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ROTI-18 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dannis Till (ranked 3239 p4p, 335 weight class) and Whorely Alvarez (ranked 4418 p4p, 432 weight class). Whorely Alvarez struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dannis Till is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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182 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Good kicks
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dannis Till!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Whorely Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Till is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Till takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Till.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till forces Alvarez back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Till just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Till throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez blocks an elbow strike from Till.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Till just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Alvarez lands with a light punch inside.
Till misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Till throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till lands a nice elbow.
Alvarez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Till tries to clinch up.
Till avoids the head kick by Alvarez.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A clash of legs there as Till blocks the low kick.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alvarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Till feinted with a counter takedown.
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alvarez keeps the fight on the outside.
Till tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Till takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Till on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alvarez. Alvarez obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Alvarez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Till looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Till tries to clinch up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alvarez.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez lands a lovely overhand right.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Alvarez - that will leave a mark!
An inside leg kick lands from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Till feinted with a counter takedown.
Alvarez cracks the inside of Till's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Till tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Till doesn't seem bothered though.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Till blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Till is looking to clinch.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Till is looking to clinch.
Alvarez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Till clinches up with Alvarez and pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Till just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
Till throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Till just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alvarez's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tries a body shot but Till blocks it.
Alvarez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alvarez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Till backwards.
Till will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alvarez up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Till throws an elbow but misses.
Alvarez blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Till checks the leg kick.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Whorely Alvarez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alvarez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Till has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Till wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Alvarez misses with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Alvarez.
Dannis Till is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Till checks a low kick from Alvarez.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whorely Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alvarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvarez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Till looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Till doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Till blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Till wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Till tries to counter with a takedown but Alvarez is quick to defend against it.
Alvarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
That kick from Alvarez tenderised Till's leg. Till is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alvarez works the jab nicely.
Till wants to clinch.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Till checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Till ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Till sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Till tries to clinch up.
Till has been working on his balance at Temp Spar Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Alvarez.
Till moves to clinch but Alvarez breaks away
and Alvarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Till tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez thumps Till with a low kick.
Till blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
A leg kick checked by Till.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Till backing away here, and Alvarez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Till moves to clinch but Alvarez breaks away
and Alvarez counters with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Alvarez flicks out a counter leg kick but Till steps away.
Till tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alvarez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Till is able to avoid easily.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Till tries to clinch up.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Till.
Till defending well as Alvarez loads up on a big left hand.
Till appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Till looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez cracks a nice hook into Till's ribs.
Till is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but Till checks it.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Till checks a low kick from Alvarez.
Till tries to clinch up.
Till tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alvarez.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alvarez.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Whorely Alvarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Alvarez counters with a big head kick but Till shrugs it off.
Alvarez thuds his shin into the meat of Till's side.
Alvarez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez lands with a kick to the temple. Till shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till moves to clinch but Alvarez breaks away
and Alvarez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Till is looking to clinch.
Till fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Till was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Till takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Till tries to clinch up.
Till wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Till tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Till tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alvarez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Till wants to clinch.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Till backing away here, and Alvarez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Whorely Alvarez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alvarez tries a quick counter leg kick but Till is wise to it.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Till is looking to clinch.
Till tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez 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.
Till on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alvarez. Alvarez obviously looking to wear him down.
Till doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Till moves to clinch but Alvarez breaks away
and Alvarez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Till moves in looking to clinch but Alvarez pushes him off.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvarez, right into the meat.
Till moves out of range of the body kick.
Till wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Alvarez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Till is out of range and Alvarez settles back down.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a head kick.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Till.
Till avoids the head kick by Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Till fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alvarez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Till blocks it well.
Alvarez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Till.
Alvarez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Till is able to avoid easily.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till moves to clinch but Alvarez breaks away
and Alvarez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Till is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Till backing away here, and Alvarez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Till wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Till fails in his attempt to clinch.
Till doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez misses with a straight left.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Till tries to clinch up.
Till takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Till tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Till is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Till fails with an attempt to clinch.
Till backing away here, and Alvarez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alvarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Till tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Dannis Till has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Till wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Whorely Alvarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Alvarez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Whorely Alvarez!
Whorely Alvarez bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Hogan (ranked 7939 p4p, 579 weight class) and Good Vibes (ranked 7350 p4p, 564 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Good Vibes!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan is looking to clinch but Vibes is avoiding it.
Vibes keeps the fight on the outside.
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vibes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Vibes pushes him off.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses.
Vibes now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vibes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hogan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vibes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vibes unleashes a big counter combination but Hogan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Vibes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Vibes keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Vibes pushes him off.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses.
Vibes moves into the clinch successfully.
Vibes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hogan avoids it.
Hogan misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vibes breaks from the clinch.
Vibes takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vibes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hogan circles away quickly and effectively.
Vibes shoots in for a takedown but Hogan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vibes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vibes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Vibes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hogan's head.
Vibes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hogan defends it well.
Hogan is trying to stand back up but Vibes is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vibes trying to control the pace.
Hogan is trying to stand up here but Vibes is controlling him well.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hogan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vibes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vibes rushes Hogan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vibes stalling in the clinch.
Vibes blocking some punches.
Hogan misses with an elbow over the top.
Hogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Vibes.
Vibes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vibes throws a push kick but Hogan slaps the foot to one side.
Hogan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vibes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vibes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Vibes pushes him off.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes moves out of range.
Vibes has managed to clinch.
Hogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Vibes.
I was talking to Hogan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vibes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vibes forces Hogan back against the cage and clinches.
Hogan misses with an elbow over the top.
Vibes blocks the elbow strike.
Hogan misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hogan fails to land.
Vibes is stalling here.
Vibes blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hogan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vibes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hogan looks to clinch
and Vibes counters with a three punch combo that has Hogan backing up. Hogan nods at Vibes to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vibes tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Vibes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vibes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vibes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hogan walks away with a smile on his face. Vibes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Joe Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Good Vibes.
Vibes swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.
As Hogan backs off Vibes throws a huge counter combo but Hogan manages to avoid it all.
Vibes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan doesn't manage to clinch there - Vibes circles away.
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes is having none of it.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vibes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Good Vibes 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.
Hogan is looking to clinch.
Vibes moves out of range of the body kick.
Hogan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vibes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vibes unleashes a big counter combination but Hogan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch but Vibes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vibes shoots in for a double leg but Hogan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Joe Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogan looks to clinch
and Vibes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vibes pushes Hogan up against the cage in a clinch.
Vibes is trying to drag Hogan to the mat but Hogan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hogan working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vibes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vibes keeps the fight on the outside.
As Hogan backs off Vibes throws a huge counter combo but Hogan manages to avoid it all.
Vibes has managed to clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Vibes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vibes blocking some punches.
Vibes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes moves out of range.
Vibes blocks a head kick by Hogan.
Vibes rushes Hogan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vibes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vibes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hogan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Hogan manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Vibes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hogan or not.
Vibes stalling the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vibes has picked Hogan up - he's going for a ride! Vibes dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hogan wants to get back to his feet.
Good Vibes has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vibes decides to return to a standing position.
Vibes swats away the attempt to clinch by Hogan.
Vibes clinches with his opponent.
Hogan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vibes backwards.
Vibes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vibes lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hogan fails to land.
Vibes blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hogan.
Vibes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vibes.
Good Vibes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan working aggressively here.
Vibes blocks an uppercut.
Come on Vibes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hogan misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hogan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vibes's brow.
Vibes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hogan is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hogan.
Vibes stalls.
Vibes pushes Hogan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vibes blocks an uppercut.
Hogan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Vibes misses with an elbow strike.
Vibes is looking to take this one to the mat.
Joe Hogan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Good Vibes.
Vibes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan misses with the head strike.
Hogan throws a head punch that misses.
Vibes avoids a wild elbow strike from Hogan.
Vibes has Hogan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Vibes pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hogan tumbling to the mat - Vibes dives into Hogan's guard.
Vibes stops Hogan from standing up.
Vibes decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hogan, up you get!
Vibes blocks a head kick by Hogan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Hogan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Good Vibes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Hogan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Vibes avoids the head kick by Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch up but Vibes circles away and keeps his distance.
Vibes darts in and clinches Hogan up against the cage.
Hogan pushes off an throws an elbow but Vibes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Vibes scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vibes.
Hogan is pressed up against the cage. Vibes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hogan down to the mat. Hogan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A big left from Hogan misses.
Vibes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vibes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vibes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Vibes misses.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good Vibes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan throws a head kick that misses.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes moves out of range.
Hogan moves in looking to clinch but Vibes pushes him off.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes is having none of it.
Vibes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan tries to clinch up.
Joe Hogan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes moves out of range.
Hogan tries to clinch up.
Hogan is looking to clinch but Vibes is avoiding it.
Vibes unleashes a big counter combination but Hogan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
No joy there for Vibes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hogan looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Vibes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hogan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vibes counters with a single leg into guard. Hogan didn't expect that.
Vibes connects with a couple of short punches.
Vibes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Vibes moves into range and clinches up with Hogan.
Hogan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hogan misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vibes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hogan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hogan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vibes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hogan scrambles back to his feet.
Hogan throws a head kick but Vibes moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right-left combo lands from Vibes.
Hogan tries to clinch but Vibes moves out of range.
Vibes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hogan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vibes decides to pull guard.
Hogan preventing the sweep.
Vibes pulls Hogan in close to prevent any damage.
Hogan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Vibes's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan stopping the sweep attempt from Vibes.
Vibes has his hands on Hogan's head, controlling the position.
Vibes is working an open guard so Hogan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Vibes has managed to clinch.
Hogan throws a punch but it's blocked by Vibes.
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.
Vibes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Vibes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan misses with some punches.
Hogan misses with the head strike.
Vibes missing with knees to the body.
Vibes manages to break the clinch.
Hogan misses with a head kick.
Joe Hogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hogan lands a head kick!
It looks like Good Vibes has been cut.
Hogan drives through and clinches with Vibes against the cage.
A short left from Hogan.
Hogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hogan throws a head punch that misses.
Good Vibes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hogan has a couple of punches blocked by Vibes.
Hogan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Good Vibes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vibes winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Good Vibes!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quentin Cassel (ranked 4351 p4p, 443 weight class) and Zabit Sharipov (ranked 4402 p4p, 447 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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165 lbs
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152 lbs
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Quentin Cassel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zabit Sharipov!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharipov throws a body shot but no joy.
Cassel misses with a double jab.
Cassel lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Zabit Sharipov has been cut.
Sharipov moves into the clinch successfully.
Cassel can't break the clinch.
Sharipov cracks Cassel with a nice body shot.
Cassel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sharipov stalling against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sharipov managing to block the knees to the body from Cassel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharipov is stalling here.
Sharipov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cassel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cassel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Cassel misses
and Sharipov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice left hand lands by Sharipov.
Sharipov has Cassel pushed against the cage.
Cassel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sharipov presses Cassel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sharipov.
Cassel wants to get back to striking at distance but Sharipov won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Sharipov.
Sharipov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cassel's efforts to push away.
Sharipov is stalling here.
Sharipov is struggling to control the position.
Sharipov receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A short uppercut from Sharipov.
Sharipov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sharipov lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassel misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Sharipov.
A short left from Sharipov.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sharipov.
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!
Nice body punch from Sharipov.
Cassel is breathing heavily.
Cassel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sharipov has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Sharipov.
Sharipov lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sharipov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sharipov controlling the action here for a moment.
Sharipov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sharipov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Sharipov on the inside.
Cassel tries to land knees in the clinch but Sharipov avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sharipov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Cassel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sharipov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cassel or not.
Cassel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Sharipov.
Sharipov lands a body punch in the clinch.
I was talking to Cassel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sharipov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cassel letting Sharipov take a breather here.
A short body shot lands from Sharipov as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Sharipov.
Sharipov leaning against his opponent.
Sharipov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sharipov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sharipov cracks Cassel with a nice body shot.
Sharipov digs a right hand underneath Cassel's ribcage. Cassel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sharipov gets through Cassel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Sharipov on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharipov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sharipov taking a breather.
Sharipov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cassel is rocked!
A short right from Sharipov.
Oh Cassel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sharipov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cassels head.
Sharipov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sharipov creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Cassel with a big uppercut! Cassel tries to clinch up but Sharipov pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Cassel to the mat! Cassel covers up and Sharipov unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Zabit Sharipov!
Zabit Sharipov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Newton Fandango (ranked 3355 p4p, 373 weight class) and Kai Kealoha (ranked 3754 p4p, 403 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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160 lbs
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Newton Fandango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kai Kealoha!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kealoha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fandango takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fandango definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kealoha misses with a body shot.
Fandango tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kealoha defends well and Fandango ends up having to push Kealoha into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fandango takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kealoha thuds his right hand into Fandango's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kealoha smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kealoha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fandango was well out of range. Poor timing from Kealoha.
Fandango gets a double leg takedown into Kealoha's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kealoha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fandango.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fandango with a nice head shot there.
Fandango is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fandango accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kealoha looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fandango cracks Kealoha with a solid left hand.
Fandango chips away with some ground and pound.
Fandango cracks Kealoha with a solid left hand.
Kealoha is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fandango is controlling him.
Fandango is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Fandango throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kealoha can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fandango controls the pace.
Fandango in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kealoha has control of Fandango's left arm, preventing Fandango from doing any damage.
Fandango trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fandango trying to control the position from guard on top but Kealoha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kealoha looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kealoha tries to clinch up
and Fandango counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fandango scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fandango works over Kealoha with some ground and pound from guard.
Fandango landing with the ground and pound.
Fandango is working Kealoha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kealoha is trying to keep Fandango in close.
Fandango controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fandango passes Kealoha's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kealoha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fandango slips a nice elbow through Kealoha's hands, connecting with Kealoha's forehead.
Fandango uses his free foot to push down on Kealoha's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kealoha.
Fandango controlling the position easily from mount.
Fandango raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fandango lands a heavy elbow.
Fandango is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kealoha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kealoha keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kealoha takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fandango controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Newton Fandango dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fandango uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kealoha.
Fandango fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fandango moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kealoha darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fandango slips under a jab from Kealoha.
Kealoha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kealoha misses with an uppercut
so Fandango counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Newton Fandango overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fandango throwing strikes from guard but Kealoha blocks nicely.
Fandango controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fandango has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fandango chips away with some ground and pound.
Fandango lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fandango tries to free his leg and advance position but Kealoha is retaining full guard.
Fandango with a nice head shot there.
Fandango postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fandango postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fandango pushing down on Kealoha's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fandango perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kealoha taking some punishment here, with Fandango in his half guard.
Kealoha is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fandango scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fandango lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Fandango seems content to control.
Fandango takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kealoha on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fandango prevents Kealoha from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Fandango there.
Fandango is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kealoha can do to turn this around?
Fandango looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kealoha with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fandango throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fandango winds up and cracks Kealoha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fandango scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fandango is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kealoha defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fandango is nestled in close to Kealoha, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fandango winds up and cracks Kealoha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fandango working Kealoha over with strikes.
Fandango trying to control the pace.
Nice strikes from Fandango there.
Fandango is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fandango lands strikes from half guard.
Fandango drops an elbow to the side of Kealoha's head.
Fandango is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fandango moves into full mount! Kealoha won't be happy about that!
Fandango tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fandango punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fandango connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fandango lands a big shot there that rocks Kealoha but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kealoha is desperately trying to improve his position but Fandango has a good base and remains in mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kealoha can do anything to dispel that myth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fandango dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Kealoha that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fandango with shots to the head and body - Kealoha looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Newton Fandango dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kealoha throws a lazy right hand but Fandango sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fandango tries to counter with a takedown but Kealoha is quick to defend against it.
Kealoha throws a good cross that connects.
Kealoha misses with a body shot.
Fandango uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kealoha.
Fandango fails with the takedown
and Kealoha counters with a straight right hand.
Fandango misses with a right hand
and Kealoha counters with a nice uppercut.
Kai Kealoha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fandango misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kealoha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Newton Fandango has been cut.
Fandango walks into a jab.
Fandango throws a sloppy body shot
and Fandango takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fandango slips a jab from Kealoha.
Fandango tries to counter with a takedown but Kealoha is quick to defend against it.
Fandango misses with a straight right.
Fandango shoots in for a double leg but Kealoha sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kealoha looks to land a right hand but Fandango moved out of range.
Fandango throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fandango closes the distance and clinches up with Kealoha, looking for a takedown. Fandango pushes Kealoha against the cage but Kealoha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Newton Fandango. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kealoha. Fandango does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fandango scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kealoha misses with an uppercut. Fandango saw that one coming.
Fandango jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kealoha avoids the body shot from Fandango.
Fandango fails with a takedown attempt.
Kealoha lands a nice shot that snaps Fandango's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kealoha scores with the left hand. Fandango knows he should have avoided that one.
Kealoha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fandango attempts a counter takedown but Kealoha avoids it well and moves away.
Kealoha getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice jab there from Kealoha.
Kealoha scores with a one two! Fandango had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fandango wants to clinch.
Kealoha loads up on a big right hand but Fandango slips the punch.
Fandango tries to counter with a takedown but Kealoha is quick to defend against it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fandango gets a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fandango performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kai Kealoha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kealoha looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Kealoha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fandango 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Newton Fandango!
An out of breath Newton Fandango thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Island King (ranked 3866 p4p, 304 weight class) and Billy Krimson (ranked 4736 p4p, 345 weight class). Krimson has chosen Landser - 88 Rock N´Roll Band as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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148 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Billy Krimson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krimson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
King avoids the body shot from Krimson.
King wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
King wants to clinch up but Krimson keeps it at a distance.
Krimson drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
Krimson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krimson.
Krimson tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krimson.
Krimson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King jumps guard but Krimson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
King fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King jumps guard but Krimson stands there with King around his waist. King gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Island King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krimson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krimson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Krimson manages to circle out of the way.
King seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Krimson stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krimson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krimson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krimson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Krimson scores with a shot to the body.
Krimson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Krimson rushes King and presses him up against the cage.
King fails to pull guard.
Krimson misses with a body punch.
Krimson misses with a body punch.
Krimson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Krimson walks away with a smile on his face. King gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Billy Krimson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krimson gets a clinch.
King fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krimson slows down the pace here.
King successfully pulls guard.
King might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
King pushes a forearm under Krimson's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Krimson is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Island King!
After winning the bout, Island King thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Billy Krimson stepped up to the mic, saying 'You all are beneath me!!!!! You dont derseve any more words from a superior being like myself!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hamid Sourian (ranked 3489 p4p, 282 weight class) and Arturo Caldeira (ranked 3210 p4p, 265 weight class). Sourian's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Number One. Arturo Caldeira is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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152 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hamid Sourian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arturo Caldeira!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caldeira throws a right hand that Sourian ducks under and follows up with a left that Sourian also avoids with ease.
Sourian drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sourian misses with the ground and pound.
Sourian working the ground and pound.
Sourian swings around for an armbar but Caldeira sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Sourian's guard.
Caldeira advances to half guard.
Sourian trying to control from the bottom.
Sourian tries to roll over but Caldeira keeps him under control.
Sourian wants to control but Caldeira is keeping busy.
Caldeira is trying to control the action in half guard but Sourian is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Caldeira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sourian defending well though.
Sourian is looking for a sweep. Caldeira is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sourian gets back to full guard.
Sourian is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Caldeira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sourian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Caldeira wants to control from the top but Sourian keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sourian has his foot on Caldeira's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Caldeira works his way back into a safe position though.
Caldeira trying to control but Sourian is working from the bottom.
Caldeira preventing the sweep.
Caldeira is fighting to break Sourian's control of his arms but Sourian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Caldeira prevents Sourian from getting back to his feet.
Sourian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Caldeira avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Caldeira slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Caldeira landing strikes.
Sourian is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sourian manages to get back to half guard.
Sourian is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sourian is working hard here to advance position.
Sourian is controlling Caldeira's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Caldeira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sourian keeps working.
Sourian keeping hold of Caldeira's head, controlling as best he can.
Sourian has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Caldeira is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sourian is looking for a sweep. Caldeira is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sourian keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Caldeira takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sourian gets full guard.
Caldeira stopping the sweep attempt from Sourian.
Caldeira trying to control the position from guard on top but Sourian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sourian working a defensive guard here.
Sourian looking for a sweep. Not yet Sourian, not yet.
Sourian is pulling down on Caldeira's head. It's preventing any offense from Caldeira, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sourian's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldeira working some strikes from top position.
Sourian lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sourian with a nice head shot there.
Sourian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sourian works over Caldeira with some ground and pound from guard.
Caldeira keeping full guard, as Sourian tries to pass.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sourian's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sourian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Caldeira keeping moving, preventing Sourian from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sourian pushing down on Caldeira's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Caldeira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sourian.
Caldeira makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Caldeira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hamid Sourian dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sourian drives through with a takedown into Caldeira's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Caldeira keeping full guard, as Sourian tries to pass.
Caldeira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sourian trying to control but Caldeira is working from the bottom.
Sourian wants to pass the guard but Caldeira is keeping the position.
Caldeira trying to control the position.
Sourian wants to control from the top but Caldeira keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Caldeira is on top in guard.
Sourian looking for a sweep. Not yet Sourian, not yet.
Caldeira trying to control the position from guard on top but Sourian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sourian wants to sweep here but Caldeira controlling him for the moment.
Caldeira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sourian is trying to control the position but Caldeira postures up.
Sourian is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Caldeira is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Caldeira is working Sourian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sourian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sourian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caldeira is one step ahead there.
Caldeira throws a big elbow that misses.
Sourian keeping moving, preventing Caldeira from controlling successfully.
Sourian seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
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.
Caldeira preventing the sweep.
Caldeira trying to control but Sourian is working from the bottom.
Sourian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Caldeira distracts Sourian with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sourian pulls Caldeira in to control the position.
Caldeira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Caldeira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Caldeira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Caldeira trying to control but Sourian is working from the bottom.
Caldeira won't allow Sourian to sweep him here.
Caldeira postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A body shot lands from Sourian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sourian turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sourian manages to end up in side control.
Caldeira is not content to let Sourian control the position.
Caldeira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sourian wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sourian is chipping away with strikes.
Sourian lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sourian working the ground and pound from side control.
Sourian tries for a kimura but Caldeira is defending well.
Sourian has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Caldeira is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Sourian yanks on the arm and Caldeira is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Sourian.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hamid Sourian!
Hamid Sourian bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tino Tropper (ranked 3806 p4p, 407 weight class) and Daryl Orozco (ranked 4188 p4p, 435 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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162 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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Counter fighter
Big heart |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tino Tropper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daryl Orozco!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tropper misses with a hook
and Orozco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tropper lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Orozco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tropper slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Orozco throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tropper postures up in Orozco's guard and throws a big left but Orozco blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tropper postures up.
Tropper throws an elbow that misses. Orozco uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tropper's guard. Nice move by Orozco!
Orozco connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orozco is working Tropper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Orozco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tropper has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tropper seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Orozco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Orozco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tropper thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Orozco is looking to work some ground and pound but Tropper has wrist control.
Tropper lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Tropper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tropper has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tropper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Orozco controls Tropper momentarily but Tropper frees himself.
Tropper wants to control from the top but Orozco keeps moving.
Tropper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Orozco is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orozco managing to control the position.
Tropper loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tropper trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Orozco manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tropper manages to get himself to full guard.
Tropper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Orozco can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Orozco chips away with some ground and pound.
Orozco working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tropper's head.
Orozco stopping the sweep attempt from Tropper.
Tropper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropper controls Orozco momentarily but Orozco frees himself.
Tropper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Orozco postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Orozco lands a couple of digs.
Orozco postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Orozco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tropper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Orozco trying to control the position from guard on top but Tropper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tropper looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Orozco puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tropper actively working from the bottom here.
Tropper on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tropper tries to get out of the position.
Tropper has hold of Orozco's hands but Orozco slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tropper taking some punishment here, with Orozco in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Orozco there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tropper is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Orozco's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Orozco's back!
Tropper really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Orozco.
Tropper is controlling the position but Orozco somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Tropper with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Orozco is looking to improve his position.
Orozco trying to control from the bottom.
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!
Tropper looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daryl Orozco dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Orozco takes a swing at Tropper's ribcage but misses.
Tropper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tropper bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Orozco misses with a wild body shot.
Tropper drops down looking for a counter takedown but Orozco sprawls and moves away.
Orozco looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Orozco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tropper.
A big left from Tropper misses.
Orozco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orozco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tropper.
Tropper throws a body shot but no joy.
Orozco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropper swings widly with a right hand
and Orozco counters with a takedown into side control.
Tropper regains half guard.
Tropper is trying to get back to full guard.
Tropper trying to control here.
Orozco looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Daryl Orozco has got the better of the ground game so far.
Orozco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tropper moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tropper looking for a guillotine here but Orozco defends easily.
Tropper keeping moving, preventing Orozco from controlling successfully.
Tropper is looking for a triangle but Orozco pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orozco trying to control but Tropper is working from the bottom.
Tropper throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Orozco distracts Tropper with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Orozco wants to control from the top but Tropper keeps moving.
Orozco throws a big elbow that misses.
Tropper looking for a sweep. Not yet Tropper, not yet.
Tropper is trying to control the position but Orozco postures up.
Orozco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tropper throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orozco connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orozco lands a couple of elbows.
Orozco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tropper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Orozco is one step ahead there.
Orozco avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Orozco scoring with punches to the head and body.
Orozco works over Tropper with some ground and pound from guard.
Orozco wants to control from the top but Tropper keeps moving.
Orozco is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Orozco landing some decent shots from guard.
Orozco chips away with some ground and pound.
Orozco stands up over Tropper, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropper is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Orozco frees his head nicely. Oh but Tropper has switched to an armbar! Orozco is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Tino Tropper!
Our winner, Tino Tropper, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Pablo (ranked 7333 p4p, 596 weight class) and King Boyce (ranked 6927 p4p, 583 weight class). Lucas Pablo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lucas Pablo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, King Boyce!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pablo moves into range and clinches up with Boyce.
Boyce crunches a lovely knee into Pablo's ribcage.
Boyce putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pablo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boyce misses with a knee to the head.
Boyce misses with a knee strike.
Boyce lands a knee to the body.
Pablo is breathing heavily.
Pablo tries to circle away but Boyce has him pinned against the cage.
Boyce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boyce connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boyce.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Boyce obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boyce tries to land a knee to the head but Pablo blocks with his arms.
Boyce tries to land a knee to the head but Pablo blocks with his arms.
Our sources have told us that Pablo has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Pablo missing with knees to the body.
Pablo managing to block the knees to the body from Boyce.
Boyce trying to land knees to the body.
Pablo is trying to force a seperation but Boyce has the dominant position.
Boyce connects with a knee to the head.
Pablo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boyce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pablo blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pablo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Boyce lands a good knee to the midsection. Pablo won't want to take too many of those.
Boyce utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pablo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boyce misses with a knee strike.
Boyce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pablo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pablo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Boyce tries to land a knee to the head but Pablo blocks with his arms.
Pablo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boyce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pablo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Boyce gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Pablo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boyce lands a knee to the head.
Boyce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pablo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boyce has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pablo.
Pablo pulls Boyce into guard.
Boyce tries to free his leg and advance position but Pablo is retaining full guard.
Boyce stands and throws Pablo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pablo is trying to control Boyce's posture but Boyce avoids it.
Boyce stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Pablo gets tackled into the cage by Boyce. Boyce maintains the clinch.
Boyce working Pablo over with knees to the body.
Boyce connects with a knee to the head.
Boyce with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boyce using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pablo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pablo avoiding damage as Boyce throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boyce using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pablo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pablo tries to score a body lock takedown but Boyce shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Boyce using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pablo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pablo managing to block the knees to the body from Boyce.
Boyce misses with a knee strike.
Pablo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boyce is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Pablo has had enough of the clinch but Boyce keeps him there for the moment.
Boyce tries to land knees in the clinch but Pablo avoids the damage to the body.
Pablo has Boyce pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Boyce manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pablo managing to block the knees to the body from Boyce.
Boyce using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pablo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boyce tries a knee to the head but Pablo blocks it.
Boyce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pablo breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Boyce as Pablo shoots in.
Pablo fails to land the takedown.
Boyce moves into range and clinches up with Pablo.
Pablo managing to block the knees to the body from Boyce.
Pablo takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Pablo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boyce misses with a knee to the head.
Boyce looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pablo pulls guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boyce stands and steps away. Pablo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Boyce has managed to clinch.
Boyce lands a nice knee to the body.
Boyce landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Pablo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boyce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pablo is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Boyce dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Pablo tries to close the distance and clinch but Boyce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boyce clinches with his opponent.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Boyce in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pablo fails to pull guard.
Pablo tries to circle away but Boyce has him pinned against the cage.
Boyce scores with a knee to the head.
Boyce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pablo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boyce avoids it.
Boyce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boyce stops a takedown attempt from Pablo.
Pablo managing to block the knees to the body from Boyce.
King Boyce seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pablo working hard to break the clinch.
Pablo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pablo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boyce lands a knee to the body.
Pablo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boyce landing knees to the head.
Pablo is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boyce.
Oh Pablo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boyce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pablo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boyce has Pablo pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Pablo is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Boyce - that's hurt Pablo badly! Oh, another knee lands and Pablo is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Pablo doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). King Boyce!
Lucas Pablo was interviewed post fight and said 'Puta!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aslanbek Barayev (ranked 1693 p4p, 161 weight class) and Martin Eugen (ranked 2793 p4p, 237 weight class). Barayev's entrance music is Antirespect - There. A fine choice. Aslanbek Barayev is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aslanbek Barayev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Martin Eugen!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barayev misses with a leg kick.
Eugen's coach down at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Eugen's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Barayev throws a leg kick
enabling Eugen to counter with a crisp jab.
Aslanbek Barayev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barayev slips a straight right by Eugen.
Barayev is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Eugen.
Barayev misses with a looping left.
Barayev moves away from the strike by Eugen.
Barayev on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barayev has managed to clinch.
Eugen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barayev definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Barayev jumps guard but Eugen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Eugen throws a punch but it's blocked by Barayev.
A right handed body shot lands from Eugen.
A left hand lands to the body for Eugen.
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!
Eugen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Eugen breaks the clinch.
Barayev with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Eugen to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barayev instigates a clinch.
Barayev tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Eugen lands an uppercut.
Eugen tries to work over Barayev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barayev tries to pull guard but Eugen won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aslanbek Barayev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eugen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Barayev misses the target.
Barayev tries to clinch but Eugen moves out of range.
Eugen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barayev moves away.
Barayev throws an overhand right that lands on Eugen's shoulder, as Eugen tries to avoid the shot.
Eugen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Eugen throws a jab when Barayev was well out of range.
Barayev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eugen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barayev doesn't manage to clinch there - Eugen circles away.
Eugen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barayev moves away from the strike by Eugen.
Eugen connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Barayev! He's out on his feet! Eugen rushes in and drops Barayev with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Martin Eugen!
Martin Eugen is the new featherweight champion!
Martin Eugen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scar Ambe (ranked 1137 p4p, 141 weight class) and Litill Bjornsson (ranked 1608 p4p, 197 weight class). Ambe comes to the cage accompanied by Gonna - The World is Yours. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scar Ambe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Litill Bjornsson!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ambe misses with a looping right.
Bjornsson gets caught flat footed, as Ambe shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ambe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ambe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ambe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bjornsson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ambe is aware though and is defending well.
Ambe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bjornsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bjornsson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ambe controls the pace.
Bjornsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bjornsson wants to sweep here but Ambe controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornsson looking for a guillotine here but Ambe defends easily.
Bjornsson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambe is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ambe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ambe's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bjornsson keeping moving, preventing Ambe from controlling successfully.
Bjornsson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ambe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ambe wants to control from the top but Bjornsson keeps moving.
Bjornsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bjornsson trying to keep a closed guard but Ambe is proving a slippery customer.
Ambe postures up and lands a big shot to Bjornsson's brow.
Ambe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bjornsson's head.
Ambe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bjornsson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ambe has managed to get both his arms back between Bjornsson's legs - danger averted.
Ambe looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ambe scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambe chips away with some ground and pound.
Ambe scoring with some ground and pound.
Bjornsson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ambe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bjornsson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ambe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ambe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bjornsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ambe got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bjornsson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ambe has managed to get both his arms back between Bjornsson's legs - danger averted.
Ambe tries to free his leg and advance position but Bjornsson is retaining full guard.
Ambe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bjornsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bjornsson looking for a guillotine here but Ambe defends easily.
Ambe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ambe stands and throws Bjornsson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ambe in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Bjornsson is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scar Ambe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bjornsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bjornsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Scar Ambe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bjornsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ambe.
Ambe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bjornsson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ambe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ambe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ambe shoots for a takedown but Bjornsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ambe throws a lazy right hand but Bjornsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ambe manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bjornsson on his heels. He'll look to pass Bjornsson's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ambe throwing strikes but missing.
Bjornsson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ambe controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ambe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ambe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ambe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bjornsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bjornsson pushes a forearm under Ambe's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Ambe is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Litill Bjornsson!
Litill Bjornsson is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Litill Bjornsson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Scar Ambe was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck all ya lll'.
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