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PCL 21: Aesthetics PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Head (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Head is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I'm an Asshole - Dennis Leary. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Richard Head!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Balboa misses with a looping right.
Balboa throws a nice looking combination but Head bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Head moves into the clinch.
Balboa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Head backwards.
Head dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Head gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Head not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Head is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Balboa is staying active underneath Head, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Head prevents Balboa from standing back up.
Head missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Balboa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Head.
Balboa is trying to stand back up but Head is controlling him
Head is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Head throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Head throws the kick towards the body but Balboa avoids it.
Head lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Head.
Balboa looks to land a combination but Head avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Head moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Decent striking displayed by Balboa there.
Balboa misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Balboa!
It looks like Richard Head has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice sprawl there from Balboa as Head shoots in.
Head rushes Balboa and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Head throws an elbow but misses.
Head lands an uppercut.
Head stalling in the clinch but Balboa improves position.
Balboa lands a right hand.
Head pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Balboa tries to clinch but Head moves away
and Head cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Head looks gassed!
Balboa moves into the clinch.
Balboa scores with a shoulder strike.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Balboa.
Head has a couple of punches blocked by Balboa.
Head gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Balboa regains guard.
Head trying to control the position from guard on top but Balboa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Balboa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa wants to stand up but Head is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Head accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Balboa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Head is controlling him.
Head works over Balboa with some ground and pound from guard.
Head stops Balboa from standing up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Head rushes Balboa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Head lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balboa stops a takedown attempt from Head.
Rocky Balboa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Head.
Balboa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Head lands a damaging elbow.
Head landing knees to the body.
Head lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Head has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Balboa clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Balboa is trying to get back to his feet but Head has full control of the position and if anything, Balboa has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Head patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboa looking very determined here, making life difficult for Head.
Head gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Balboa is trying to stand back up.
Head throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Head is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Balboa defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Balboa controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Head has Balboa flattened out and is raining down punches.
Head has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Head connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Balboa to escape the position.
Head throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Balboa holding both Head 's hands and preventing any damage.
Balboa grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Balboa looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Head.
Balboa looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Head patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balboa is trying to get back to his feet but Head has full control of the position and if anything, Balboa has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Balboa is covering up but some of the strikes from Head are getting through and doing damage.
Balboa trying to get back to his feet but Head is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Head dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Head throws a sloppy head kick and Balboa moves out of range easily.
Head gets a clinch.
Head lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Head breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balboa is looking to clinch but Head is avoiding it.
Richard Head seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by Head.
Head lands a nice leg kick that just misses Balboa's sensitive parts.
Head has closed the distance and engaged Balboa in a clinch.
Head is trying to drag Balboa to the mat but Balboa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Head.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Head connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa lands a body punch.
Head breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balboa drives through and clinches with Head against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Head breaks the clinch.
Balboa closes the distance but Head moves to the side
and Head counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Head accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Head won't allow Balboa to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Head working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Head throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Head accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Head prevents Balboa from getting back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Head. That's going to slow Balboa down.
Head digs a good hook to Balboa's body.
A lazy left from Head finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Head darts in and clinches Balboa up against the cage.
Head is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Head breaks from the clinch.
Head cracks Balboa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Head gets a clinch.
Head lands a good knee to the midsection. Balboa won't want to take too many of those.
Head dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Balboa takes an elbow to the temple.
Head tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balboa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Head lands a shot to the body.
Head will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Balboa up against the cage.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Head lands a damaging elbow.
Head pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Balboa.
Head scores with a shot to the side of Balboa's head.
Head lands a good knee to the midsection. Balboa won't want to take too many of those.
Head manages to break the clinch.
Head tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Head throws a body punch but Balboa moves out of range.
Balboa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Head.
Head throws out a powerful jab.
Head misses with a straight left.
Head is looking to slow Balboa down with leg kicks.
Rocky Balboa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balboa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Head uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balboa.
Balboa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Head can pounce on him.
Balboa tries to clinch up.
Head has Balboa up against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Head.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Head lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Head has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Balboa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Richard Head seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Head lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Balboa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Head landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Head lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Head tries for a takedown but Balboa manages to get underhooks.
Rocky Balboa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Head.
Head drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Head scores with a shoulder strike.
Balboa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Head backwards.
Head lands an uppercut.
Head utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Head wants a takedown but no success here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balboa.
Head lands an elbow inside.
Head tries to circle away but Balboa has him pinned against the cage.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Head misses with an elbow over the top.
Head breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Balboa misses.
Richard Head seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Balboa looks to score with a jab to the body but Head is just out of range.
Head scores with a jab. Balboa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rocky Balboa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa darts in trying to clinch
and Head counters with a nice low kick that buckles Balboa's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Head showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Balboa walks into a left hand.
Head looks to land a combination. Balboa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Head is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balboa.
Head lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Balboa misses with a looping left.
Head connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Head moves in looking to clinch but Balboa pushes him off.
Head fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balboa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balboa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Head has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Head listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Head missing with a left hand there. Balboa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Balboa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Head at a distance.
Head misses the jab.
Head circles away from the clinch attempt.
Head shoots in but no luck this time.
Balboa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Head counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
A shot to the liver by Head. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Head avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Head moves into the clinch.
Balboa lands with a short shot to the head.
Head unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Balboa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Head.
Head lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa can't find room to land a body shot as Head controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Head.
Head is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rocky Balboa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Head.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Balboa scores with a shot to the side of Head's head.
Head wants to stall.
Balboa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Balboa - that landed with a thud.
Head throws an elbow but it misses.
A body shot lands from Balboa.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Head.
Still in the clinch, Head scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Head tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balboa avoids it.
Balboa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Head just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balboa's brow.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Head uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Head uses good head movement to avoid it.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Head pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Head lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Head pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Head is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Balboa is defending well for now.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Head.
Balboa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Head backwards.
Head is trying to break the clinch but Balboa has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa lands a hook that snaps the head of Head backwards.
Richard Head is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Head tries for a takedown but Balboa manages to get underhooks.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Balboa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Head's elbow.
Head leaning his opponent against the cage.
Balboa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Head's elbow.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Head misses with a knee strike.
Balboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Head drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balboa pulls his leg out and moves away.
Balboa doesn't manage to clinch there - Head circles away.
Head avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left and a right from Balboa both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa swinging wildly here.
Balboa misses with a straight right.
Balboa just misses with a punch to the body.
Head moves into range and connects with a jab.
Balboa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Balboa tries to clinch but Head is having none of it.
Head feints and then cracks Balboa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Balboa down.
Head fails in his attempt to clinch.
Head closes the distance and clinches.
Head blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa can't find room to land a body shot as Head controls the action.
Rocky Balboa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Head pushes off an throws an elbow but Balboa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Balboa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Head blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rocky Balboa.
Well Head has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Head!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Shepherd!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shepherd doesn't seem bothered though.
Diggler shoots in but Shepherd avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shepherd defending well as Diggler loads up on a big left hand.
Shepherd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diggler uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shepherd has time to react.
Shepherd with a poor takedown
and Diggler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Diggler.
Diggler drops back looking for a leg! Shepherd is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shepherd manages to kick Diggler off! Diggler jumps back into Shepherd's guard.
Diggler preventing the sweep.
Diggler drops back looking for a leg! Shepherd is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shepherd manages to kick Diggler off! Diggler jumps back into Shepherd's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler tries to free his leg and advance position but Shepherd is retaining full guard.
Shepherd escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diggler gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Diggler passes Shepherd's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Shepherd is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diggler's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diggler's back!
Diggler tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Diggler manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Shepherd is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shepherd is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Diggler sees it coming and defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd seems to be looking for submissions.
Shepherd trying to mount his opponent but Diggler defends it.
Shepherd wants to work for an arm triangle but Diggler is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Shepherd looks gassed!
Diggler works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shepherd drops back, looking for a kneebar! Diggler looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Diggler looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Diggler!
Shepherd is trying to improve his position.
Diggler landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Shepherd knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Diggler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diggler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shepherd is trying to control Diggler's posture but Diggler avoids it.
Diggler wants to control but Shepherd is keeping him busy.
Shepherd is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diggler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diggler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Shepherd sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Shepherd misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shepherd tries to get to full guard but Diggler has control of the leg.
Shepherd moves into full guard.
Diggler tries to free his leg and advance position but Shepherd is retaining full guard.
Shepherd has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Diggler can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Shepherd looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Diggler shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Shepherd's guard.
Shepherd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Diggler doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Diggler manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Diggler slips nicely into half guard.
Shepherd looking for submissions off his back.
Diggler is trying to control. Shepherd wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Diggler looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Diggler seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepherd makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shepherd.
Diggler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Shepherd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shepherd had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Diggler defends it easily.
Shepherd is breathing heavily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Shepherd is on top in guard.
Diggler has his foot on Shepherd's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shepherd works his way back into a safe position though.
Diggler looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shepherd is one step ahead there.
Shepherd drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Diggler manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Shepherd has Diggler in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler drops back looking for a leg! Shepherd is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shepherd manages to kick Diggler off! Diggler jumps back into Shepherd's guard.
Diggler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shepherd is keeping the position for now.
Diggler is pushing down on Shepherd's leg trying to pass to half guard. Shepherd is fighting to maintain full guard but Diggler has managed to sneak the leg through.
Shepherd wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diggler trying to mount his opponent but Shepherd defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler seems to be working for a kimura but Shepherd defends the submission attempt.
Shepherd flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Diggler is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Shepherd doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Diggler.
Shepherd looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shepherd looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shepherd has one foot on Diggler's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
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.
Diggler throws a sloppy head kick and Shepherd moves out of range easily.
Shepherd moves out of range as Diggler strikes.
Diggler looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diggler gets a takedown into half guard.
Diggler trying to mount his opponent but Shepherd defends it.
Shepherd looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Shepherd slips a jab and a cross from Diggler.
Diggler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shepherd throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Diggler was covering up waiting for the punch and Shepherd finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepherd postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Diggler is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Shepherd, into his guard.
Shepherd looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shepherd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler drops back looking for a leg! Shepherd is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Shepherd manages to kick Diggler off! Diggler jumps back into Shepherd's guard.
Shepherd working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Diggler has passed into half guard!
Shepherd is looking to improve his position.
Shepherd wants to sweep but Diggler has passed to side control!
Diggler working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dirk Diggler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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.
Diggler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diggler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shepherd is looking to regain half guard here but Diggler keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Shepherd's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diggler wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diggler is trying to get an arm triangle but Shepherd is defending well.
Diggler is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Shepherd knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Shepherd is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diggler prevents Shepherd from improving his position.
Diggler throwing shots but Shepherd is blocking nicely.
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.
Shepherd gets back to full guard.
Diggler passes Shepherd's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Shepherd actively working from the bottom here.
Diggler slips a nice elbow through Shepherd's hands, connecting with Shepherd's forehead.
Shepherd is pressing down on Diggler's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Shepherd is looking for a triangle but Diggler pushes his legs off easily.
Diggler tries to free his leg and advance position but Shepherd is retaining full guard.
Shepherd looking for subs off his back but Diggler has passed one foot through into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shepherd misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dirk Diggler.
Well Diggler has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Diggler!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vampiro Vampire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Nieminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nieminen's choice of entrance music: Raised Fist - Wounds. Vampiro Vampire has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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181 lbs
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vampiro Vampire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jari Nieminen!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vampire looks to throw the jab but Nieminen is out of range.
Vampire tests Nieminen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vampire lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nieminen is rocked!
Vampire connects with a single shot there.
Nieminen is still on wobbly legs! Can Vampire finish him?
Some wild striking there from Vampire.
Vampire throws an uppercut from hell that sends Nieminen clean off his feet! He's out cold! Vampire stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vampiro Vampire!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fumando Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen "Shake Da Spot" King T as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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201 lbs
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201 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrei East!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fumando Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
East jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
East stuffs the takedown.
East throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
East comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
East throws the left hand but Sanchez avoids the punch easily.
East changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sanchez trying to control the action but East is working from the bottom.
Sanchez is stalling here. East is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sanchez seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and East has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
East is working Sanchez over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.
East is putting a hurting on Sanchez here, landing some big shots from side control.
East lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
East landing strikes.
East working the ground and pound but Sanchez is defending the strikes.
Sanchez tries to improve position but can't.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. East is working away from the top position though.
East looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but East has control of the leg.
East lands with a punch from half guard.
Sanchez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but East pulls his head out easily.
Sanchez looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to hold on to East's head to control him but East postures up.
Ground and pound from East.
Sanchez is staying active underneath East, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
East lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
East takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
East is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
East decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
East scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
East slips under a jab.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from East.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots for a takedown but East saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sanchez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. East sprawls well initially but Sanchez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
East trying to control from the bottom.
East avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
East makes his way to full guard. A much better position for East.
East is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
East keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
East has his hands on Sanchez's head, controlling the position.
East tries to land a sweep but no joy.
East wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
East is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
East looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but East is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei East dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
A jab from East does it's job there.
East shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than East was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sanchez wants to control but East is having none of it.
East looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
East putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sanchez is trying is best to control the position here.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Sanchez tries to roll over but East keeps him under control.
East 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.
Sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as East sits in half guard.
Sanchez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but East scores with a couple of nice shots.
East is pressing down on Sanchez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sanchez is holding on for now.
East scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sanchez wants to control but East is keeping busy and won't allow it.
East slips a nice elbow through Sanchez's hands, connecting with Sanchez's forehead.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
East sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
Sanchez wants to control but East is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Andrei East overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
East scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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.
East scores with a nice right hand.
East looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
East won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
East keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanchez has momentary wrist control but East slips an elbow through the middle.
East postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
East keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
East throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
East trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst East is controlling him.
East trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Sanchez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but East has passed into side control.
East scores with punches from side control.
East lands a nice forearm strike.
East scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
East scoring with punches and elbows.
East grinds an elbow into Sanchez's temple.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanchez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
East cracks Sanchez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
East cracks Sanchez with a big right hand but Sanchez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
East connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sanchez some visible discomfort.
East wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.
East working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei East dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A big right from East misses.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt
and East counters with a left to the body.
East shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sanchez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
East tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
East really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez punching from mount but East doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sanchez tries to control but East wriggling away.
East is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
East regains half guard.
East is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sanchez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sanchez's back!
Sanchez is really stuck here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanchez turns into East and is now in his guard.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but East is retaining full guard.
East might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
East wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sanchez trying to control but East is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
East has his hands on Sanchez's head, controlling the position.
Andrei East is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
East pulls Sanchez in close to his closed guard and prevents Sanchez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sanchez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanchez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four 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.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but East is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
East connects with a body shot.
A lazy left from East finds it's target.
Fumando Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from East.
East closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. East is working away from the top position though.
East stops Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
East content to control rather than advance.
Fumando Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei East showed his dominance in that final round.
Well East has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei East!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kukuev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Nikolai Kukuev has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nikolai Kukuev seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Kukuev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago shoots in looking for a takedown. Kukuev tries to sprawl out of it but Drago keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kukuev manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kukuev doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Drago counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kukuev's guard now.
Kukuev working for a triangle but Drago defends it easily.
Kukuev has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Drago should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Kukuev has tightened it up now! Drago should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nikolai Kukuev!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Moai Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moai Burns has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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185 lbs
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Moai Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emil Costas!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Costas swings for the body but Burns moves out of range.
Costas misses with a low kick.
Costas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Costas throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Burns throws a leg kick but Costas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Costas looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Costas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Burns avoids the head kick by Costas.
Costas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Burns scores with a leg kick.
Costas looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.
Burns clinches up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burns.
Burns lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Costas or not.
Burns keeps control of Costas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costas wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but Costas avoids the damage to the body.
Costas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Costas throws a series of punches but Burns moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Burns.
Costas looks gassed!
Burns throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Costas throws a sloppy head kick
and Burns moves into the clinch.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Costas.
Costas manages to break the clinch.
Costas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Burns scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Burns closes the distance and pushes Costas back into the cage.
Burns lands a nice knee to the body.
Costas avoids a wild elbow strike from Burns.
Costas can't find room to land a body shot as Burns controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burns obliges.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burns.
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burns looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Costas's face.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Costas.
Burns lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Costas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Costas can't break the clinch.
Costas with a knee to the head.
Burns missing with knees to the body.
Costas throws a head punch that misses.
Costas has a couple of punches blocked by Burns.
Costas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Costas can't break the clinch.
Costas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costas misses with a knee to the head.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Costas.
Burns lands an elbow just above Costas 's eye.
A knee to the head by Burns.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costass head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burns.
Costas avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Burns is stalling here.
Burns working Costas over with knees to the body.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
Costas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns working aggressively here.
Costas tries to break free but Burns pushes him back against the cage.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Costas blocks it.
Costas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
Costas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Costas blocking some punches.
Burns blocks a body shot from Costas.
Burns working Costas over with knees to the body.
Burns working Costas over with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Burns.
Burns with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burns lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Burns.
A shot in the inside from Burns.
Nice elbow from Costas.
Costas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Burns.
Burns with a knee to the head.
Costas is rocked!
Costas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Costas wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Costas tries to land knees in the clinch but Burns avoids the damage to the body.
Burns landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burns lands an elbow inside.
Costas wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns lands a shot to the body.
Burns with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
Costas misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moai Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Burns blocks a jab.
Costas is looking to slow Burns down with leg kicks.
Costas throws out a loose jab but Burns uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costas throws a head kick that misses.
Burns uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Costas.
Burns thows a body kick. Costas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Burns pushes Costas up against the cage in a clinch.
Costas is looking to break free of the clinch but Burns has double underhooks.
Costas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Costas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Costas is trying to break the clinch but Burns is controlling him.
Costas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Burns.
Costas is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burns.
Nice elbow from Burns.
Costas missing with knees to the body.
Costas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
Costas looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burns throws an elbow but it misses.
Burns utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burns lands an elbow inside.
Burns lands a body shot in the clinch.
Costas takes an elbow to the temple.
Costas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A knee to the head by Burns.
Costas looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
Costas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costas is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?
Burns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costas seems to have recovered his senses.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Burns works on Costas's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
Costas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costas's defenses.
Burns pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Costas landing knees to the head.
Costas breaks from the clinch.
Burns connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burns swings for the body but Costas moves out of range.
Costas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Costas blocks a head kick by Burns.
Burns wants to clinch up but Costas keeps it at a distance.
Costas misses with a combination
and Burns counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Burns throws a combination. Costas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Burns avoids the body shot from Costas.
A punch combination from Burns misses.
Costas throws a front kick aimed at Burns's knee but Burns avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Burns closes the distance and clinches.
Costas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burns lands an elbow inside that Costas shrugs off.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Costas.
Burns lands an elbow inside that Costas shrugs off.
Burns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burns lands a nice shot to the body.
Costas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burns or not.
Burns lands with a light punch inside.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costas's defenses.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Burns.
A left hand lands to the body for Burns.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns lands a right hand.
Costas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costas takes an elbow to the temple.
Burns lands an elbow inside.
Costas tries to land a knee to the head but Burns blocks with his arms.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns lands an elbow just above Costas 's eye.
Burns gets through Costas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burns.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Costas.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Costas! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Burns is unloading with more strikes now! Costas drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moai Burns!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Kopacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris has chosen The Clash - Rock the Casbah as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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184 lbs
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182 lbs
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Piotr Kopacz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jerome Harris!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kopacz misses with a looping left.
Harris tries to clinch up but Kopacz circles away and keeps his distance.
Kopacz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris tries to clinch there but Kopacz circles away.
Kopacz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kopacz.
Harris avoids the head kick by Kopacz.
Harris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kopacz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kopacz slips a straight right by Harris.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kopacz.
Kopacz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Harris jabs Kopacz right on the nose. Kopacz blinks but takes it well.
Kopacz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kopacz throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris avoids the head kick by Kopacz.
Harris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Piotr Kopacz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Kopacz stuffs the takedown.
A jab from Kopacz does it's job there.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Kopacz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A combination from Kopacz does no damage.
Kopacz moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Kopacz as Harris shoots in.
Piotr Kopacz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Harris throws a combination that misses
and Kopacz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Harris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Kopacz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harris shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Kopacz avoids the body shot from Harris.
Kopacz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Harris is trying to move to mount but Kopacz reverses beautifully and ends up in Harris's guard.
Harris trying to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kopacz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Harris managing to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Harris throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Harris looking for a sweep. Not yet Harris, not yet.
Harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Kopacz 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.
Kopacz misses with a head kick.
Kopacz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kopacz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Kopacz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kopacz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harris staying out of range there.
Harris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kopacz avoids it really well and circles away.
Kopacz misses the shot to the body.
Kopacz avoids the body shot from Harris.
Harris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Kopacz misses with a wild body shot.
Harris tries to clinch up but Kopacz circles away and keeps his distance.
Kopacz slaps away a takedown attempt from Harris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kopacz looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris tries to clinch but Kopacz is having none of it.
Nice uppercut there from Kopacz.
Harris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris misses with a double jab
letting Kopacz counter with a right hand.
Kopacz moves out of range as Harris strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kopacz circles away.
Piotr Kopacz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Kopacz darts in and clinches Harris up against the cage.
Kopacz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris has Kopacz pressed against the cage, preventing Kopacz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Kopacz.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
The referee calls for Harris to work.
Harris misses with some punches.
Kopacz tries to stall but Harris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kopacz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
It looks like Jerome Harris has been cut.
Harris is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kopacz trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Kopacz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kopacz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kopacz scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Kopacz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kopacz.
Kopacz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kopacz throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kopacz backwards.
Kopacz lands a nice elbow.
Kopacz looking to slow down the pace here.
Kopacz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kopacz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris shoots and misses
and Kopacz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kopacz moves away.
Kopacz throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Harris avoids the head kick by Kopacz.
Kopacz is looking to clinch.
Kopacz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kopacz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
Kopacz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Kopacz.
Kopacz slips under a jab from Harris.
Kopacz tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Piotr Kopacz is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Kopacz fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Kopacz misses
and Harris counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kopacz won't be happy with that.
Kopacz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Harris off and has taken his back!
Harris trying to control the position but Kopacz manages to sink in the hooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Piotr Kopacz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jerome Harris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kopacz misses with a wild body shot.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Harris shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Harris was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A nice elbow there by Harris.
Harris wants to control the pace but Kopacz is squirming around nicely.
Harris lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harris sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Harris thowing shots but they're missing.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Kopacz is squirming around, avoiding Harris's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harris unloads with some shots from mount but Kopacz bucks and avoids them well.
Harris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kopacz is looking to escape.
Harris controlling from mount.
Harris looking to control but Kopacz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jerome Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Piotr Kopacz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kopacz because Harris loaded up on that one.
Kopacz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kopacz tries to hold on but Harris pushes him away.
Harris throws some wild stikes that Kopacz manages to avoid easily.
Kopacz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kopacz is squirming around, avoiding Harris's attempts to control the action.
Harris throwing strikes here but Kopacz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's four 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.
Kopacz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Harris.
Kopacz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Harris.
Harris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kopacz is looking to escape.
Harris moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Kopacz has worked his arm free - good work by Kopacz!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kopacz 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piotr Kopacz!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saager Dhaliwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dhaliwal comes into the arena with Swagga Like Us blaring out of the sound system. Reyes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crank Dat. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saager Dhaliwal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armando Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhaliwal slips a jab and a cross from Reyes.
A punch lands to the side of Reyes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dhaliwal fails with a takedown attempt.
Reyes misses with a double jab.
Reyes lands with an uppercut that bounces Dhaliwal off the cage and back into rage.
It looks like Saager Dhaliwal has been cut.
Dhaliwal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reyes on the side of the head.
Reyes moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes thuds his right hand into Dhaliwal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reyes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reyes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dhaliwal.
Reyes throws a head kick that misses.
Reyes throws a right hand that Dhaliwal ducks under and follows up with a left that Dhaliwal also avoids with ease.
Dhaliwal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reyes thows a body kick. Dhaliwal tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dhaliwal shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reyes pinned against the cage. Reyes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reyes with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhaliwal throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reyes counters with a left and a right that stings Dhaliwal.
Reyes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dhaliwal.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saager Dhaliwal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reyes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dhaliwal throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Reyes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reyes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dhaliwal.
A nice combination there by Dhaliwal.
It looks like Armando Reyes has been cut.
Dhaliwal misses with a double jab
and Reyes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dhaliwal throws a combination that misses
and Reyes counters with a good, hard body kick but Dhaliwal shrugs it off.
Dhaliwal is breathing heavily.
Reyes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dhaliwal looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Reyes!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reyes tries to hold on but Dhaliwal postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhaliwal thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Reyes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dhaliwal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Reyes's face.
Dhaliwal sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dhaliwal throwing strikes here but Reyes is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Reyes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dhaliwal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dhaliwal thowing shots but they're missing.
Dhaliwal sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dhaliwal.
The referee warns Reyes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dhaliwal sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dhaliwal landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dhaliwal 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.
Dhaliwal working the ground and pound effectively.
Dhaliwal thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Reyes wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dhaliwal.
Reyes can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dhaliwal avoids the attempt from Reyes to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dhaliwal throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Reyes because Dhaliwal loaded up on that one.
Reyes tries to lock up and control but Dhaliwal gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dhaliwal looking to ground and pound but Reyes is blocking nicely.
Dhaliwal is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Reyes to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Reyes shrugs it off.
Dhaliwal misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dhaliwal unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Saager Dhaliwal will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reyes slips a straight right by Dhaliwal.
Dhaliwal scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Saager Dhaliwal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dhaliwal misses with a few strikes there.
Dhaliwal misses with an uppercut. Reyes saw that one coming.
Reyes swinging wildly here.
Reyes dodges the punch combination from Dhaliwal.
Reyes punishes Dhaliwal's body with a nice straight punch.
Dhaliwal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reyes.
Reyes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dhaliwal on the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Dhaliwal misses
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Reyes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reyes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reyes looks to land a combination. Dhaliwal sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dhaliwal misses the body punch
and Reyes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dhaliwal throws a looping overhand right but Reyes ducks down to avoid it.
Dhaliwal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reyes was well out of range. Poor timing from Dhaliwal.
A punch lands to the side of Dhaliwal 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dhaliwal misses with a looping left.
Nice straight punches there by Dhaliwal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dhaliwal.
Dhaliwal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reyes.
Reyes drops his hands momentarily and Dhaliwal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reyes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dhaliwal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Armando Reyes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reyes slips a straight right by Dhaliwal.
Reyes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dhaliwal's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dhaliwal to score with a decent uppercut.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reyes looks to land a body kick but Dhaliwal moved away.
Dhaliwal misses with a takedown attempt - Reyes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reyes!
A jab from Dhaliwal misses.
Dhaliwal closes the distance and clinches up with Reyes, looking for a takedown. Dhaliwal pushes Reyes against the cage but Reyes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Saager Dhaliwal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A lazy left from Reyes finds it's target.
Reyes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dhaliwal blocks a head kick by Reyes.
Dhaliwal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reyes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dhaliwal dodges the punch combination from Reyes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes connects with a looping right hand.
Reyes lands a two punch combo.
A big left from Dhaliwal misses.
Dhaliwal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Reyes scores with a jab. Dhaliwal acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Reyes thuds a left hand into Dhaliwal's body.
Reyes lands with a nice combination. Dhaliwal backs away looking to recover.
Nice straight punches there by Reyes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reyes.
Dhaliwal blocks the body kick.
A left and a right from Dhaliwal both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Reyes as he connects with a hook.
Dhaliwal shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reyes counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saager Dhaliwal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes stuns Dhaliwal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dhaliwal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Armando Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick from Reyes.
Reyes works the jab nicely.
Reyes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reyes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dhaliwal takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reyes takes one to the side of the head.
Reyes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reyes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Saager Dhaliwal's cut is getting worse.
Reyes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dhaliwal counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dhaliwal is looking to work some ground and pound but Reyes has wrist control.
Reyes wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armando Reyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A lazy left from Reyes finds it's target.
Dhaliwal is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Reyes looks to land a right hand but Dhaliwal moved out of range.
Dhaliwal shoots in and drives through. Reyes sprawls well.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.
Dhaliwal misses with a hook to the body
and Reyes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reyes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reyes slips a jab from Dhaliwal.
Dhaliwal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dhaliwal misses with a hook.
Reyes throws a solid leg kick but Dhaliwal takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reyes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dhaliwal lands with a nice body punch.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.
Dhaliwal misses the body punch
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Reyes misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Dhaliwal misses
and Reyes counters with a nice uppercut.
Dhaliwal doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Reyes counters with a straight right hand.
Reyes lands a nice looking body shot.
Reyes misses with a series of wild punches.
Dhaliwal dives in and grabs Reyes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reyes pushes down on Dhaliwal's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saager Dhaliwal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dhaliwal looks to throw the jab but Reyes is out of range.
Dhaliwal looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reyes is fending him off so far but Dhaliwal persists. Nope, Reyes circles away and we're back to standing.
Reyes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reyes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dhaliwal backs up against the cage.
Reyes cracks Dhaliwal with an open hand slap.
Reyes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dhaliwal at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhaliwal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dhaliwal throws a lazy right hand but Reyes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reyes punishes Dhaliwal's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Reyes does it's job there.
Reyes misses with a wild combination.
Reyes swinging wildly here.
Dhaliwal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dhaliwal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dhaliwal has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Reyes throws and low kick but Dhaliwal moves out of range easily.
Dhaliwal avoids a kick to the body.
Reyes misses with a low kick.
Dhaliwal misses with a double jab
and Reyes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Reyes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Reyes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dhaliwal.
Dhaliwal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Reyes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dhaliwal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Reyes!
Dhaliwal misses with a combination
and Reyes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Reyes.
Dhaliwal takes one on the button.
Reyes jabs Dhaliwal right on the nose. Dhaliwal blinks but takes it well.
Reyes moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dhaliwal misses with a combination
and Reyes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dhaliwal throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Reyes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dhaliwal looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Reyes scores with a one two! Dhaliwal had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reyes.
Dhaliwal scores with a sloppy right hand. Reyes should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Reyes duly obliges.
Dhaliwal misses the body punch
and Reyes counters with a series of strikes. Dhaliwal will be more careful next time no doubt.
Reyes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Dhaliwal moves out of range as Reyes throws a body kick.
Dhaliwal takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dhaliwal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reyes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reyes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Armando Reyes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reyes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armando Reyes!
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