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The Island Season 9, 155 lbs, Round 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 2175 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Luna (ranked 455 p4p, 55 weight class). Luna has chosen Noypi by Bamboo as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Luna!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Luna counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like John Johnson has been cut.
Johnson throws a head kick but Luna moves out of range.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Luna has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Luna pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luna pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Luna gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Luna walks away with a smile on his face. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A cross from Luna lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luna closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson jumps guard but Luna turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Luna shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Luna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Luna down to the mat. Luna avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Luna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson is rocked!
Juan Luna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luna lands with a left to the head.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luna throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Luna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luna.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Luna forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Luna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luna lands with a right to the head.
Luna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luna's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Luna's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luna throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luna misses with some punches.
Luna has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Luna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson 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.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Luna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luna throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Luna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luna lands an uppercut.
Luna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luna creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Johnson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Johnson drops to his knees and Luna pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Luna!
Our winner, Juan Luna, 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenshi Kimura (ranked 1244 p4p, 142 weight class) and Macho Man Savage (ranked 1417 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Man Savage's choice of entrance music: Hey Freakshow!. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenshi Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Macho Man Savage!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura closes the distance and clinches up with Man Savage, looking for a takedown. Kimura pushes Man Savage against the cage but Man Savage circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kimura takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Man Savage takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Man Savage lands with an overhand left.
Kimura avoids the head kick by Man Savage.
Kimura throws a hook but Man Savage blocks it.
Man Savage stuffs the takedown.
Man Savage connects with a single shot there.
Man Savage scores with a hook.
Kimura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kimura throws a hook but Man Savage blocks it.
A jab from Man Savage does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kimura will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenshi Kimura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kimura tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Man Savage defends well and Kimura ends up having to push Man Savage into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kimura walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kimura misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Man Savage listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Macho Man Savage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kimura shoots in for a takedown but Man Savage shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Man Savage lands a head shot.
Kimura shoots for a takedown but Man Savage saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Man Savage throws a good cross that connects.
Kimura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Man Savage holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Man Savage looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Man Savage pushes Kimura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kimura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kimura is looking to control Man Savage's arms but Man Savage gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kimura has his back to the cage.
Man Savage makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Man Savage works on Kimura's body with a couple of short punches.
Kimura stalling in the clinch but Man Savage improves position.
Man Savage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kimura fails with the takedown
and Man Savage counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kimura shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kimura has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Kimura is pressing down on Man Savage's thigh, looking to free his foot. Man Savage is holding on for now.
Man Savage tries to roll over but Kimura keeps him under control.
Kimura not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kimura is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kimura is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Man Savage has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kimura passes to side control.
Man Savage really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kimura. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Man Savage tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kimura wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kimura is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Man Savage has escaped the position, nice work there.
Man Savage is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Kimura tries for a kimura but Man Savage is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kimura goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Man Savage has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kimura but great work by Man Savage.
Man Savage trying to control the position but Kimura is working away.
Man Savage is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Kimura will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kimura is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kimura trying to hold on to Man Savage's head to control him but Man Savage postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Macho Man Savage dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slow jab from Man Savage misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Man Savage.
Man Savage scores with a body shot.
Kimura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Man Savage throws an off balance right hand
and Kimura counters with a single leg into guard. Man Savage didn't expect that.
Kimura passes into half guard.
Kimura is looking to advance position but Man Savage won't allow it.
Kimura works his way into side control.
Kimura in side control, throwing shots but Man Savage defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kimura thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man Savage tries to improve position but can't.
Kimura is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Man Savage is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Man Savage struggling a bit here.
Kimura is trying to get an arm triangle but Man Savage is defending well.
Kimura thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kimura looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man Savage is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kimura connects with a decent elbow.
Kimura looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kimura working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kimura is looking to take a break and control but Man Savage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Man Savage trying to remain calm as Kimura controls from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man Savage wants to control but Kimura postures up.
Kimura has hold of Man Savage's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Man Savage tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Kimura cranks the arm and Man Savage screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Man Savage, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kenshi Kimura!
Kenshi Kimura decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Macho Man Savage spoke after the fight, saying 'Ohhh, yeaahhh!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Genji Kamogawa (ranked 1476 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scar Ambe (ranked 707 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamogawa comes to the cage accompanied by The Veer Union - Bitter End. Ambe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gunna - The World is Yours kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Genji Kamogawa has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Genji Kamogawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scar Ambe!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamogawa misses with a wild body shot.
Kamogawa misses with a body shot.
Ambe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kamogawa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ambe! But no joy.
Ambe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ambe misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Ambe.
Ambe throws an overhand right that lands on Kamogawa's shoulder, as Kamogawa tries to avoid the shot.
Kamogawa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
A nice combination there by Ambe.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ambe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamogawa.
Ambe's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kamogawa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ambe scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Scar Ambe has been cut.
Kamogawa misses with a combination
and Ambe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kamogawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ambe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamogawa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ambe misses the shot to the body.
Ambe misses with a looping left.
Ambe avoids the body shot from Kamogawa.
Ambe moves out of range of the strikes.
Kamogawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambe moves away.
Ambe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ambe moves away from the strike by Kamogawa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamogawa misses with a wild body shot.
Kamogawa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kamogawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Ambe catches Kamogawa right on the button with a cross.
Kamogawa is looking to wear down Ambe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kamogawa works Ambe's body with a nice hook.
Kamogawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kamogawa throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamogawa throws a body punch but Ambe moves out of range.
Genji Kamogawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamogawa throws a body punch but Ambe moves out of range.
Kamogawa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ambe clinches up against the cage.
Kamogawa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ambe throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ambe misses with a body shot.
Ambe pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kamogawa back to the cage. Ambe follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kamogawa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ambe has time to react.
Kamogawa misses with a right hand
and Ambe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kamogawa's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ambe working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Kamogawa trying to keep a closed guard but Ambe is proving a slippery customer.
Kamogawa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ambe on the ground.
Kamogawa wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamogawa controlling the position.
Ambe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kamogawa is keeping the position for now.
Ambe controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ambe trying to control but Kamogawa is working from the bottom.
Ambe postures up in Kamogawa's guard and throws a big left but Kamogawa blocks it.
Ambe postures up and lands a big shot to Kamogawa's brow.
Kamogawa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kamogawa tries to get out of the position.
Ambe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ambe preventing the sweep.
Kamogawa trying to keep a closed guard but Ambe is proving a slippery customer.
Kamogawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambe chips away with some ground and pound.
Ambe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kamogawa's head.
Kamogawa has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ambe has passed into side control.
Ambe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ambe tries to score with some ground and pound. Kamogawa controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
A lull in the action here.
Kamogawa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kamogawa is trying to control Ambe's posture but Ambe avoids it.
Ambe thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ambe controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambe throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ambe is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ambe cracks Kamogawa with a big elbow.
Ambe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kamogawa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ambe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ambe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ambe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ambe tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ambe tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scar Ambe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scar Ambe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ambe avoids the body shot from Kamogawa.
Ambe moves out of range of the strikes.
Kamogawa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kamogawa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ambe was well out of range. Poor timing from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kamogawa scores with a jab to the head.
That has opened up Scar Ambe's cut even more.
Genji Kamogawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Kamogawa misses with a two punch combination.
Ambe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ambe tries to move into range but Kamogawa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ambe slips under a jab.
Ambe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamogawa defending well as Ambe loads up on a big left hand.
Kamogawa lands with a hook. Ambe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamogawa gets tackled into the cage by Ambe. Ambe maintains the clinch.
Ambe blocking some punches.
Ambe tries for a takedown. No joy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kamogawa.
Ambe is looking to take this one to the mat.
A head punch on the inside from Kamogawa fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kamogawa misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kamogawa has a couple of punches blocked by Ambe.
Kamogawa is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ambe is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kamogawa to the mat. Kamogawa regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Ambe trying to control but Kamogawa is working from the bottom.
Ambe stopping the sweep attempt from Kamogawa.
Kamogawa has control of Ambe's left arm, preventing Ambe from doing any damage.
Scar Ambe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kamogawa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kamogawa wants to improve his position here. There's a bit of a scramble and Ambe has taken Kamogawa's back! He's locked on a rear naked choke here and Kamogawa has been forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Scar Ambe!
After winning the bout, Scar Ambe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 648 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerardo Abellan (ranked 2312 p4p, 257 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tan Zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gerardo Abellan!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Abellan misses the jab.
Abellan connects with a jab.
Abellan throws a combination that misses
and Zan counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Gerardo Abellan has been cut.
Abellan clinches with his opponent.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Zan.
Abellan swings wildly with an uppercut but Zan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan misses with a body punch.
Zan misses with the head strike.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abellan misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Abellan controls his hands.
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abellan misses with the head strike.
Abellan scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Zan.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Abellan breaks from the clinch.
Abellan 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.
Zan misses with a left hand
and Abellan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zan throws a hook but Abellan avoids it easily.
Abellan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zan misses with a wild body shot.
Abellan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Abellan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abellan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abellan misses with a body punch
and Zan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan slips under a jab from Zan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abellan moves into the clinch successfully.
Zan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Abellan controls his hands.
Abellan misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan pushes Abellan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Abellan misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abellan.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Abellan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abellan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Zan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zan pushes Abellan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Zan.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zan lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan lands a shot to the body.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Zan tries to work over Abellan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Abellan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abellan or not.
Zan scores with a hook to the body.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Zan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abellan.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a left hand.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a nice shot to the body.
Zan throws a punch but it's blocked by Abellan.
Zan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abellan working aggressively here.
Zan has a couple of punches blocked by Abellan.
Zan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zan misses with a body punch.
Abellan misses with some punches.
Zan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands with a left to the head.
Abellan prevents a body shot from Zan.
A right hook to the body lands for Zan.
Abellan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zan backwards.
Zan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Abellan throws a punch but it's blocked by Zan.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Zan fails to land.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Abellan controls the action.
Zan blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tan Zan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Abellan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Abellan doesn't manage to clinch there - Zan circles away.
Zan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abellan manages to avoid it.
Abellan closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Zan to counter with a crisp jab.
Zan misses with a hook to the body
and Abellan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zan slips under a jab.
Zan looks to score with a jab to the body but Abellan is just out of range.
Abellan throws the left hand but Zan avoids the punch easily.
Zan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abellan.
Abellan looks to land a right hand but Zan moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abellan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zan was well out of range. Poor timing from Abellan.
Zan tries to move into range but Abellan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abellan moves away.
Zan throws a lazy uppercut
and Abellan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abellan can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abellan misses with an uppercut
and Zan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Zan.
Zan misses with an uppercut.
Abellan doesn't manage to clinch there - Zan circles away.
Zan misses with a jab to the body
and Abellan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan ducks under a wild hook from Zan.
Abellan avoids the body shot from Zan.
Zan throws a poor cross that misses
and Abellan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan closes the distance but Zan moves to the side
and Zan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zan lands a nice hook to Abellan's body. Abellan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abellan defending well as Zan loads up on a big left hand.
Abellan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zan connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abellan has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan digs a right hand underneath Abellan's ribcage. Abellan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zan.
Zan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zan tries a body shot but Abellan blocks it.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zan.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan scores with a shot to the side of Abellan's head.
Abellan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Abellan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abellan's elbow.
Zan tries to throw a body punch but Abellan avoids it by throwing Zan back against the cage.
Zan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zan is working Abellan over against the cage.
Zan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Abellan controls the action.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abellan blocks a body shot from Zan.
Zan gets through Abellan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abellan scores with a shot to the side of Zan's head.
Zan misses with a punch to the body.
Zan lands a hook that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Abellan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abellan tries to throw a body punch but Zan avoids it by throwing Abellan back against the cage.
Zan blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Zan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Abellan is rocked!
Zan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zan blocks an uppercut.
Zan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Abellan is breathing heavily.
Zan lands with a light punch inside.
Abellan is still on wobbly legs! Can Zan finish him?
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Abellan seems to have recovered his senses.
Zan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abellans head.
Abellan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zan lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zan.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Abellan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tan Zan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Abellan'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!
Zan throws a monster overhand right that drops Abellan! Zan follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tan Zan!
A very excited looking Tan Zan 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Sylvain Lievremont (ranked 2177 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royler Gracie (ranked 604 p4p, 72 weight class). Gracie has chosen Olha a Explosăo as his entrance music. Sylvain Lievremont has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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162 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sylvain Lievremont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royler Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie leaves Lievremont with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've been hearing reports that Lievremont has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lievremont looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Gracie!
Lievremont is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gracie knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lievremont swings around for an armbar but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Lievremont's guard.
Lievremont working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie trying to control but Lievremont is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievremont looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Lievremont is retaining full guard.
Lievremont is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
My spies in Yaw-Yan Ardigma inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Lievremont is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gracie postures up.
Lievremont is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie stands and throws Lievremont's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lievremont tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Lievremont gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lievremont looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Gracie pushes past his half guard into mount!
Lievremont sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lievremont is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Lievremont is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lievremont doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Gracie moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gracie swings around for an armbar but Lievremont sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Gracie's guard.
Lievremont trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Lievremont defends easily.
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lievremont can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sylvain Lievremont will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lievremont closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lievremont lands in his opponent's guard.
Lievremont wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Lievremont preventing the sweep.
Lievremont trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lievremont wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lievremont looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lievremont postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Gracie is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lievremont, into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lievremont looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lievremont had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Lievremont working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lievremont is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gracie defends well.
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.
Lievremont looking for a guillotine here but Gracie defends easily.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lievremont keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Lievremont trying to control the position.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Lievremont is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lievremont is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lievremont is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lievremont has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lievremont knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lievremont manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lievremont is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Sylvain Lievremont overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lievremont is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
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 Sylvain Lievremont 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!
Gracie misses with a body punch
and Lievremont decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gracie's guard.
Lievremont sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Gracie doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Lievremont paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Gracie - great work!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Royler Gracie!
Royler Gracie seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Blood (ranked 704 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 1545 p4p, 178 weight class). Johnson has chosen My Time Is Now as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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163 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ivan Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blood.
Blood tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Nice straight punches there by Blood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blood.
Blood seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Blood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blood throws out the jab.
Blood lands a nice shot to the body.
Blood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Blood defends it well.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Blood.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Blood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Blood ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
A big right from Blood misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood instigates a clinch.
Blood lands an uppercut.
Blood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blood digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blood's elbow.
Blood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Blood.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood.
Blood prevents a takedown attempt there.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood.
Johnson tries a body shot but Blood blocks it.
Blood digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blood lands with a left to the head.
Blood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson's coach down at Temp Spar Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Johnson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Blood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blood.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ivan Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Johnson working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blood.
A short left from Blood.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Blood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blood softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blood blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Blood digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Blood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blood misses with the head strike.
Blood misses with a punch to the body.
Blood scores with a shoulder strike.
Blood tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blood misses with a punch on the inside.
Blood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Blood.
Blood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blood.
Blood misses with some punches.
Johnson tries a body shot but Blood blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Blood.
Blood lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blood's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Blood avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson has Blood pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Blood manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Blood lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood blocks an uppercut.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Blood.
Blood prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.
Johnson tries a body shot but Blood blocks it.
Blood misses with a punch on the inside.
Blood lands a left hand.
Blood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blood.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Blood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Blood dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Blood staying out of range there.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Blood lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Blood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blood wants it to stay on the feet.
Blood appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Blood connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Johnson is rocked!
It looks like Dwayne Johnson has been cut.
Blood knocks out Johnson with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Blood before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Blood picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Blood!
Ivan Blood seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Dwayne Johnson had this to say: 'My time is not yet now.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Norifumi Yamamoto (ranked 1315 p4p, 150 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 1183 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Norifumi Yamamoto has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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161 lbs
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164 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Norifumi Yamamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamamoto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yamamoto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've been hearing good reports from Yamamoto's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith is still trying to improve position.
Yamamoto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Yamamoto goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Smith has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Yamamoto but great work by Smith.
Yamamoto is looking to regain half guard here but Smith keeps moving and retains side control.
Yamamoto gets back to half guard.
Smith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yamamoto gets full guard.
Smith works over Yamamoto with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamamoto is looking for a triangle but Smith pushes his legs off easily.
Yamamoto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Yamamoto working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
Yamamoto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yamamoto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
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.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Smith is in close to Yamamoto's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith distracts Yamamoto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith trying to control but Yamamoto is working from the bottom.
Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Yamamoto's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yamamoto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yamamoto is working hard here to advance position.
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Smith looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smith sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yamamoto's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Yamamoto actively working from the bottom here.
Yamamoto is staying active underneath Smith, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yamamoto wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Smith connects with a nice short shot to Yamamoto's temple.
Smith trying to control the action but Yamamoto is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamamoto has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith working Yamamoto over with strikes.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ground and pound from Smith.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
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!
Smith working over Yamamoto with some ground and pound. Yamamoto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Yamamoto looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Yamamoto tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Yamamoto manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yamamoto defends well and Smith ends up having to push Yamamoto into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Smith drives through with a takedown into Yamamoto's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Yamamoto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Smith gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yamamoto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Smith has managed to get both his arms back between Yamamoto's legs - danger averted.
Yamamoto has momentary wrist control but Smith slips an elbow through the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamamoto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yamamoto is looking for a triangle but Smith pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Yamamoto has momentary wrist control but Smith slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Smith's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yamamoto is looking for a triangle but Smith pushes his legs off easily.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yamamoto is rocked!
Yamamoto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oh Yamamoto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Yamamoto's brow.
Smith keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yamamoto's head.
Smith loads up on a big left hand. Yamamoto felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Smith looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Yamamoto can't hide his disappointment, as Smith celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Smith!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samson Wills (ranked 205 p4p, 27 weight class) and Nevzorov Stepanovich (ranked 1933 p4p, 214 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Samson Wills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nevzorov Stepanovich!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wills misses with a straight right.
Stepanovich changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Stepanovich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Wills throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wills moves away from the strike by Stepanovich.
Wills has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yaw-Yan Ardigma in the buildup to the fight.
Stepanovich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wills pinned against the cage. Wills gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Donk. Stepanovich catches Wills right on the button with a cross.
Stepanovich throws a lazy right hand but Wills sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stepanovich 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills throws a jab but it's blocked by Stepanovich.
Stepanovich looks to land a left hand but Wills moved out of range nicely.
Stepanovich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wills's guard.
Wills has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Stepanovich has passed into side control.
Stepanovich thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills wants to control but Stepanovich postures up.
Wills tries to improve position but can't.
Wills knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stepanovich on the ground.
Stepanovich goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Wills rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Stepanovich's guard! Nice work there by Wills!
Stepanovich looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stepanovich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wills.
Wills is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Stepanovich has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Wills is looking to defend but Stepanovich has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Wills! Stepanovich pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Wills taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nevzorov Stepanovich!
Nevzorov Stepanovich was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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