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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Murhaa (ranked 2778 p4p, 372 weight class) and Shawn Antoski (ranked 3236 p4p, 414 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Antoski!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antoski throws a shot to the body.
Murhaa tries to move into range but Antoski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Antoski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Antoski tenderised Murhaa's leg. Murhaa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Antoski with a nice cross.
Antoski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Antoski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Antoski loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Antoski can pounce on him.
Antoski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Antoski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murhaa's sensitive parts.
Antoski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Murhaa.
We've been hearing reports that Murhaa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Antoski, as that shot connected.
Shawn Antoski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antoski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murhaa checks a leg kick nicely.
Murhaa walks into a jab.
Antoski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Antoski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murhaa wants to clinch up but Antoski keeps it at a distance.
Antoski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murhaa momentarily.
Antoski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Murhaa has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Murhaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antoski misses with a head kick.
Murhaa takes one on the button.
Antoski misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antoski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A low kick from Antoski misses
and Murhaa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Antoski is defending against the submission attempts here by Murhaa.
Murhaa wants to take a breather but Antoski is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Antoski kicks Murhaa off and gets back to his feet.
Antoski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Murhaa is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Murhaa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Antoski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murhaa has a takedown stuffed.
Antoski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Shawn Antoski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A lazy body kick from Antoski
and Murhaa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Murhaa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murhaa stops Antoski from standing up.
Antoski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murhaa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Antoski is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Murhaa presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antoski.
Murhaa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Antoski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Antoski is predictable there
and Murhaa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Antoski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antoski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Murhaa goes for a takedown attempt but Antoski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Antoski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crunch! Antoski slams his shin into Murhaa's torso.
Murhaa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Antoski as he avoids it easily.
Antoski throws a push kick but Murhaa slaps the foot to one side.
Antoski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Antoski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Antoski thuds his right hand into Murhaa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Murhaa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Antoski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Murhaa shoots in but Antoski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antoski throws a head kick that Murhaa semi-blocks.
Murhaa fails with the takedown
and Antoski counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Murhaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa rushes Antoski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Antoski prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Antoski.
Antoski pushes Murhaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Antoski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Antoski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Murhaa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Antoski manages to break the clinch.
Antoski scores with a jab. Murhaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Antoski digs a good body shot into Murhaa's ribs.
Murhaa gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Antoski gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Antoski!
Our winner, Shawn Antoski, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Babyara (ranked 1959 p4p, 236 weight class) and Fanta Coco (ranked 2549 p4p, 283 weight class). Fanta Coco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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230 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Francisco Babyara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Babyara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Babyara throws a body shot but no joy.
Coco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Babyara in his tracks.
Babyara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Babyara misses with a body shot
and Coco counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Babyara is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Coco lands with a straight right. Babyara didn't see that one coming.
Babyara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Babyara throws a hook to the side of Coco's head but Coco sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coco looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Babyara was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Coco.
Coco scores with a shot to the body.
Babyara looks to land a left hand but Coco moved out of range nicely.
Babyara blocks a head kick by Coco.
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!
Babyara missing with a left hand there. Coco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco throws a poor cross that misses
letting Babyara counter with a right hand.
It looks like Fanta Coco has been cut.
Coco keeps Babyara at a distance using the push kick.
Babyara throws the left hand but Coco avoids the punch easily.
Babyara misses the jab.
Coco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babyara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Coco has closed the distance and engaged Babyara in a clinch.
Coco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Babyara's head coaches at London MMA Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Coco lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Babyara throws a looping overhand right but Coco ducks down to avoid it.
Babyara swings widly with a right hand
and Coco counters with a nice low kick that buckles Babyara's knee momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Babyara. Those never looked like landing.
Coco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Coco prevents Babyara from breaking the clinch.
Babyara has had enough of the clinch but Coco keeps him there for the moment.
Coco prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara misses with the head strike.
Coco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coco lands with a left to the head.
Babyara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Babyara tries to pull guard but Coco holds him up against the cage and eventually Babyara drops back down to his feet.
Coco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Babyara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Coco wants to clinch.
No joy there for Babyara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coco connects with a high kick.
Coco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Babyara lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco scores with a hook to the body. Babyara takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Babyara takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Coco jabs at Babyara's body.
Coco lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Coco scores with the left hand. Babyara knows he should have avoided that one.
Babyara throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Coco releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Coco tries to clinch but Babyara moves away
and Babyara counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Babyara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Babyara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Babyara throws a body punch but Coco moves out of range.
Coco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babyara.
Babyara misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Babyara. Coco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Babyara misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco tries to clinch but Babyara moves out of range.
Babyara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Coco.
Coco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Coco keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Coco moves to clinch but Babyara breaks away
and Babyara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Coco jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Coco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Babyara.
Coco misses with a body kick.
Coco avoids the body shot from Babyara.
Coco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fanta Coco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fanta Coco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Coco connects with a high kick.
Babyara wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Babyara scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Coco misses with the combination.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Coco. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Coco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Babyara swats away the attempt to clinch by Coco.
Coco darts in and clinches Babyara up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coco blocks an elbow strike.
Coco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Babyara blocking some punches.
Coco is trying to force a seperation but Babyara has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babyara tries for a takedown. No joy.
Babyara wants to stall.
Coco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Babyaras head.
Coco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Babyara's elbow.
Babyara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Babyara misses with a hook to the body
and Coco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Coco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Babyara at a distance.
Babyara misses with a wild combination.
Babyara misses with a two punch combination.
Coco tries to counter by closing the distance.
Coco throws a wild body kick that Babyara sees coming a mile off.
Babyara went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Coco tries to clinch up
and Babyara counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babyara rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Coco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Coco.
Francisco Babyara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Coco closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Coco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Babyara is looking to wear down Coco with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Babyara throws a hook to the side of Coco's head but Coco sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coco clinches with his opponent.
Babyara is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Babyara scores with a shoulder strike.
Babyara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babyara misses with a hook. Coco ducked under it nicely.
As Babyara backs off Coco throws a huge counter combo but Babyara manages to avoid it all.
Coco slips a jab from Babyara.
Coco appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Babyara has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Babyara there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara lands a nice hook to Coco's body. Coco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from Coco.
Coco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Coco. That's going to slow Babyara down.
Babyara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Coco misses with a hook. Babyara ducked under it nicely.
Babyara seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Coco throws a push kick but Babyara slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Babyara. Coco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coco closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Coco lands a nice uppercut.
Coco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Coco breaks the clinch.
Babyara tries to keep at a distance but Coco has taken the fight into the clinch.
Babyara works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Coco is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babyara misses with the head strike.
Babyara pulls guard.
Babyara is working an open guard so Coco takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Coco wants to clinch up but Babyara keeps it at a distance.
Coco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Babyara was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Coco.
Coco misses with a double jab.
It looked like Babyara was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Babyara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coco.
Babyara throws a shot to the body.
Babyara throws a poor cross that misses
and Coco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Babyara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Babyara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Coco counters with a good, hard body kick but Babyara shrugs it off.
Fanta Coco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babyara stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Coco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fanta Coco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fanta Coco's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Coco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fanta Coco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babyara on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Babyara blocks a head kick by Coco.
Coco lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Coco throws a left and a right that both miss
and Babyara counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Babyara tries to throw a body punch but Coco avoids it by throwing Babyara back against the cage.
Coco throws a punch but it's blocked by Babyara.
Babyara tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Babyara tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Coco just stands there and leans against the cage.
Coco misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Babyara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coco scores with a spinning back kick!
Coco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Babyara.
Babyara wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Coco connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babyara swings for the body but Coco moves out of range.
Babyara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coco.
Babyara changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Babyara on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Coco. Coco obviously looking to wear him down.
Babyara takes a swing at Coco's ribcage but misses.
Coco pushes Babyara up against the cage in a clinch.
Coco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babyara throws a right hand that misses
and Coco cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Coco throws a hook but Babyara blocks it.
Coco cracks Babyara with a good jab.
Coco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Babyara doesn't seem bothered though.
Coco tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babyara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Babyara finds it's way through Coco's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Coco moves in looking to clinch but Babyara pushes him off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coco throws a hook but Babyara avoids it easily.
Francisco Babyara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Coco scores with a jab to the body.
Babyara misses with a wild body shot.
Babyara scores with a nice head shot.
Coco tries to clinch but Babyara is having none of it.
Coco scoring well with a low kick there.
Babyara takes a swing at Coco's ribcage but misses.
Coco instigates a clinch.
Coco tries to throw a body punch but Babyara avoids it by throwing Coco back against the cage.
Babyara misses with a knee to the head.
Coco lands a hook that snaps the head of Babyara backwards.
Fanta Coco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babyara ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Babyara no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Coco gets to his feet - Babyara follows without any prompting.
Nice defenses there by Babyara.
Babyara on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Coco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Coco misses with a kick to the body.
Babyara drops his hands momentarily and Coco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Coco moves into the clinch.
Coco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Coco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Babyara backwards.
Babyara blocks an uppercut.
Coco tries to throw a body punch but Babyara avoids it by throwing Coco back against the cage.
Coco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Coco dodges the punch combination from Babyara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coco.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Babyara misses.
Coco thuds his shin into the meat of Babyara's side.
Coco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Babyara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babyara lands a right hook to the body.
Coco scores with a body shot.
Babyara goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fanta Coco is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Coco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babyara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Babyara blocks the body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fanta Coco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Coco 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fanta Coco!
Our winner, Fanta Coco, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawson (ranked 1660 p4p, 205 weight class) and Gilberto Chamba (ranked 2493 p4p, 281 weight class). Dawson comes to the cage accompanied by Titanic theme. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gilberto Chamba!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chamba misses with a low kick.
Dawson blocks a leg kick.
Chamba has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Chamba goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Chamba swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dawson.
Chamba throws a body punch but Dawson moves out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Dawson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Chamba misses with a kick to the body.
Dawson tries to counter by clinching up but Chamba breaks away and moves out of range.
Chamba throws a body punch but Dawson moves out of range.
Dawson shoots in for a takedown but Chamba shows good takedown defense.
Chamba misses with a body shot
letting Dawson counter with a right hand.
It looks like Gilberto Chamba has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dawson.
Jab, jab by Chamba - just one landing.
Dawson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dawson tries to clinch up but Chamba circles away and keeps his distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawson moves in looking to clinch but Chamba pushes him off.
Dawson gets a clinch.
Chamba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chamba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gilberto Chamba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Chamba catches Dawson right on the button with a cross.
Chamba avoids the body shot from Dawson.
Chamba thuds a left hand into Dawson's body.
Chamba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dawson.
Chamba throws a powerful right kick. Dawson tried to block low but the kick was high! Dawson was taken right off of his feet! Chamba jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gilberto Chamba!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maxxy Baby (ranked 1064 p4p, 113 weight class) and Cobweb Cooter (ranked 1570 p4p, 162 weight class). Cooter has chosen Porch Honky as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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32
153 lbs
25 - 10 - 1 |
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26
158 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Excellent MT
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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
25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxxy Baby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cobweb Cooter!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooter looks to land a left hand but Baby moved out of range nicely.
Baby takes one to the chin there.
A slow jab from Cooter misses its intended target.
Baby lands a body shot.
A punch combination from Baby misses.
Cooter has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Baby swings for the body but Cooter moves out of range.
Baby throws a shot from downtown. Cooter moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baby. Cooter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baby takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cooter throws a lazy right hand but Baby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No joy there for Baby, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cooter counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Baby.
It looked like Baby was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cooter.
Baby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooter moves away.
Baby takes a swing at Cooter's ribcage but misses.
Cooter throws a nice looking combination but Baby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baby.
A telegraphed right hand from Baby misses the target.
Baby misses with a looping left.
Cooter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Baby is trying to keep Cooter in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baby utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baby looking to control.
Baby managing to control the position.
Cooter missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baby will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Baby trying to keep a closed guard but Cooter is proving a slippery customer.
Cooter working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Baby has Cooter pulled in close to control his posture.
Cooter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cooter lands a nice forearm strike.
Cooter working the body and head with strikes.
Baby is looking to reverse the position.
An elbow from Cooter crashes against the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baby is looking to reverse the position.
Cooter is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Baby's shoulder. That is not cool.
Cooter landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cooter cracks Baby with a big elbow.
Cooter throws a strike aimed at the side of Baby's head but Baby avoids it well.
Cooter wants to control but Baby is keeping him busy.
Baby can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooter creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Baby is rocked!
Cooter is looking to take a break and control but Baby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cooter is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Baby can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baby avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cooter.
Baby tries to bench press Cooter off him but Cooter keeps the position.
Check out the look on Cooter's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Baby can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooter lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cooter scores with a couple of short elbows.
Oh Baby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baby is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Baby seems to have got his legs back now.
Cooter trying to control the position but Baby is working away.
Cooter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Baby down.
Baby wants to control but Cooter postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Baby keeps working.
Baby can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooter trying to control the position but Baby is working away.
Baby struggling a bit here.
Cooter wants to control but Baby is keeping him busy.
Cooter is chipping away with strikes.
Baby takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cooter misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Baby holds on to Cooter's head and controls the position momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cobweb Cooter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Baby throws a looping overhand right but Cooter ducks down to avoid it.
Cooter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Baby stuns Cooter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Baby misses with a hook
and Cooter counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheers as Cooter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baby doesn't seem phased though.
Baby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cooter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cobweb Cooter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooter tries to bum rush Baby with a series of wild strikes but Baby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baby misses with a body shot.
Baby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooter.
Baby misses the jab.
Baby thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cooter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baby swings for the body but Cooter moves out of range.
Cooter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cooter staying out of range there.
Cooter looks to throw the jab but Baby is out of range.
Maxxy Baby is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooter slips under a jab from Baby.
Cooter wants to counter with a clinch but Baby pushes him away.
Some wild striking there from Baby.
Maxxy Baby is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Baby.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Baby. Cooter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baby throws a series of punches but Cooter moves out of range.
Cooter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Baby swinging wildly here.
Cooter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maxxy Baby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Baby as he jumps to the side.
Cooter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baby's corner calls for a 1-2. Baby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cooter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Baby trying to control from the bottom.
Cooter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baby wants to control but Cooter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Baby is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cooter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Baby has his hands clasped together around Cooter's back. He's all about the action.
Cooter is looking to take a break and control but Baby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooter working the head and body with strikes.
Baby controlling the position well.
Cooter lands strikes from half guard.
Cooter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baby trying to hold on to Cooter's head to control him but Cooter postures up.
Baby controlling the position well.
Cooter is thwarting Baby's attempts to control the position.
Baby keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Baby is looking to control Cooter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Baby avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baby moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Baby seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Baby wants to sweep but no luck.
Cooter being controlled here momentarily.
Baby can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cooter controls the pace.
Baby working a defensive guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Cooter shoots for a double leg takedown but Baby sprawls well. He's pushed Cooter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Maxxy Baby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cobweb Cooter.
A jab from Baby misses.
Cooter throws a right and a left that Baby avoids nicely.
Baby bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baby takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baby leaves Cooter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Baby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooter.
Baby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cooter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baby.
Nice shot by Cooter.
Baby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooter.
Baby missing with a left hand there. Cooter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cooter wants to counter the offense by Baby and move into the clinch position.
Baby lands a head shot.
A big right from Cooter misses.
Baby steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baby stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cooter gets the takedown into side control.
Cobweb Cooter has got the better of the ground game so far.
You can see the frustration on Baby's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cooter throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
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 Maxxy Baby will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Cooter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baby.
Baby swings widly with a right hand
and Cooter counters with a left and a right that stings Baby.
Cooter looks to throw the jab but Baby is out of range.
Cooter avoids the body shot from Baby.
Baby misses with a series of wild punches.
Baby lands a jab-cross combination.
Cooter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Baby as he avoids it easily.
Cooter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baby knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cooter on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cooter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cooter lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Cooter.
Baby stops Cooter from passing to mount.
Baby can't do much from the bottom here.
Cooter trying to control the action but Baby is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooter working away.
Cooter looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Baby is avoiding damage well.
Baby is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cooter connects with a decent elbow.
Cooter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Baby dodges the ground and pound from Cooter.
Cooter scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Cooter's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Baby takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
You can see the frustration on Baby's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cooter lands a few punches from side control.
Cooter is looking to take a break and control but Baby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Baby's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooter scoring with punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Baby's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cooter is looking to take a break and control but Baby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baby struggling a bit here.
Baby tries to buck Cooter off but Cooter is having none of it.
Cooter tries to move into full mount but can't pass Baby's legs.
Baby takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Baby is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cooter scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooter trying to control the position but Baby is working away.
Cooter in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cooter is looking to take a break and control but Baby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baby is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Cooter is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Baby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cooter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Baby keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Baby tries to hold on but Cooter pushes him away.
Baby is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Baby tries to hold on but Cooter postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baby is working to get back to half guard.
Baby tries to lock up and control but Cooter gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cooter lands a nice shot to the head.
Baby tries to lock up and control but Cooter gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Baby takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cooter looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Baby covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cobweb Cooter!
Cobweb Cooter thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Tchusuk (ranked 1239 p4p, 159 weight class) and Naiki Nekele (ranked 1028 p4p, 141 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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24
265 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
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26
275 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Tchusuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Naiki Nekele!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tchusuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nekele lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tchusuk will feel that in the morning.
Tchusuk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nekele momentarily.
Tchusuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tchusuk throws a lazy uppercut
and Nekele counters with a stiff right hand.
Tchusuk works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tchusuk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nekele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nekele smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tchusuk takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
Tchusuk loads up on a big right hand but Nekele slips the punch.
Nekele swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tchusuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchusuk darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Naiki Nekele has been cut.
Tchusuk tries to close the distance and clinch but Nekele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nekele thinks about the counter body kick.
Nice defenses there by Nekele.
Tchusuk has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Tchusuk is looking to clinch but Nekele is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Tchusuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nekele looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tchusuk moves to clinch but Nekele breaks away
and Nekele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tchusuk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nekele has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tchusuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Tchusuk misses with an uppercut. Nekele saw that one coming.
Tchusuk fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nekele catches Tchusuk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tchusuk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nekele misses with a looping left.
Tchusuk walks into a jab.
No joy there for Tchusuk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tchusuk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nekele counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nekele slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tchusuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tchusuk is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tchusuk falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Nekele counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk misses with a right hand
and Nekele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tchusuk misses with a left hand
and Nekele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nekele throws a looping overhand right but Tchusuk ducks down to avoid it.
Nekele sizes up Tchusuk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
No joy there for Tchusuk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nekele scores with the left hand. Tchusuk knows he should have avoided that one.
Nekele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tchusuk misses with a left hand
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kenny Tchusuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tchusuk wants to clinch.
It seemed like Nekele was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk walks into a straight right hand from Nekele.
It looks like Kenny Tchusuk has been cut.
Tchusuk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tchusuk lands with a nice combination. Nekele backs away looking to recover.
Tchusuk misses with a hook. Nekele ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nekele! But no joy.
Nekele has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nekele's corner calls for a 1-2. Nekele obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tchusuk misses with an uppercut. Nekele saw that one coming.
Nekele is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nekele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tchusuk.
Nekele displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tchusuk throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naiki Nekele dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tchusuk misses with a right hand
and Nekele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tchusuk closes the distance but Nekele moves to the side
and Nekele counters with a body kick that stops Tchusuk in his tracks momentarily.
Nekele scores with a decent looking hook.
A swing and a miss from Tchusuk.
Nekele thinks about the counter body kick.
Tchusuk scores with a decent looking hook.
Nekele slips a jab from Tchusuk.
Nekele throws out a counter right but Tchusuk avoids it with no problem.
Nekele lunges at Tchusuk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tchusuk's hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nekele lands the left hand.
Tchusuk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tchusuk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nekele has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nekele thuds his right hand into Tchusuk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchusuk throws a sloppy body shot
and Nekele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tchusuk misses with a body shot
and Nekele counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tchusuk getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tchusuk throws a right hand that misses
and Nekele counters with a straight right hand.
Tchusuk misses with a double jab.
Tchusuk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tchusuk misses with a left hand
enabling Nekele to counter with a crisp jab.
Tchusuk throws a shot from downtown. Nekele moves away and avoids it.
Tchusuk doesn't manage to clinch there - Nekele circles away.
Tchusuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Nekele.
Nekele let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tchusuk tries to close the distance and clinch but Nekele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tchusuk throws out a loose jab but Nekele uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nekele! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nekele moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nekele slips under a jab from Tchusuk.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nekele! But no joy.
Tchusuk throws a hook but Nekele avoids it easily.
Nekele ducks under a wild hook from Tchusuk.
Nekele moves out of range of the strikes.
Nekele throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tchusuk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nekele tests Tchusuk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tchusuk tries to bum rush Nekele with a series of wild strikes but Nekele uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nekele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tchusuk.
Nekele staying out of range there.
Tchusuk lands the left hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Nekele finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tchusuk moves into the clinch.
Tchusuk misses with some punches.
Tchusuk misses with the head strike.
Nekele breaks from the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Nekele.
Tchusuk throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nekele to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk misses with a combination
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tchusuk misses with a hook.
Tchusuk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nekele slips a jab from Tchusuk.
Nekele slips a jab from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk darts in trying to clinch
and Nekele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nekele throws a push kick but Tchusuk slaps the foot to one side.
Tchusuk tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Nekele on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naiki Nekele 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. And we move into the final round!
Tchusuk throws a sloppy body shot
and Nekele counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Tchusuk misses.
Tchusuk lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nekele works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tchusuk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nekele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tchusuk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Naiki Nekele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tchusuk rushes Nekele and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nekele has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tchusuk tries to work over Nekele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nekele breaks the clinch.
Tchusuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nekele.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nekele! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nekele avoids the head kick by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk misses the jab.
Tchusuk is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nekele's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nekele throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nekele uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tchusuk has time to react.
Tchusuk wants to clinch up but Nekele keeps it at a distance.
A little jabbing left from Nekele on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nekele throws out a powerful jab.
Tchusuk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nekele swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nekele swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nekele moves out of range of the strikes.
Nekele looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tchusuk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tchusuk is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tchusuk tries to clinch but Nekele moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Nekele misses.
Tchusuk misses with a double jab
and Nekele counters with a good, hard body kick but Tchusuk shrugs it off.
Nekele lands with a right hand.
Tchusuk will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nekele lands with a cross.
Kenny Tchusuk's cut is getting worse.
Tchusuk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tchusuk stalks Nekele and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nekele's face. Nekele staggers backwards, shaken.
Nekele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nekele lands a jab to the nose.
Nekele scores with a jab.
Kenny Tchusuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nekele lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tchusuk is rocked!
Tchusuk tries to clinch up but Nekele circles away and keeps his distance.
Nekele swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tchusuk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tchusuk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nekele keeps Tchusuk at a distance using the push kick.
Nekele lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nekele lands a big right hand that sends Tchusuk crashing to the mat! Nekele stays standing though and waves Tchusuk back to his feet!
Oh Tchusuk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nekele lands an uppercut, right on the button! Tchusuk tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Naiki Nekele!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Naiki Nekele waved his t-shirt featuring HELLBENT's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Pearson (ranked 589 p4p, 90 weight class) and Wild Turkey (ranked 1206 p4p, 153 weight class). Wild Turkey will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wild Turkey !
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkey misses with a series of wild punches.
Pearson misses with a wild body shot.
Pearson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turkey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pearson checks a low kick from Turkey .
Turkey 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pearson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turkey scrambles back to his feet.
Pearson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pearson cracks Turkey with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Turkey looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Pearson finish him?
It looks like Wild Turkey has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turkey manages to avoid it.
Turkey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pearson loads up on a big right hand but Turkey slips the punch.
Turkey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pearson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pearson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turkey tries a head kick but it misses.
Turkey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pearson moves out of range of the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pearson checks a leg kick.
Turkey fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkey throws a poor cross that misses
and Pearson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Turkey ! Pearson lets Turkey back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Turkey is rocked!
Turkey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pearson circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Turkey to the canvas! Turkey doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Pearson keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Pearson!
A very excited looking James Pearson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Jericho (ranked 646 p4p, 89 weight class) and Crusadius Infidellus (ranked 741 p4p, 103 weight class). Jericho comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin'. Infidellus has chosen The last stand: Sabaton as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Crusadius Infidellus!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Infidellus walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Crusadius Infidellus has been cut.
Jericho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Infidellus.
Jericho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Infidellus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jericho with a body shot.
Jericho slips a straight right by Infidellus.
Infidellus looks to score with a jab to the body but Jericho is just out of range.
Jericho connects with the punch.
Infidellus works Jericho's body with a nice hook.
Jericho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Infidellus in his tracks.
Infidellus is rocked!
Infidellus throws a body punch but Jericho moves out of range.
Jericho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jericho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Infidellus misses with a straight left.
It looked like Jericho wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jericho has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jericho there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Jackson Jericho has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jericho scores with a shot to the body.
Jericho misses with a lunging right hand
and Jericho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jericho doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Infidellus misses the shot to the body.
Jericho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Infidellus was well out of range. Poor timing from Jericho.
A countering left hand to the body from Infidellus misses.
Jericho takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Infidellus lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho misses with a head kick.
Jericho takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jericho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Infidellus misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Jericho was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Infidellus.
Infidellus connects with a body shot that sends Jericho's belly button to the back.
Jericho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Infidellus.
Infidellus misses with a wild body shot.
Jericho takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jericho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Infidellus.
Infidellus keeps the fight on the outside.
Jericho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Infidellus.
Jericho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Infidellus.
Jericho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jericho ducks under a wild hook from Infidellus.
Infidellus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Infidellus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jericho misses with an uppercut
and Jericho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Infidellus scores with a body shot.
Infidellus scores with a nice head shot.
Jericho ducks under a wild hook from Infidellus.
Infidellus connects with a body shot that sends Jericho's belly button to the back.
Jericho throws a body shot but no joy.
Jericho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Infidellus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Infidellus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jericho has closed the distance and engaged Infidellus in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jericho.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Infidellus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Infidellus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jericho trying to land knees to the body.
Jericho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Infidellus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Infidellus lands a right hand.
Infidellus misses with the head strike.
Infidellus breaks the clinch.
Infidellus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jericho has time to react.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jericho.
Jericho misses with a looping left.
Infidellus digs a good body shot into Jericho's ribs.
Infidellus avoids the head kick by Jericho.
Jericho swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Infidellus lands a lovely overhand right.
We've been informed that Infidellus has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Jericho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Infidellus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jericho misses with a looping left.
Jericho misses with the combination.
Jericho misses with an uppercut. Infidellus saw that one coming.
Infidellus missing with a left hand there. Jericho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Infidellus finds it's way through Jericho's defenses.
Jericho throws a leg kick which misses Infidellus's front leg but catches the back leg as Infidellus tries to avoid it.
Infidellus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Infidellus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Infidellus walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Infidellus misses the shot to the body.
Infidellus throws a body punch but Jericho moves out of range.
Jericho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Infidellus's sensitive parts.
Infidellus keeps the fight on the outside.
Infidellus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jericho staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jericho. Infidellus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Infidellus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jericho with a body shot.
Jericho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Infidellus lands a right hook to the body.
Jericho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jericho misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jericho darts in trying to clinch
and Infidellus counters with a straight right hand.
Jericho fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Infidellus checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crusadius Infidellus dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Jericho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Infidellus throws a shot to the body.
Infidellus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oooooh!!! Infidellus has knocked Jericho down with a huge combo! Infidellus steps away and waves a wobbly Jericho back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Jericho is rocked!
Infidellus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jericho rather than just go for the knockout.
Infidellus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oh Jericho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jericho misses the jab.
Jericho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Jericho checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jericho seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch but Infidellus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jericho lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Infidellus. That snapped Jericho's head back.
Jericho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jericho looks to score with a jab to the body but Infidellus is just out of range.
Infidellus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jericho.
Jericho seems to have got his legs back now.
Jericho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Infidellus misses with a body shot.
Infidellus throws the left hand but Jericho avoids the punch easily.
Jericho walks into a stiff left hand from Infidellus.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jericho. Infidellus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Infidellus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crusadius Infidellus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Infidellus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jericho scores with a spinning back kick!
Infidellus misses with a double jab
and Jericho counters with a right hand to the body.
Infidellus looks to score with a jab to the body but Jericho is just out of range.
Jericho throws a head kick that misses.
Jericho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Infidellus.
Jericho wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jericho wants to clinch.
Infidellus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Infidellus scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Infidellus's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jericho under the eye.
Infidellus lands an overhand right.
Jericho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Infidellus throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Infidellus takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jericho avoids the body shot from Infidellus.
Jericho throws a big counter combination but Infidellus scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Good leg kick by Jericho there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Infidellus jabs Jericho right on the nose. Jericho blinks but takes it well.
Infidellus swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
Jericho avoids the body shot from Infidellus.
Jericho connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Jericho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Infidellus scores with a jab. Jericho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Infidellus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Infidellus looks to score with a jab to the body but Jericho is just out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jericho, right into the meat.
Infidellus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Infidellus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jericho.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Infidellus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jericho manages to avoid it.
Infidellus fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Infidellus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Infidellus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jericho will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Infidellus looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Infidellus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jericho.
Infidellus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Infidellus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jericho connects with an inside leg kick.
Jericho misses with a wild body shot.
Infidellus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Infidellus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jericho is looking to clinch.
Infidellus scores with a shot to the body.
Infidellus misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Infidellus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Infidellus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Infidellus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jericho slips under a jab from Infidellus.
Infidellus misses with a body shot.
Jericho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Jericho blocks the leg kick.
Jericho scores with a nice right hand.
Jericho scores with a leg kick.
Jericho throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jericho fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jericho takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Infidellus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Infidellus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jericho misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crusadius Infidellus 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!
Jericho misses with a left hand
and Infidellus counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Infidellus getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jericho throws a low kick but it's checked well by Infidellus.
Infidellus digs a good hook to Jericho's body.
Jericho stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Infidellus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Infidellus misses with a wild body shot.
Infidellus throws a looping overhand right but Jericho ducks down to avoid it.
Infidellus tests Jericho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Infidellus. Jericho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jericho jabs Infidellus right on the nose. Infidellus blinks but takes it well.
Jericho's corner calls for a 1-2. Jericho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Infidellus is still on wobbly legs! Can Jericho finish him?
Jericho steps in with a hook that catches Infidellus right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Jericho follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Infidellus looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Jericho!
Our winner, Jackson Jericho, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hole (ranked 566 p4p, 94 weight class) and Light Heavyweight (ranked 476 p4p, 78 weight class). Light Heavyweight has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Hole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Light Heavyweight!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hole scores with a leg kick.
Heavyweight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hole was well out of range. Poor timing from Heavyweight.
Hole definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Heavyweight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hole comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hole is looking to land body kicks.
Heavyweight scores with a jab to the body.
Hole swats away the attempt to clinch by Heavyweight.
Heavyweight scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Heavyweight jabs at Hole's body.
Hole wants to land a leg kick but Heavyweight is out of range.
Hole thuds a left hand into Heavyweight's body.
Heavyweight misses with a body shot.
Hole clobbers Heavyweight with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hole changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hole changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Heavyweight defending well as Hole loads up on a big left hand.
Hole connects with a crisp jab.
Heavyweight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hole finds it's way round the side to connect with Heavyweight's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Hole tenderised Heavyweight's leg. Heavyweight is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heavyweight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hole lands a nice shot that snaps Heavyweight's head back.
Hole is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Heavyweight pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hole back to the cage. Heavyweight follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hole takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Heavyweight is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hole rather than just go for the knockout.
Heavyweight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Heavyweight is looking to clinch.
Hole scores with a nice right hand.
Hole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hole paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Heavyweight keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hole connects with an inside leg kick.
Heavyweight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heavyweight closes the distance and pushes Hole back into the cage.
Hole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Heavyweight controls his hands.
Heavyweight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heavyweight.
Hole is leaning against Heavyweight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hole is working Heavyweight over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole can't find room to land a body shot as Heavyweight controls the action.
Hole blocks an uppercut.
Heavyweight takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Hole.
Heavyweight struggles to land a body shot inside as Hole controls his hands.
Heavyweight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heavyweight tries to throw a body punch but Hole avoids it by throwing Heavyweight back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hole.
Heavyweight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heavyweight misses with a body punch.
Hole lands a nice uppercut.
Hole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heavyweight can't find room to land a body shot as Hole controls the action.
Heavyweight working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heavyweight can't find room to land a body shot as Hole controls the action.
Heavyweight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heavyweight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heavyweight tries a body shot but Hole blocks it.
A hook to the body from Heavyweight.
Heavyweight tries to work over Hole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heavyweight has a couple of punches blocked by Hole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Hole.
Heavyweight looks winded!
Hole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hole.
Hole digs a right hand into Heavyweight's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heavyweight's gas tank.
Hole softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hole lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heavyweight's elbow.
Heavyweight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hole.
Heavyweight has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hole seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Heavyweight can turn it around.
Hole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hole works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hole is leaning against Heavyweight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Hole on the inside.
Hole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hole blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hole tries to work over Heavyweight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heavyweight tries to work over Hole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hole misses with a body punch.
Hole digs a right hand into Heavyweight's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heavyweight's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Hole as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Hole.
Hole scores with a hook to the body.
Hole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hole works on Heavyweight's body with a couple of short punches.
Hole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heavyweight's elbow.
Hole tries to throw a body punch but Heavyweight avoids it by throwing Hole back against the cage.
Hole lands an uppercut.
Hole misses with a punch to the body.
Heavyweight tries a body shot but Hole blocks it.
A body shot lands from Hole.
Hole tries a body shot but Heavyweight blocks it.
Heavyweight misses with some punches.
Hole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
Hole misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hole.
Hole scores with a shoulder strike.
Hole scores with a shot to the side of Heavyweight's head.
A short right from Hole on the inside.
Heavyweight throws a punch but it's blocked by Hole.
Heavyweight tries a body shot but Hole blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Hole dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hole bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Heavyweight's head.
Heavyweight just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heavyweight. Hole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hole scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hole lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Heavyweight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the body from Heavyweight misses
and Hole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heavyweight.
Heavyweight on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hole. Hole obviously looking to wear him down.
Hole scores with a nice strike.
Heavyweight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hole doesn't seem bothered though.
Heavyweight ducks under a wild hook from Hole.
Hole takes a swing at Heavyweight's ribcage but misses.
Hole throws a leg kick which misses Heavyweight's front leg but catches the back leg as Heavyweight tries to avoid it.
Hole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Hole there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hole moves away from the strike by Heavyweight.
Heavyweight on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Heavyweight moves in looking to clinch but Hole pushes him off.
Hole throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Heavyweight's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heavyweight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heavyweight throws a right hand that misses
and Hole counters with a nice body shot.
Heavyweight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hole missing with a left hand there. Heavyweight was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice straight punches there by Hole. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hole.
Heavyweight thows a left - swing and a miss!
Heavyweight fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hole, pushing him back against the cage.
Heavyweight's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harry Hole has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hole blocks a body shot from Heavyweight.
Heavyweight struggles to land a body shot inside as Hole controls his hands.
Heavyweight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hole digs a right hand into Heavyweight's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heavyweight's gas tank.
Heavyweight is breathing heavily.
Heavyweight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heavyweight can't find room to land a body shot as Hole controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Hole scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Hole.
Heavyweight tries to work over Hole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Heavyweight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heavyweight tries to work over Hole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hole works on Heavyweight's body with a couple of short punches.
Hole lands a nice uppercut.
Hole throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hole scores with a shot to the side of Heavyweight's head.
Hole cracks Heavyweight with a nice body shot.
Hole tries to work over Heavyweight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hole lands with a left to the head.
Hole tries to work over Heavyweight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hole lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hole.
Heavyweight makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heavyweight struggles to land a body shot inside as Hole controls his hands.
Heavyweight doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heavyweight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hole tries a body shot but Heavyweight blocks it.
Hole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
Hole blocking some punches.
Hole blocks a body shot from Heavyweight.
Still in the clinch, Hole scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Hole.
Nice body punch from Hole - that landed with a thud.
Hole pushes Heavyweight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hole scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Hole as the two fighters clinch.
Heavyweight is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hole lands a body shot.
Hole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hole lands a left hand.
Hole is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heavyweight can do to turn this around?
Hole lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hole gets through Heavyweight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Hole.
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Heavyweight controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heavyweight working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heavyweight.
Hole lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Heavyweight or not.
Hole works on Heavyweight's body with a couple of short punches.
Hole lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Heavyweight or not.
Hole lands a nice uppercut.
Hole throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Heavyweight controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Hole.
Hole lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Hole on the inside.
Heavyweight's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for Hole.
Hole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hole pushes Heavyweight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
Heavyweight is rocked!
Hole lands a body shot in the clinch.
Heavyweight is still on wobbly legs! Can Hole finish him?
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Heavyweight controls his hands.
Heavyweight seems to have recovered his senses.
A right hand to the body from Hole.
Hole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
Still in the clinch, Hole scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heavyweight's elbow.
Hole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hole works on Heavyweight's body with a couple of short punches.
Hole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heavyweight swings wildly with an uppercut but Hole uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Hole dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hole feints and then cracks Heavyweight's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heavyweight down.
Hole lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heavyweight looks to land a left hand but Hole moved out of range nicely.
Hole wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hole bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Heavyweight's head.
A big left from Hole misses.
Heavyweight on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hole. Hole obviously looking to wear him down.
Hole lands a nice leg kick that just misses Heavyweight's sensitive parts.
Nice body punch from Hole.
Hole lands with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Hole.
Hole lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hole throws a nice inside leg kick.
Heavyweight walks into a jab.
Heavyweight throws a hook but Hole avoids it easily.
Heavyweight stuns Hole with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harry Hole is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Hole.
Hole with a hook.
Hole swats away the attempt to clinch by Heavyweight.
Hole throws a head kick that half lands.
Heavyweight takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Heavyweight throws a series of punches but Hole moves out of range.
Heavyweight lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hole.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Heavyweight slips a straight right by Hole.
Heavyweight lands a slapping body shot.
Hole keeps Heavyweight at a distance using the push kick.
Heavyweight clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Hole.
Heavyweight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heavyweight blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Hole.
A short right from Hole.
Heavyweight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole lands with a light punch inside.
Hole misses with a body punch.
Hole working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hole.
Hole lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hole lands a body punch.
Hole cracks Heavyweight with a nice body shot.
Hole lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heavyweight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hole lands a hook that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
Hole presses Heavyweight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hole lands with a short shot to the head.
Heavyweight can't find room to land a body shot as Hole controls the action.
Hole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hole lands a nice shot to the body.
Heavyweight blocks a body shot from Hole.
Hole pushes Heavyweight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hole is leaning against Heavyweight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Hole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole is leaning against Heavyweight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hole lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Hole.
Hole pushes Heavyweight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hole lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
A right hand to the body from Hole.
Hole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hole.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hole.
Hole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hole lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hole lands a right hand.
Hole is leaning against Heavyweight and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hole misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Hole.
Hole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hole scores with a hook to the body.
Hole misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hole - that landed with a thud.
Hole pushes Heavyweight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hole.
Hole scores with a hook to the body.
Hole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heavyweight backwards.
Heavyweight blocks a body shot from Hole.
Hole scores with a hook to the body.
Hole tries to throw a body punch but Heavyweight avoids it by throwing Hole back against the cage.
Hole digs a right hand into Heavyweight's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Heavyweight's gas tank.
Hole scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hole lands a right hand.
Heavyweight takes a shot to the head.
Hole scores with a shot to the side of Heavyweight's head.
Hole pushes Heavyweight against the cage. Hole is working some dirty boxing. Hole pushes off with a quick right hook! Heavyweight goes down! Heavyweight tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hole moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Hole!
Harry Hole tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Graves (ranked 100 p4p, 15 weight class) and Wet Wild (ranked 83 p4p, 11 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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195 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
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wet Wild!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves avoids the body shot from Wild.
Graves jabs Wild to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wild uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Graves.
Graves looks to land a right hand but Wild moved out of range.
Graves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wild is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
Graves has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Graves lands with a left to the head.
Wild wants to get back to striking at distance but Graves won't allow it.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Graves.
Graves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Graves digs a right hand underneath Wild's ribcage. Wild let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wild lands a right hand.
Wild wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Graves tries to work over Wild's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wild is trying to break free.
Wild blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graves misses with a punch to the body.
Graves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Graves.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Graves scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Wet Wild has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Wild's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wild tries to break the clinch but Graves is controlling the position.
Graves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wild lands a shoulder strike.
Wild has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wild tries to work over Graves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wild is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Wild scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves keeps control of Wild as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Wild on the inside.
Wild wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wild.
Graves makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wild misses with some punches.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Wild controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wild's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Graves misses with a hook. Wild ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Wild on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wild misses with an uppercut.
Donk. Graves catches Wild right on the button with a cross.
Wild throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graves.
Graves connects with the punch.
Wild bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wild lands with a nice body punch.
Wild moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Graves.
Wild connects with a nice looking jab.
Wild misses the shot to the body.
Wet Wild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Wild.
Graves throws a series of punches but Wild moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses the jab.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Wild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Graves throws out the jab.
Graves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Graves misses with an uppercut. Wild saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Wild. Those never looked like landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Graves misses its target.
Graves misses with a looping right.
Wild slips under a jab.
Wild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Wild misses with a body shot.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wild.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wild tests Graves's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Graves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wild swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wild ducks under a wild hook from Graves.
Wild is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Graves with a body shot.
Graves scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Graves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wild moves away.
Wild has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Graves finds it's way round the side to connect with Wild's head.
Wild fails to land with a series of punches.
Graves went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves throws a body punch but Wild moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wild waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Wild swings widly with a right hand
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
Donk. Wild catches Graves right on the button with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wet Wild's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Graves misses the jab.
Wild jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Wild misses the target.
Wild swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Graves throws a body punch but Wild moves out of range.
Graves swings for the body but Wild moves out of range.
Wild lands a head shot.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wild can do to turn this around?
Wild looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range.
Graves blocks a jab.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Wild is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wild misses with a right hand
and Wild takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wild throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Graves misses with a hook. Wild ducked under it nicely.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild misses with an uppercut
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wild lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves takes a swing at Wild's ribcage but misses.
Wild goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nick Graves is winning the standup battle so far.
Graves takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Graves scores with a shot to the body.
Wild misses with a shot to the body
and Graves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wild keeps the fight on the outside.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Wild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wild misses with a shot to the body
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Graves misses.
Wild cracks Graves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Graves scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wild on the side of the head.
Wild is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Wild moves out of range of the strikes.
Wild looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wild.
Wild cracks Graves with an open hand slap.
Graves cracks Wild with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Graves has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Wild to stand back up!
Wild is rocked!
Wild gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Graves gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Graves!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Escobar (ranked 34 p4p, 5 weight class) and David Paddington (ranked 60 p4p, 7 weight class). Paddington has chosen Broken - Next time around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. David Paddington has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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160 lbs
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153 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Paddington!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paddington misses with a looping left.
Paddington darts in trying to clinch
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Paddington scores with a nice strike.
Paddington throws a right hand that Escobar ducks under and follows up with a left that Escobar also avoids with ease.
Escobar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Escobar is looking to slow Paddington down with leg kicks.
Paddington looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
Escobar throwing a counter right hand but Paddington manages to avoid it.
Paddington connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Paddington looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Escobar misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington throws a looping overhand right but Escobar ducks down to avoid it.
Paddington has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Paddington swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Paddington sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Paddington as he connects with a hook.
Escobar has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Paddington digs a good hook to Escobar's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Paddington cracks Escobar with an open hand slap.
Diego Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Paddington moves away and avoids it.
Paddington misses with an uppercut.
Escobar is looking to counter punch.
Paddington missing with a left hand there. Escobar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Paddington.
Escobar tried to counter with a leg kick but Paddington avoided it.
Paddington swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Paddington.
Paddington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from Escobar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Paddington moves away and avoids it.
Escobar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paddington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
Escobar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Paddington to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar controlling Paddington's posture.
Paddington throwing strikes from guard but Escobar blocks nicely.
Escobar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Paddington postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Paddington throws a big right hand that misses.
Paddington throws an elbow that misses. Escobar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Paddington's guard. Nice move by Escobar!
Paddington is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Paddington throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Paddington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Escobar is aware though and is defending well.
Escobar stays in close to Paddington's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paddington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Escobar is aware though and is defending well.
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.
Escobar wants to pass the guard but Paddington is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paddington had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Escobar defends it easily.
Escobar engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Escobar'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.
Escobar pushes down on Paddington's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but David Paddington will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Paddington scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Paddington drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Paddington working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escobar managing to control the position.
Paddington is looking to work some ground and pound but Escobar has wrist control.
Paddington wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Escobar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Escobar is trying to control the position but Paddington postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Escobar pulls Paddington in to control the position.
Paddington wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Paddington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Escobar, pushing him back against the cage.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Escobar misses the target.
Paddington throws out a loose jab but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paddington scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Escobar throws a leg kick but Paddington sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paddington goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paddington throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paddington lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paddington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar throws out the jab.
Paddington closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Paddington lands in his opponent's guard.
David Paddington has got the better of the ground game so far.
Escobar has control of Paddington's left arm, preventing Paddington from doing any damage.
Paddington throws a big elbow that misses.
Paddington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Escobar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Paddington is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Escobar stays in close to Paddington's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paddington is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Paddington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Escobar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paddington.
Escobar tries to get to full guard but Paddington has control of the leg.
Paddington scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Escobar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paddington.
Paddington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to control but can't.
Paddington is looking for a kimura but Escobar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Paddington to get the leverage.
Paddington seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Escobar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paddington not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Paddington is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Escobar still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Escobar has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Paddington is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Escobar is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Paddington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Escobar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paddington misses with a hook
and Escobar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paddington throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Escobar moves out of range of the strikes.
Paddington slips a straight right by Escobar.
Paddington with the counter takedown but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar lands a head kick. Paddington smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Paddington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
Paddington gets the takedown into side control.
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!
Escobar manages to get back to half guard.
Paddington is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Escobar sees it coming and defends easily.
Paddington misses with a head shot. Escobar uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paddington loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paddington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paddington postures up in Escobar's guard and throws a big left but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar is pulling down on Paddington's head. It's preventing any offense from Paddington, at least for the moment.
Paddington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paddington throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two 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.
Paddington trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paddington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Escobar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paddington.
Paddington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paddington with a flurry of punches that miss.
Escobar is controlling Paddington's posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
David Paddington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar throws a body shot but no joy.
Paddington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Escobar moves away.
It looked like Escobar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Escobar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like David Paddington has been cut.
Paddington stuns Escobar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Paddington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar connects with a leg kick. Paddington looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Escobar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Paddington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paddington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paddington checks the leg kick.
Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paddington.
Paddington misses with a looping left.
Paddington misses with a body shot
and Escobar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Paddington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Escobar counters with a nice leg kick.
Escobar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Paddington checks a leg kick.
Paddington throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paddington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Paddington closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Escobar did well to prevent Paddington getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar keeping hold of Paddington's head, controlling as best he can.
Paddington missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Paddington is thwarting Escobar's attempts to control the position.
Paddington is trying to control the action in half guard but Escobar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Diego Escobar did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on David Paddington's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Paddington connects with a body shot that sends Escobar's belly button to the back.
Diego Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paddington just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Escobar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Paddington.
Paddington fails to land with a series of punches.
Paddington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Escobar.
Escobar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Paddington in his tracks.
Paddington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Escobar. No joy for Paddington on that attempt.
Escobar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Escobar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paddington misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar tries to bum rush Paddington with a series of wild strikes but Paddington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paddington swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a straight right hand.
Paddington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Paddington.
Escobar throws a jab when Paddington was well out of range.
Paddington scores with a jab. Escobar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paddington throws the left hand but Escobar avoids the punch easily.
Paddington tries to clinch but Escobar moves out of range.
Escobar lands a jab.
A combination from Paddington does no damage.
Paddington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paddington throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Paddington misses with a hook. Escobar ducked under it nicely.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paddington throws a body shot but no joy.
Paddington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Paddington slips a jab from Escobar.
Paddington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Escobar to score with a decent uppercut.
A big right from Paddington misses.
Escobar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paddington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paddington throws a series of punches but Escobar avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Escobar.
Paddington displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Paddington swings for the body but Escobar moves out of range.
Paddington's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paddington looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escobar motions for Paddington to come forward. Escobar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paddington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Escobar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar slips under a jab.
Escobar scores with a one two! Paddington had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A big right from Paddington misses.
Paddington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paddington looks to land a left hand but Escobar moved out of range nicely.
Escobar feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Escobar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paddington just misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paddington throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escobar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Paddington slips under a jab from Escobar.
Paddington changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Paddington blocks a head kick by Escobar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paddington throws a sloppy body shot
and Escobar counters with a nice uppercut.
Paddington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch combination from Paddington misses.
Paddington on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab by Paddington.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paddington.
It seemed like Paddington was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Paddington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Escobar.
Jab, jab by Paddington - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Diego Escobar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Paddington's cut.
That's time! Escobar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Paddington shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Escobar napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ground and pound from Paddington seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The strikes coming from Paddington are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Escobar is looking to regain half guard here but Paddington keeps moving and retains side control.
Paddington goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Escobar has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Paddington but great work by Escobar.
Paddington has one of Escobar's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Escobar easily slips into full mount!
Paddington tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paddington tries to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar controlling the position easily from mount.
Paddington working to try and regain half guard.
Paddington tries to lock up and control but Escobar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Paddington is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paddington throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Paddington wants to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Escobar controlling his opponent.
Paddington can't escape the position.
Escobar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Paddington is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paddington is wriggling around trying to escape.
Paddington wants to hold on but Escobar pushes him away.
Paddington is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Escobar is staying active.
Escobar prevents Paddington from getting the reversal.
Paddington gets back to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Paddington misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Escobar throws the left hand but Paddington avoids the punch easily.
Paddington is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Escobar with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Paddington just misses with a punch to the body.
Paddington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Paddington tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Paddington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Escobar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Paddington throws an off balance right hand
and Escobar counters with a stiff right hand.
Paddington lands an overhand right.
Escobar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Paddington is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paddington throws a left and a right that both miss
and Escobar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paddington takes the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Escobar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Escobar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 48:48
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Diego Escobar!
Diego Escobar retains his featherweight title!
A less than humble Diego Escobar misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated David Paddington had this to say: 'Good fight, but not good outcome. I thought im indestructible after winning that openweight tournament. I Still matter and nobody should count me out yet!'.
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