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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Crespo (ranked 1811 p4p, 181 weight class) and Magomed Magomedov (ranked 2181 p4p, 203 weight class). Crespo comes to the cage accompanied by Toxic Waltz. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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152 lbs
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158 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aldo Crespo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomed Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomedov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magomedov 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.
Magomedov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crespo can pounce on him.
Crespo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Magomedov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Magomedov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magomedov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A cross from Crespo lands.
Crespo sizes up Magomedov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Magomedov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Crespo is rocked!
Good standup being displayed there by Magomedov as he connects with a hook.
Oh Crespo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Magomedov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Crespo misses the target.
Magomedov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crespo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Crespo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magomedov throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Crespo was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Magomedov misses with a straight right.
Magomedov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Magomedov misses with a series of wild punches.
Crespo looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Magomedov circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Crespo to the canvas! Crespo doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Magomedov keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magomed Magomedov!
After winning the bout, Magomed Magomedov 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1321 p4p, 70 weight class) and Haislan Garcia (ranked 1451 p4p, 74 weight class). La De Hoya comes to the cage accompanied by Cocaine. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Haislan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses La De Hoya's front leg but catches the back leg as La De Hoya tries to avoid it.
Haislan Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garcia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Garcia there.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya fires out a quick counter leg kick but Garcia just manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as La De Hoya blocks the low kick.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garcia connects with a body shot.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Garcia moves his leg out of the way.
Garcia lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya needs to keep his hands up - Garcia had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from Garcia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya lands a jab.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Garcia's torso.
Garcia with a jab.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
La De Hoya dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Garcia takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice shot by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Garcia.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Garcia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Garcia blocks the low kick.
Garcia only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
A solid body kick from La De Hoya.
Garcia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La De Hoya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
La De Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garcia with a jab.
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!
Garcia misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcia defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La De Hoya takes one to the chin there.
Garcia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya 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 Garcia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Garcia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garcia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
Garcia throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Garcia checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Garcia.
La De Hoya thinks about countering with a body kick.
Haislan Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Garcia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
La De Hoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
Garcia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garcia connects with a nice looking jab.
Garcia throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Garcia with a jab.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Garcia blocks the leg kick.
Garcia throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Garcia.
La De Hoya throws out a leg kick but Garcia moves out of range and La De Hoya only half commits.
It seemed like Garcia was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Garcia moved away.
Garcia slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
Garcia tried to score with a low kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Garcia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La De Hoya tries to work over Garcia's front leg with a kick but Garcia checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya misses with the body kick
and Garcia counters with an outside leg kick.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice side step and Garcia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
A head kick by La De Hoya misses
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Garcia scores with a jab to the head.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. La De Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Jab, jab by La De Hoya - just one landing.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Jab from La De Hoya.
Garcia misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Garcia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a low kick, right behind Garcia 's knee.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garcia. That's going to slow La De Hoya down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya is looking to chop away at Garcia's legs.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
As Garcia backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Garcia down.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garcia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia misses with a leg kick.
La De Hoya swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia throws a low kick but La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Garcia closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya half committed to a counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
Garcia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Garcia.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
Garcia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia with a hook.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya connects with a right hand. Garcia shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
Garcia catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garcia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garcia scores with a nice body kick.
Garcia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Garcia is rocked!
La De Hoya fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Garcia to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Garcia looks to clinch but La De Hoya throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Garcia taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Kovalev (ranked 1090 p4p, 129 weight class) and Kosuke Ishimura (ranked 2120 p4p, 237 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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250 lbs
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Kovalev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kosuke Ishimura!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishimura throws a head kick that misses.
Ishimura misses with a body kick.
Ishimura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ishimura scores with a hook to the body. Kovalev takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ishimura wants to slow Kovalev down by chopping away at his legs.
Kovalev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kovalev throws a jab but it's blocked by Ishimura.
Ishimura darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kovalev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ishimura.
Kosuke Ishimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovalev misses with a hook.
Ishimura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ishimura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kovalev misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishimura throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Kovalev misses.
Kovalev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ishimura slips under a jab from Kovalev.
Kovalev takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kovalev keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kovalev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fighters circling - Ishimura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kovalev misses with a straight left.
Ishimura misses with a head kick.
Kovalev lunges at Ishimura with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ishimura's hand.
It looks like Kosuke Ishimura has been cut.
Kovalev throws a hook but Ishimura avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovalev looks to land a right hand but Ishimura moved out of range.
Ishimura only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ishimura connects with a solid leg kick.
Ishimura avoids the body shot from Kovalev.
Ishimura connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ishimura takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kovalev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ishimura can pounce on him.
Ishimura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kovalev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ishimura tries a quick counter leg kick but Kovalev is wise to it.
Kovalev scores with a punch to the head.
A low kick from Ishimura misses
and Kovalev counters with a stiff right hand.
Ishimura is rocked!
Ishimura moves away from the strike by Kovalev.
Ishimura misses with a leg kick
and Kovalev rattles Ishimura with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Ishimura tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Kovalev dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Ishimura stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vladimir Kovalev!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fletch Brandis (ranked 1873 p4p, 218 weight class) and Aniceto Platanares (ranked 4367 p4p, 424 weight class). Brandis's entrance music is Voodoo. A fine choice. Platanares has chosen Las Piedras Rodantes (El Tri de Mejico) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Aniceto Platanares will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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260 lbs
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fletch Brandis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aniceto Platanares!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Platanares shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Brandis tries to get to full guard but Platanares has control of the leg.
Brandis trying to hold on to Platanares's head to control him but Platanares postures up.
Platanares throws a strike but Brandis avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Brandis has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Platanares can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Platanares got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brandis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Platanares has managed to get both his arms back between Brandis's legs - danger averted.
Platanares got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brandis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Platanares has managed to get both his arms back between Brandis's legs - danger averted.
Platanares throwing strikes but missing.
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!
Platanares with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Brandis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Platanares avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Platanares throwing strikes from guard but Brandis blocks nicely.
Platanares throws an elbow that misses. Brandis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Platanares's guard. Nice move by Brandis!
Brandis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brandis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brandis throwing strikes from guard but Platanares blocks nicely.
Brandis wants to pass the guard but Platanares is keeping the position.
Platanares is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Platanares can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brandis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brandis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brandis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Platanares is looking to stand back up but Brandis counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Platanares.
Brandis trying to control the action but Platanares is working from the bottom.
Brandis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brandis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Platanares's head.
Brandis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brandis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brandis throwing shots but Platanares is blocking nicely.
Brandis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brandis is nestled in close to Platanares, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brandis controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Platanares avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brandis.
Brandis working over Platanares with some ground and pound. Platanares looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brandis works his foot free and advances to mount.
Brandis throws some wild stikes that Platanares manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandis looking to finish with strikes here!
Brandis controlling the position easily from mount.
Brandis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Platanares is squirming around, avoiding Brandis's attempts to control the action.
Brandis throwing strikes here but Platanares is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Brandis looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fletch Brandis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Brandis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Aniceto Platanares has been cut.
Brandis shoots in looking for a takedown but Platanares manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brandis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brandis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Platanares drives through with a takedown into Brandis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Brandis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Platanares throws a big right hand that misses.
Fletch Brandis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Platanares throws a strike but Brandis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brandis looking to pass the guard.
Brandis postures up in Platanares's guard and throws a big left but Platanares blocks it.
Brandis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brandis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brandis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Brandis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Platanares preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Platanares really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brandis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brandis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Platanares can't keep his opponent in guard - Brandis advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brandis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Platanares tries to kick Brandis off but Brandis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Brandis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brandis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brandis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brandis misses with a head shot. Platanares uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brandis trying to control but Platanares is working from the bottom.
Brandis lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Platanares keeping moving, preventing Brandis from controlling successfully.
Brandis postures up in Platanares's guard and throws a big left but Platanares blocks it.
Platanares preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brandis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brandis passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Brandis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
An elbow from Brandis crashes against the mat.
Platanares is not content to let Brandis control the position.
Brandis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brandis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Platanares can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandis cracks Platanares with a big right hand but Platanares just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Brandis working the strikes but Platanares uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Platanares keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brandis controlling the action here.
Brandis is looking to take a break and control but Platanares is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brandis is figuring out what he wants to do next.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fletch Brandis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aniceto Platanares's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brandis.
Platanares on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Platanares doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brandis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brandis, as that shot connected.
Brandis scores with a nice right hand.
Platanares walks into a stiff left hand from Brandis.
Platanares is rocked!
Brandis fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Platanares out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Fletch Brandis!
Our winner, Fletch Brandis, 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.
In defeat, Aniceto Platanares stepped up to the mic, saying 'I had an injured rectum so wasn't 100% for this fight. I'll be back stronger'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Shinnie (ranked 3047 p4p, 149 weight class) and Aki Hiko (ranked 1827 p4p, 216 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Shinnie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aki Hiko!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Hiko catches Shinnie right on the button with a cross.
Hiko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shinnie. Hiko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shinnie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hiko to score with a decent uppercut.
Shinnie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hiko pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shinnie is out of range and Hiko settles back down.
Hiko misses the shot to the body.
Hiko misses with a straight right.
Shinnie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hiko circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shinnie.
Shinnie misses with a two punch combination.
Hiko digs a good body shot into Shinnie's ribs.
Hiko misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hiko with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Shinnie misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shinnie has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($700/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Kevin Shinnie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shinnie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shinnie avoids the body shot from Hiko.
Hiko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hiko takes a swing at Shinnie's ribcage but misses.
Shinnie throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Shinnie throws a lazy uppercut
and Hiko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hiko scores with a shot to the body.
Hiko has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Shinnie throws a body shot but no joy.
Hiko drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinnie defends it well.
Kevin Shinnie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hiko slips a straight right by Shinnie.
Hiko wants to slow Shinnie down by chopping away at his legs.
Shinnie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hiko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hiko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shinnie's head backwards.
Shinnie scores with a jab.
It looks like Aki Hiko has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Hiko. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shinnie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hiko jabs Shinnie right on the nose. Shinnie blinks but takes it well.
Shinnie's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hiko under the eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hiko. Shinnie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shinnie misses with the combination.
Hiko staying out of range there.
Hiko drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinnie defends it well.
Nice body punch from Shinnie.
Shinnie avoids the head kick by Hiko.
Shinnie thuds a left hand into Hiko's body.
Shinnie dips to his left and cracks Hiko with an uppercut!
Hiko dives in for a single leg takedown but Shinnie sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hiko is looking to land body kicks.
Hiko connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinnie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab lands there for Shinnie.
That has opened up Aki Hiko's cut even more.
Shinnie lands a jab to the nose.
Hiko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hiko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Shinnie misses with a looping right.
Hiko lands a jab to the head.
Hiko looks to score with a jab to the body but Shinnie is just out of range.
Shinnie connects with a superb combination that knocks Hiko out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Shinnie before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Hiko!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kevin Shinnie!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Stevenson (ranked 1461 p4p, 179 weight class) and Jackson Spinks (ranked 1334 p4p, 161 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adonis Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jackson Spinks!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spinks shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stevenson as he jumps to the side.
Spinks misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stevenson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Spinks staying out of range there.
Stevenson throws an overhand right that lands on Spinks's shoulder, as Spinks tries to avoid the shot.
Stevenson looks to throw the jab but Spinks is out of range.
Stevenson throws a leg kick which misses Spinks's front leg but catches the back leg as Spinks tries to avoid it.
Stevenson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stevenson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A leg kick checked by Spinks.
It seemed like Spinks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Spinks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevenson at a distance.
Stevenson throws a leg kick
and Spinks counters with a stiff right hand.
Adonis Stevenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spinks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A bone on bone clash there as Spinks blocks the leg kick.
Nice shot by Stevenson.
Stevenson lands a leg kick that knocks Spinks off balance momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevenson cracks Spinks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson throws a low kick, looking for Spinks's leg but Spinks calmly moves out of range.
Stevenson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Spinks.
Spinks throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've been told by Stevenson's head coaches at Vale Tudo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Stevenson misses with a straight right.
Spinks wants to counter with a clinch but Stevenson pushes him away.
Spinks takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Spinks blocks the body kick.
Stevenson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spinks looking to score a takedown here. Stevenson is defending well but Spinks drives through and ends up in Stevenson's guard.
Spinks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stevenson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Spinks keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stevenson's head.
Stevenson looking to control but Spinks passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spinks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is trying to maintain the position but Spinks is very close to passing his half guard.
Spinks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spinks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevenson keeps working.
Stevenson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Spinks.
Spinks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stevenson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Spinks.
Stevenson wants to get back to his feet.
Spinks is looking to stall here but Stevenson recovers full guard.
Spinks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spinks working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spinks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stevenson is looking to stand up but Spinks isn't so interested in that idea.
Spinks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Spinks drops back looking for a leg! Stevenson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stevenson manages to kick Spinks off! Spinks jumps back into Stevenson's guard.
Spinks trying to control the position from guard on top but Stevenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Spinks works over Stevenson with some ground and pound from guard.
Spinks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stevenson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Spinks on the ground.
Spinks cracks Stevenson with a solid left hand.
Spinks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spinks is looking to advance position but Stevenson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Spinks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stevenson controlling his opponent.
Spinks sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jackson Spinks 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.
Stevenson cracks the inside of Spinks's front leg.
Spinks blocks a jab.
Spinks pushes Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevenson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stevenson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A big left from Stevenson misses.
A jab from Stevenson misses.
Stevenson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spinks's sensitive parts.
Spinks moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
A slow jab from Stevenson misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Stevenson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spinks slips a straight right by Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with an uppercut
and Spinks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spinks moves out of range as Stevenson strikes.
Stevenson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spinks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spinks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stevenson. Stevenson obviously looking to wear him down.
Stevenson lands the left hand.
Spinks throws a sloppy head kick and Stevenson moves out of range easily.
Spinks takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice shot lands for Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a half hearted mid kick.
A clash of legs there as Spinks blocks the low kick.
Spinks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stevenson.
Stevenson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Spinks swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stevenson looks to land a left hand but Spinks moved out of range nicely.
Spinks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spinks only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Spinks tries to move into range but Stevenson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spinks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevenson throws a leg kick
and Spinks counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stevenson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spinks manages to avoid it.
Stevenson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevenson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spinks checks it well.
Spinks moves out of range as Stevenson strikes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Spinks!
Spinks looks to throw the jab but Stevenson is out of range.
Stevenson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spinks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spinks scores with a decent looking hook.
Spinks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stevenson lands with an overhand left.
Spinks checks a leg kick.
A nice side step and Spinks releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Spinks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Spinks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevenson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stevenson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson lands a jab to Spinks's midsection.
Adonis Stevenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stevenson lands with a nice body punch.
Stevenson throws a looping overhand right but Spinks ducks down to avoid it.
Spinks feints the counter takedown.
Spinks moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
Good exchange - Stevenson coming out on top.
Spinks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevenson throws a big shot that misses.
Stevenson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stevenson misses with a wild body shot.
Spinks is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with a hook.
Stevenson missing with a left hand there. Spinks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stevenson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spinks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stevenson throws a right hand that misses
and Spinks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Spinks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Spinks slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spinks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stevenson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spinks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevenson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Spinks has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good work by Spinks as he checks the leg kick.
Adonis Stevenson is winning the standup battle so far.
Stevenson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spinks moves away.
Stevenson thows a leg kick but Spinks checks it
and Spinks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stevenson lands a nice hook to Spinks's body. Spinks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A low kick from Stevenson misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stevenson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spinks.
A telegraphed right hand from Stevenson misses the target.
Good work by Stevenson as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Spinks.
Stevenson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spinks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spinks scores with a leg kick.
Spinks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adonis Stevenson dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Spinks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stevenson doesn't seem bothered though.
Stevenson punishes Spinks's body with a nice straight punch.
Stevenson connects with a looping right hand.
Stevenson digs a good body shot into Spinks's ribs.
Spinks has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Stevenson throws a poor cross that misses
and Spinks counters with a takedown into side control.
Spinks looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stevenson is avoiding damage well.
Spinks scoring with punches from side control.
Spinks is chipping away with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevenson taking a bit of punishment here - Spinks scoring with strikes.
Spinks wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stevenson, who protects the arm well.
Spinks tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spinks working the ground and pound from side control.
Spinks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stevenson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Spinks grinds an elbow into Stevenson's temple.
Sloppy strikes there by Spinks.
Spinks postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Spinks tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Spinks are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Spinks in side control, throwing shots but Stevenson defends.
Stevenson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jackson Spinks has got the better of the ground game so far.
Spinks breaks from Stevenson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Spinks throwing strikes here but Stevenson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Spinks is landing with some decent strikes but Stevenson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Spinks lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spinks is landing with some decent strikes but Stevenson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spinks thowing shots but they're missing.
Spinks throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Stevenson because Spinks loaded up on that one.
Spinks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Poor strikes thrown by Spinks there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Spinks lands with some strikes.
Spinks dominating with strikes here.
Stevenson is rocked!
Spinks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Stevenson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spinks looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spinks lands a big elbow - Stevenson is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Stevenson is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jackson Spinks!
Jackson Spinks thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between DJ Gunnar (ranked 1617 p4p, 83 weight class) and Oson Bon (ranked 2333 p4p, 112 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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272 lbs
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285 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Gunnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Oson Bon!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunnar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bon. That did some damage!
Bon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch combination from Gunnar misses.
Bon lands a jab to the head.
Gunnar misses with a body kick.
Bon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
DJ Gunnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunnar throws a leg kick that misses.
Bon 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.
Bon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gunnar missing with a left hand there. Bon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gunnar misses with the combination.
Bon works Gunnar's body with a nice hook.
Gunnar throws a head kick but Bon moves out of range.
Gunnar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunnar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bon slips a straight right by Gunnar.
Gunnar misses with a body punch
letting Bon counter with a right hand.
Bon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunnar throws a head kick that misses.
Bon slips a jab and a cross from Gunnar.
Bon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gunnar under the eye.
Gunnar looks to throw a body kick
and Bon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gunnar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gunnar moves forwards but Bon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gunnar looks for the body kick but Bon saw that one coming.
Bon throws a body kick that misses.
Gunnar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gunnar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bon.
Bon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bon moves into the clinch.
Bon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bon.
Gunnar stalling in the clinch but Bon improves position.
Bon scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like DJ Gunnar has been cut.
Bon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunnar.
Bon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnar fails to land.
Bon lands an elbow that stopped Gunnar in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnar fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bon.
Gunnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bon lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gunnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bon.
Gunnar scores with a shot to the side of Bon's head.
Bon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gunnar backwards.
I was talking to Gunnar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gunnar misses with a knee to the head.
Bon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gunnar.
Bon lands with a light punch inside.
Gunnar tries to throw a body punch but Bon avoids it by throwing Gunnar back against the cage.
Bon gets through Gunnar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gunnar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gunnar tries to break the clinch but Bon is controlling the position.
Gunnar tries a knee to the head but Bon blocks it.
Bon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gunnar throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bon blocking some punches.
Bon lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gunnar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gunnar's defenses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bon.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnar fails to land.
Bon misses with the head strike.
Gunnar has a couple of punches blocked by Bon.
Bon lands a left hand.
Bon lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bon blocks an uppercut.
Bon gets through Gunnar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oson Bon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DJ Gunnar's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gunnar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bon moves out of range of the leg kick from Gunnar.
Gunnar throws the left hand but Bon avoids the punch easily.
Bon is trying to counter with his kicks.
Gunnar lands an overhand right.
Gunnar misses with a looping left.
Gunnar looks for the body kick but Bon saw that one coming.
Bon appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gunnar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bon avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunnar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bon.
Bon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunnar moves away.
Gunnar throws the left hand but Bon avoids the punch easily.
Gunnar misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Gunnar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Gunnar misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gunnar 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 Bon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bon scores with a decent looking hook.
Bon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gunnar was well out of range. Poor timing from Bon.
Gunnar misses with a hook.
Gunnar throws out a loose jab but Bon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunnar misses with a body shot
and Bon counters with a solid body kick.
Nice body kick there by Gunnar.
Bon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gunnar throws an overhand right that lands on Bon's shoulder, as Bon tries to avoid the shot.
Bon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunnar.
A countering left hand to the body from Bon misses.
Bon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bon moves out of range as Gunnar throws a body kick.
Bon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnar swings for the body but Bon moves out of range.
Bon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gunnar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Gunnar misses.
Gunnar moves out of range as Bon strikes.
Bon clinches.
Bon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunnar backwards.
A short right from Bon on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Bon.
Oson Bon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gunnar avoiding damage as Bon throws knees to the body.
Bon presses Gunnar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bon lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bon.
Gunnar has a couple of punches blocked by Bon.
Bon lands an uppercut.
Bon throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Bon.
Gunnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gunnar avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnar fails to land.
Gunnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bon lands an elbow just above Gunnar 's eye.
Bon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gunnar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gunnar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunnar missing with knees to the body.
Bon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gunnar misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunnar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gunnar throws a head punch that misses.
Bon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bon lands a nice uppercut.
Bon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gunnar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gunnar tries to land knees in the clinch but Bon avoids the damage to the body.
Gunnar lands an uppercut.
Bon blocks an uppercut.
Bon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Oson Bon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on DJ Gunnar's cut.
That's time! Gunnar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bon moves out of range of the body kick from Gunnar.
Bon is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gunnar misses with a leg kick
enabling Bon to counter with a crisp jab.
Bon lands with a straight right. Gunnar didn't see that one coming.
Gunnar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gunnar swinging wildly here.
Gunnar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gunnar throws a hook to the side of Bon's head but Bon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bon wants to counter with a clinch but Gunnar pushes him away.
Bon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunnar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gunnar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bon manages to avoid it.
Gunnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunnar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunnar throws a lazy uppercut
and Bon counters by clinching up.
Bon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gunnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gunnar misses with the head strike.
Bon lands an elbow inside.
Gunnar trying to land knees to the body.
Gunnar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gunnar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bon landing knees to the head.
Gunnar is rocked!
Bon blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bon.
Oh Gunnar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gunnar takes a shot to the head.
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!
Gunnar throws a punch but it's blocked by Bon.
Gunnar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gunnar misses with some punches.
Gunnar seems to have got his legs back now.
A shot in the inside from Bon.
Bon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gunnar blocking some punches.
Gunnar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gunnar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bon presses Gunnar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bon blocks an uppercut.
Gunnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunnar throws a head punch that misses.
Gunnar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bon obliges.
A shot in the inside from Bon.
Bon lands an elbow that stopped Gunnar in his tracks for a moment.
Bon takes control of his opponent's neck and spins him into the cage. Gunnar is off balance and as he stumbles, Bon throws a jumping knee that lands flush on Gunnar's chin, knocking him out cold! Oh my word - what a knockout! Definitely one for his highlight reel! If he ever decides to rob a bank and run off to Morocco, that moment is defintely worthy of a tacky mural!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Oson Bon!
Oson Bon spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peleki Tuala (ranked 400 p4p, 50 weight class) and Uzun Ada Izmir (ranked 1755 p4p, 204 weight class). Tuala comes to the cage accompanied by Dock of Fiji. Ada Izmir has chosen Ottoman Turkish War Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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9 - 4 - 0 |
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235 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uzun Ada Izmir!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ada Izmir ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ada Izmir is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tuala with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Tuala misses.
Tuala slips under a jab.
Ada Izmir darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tuala. That's going to slow Ada Izmir down.
Ada Izmir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ada Izmir throws a lazy uppercut
and Tuala counters with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuala scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tuala just misses with a punch to the body.
Ada Izmir 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.
Ada Izmir fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuala moves out of range as Ada Izmir strikes.
A shot to the liver by Tuala. Beautiful body shot.
Tuala cracks Ada Izmir with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tuala has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Ada Izmir to stand back up!
It looks like Uzun Ada Izmir has been cut.
Tuala keeps Ada Izmir at a distance using the push kick.
Ada Izmir looks winded!
Ada Izmir gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Tuala gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Ada Izmir is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peleki Tuala!
Peleki Tuala tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garegin Balayan (ranked 209 p4p, 36 weight class) and Bang Pitung (ranked 810 p4p, 109 weight class). Balayan comes to the cage accompanied by Troika. Pitung has chosen Madball - Born Strong as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Garegin Balayan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Garegin Balayan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Garegin Balayan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bang Pitung!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balayan circles away quickly and effectively.
Pitung throws a series of punches but Balayan moves out of range.
Balayan throws a jab when Pitung was well out of range.
Balayan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pitung throws a body punch but Balayan moves out of range.
Balayan thinks about countering with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balayan.
Balayan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pitung shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Balayan lands with a right hand.
Balayan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A punch combination from Pitung misses.
Balayan moves into range and clinches up with Pitung.
Balayan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pitung blocks a body shot from Balayan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balayan lands with a short shot to the head.
Balayan trying to land knees to the body.
Pitung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pitung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pitung working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Balayan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitung lands a right hand.
Balayan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pitung blocking some punches.
Pitung misses with some punches.
Balayan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balayan lands a hook that snaps the head of Pitung backwards.
Pitung misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balayan lands a body punch.
Pitung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balayan lands a right hand.
Pitung misses with the head strike.
Balayan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pitung backwards.
Balayan misses with a punch to the body.
Pitung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balayan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balayan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Balayan misses with a body punch.
Balayan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pitung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balayan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Balayan swings wildly with an uppercut but Pitung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balayan lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitung prevents a body shot from Balayan.
Balayan tries a body shot but Pitung blocks it.
Pitung stalling in the clinch.
Pitung lands with a left to the head.
Balayan lands a left hand.
Pitung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balayan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pitung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balayan lands with a short shot to the head.
Pitung lands a right hand.
Balayan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Balayan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Balayan lands with a right to the head.
Pitung scores with a shoulder strike.
Pitung prevents a body shot from Balayan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Balayan.
Pitung lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Balayan blocking some punches.
Balayan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pitung works on Balayan's body with a couple of short punches.
Balayan presses Pitung against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Balayan.
Balayan lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Balayan fails to land.
Pitung blocking some punches.
Pitung just leaning against Balayan, taking a breather.
Balayan lands an elbow that stopped Pitung in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balayan.
Balayan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Balayan.
Pitung has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Balayan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pitung can turn it around.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balayan blocking some punches.
Balayan misses with a body punch.
Balayan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balayan tries to work over Pitung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Balayan digs a right hand underneath Pitung's ribcage. Pitung let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pitung scores with a shot to the side of Balayan's head.
Balayan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pitung swings wildly with an uppercut but Balayan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balayan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balayan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balayan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pitung.
Pitung breaks the clinch.
Balayan lands with a cross.
Pitung throws a jab when Balayan was well out of range.
Balayan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Balayan clinches with his opponent.
Balayan can't find room to land a body shot as Pitung controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balayan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pitung throws a punch but it's blocked by Balayan.
Balayan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balayan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balayan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garegin Balayan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pitung tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice shot by Balayan.
Balayan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pitung can do to turn this around?
Pitung throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Balayan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Balayan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pitung moves away.
A little jabbing left from Pitung on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pitung is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balayan.
Pitung misses with a head kick.
Balayan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pitung moves away from the strike by Balayan.
Balayan lands the left hand.
Pitung with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balayan to score with a decent uppercut.
Balayan misses with a body shot.
Pitung throws out a counter right but Balayan avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balayan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Balayan misses with a hook.
Balayan throws a leg kick which misses Pitung's front leg but catches the back leg as Pitung tries to avoid it.
A big right from Pitung misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pitung checks a low kick from Balayan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitung takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pitung stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balayan.
Balayan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pitung uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balayan.
Balayan throws a hook but Pitung blocks it.
Pitung throws out a counter right but Balayan avoids it with no problem.
Pitung fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garegin Balayan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balayan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pitung counters with a left and a right that stings Balayan.
Pitung tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balayan misses with a looping left.
Pitung fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Pitung misses.
Balayan slips under a jab.
Pitung uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garegin Balayan is winning the standup battle so far.
Pitung throws a series of punches but Balayan moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pitung moves forwards but Balayan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan swings for the body but Pitung moves out of range.
Balayan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pitung.
Pitung throws a lazy right hand but Balayan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balayan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pitung throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balayan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Balayan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Balayan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Balayan scores with a kick to the body.
Balayan scores with a sloppy right hand. Pitung should have avoided that one.
Balayan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pitung.
Pitung takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Balayan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Balayan's corner calls for a 1-2. Balayan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Balayan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pitung throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitung misses with a hook. Balayan ducked under it nicely.
Balayan lands a lovely overhand right.
Balayan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Balayan tries to land a front kick but Pitung steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Balayan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Balayan looks to land a left hand but Pitung moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Pitung misses.
Pitung swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pitung checks a leg kick.
Pitung lands with a nice body punch.
Balayan throws a big shot that misses.
Balayan blocks a head kick by Pitung.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balayan, right into the meat.
Balayan connects with a body shot.
Balayan avoids the head kick by Pitung.
Balayan is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pitung throws a head kick that misses.
Balayan is looking to counter punch.
Balayan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balayan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pitung closes the distance and clinches.
Pitung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Balayan's elbow.
Balayan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balayan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Balayan.
Pitung lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Balayan as Pitung tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balayan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balayan blocking some punches.
Pitung blocking some punches.
Pitung lands with a left to the head.
Balayan blocks an uppercut.
Balayan lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garegin Balayan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pitung throws a series of punches but Balayan moves out of range.
Pitung 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.
Pitung throws a hook but Balayan blocks it.
Good leg kick by Balayan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Balayan.
Pitung avoids the body shot from Balayan.
Balayan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balayan feints and then cracks Pitung's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pitung down.
Balayan motions for Pitung to come forward. Balayan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balayan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pitung.
Balayan avoids the body shot from Pitung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balayan throws a leg kick which misses Pitung's front leg but catches the back leg as Pitung tries to avoid it.
Balayan punishes Pitung's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Pitung.
Pitung scores with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Balayan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balayan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pitung looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Balayan lands a nice hook to Pitung's body. Pitung takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Balayan lands a lovely overhand right.
A big right from Pitung misses.
Balayan half committed to a counter leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pitung.
Balayan scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balayan. Pitung does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pitung cracks the inside of Balayan's front leg.
Balayan missing with a left hand there. Pitung was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Balayan throws the kick towards the body but Pitung avoids it.
Balayan lands a jab to the nose.
Balayan misses with a low kick.
Nice body kick from Balayan.
Balayan connects with a leg kick. Pitung looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
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!
Pitung drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pitung walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pitung moves out of range as Balayan throws a body kick.
Pitung throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balayan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pitung lands a two punch combo.
Balayan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pitung moves away from the strike by Balayan.
Balayan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pitung.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Balayan is looking to clinch but Pitung is avoiding it.
Balayan moves away from the strike by Pitung.
Pitung ducks right into an uppercut from Balayan.
Pitung tries to keep at a distance but Balayan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pitung lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balayan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Balayan fails to land.
Balayan breaks from the clinch.
Pitung misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balayan.
Balayan loads up on a big right hand but Pitung slips the punch.
Balayan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pitung has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Balayan throws a body shot but no joy.
Despite the aggression on Pitung's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Balayan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pitung moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It seemed like Pitung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pitung throws a looping overhand right but Balayan ducks down to avoid it.
Pitung misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balayan.
Pitung doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pitung misses with a hook.
Balayan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balayan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Balayan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pitung connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balayan scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitung swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pitung throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitung takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Balayan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pitung counters with a straight right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Balayan checks a leg kick.
Balayan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A slow jab from Balayan misses its intended target.
Balayan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Balayan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pitung.
A little feinted left hand from Balayan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pitung, as that shot connected.
Pitung's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Balayan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pitung scrambles back to his feet.
Pitung avoids the body shot from Balayan.
Balayan throws a hook to the side of Pitung's head but Pitung sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balayan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pitung looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Balayan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garegin Balayan clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pitung takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Balayan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Balayan!
Balayan lands a nice looking body shot.
Balayan slips a jab and a cross from Pitung.
A shot to the liver by Balayan. Beautiful body shot.
Balayan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pitung was well out of range. Poor timing from Balayan.
A lazy left from Balayan finds it's target.
Balayan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Pitung scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pitung lands with a good body shot.
Pitung swings widly with a right hand
and Balayan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pitung's knee momentarily.
Balayan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pitung uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balayan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balayan tries to clinch up but Pitung circles away and keeps his distance.
Pitung gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pitung thuds a left hand into Balayan's body.
Balayan throws a hook but Pitung blocks it.
Both fighters circling a little - Balayan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Balayan connects with a body shot.
Balayan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Balayan cracks Pitung with a good jab.
A left lands for Balayan.
Pitung wants to slow Balayan down by chopping away at his legs.
Balayan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pitung's head backwards.
Balayan throws a wild body kick that Pitung sees coming a mile off.
Pitung's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pitung looks to score with a jab to the body but Balayan is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balayan just misses with a punch to the body.
Balayan lands with a straight right. Pitung didn't see that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Balayan.
Pitung takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Balayan misses with a wild body shot.
Balayan avoids the head kick by Pitung.
Balayan pushes Pitung away with a front kick.
Balayan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pitung.
Balayan throws a leg kick but Pitung checks it.
Balayan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pitung has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Balayan.
Pitung walks into a jab.
Balayan scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitung looks to throw a body kick
enabling Balayan to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Balayan misses.
Pitung connects with a body shot that sends Balayan's belly button to the back.
Balayan misses with a looping right.
Balayan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pitung moves out of range of the body kick from Balayan.
Pitung checks a leg kick nicely.
Pitung misses with a left hand
and Balayan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pitung thinking.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Balayan, as that shot connected.
Balayan looks to land a body kick but Pitung moved away.
Balayan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pitung manages to avoid it.
Pitung swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Balayan lands with a right hand.
Balayan throws out a loose jab but Pitung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pitung takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan throws a shot from downtown. Pitung moves away and avoids it.
Balayan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pitung bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pitung swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balayan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pitung tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Balayan misses the jab.
Pitung lands a jab to the nose.
Pitung takes a swing at Balayan's ribcage but misses.
Pitung throws out a loose jab but Balayan uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pitung crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Balayan - the referee stops the clock and Pitung gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Balayan. Pitung manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pitung keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balayan.
Balayan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Balayan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pitung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Garegin Balayan had his way with Bang Pitung in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Pitung throws a head kick but Balayan moves out of range.
Balayan stuns Pitung with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Balayan looks to land a combination but Pitung avoids it well.
Pitung doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pitung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balayan moves away.
Pitung on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Pitung.
Pitung appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Balayan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balayan throws a body kick that misses.
Balayan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Pitung tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pitung shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Balayan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A leg kick checked by Pitung.
Pitung misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balayan slips under a jab from Pitung.
Balayan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Balayan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pitung moves away.
Pitung takes a swing at Balayan's ribcage but misses.
Pitung misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balayan.
Balayan misses with a wild body shot.
Pitung looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pitung throws a low kick but Balayan moves out of range easily.
Balayan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Balayan scores with a jab to the body.
Pitung misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balayan looks to score with a jab to the body but Pitung is just out of range.
Balayan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A shot to the body from Pitung misses
letting Balayan counter with a right hand.
Pitung moves out of range as Balayan strikes.
Balayan's corner calls for a 1-2. Balayan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan looks to land a body kick but Pitung moved away.
Pitung throws a body punch but Balayan moves out of range.
Balayan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Balayan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pitung's sensitive parts.
Balayan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balayan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pitung's head.
Pitung misses with a two punch combination.
Balayan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Balayan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Balayan scores with a nice strike.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pitung, as that shot connected.
Pitung moves out of range as Balayan strikes.
Pitung staying out of range there.
Balayan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pitung.
Balayan throws out a leg kick but Pitung moves out of range and Balayan only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitung checks a low kick from Balayan.
It seemed like Pitung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Balayan lands a slapping body shot.
Balayan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab from Pitung finds it's way through Balayan's defenses.
Pitung throws a head kick that half lands.
Pitung misses with a head kick.
Bang Pitung has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pitung 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 Balayan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Balayan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Balayan throws a wild body kick that Pitung sees coming a mile off.
Balayan lands a nice looking body kick.
Balayan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Balayan connects with an inside leg kick.
Balayan throws a lazy uppercut
letting Pitung counter with a right hand.
Balayan loads up on a big right hand but Pitung slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pitung looks to land a right hand but Balayan moved out of range.
Balayan lands a lovely overhand right.
Balayan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pitung throws out the jab.
Pitung bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balayan's head.
Balayan lands with an uppercut that bounces Pitung off the cage and back into range.
Balayan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pitung.
Pitung throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pitung tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pitung throws a series of punches but Balayan avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balayan.
Balayan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Balayan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Garegin Balayan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Balayan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 50:45
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 50:45
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garegin Balayan!
After winning the bout, Garegin Balayan 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 610 p4p, 26 weight class) and Josh Turner (ranked 696 p4p, 36 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Turner's choice of entrance music: Next Episode by Dr. Dre. Josh Turner has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Turner!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Cruz saw that one coming.
Cruz jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Cruz darts in looking for a takedown but Turner gets double underhooks and turns Cruz into the cage.
Turner with the counter takedown but Cruz avoids it easily.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cruz misses with a takedown attempt - Turner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cruz slips a jab and a cross from Turner.
Turner dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Turner throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cruz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Cruz manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Turner on his heels. He'll look to pass Turner's guard now, I'm sure.
Turner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz distracts Turner with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz won't allow Turner to sweep him here.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Turner is keeping the position for now.
Cruz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Turner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cruz is stalling in the full guard.
Turner 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.
Cruz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Turner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Turner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Turner wants to sweep here but Cruz controlling him for the moment.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cruz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Turner keeps moving.
Turner is trying to keep Cruz in close.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Turner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
Turner working a defensive guard here.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Turner wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Turner has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cruz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cruz passes Turner's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Turner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cruz trying to control the action but Turner is working from the bottom.
Turner works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cruz trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz cracks Turner with a solid left hand.
Cruz is in close to Turner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Turner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cruz distracts Turner with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Turner is trying to control the position but Cruz postures up.
Cruz is in close to Turner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Turner's head.
Cruz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Cruz lands some shots froms side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cruz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cruz scores with punches from side control.
Turner takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Turner is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that round.
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.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cruz is defended easily by Turner.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Turner avoids them all with ease.
Turner misses with a lunging right hand
letting Cruz counter with a right hand.
Cruz connects with a body shot that sends Turner's belly button to the back.
Turner throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
It looked like Cruz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Turner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cruz shoots in for a double leg but Turner sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz attempts a counter takedown but Turner avoids it well and moves away.
Turner throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
Cruz blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cruz looks to land a body kick but Turner moved away.
Cruz scores with a one two! Turner had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dom Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner ducks right into an uppercut from Cruz.
Turner stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Turner wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dom Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Cruz with a jab.
Turner finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
Cruz trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Cruz won't allow Turner to sweep him here.
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turner can do to turn this around?
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Turner.
Cruz is in close to Turner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dom Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Turner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Turner is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Cruz!
Cruz tries to reverse the position but Turner maintains control.
Cruz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cruz is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Turner is landing with some decent strikes but Cruz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Turner misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Turner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cruz regains half guard.
Cruz wants to control but Turner is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Turner trying to pass the guard but Cruz defending well.
Turner trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Turner is working away from the top position though.
Turner is keen to just control but Cruz is a slippery customer.
Cruz has his hands clasped together around Turner's back. He's all about the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control from the bottom.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cruz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cruz controlling the position well.
Turner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cruz preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cruz holds on and takes a little breather.
Turner stopping the sweep attempt from Cruz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Josh Turner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! 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.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Cruz closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Turner's guard.
Turner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Turner controls Cruz momentarily but Cruz frees himself.
Cruz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cruz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cruz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Turner's head.
Cruz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cruz trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Turner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Turner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Cruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz is in close to Turner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Turner is on top in guard.
Turner is fighting to break Cruz's control of his arms but Cruz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Turner tries to pass.
Turner throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner won't allow Cruz to sweep him here.
Cruz trying to control the position.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Turner tries to pass.
Cruz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cruz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Turner doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Turner manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Turner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Turner must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Turner preventing the sweep.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Turner working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Turner looking to pass the guard.
Cruz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turner.
Cruz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Turner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cruz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Turner is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Turner to see if he's OK.
Turner is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner struggling a bit here.
Turner taking punishment in the form of punches.
Turner is looking for a sweep.
Turner takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Turner is trying to improve his position.
Turner takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cruz is trying to get an arm triangle but Turner is defending well.
Cruz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Turner keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Turner prevents Cruz from improving position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dom Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cruz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Cruz!
Post fight, Dom Cruz stared into the camera and said 'Ive said it over and over. No one can match my training, my speed, my intelligence. I won this fight before I stepped into the ring.'.
In defeat, Josh Turner stepped up to the mic, saying 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.
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