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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Gall (ranked 4936 p4p, 387 weight class) and Baxter Garrison (ranked 23972 p4p, 476 weight class). Garrison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ireland!. Baxter Garrison is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Gall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Baxter Garrison!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gall takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danga de danga de dang - Garrison scores with a four punch combination!
Gall tries a head kick but it misses.
Gall lands a head kick!
Garrison throws a one two combo.
Garrison throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gall!
Gall looks for the body kick but Garrison saw that one coming.
Garrison moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Garrison scores with a three punch combo!
Gall is rocked!
Gall is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Oh Gall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garrison circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Gall drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Garrison follows Gall to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baxter Garrison!
Baxter Garrison seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Test Fighter A (ranked 3112 p4p, 378 weight class) and Wally Kruschev (ranked 3071 p4p, 371 weight class). Kruschev is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pissed Off and Mad About it (Texas Hippie Coalition). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Test Fighter A!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wally Kruschev!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruschev clinches with his opponent.
Fighter A is looking to break free of the clinch but Kruschev has double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Kruschev.
Fighter A has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fighter A wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fighter A is trying to push Kruschev away but Kruschev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fighter A tries to break free but Kruschev pushes him back against the cage.
Kruschev gets through Fighter A's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kruschev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fighter As head.
Fighter A swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruschev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fighter A wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fighter A wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kruschev has him pressed against the cage.
Kruschev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fighter A definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fighter A looks to throw the jab but Kruschev is out of range.
Jab by Kruschev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Fighter A throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kruschev unleashes a big counter combination but Fighter A bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kruschev walks into a jab.
Fighter A throws a body punch but Kruschev moves out of range.
Donk. Fighter A catches Kruschev right on the button with a cross.
Kruschev lands a nice shot that snaps Fighter A's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fighter A throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kruschev getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kruschev has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev slips under a jab.
Fighter A takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fighter A swings widly with a right hand
and Kruschev counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruschev throws a right and a left that Fighter A avoids nicely.
Kruschev rushes Fighter A and presses him up against the cage.
Kruschev lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fighter A wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kruschev has him pressed against the cage.
Kruschev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
Kruschev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fighter A's efforts to push away.
Kruschev lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kruschev scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruschev scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruschev.
Fighter A wants to break free but Kruschev has control.
Kruschev tries to land knees in the clinch but Fighter A avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fighter A wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kruschev lands a hook that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
Kruschev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kruschev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kruschev lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev pushes Fighter A back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fighter A tries to circle away but Kruschev has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Fighter A's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fighter A has a couple of punches blocked by Kruschev.
Kruschev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
Nice body punch from Kruschev.
Kruschev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fighter A's efforts to push away.
Fighter A working hard to break the clinch.
Kruschev manages to break the clinch.
Kruschev scores with a jab to the head.
Kruschev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fighter A.
Fighter A swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kruschev moves into the clinch.
Fighter A lands a hook that snaps the head of Kruschev backwards.
Kruschev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kruschev looking for a takedown.
Fighter A is trying to break free.
Kruschev lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Fighter A's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fighter A working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter A prevents a body shot from Kruschev.
Fighter A wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kruschev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Fighter A.
Fighter A lands a jab.
Fighter A throws a lazy uppercut
and Kruschev counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kruschev slips under a jab.
Fighter A shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kruschev eats them both and turns towards Fighter A to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fighter A swings widly with a right hand
and Kruschev holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kruschev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fighter A throws a hook but Kruschev blocks it.
Fighter A swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kruschev counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kruschev.
Kruschev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fighter A wants to get back to striking at distance but Kruschev won't allow it.
Fighter A is trying to break the clinch but Kruschev has him pressed against the cage.
Fighter A can't break the clinch.
Kruschev lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Kruschev - that landed with a thud.
Kruschev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fighter A's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighter A's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruschev pushes Fighter A back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kruschev is working for takedown but Fighter A is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kruschev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fighter A looks to land a left hand but Kruschev moved out of range nicely.
Fighter A is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kruschev throws a right hand that Fighter A ducks under and follows up with a left that Fighter A also avoids with ease.
Fighter A avoids the body shot from Kruschev.
Kruschev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fighter A.
Fighter A swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fighter A throws a hook but Kruschev blocks it.
Kruschev goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kruschev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fighter A manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Kruschev misses its intended target.
Kruschev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kruschev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fighter A.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruschev walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kruschev moves out of range of the strikes.
Fighter A is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kruschev.
Fighter A thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fighter A sets himself, and Kruschev steps forward looking for the clinch! Fighter A avoids it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wally Kruschev dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kruschev with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fighter A missing with a left hand there. Kruschev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kruschev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fighter A throws a jab when Kruschev was well out of range.
Kruschev is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fighter A with a body shot.
Kruschev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fighter A's sensitive parts.
Kruschev forces Fighter A back against the cage and clinches.
Fighter A wants to break free but Kruschev has control.
Kruschev has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fighter A is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kruschev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
Kruschev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fighter A misses with some punches.
Kruschev changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fighter A fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kruschev darts in and clinches Fighter A up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruschev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kruschev lands a nice shot to the body.
Fighter A misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kruschev.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kruschev takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short right from Kruschev on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev lands a body shot.
Fighter A wants to break free but Kruschev has control.
Fighter A wants to break free but Kruschev has control.
Kruschev scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fighter A has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kruschev lands a hook that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
Kruschev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kruschev cracks Fighter A with a good jab.
Kruschev clobbers Fighter A with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fighter A looks to throw the jab but Kruschev is out of range.
Nice shot lands for Kruschev.
Kruschev gets a clinch.
Kruschev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fighter A's elbow.
Kruschev scores with a shoulder strike.
Kruschev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Test Fighter A is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Fighter A misses its intended target.
Kruschev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fighter A as he avoids it easily.
Test Fighter A has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wally Kruschev.
Kruschev forces Fighter A back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruschev lands a shot to the body.
Kruschev tries to throw a body punch but Fighter A avoids it by throwing Kruschev back against the cage.
Fighter A working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kruschev keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fighter A's efforts to push away.
Fighter A's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kruschev blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Kruschev.
Kruschev has Fighter A pressed against the cage, preventing Fighter A from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kruschev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kruschev pushes Fighter A back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kruschev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kruschev manages to break the clinch.
Fighter A displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kruschev throws out the jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kruschev or perhaps it was just good defense by Fighter A, which made it look bad.
Kruschev lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter A misses with a double jab.
Fighter A rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruschev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kruschev walks into a left hand.
Fighter A throws a right hand that misses
and Fighter A takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wally Kruschev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fighter A swings for the body but Kruschev moves out of range.
Kruschev clinches up with Fighter A and pushes him back against the cage.
Kruschev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fighter A loads up on a big right hand but Kruschev slips the punch.
Kruschev closes the distance and pushes Fighter A back into the cage.
Fighter A gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kruschev.
Kruschev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fighter As head.
Kruschev gets through Fighter A's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kruschev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruschev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Kruschev - that landed with a thud.
Kruschev prevents Fighter A from breaking the clinch.
Kruschev lands with a right to the head.
Wally Kruschev seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev wants a takedown but no success here.
Kruschev pushes Fighter A back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fighter A tries to break free but Kruschev pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Kruschev as the two fighters clinch.
Kruschev scores with a hook to the body.
Kruschev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
Kruschev is working Fighter A over against the cage.
Kruschev digs a right hand underneath Fighter A's ribcage. Fighter A let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kruschev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kruschev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kruschev lands a hook that snaps the head of Fighter A backwards.
A shot in the inside from Kruschev.
Fighter A blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fighter A working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kruschev.
Fighter A working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kruschev breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kruschev.
Danga de danga de dang - Kruschev scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wally Kruschev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kruschev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kruschev thuds a left hand into Fighter A's body.
Fighter A misses with a wild body shot.
Fighter A throws the left hand but Kruschev avoids the punch easily.
Kruschev lands with a right hand.
Kruschev shoots for a takedown but Fighter A saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fighter A's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kruschev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fighter A scrambles back to his feet.
Fighter A lands with an uppercut that bounces Kruschev off the cage and back into range.
Fighter A smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fighter A tries to keep at a distance but Kruschev has taken the fight into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Kruschev.
A short left from Kruschev.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fighter A is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fighter A wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kruschev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kruschev takes a swing at Fighter A's ribcage but misses.
Fighter A feints a jab promting Kruschev to slip. Fighter A then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kruschev slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kruschev paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab from Fighter A.
Kruschev misses with a double jab.
Kruschev lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kruschev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kruschev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kruschev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kruschev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fighter A wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Kruschev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fighter A is trying to push Kruschev away but Kruschev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kruschev lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Kruschev.
Fighter A is trying to force a seperation but Kruschev has the dominant position.
Kruschev lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fighter A.
Kruschev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kruschev prevents Fighter A from breaking the clinch.
Fighter A is looking to break free of the clinch but Kruschev has double underhooks.
Kruschev lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Kruschev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kruschev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kruschev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kruschev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kruschev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kruschev tries to work over Fighter A's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fighter A is trying to force a seperation but Kruschev has the dominant position.
Kruschev breaks the clinch.
Kruschev defending well as Fighter A loads up on a big left hand.
Fighter A has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kruschev finds it's way round the side to connect with Fighter A's head.
Fighter A connects with a looping right hand.
Fighter A bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kruschev's head.
Kruschev looks to land a combination but Fighter A avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fighter A avoiding damage as Kruschev throws knees to the body.
Kruschev lands a right hand.
Fighter A is looking to break free of the clinch but Kruschev has double underhooks.
Kruschev lands with a light punch inside.
Kruschev lands a right hand.
Kruschev lands a nice shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Kruschev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kruschev blocks an uppercut.
Kruschev lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Kruschev.
Still in the clinch, Kruschev scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruschev.
Kruschev lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Kruschev.
Kruschev can't get the takedown.
Fighter A tries to circle away but Kruschev has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruschev.
Kruschev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fighter As head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fighter A.
Kruschev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kruschev is leaning against Fighter A and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Kruschev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fighter A is pressed up against the cage. Kruschev has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fighter A down to the mat. Fighter A avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Test Fighter A has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wally Kruschev.
A swing and a miss from Fighter A.
Fighter A throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kruschev counters by clinching up.
Kruschev scores with a hook to the body.
Kruschev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Test Fighter A has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kruschev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kruschev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruschev drives through and clinches with Fighter A against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kruschev.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruschev lands a shoulder strike.
Kruschev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fighter A wants to get back to striking at distance but Kruschev won't allow it.
Fighter A managing to block the knees to the body from Kruschev.
Kruschev is leaning against Fighter A and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wally Kruschev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kruschev 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wally Kruschev!
Our winner, Wally Kruschev, 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Total Badass (ranked 4387 p4p, 154 weight class) and Datu Rizalia (ranked 1335 p4p, 64 weight class). Rizalia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ballad of a dead soulja by tupac kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Total Badass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Datu Rizalia!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badass moves forwards but Rizalia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rizalia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rizalia throws a hook but Badass blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizalia.
Rizalia has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rizalia scores with a head kick.
Rizalia connects with a body shot.
Rizalia lands a slapping body shot.
Rizalia lands a big uppercut and Badass crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Badass looks OK. Rizalia waves Badass back to his feet!
Badass is rocked!
It looks like Total Badass has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizalia cracks Badass with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Datu Rizalia!
Datu Rizalia very nearly forgot to thank UnderGround Clothing Co. amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wres Po (ranked 2982 p4p, 351 weight class) and Jolly Rodger (ranked 2700 p4p, 328 weight class). Rodger has chosen Reach for the stars by s club 7 as his entrance music. Jolly Rodger told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wres Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jolly Rodger!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po tries for a takedown but Rodger circles away easily
and Rodger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jolly Rodger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Po misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rodger! But no joy.
Po ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodger moves away.
Rodger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Po looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Po scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Po stopping the sweep attempt from Rodger.
Po trying to control but Rodger is working from the bottom.
Rodger throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Po won't allow Rodger to get back to his feet.
Rodger wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po stops Rodger from standing up.
Rodger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rodger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Po postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rodger can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rodger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Po working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rodger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Po scoring with some ground and pound.
Po trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodger controlling the position.
Rodger told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Po working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rodger's head.
Po definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Po in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Po throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rodger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Po prevents Rodger from getting back to his feet.
Po works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Po landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Po winds up and cracks Rodger with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Po there.
Po missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po tries to pass to full mount but Rodger defends it.
Po winds up and cracks Rodger with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rodger taking some punishment here, with Po in his half guard.
Well, if Po is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Po.
Rodger tries to roll over but Po keeps him under control.
Rodger is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Po scores with a couple of nice shots.
Po is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Po seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Po looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rodger on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Po seems content to control.
Rodger really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Po. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rodger is refusing to be controlled, as Po sits in half guard.
Po lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Po there.
Rodger is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Po seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Po throwing shots but Rodger is blocking nicely.
Po lands strikes from half guard.
Po looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rodger is rocked!
Po content to control rather than advance.
Rodger is still in real trouble! Can Po finish him?
Rodger wants to get back to full guard.
Rodger seems to have recovered his senses.
Po seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Po passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rodger!
Rodger is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Po.
The referee warns Rodger that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Po softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Rodger is out cold! Po jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wres Po!
Jolly Rodger was interviewed post fight and said 'You fucking retard cunt, I'll rape your unborn fucking childen you cunt... Anyway, good win.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tantalau (ranked 2630 p4p, 335 weight class) and Dropkick Flexy (ranked 2546 p4p, 326 weight class). Flexy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Big Thing. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Tantalau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dropkick Flexy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tantalau is looking to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Flexy. No joy for Tantalau on that attempt.
Flexy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Flexy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tantalau loads up on a big right hand but Flexy slips the punch.
Flexy throws a solid leg kick but Tantalau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Flexy.
A swing and a miss from Tantalau.
The fighters circling - Tantalau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tantalau tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Flexy misses with a kick to the body.
Flexy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tantalau if he has to take too many more of those.
Flexy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Flexy slaps away a takedown attempt from Tantalau, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tantalau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flexy connects with a leg kick. Tantalau looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Flexy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tantalau's calf.
A leg kick checked by Tantalau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantalau shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Flexy actively working from the bottom here.
Tantalau seems to be working for a kimura but Flexy defends the submission attempt.
Tantalau is pressing down on Flexy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Flexy is holding on for now.
Tantalau wants to lay and pray for a moment but Flexy keeps working.
Flexy has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Tantalau escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Tantalau!
Tantalau scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantalau in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Flexy is trying to improve his position.
Tantalau advances to full mount.
Flexy is looking to improve his position but Tantalau isn't that keen on the idea.
Flexy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Tantalau working for a submission but Flexy is keeping him at bay.
Flexy is trying to reverse the position but instead Tantalau has taken his back - oops!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flexy trying to control the action but Tantalau just sinks the hooks in.
Flexy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tantalau haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Tantalau is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Flexy is defending well though. Tantalau let's go of the attempt for now.
Tantalau is looking to control Flexy but Flexy is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Flexy has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Tantalau keeps control of the position as Flexy tries to break free.
Flexy defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Flexy trying to control but not successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flexy is keeping busy.
Flexy looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Tantalau keeps control of the position as Flexy tries to break free.
Tantalau biding his time, controlling Flexy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Tantalau dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Flexy throws a front kick aimed at Tantalau's knee but Tantalau avoids it well.
Good leg kick by Flexy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Flexy closes the distance and pushes Tantalau back into the cage.
Tantalau is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Flexy to keep the fight standing.
Tantalau has clasped his hands together around Flexy's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Tantalau working the head with strikes.
Flexy is looking for a sweep.
Flexy tries to control but Tantalau manages to take his back.
Flexy tries to break free.
Flexy is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Tantalau gets his way!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tantalau has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Tantalau has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Flexy is in real trouble here. Tantalau gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Flexy is tapping out! Tantalau wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Tantalau!
A relieved looking Mike Tantalau thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spurgu Nator (ranked 1934 p4p, 254 weight class) and Meldrick Taylor (ranked 2061 p4p, 269 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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19
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spurgu Nator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Meldrick Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nator.
Nator seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Nator moves away and avoids it.
Nator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nator keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taylor.
It looked like Nator wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nator looks for the body kick but Taylor saw that one coming.
Nator takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Nator counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
and Nator counters with a nice uppercut.
Nator has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gentlemans Offence and Defense System in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nator on the side of the head.
Taylor throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nator.
That kick from Taylor tenderised Nator's leg. Nator is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nator blocks a jab.
Meldrick Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Taylor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nator ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nator misses with a series of wild punches.
Taylor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Nator counter with a right hand.
Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nator.
Taylor lunges at Nator with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nator's hand.
Taylor thuds a left hand into Nator's body.
Nator ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nator seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nator.
Taylor catches Nator with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Taylor throws a body kick that misses.
Nator feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nator fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor misses with a left hand
and Nator counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Taylor is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nator closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nator throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taylor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor thuds a left hand into Nator's body.
Nator throws a combination that misses
and Taylor counters with a left to the body.
Taylor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nator.
Nator was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Taylor connects with a body shot.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Nator on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Taylor. Taylor obviously looking to wear him down.
Nator moves out of range of the body kick from Taylor.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
Taylor throws a leg kick
and Nator counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Taylor missing with a left hand there. Nator was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nator under the eye.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Nator keeps it at a distance.
Nator misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nators jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Taylor is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nator had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nator misses with a straight left.
Nator swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
Nator lands a glancing blow to the side of Taylor's head.
Taylor throws a wild body kick that Nator sees coming a mile off.
Taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nator steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Nator tries to move into range but Taylor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nator misses with a body shot
and Taylor counters with a straight right hand.
Nator takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
Taylor lands with a cross.
Nator misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
Nator looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nators jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nator.
Taylor with a jab.
Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nator.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meldrick Taylor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nator misses with a low kick as Taylor jumps back.
Taylor throws a jab when Nator was well out of range.
Nator on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Taylor takes a swing at Nator's ribcage but misses.
Taylor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nator slips under a jab.
Nator was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nator throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor counters with a stiff right hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nator might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Nator takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Taylor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taylor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nator walks into a jab.
Nator fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taylor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taylor misses with a hook.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with an uppercut
and Taylor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Taylor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nator was well out of range. Poor timing from Taylor.
Meldrick Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taylor misses with a hook
and Nator counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Nator.
Nator takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nator throws a leg kick that misses.
Taylor lands with a nice body punch.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nator uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
A shot to the body from Taylor misses
and Nator counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nator moves out of range of the leg kick from Taylor.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taylor takes a swing at Nator's ribcage but misses.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Nator.
Taylor throws a hook but Nator blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor throws a body shot but no joy.
Nator feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Taylor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nator.
Despite the aggression on Taylor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Taylor moves out of range of the strikes.
No joy there for Nator, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nator lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nator feints and then cracks Taylor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taylor down.
Nator throws a big shot that misses.
Nator misses with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Nator slips the punch.
Nator tried to counter with a leg kick but Taylor avoided it.
A bone on bone clash there as Taylor blocks the leg kick.
A nice side step and Taylor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Taylor lands a jab.
Spurgu Nator is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nator lands with a good body shot.
Taylor throws out a leg kick but Nator moves out of range and Taylor only half commits.
A left lands for Taylor.
Taylor misses with a kick to the body.
Nator closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Taylor misses with a straight left.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nator on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice shot lands for Taylor.
Taylor throws a leg kick
and Nator counters with a series of strikes. Taylor will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nator drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. Nator looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Taylor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nator.
Taylor has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Nator counters with a one-two to the body.
Nator pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Taylor throws a leg kick
and Nator counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters circle momentarily. Taylor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nator looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor wants to counter the offense by Nator and move into the clinch position.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Nator moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Meldrick Taylor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nator takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Taylor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nator looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taylor connects with a solid leg kick.
Taylor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nator momentarily.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor takes one to the chin there.
Taylor throws a jab but it's blocked by Nator.
Nator throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It seemed like Taylor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nator.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor blocks the body kick.
Taylor misses with a double jab
and Nator counters with a series of strikes. Taylor will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nator swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Taylor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Taylor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nator.
Taylor connects with a solid leg kick.
Taylor misses with a body shot
letting Nator counter with a right hand.
Nator swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nator throws a looping overhand right but Taylor ducks down to avoid it.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nator manages to avoid it.
Nator was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Taylor throws a head kick but Nator moves out of range.
Taylor throws out a leg kick but Nator moves out of range and Taylor only half commits.
Nator drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nator scores with a one two! Taylor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Taylor throws a leg kick
and Nator counters with a two punch combo.
Spurgu Nator has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor blocks a jab.
Taylor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taylor misses with a left hand
letting Nator counter with a right hand.
Taylor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nator.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Nator's head but Nator sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taylor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nator lands a really nice looking cross but Taylor seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Taylor.
Taylor appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nator is looking to counter punch.
Nator looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nator takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Taylor lands with a hook. Nator tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nator misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taylor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nator moves away from the strike by Taylor.
Some wild striking there from Nator.
Taylor stuns Nator with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nator sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Taylor lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nator needs to keep his hands up - Taylor had a free shot at his head there.
Nator ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Taylor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taylor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nator checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taylor misses with a body kick.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Nator avoids them all with ease.
Taylor tries to land a body kick
letting Nator counter with a right hand.
Nator misses with a looping left.
Taylor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Meldrick Taylor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Taylor lands with a straight right. Nator didn't see that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Meldrick Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meldrick Taylor!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Navas (ranked 1893 p4p, 248 weight class) and Sivile Gonya (ranked 1500 p4p, 206 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Navas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sivile Gonya!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Navas.
Gonya scores with a head kick. Navas tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Navas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gonya connects with a right hand. Navas shakes it off.
Navas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Navas is rocked!
Navas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Navas looks to land a body kick but Gonya moved away.
A big right from Navas misses.
Navas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A head kick misses from Navas.
Navas tests Gonya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonya avoids the body shot from Navas.
Navas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonya counters with a shoot takedown. Navas fights it but they end up in guard.
Gonya showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gonya stops Navas from standing up.
Gonya passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonya thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gonya has hold of Navas's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Navas seems comfortable defending it but Gonya has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Navas is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Navas is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Gonya couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sivile Gonya!
Sivile Gonya thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lester Burnham (ranked 1248 p4p, 138 weight class) and Jay Brown (ranked 1972 p4p, 216 weight class). Burnham comes to the cage accompanied by Just Thinking. Brown has chosen Hate Me Now by Nas as his entrance music. Jay Brown struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.1lbs 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. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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155 lbs
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160 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lester Burnham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Brown!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Brown does it's job there.
Brown drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Jay Brown has been cut.
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burnham.
Burnham scores with a nice right hand.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown but Burnham manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brown's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Donk. Burnham catches Brown right on the button with a cross.
Burnham pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Burnham blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown fails to pull guard.
Burnham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Burnham stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Burnham lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burnham displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Brown is trying to drag Burnham to the mat but Burnham just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lester Burnham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Brown.
Burnham lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to push Burnham away but Burnham has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Burnham scores with a hook to the body.
Burnham gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burnham.
Burnham lands a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burnham.
Burnham blocks an uppercut.
Burnham lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Burnham scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burnham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burnham lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Burnham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burnham controlling the action here for a moment.
Burnham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burnham.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnham lands a body shot.
Burnham lands a nice shot to the body.
Burnham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Burnham is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burnham lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burnham has Brown pushed against the cage.
Brown will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Burnham up against the cage.
A short left from Burnham.
Burnham keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burnham lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burnham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Burnham prevents a body shot from Brown.
Burnham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Burnham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown is rocked!
Brown goes for a takedown attempt but Burnham pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Burnham catches Brown right on the button with a cross.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Burnham finish him?
Brown walks straight into a right hand from Burnham - that's dropped him! Burnham jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Brown from any more punishment! Brown complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lester Burnham!
Our winner, Lester Burnham, 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.
The defeated Jay Brown had this to say: 'Maybe next time'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Moser (ranked 1228 p4p, 169 weight class) and Yewis Mybitch (ranked 1730 p4p, 218 weight class). Mybitch is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Like a Stone. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 lbs
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195 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Moser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yewis Mybitch!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Moser.
It looks like Yewis Mybitch has been cut.
Moser lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mybitch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moser counters with a straight right hand.
Moser cracks Mybitch with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Mybitch tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Moser pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Mybitch is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Moser!
A less than humble Brian Moser misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DeMarcus Diallo (ranked 1030 p4p, 141 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 775 p4p, 109 weight class). Diallo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Who's Stopping Me?. Giuseppe Turturro told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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185 lbs
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184 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeMarcus Diallo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turturro darts in and clinches Diallo up against the cage.
Diallo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diallo struggles to land a body shot inside as Turturro controls his hands.
Turturro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turturro fails to pull guard.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Diallo to keep the fight standing.
Turturro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diallo walks away with a smile on his face. Turturro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
DeMarcus Diallo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giuseppe Turturro.
Turturro rushes Diallo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Turturro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diallo walks away with a smile on his face. Turturro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diallo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Turturro jumps guard but Diallo stands there with Turturro around his waist. Turturro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diallo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diallo swings wildly with an uppercut but Turturro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turturro pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diallo is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turturro is still trying to improve position.
Diallo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diallo is fighting to break Turturro's control of his arms but Turturro is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro is trying to keep Diallo in close.
Turturro manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diallo manages to get himself to full guard.
Turturro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diallo keeping moving, preventing Turturro from controlling successfully.
Diallo can't keep his opponent in guard - Turturro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diallo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diallo tries to get out of the position.
Turturro is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Diallo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Turturro.
Turturro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diallo is trying to stand back up but Turturro is controlling him
Turturro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Turturro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Turturro is looking to take a break and control but Diallo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Turturro controlling the action here.
Diallo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Turturro on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is trying to control. Diallo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Turturro is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Diallo sees it coming and defends easily.
Diallo is not content to let Turturro control the position.
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.
Turturro is working for a kimura but Diallo is defending it quite comfortably.
Diallo is not content to let Turturro control the position.
Turturro is taking a breather. Diallo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Turturro is keen to just control but Diallo is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giuseppe Turturro dominated that round.
That's time! Diallo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diallo doesn't manage to clinch there - Turturro circles away.
Diallo wants to clinch up but Turturro keeps it at a distance.
Diallo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turturro takes the fight into the clinch.
Turturro decides to pull guard.
Turturro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diallo tries to free his leg and advance position but Turturro is retaining full guard.
Turturro controls Diallo momentarily but Diallo frees himself.
Turturro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diallo is one step ahead there.
Diallo is sitting in close to Turturro's body. Turturro has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Diallo is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Diallo is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Turturro.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Giuseppe Turturro! Giuseppe Turturro retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Giuseppe Turturro 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.
In defeat, DeMarcus Diallo stepped up to the mic, saying 'GET THIS FUCKING MIC OUT OF MY FACE.'.
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