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Showdown in The Downtown #3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Baker (ranked 2792 p4p, 384 weight class) and Anthony Ellison Jr (ranked 13551 p4p, 684 weight class). Ellison Jr has chosen i aint never scared as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Ellison Jr!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Baker lands a leg kick that knocks Ellison Jr off balance momentarily.
Ellison Jr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Baker scores with a hook.
Ellison Jr avoids the body shot from Baker.
Baker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Baker scores with a head kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ellison Jr is defended easily by Baker.
Baker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ellison Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Baker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Ellison Jr blocks the leg kick.
Ellison Jr moves in looking to clinch but Baker pushes him off.
Baker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ellison Jr tries to clinch there but Baker circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Baker rushes Ellison Jr and presses him up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Baker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Baker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ellison Jr's coach down at Double XX was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ellison Jr's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baker stuffs the takedown.
Brian Baker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Ellison Jr.
Baker keeps the fight on the outside.
A counter left hand to the body from Baker misses its target.
Baker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Baker lands the left hand.
Baker connects with a body shot that sends Ellison Jr's belly button to the back.
Ellison Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Baker, looking for a takedown. Ellison Jr pushes Baker against the cage but Baker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Baker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ellison Jr. Ellison Jr circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker connects with a jab.
Brian Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ellison Jr moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ellison Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ellison Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Baker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ellison Jr drives through and clinches with Baker against the cage.
Baker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ellison Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Baker has double underhooks.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ellison Jr shoots in but Baker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oooooh!!! Baker has knocked Ellison Jr down with a huge combo! Baker steps away and waves a wobbly Ellison Jr back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ellison Jr is rocked!
Baker lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Ellison Jr crumples to the floor! Baker milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brian Baker!
The defeated Anthony Ellison Jr had this to say: 'we'll get him next time'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 3363 p4p, 436 weight class) and Splash Wetness (ranked 3568 p4p, 451 weight class). Dowiyogo comes to the cage accompanied by another life - kano. Wetness has chosen Pump Up The Jam- Technotronic as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Splash Wetness has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
47 - 34 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grover Dowiyogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Splash Wetness!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dowiyogo misses with a head kick.
Dowiyogo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dowiyogo has closed the distance and engaged Wetness in a clinch.
Wetness scores a nice knee to the body.
Wetness is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wetness avoids it.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Wetness avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee to the head.
Wetness on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wetness slowing the pace effectively.
Wetness utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
I was talking to Dowiyogo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wetness.
Wetness creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dowiyogo's defenses.
Wetness avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Wetness on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wetness managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses with a knee strike.
Wetness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Wetness avoids the damage to the body.
Wetness lands a knee to the head.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Grover Dowiyogo has been cut.
Wetness lands a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo is breathing heavily.
Wetness is working Dowiyogo over against the cage.
Wetness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wetness digs a right hand into Dowiyogo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dowiyogo's gas tank.
Wetness putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dowiyogo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Wetness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Knees to the body from Wetness.
Wetness landing knees to the body.
Wetness lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wetness crunches a lovely knee into Dowiyogo's ribcage.
Wetness controlling the action here for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wetness obliges.
Wetness landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wetness lands a good knee to the midsection. Dowiyogo won't want to take too many of those.
Wetness is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wetness managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
A knee to the head by Wetness.
Good body shot from Wetness.
Wetness cracks Dowiyogo with a nice body shot.
Wetness taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wetness taking a breather.
Wetness scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wetness obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wetness lands a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Wetness.
Wetness using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Wetness.
Wetness lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wetness connects with a knee to the head.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Wetness is stalling here.
Wetness pushes Dowiyogo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wetness connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dowiyogo's face.
Wetness avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Wetness stalling.
Wetness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wetness landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wetness using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wetness lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Wetness.
Wetness digs a right hand underneath Dowiyogo's ribcage. Dowiyogo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the temple.
Wetness with a knee to the head.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.
Wetness lands an elbow inside.
Wetness crunches a lovely knee into Dowiyogo's ribcage.
Wetness scores with a hook to the body.
Wetness putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dowiyogo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wetness landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Wetness.
Wetness pushes Dowiyogo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wetness presses Dowiyogo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Wetness - that landed with a thud.
Wetness utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wetness connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Splash Wetness dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grover Dowiyogo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wetness closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Wetness.
Wetness just leaning against Dowiyogo, taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wetness obliges.
Wetness working Dowiyogo over with knees to the body.
Wetness stalling in the clinch.
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the temple.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wetness takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wetness connects with a knee to the head.
Wetness on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wetness landing knees to the head.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wetness works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dowiyogo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wetness landing knees to the body.
Wetness using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wetness utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wetness scores with a knee to the head.
Wetness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dowiyogo is rocked!
Wetness pushes Dowiyogo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Oh Dowiyogo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wetness crunches a lovely knee into Dowiyogo's ribcage.
Wetness has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Dowiyogo goes down! Wetness dives on top of him - Dowiyogo manages to get guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wetness stands and steps away. Dowiyogo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wetness closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dowiyogo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wetness has Dowiyogo pushed against the cage.
Dowiyogo seems to have got his legs back now.
Wetness scores with a knee to the head.
Wetness unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dowiyogo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wetness scores a nice knee to the body.
Wetness manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wetness - that landed with a thud.
Wetness scores with a knee to the head.
Wetness unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dowiyogo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wetness using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dowiyogo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wetness working the clinch nicely. Dowiyogo is working for position but Wetness cracks him with a big knee to the head! Dowiyogo crumples up against the cage and Wetness lands two more shots before the ref can save Dowiyogo! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Splash Wetness!
Splash Wetness 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Herschel Pettaway (ranked 2448 p4p, 225 weight class) and Jaako Turkinen (ranked 2185 p4p, 204 weight class). Pettaway's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Empire State of Mind - Jay Z. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Herschel Pettaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jaako Turkinen!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettaway misses with a low kick as Turkinen jumps back.
Turkinen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pettaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turkinen manages to avoid it.
Pettaway misses with a looping left.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Turkinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pettaway.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pettaway throws a hook but Turkinen avoids it easily.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Nice defenses there by Turkinen.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Turkinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turkinen ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Turkinen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettaway throws a shot from downtown. Turkinen moves away and avoids it.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pettaway takes a swing at Turkinen's ribcage but misses.
Pettaway misses with the combination.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pettaway swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway cracks the inside of Turkinen's front leg.
Pettaway misses with a hook.
Pettaway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turkinen.
Pettaway connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turkinen moves out of range of the body kick from Pettaway.
Pettaway misses the jab.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pettaway throws a low kick but Turkinen avoids it.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Herschel Pettaway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pettaway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Pettaway misses its intended target.
Turkinen dodges the punch combination from Pettaway.
Pettaway connects with the punch.
Pettaway throws a hook but Turkinen avoids it easily.
Pettaway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
Pettaway looks to throw the jab but Turkinen is out of range.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettaway scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pettaway misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Turkinen ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Herschel Pettaway is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway throws a hook to the side of Turkinen's head but Turkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Turkinen slips a jab from Pettaway.
Pettaway misses with a series of wild punches.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Turkinen slips under a jab from Pettaway.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway misses with a looping right.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Pettaway looks to land a combination but Turkinen avoids it well.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Turkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pettaway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
Pettaway tries to work over Turkinen's front leg with a kick but Turkinen checks it.
Pettaway misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway scores with a decent looking hook.
Turkinen checks a leg kick.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Pettaway throws a looping overhand right but Turkinen ducks down to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway misses with an uppercut
and Turkinen counters with a two punch combo.
Pettaway misses the shot to the body.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pettaway throws an off balance right hand
and Turkinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettaway looks to score with a jab to the body but Turkinen is just out of range.
Pettaway loads up on a big right hand but Turkinen slips the punch.
Pettaway thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Pettaway throws a lazy right hand but Turkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pettaway throws a poor cross that misses
and Turkinen counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herschel Pettaway dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pettaway throws an overhand right that lands on Turkinen's shoulder, as Turkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Herschel Pettaway is winning the standup battle so far.
Turkinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pettaway misses with a shot to the body
and Turkinen counters with a left and a right that stings Pettaway.
Pettaway throws a big shot that misses.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
Pettaway is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turkinen can do to turn this around?
Pettaway scores with a three punch combo!
Pettaway loads up on a big right hand but Turkinen slips the punch.
Pettaway fails to land with a series of punches.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pettaway misses with a hook.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turkinen staying out of range there.
Pettaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Turkinen blocks the body kick.
Turkinen slips under a jab.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Turkinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pettaway throws a poor cross that misses
and Turkinen counters with a series of strikes. Pettaway will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pettaway throws a body punch but Turkinen moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway throws a right and a left that both miss.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway throws a hook to the side of Turkinen's head but Turkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Pettaway misses with a shot to the body
and Turkinen counters with a left and a right that stings Pettaway.
Pettaway misses with a left hand
and Turkinen counters with a left and a right that stings Pettaway.
A punch combination from Pettaway misses.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pettaway is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Turkinen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
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!
Pettaway looks to land a right hand but Turkinen moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway throws a right hand that misses
and Turkinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Pettaway does no damage.
Pettaway listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pettaway throws a shot from downtown. Turkinen moves away and avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turkinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pettaway throws out the jab.
Pettaway misses with a shot to the body
and Turkinen counters with a left and a right that stings Pettaway.
Turkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turkinen is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pettaway looks to land a right hand but Turkinen moved out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Turkinen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Pettaway has got the better of the exchanges.
Pettaway misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Pettaway does no damage.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Turkinen slips under a jab from Pettaway.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway throws a leg kick
and Turkinen counters with a two punch combo.
Pettaway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettaway misses with a looping right.
Pettaway throws a looping overhand right but Turkinen ducks down to avoid it.
Pettaway throws a lazy right hand but Turkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway misses with a two punch combination.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway lands a glancing blow to the side of Turkinen's head.
Turkinen avoids the body shot from Pettaway.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Pettaway lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
No joy there for Pettaway, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
Pettaway throws a right hand that misses
and Turkinen counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turkinen avoids the body shot from Pettaway.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pettaway throws a poor cross that misses
and Turkinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A big right from Pettaway misses.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Pettaway loads up on a big right hand but Turkinen slips the punch.
Pettaway throws a hook to the side of Turkinen's head but Turkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Herschel Pettaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pettaway throws an overhand right that lands on Turkinen's shoulder, as Turkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Turkinen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Pettaway misses the target.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
Pettaway misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
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 Herschel Pettaway will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Pettaway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Pettaway backs off Turkinen throws a huge counter combo but Pettaway manages to avoid it all.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pettaway. That's going to slow Turkinen down.
A bone on bone clash there as Turkinen blocks the leg kick.
Turkinen slips under a jab from Pettaway.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Turkinen dodges the punch combination from Pettaway.
Pettaway misses with a wild body shot.
Pettaway misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pettaway tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Pettaway.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pettaway misses with a body shot.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettaway feints and then cracks Turkinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turkinen down.
Pettaway pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turkinen is out of range and Pettaway settles back down.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Turkinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pettaway.
Pettaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettaway throws a right hand that misses
and Turkinen counters with a series of strikes. Pettaway will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Turkinen.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Pettaway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turkinen ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
Pettaway misses with a double jab
and Turkinen counters with a left and a right that stings Pettaway.
Pettaway misses with a wild body shot.
Jaako Turkinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway looks to throw the jab but Turkinen is out of range.
Pettaway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Pettaway fails to land with a series of punches.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pettaway waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turkinen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turkinen is looking for the big counter here.
A big right from Pettaway misses.
Turkinen throws a counter combo.
Pettaway misses with a looping right.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Turkinen counters with a one-two to the body.
Pettaway throws a leg kick but Turkinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A head kick misses from Pettaway.
Pettaway misses with a body punch
and Turkinen counters with a series of strikes. Pettaway will be more careful next time no doubt.
Herschel Pettaway is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen ducks under a wild hook from Pettaway.
Pettaway misses with a straight right.
Despite the aggression on Turkinen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Pettaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pettaway connects with a right hand. Turkinen shakes it off.
Pettaway swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Turkinen.
Nice defenses there by Turkinen.
Pettaway throws a body shot but no joy.
Pettaway throws a looping overhand right but Turkinen ducks down to avoid it.
Turkinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettaway lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Turkinen unleashes a big counter combination but Pettaway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Decent striking displayed by Pettaway there.
Pettaway throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turkinen counters with a left right combination that sends Pettaway crashing to the mat - Turkinen wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Pettaway out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaako Turkinen!
Jaako Turkinen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FORCEE for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rico Cole (ranked 2119 p4p, 254 weight class) and Winslow Berhardt (ranked 2033 p4p, 245 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cole might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gerardo's Rico Suave. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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31
167 lbs
18 - 15 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rico Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 3, fighting out of London, Winslow Berhardt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berhardt lands a nice shot to the body.
Berhardt checks a low kick from Cole.
Cole lands a nice looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cole.
Cole tries to score with a low kick but Berhardt moves his leg out of the way.
Despite the aggression on Berhardt's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Berhardt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berhardt moves away.
Berhardt looks for the body kick but Cole saw that one coming.
Cole throws a counter high kick but Berhardt was just alert enough to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Cole.
Cole misses with a hook. Berhardt ducked under it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cole, right into the meat.
Berhardt closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cole quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Berhardt looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Berhardt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
My spies in Lombard MMA inform me that Berhardt has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Berhardt is stalling here. Cole is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Berhardt seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cole has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Berhardt is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berhardt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Berhardt is looking for a sweep.
Cole wants to lay and pray for a moment but Berhardt keeps working.
Cole tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Cole taking a breather here.
Berhardt wants to control but Cole postures up.
Cole has control of an arm but Berhardt manages to advance to Cole's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Berhardt keeps control of the position as Cole tries to break free.
Cole is working hard here to advance position.
Cole looking very determined here, making life difficult for Berhardt.
Berhardt misses with an elbow to the head.
Cole has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Berhardt.
Berhardt is punishing Cole with strikes - can he finish him?!
Berhardt has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Berhardt lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Berhardt's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Berhardt is riding his opponent, not letting Cole buck him off.
Berhardt is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Cole has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Berhardt has the hooks in. Cole is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Cole is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Julius Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Berhardt's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Berhardt is trying to stick to Cole's back but Cole is turning into Berhardt. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Berhardt's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Cole.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cole is one step ahead there.
Berhardt lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Berhardt looking to sit in guard and control but Cole gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Berhardt wants to sweep but no luck.
Berhardt had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cole defends it easily.
Berhardt wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Winslow Berhardt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cole takes one to the chin there.
Cole misses with a low kick.
Berhardt is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch up but Berhardt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cole attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Berhardt misses with an uppercut. Cole saw that one coming.
Berhardt checks a leg kick.
Cole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cole misses with a head kick.
Cole lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cole blocks a jab.
Berhardt checks a low kick from Cole.
Berhardt displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cole throws a body shot but no joy.
Berhardt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cole fires out a quick counter leg kick but Berhardt just manages to avoid it.
Berhardt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cole on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cole connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Berhardt momentarily.
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Berhardt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Berhardt swats away the attempt to clinch by Cole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berhardt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cole.
Cole lands with a hook. Berhardt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cole is looking to clinch but Berhardt is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cole throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Berhardt throws a jab when Cole was well out of range.
Cole misses with a jab to the body
and Berhardt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cole tries to clinch up
and Cole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Berhardt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Berhardt darts in looking for a takedown but Cole gets double underhooks and turns Berhardt into the cage.
Cole half committed to a counter leg kick.
Berhardt connects with the punch.
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cole misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Berhardt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cole is looking to wear down Berhardt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Berhardt scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cole kicks off Berhardt and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole takes a swing at Berhardt's ribcage but misses.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berhardt let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Cole.
Cole looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Berhardt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Cole is predictable there
and Berhardt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cole takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Berhardt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Cole misses the target.
Cole takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as Berhardt blocks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cole, right into the meat.
Cole throws a head kick that Berhardt semi-blocks.
Rico Cole is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Berhardt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cole scores with a nice body kick.
Cole throws a body punch but Berhardt moves out of range.
Berhardt misses with a hook. Cole ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cole throws a body shot but no joy.
Cole tries to land a leg kick but Berhardt saw it coming and moves away.
Cole slips under a jab.
Cole tries to move into range but Berhardt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cole. That's going to slow Berhardt down.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cole, right into the meat.
Cole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Berhardt lands a jab-cross combination.
Cole fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Berhardt.
A quick step to the side and Cole tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cole moves out of range of the leg kick from Berhardt.
Berhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cole.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berhardt fails with a takedown attempt.
Berhardt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt stopping the sweep attempt from Cole.
Berhardt lands a couple of digs.
Cole keeping moving, preventing Berhardt from controlling successfully.
Winslow Berhardt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cole wants to sweep but no luck.
Berhardt trying to control but Cole is working from the bottom.
Cole manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Berhardt manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cole forces his way into half guard.
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 Rico Cole will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cole misses with a low kick.
Cole looks to land a left hand but Berhardt moved out of range nicely.
Cole feints and then cracks Berhardt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Berhardt down.
Cole takes a swing at Berhardt's ribcage but misses.
Cole throws a leg kick which misses Berhardt's front leg but catches the back leg as Berhardt tries to avoid it.
Cole moves out of range of the strikes.
Cole lands a body shot.
Cole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cole lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Berhardt might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cole.
Rico Cole is winning the standup battle so far.
Berhardt misses the shot to the body.
Cole is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Berhardt keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circle momentarily. Berhardt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cole on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Berhardt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berhardt misses with a combination
and Cole counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berhardt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berhardt clobbers Cole with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Berhardt scores with the left hand. Cole knows he should have avoided that one.
Cole throws a leg kick but Berhardt checks it.
Berhardt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Berhardt darts in looking for a takedown but Cole gets double underhooks and turns Berhardt into the cage.
Cole connects with a crisp jab.
Berhardt slips a jab from Cole.
Berhardt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cole fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berhardt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Berhardt avoids the body shot from Cole.
As Cole backs off Berhardt throws a huge counter combo but Cole manages to avoid it all.
Berhardt closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cole's guard.
Berhardt is standing up over Cole. Cole looks to escape but Berhardt dives into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berhardt trying to control the action but Cole is working from the bottom.
Cole is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt slows the pace down.
Let's hope that Berhardt has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Cole regains half guard.
Berhardt throwing shots but Cole is blocking nicely.
Cole wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berhardt is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cole doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Berhardt.
Berhardt is nestled in close to Cole, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cole trying to hold on to Berhardt's head to control him but Berhardt postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Berhardt is looking for a kimura but Cole is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Berhardt to get the leverage.
Cole is refusing to be controlled, as Berhardt sits in half guard.
Cole wants to get back to full guard.
Berhardt is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Berhardt content to control rather than advance.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rico Cole.
I think Cole has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Winslow Berhardt!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Winslow Berhardt waved his t-shirt featuring Pit Bull Development's logo in front of the cameras.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve The Smiling Assassin (ranked 3924 p4p, 473 weight class) and Bismarck De Jager (ranked 3345 p4p, 432 weight class). De Jager comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Afrikanerhart kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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215 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
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210 lbs
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve The Smiling Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bismarck De Jager!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Smiling Assassin clinches with his opponent.
The Smiling Assassin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Jager blocks an elbow strike.
De Jager looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Jager blocks the elbow strike.
The Smiling Assassin tries a body shot but De Jager blocks it.
A knee to the head by De Jager.
A hook to the body from De Jager.
De Jager fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Smiling Assassin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Smiling Assassin can't find room to land a body shot as De Jager controls the action.
A body shot lands from De Jager.
The Smiling Assassin is breathing heavily.
De Jager prevents a body shot from The Smiling Assassin.
De Jager lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Smiling Assassin or not.
De Jager is leaning against The Smiling Assassin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Jager manages to break the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin tries to land a front kick but De Jager steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
No joy there for De Jager, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Smiling Assassin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Jager circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Smiling Assassin's corner calls for a 1-2. The Smiling Assassin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Smiling Assassin throws a series of punches but De Jager moves out of range.
De Jager with a poor takedown
and The Smiling Assassin counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a wild body shot.
De Jager with the counter takedown but The Smiling Assassin avoids it easily.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from The Smiling Assassin. Those never looked like landing.
And De Jager tries to counter it with a takedown but The Smiling Assassin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
De Jager blocks a head kick by The Smiling Assassin.
De Jager tries a head kick but it misses.
De Jager takes one to the chin there.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a hook. De Jager ducked under it nicely.
The Smiling Assassin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And De Jager tries to counter it with a takedown but The Smiling Assassin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Smiling Assassin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Smiling Assassin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Smiling Assassin lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jager moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A low kick from The Smiling Assassin is predictable there
and De Jager counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Jager circles away from the clinch attempt
and De Jager counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
De Jager postures up in The Smiling Assassin's guard and throws a big left but The Smiling Assassin blocks it.
De Jager has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De Jager tries to free his leg and advance position but The Smiling Assassin is retaining full guard.
De Jager is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The Smiling Assassin is controlling De Jager's posture.
The Smiling Assassin keeping moving, preventing De Jager from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jager tries to free his leg and advance position but The Smiling Assassin is retaining full guard.
De Jager postures up in The Smiling Assassin's guard and throws a big left but The Smiling Assassin blocks it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The Smiling Assassin keeping moving, preventing De Jager from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Jager throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Smiling Assassin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Smiling Assassin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Smiling Assassin fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Smiling Assassin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from De Jager misses.
The Smiling Assassin lands with a cross.
Good work by The Smiling Assassin as he checks the leg kick.
The Smiling Assassin throws a chopping leg kick but De Jager manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Jager.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a hook to the body. De Jager takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sloppy strikes from The Smiling Assassin. Those never looked like landing.
The Smiling Assassin just misses with a punch to the body.
The Smiling Assassin doesn't manage to clinch there - De Jager circles away.
De Jager slips a straight right by The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De Jager tries to move into range but The Smiling Assassin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from De Jager misses.
The Smiling Assassin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Jager with the counter takedown but The Smiling Assassin avoids it easily.
The Smiling Assassin moves out of range of the leg kick from De Jager.
De Jager is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Smiling Assassin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve The Smiling Assassin dominated that 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.
De Jager takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De Jager misses with a double jab
and The Smiling Assassin counters with a series of strikes. De Jager will be more careful next time no doubt.
A lazy left from The Smiling Assassin finds it's target.
The Smiling Assassin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The Smiling Assassin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Jager sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Jager steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from The Smiling Assassin. That one must have hurt.
The Smiling Assassin throws a solid leg kick but De Jager takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin throws a head kick but De Jager moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Smiling Assassin checks a leg kick.
De Jager avoids the head kick by The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Jager checks it well.
De Jager is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin throws a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by The Smiling Assassin - just one landing.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a nice head shot.
The Smiling Assassin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Jager.
The Smiling Assassin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The Smiling Assassin duly obliges.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Smiling Assassin.
De Jager throws a head kick that The Smiling Assassin semi-blocks.
Steve The Smiling Assassin is winning the standup battle so far.
De Jager gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Smiling Assassin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of De Jager's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Smiling Assassin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Jager.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin throws a head kick but De Jager moves out of range.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a hook.
De Jager throws a leg kick which misses The Smiling Assassin's front leg but catches the back leg as The Smiling Assassin tries to avoid it.
De Jager will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Smiling Assassin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Smiling Assassin cracks De Jager with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Smiling Assassin lands a nice shot to the body.
Steve The Smiling Assassin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from The Smiling Assassin misses.
The Smiling Assassin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Jager can do to turn this around?
De Jager throws a hook but The Smiling Assassin avoids it easily.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a looping left.
A clash of legs there as De Jager blocks the low kick.
De Jager tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a sloppy right hand. De Jager should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And De Jager tries to counter it with a takedown but The Smiling Assassin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
De Jager throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
De Jager misses with a takedown attempt - The Smiling Assassin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
It appears The Smiling Assassin was looking to counter with a kick there.
De Jager misses with an uppercut. The Smiling Assassin saw that one coming.
The Smiling Assassin lands with a kick to the temple. De Jager shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A looping hook to the body misses from The Smiling Assassin. De Jager does a little dance to reset his feet.
And De Jager tries to counter it with a takedown but The Smiling Assassin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a kick to the body.
Steve The Smiling Assassin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Smiling Assassin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
De Jager misses with a hook.
The Smiling Assassin is looking to counter punch.
The Smiling Assassin throws a right and a left that De Jager avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jager has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Smiling Assassin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Smiling Assassin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Jager manages to avoid it.
De Jager with the counter takedown but The Smiling Assassin avoids it easily.
The Smiling Assassin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Jager feints the counter takedown.
De Jager missing with a left hand there. The Smiling Assassin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Smiling Assassin, as that shot connected.
The Smiling Assassin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Jager connects with a leg kick. The Smiling Assassin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De Jager takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Jager drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from The Smiling Assassin misses.
De Jager throws a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve The Smiling Assassin dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nice jab there from De Jager.
De Jager staying out of range there.
De Jager throws out a counter right but The Smiling Assassin avoids it with no problem.
De Jager ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Smiling Assassin moves away.
The Smiling Assassin throws a leg kick
and De Jager counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
De Jager trying to control the position from guard on top but The Smiling Assassin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as The Smiling Assassin holds on and takes a little breather.
De Jager pushing down on The Smiling Assassin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Jager is trying to control the action in half guard but The Smiling Assassin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Jager trying to pass the guard but The Smiling Assassin defending well.
De Jager is thwarting The Smiling Assassin's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin is refusing to be controlled, as De Jager sits in half guard.
De Jager thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Smiling Assassin's head.
The Smiling Assassin works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Smiling Assassin looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
De Jager loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Smiling Assassin looking to control.
Bismarck De Jager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
De Jager forces his way into half guard.
The Smiling Assassin wants to get back to his feet.
De Jager thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Smiling Assassin's head.
The Smiling Assassin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from De Jager.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
De Jager throws a leg kick but The Smiling Assassin sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Smiling Assassin slips a jab from De Jager.
The Smiling Assassin throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Jager counters with a nice double leg into side control. The Smiling Assassin won't be happy with that.
De Jager looking to punish the body of his opponent here but The Smiling Assassin is avoiding damage well.
The Smiling Assassin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on De Jager's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Jager is trying to control the action in half guard but The Smiling Assassin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jager moves nicely into side control.
The Smiling Assassin stops De Jager from passing to mount.
De Jager is looking to take a break and control but The Smiling Assassin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Smiling Assassin parries the strikes from De Jager easily there. De Jager is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable The Smiling Assassin to escape.
De Jager throwing strikes but The Smiling Assassin manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
De Jager sneaks back into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Smiling Assassin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Smiling Assassin blocks the strikes from De Jager.
Bismarck De Jager has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Jager makes his way to full guard. A much better position for De Jager.
The Smiling Assassin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Smiling Assassin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
De Jager looking for a sweep. Not yet De Jager, not yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Smiling Assassin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Smiling Assassin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Smiling Assassin scoring with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bismarck De Jager comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Smiling Assassin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve The Smiling Assassin!
Steve The Smiling Assassin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Barnkvist (ranked 1476 p4p, 176 weight class) and Malcolm Kincaid (ranked 1699 p4p, 198 weight class). Peter Barnkvist has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Barnkvist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malcolm Kincaid!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnkvist looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Barnkvist wants to pass the guard but Kincaid is defending well.
Barnkvist is trying to control the action in half guard but Kincaid is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Barnkvist is thwarting Kincaid's attempts to control the position.
Kincaid controlling the position well.
Barnkvist lands strikes from half guard.
Kincaid tries to get to full guard but Barnkvist has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnkvist is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barnkvist is keen to just control but Kincaid is a slippery customer.
Kincaid moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincaid keeping moving, preventing Barnkvist from controlling successfully.
Kincaid looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Barnkvist is defending well. Kincaid quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Barnkvist has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Kincaid celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Malcolm Kincaid!
During a confident post fight interview, Malcolm Kincaid thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charley Hanagan (ranked 2777 p4p, 381 weight class) and James Adams (ranked 2016 p4p, 303 weight class). Hanagan's entrance music is Guilty Until Proven Innocent. A fine choice. Adams has chosen Thom Pace - Maybe as his entrance music. James Adams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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214 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charley Hanagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Adams!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams darts in and clinches Hanagan up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Adams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hanagan swings wildly with an uppercut but Adams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanagan struggles to land a body shot inside as Adams controls his hands.
Adams lands with a light punch inside.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Hanagan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adams closes the distance and clinches.
Adams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hanagan backwards.
Adams blocking some punches.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adams stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams takes a shot to the head.
Hanagan tightens his grip and picks Adams up, before dumping him to the ground. Adams manages to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanagan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adams is keeping the position for now.
Hanagan stopping the sweep attempt from Adams.
Hanagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams wants to hit a switch here but Hanagan passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Adams there!
Adams bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hanagan is trying to control the position but Adams postures up.
Hanagan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Adams's guard.
Adams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hanagan is one step ahead there.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Hanagan from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanagan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Hanagan from controlling successfully.
Hanagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan is working hard here to advance position.
Hanagan drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hanagan jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hanagan trying to control but Adams is working from the bottom.
Adams controls Hanagan momentarily but Hanagan frees himself.
Hanagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hanagan wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving.
Hanagan preventing the sweep.
Hanagan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hanagan postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan won't allow Adams to sweep him here.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Hanagan from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Adams has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Adams slips under a jab.
Adams throws a counter combo.
Hanagan stuns Adams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Adams jabs at Hanagan's body.
Adams misses with a double jab
and Hanagan counters by clinching up.
Adams blocks an uppercut.
Adams tightens his grip and picks Hanagan up, before dumping him to the ground. Hanagan manages to land in guard.
Adams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Adams wants to control from the top but Hanagan keeps moving.
Hanagan trying to control the position.
Hanagan is looking for a triangle but Adams pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan is trying to keep Adams in close.
Adams is working Hanagan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Adams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adams postures up.
Adams postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Adams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanagan is looking for a triangle but Adams pushes his legs off easily.
Adams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adams stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Hanagan has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Adams manages to get his head free but now Hanagan has transitioned to an armbar! Adams grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Hanagan! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Charley Hanagan!
A victorious Charley Hanagan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Joseph Proudhon (ranked 847 p4p, 139 weight class) and Onni Seppala (ranked 4035 p4p, 482 weight class). Seppala is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Husky Rescue - summertime cowboy . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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193 lbs
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225 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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World class MT
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Joseph Proudhon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Onni Seppala!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seppala lands a jab to the head.
Seppala throws a low kick, looking for Proudhon's leg but Proudhon calmly moves out of range.
Proudhon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seppala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seppala connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seppala throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Seppala throws a chopping leg kick but Proudhon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Seppala moves out of range as Proudhon strikes.
Seppala throws a sloppy body shot
and Proudhon counters with a stiff right hand.
Seppala takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Seppala throws an overhand right that lands on Proudhon's shoulder, as Proudhon tries to avoid the shot.
Proudhon checks the leg kick.
Proudhon throws a hook but Seppala blocks it.
Proudhon checks the leg kick.
Seppala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Proudhon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seppala misses with a body kick.
Proudhon looks to land a right hand but Seppala moved out of range.
Seppala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pierre Joseph Proudhon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seppala lands with a cross.
Proudhon cracks Seppala with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Proudhon lands with a right hand.
Proudhon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Proudhon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seppala throws out the jab.
A punch combination from Seppala misses.
Seppala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by Proudhon as he checks the leg kick.
Proudhon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Seppala takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Seppala fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Proudhon thuds a left hand into Seppala's body.
Proudhon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seppala.
A little feinted left hand from Proudhon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Seppala takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Seppala, right into the meat.
Seppala throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seppala. Proudhon does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Proudhon. Seppala does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppala misses with a lunging right hand
and Proudhon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Seppala turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Seppala does it's job there.
Proudhon scores with a decent looking hook.
Seppala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seppala steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Proudhon.
Seppala on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Proudhon lands a jab-cross combination.
Proudhon misses with a hook. Seppala ducked under it nicely.
Proudhon catches Seppala with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Seppala misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot by Proudhon.
Seppala swings widly with a right hand
and Proudhon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seppala scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Proudhon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Proudhon misses with an uppercut. Seppala saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seppala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seppala connects with a body shot that sends Proudhon's belly button to the back.
Nice cross by Seppala.
Jab by Proudhon.
Proudhon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seppala was well out of range. Poor timing from Proudhon.
Good shot there by Seppala.
Proudhon walks into a stiff left hand from Seppala.
Proudhon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Seppala cracks Proudhon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seppala takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab lands there for Proudhon.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seppala throws a hook but Proudhon blocks it.
Seppala slips a straight right by Proudhon.
Seppala wants to counter the offense by Proudhon and move into the clinch position.
Proudhon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seppala.
A slow jab from Proudhon misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Seppala staying out of range there.
Proudhon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Proudhon misses with a body shot.
Seppala wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Seppala thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seppala fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Proudhon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Proudhon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Seppala is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Proudhon missing with a left hand there. Seppala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Proudhon misses with a hook.
Proudhon sets himself, and Seppala steps forward looking for the clinch! Proudhon avoids it this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seppala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Proudhon.
Seppala dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Proudhon. That did some damage!
Seppala throws a head kick but Proudhon moves out of range.
Proudhon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Seppala in his tracks.
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 Pierre Joseph Proudhon will probably get the nod.
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.
Seppala connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Proudhon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Seppala throws a sloppy body shot
and Proudhon counters with a stiff right hand.
Proudhon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Seppala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Proudhon misses with a body shot.
Proudhon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jab from Proudhon.
A low kick from Seppala is predictable there
and Seppala takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Proudhon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seppala can do to turn this around?
Seppala with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Proudhon to score with a decent uppercut.
Proudhon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Proudhon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seppala.
Proudhon throws a right hand that misses
and Seppala counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Proudhon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Seppala moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Seppala fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Proudhon blocks a jab.
Proudhon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Proudhon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seppala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Proudhon misses the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Seppala might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Proudhon has got the better of the exchanges.
Proudhon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Proudhon connects with a body shot.
That kick from Seppala tenderised Proudhon's leg. Proudhon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Proudhon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Proudhon missing with a left hand there. Seppala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Proudhon cracks a nice hook into Seppala's ribs.
Proudhon throws a shot to the body.
Proudhon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Seppala counters by moving into the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Proudhon here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Proudhon swings wildly with an uppercut but Seppala uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Proudhon.
Proudhon gets through Seppala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seppala tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon swings wildly with an uppercut but Seppala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seppala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Proudhon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seppala's elbow.
Proudhon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Seppala takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Seppala blocking some punches.
Seppala escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seppala throws a shot from downtown. Proudhon moves away and avoids it.
Seppala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Proudhon.
Proudhon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seppala.
Seppala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Proudhon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seppala manages to avoid it.
Seppala pushes Proudhon away with a front kick.
Seppala feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Proudhons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seppala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Proudhon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Proudhon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seppala moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Proudhon sets himself, and Seppala steps forward looking for the clinch! Proudhon avoids it this time.
Seppala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Proudhon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Proudhon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seppala.
Seppala connects with an inside leg kick.
Seppala tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Proudhon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seppala misses the shot to the body.
Proudhon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Seppala misses with a wild body shot.
Proudhon lunges at Seppala with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Seppala's hand.
Proudhon misses with a straight left.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Seppala takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seppala fails with an attempt to clinch.
Proudhon throws a jab but it's blocked by Seppala.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon misses with a hook to the body
and Seppala counters with a straight right hand.
Seppala connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seppala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Proudhon jabs Seppala right on the nose. Seppala blinks but takes it well.
Jab, jab by Proudhon - just one landing.
Proudhon looks to throw the jab but Seppala is out of range.
Proudhon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Seppala lands with an overhand left.
Proudhon moves away from the strike by Seppala.
Seppala lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Seppala.
Proudhon looks to score with a jab to the body but Seppala is just out of range.
Seppala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seppala tried to score with a low kick but Proudhon checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Joseph Proudhon dominated that second round.
That's time! Proudhon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Seppala just misses with a punch to the body.
Proudhon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seppala.
A punch lands to the side of Seppala 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Proudhon throws a jab when Seppala was well out of range.
Proudhon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seppala on the side of the head.
Seppala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Proudhon.
Proudhon just misses with a punch to the body.
Proudhon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Seppala has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Proudhon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Proudhon lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seppala looks to score with a jab to the body but Proudhon is just out of range.
Proudhon looks to throw the jab but Seppala is out of range.
Seppala looks for the body kick but Proudhon saw that one coming.
Proudhon lands with a good body shot.
Proudhon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seppala moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Proudhon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Proudhon throws a lazy right hand but Seppala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seppala feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Proudhons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Seppala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Proudhon moves away.
Proudhon throws a shot from downtown. Seppala moves away and avoids it.
Seppala misses with an uppercut.
Seppala throws a sloppy head kick and Proudhon moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Proudhon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Proudhon scores with a jab to the body.
Seppala misses with a hook to the body
and Proudhon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Seppala keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Proudhon.
Seppala throws out a counter right but Proudhon avoids it with no problem.
Proudhon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seppala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Proudhon walks into a left hand.
Proudhon misses with a right hand
and Seppala makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Proudhon really felt that one!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Proudhon throws a body punch but Seppala moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Seppala. Seppala circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Proudhon misses with a looping right.
Proudhon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Seppala.
Proudhon scores with a hook to the body. Seppala takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Proudhon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Proudhon looks to land a right hand but Seppala moved out of range.
Seppala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Proudhon lands with a cross.
Seppala closes the distance looking to clinch
and Proudhon counters with a straight right hand.
Proudhon works the jab nicely.
Proudhon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seppala misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Proudhon. Seppala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Proudhon tries to keep at a distance but Seppala has taken the fight into the clinch.
Seppala pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Proudhon moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Proudhon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Seppala thumps Proudhon with a low kick.
Proudhon throws a nice looking combination but Seppala bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Proudhon scores with a jab to the body.
Seppala takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Seppala connects with a body shot that sends Proudhon's belly button to the back.
Onni Seppala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seppala fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Proudhon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seppala.
Seppala misses the body punch
and Proudhon counters with a nice uppercut.
Pierre Joseph Proudhon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seppala is looking to clinch.
Seppala feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Proudhons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Proudhon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Proudhon keeps the fight on the outside.
Seppala throws a leg kick but Proudhon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Proudhon connects with a crisp jab.
Seppala throws a hook but Proudhon blocks it.
Proudhon throwing a counter right hand but Seppala manages to avoid it.
Jab by Proudhon.
Proudhon cracks a nice hook into Seppala's ribs.
Proudhon takes one on the button.
Proudhon moves out of range as Seppala strikes.
Proudhon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seppala takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seppala looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Proudhon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Seppala at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Joseph Proudhon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Proudhon 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Joseph Proudhon!
Pierre Joseph Proudhon decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geese Fury (ranked 800 p4p, 130 weight class) and Irvine Kinneas (ranked 1995 p4p, 302 weight class). Kinneas has chosen Judas Priest - Electric Eye as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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224 lbs
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215 lbs
12 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Geese Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Irvine Kinneas!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinneas keeps the fight on the outside.
Fury moves out of range of the body kick from Kinneas.
Fury throws a right hand that misses
and Kinneas counters with a thumping low kick.
The fighters circling - Fury throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fury.
Fury sizes up Kinneas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fury connects with a crisp jab.
Fury swings widly with a right hand
and Kinneas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinneas throws a jab but it's blocked by Fury.
Fury paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kinneas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury throws a body shot but no joy.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinneas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fury misses with a wild body shot.
Kinneas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fury manages to avoid it.
Fury swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A lazy left from Kinneas finds it's target.
Kinneas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fury throws a hook but Kinneas avoids it easily.
Kinneas avoids the body shot from Fury.
Kinneas misses with a straight right.
Fury looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Kinneas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fury gets a clinch.
Kinneas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kinneas is looking to chop away at Fury's legs.
Fury tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kinneas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kinneas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kinneas lands a leg kick that knocks Fury off balance momentarily.
Kinneas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fury is looking to counter punch.
Kinneas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kinneas misses with a lunging right hand
and Fury counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fury misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Kinneas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fury doesn't seem phased though.
Fury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kinneas.
Fury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinneas.
Fury swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kinneas counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot lands for Fury.
Kinneas lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fury moves out of range of the body kick.
Fury was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Fury.
Fury feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kinneas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kinneas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kinneas misses with a low kick.
Kinneas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fury scores with a nice head shot.
Fury rushes Kinneas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fury tries a body shot but Kinneas blocks it.
Fury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kinneas's elbow.
Kinneas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kinneas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fury misses with an elbow strike.
Kinneas misses with a body punch.
Fury lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fury misses with the head strike.
Fury tries to work over Kinneas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinneas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Irvine Kinneas dominated that 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.
Fury lands with an overhand left.
Fury swings widly with a right hand
and Kinneas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A low kick from Kinneas misses
and Fury makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kinneas really felt that one!
A decent looking cross lands there for Kinneas.
Fury cracks Kinneas with a good jab.
Fury throws a lazy uppercut
and Kinneas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fury checks a leg kick.
Fury on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kinneas missing with a left hand there. Fury was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fury appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fury throws a hook but Kinneas blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury throws a jab when Kinneas was well out of range.
Kinneas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kinneas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fury.
Fury misses with a body punch
and Kinneas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fury is looking to slow Kinneas down with leg kicks.
Kinneas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kinneas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fury lands a hook that snaps the head of Kinneas backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury lands an elbow inside.
Fury lands an elbow inside that Kinneas shrugs off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fury has Kinneas pressed against the cage, preventing Kinneas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fury.
Kinneas lands an uppercut.
Fury misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Fury.
Fury tries to work over Kinneas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Fury.
Fury lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Geese Fury has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fury.
Fury softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kinneas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kinneas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fury lands an elbow inside that Kinneas shrugs off.
A right handed body shot lands from Kinneas.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kinneas.
Kinneas lands with a light punch inside.
Kinneas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kinneas prevents a body shot from Fury.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas working hard to break the clinch.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fury misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kinneas fails to land.
Fury lands with a short shot to the head.
Fury working aggressively here.
Fury misses with an elbow over the top.
Fury doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kinneas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fury misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fury misses with the head strike.
Fury lands a shoulder strike.
Fury lands a nice uppercut.
Kinneas misses with some punches.
Kinneas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinneas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kinneas dodges an elbow strike from Fury.
Kinneas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kinneas throws a head punch that misses.
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinneas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kinneas working aggressively here.
Fury lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kinneas backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kinneas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fury.
Kinneas throws a punch but it's blocked by Fury.
Kinneas digs a right hand into Fury's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fury's gas tank.
Kinneas misses with some punches.
Kinneas lands a hook that snaps the head of Fury backwards.
Kinneas avoids a wild elbow strike from Fury.
Fury lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kinneas backwards.
A short left from Kinneas.
Kinneas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fury doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kinneas scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury misses with a punch to the body.
Kinneas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kinneas's elbow.
Kinneas has a couple of punches blocked by Fury.
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 Geese Fury will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Kinneas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kinneas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A leg kick checked by Fury.
Fury misses with a left hand
and Kinneas counters with a nice uppercut.
Fury wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fury throws a looping overhand right but Kinneas ducks down to avoid it.
Fury catches Kinneas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Kinneas.
Fury dodges the punch combination from Kinneas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury throws a leg kick
and Kinneas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kinneas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fury digs a good hook to Kinneas's body.
Fury thows a body kick. Kinneas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fury lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kinneas slips a jab and a cross from Fury.
Fury lands an overhand right.
Fury scores with a sloppy right hand. Kinneas should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury lands a big head kick that sends Kinneas to the canvas! Fury follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geese Fury!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Monte Zuma (ranked 1455 p4p, 160 weight class) and Slim Sylvia (ranked 871 p4p, 103 weight class). Sylvia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Some Country Shit kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Slim Sylvia will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Monte Zuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Slim Sylvia!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sylvia misses with a kick to the body.
Zuma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sylvia. That did some damage!
Zuma lands a nice hook to Sylvia's body. Sylvia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zuma throws a sloppy head kick and Sylvia moves out of range easily.
Sylvia slips a straight right by Zuma.
Sylvia ducks under a wild hook from Zuma.
Sylvia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sylvia throws a head kick but Zuma moves out of range.
Sylvia throws a head kick that misses.
Sylvia slips a straight right by Zuma.
Sylvia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zuma fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sylvia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zuma throws a hook but Sylvia blocks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zuma checks a leg kick.
Sylvia scores with a push kick.
Monte Zuma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zuma throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zuma connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sylvia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zuma doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvia scores with a hook to the body. Zuma takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sylvia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Zuma misses its target.
Zuma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sylvia misses with a low kick.
A lazy body kick from Sylvia
and Zuma counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Slim Sylvia has been cut.
Zuma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zuma avoids the head kick by Sylvia.
Zuma attempts a counter takedown but Sylvia avoids it well and moves away.
Zuma on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sylvia shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zuma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sylvia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zuma counters with a head kick that drops Sylvia to the mat! Sylvia scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Sylvia is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sylvia connects with a right hand. Zuma shakes it off.
Sylvia is still on wobbly legs! Can Zuma finish him?
Zuma misses the shot to the body.
Sylvia tries to keep at a distance but Zuma has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zuma misses with some punches.
Sylvia seems to have recovered his senses.
Sylvia can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sylvia tries to circle away but Zuma has him pinned against the cage.
Zuma struggles to land a body shot inside as Sylvia controls his hands.
Zuma misses with some punches.
Zuma tries to throw a body punch but Sylvia avoids it by throwing Zuma back against the cage.
Zuma lands with a short shot to the head.
Sylvia misses with a body punch.
Zuma lands with a right to the head.
Zuma lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zuma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zuma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zuma misses with a body punch.
Zuma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sylvia struggles to land a body shot inside as Zuma controls his hands.
Zuma is leaning against Sylvia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sylvia.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch but Zuma is controlling the position.
Zuma lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sylvia.
Sylvia looks winded!
Zuma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sylvia backwards.
Zuma lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sylvia backwards.
Zuma can't find room to land a body shot as Sylvia controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuma scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sylvia blocks a body shot from Zuma.
Nice body punch from Zuma.
Zuma lands with a short shot to the head.
Zuma lands with a short shot to the head.
Zuma has Sylvia pressed against the cage, preventing Sylvia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zuma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sylvia backwards.
Zuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zuma lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sylvia backwards.
Sylvia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Zuma fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Zuma scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zuma lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sylvia fails to land.
Zuma scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zuma.
Zuma drops Sylvia onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Sylvia is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Sylvia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zuma is leaning against Sylvia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Zuma.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zuma.
Zuma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zuma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sylvia backwards.
Zuma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zuma dips a shoulder and cracks Sylvia with a mighty uppercut! Sylvia falls back against the cage and Zuma unloads with a barrage of strikes! Sylvia is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Zuma screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monte Zuma!
Monte Zuma 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.
The defeated Slim Sylvia had this to say: 'Half of this game is 90% mental.'.
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