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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Snitch (ranked 2243 p4p, 283 weight class) and Sharven Sheven (ranked 2971 p4p, 356 weight class). Snitch kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I Wanna Rock. 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
23 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sharven Sheven!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snitch clobbers Sheven with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Snitch looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sheven!
Sheven wants to get back to his feet.
Snitch controls the position from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snitch wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sheven keeps working.
Snitch is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sheven will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
You can see the frustration on Sheven's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sheven is not content to let Snitch control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Snitch lands a lovely overhand right.
Snitch shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sheven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Snitch misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Sheven on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Snitch tries to close the distance and clinch but Sheven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snitch shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sheven but Sheven pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Despite the aggression on Sheven's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jon Snitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snitch fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sheven lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Snitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Snitch looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sheven is fending him off so far but Snitch persists. Nope, Sheven circles away and we're back to standing.
As Snitch backs off Sheven throws a huge counter combo but Snitch manages to avoid it all.
Snitch throws a leg kick
letting Sheven counter with a right hand.
It looks like Jon Snitch has been cut.
Sheven takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab lands there for Snitch.
Sheven tries to keep at a distance but Snitch has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sheven as Snitch tries to tie him up.
Sheven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snitch's elbow.
Sheven misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snitch slowing the pace effectively.
A short uppercut from Sheven.
Sheven is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Snitch is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sheven prevents the takedown attempt.
Sheven has a couple of punches blocked by Snitch.
The referee calls for Snitch to work.
Sheven is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sheven.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snitch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Still in the clinch, Sheven scores with a nice short uppercut.
Snitch tries to stall but Sheven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jon Snitch will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jon Snitch's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Snitch drives through with a takedown into guard.
Snitch trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Snitch advances to half guard.
Snitch is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sheven is positioning himself well to prevent Snitch advancing to mount.
Snitch is thwarting Sheven's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snitch wants to free his trapped foot but Sheven is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sheven tries to get to full guard but Snitch has control of the leg.
Sheven 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snitch slows the pace down in half guard.
Snitch looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sheven is looking to improve his position.
Well, if Snitch 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.
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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Snitch lands a nice short elbow.
Snitch slows the pace down in half guard.
Snitch wants to control but Sheven is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Snitch has his takedown stuffed
and Sheven counters with a big right hand! Oh Snitch is in trouble here! Sheven follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sharven Sheven!
An out of breath Sharven Sheven thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Jon Snitch had this to say: 'This loss will make me better, I will be back.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Klay Dee (ranked 1806 p4p, 197 weight class) and Tzu Chu (ranked 1646 p4p, 179 weight class). Dee's entrance music is Tyler, The Creator - Who Dat Boy. A fine choice. Klay Dee has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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143 lbs
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135 lbs
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Klay Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tzu Chu!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dee swats away the attempt to clinch by Chu.
Chu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Chu clinches up against the cage.
Dee dodges an elbow strike from Chu.
A short right from Dee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Chu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dee.
Dee scores with a shoulder strike.
Chu misses with a punch on the inside.
Chu digs a right hand underneath Dee's ribcage. Dee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dee throws a head punch that misses.
Dee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Chu tries to score a body lock takedown but Dee shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dee is trying to force a seperation but Chu has the dominant position.
Chu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dee pushes Chu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chu works on Dee's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dee tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab from Dee.
Chu has Dee up against the cage in a clinch.
Chu misses with an elbow over the top.
Dee can't find room to land a body shot as Chu controls the action.
Chu blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Dee takes an elbow to the temple.
Chu told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Chu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dee backwards.
Dee lands with a light punch inside.
Dee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chu or not.
Dee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dee blocks an uppercut.
Dee breaks from the clinch.
A lazy left from Chu finds it's target.
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!
Chu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dee misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chu tries to close the distance and clinch but Dee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dee can pounce on him.
Chu staying out of range there.
Chu fails to land with a series of punches.
Dee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Good shot there by Dee.
Dee tries to score with a low kick but Chu moves his leg out of the way.
Chu throws a hook to the side of Dee's head but Dee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dee appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dee ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Chu lands a jab.
Dee misses with a hook. Chu ducked under it nicely.
Chu ducks right into an uppercut from Dee.
Chu lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Chu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses the jab.
Chu throws a nice looking combination but Dee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dee is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chu takes one to the side of the head.
Chu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A cross from Dee lands.
Klay Dee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dee throws a shot from downtown. Chu moves away and avoids it.
Chu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chu misses the shot to the body.
Klay Dee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dee misses with a straight left.
Dee slips a jab and a cross from Chu.
Nice shot by Dee.
A big left from Dee misses.
Chu lands a really nice looking cross but Dee seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dee moves out of range of the strikes.
Dee displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Chu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dee loads up on a big right hand but Chu slips the punch.
Chu tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dee looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Dee throws a sloppy head kick and Chu moves out of range easily.
Chu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dee. Dee obviously looking to wear him down.
Chu wants to clinch.
Chu takes one to the chin there.
Dee swats away the attempt to clinch by Chu.
It looked like Dee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chu defending well as Dee loads up on a big left hand.
Chu with the counter takedown but Dee avoids it easily.
Chu looks to land a left hand but Dee moved out of range nicely.
Chu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dee.
Chu throws a series of punches but Dee avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klay Dee dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Chu walks into a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dee.
Dee fails to land with a series of punches.
Dee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dee misses with an uppercut. Chu saw that one coming.
Chu takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dee is looking to chop away at Chu's legs.
Chu just misses with a punch to the body.
Dee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chu can do to turn this around?
Chu ducks under a wild hook from Dee.
Chu misses with a straight right.
Dee loads up on a big right hand but Chu slips the punch.
Dee throws a hook but Chu blocks it.
Chu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dee swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Chu misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Dee.
Chu misses with the combination.
Chu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dee.
A jab from Chu finds it's way through Dee's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu goes for a double leg but Dee avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dee continues to drive forward.
Chu looks to score with a jab to the body but Dee is just out of range.
Tzu Chu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chu.
Chu loads up on a big right hand but Dee slips the punch.
Dee throws a quick counter head kick but Chu was just out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd cheers as Dee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chu doesn't seem phased though.
Chu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chu.
Dee slips under a jab from Chu.
Dee throws a nice looking combination but Chu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chu scores with a shot to the body.
Klay Dee is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Chu.
Dee blocks a head kick by Chu.
Chu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dee connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dee.
Dee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dee throws out the jab.
Dee connects with a jab.
Dee misses with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Dee.
Chu has managed to clinch.
Chu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chu scores with a hook to the body.
Dee throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Dee throws a head punch that misses.
Klay Dee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chu.
Dee lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chu has picked Dee up - he's going for a ride! Chu dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Dee is looking to control Chu's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dee avoid being mounted?
Dee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chu.
Chu is looking to advance position but Dee won't allow it.
Chu seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu prevents Dee from standing back up.
Dee manages to get to full guard.
Chu wants to control from the top but Dee keeps moving.
Chu distracts Dee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chu lands a couple of digs.
Chu engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dee wants to stand but Chu is controlling the position.
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.
Chu preventing the sweep.
Dee is looking to stand up but Chu isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Chu. Beautiful body shot.
A big right from Dee misses.
Chu fails to land with a series of punches.
Dee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dee.
Chu throws a series of punches but Dee avoids them all with ease.
Chu throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Chu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Chu backs away, Dee returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klay Dee dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Good exchange - Dee coming out on top.
Chu darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Chu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dee is trying to stand up here but Chu is controlling him well.
Chu prevents Dee from improving his position.
Chu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chu throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dee tries to roll over but Chu keeps him under control.
Dee tries to kick Chu off but Chu keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chu tries to pass to full mount but Dee defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee kicks off Chu and gets to his feet.
Dee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chu.
Chu misses with an uppercut. Dee saw that one coming.
Chu needs to keep his hands up - Dee had a free shot at his head there.
Dee avoids the body shot from Chu.
Chu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dee.
Dee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Dee does it's job there.
Dee cracks Chu with an open hand slap.
Dee misses the jab.
A big right from Chu misses.
Dee feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Good leg kick by Dee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu slips a jab from Dee.
That kick from Dee tenderised Chu's leg. Chu is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with an uppercut. Dee saw that one coming.
Dee throws the left hand but Chu avoids the punch easily.
No joy there for Chu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chu.
Dee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chu throws out the jab.
Chu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dee moves away.
Dee was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dee lands a lovely overhand right.
Dee slips under a jab from Chu.
Dee swats away the attempt to clinch by Chu.
Chu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chu swinging wildly here.
Dee misses with a straight left.
Dee looks to land a left hand but Chu moved out of range nicely.
Dee is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Chu defending well as Dee loads up on a big left hand.
Dee connects with a nice looking jab.
Chu wants to clinch up but Dee keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee throws a body punch but Chu moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dee. Chu shrugs it off though.
Good shot there by Dee.
Dee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chu's head backwards.
Dee needs to keep his hands up - Chu had a free shot at his head there.
Chu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dee.
Dee listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Klay Dee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dee throws a hook to the side of Chu's head but Chu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chu misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Dee.
Dee misses with a straight left.
Chu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dee.
Chu throws a big shot that misses.
Dee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dee misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Chu to counter with a crisp jab.
Chu swings for the body but Dee moves out of range.
Nice cross by Dee.
Dee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chu moves away.
A right-left combo lands from Chu.
Chu misses with a wild combination.
Dee feints and then cracks Chu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chu down.
Chu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dee lands the left hand.
Chu cracks a nice hook into Dee's ribs.
Dee tests Chu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tzu Chu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice uppercut there from Dee.
Chu works Dee's body with a nice hook.
Dee slips under a jab from Chu.
And that's the end of the fight!
Klay Dee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klay Dee!
Klay Dee thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fernand Duif (ranked 2054 p4p, 76 weight class) and Naiki Nekele (ranked 1252 p4p, 52 weight class). Naiki Nekele will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fernand Duif!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Naiki Nekele!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nekele blocks a low kick nicely.
Nekele lands a head shot.
Duif throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nekele to counter with a crisp jab.
Duif swings widly with a right hand
and Nekele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nekele stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duif misses with a jab to the body
and Nekele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nekele misses with a leg kick
and Duif counters with a nice body shot.
Duif stuns Nekele with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Duif throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nekele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duif throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Nekele to counter with a crisp jab.
We've been told by Duif's head coaches at Doom's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fernand Duif seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Nekele throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick by Duif misses
and Nekele counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Duif.
Duif throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nekele has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Duif. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Duif.
A jab from Nekele finds it's way through Duif's defenses.
Nekele connects with a body shot that sends Duif's belly button to the back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nekele checks a leg kick.
Nekele throws out a counter right but Duif avoids it with no problem.
Duif is looking to clinch.
Nekele looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nekele scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Duif scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duif is looking to clinch.
Nekele scores with a nice right hand.
Duif moves out of range of the body kick.
Duif throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nekele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nekele scores with a crisp jab that stopped Duif in his tracks.
Good shot there by Duif.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duif throws a lazy right hand but Nekele sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Nekele responds with a good body kick, but Duif manages to step out the way in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duif throws out a loose jab but Nekele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nekele looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duif, right into the meat.
Nekele has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Duif wants to clinch but Nekele slips to the side
and Nekele counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Duif misses with a hook. Nekele ducked under it nicely.
Duif misses with a right hand
and Nekele counters with a nice uppercut.
Nekele lands a right hook to the body.
A lazy left from Nekele finds it's target.
Both fighters circling a little - Nekele finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nekele lands a jab to the nose.
Nekele connects with a crisp jab.
Duif 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.
Duif walks into a left hand.
Nekele circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duif misses with a jab to the body
letting Nekele counter with a right hand.
Duif takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Duif rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nekele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Duif.
Duif swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nekele scores with a hook to the body. Duif takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice uppercut lands for Nekele. That snapped Duif's head back.
Duif throws a jab when Nekele was well out of range.
Duif clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Nekele fails to land.
Nekele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nekele circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duif throws a sloppy head kick and Nekele moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duif. Nekele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nekele blocks a jab.
Duif misses with a shot to the body
and Nekele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duif looks to land a left hand but Nekele moved out of range nicely.
Duif is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nekele's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice defenses there by Nekele.
Duif connects with the punch.
It looks like Naiki Nekele has been cut.
Duif lands with a shot to the body.
Nekele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duif misses with a hook
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duif takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duif doesn't manage to clinch there - Nekele circles away.
Duif tries to clinch but Nekele moves away
and Nekele counters with a stiff right hand.
Duif looks to land a right hand but Nekele moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naiki Nekele dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Naiki Nekele's cut.
That's time! Duif's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Duif rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Nekele counter with a right hand.
Naiki Nekele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duif closes the distance and pushes Nekele back into the cage.
Nekele throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duifs head.
A short uppercut from Duif.
Duif tries to throw a body punch but Nekele avoids it by throwing Duif back against the cage.
Duif gets through Nekele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Nekele.
Duif swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duif swings wildly with an uppercut but Nekele uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nekele.
Duif goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nekele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nekele has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nekele.
Duif misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duif fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nekele manages to break the clinch.
Duif is looking to clinch.
Duif scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nekele slips a straight right by Duif.
Duif throws a poor cross that misses
and Nekele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nekele.
Duif misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nekele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nekele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duif moves away.
Duif throws a lazy head kick
and Nekele counters with a low kick, right behind Duif 's knee.
Duif misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duif looks to land a right hand but Nekele moved out of range.
Duif misses with an uppercut.
Nice jab there from Nekele.
Duif throws a leg kick but Nekele sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nekele lands a slapping body shot.
Duif looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Duif looks to clinch
and Nekele counters with a stiff right hand.
Duif moves out of range of the body kick.
Duif throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nekele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Duif throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Nekele to counter with a crisp jab.
Duif swings widly with a right hand
and Nekele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duif misses with a hook
and Nekele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duif throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nekele counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duif misses with an uppercut.
Nekele lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Duif wants to clinch
letting Nekele counter with a right hand.
Duif throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nekele only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Duif throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nekele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duif just misses with a punch to the body.
Nekele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duif.
Good exchange - Nekele coming out on top.
Duif slips under a jab from Nekele.
Nekele drops his hands momentarily and Duif takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nekele lands with a hook. Duif tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duif misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nekele's corner calls for a 1-2. Nekele obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duif tries to close the distance and clinch but Nekele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nekele steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Nekele scores with a nice right hand.
Duif avoids the body shot from Nekele.
Duif throws a big shot that misses.
Duif misses with a looping left.
Duif throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nekele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duif on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nekele keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Nekele.
Duif tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naiki Nekele showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Naiki Nekele's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nekele lands a nice looking kick to the body. Duif takes a step back to recover.
Duif throws a leg kick but Nekele checks it.
Nekele displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duif throws out the jab.
Nekele is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Duif wants to clinch
and Nekele counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Duif thows a leg kick but Nekele checks it
and Nekele counters with a body kick that stops Duif in his tracks momentarily.
Nekele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nekele throws a head kick that half lands.
Nekele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duif.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Nekele. That snapped Duif's head back.
Duif moves forwards but Nekele connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duif swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duif throws a sloppy head kick and Nekele moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nekele throws a body shot but no joy.
Duif throwing a counter right hand but Nekele manages to avoid it.
Nekele throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Duif just misses with a punch to the body.
Nekele looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nekele misses with an uppercut. Duif saw that one coming.
Duif lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Duif tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duif misses with a right hand
and Nekele counters with a low kick, right behind Duif 's knee.
Duif misses with a lunging right hand
and Nekele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Duif throws a right hand that misses
enabling Nekele to counter with a crisp jab.
Nekele misses with a body kick.
Duif throws a sloppy head kick
and Nekele counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duif throws an off balance right hand
and Nekele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Duif crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nekele - the referee stops the clock and Duif gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nekele. Duif manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nekele connects with a body shot.
Fernand Duif has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Nekele as he connects with a hook.
Nekele's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duif throws a lazy uppercut
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nekele tests Duif's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duif tried to score with a low kick but Nekele checks it.
Nekele connects with a body shot.
Duif misses with a lunging right hand
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nekele with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duif. That's going to slow Nekele down.
Nekele's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nekele duly obliges.
Nice cross by Nekele.
Nekele pushes Duif away with a front kick.
A leg kick checked by Duif.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duif thows a leg kick but Nekele checks it
and Nekele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Nekele there.
Duif takes the fight into the clinch.
Duif misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nekele tries to break free but Duif pushes him back against the cage.
Duif misses with a body punch.
Duif will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nekele breaks the clinch.
Duif throws a head kick that misses
and Nekele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nekele cracks Duif with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nekele keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Nekele on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nekele.
Duif is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duif takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh Duif is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duif closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nekele lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nekele lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duif darts in trying to clinch
and Nekele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duif takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Duif throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nekele counters with a thumping low kick.
Duif seems to have got his legs back now.
Duif throws a leg kick which misses Nekele's front leg but catches the back leg as Nekele tries to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Naiki Nekele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nekele 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Naiki Nekele!
An out of breath and clearly excited Naiki Nekele thanked HELLBENT for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Monte Cassino (ranked 1142 p4p, 123 weight class) and Burke Heimer (ranked 1069 p4p, 115 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Monte Cassino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Burke Heimer !
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heimer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cassino throws a chopping leg kick but Heimer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Heimer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cassino feints and then cracks Heimer 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heimer down.
Heimer throws a hook to the side of Cassino's head but Cassino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heimer throws a body shot but no joy.
Heimer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Heimer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Heimer slips under a jab.
Cassino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heimer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cassino throws a head kick that misses
and Heimer counters with a left and a right that stings Cassino.
Monte Cassino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heimer throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cassino throws a low kick but Heimer moves out of range easily.
Cassino scores with a jab to the jaw.
Heimer throws the left hand but Cassino avoids the punch easily.
Cassino scores with a crisp jab that stopped Heimer in his tracks.
Heimer slips a jab from Cassino.
Heimer throws a big shot that misses.
Cassino gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Heimer counters with a nice uppercut.
Heimer thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassino pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cassino looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cassino misses with a body kick.
Heimer cracks Cassino with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heimer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heimer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Heimer does no damage.
Cassino bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cassino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimer was well out of range. Poor timing from Cassino.
Cassino dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cassino slips a jab from Heimer .
Cassino half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cassino pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A leg kick checked by Heimer .
Cassino connects with a solid leg kick.
Heimer looks to land a right hand but Cassino moved out of range.
Cassino plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Heimer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heimer cracks a nice hook into Cassino's ribs.
Heimer throws a hook but Cassino blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heimer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Heimer checks a leg kick.
Heimer takes one to the chin there.
Cassino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cassino is looking to counter punch.
Heimer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heimer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cassino.
Cassino rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heimer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cassino connects with a jab.
Cassino closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cassino prevents a body shot from Heimer .
Cassino lands a shoulder strike.
Cassino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cassino misses with the head strike.
Cassino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cassino lands an uppercut.
Heimer swings wildly with an uppercut but Cassino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cassino scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cassino is keeping busy.
A body shot lands from Heimer .
Heimer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cassino lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Heimer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cassino throws a head punch that misses.
Cassino has a couple of punches blocked by Heimer .
Cassino has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, Cassino scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cassino lands with a right to the head.
Heimer 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cassino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heimer tries to throw a body punch but Cassino avoids it by throwing Heimer back against the cage.
Cassino struggles to land a body shot inside as Heimer controls his hands.
Heimer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cassino backwards.
Cassino has a couple of punches blocked by Heimer .
Heimer lands with a short shot to the head.
Cassino throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cassino.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cassino can't find room to land a body shot as Heimer controls the action.
Heimer breaks the clinch.
Heimer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cassino on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cassino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Heimer .
Heimer throws a series of strikes that have Cassino backpedaling.
Cassino ducks under a wild hook from Heimer .
Cassino throws a solid leg kick but Heimer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cassino.
Heimer takes one to the side of the head.
Heimer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cassino. That did some damage!
Cassino displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Heimer throws out the jab.
Cassino cracks Heimer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cassino takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Cassino misses.
Cassino throws a jab when Heimer was well out of range.
Cassino tries to keep at a distance but Heimer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heimer has a couple of punches blocked by Cassino.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monte Cassino dominated that round.
That's time! Cassino's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cassino darts in and clinches Heimer up against the cage.
Cassino scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cassino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heimer can do to turn this around?
Heimer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cassino scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heimer .
Heimer can't find room to land a body shot as Cassino controls the action.
Heimer 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heimer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cassino cracks Heimer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Heimer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cassino.
Heimer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heimer throws a leg kick but Cassino sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cassino ducks right into an uppercut from Heimer .
Heimer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cassino manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heimer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cassino is out of range.
Heimer misses with a body shot.
Heimer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heimer scores with the left hand. Cassino knows he should have avoided that one.
Cassino turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimer fails to land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Cassino on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cassino dips to his left and cracks Heimer with an uppercut!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cassino on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've been told by Cassino's head coaches at Heavy Metal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cassino throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Heimer on the side of the head.
Cassino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heimer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heimer takes a swing at Cassino's ribcage but misses.
Cassino lands with an overhand left.
Cassino throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Heimer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cassino takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cassino misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Heimer misses.
Cassino throws a chopping leg kick but Heimer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Heimer misses with a looping left.
Heimer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Heimer misses with an uppercut. Cassino saw that one coming.
Heimer lands a nice shot that snaps Cassino's head back.
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!
Heimer jabs at Cassino's body.
Cassino jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Heimer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cassino.
Nice uppercut lands for Cassino. That snapped Heimer 's head back.
Heimer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cassino.
Heimer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cassino misses with a low kick.
Heimer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Some wild striking there from Heimer .
No joy there for Heimer , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cassino throws a leg kick that is checked
and Heimer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cassino moves into range and connects with a jab.
Heimer looks to land a combination but Cassino avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Heimer misses the target.
A nice combination there by Heimer .
Cassino lands a glancing blow to the side of Heimer 's head.
Heimer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Heimer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cassino.
Heimer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heimer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cassino moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cassino looks to land a right hand but Heimer moved out of range.
Heimer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cassino misses the jab.
Cassino smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cassino misses with a looping right.
Heimer blocks a jab.
Heimer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cassino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cassino misses with an uppercut. Heimer saw that one coming.
A jab from Cassino misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cassino.
Heimer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cassino smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cassino defending well as Heimer loads up on a big left hand.
Heimer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cassino misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cassino throws a head kick but Heimer moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heimer defending well as Cassino loads up on a big left hand.
Heimer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cassino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cassino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heimer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Heimer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Monte Cassino is winning the standup battle so far.
Heimer dips to his left and cracks Cassino with an uppercut!
Cassino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cassino fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cassino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heimer .
Cassino misses with an uppercut
and Heimer counters with a straight right hand.
Heimer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cassino slips a jab from Heimer .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cassino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heimer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cassino pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Despite the aggression on Heimer 's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A lazy left from Heimer finds it's target.
Heimer works Cassino's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Burke Heimer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Heimer works Cassino's body with a nice hook.
Cassino 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.
Cassino lands a nice looking body kick.
Heimer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cassino doesn't manage to clinch there - Heimer circles away.
Heimer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cassino takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Heimer defending well as Cassino loads up on a big left hand.
Cassino takes a swing at Heimer 's ribcage but misses.
Cassino moves away from the strike by Heimer .
Heimer blocks a head kick by Cassino.
Cassino throws a head kick but Heimer moves out of range.
Cassino takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassino thows a body kick. Heimer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jab from Cassino.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cassino tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Heimer is able to avoid easily.
Heimer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cassino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heimer .
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Cassino misses.
Cassino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Heimer thumps Cassino with a low kick.
Cassino misses with a straight left.
Cassino feints and then cracks Heimer 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Heimer down.
Heimer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Heimer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Heimer throws a low kick but Cassino moves out of range easily.
Cassino slips a jab from Heimer .
Heimer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cassino was well out of range. Poor timing from Heimer .
Heimer 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cassino tries a head kick but it misses.
Heimer connects with a leg kick. Cassino looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Heimer misses with a straight left.
Cassino's jab looks to have found its range, popping Heimer under the eye.
Cassino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Heimer .
Cassino doesn't manage to clinch there - Heimer circles away.
Cassino rushes Heimer and presses him up against the cage.
Cassino misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Cassino.
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!
A frustrated look appears on Heimer 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Heimer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Cassino fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heimer .
Heimer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Heimer has a couple of punches blocked by Cassino.
Heimer lands with a light punch inside.
Cassino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cassino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cassino is looking to slow Heimer down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Heimer .
Heimer misses with an uppercut
and Cassino counters with a nice uppercut.
Heimer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heimer throws a lazy right hand but Cassino sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heimer just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice jab there from Heimer .
Cassino lands with a slapping head kick.
Cassino dodges the punch combination from Heimer .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cassino throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cassino tries to keep at a distance but Heimer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heimer is trying to break free.
Cassino breaks from the clinch.
Heimer takes one to the side of the head.
Cassino is looking to slow Heimer down with leg kicks.
Heimer takes one on the button.
Cassino throws a lazy head kick
and Heimer counters with a nice leg kick.
Cassino wants to slow Heimer down by chopping away at his legs.
Cassino looks to land a body kick but Heimer moved away.
Cassino fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Heimer checks it well.
Cassino throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cassino throws a jab when Heimer was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Heimer .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cassino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cassino will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cassino lunges at Heimer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Heimer 's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cassino ducks under a wild hook from Heimer .
Heimer misses with a hook. Cassino ducked under it nicely.
Heimer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Cassino there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heimer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cassino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Cassino wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Heimer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cassino clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cassino.
Cassino stops a takedown attempt from Heimer .
Heimer lands an uppercut.
Cassino scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heimer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cassino softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Monte Cassino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cassino 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Monte Cassino!
In his post fight interview, Monte Cassino started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 1285 p4p, 134 weight class) and Brock Steve (ranked 1426 p4p, 149 weight class). Giuseppe Amodei has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Steve!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amodei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steve.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Steve 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.
Amodei comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Amodei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Amodei shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Amodei is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Steve is just riding it out for now. Amodei eventually gives up the hold.
Amodei moves nicely into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amodei working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Amodei advances to full mount.
Amodei trying to control but Steve is having none of it.
Amodei wants to take his opponent's back but Steve doesn't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Amodei with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Steve is squirming around, avoiding Amodei's attempts to control the action.
Amodei is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Steve has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Steve!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steve is one step ahead there.
Amodei seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Amodei wants to control but Steve passes easily into half guard.
Amodei tries to get to full guard but Steve has control of the leg.
Amodei gets back to full guard.
Amodei has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Steve can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Amodei has his foot on Steve's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Steve works his way back into a safe position though.
Amodei is trying to keep Steve in close.
Amodei escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Steve gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Steve must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Steve wanted to stand there but Amodei had control of the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Amodei escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Steve gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Amodei had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Steve defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giuseppe Amodei dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Amodei tries to score with a low kick but Steve moves his leg out of the way.
Steve misses with a right hand
and Amodei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A cross from Amodei lands.
Amodei lands a jab to the head.
Giuseppe Amodei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Amodei lands with a straight right. Steve didn't see that one coming.
Amodei throws a leg kick that misses.
Steve is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Amodei darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Amodei smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Amodei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steve can do to turn this around?
Steve swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Amodei throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Amodei does it's job there.
Brock Steve is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steve checks the leg kick.
Amodei throws a lazy uppercut
and Steve counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Amodei takes a swing at Steve's ribcage but misses.
Steve takes one to the chin there.
A left lands for Amodei.
Amodei misses with a body kick.
Amodei connects with a single shot there.
Amodei slips a jab and a cross from Steve.
Amodei throws an overhand right that lands on Steve's shoulder, as Steve tries to avoid the shot.
Steve looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Amodei throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steve stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steve takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Amodei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Amodei walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steve checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Amodei wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A lazy body kick from Amodei
letting Steve counter with a right hand.
Giuseppe Amodei is winning the standup battle so far.
Amodei connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steve. Steve circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Amodei connects with a solid leg kick.
Steve misses with a combination
and Amodei counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei trying to control but Steve is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amodei is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Steve is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Amodei trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Amodei trying to control but Steve is working from the bottom.
Amodei wants to pass the guard but Steve is keeping the position.
Steve is looking to stand up but Amodei isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Amodei pushes down on Steve's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Amodei is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Steve is just riding it out for now. Amodei eventually gives up the hold.
Amodei is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Amodei wants to free his trapped foot but Steve is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giuseppe Amodei dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Amodei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Amodei looks to land a left hand but Steve moved out of range nicely.
Amodei throws a nice inside leg kick.
Amodei moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Steve.
Amodei scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Amodei. Steve shrugs it off though.
A left lands for Amodei.
Amodei keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Amodei.
Steve throws a right and a left that Amodei avoids nicely.
Amodei drops down looking for a counter takedown but Steve sprawls and moves away.
Amodei digs a good body shot into Steve's ribs.
Amodei checks a leg kick.
Amodei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steve sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Amodei connects with a looping right hand.
Amodei throws a right hand that Steve ducks under and follows up with a left that Steve also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Steve! But no joy.
Amodei throws a leg kick but Steve checks it.
Steve unleashes a big counter combination but Amodei bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Amodei. That's going to slow Steve down.
Amodei punishes Steve's body with a nice straight punch.
Steve 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.
Good leg kick by Amodei there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Amodei throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amodei looks for a takedown but Steve sprawls well.
Steve slips a straight right by Amodei.
Steve is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Steve throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Amodei.
Amodei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steve.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei throws a body shot but no joy.
Amodei explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Steve throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Amodei.
Amodei shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Steve but Steve pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Amodei swings for the body but Steve moves out of range.
Amodei tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei lands a nice looking kick to the body. Steve takes a step back to recover.
Steve gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Amodei misses with a straight right.
Amodei digs a good body shot into Steve's ribs.
The fighters circling - Amodei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steve throws a counter combo.
Amodei fails with the takedown.
As Amodei backs off Steve throws a huge counter combo but Amodei manages to avoid it all.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giuseppe Amodei. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Amodei misses the shot to the body.
Brock Steve has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brock Steve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Amodei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steve's calf.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giuseppe Amodei showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Amodei 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giuseppe Amodei!
Giuseppe Amodei 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roar Horse (ranked 1854 p4p, 71 weight class) and Archie Trew (ranked 2121 p4p, 79 weight class). Trew comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fuck You - Lily Allen kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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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
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roar Horse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Archie Trew!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trew throws a body punch but Horse moves out of range.
Trew waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Horse.
Trew fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Horse has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Horse misses with the body kick
and Trew counters with a nice uppercut.
Trew darts in and clinches Horse up against the cage.
Horse throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Horse.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Trew just misses with a elbow thrown towards Horse's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Horse.
Trew looks winded!
Horse tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trew's elbow.
Trew lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Horse tries to work over Trew's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Horse lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trew backwards.
Trew creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Horse's defenses.
Trew breaks from the clinch.
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!
Horse buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Horse lets loose with a powerful body kick. Trew will feel that in the morning.
Horse looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trew on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Horse. Horse obviously looking to wear him down.
A swing and a miss from Horse.
Horse misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Trew misses.
Horse connects with a body shot.
Trew has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Horse finds it's way round the side to connect with Trew's head.
It looks like Archie Trew has been cut.
Horse scores with a spinning back kick!
Horse keeps Trew at a distance using the push kick.
Trew avoids the head kick by Horse.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Horse.
Horse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Trew, pushing him back against the cage.
Horse lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trew backwards.
Trew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horse tries to throw a body punch but Trew avoids it by throwing Horse back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Horse.
Horse lands with a left to the head.
Horse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Horse scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trew wants to get back to striking at distance but Horse won't allow it.
Horse lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trew backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Horse.
Horse tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trew's elbow.
Horse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trew missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Horse.
That has opened up Archie Trew's cut even more.
Horse can't find room to land a body shot as Trew controls the action.
Horse throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Horse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Horse throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trews head.
Horse lands a nice shot to the body.
Horse lands a nice elbow.
Horse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The cut above Archie Trew's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Horse tries to throw a body punch but Trew avoids it by throwing Horse back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horse misses with a body punch.
Horse lands a body punch in the clinch.
Horse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trew misses with a punch on the inside.
Horse pushes Trew back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Horse.
Horse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Horse.
Archie Trew's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Horse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Horse.
A shot in the inside from Horse.
Horse pushes Trew back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Archie Trew's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Roar Horse!
A very excited looking Roar Horse made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Crawford (ranked 1249 p4p, 179 weight class) and Cairo Silva (ranked 1591 p4p, 219 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cairo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Crawford as he checks the leg kick.
Crawford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crawford has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Crawford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Crawford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Crawford manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot lands for Crawford.
Crawford ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
A combination from Crawford does no damage.
Crawford tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Silva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Silva moves out of range as Crawford throws a body kick.
Crawford scores with a nice strike.
Silva looks to land a combination but Crawford avoids it well.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crawford at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva rushes Crawford and presses him up against the cage.
Silva working Crawford over with knees to the body.
Crawford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crawfords head.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva cracks Crawford with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Crawford.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Silva lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Crawford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Crawford.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crawford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Crawford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Crawford.
Crawford breaks the clinch.
Crawford throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
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!
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Crawford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crawford misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
A shot to the liver by Crawford. Beautiful body shot.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Crawford ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva jabs Crawford to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crawford.
Crawford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva tries a low kick but Crawford avoids it.
Silva throws a series of punches but Crawford moves out of range.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Crawford cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crawford takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crawford defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Crawford tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
That kick from Crawford tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crawford.
Crawford throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Crawford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Crawford keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawford.
Crawford is looking to counter with a body kick.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Crawford.
Crawford moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Crawford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crawford is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Crawford fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Silva prevents a body shot from Crawford.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Crawford's ribcage. Crawford let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Silva tries to work over Crawford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crawford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Crawford fails to land.
Crawford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Crawford throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Crawford throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Crawford is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Crawford checks a low kick from Silva.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva throws the left hand but Crawford avoids the punch easily.
Crawford scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva misses the jab.
Crawford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Crawford.
A low kick from Crawford is predictable there
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Crawford's head but Crawford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Crawford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Crawford.
Crawford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crawford scores with a shot to the body.
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!
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crawford.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Crawford momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Crawford lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jay Crawford is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Crawford finds it's target.
Crawford works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Crawford blocks a jab.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crawford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Crawford is rocked!
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oh Crawford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva tries to land a front kick but Crawford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Crawford seems to have got his legs back now.
Crawford lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Crawford moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice jab there from Crawford.
Crawford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Crawford there.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Crawford is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crawford lands an overhand right.
Crawford bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Crawford slips a jab from Silva.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crawford moves away.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Crawford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Crawford stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crawford takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crawford.
A lazy left from Crawford finds it's target.
Crawford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crawford blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva feints and then cracks Crawford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crawford down.
Crawford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Crawford scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice cross by Crawford.
Crawford scores with a jab to the body.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crawford. Crawford obviously looking to wear him down.
Crawford connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crawford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A good leg kick by Crawford.
Crawford throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Crawford throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Crawford lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crawford. Crawford obviously looking to wear him down.
Crawford throws a body kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Crawford blocks the leg kick.
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Donk. Crawford catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Crawford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Crawford throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crawford. That did some damage!
Crawford delivers a nice body kick.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawford.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva 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.
Crawford misses with the body kick
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks the body kick.
Crawford appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That kick from Crawford tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crawford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Crawford moves his leg out of the way.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Crawford dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Crawford throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawford.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Crawford throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Crawford misses with a body kick.
Crawford throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Crawford has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Crawford there as he acknowledges the shot.
Crawford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva throws out a counter right but Crawford avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Crawford misses.
Crawford scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Crawford.
Crawford throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Crawford ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Crawford has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Crawford and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crawford appears to be looking for a big counter.
Crawford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Crawford looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Crawford misses with a low kick.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crawford was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Crawford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Crawford moves away and avoids it.
Crawford tried to counter with a leg kick but Silva avoided it.
Crawford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crawford gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Crawford avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawford.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Crawford slips a jab from Silva.
Crawford lands with a right hand.
Crawford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Crawford is out of range.
Crawford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crawford.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crawford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crawford bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crawford. That's going to slow Silva down.
Crawford staying out of range there.
Crawford connects with an inside leg kick.
Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Crawford checks a leg kick.
Crawford is looking to counter punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crawford.
Jay Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva takes a swing at Crawford's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Crawford's front leg but catches the back leg as Crawford tries to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Crawford saw that one coming.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva throws a jab when Crawford was well out of range.
Crawford throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crawford is out of range.
Crawford throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crawford darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Crawford throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Crawford does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva thumps Crawford with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva is looking to slow Crawford down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crawford.
Crawford looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Crawford moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crawford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Crawford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crawford finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Silva darts in and clinches Crawford up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Cairo Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crawford blocking some punches.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cairo Silva.
I think Silva 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cairo Silva!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seiryu Machida (ranked 1151 p4p, 146 weight class) and Zell Dincht (ranked 1150 p4p, 145 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seiryu Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zell Dincht!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dincht scoring well with a low kick there.
Dincht throws a nice outside leg kick.
Machida misses with a low kick.
Machida throws a head kick but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dincht lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Machida throws a big shot that misses.
Dincht lands a nice looking kick to the body. Machida takes a step back to recover.
Machida fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dincht looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Machida misses with a body kick.
Dincht lands a leg kick that knocks Machida off balance momentarily.
A jab from Dincht misses.
Dincht fails with an attempt to clinch.
Machida throws a low kick, looking for Dincht's leg but Dincht calmly moves out of range.
Dincht looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good work by Machida as he checks the leg kick.
Dincht throws a front kick aimed at Machida's knee but Machida avoids it well.
Dincht throws a head kick that Machida semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida is looking to slow Dincht down with leg kicks.
Machida looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Machida throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Machida blocks a head kick by Dincht.
Jab by Machida.
Machida bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dincht gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Machida lands an uppercut.
Machida working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dincht lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Dincht.
Machida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Machida lands a shoulder strike.
Machida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dincht's defenses.
It looks like Zell Dincht has been cut.
Dincht takes a shot to the head.
Machida misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Machida.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machida misses with a body punch.
Machida blocking some punches.
Machida creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dincht misses with a punch on the inside.
Dincht throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Machidas head.
Machida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dincht lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Machida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dincht working aggressively here.
Machida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Dincht lands a body shot.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Machida.
Dincht throws a head punch that misses.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
Dincht misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dincht.
Dincht tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dincht misses with the head strike.
Machida tries to land knees in the clinch but Dincht avoids the damage to the body.
Machida working Dincht over with knees to the body.
Machida unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dincht lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dincht looks winded!
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machida throws an elbow that misses.
Dincht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Machida lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dincht or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Machida.
Machida works on Dincht's body with a couple of short punches.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Dincht takes an elbow to the temple.
Dincht takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dincht blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Machida.
Dincht's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Machida lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Zell Dincht's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida landing knees to the head.
A short body shot lands from Dincht as the two fighters clinch.
Dincht swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machida lands a right hand.
Dincht swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Machida.
Dincht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht misses with a punch to the body.
Dincht blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machida unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dincht swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Machida.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Machida.
Machida landing knees to the body.
Machida lands a damaging elbow.
Machida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dincht's defenses.
Dincht lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seiryu Machida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht'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.
Machida misses with a body kick.
Dincht tries to counter by closing the distance.
Machida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Machida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dincht moves out of range as Machida throws a body kick.
Machida with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Machida lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dincht takes a step back to recover.
Seiryu Machida is winning the standup battle so far.
Dincht pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Machida is looking to land body kicks.
Machida throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida scores with a body shot.
Machida is looking to wear down Dincht with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dincht misses with a hook
and Machida counters with a nice kick to the body.
Machida throws a right and a left that Dincht avoids nicely.
Machida throws the kick towards the body but Dincht avoids it.
Machida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dincht.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dincht tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Dincht walks into a left hand.
Dincht throws a jab but it's blocked by Machida.
A leg kick checked by Machida.
Dincht misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Dincht.
Dincht tests Machida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machida moves out of range as Dincht strikes.
Dincht throws a low kick but it's checked well by Machida.
Machida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Machida tests Dincht's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Machida scores with a leg kick.
Dincht wants to land a leg kick but Machida is out of range.
Machida thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dincht was well out of range. Poor timing from Machida.
Dincht walks into a straight right hand from Machida.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dincht tries a head kick but it misses.
Machida swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Machida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Machida looks to land a body kick but Dincht moved away.
Dincht goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Machida misses with a body shot.
Machida tests Dincht's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Machida misses with the body kick
and Dincht counters with a straight right hand.
Machida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dincht can do to turn this around?
Machida takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dincht lands with a hook. Machida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Machida scores with a hook.
Dincht throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Machida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dincht throws a head kick that misses
and Machida counters with a good, hard body kick but Dincht shrugs it off.
Machida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dincht on the side of the head.
Dincht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Machida.
Dincht scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dincht is looking to clinch.
Machida scores with a spinning back kick!
Dincht avoids the head kick by Machida.
Machida is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dincht takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dincht misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Machida to counter with a crisp jab.
Dincht throws a head kick but Machida moves out of range.
Machida swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Machida lands a right hook to the body.
Machida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Machida lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht lands an overhand right.
Machida slips a straight right by Dincht.
Machida misses with a kick to the body.
Machida lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dincht connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Machida momentarily.
Machida misses with a shot to the body
and Dincht counters with an outside leg kick.
Machida avoids a kick to the body.
Dincht keeps Machida at a distance using the push kick.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A swing and a miss from Machida.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Machida lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Machida swings for the body but Dincht moves out of range.
Dincht throws a sloppy head kick and Machida moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seiryu Machida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zell Dincht's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Machida moves out of range of the body kick.
Machida looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dincht misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Machida throws a body punch but Dincht moves out of range.
Machida misses with a body kick.
Machida scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Machida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Machida drops his hands momentarily and Dincht takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dincht is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machida tries to land a leg kick but Dincht saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Machida misses with a two punch combination.
Dincht looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dincht avoids a kick to the body.
Machida throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dincht's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dincht lands a jab to the head.
Machida digs a good hook to Dincht's body.
Dincht tries to clinch but Machida is having none of it.
It appears Machida was looking to counter with a kick there.
Machida attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It appears Machida was looking to counter with a kick there.
Machida misses with a wild body shot.
Dincht moves out of range of the body kick from Machida.
Dincht has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Machida.
Machida pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Machida misses with a leg kick.
Machida misses with a low kick.
Dincht has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Machida.
Machida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dincht.
Dincht swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Machida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dincht if he has to take too many more of those.
Zell Dincht has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dincht tries to clinch up but Machida circles away and keeps his distance.
Dincht has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Machida.
Dincht tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Machida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dincht throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dincht tried to score with a low kick but Machida checks it.
Dincht misses with an uppercut
and Machida counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machida throws a leg kick but Dincht moved away.
Dincht steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Machida scores with a leg kick.
Dincht throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A cross from Machida lands.
Machida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Machida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dincht on the side of the head.
Dincht throws a low kick but Machida avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida scores with a leg kick.
Machida looks for the body kick but Dincht saw that one coming.
Machida darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dincht 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.
Dincht moves into the clinch successfully.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dincht's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dincht lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dincht's brow.
Dincht working aggressively here.
Machida tries a body shot but Dincht blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Dincht.
A short right from Dincht on the inside.
Machida lands a hook that snaps the head of Dincht backwards.
Dincht lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dincht takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seiryu Machida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dincht lands a right hand.
Dincht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dincht takes an elbow to the temple.
Dincht lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dincht tries a body shot but Machida blocks it.
Machida landing knees to the body.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Dincht blocks with his arms.
Dincht dodges an elbow strike from Machida.
Seiryu Machida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Machida tries a body shot but Dincht blocks it.
Dincht blocks a body shot from Machida.
Dincht avoids a wild elbow strike from Machida.
Machida landing knees to the body.
Dincht lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Machida lands a knee to the head.
Machida doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seiryu Machida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Machida 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seiryu Machida!
A very excited looking Seiryu Machida made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Neil (ranked 1277 p4p, 183 weight class) and Aaron Alvarez (ranked 922 p4p, 136 weight class). Neil comes to the cage accompanied by Wild Side. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vince Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez avoids the head kick by Neil.
Neil displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alvarez throws out the jab.
Neil takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Neil.
Neil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Neil takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez clinches.
Neil escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neil swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Neil takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez throws a leg kick
and Neil counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Neil misses with a body punch
and Alvarez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Neil moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
A good leg kick by Alvarez.
Neil tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alvarez tries to clinch there but Neil circles away.
Vince Neil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
Neil throws a body shot but no joy.
Neil walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Neil moves out of range.
Alvarez wants to clinch up but Neil keeps it at a distance.
Alvarez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alvarez thuds a left hand into Neil's body.
Neil throws a right hand that misses
and Alvarez counters with a left to the body.
Neil takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Alvarez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neil.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvarez is looking to chop away at Neil's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alvarez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neil circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alvarez.
Neil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Neil does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Neil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Neil avoids it well.
Neil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Neil checks a leg kick.
Neil was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Neil throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Neil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alvarez sizes up Neil with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alvarez throws a solid leg kick but Neil takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alvarez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Neil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neil throws a leg kick
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Neil is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alvarez.
Nice uppercut there from Alvarez.
Alvarez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Neil.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Neil tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Neil with a series of wild strikes but Neil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alvarez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Neil dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alvarez. That did some damage!
Alvarez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Neil on the side of the head.
Neil looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neil connects with a solid leg kick.
Alvarez misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Neil misses.
Alvarez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Neil is looking to counter punch.
Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Alvarez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Neil counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Neil looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Alvarez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Neil clobbers Alvarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Neil throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Neil throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Alvarez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Neil had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Alvarez pushes Neil away with a front kick.
Alvarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvarez swings widly with a right hand
and Neil counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aaron Alvarez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aaron Alvarez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Neil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aaron Alvarez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Neil swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Alvarez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neil.
Neil dips to his left and cracks Alvarez with an uppercut!
Neil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.
A jab from Alvarez misses.
Neil takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Neil scores with a jab. Alvarez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Alvarez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Neil counters with a big head kick but Alvarez shrugs it off.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut. Neil saw that one coming.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Neil throws a combination that misses
and Alvarez counters with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez blocks a jab.
Neil misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Neil.
A head kick from Neil lands but Alvarez takes it in his stride.
That has opened up Aaron Alvarez's cut even more.
Alvarez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Neil looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Vince Neil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Neil tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Neil.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Neil moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Neil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez misses with a body kick.
Neil bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Neil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Neil counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Neil throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Neil's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neil moves out of range of the body kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Neil misses the target.
Alvarez connects with a body shot.
Neil scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Neil misses with a left hand
and Alvarez counters with a one-two to the body.
Neil looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Neil throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
Neil jabs at Alvarez's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Alvarez.
Neil scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alvarez doesn't seem bothered though.
Neil misses with a wild body shot.
Neil misses with a head kick.
Neil misses with a low kick.
Neil throws a front kick aimed at Alvarez's knee but Alvarez avoids it well.
Neil throws a jab when Alvarez was well out of range.
Neil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Alvarez - that will leave a mark!
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neil was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Neil gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
Alvarez blocks a low kick nicely.
Alvarez lands a really nice looking cross but Neil seems unphased.
Neil throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez throws a counter combo.
Good shot there by Alvarez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neil misses with a wild body shot.
Alvarez clobbers Neil with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alvarez forces Neil back against the cage and clinches.
Neil breaks from the clinch.
Neil throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Alvarez wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vince Neil will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aaron Alvarez'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. This is the final round!
Neil swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Neil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Neil misses with a looping left.
Neil fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez with a hook.
Neil swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez wants to clinch up but Neil keeps it at a distance.
Neil takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Neil circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neil looks to land a body kick but Alvarez moved away.
Alvarez gets a clinch.
Neil works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Neil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neil blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Neil.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Neil.
Neil struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvarez controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Neil misses with a punch to the body.
Neil scores with a shoulder strike.
Neil blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Neil.
Neil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Neil wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Neil takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Neil takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Neil throws a shot to the body.
Neil misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neil comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alvarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Neil circles away quickly and effectively.
Neil thinks about countering with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neil looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Neil goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alvarez avoids a kick to the body.
Alvarez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.
Alvarez cracks the inside of Neil's front leg.
Alvarez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Alvarez moves out of range of the body kick.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
Neil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Neil throwing a counter right hand but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neil slips a jab from Alvarez.
Neil pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alvarez back to the cage. Neil follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Neil lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Donk. Alvarez catches Neil right on the button with a cross.
No joy there for Alvarez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Neil lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Neil misses with a head kick.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Neil swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Alvarez.
Neil swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvarez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Neil lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neil listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alvarez is looking to clinch.
Neil swings for the body but Alvarez moves out of range.
Neil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Neil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neil lands a jab.
Alvarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Neil manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neil moves away.
Alvarez avoids the head kick by Neil.
Alvarez lands the left hand.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Neil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Neil looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alvarez throws an overhand right that lands on Neil's shoulder, as Neil tries to avoid the shot.
Alvarez catches Neil with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alvarez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vince Neil.
I think Neil has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Megaton (ranked 415 p4p, 16 weight class) and Gomu Gomu (ranked 1167 p4p, 17 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Megaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gomu Gomu!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Megaton's head.
It looks like Mike Megaton has been cut.
Gomu tries to keep at a distance but Megaton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gomu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Megaton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Megaton misses the shot to the body.
A left and a right from Gomu both land. Nice combination.
Megaton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Megaton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomu misses with a right hand
and Megaton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gomu thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomu throws a jab but it's blocked by Megaton.
Megaton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Megaton looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That kick from Megaton tenderised Gomu's leg. Gomu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Megaton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomu manages to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gomu, as that shot connected.
Gomu misses with a hook.
Gomu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Megaton.
Megaton connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Megaton cracks the inside of Gomu's front leg.
Megaton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomu.
Megaton is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gomu.
Megaton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomu.
Megaton looks to land a left hand but Gomu moved out of range nicely.
Gomu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Megaton.
Megaton misses the shot to the body.
Gomu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Megaton avoids the body shot from Gomu.
Megaton was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Megaton scoring well with a low kick there.
Megaton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gomu.
Gomu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gomu scores with a jab. Megaton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mike Megaton's cut is getting worse.
Megaton slips under a jab from Gomu.
Megaton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gomu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gomu misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Gomu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Megaton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gomu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomu missing with a left hand there. Megaton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomu throws a lazy head kick
and Megaton counters by clinching up.
Gomu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gomu breaks the clinch.
Gomu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Megaton.
Megaton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomu looks to score with a jab to the body but Megaton is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gomu Gomu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Megaton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fighters circling - Gomu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Megaton avoids the body shot from Gomu.
Gomu throws an off balance right hand
enabling Megaton to counter with a crisp jab.
Megaton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomu's calf.
Megaton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Megaton misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Megaton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomu misses with a low kick.
Megaton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gomu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Megaton is looking to wear down Gomu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomu looks to score with a jab to the body but Megaton is just out of range.
Gomu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomu is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gomu moves out of range as Megaton strikes.
Gomu throws out a counter right but Megaton avoids it with no problem.
Megaton thuds his right hand into Gomu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Megaton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gomu misses with a body shot
letting Megaton counter with a right hand.
Gomu missing with a left hand there. Megaton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gomu throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Megaton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Megaton.
Megaton appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Megaton throws a shot from downtown. Gomu moves away and avoids it.
Gomu throws out a powerful jab.
Mike Megaton's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gomu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Megaton blocks a jab.
Megaton misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As Gomu tries to get set, Megaton tries to push him back and clinch up but Gomu manages to avoid the attempt.
Gomu throws a poor cross that misses
and Megaton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Megaton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomu.
Megaton is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gomu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Megaton moves away.
Megaton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Megaton counters with an inside leg kick.
Gomu throws the left hand but Megaton avoids the punch easily.
Megaton tries to counter by clinching up but Gomu breaks away and moves out of range.
A left lands for Gomu.
Jeez, Mike Megaton's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Megaton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gomu Gomu!
Gomu Gomu took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sportivité for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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