen Dall retains his lightweight title!
Galen Dall decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Dixie Small stepped up to the mic, saying 'It was a good win, but nevertheless, I'll still be bringing home my opponent's girl . Don't feel left out man. And as usual, we'll be making a pov video for all you fans out there. Sayonara'.
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