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RapidFC 42 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Littel Big (ranked 6887 p4p, 502 weight class) and Malachi Bolton (ranked 23558 p4p, 549 weight class). The key to victory for Littel Big has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Littel Big!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malachi Bolton!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Big forces Bolton back against the cage and clinches.
Big wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bolton has him pressed against the cage.
Bolton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bigs head.
Big is trying to break free.
Bolton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bolton misses with a body punch.
Bolton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bigs head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bolton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bolton lands a hook that snaps the head of Big backwards.
Big wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bolton has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Big looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Big blocking some punches.
Big wants to break the clinch but can't.
Big blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bolton misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Bolton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Big's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bolton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Big up against the cage.
Big tries to circle away but Bolton has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bolton.
Bolton slows down the pace here.
Bolton misses with a punch to the body.
Big tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bolton just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bolton working aggressively here.
Bolton misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two 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.
A head punch on the inside from Bolton fails to land.
Bolton swings wildly with an uppercut but Big uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bolton misses with a punch to the body.
Bolton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Big blocks an uppercut.
Bolton misses with some punches.
Big wants to break free but Bolton has control.
Bolton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Big.
Bolton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bolton throws a head punch that misses.
Bolton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bolton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Big backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Big's elbow.
Bolton tries to throw a body punch but Big avoids it by throwing Bolton back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bolton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bolton.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Big.
Big avoiding damage.
Big wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bolton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Big.
Big scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bolton throws a head punch that misses.
Big blocking some punches.
Bolton has a couple of punches blocked by Big.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Big tries to pull guard but Bolton holds him up against the cage and eventually Big drops back down to his feet.
Big working hard to break the clinch.
Bolton stalling.
Bolton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bolton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bolton throws a punch but it's blocked by Big.
Bolton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bolton has Big pushed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bolton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bolton 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.
Malachi Bolton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bolton misses with a straight right.
Big's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bolton under the eye.
Bolton's jab looks to have found its range, popping Big under the eye.
Bolton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Big has taken the fight to the clinch.
Big blocks an uppercut.
Bolton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bolton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Big blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Big is trying to pull guard but Bolton has him pressed against the cage.
Bolton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bolton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Big prevents a body shot from Bolton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bolton.
Bolton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bolton throws a head punch that misses.
Bolton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Big's efforts to push away.
Bolton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Big working hard to break the clinch.
Big blocks an uppercut.
Bolton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Bolton.
Bolton misses with a punch on the inside.
Bolton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bolton misses with a hook from the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bolton in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bolton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bigs head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Big is trying to break the clinch but Bolton is controlling him.
Big blocks an uppercut.
Bolton working aggressively here.
Bolton misses with a body punch.
Big is trying to break free.
Bolton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Big blocking some punches.
Bolton prevents Big from breaking the clinch.
Bolton tries to work over Big's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bolton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bolton misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Big jumps guard but Bolton turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bolton stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bolton - that landed with a thud.
Bolton throws a punch but it's blocked by Big.
Bolton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Big's elbow.
Big blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bolton fails to land.
Big blocks an uppercut.
Bolton slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Big.
Bolton tries to throw a body punch but Big avoids it by throwing Bolton back against the cage.
Big breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Big lands with a nice combination. Bolton backs away looking to recover.
Littel Big is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Big shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bolton eats them both and turns towards Big to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bolton thuds his right hand into Big's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Bolton misses.
Bolton throws a shot from downtown. Big moves away and avoids it.
Bolton throws a leg kick but Big sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bolton missing with a left hand there. Big was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, jab by Bolton - just one landing.
Good work by Big as he checks the leg kick.
Bolton walks into a straight right hand from Big.
Big takes a swing at Bolton's ribcage but misses.
Big gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bolton working aggressively here.
Big blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Big with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bolton struggles to land a body shot inside as Big controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malachi Bolton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Big looks to land a combination but Bolton avoids it well.
It seemed like Bolton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Big throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Big shoots for a double leg takedown but Bolton sprawls well. He's pushed Big's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bolton misses with a few strikes there.
Big gets a double leg takedown into Bolton's guard.
Bolton is pulling down on Big's head. It's preventing any offense from Big, at least for the moment.
Bolton is continuing to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolton's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton keeping moving, preventing Big from controlling successfully.
Bolton trying to control the position here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No luck for Big with that takedown attempt.
Big moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Bolton.
Bolton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bolton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Big backwards.
Big tries to break the clinch but Bolton is controlling the position.
Bolton slows down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Big scores with a shot to the side of Bolton's head.
Bolton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Big blocks a body shot from Bolton.
Bolton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bolton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bolton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bolton.
Bolton misses with the head strike.
Bolton stalling against the cage.
Bolton tries a body shot but Big blocks it.
Malachi Bolton seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bolton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Big breaks from the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Big, as that shot connected.
Big throws a body punch but Bolton moves out of range.
Bolton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Big moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bolton fails to land with a series of punches.
Big has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bolton misses with a punch on the inside.
Big wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bolton has a couple of punches blocked by Big.
Bolton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Big up against the cage.
Bolton keeps control of Big as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolton misses with some punches.
Bolton is stalling here.
Malachi Bolton is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Big blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bolton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Big is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bolton prevents Big from breaking the clinch.
Big goes for a takedown attempt but Bolton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Littel Big has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Littel Big. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Big manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malachi Bolton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bolton winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malachi Bolton!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Skjoldr Leifsson (ranked 4107 p4p, 431 weight class) and Kostas Mitros (ranked 3066 p4p, 359 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mitros's choice of entrance music: Tupac - Unstoppable. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Skjoldr Leifsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kostas Mitros!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Chris Dean and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitros staying out of range there.
Leifsson misses with an uppercut. Mitros saw that one coming.
Mitros has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Leifsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Leifsson cracks Mitros with an open hand slap.
Leifsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mitros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skjoldr Leifsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leifsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mitros was well out of range. Poor timing from Leifsson.
Mitros blocks a head kick by Leifsson.
Leifsson jabs Mitros right on the nose. Mitros blinks but takes it well.
Mitros misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Mitros.
It seemed like Mitros was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mitros ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Leifsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitros.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitros works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Leifsson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mitros swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mitros is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leifsson. That's going to slow Mitros down.
Leifsson lands a jab-cross combination.
Mitros lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Skjoldr Leifsson has been cut.
Mitros on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leifsson has closed the distance and engaged Mitros in a clinch.
Mitros taking a breather.
Mitros is trying to break the clinch but Leifsson has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitros backwards.
Mitros pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mitros looks for the body kick but Leifsson saw that one coming.
As Mitros looks to move away, Leifsson throws a big counter combo but Mitros just gets out of the way.
Some bone on bone action there as Mitros checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mitros throws a head kick but Leifsson moves out of range.
Mitros loads up on a big right hand but Leifsson slips the punch.
Leifsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Leifsson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mitros misses with a right hand
and Leifsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leifsson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mitros at a distance.
Mitros is looking to land body kicks.
Leifsson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitros gets tackled into the cage by Leifsson. Leifsson maintains the clinch.
Leifsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leifsson misses with a straight right.
Mitros throws a wild body kick that Leifsson sees coming a mile off.
Leifsson walks into a left hand.
Mitros misses with an uppercut
letting Leifsson counter with a right hand.
Mitros takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mitros throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mitros throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Leifsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Leifsson has closed the distance and engaged Mitros in a clinch.
Leifsson scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leifsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leifsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leifsson prevents Mitros from breaking the clinch.
Leifsson misses with the head strike.
Leifsson misses with some punches.
Mitros is looking to control Leifsson's arms but Leifsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mitros has his back to the cage.
Leifsson decides to pull guard.
Mitros wants to get up but he can't break Leifsson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mitros is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skjoldr Leifsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skjoldr Leifsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Leifsson cracks Mitros with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Leifsson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Leifsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mitros takes one to the chin there.
Mitros scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Leifsson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leifsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mitros's jab looks to have found its range, popping Leifsson under the eye.
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!
Leifsson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mitross jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leifsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Leifsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mitros can do to turn this around?
Mitros throws a jab but it's blocked by Leifsson.
Leifsson avoids the head kick by Mitros.
Leifsson scores with a sloppy right hand. Mitros should have avoided that one.
Leifsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mitros.
Leifsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mitros throws out the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leifsson.
Mitros tries to score with a low kick but Leifsson moves his leg out of the way.
Leifsson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leifsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mitros momentarily.
Leifsson checks a low kick from Mitros.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Leifsson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Leifsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leifsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leifsson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Leifsson.
Mitros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mitros moves away from the strike by Leifsson.
Despite the aggression on Mitros's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mitros thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Leifsson if he has to take too many more of those.
Leifsson avoids a kick to the body.
Leifsson throws a shot from downtown. Mitros moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leifsson misses with an uppercut
and Mitros counters with a straight right hand.
Leifsson scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mitros. Leifsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from Leifsson lands.
Leifsson lands a glancing blow to the side of Mitros's head.
Mitros throws a lazy uppercut
and Leifsson counters with a straight right hand.
Mitros missing with a left hand there. Leifsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mitros thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mitros at a distance.
Mitros takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leifsson lands with a cross.
Mitros feints a jab promting Leifsson to slip. Mitros then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Leifsson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Leifsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Leifsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Mitros shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Leifsson eats them both and turns towards Mitros to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Leifsson lands with a right hand.
Leifsson tests Mitros's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skjoldr Leifsson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Skjoldr Leifsson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Mitros takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mitros misses with a wild combination.
Mitros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leifsson.
Mitros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mitros takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leifsson throws a right hand that Mitros ducks under and follows up with a left that Mitros also avoids with ease.
Mitros looks to throw the jab but Leifsson is out of range.
Mitros falls off balance throwing a combination
and Leifsson counters with a flying knee that sends his opponent to the canvas! Leifsson looking to finish!
Mitros is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitros wants to get back to his feet but Leifsson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mitros keeping moving, preventing Leifsson from controlling successfully.
Leifsson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Leifsson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Leifsson won't allow Mitros to get back to his feet.
Leifsson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mitros is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mitros is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mitros takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mitros throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mitros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leifsson with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Mitros there.
Mitros punishes Leifsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Leifsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mitros's sensitive parts.
Leifsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mitros.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Mitros misses its intended target.
Leifsson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mitros sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leifsson moves away from the strike by Mitros.
Leifsson lands a glancing blow to the side of Mitros's head.
Leifsson throws a lazy right hand but Mitros sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skjoldr Leifsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leifsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Leifsson has Mitros pressed against the cage, preventing Mitros from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mitros is looking to break free of the clinch but Leifsson has double underhooks.
Leifsson is leaning against Mitros and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Leifsson lands a nice uppercut.
Leifsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mitros breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leifsson digs a good body shot into Mitros's ribs.
Kostas Mitros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leifsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mitros's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Leifsson has closed the distance and engaged Mitros in a clinch.
Mitros tries to break free but Leifsson pushes him back against the cage.
Mitros breaks from the clinch.
Leifsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Mitros.
Mitros tries to circle away but Leifsson has him pinned against the cage.
Mitros working hard to break the clinch.
Leifsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leifsson lands a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mitros.
And that's the end of the fight!
Skjoldr Leifsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leifsson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skjoldr Leifsson!
Skjoldr Leifsson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balagot Liu (ranked 3628 p4p, 301 weight class) and Saul Hudson (ranked 3918 p4p, 320 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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146 lbs
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153 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Balagot Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Saul Hudson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Liu.
Hudson shoots in and drives through. Liu sprawls well.
Saul Hudson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hudson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Liu swivels and escapes.
Liu looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Liu lands with a kick to the temple. Hudson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Saul Hudson has been cut.
Hudson fails with the takedown.
Balagot Liu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saul Hudson.
Hudson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hudson is rocked!
Liu lands a nice shot to the body.
Hudson darts in looking for a takedown but Liu gets double underhooks and turns Hudson into the cage.
Hudson's coach down at Tycoon Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hudson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hudson shoots and misses
and Liu counters with a nice leg kick.
Hudson looks winded!
Hudson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Liu counters with a huge left! Hudson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Liu isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hudson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Liu!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balagot Liu!
During a confident post fight interview, Balagot Liu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Cutlas (ranked 2314 p4p, 287 weight class) and Tim Drive (ranked 4057 p4p, 425 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcin Cutlas!
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, Tim Drive!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drive has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cutlas finds it's way round the side to connect with Drive's head.
Drive keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cutlas.
Drive now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cutlas shoots for a takedown but Drive saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Drive connects with a body shot.
Drive cracks Cutlas with an open hand slap.
Cutlas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Cutlas throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Drive to regain full guard.
Cutlas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Drive is keeping the position for now.
Drive has Cutlas pulled in close to control his posture.
Drive is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Drive is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutlas throws a big elbow that misses.
Cutlas landing with the ground and pound.
Cutlas trying to control but Drive is working from the bottom.
Cutlas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cutlas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drive swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cutlas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cutlas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cutlas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two 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.
Drive has control of Cutlas's left arm, preventing Cutlas from doing any damage.
Drive not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Drive throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cutlas throws a right and a left that Drive avoids nicely.
Drive jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Drive throws a sloppy body shot
and Cutlas counters with a stiff right hand.
Drive swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Cutlas misses.
Drive throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutlas punishes Drive's body with a nice straight punch.
Cutlas throws a combination. Drive tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sloppy strikes from Cutlas. Those never looked like landing.
Cutlas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutlas. Drive does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drive lands with a right hand.
Cutlas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drive.
Drive tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cutlas was well out of range. Poor timing from Drive.
Cutlas throws a body punch but Drive moves out of range.
Cutlas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutlas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drive looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cutlas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drive just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutlas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutlas swings for the body but Drive moves out of range.
Cutlas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drive was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutlas.
Cutlas scores with a nice head shot.
Drive throws a body shot but no joy.
Cutlas works the jab nicely.
Cutlas thuds his right hand into Drive's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cutlas cracks Drive with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice straight punches there by Cutlas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cutlas.
Cutlas misses with a lunging right hand
and Drive cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cutlas cracks Drive with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Drive dodges the punch combination from Cutlas.
A shot to the liver by Cutlas. Beautiful body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Drive there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcin Cutlas 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.
Drive lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Drive has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Drive keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutlas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drive to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Drive throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drive misses with a double jab.
Drive connects with a looping right hand.
Cutlas takes a swing at Drive's ribcage but misses.
Cutlas avoids the body shot from Drive.
Cutlas defending well as Drive loads up on a big left hand.
Drive takes a swing at Cutlas's ribcage but misses.
Cutlas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutlas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cutlas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cutlas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drive was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutlas.
Cutlas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutlas misses with a hook.
Cutlas moves away from the strike by Drive.
Cutlas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Marcin Cutlas is winning the standup battle so far.
Drive looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cutlas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drive can do to turn this around?
Cutlas avoids the body shot from Drive.
Cutlas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drive manages to avoid it.
Drive drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drive digs a good body shot into Cutlas's ribs.
Drive lands a really nice looking cross but Cutlas seems unphased.
Drive swings for the body but Cutlas moves out of range.
Drive throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutlas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cutlas misses with an uppercut.
Cutlas lunges at Drive with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drive's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cutlas throws a body shot but no joy.
Cutlas defending well as Drive loads up on a big left hand.
Drive lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cutlas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drive moves away.
Drive throws a looping overhand right but Cutlas ducks down to avoid it.
Drive lands a nice looking body shot.
Drive has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cutlas finds it's way round the side to connect with Drive's head.
Cutlas just misses with a punch to the body.
Drive lands with a right hand.
Cutlas throws a body punch but Drive moves out of range.
Drive throws a series of punches but Cutlas moves out of range.
Cutlas throwing a counter right hand but Drive manages to avoid it.
Drive throws an overhand right that lands on Cutlas's shoulder, as Cutlas tries to avoid the shot.
Drive uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutlas.
Cutlas misses with a straight left.
Cutlas fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drive jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cutlas throws a hook but Drive avoids it easily.
Drive fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Drive throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drive moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Drive throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cutlas throws a lazy right hand but Drive sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice jab there from Cutlas.
Drive swings for the body but Cutlas moves out of range.
Drive fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cutlas manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Drive misses its intended target.
Cutlas cracks Drive with an open hand slap.
Drive gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cutlas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cutlas throws a big elbow that misses.
Cutlas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cutlas postures up.
Cutlas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cutlas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Drive has his foot on Cutlas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cutlas works his way back into a safe position though.
Drive is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Drive utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Drive is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cutlas is aware though and is defending well.
Drive looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tim Drive will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. And we move into the final round!
Cutlas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cutlas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drive scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cutlas takes a swing at Drive's ribcage but misses.
Cutlas lands a right hook to the body.
Drive doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Drive takes a swing at Cutlas's ribcage but misses.
Drive misses with an uppercut.
Drive misses with a body shot.
Drive stuns Cutlas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutlas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drive swings for the body but Cutlas moves out of range.
Cutlas misses with a series of wild punches.
Drive takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drive throws the left hand but Cutlas avoids the punch easily.
Drive throws a jab when Cutlas was well out of range.
Drive misses with a hook. Cutlas ducked under it nicely.
Cutlas cracks Drive with a good jab.
Cutlas ducks under a wild hook from Drive.
Cutlas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A telegraphed right hand from Drive misses the target.
Drive ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cutlas moves away.
Cutlas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutlas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Drive has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cutlas digs a good body shot into Drive's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Cutlas. Those never looked like landing.
Drive throws a body punch but Cutlas moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drive throws a jab but it's blocked by Cutlas.
Cutlas misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drive misses with an uppercut.
Cutlas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drive swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cutlas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drive throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Drive.
Drive dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drive.
Left hook, right uppercut from Drive.
Cutlas has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cutlas there as he acknowledges the shot.
Drive ducks right into an uppercut from Cutlas.
Cutlas jabs Drive to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drive throws a lazy right hand but Cutlas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cutlas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Drive digs a good body shot into Cutlas's ribs.
Drive drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drive slips a jab from Cutlas.
Tim Drive is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drive throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Cutlas misses the target.
Cutlas slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Cutlas misses the target.
Drive steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cutlas.
Cutlas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cutlas scores with a jab to the head.
Drive waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cutlas.
A quick step to the side and Cutlas tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutlas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drive was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutlas.
Drive swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cutlas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cutlas moves away from the strike by Drive.
Drive closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutlas misses with an uppercut. Drive saw that one coming.
It seemed like Drive was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Drive throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drive scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cutlas slips a straight right by Drive.
Drive takes one to the side of the head.
Drive ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cutlas moves away.
Drive misses the shot to the body.
Cutlas misses with a wild body shot.
Drive missing with a left hand there. Cutlas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cutlas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Drive misses with a hook.
Drive throws a hook to the side of Cutlas's head but Cutlas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cutlas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Drive cracks Cutlas with a good jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tim Drive.
I think Drive has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tim Drive!
A very excited looking Tim Drive 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.
Marcin Cutlas was interviewed post fight and said '110 iq'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zhang Jun (ranked 2653 p4p, 167 weight class) and Uriah Chin (ranked 2802 p4p, 174 weight class). Uriah Chin struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Zhang Jun has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
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149 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zhang Jun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uriah Chin!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chin misses with a wild body shot.
Chin clinches.
Jun is trying to push Chin away but Chin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Chin.
Chin lands a knee to the head.
Chin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chin obliges.
Chin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jun in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jun is breathing heavily.
Chin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jun's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chin breaks from the clinch.
Chin jabs Jun to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jun goes for a double leg but Chin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Chin continues to drive forward.
Jun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chin throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Chin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Chin gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Chin.
Chin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chin landing knees to the head.
Chin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chin clinches with his opponent.
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!
Chin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jun's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Chin.
Chin scores with a knee to the head.
Chin lands a shoulder strike.
Chin lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chin landing knees to the body.
Chin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chin landing knees to the head.
Chin with a knee to the head.
Jun is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chin is keeping busy.
Jun jumps guard but Chin stands there with Jun around his waist. Jun gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jun shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chin sprawls well. Chin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jun gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Jun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jun can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chin.
Chin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jun trying to land knees to the body.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
Chin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chin scores a nice knee to the body.
Jun takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Chin.
Knees to the body from Chin.
Chin landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chin throws a leg kick but Jun checks it.
Jun checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chin connects with a body shot that sends Jun's belly button to the back.
Chin moves into the clinch successfully.
Chin manages to break the clinch.
Chin is looking to score with low kicks.
Chin closes the distance and clinches.
Chin lands a knee to the body.
Jun tries to break free but Chin pushes him back against the cage.
Chin scores with a shoulder strike.
Chin is leaning against Jun and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chin forces Jun back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jun takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chin tries to throw a body punch but Jun avoids it by throwing Chin back against the cage.
Chin tries a body shot but Jun blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Uriah Chin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jun gets tackled into the cage by Chin. Chin maintains the clinch.
Chin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chin tries to work over Jun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Chin.
Jun is rocked!
Chin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Jun is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jun takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jun seems to have got his legs back now.
Chin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jun.
Chin has Jun pressed against the cage, preventing Jun from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chin tries a knee to the head but Jun blocks it.
Chin landing knees to the body.
Chin cracks Jun with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jun jumps guard but Chin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chin misses with a knee strike.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
Chin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jun seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Chin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jun, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Chin.
Chin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chin misses with a body punch.
Chin scores a nice knee to the body.
Jun blocks an elbow strike from Chin.
Chin crunches a lovely knee into Jun's ribcage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Chin scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Chin.
Chin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jun closes the distance and clinches up with Chin, looking for a takedown. Jun pushes Chin against the cage but Chin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Jun blocks the leg kick.
Chin has closed the distance and engaged Jun in a clinch.
Chin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jun attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chin rushes Jun and presses him up against the cage.
Chin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jun trying to control the position but instead, Chin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jun into the cage.
Chin with a knee to the head.
Jun is looking to control Chin's arms but Chin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jun has his back to the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chin obliges.
Jun is trying to push Chin away but Chin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chin lands a knee to the body.
Uriah Chin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chin manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chin moves into range and clinches up with Jun.
Jun jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Chin walks away with a smile on his face. Jun gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Jun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jun tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Chin defends well and Jun ends up having to push Chin into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Chin lands a nice shot to the body.
Chin digs a good hook to Jun's body.
Chin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chin closes the distance and clinches.
Jun is looking to break free of the clinch but Chin has double underhooks.
Chin landing knees to the head.
Chin presses Jun against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chin struggles to land a body shot inside as Jun controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chin scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chin keeps control of Jun as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jun takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chin lands a hook that snaps the head of Jun backwards.
Chin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jun in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jun's face.
A frustrated look appears on Jun's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jun is looking to break free of the clinch but Chin has double underhooks.
Chin with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chin obliges.
Jun jumps guard but Chin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Chin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Uriah Chin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Jun blocks a low kick nicely.
Uriah Chin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jun fails to land the takedown.
Chin has closed the distance and engaged Jun in a clinch.
Jun takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chin lands a good knee to the midsection. Jun won't want to take too many of those.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
Jun wants to get back to striking at distance but Chin won't allow it.
Chin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Chin.
Jun looking to slow down the pace here.
Jun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chin crunches a lovely knee into Jun's ribcage.
Chin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chin lands a nice knee to the body.
Chin manages to break the clinch.
Jun fails with a takedown attempt.
Chin gets a clinch.
Chin lands a knee to the body.
Chin pushes Jun back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chin connects with a knee to the head.
Chin landing knees to the body.
Chin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chin lands a good knee to the midsection. Jun won't want to take too many of those.
Uriah Chin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Chin with a knee to the head.
Chin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jun is trying to pull guard but Chin has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Jun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jun tries to stall but Chin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jun tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chin smiles and moves away.
Jun takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chin has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chin presses Jun against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jun goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jun jumps guard but Chin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jun throws an elbow but misses.
Chin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jun's efforts to push away.
Jun jumps guard but Chin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jun working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jun is trying to force a seperation but Chin has the dominant position.
Jun wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chin has him pressed against the cage.
Chin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jun shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chin as he avoids it easily.
Jun displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chin throws out the jab.
Chin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chin has closed the distance and engaged Jun in a clinch.
Jun is trying to pull guard but Chin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chin managing to block the knees to the body from Jun.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uriah Chin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chin 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 24:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uriah Chin!
Uriah Chin spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roc Le Phat (ranked 2102 p4p, 251 weight class) and Orla Wanker (ranked 2505 p4p, 288 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Le Phat might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bonita Applebum. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roc Le Phat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Orla Wanker!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ron Honeybunn and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Phat looks to throw the jab but Wanker is out of range.
Wanker feints and as Le Phat raises his hands in defense, Wanker changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wanker trying to control the position from guard on top but Le Phat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wanker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Le Phat pulls Wanker in to control the position.
Wanker controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wanker trying to control but Le Phat is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wanker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Le Phat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wanker on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wanker trying to control but Le Phat is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wanker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Le Phat is pulling down on Wanker's head. It's preventing any offense from Wanker, at least for the moment.
Le Phat keeping full guard, as Wanker tries to pass.
Wanker trying to control the position from guard on top but Le Phat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Le Phat throws a shot to the body.
Wanker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le Phat.
Wanker gets a double leg takedown into Le Phat's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wanker pushes down on Le Phat's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wanker is working for a submission of some sort.
Le Phat wants to improve his position but Wanker is controlling well.
Le Phat manages to get to full guard.
Wanker is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wanker trying to control the position from guard on top but Le Phat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wanker pushing down on Le Phat's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wanker seems to be looking for submissions.
Wanker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Le Phat wants to get back to full guard.
Wanker wants to control but Le Phat is keeping him busy.
Le Phat is looking for a sweep. Wanker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wanker trying to pass the guard but Le Phat defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wanker is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Le Phat defends it well.
Wanker is thwarting Le Phat's attempts to control the position.
Wanker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Le Phat keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wanker seems to be working for a kimura but Le Phat defends the submission attempt.
Le Phat is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wanker thows a huge punch but Le Phat dodges it nicely.
Le Phat is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Wanker is looking to take a break and control but Le Phat is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Le Phat is looking for a sweep. Wanker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Phat is working hard here to advance position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wanker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Le Phat keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orla Wanker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wanker tries to score a power double leg takedown but Le Phat sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wanker somewhat.
Wanker misses with a takedown
enabling Le Phat to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Orla Wanker has been cut.
Wanker has his takedown stuffed
enabling Le Phat to counter with a crisp jab.
Le Phat looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roc Le Phat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orla Wanker.
Wanker with a poor takedown
and Le Phat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wanker with a poor takedown
and Le Phat counters with a crisp right hand that drops Wanker! Le Phat lets Wanker back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Wanker is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wanker closes this distance looking for a takedown but Le Phat circles away.
Wanker is still on wobbly legs! Can Le Phat finish him?
Orla Wanker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Le Phat walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Wanker drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Le Phat swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Wanker's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roc Le Phat!
Our winner, Roc Le Phat, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yanji Klushinwa (ranked 2608 p4p, 294 weight class) and Abraham Alcantara (ranked 3176 p4p, 337 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
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200 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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yanji Klushinwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abraham Alcantara!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alcantara lands a nice looking body kick.
Klushinwa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Klushinwa drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Alcantara's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Alcantara is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here as Klushinwa stalls from top position.
Alcantara is looking to regain half guard here but Klushinwa keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alcantara is letting Klushinwa control him for a moment.
Alcantara wants to control but Klushinwa postures up.
Alcantara tries to buck Klushinwa off but Klushinwa is having none of it.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Klushinwa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alcantara loads up on a big right hand but Klushinwa slips the punch.
Klushinwa tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Alcantara manages to circle out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Klushinwa.
Alcantara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klushinwa circles away quickly and effectively.
Klushinwa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Alcantara!
Klushinwa in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Alcantara is looking to regain half guard here but Klushinwa keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Klushinwa stalls from top position.
Klushinwa working away.
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.
Alcantara is looking for a sweep.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Alcantara has taken the fight to the clinch.
Alcantara lands an elbow inside.
Klushinwa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Alcantara to keep the fight standing.
Klushinwa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alcantara.
Alcantara trying to land knees to the body.
Alcantara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alcantara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alcantara lands an uppercut.
Alcantara tries to land knees in the clinch but Klushinwa avoids the damage to the body.
Alcantara gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Klushinwa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yanji Klushinwa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alcantara lands an elbow just above Klushinwa 's eye.
Alcantara lands an elbow inside that Klushinwa shrugs off.
Klushinwa misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abraham Alcantara dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Klushinwa goes for a double leg but Alcantara avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Alcantara continues to drive forward.
Alcantara tries to counter with a clinch but Klushinwa shakes him off and moves away.
Klushinwa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alcantara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice elbow from Alcantara.
Alcantara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Klushinwa avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Alcantara.
Klushinwa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alcantara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Klushinwa blocks an elbow strike from Alcantara.
Klushinwa jumps guard but Alcantara turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alcantara avoiding damage as Klushinwa throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Klushinwa changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alcantara fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yanji Klushinwa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alcantara throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klushinwa drops his hands momentarily and Alcantara takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klushinwa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alcantara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Alcantara does no damage.
Alcantara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Klushinwa's sensitive parts.
Klushinwa shoots in for a takedown but Alcantara shows good takedown defense.
Alcantara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alcantara works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Alcantara finds it's way through Klushinwa's defenses.
Klushinwa ducks right into an uppercut from Alcantara.
Alcantara darts in and clinches Klushinwa up against the cage.
Klushinwa drags the fight down to the ground.
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!
Alcantara chips away with some ground and pound.
Alcantara looking to pass the guard.
Klushinwa wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klushinwa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alcantara loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alcantara trying to control the position from guard on top but Klushinwa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alcantara throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alcantara in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Alcantara darts in and clinches Klushinwa up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alcantara.
Klushinwa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alcantara.
Alcantara has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Klushinwa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Alcantara can turn it around.
Alcantara lands an elbow inside that Klushinwa shrugs off.
Klushinwa tries to land knees in the clinch but Alcantara avoids the damage to the body.
Klushinwa can't find room to land a body shot as Alcantara controls the action.
Alcantara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcantara gets through Klushinwa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alcantara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Klushinwa is defending well for now.
Klushinwa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alcantara lands a nice elbow.
Alcantara throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Alcantara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alcantara managing to block the knees to the body from Klushinwa.
Alcantara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alcantara lands an elbow that stopped Klushinwa in his tracks for a moment.
Klushinwa tries to pull guard but Alcantara won't allow it.
Alcantara avoiding damage as Klushinwa throws knees to the body.
Alcantara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alcantara lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Klushinwa takes an elbow to the temple.
Alcantara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Alcantara.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcantara lands a nice elbow.
Abraham Alcantara seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alcantara working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alcantara lands with a light punch inside.
Alcantara avoiding damage as Klushinwa throws knees to the body.
A short right from Alcantara on the inside.
Alcantara unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Alcantara landing knees to the body.
Alcantara is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alcantara.
Alcantara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Klushinwa backwards.
Alcantara misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alcantara working Klushinwa over with knees to the body.
Alcantara lands a nice uppercut.
Klushinwa tries to work over Alcantara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alcantara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Klushinwa backwards.
Alcantara lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alcantara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Klushinwa is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abraham Alcantara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A jab lands there for Alcantara.
Whack! Alcantara lands a heavy head kick that drops Klushinwa. The ref tackles Alcantara to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Klushinwa was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Abraham Alcantara!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Smith (ranked 1741 p4p, 211 weight class) and Demetrious Waters (ranked 2401 p4p, 275 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Demetrious Waters was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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28
164 lbs
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26
158 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demetrious Waters!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Waters shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Waters will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
James Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demetrious Waters.
Waters shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Waters gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Smith counters with a takedown into side control.
Waters seems a little lost for a moment, as Smith dominates the positioning.
Smith works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Smith controlling from side mount.
Smith landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith scores with a couple of short elbows.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Smith grinds an elbow into Waters's temple.
Waters is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith happy to just control the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is putting a hurting on Waters here, landing some big shots from side control.
Smith working the head with strikes.
Smith just content to control the position.
Waters stops Smith from passing to mount.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Waters gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nice strikes from Smith there.
Waters tries to roll over but Smith keeps him under control.
Smith is controlling the pace.
Waters taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Smith scores with a couple of nice shots.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Waters's head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smith working Waters over with strikes.
Smith seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Waters looking for subs from the bottom but Smith mounts him!
Smith controlling from the full mount.
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!
Waters gets back to half guard.
Waters looking for submissions off his back.
Smith looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Smith lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith winds up and cracks Waters with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Waters felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Smith wants to pass to mount but Waters is defending the position.
Smith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Waters looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smith seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Smith escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Smith!
A lull in the action here as Smith stalls from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Smith controlling from side mount.
Waters is trying to improve his position.
Smith scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Waters to see if he's OK.
Waters takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Waters tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Waters on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Waters taking a bit of punishment here - Smith scoring with strikes.
Waters is rocked!
Smith in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Waters looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Smith turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Smith!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Arciniega (ranked 492 p4p, 23 weight class) and Ryo Takuma (ranked 1387 p4p, 66 weight class). Arciniega kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is K.A.Y.O Shot ya. Ryo Takuma is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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280 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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287 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alejandro Arciniega!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryo Takuma!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Summer Carpenter and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Takuma throws a punch but it's blocked by Arciniega.
Good body shot from Takuma.
Takuma misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takuma.
Takuma swings wildly with an uppercut but Arciniega uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Takuma fails to land.
Takuma has a couple of punches blocked by Arciniega.
Takuma scores with a hook to the body.
Arciniega is breathing heavily.
Arciniega has a couple of punches blocked by Takuma.
Takuma is leaning against Arciniega and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Takuma can't find room to land a body shot as Arciniega controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takuma lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Takuma is leaning against Arciniega and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Takuma.
Stalling in the clinch from Takuma.
Takuma misses with a punch on the inside.
Takuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arciniega swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takuma tries a body shot but Arciniega blocks it.
Arciniega takes a shot to the head.
Arciniega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takuma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arciniega.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Arciniega ducks under a wild hook from Takuma.
Takuma swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takuma lands a big right hook! Arciniega looks hurt but is still standing! Takuma lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Arciniega falls down and Takuma dives in with a huge hammer fist! Arciniega's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Takuma runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryo Takuma!
Ryo Takuma is the new super heavyweight champion!
Ryo Takuma decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darrel Hill (ranked 302 p4p, 34 weight class) and Ru Shi Wu Cao (ranked 1423 p4p, 150 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darrel Hill!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ru Shi Wu Cao!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu Cao throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wu Cao throws a wild body kick that Hill sees coming a mile off.
Hill is looking for a counter combo.
Ru Shi Wu Cao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wu Cao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick by Wu Cao misses
and Hill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wu Cao slips a jab and a cross from Hill.
Hill looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wu Cao misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wu Cao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wu Cao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wu Cao misses with a jab to the body
and Wu Cao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wu Cao takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wu Cao on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Wu Cao. Those never looked like landing.
Hill was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hill works the jab nicely.
Wu Cao looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hill is fending him off so far but Wu Cao persists. Nope, Hill circles away and we're back to standing.
Hill lands a body shot.
Wu Cao throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Hill counter with a right hand.
Wu Cao on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hill scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wu Cao looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hill is fending him off so far but Wu Cao persists. Nope, Hill circles away and we're back to standing.
Hill lands a head shot.
Wu Cao throws a head kick that misses
and Hill counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Wu Cao!
Wu Cao is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill trying to control from half guard but Wu Cao is working away.
Wu Cao is still in real trouble! Can Hill finish him?
Hill is working for a kimura but Wu Cao is defending it quite comfortably.
Hill wants to work for an arm triangle but Wu Cao is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wu Cao seems to have recovered his senses.
Wu Cao is looking to control Hill's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wu Cao avoid being mounted?
Hill is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Wu Cao has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hill is looking for a kimura here.
Wu Cao looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hill is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hill 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.
Hill is working for a kimura but Wu Cao is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hill is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wu Cao sees it coming and defends easily.
Wu Cao tries to kick Hill off but Hill keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hill is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hill wants to free his trapped foot but Wu Cao is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hill stops Wu Cao from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrel Hill dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wu Cao looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Hill misses the target.
Wu Cao fails with the takedown
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wu Cao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hill counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ru Shi Wu Cao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wu Cao misses with a head kick.
Hill connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wu Cao's hands.
Wu Cao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Ru Shi Wu Cao has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill sizes up Wu Cao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wu Cao shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hill makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Darrel Hill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ru Shi Wu Cao.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wu Cao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hill manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wu Cao in his tracks.
Wu Cao throws a head kick that misses
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wu Cao misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hill fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Wu Cao out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Darrel Hill!
Darrel Hill retains his featherweight title!
After the fight, Darrel Hill was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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