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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willie Wood (ranked 1025 p4p, 142 weight class) and Dougal McCraken (ranked 1418 p4p, 190 weight class). McCraken comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bulgine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dougal McCraken has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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179 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Granite chin |
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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
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dougal McCraken!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Wood bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McCraken looks to land a right hand but Wood moved out of range.
McCraken misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
McCraken connects with a nice looking jab.
McCraken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCraken misses with a hook.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCraken.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
McCraken misses with a looping left.
Wood avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
McCraken looks to land a right hand but Wood moved out of range.
McCraken throws a chopping leg kick but Wood manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from McCraken misses its intended target.
Wood throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Wood misses the target.
Wood really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McCraken misses with an uppercut. Wood saw that one coming.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood avoids the body shot from McCraken.
McCraken moves out of range as Wood strikes.
Wood backing away here, and McCraken unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice body punch from Wood.
McCraken is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Wood takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCraken! But no joy.
McCraken takes one on the button.
McCraken avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCraken scores with the left hand. Wood knows he should have avoided that one.
McCraken swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken walks into a stiff left hand from Wood.
McCraken misses with a looping right.
McCraken throws a big shot that misses.
As McCraken backs away, Wood returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wood walks into a stiff left hand from McCraken.
McCraken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wood lands a nice hook to McCraken's body. McCraken takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wood connects with a body shot that sends McCraken's belly button to the back.
Wood swings widly with a right hand
and McCraken makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wood really felt that one!
Wood connects with a crisp jab.
McCraken throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wood was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCraken slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Wood.
Wood thuds his shin into the meat of McCraken's side.
McCraken throws the kick towards the body but Wood avoids it.
A big left from McCraken misses.
Wood fires out a quick counter leg kick but McCraken just manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Wood counters with a quick kick to the body but McCraken blocks it.
McCraken moves out of range as Wood strikes.
McCraken tries to work over Wood's front leg with a kick but Wood checks it.
Wood tries to clinch but McCraken is having none of it.
McCraken tried to score with a low kick but Wood checks it.
Wood misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
McCraken tries to counter by closing the distance.
McCraken throws a head kick that misses.
Wood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A punch combination from Wood misses.
Wood throws a looping overhand right but McCraken ducks down to avoid it.
Wood scores with a leg kick.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
McCraken moves away from the strike by Wood.
Wood lands with an overhand left.
Some bone on bone action there as McCraken checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McCraken appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses the shot to the body.
Wood sets himself, and McCraken steps forward looking for the clinch! Wood avoids it this time.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCraken manages to avoid it.
McCraken misses with a leg kick
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood works the jab nicely.
McCraken misses with a shot to the body
and Wood counters with a solid body kick.
Wood jabs at McCraken's body.
Wood tries to clinch there but McCraken circles away.
Wood gets a clinch.
McCraken misses with the head strike.
Wood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Wood scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wood prevents a body shot from McCraken.
A head punch on the inside from McCraken fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
McCraken lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Wood works on McCraken's body with a couple of short punches.
McCraken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraken misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willie Wood dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McCraken tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willie Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCraken can do to turn this around?
McCraken lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wood swings for the body but McCraken moves out of range.
McCraken closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from McCraken fails to land.
McCraken tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
A shot in the inside from McCraken.
Wood lands a right hand.
McCraken tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by McCraken.
McCraken gets through Wood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood breaks from the clinch.
Wood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
McCraken wants to 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!
McCraken moves out of range as Wood strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken misses with an uppercut.
Wood avoids a kick to the body.
Wood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCraken.
McCraken walks into a straight right hand from Wood.
McCraken throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCraken feints and then cracks Wood's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wood down.
Wood throws a jab when McCraken was well out of range.
Wood misses with a wild body shot.
Wood checks a low kick from McCraken.
Good work by McCraken as he checks the leg kick.
McCraken lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wood misses with a looping left.
McCraken turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
McCraken misses with a low kick as Wood jumps back.
Wood forces McCraken back against the cage and clinches.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but McCraken avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from McCraken fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands a nice uppercut.
McCraken blocks a body shot from Wood.
McCraken misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McCraken backwards.
Wood throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McCrakens head.
McCraken digs a right hand into Wood's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wood's gas tank.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but McCraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken works on Wood's body with a couple of short punches.
McCraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood lands a shot to the body.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood lands with a light punch inside.
Willie Wood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McCraken lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCraken lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Wood misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
McCraken misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCraken blocks an uppercut.
McCraken on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wood pushes McCraken back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McCraken takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCraken.
McCraken lands a shot to the body.
McCraken lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCraken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McCraken can't find room to land a body shot as Wood controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCraken.
Wood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but McCraken avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by McCraken.
Wood is working McCraken over against the cage.
McCraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCraken is trying to break the clinch but Wood has him pressed against the cage.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken prevents a body shot from Wood.
Wood blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Wood on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Wood.
A short left from McCraken.
Wood gets through McCraken's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wood manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. McCraken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wood scores with a hook.
Wood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McCraken 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wood. McCraken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCraken manages to avoid it.
McCraken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wood blocks the body kick.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCraken manages to avoid it.
McCraken tests Wood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from McCraken.
McCraken scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McCraken cracks Wood with a good jab.
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 Willie Wood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
McCraken cracks the inside of Wood's front leg.
Wood connects with the punch.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
McCraken misses with a body shot.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Wood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wood throws the left hand but McCraken avoids the punch easily.
Wood throws a jab but it's blocked by McCraken.
McCraken defending well as Wood loads up on a big left hand.
McCraken was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Nice defenses there by Wood.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left lands for McCraken.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.
Wood throws out a powerful jab.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Wood.
McCraken buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McCraken slips under a jab from Wood.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McCraken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from McCraken does it's job there.
McCraken throws a big shot that misses.
McCraken misses with a looping right.
Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McCraken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wood throws out the jab.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wood was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
The crowd cheers as Wood lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCraken doesn't seem phased though.
Wood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab, jab by McCraken - just one landing.
McCraken tries to clinch up.
McCraken scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCraken throws a hook to the side of Wood's head but Wood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCraken throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Wood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCraken takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCraken manages to avoid it.
Wood tries to land a leg kick but McCraken saw it coming and moves away.
Wood connects with a body shot.
McCraken takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCraken.
Wood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wood throws a jab but it's blocked by McCraken.
Wood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wood forces McCraken back against the cage and clinches.
McCraken scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wood tries a body shot but McCraken blocks it.
A body shot lands from Wood.
Wood tries a body shot but McCraken blocks it.
Wood working aggressively here.
McCraken blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Wood.
McCraken trying to stall but Wood improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood has had enough of the clinch but McCraken keeps him there for the moment.
McCraken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood misses with some punches.
McCraken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCraken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCraken moves out of range of the body kick from Wood.
McCraken pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dougal McCraken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Willie Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McCraken checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McCraken tries a quick counter leg kick but Wood is wise to it.
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wood throws the left hand but McCraken avoids the punch easily.
A solid body kick from McCraken.
Wood throws a leg kick but McCraken sees it coming and moves out of range.
McCraken misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wood blocks a leg kick.
McCraken keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McCraken dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wood. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCraken misses with an uppercut.
McCraken tries to score with a low kick but Wood moves his leg out of the way.
McCraken takes one to the side of the head.
Wood slips a jab from McCraken.
McCraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCraken takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McCraken gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCraken scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCraken tries to throw a body punch but Wood avoids it by throwing McCraken back against the cage.
McCraken prevents a body shot from Wood.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, McCraken scores with a nice short uppercut.
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 Willie Wood.
Well Wood 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Wood!
A relieved looking Willie Wood thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Mma (ranked 867 p4p, 119 weight class) and Denny Sideman (ranked 659 p4p, 86 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Jeff Mma has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jeff Mma seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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195 lbs
17 - 11 - 2 |
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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
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Mma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denny Sideman!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Mma is looking to counter punch.
Sideman throws a poor cross that misses
and Mma counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sideman misses with a hook.
Mma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sideman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mma takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mma slips a jab from Sideman.
Mma keeps the fight on the outside.
Mma throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Some wild striking there from Mma.
Mma displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
Mma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mma looks for the body kick but Sideman saw that one coming.
Sideman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mma.
It seemed like Sideman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mma misses with an uppercut.
Sideman slips a straight right by Mma.
Sideman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sideman connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sideman looks to land a right hand but Mma moved out of range.
Mma loads up on a big right hand but Sideman slips the punch.
Sideman throws a lazy right hand but Mma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mma cracks the inside of Sideman's front leg.
Sideman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mma darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sideman clinches with his opponent.
Mma has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sideman misses with some punches.
Sideman tries to work over Mma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
I was talking to Mma's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sideman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sideman misses with a punch to the body.
Mma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sideman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mma.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mma swats away the attempt to clinch by Sideman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sideman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mma momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mma misses with a hook.
Sideman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sideman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sideman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sideman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mma avoids the body shot from Sideman.
Mma takes one to the chin there.
Mma misses with a looping right.
Sideman misses the shot to the body.
Sideman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sideman is looking for the big counter here.
Sideman looks to score with a jab to the body but Mma is just out of range.
And Mma counters with a quick kick to the body but Sideman blocks it.
Mma defending well as Sideman loads up on a big left hand.
Sideman throws a hook to the side of Mma's head but Mma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sideman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mma moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mma staying out of range there.
Sideman staying out of range there.
Mma throws a right hand that Sideman ducks under and follows up with a left that Sideman also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mma. Sideman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sideman misses with a body shot
and Mma counters with a nice uppercut.
Mma on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sideman misses with a double jab.
Sideman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mma doesn't seem bothered though.
Sideman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mma at a distance.
Sideman wants to clinch.
Sideman wants to clinch.
Mma keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman moves away from the strike by Mma.
Mma takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mma slips a jab from Sideman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sideman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mma missing with a left hand there. Sideman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mma throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Mma misses.
Sideman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sideman moves into the clinch successfully.
Mma takes a shot to the head.
Sideman misses with some punches.
Mma blocks an uppercut.
Mma breaks from the clinch.
Sideman pushes Mma up against the cage in a clinch.
Mma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mma throws a jab but it's blocked by Sideman.
Sideman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mma counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Denny Sideman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Mma's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sideman tries to clinch up
and Mma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mma.
Mma missing with a left hand there. Sideman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Sideman finds it's way through Mma's defenses.
Sideman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sideman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sideman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sideman checks a low kick from Mma.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman avoids a kick to the body.
Mma throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sideman misses with a double jab.
Sideman defending well as Mma loads up on a big left hand.
Jeff Mma is winning the standup battle so far.
Sideman scores with a sloppy right hand. Mma should have avoided that one.
Sideman stuns Mma with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sideman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mma on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A combination from Sideman does no damage.
Mma throws a series of punches but Sideman avoids them all with ease.
Mma gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sideman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mma doesn't seem bothered though.
Sideman instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sideman.
Sideman misses with some punches.
Sideman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mma backwards.
Sideman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sideman prevents Mma from breaking the clinch.
Sideman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Denny Sideman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sideman gets through Mma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sideman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sideman has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mma is trying to break the clinch but Sideman has him pressed against the cage.
Sideman misses with a punch to the body.
Mma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sideman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mma throws a hook but Sideman avoids it easily.
A combination from Sideman does no damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mma.
Sideman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sideman slips under a jab from Mma.
Sideman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sideman connects with the punch.
Mma slips under a jab from Sideman.
A low kick from Mma is predictable there
and Sideman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sideman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman misses with a jab to the body
and Mma counters with a straight right hand.
Sideman throws a body punch but Mma moves out of range.
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Sideman cracks a nice hook into Mma's ribs.
Mma avoids the body shot from Sideman.
Sideman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sideman rushes Mma and presses him up against the cage.
Mma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sideman has him pressed against the cage.
Mma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sideman works the jab nicely.
Sideman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mma walks into a jab.
Mma takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mma takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sideman digs a good body shot into Mma's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman swings widly with a right hand
and Mma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sideman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mma keeps Sideman at a distance using the push kick.
Mma throws an off balance right hand
and Sideman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sideman closes the distance and clinches.
Mma tries to break free but Sideman pushes him back against the cage.
Sideman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sideman struggles to land a body shot inside as Mma controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Sideman.
Still in the clinch, Sideman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mma has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mma there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mma delivers a nice body kick.
Mma throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sideman has Mma up against the cage in a clinch.
Sideman tries to stall but Mma uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sideman wants to clinch up but Mma keeps it at a distance.
Mma tries a head kick but it misses.
Sideman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mma gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mma avoids the body shot from Sideman.
Sideman lands a body shot.
Mma bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sideman's head.
Mma on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sideman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mma on the side of the head.
Sideman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mma counters with a stiff right hand.
Mma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sideman was well out of range. Poor timing from Mma.
Sideman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sideman tries to clinch but Mma moves out of range.
Sideman scores with a hook to the body. Mma takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sideman tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mma misses with a looping right.
Sideman takes a swing at Mma's ribcage but misses.
Sideman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mma misses with a hook.
Sideman scores with a decent looking hook.
Sideman scores with a jab to the body.
Sideman is looking to clinch.
Mma looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mma misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Sideman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sideman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And Mma counters with a quick kick to the body but Sideman blocks it.
Sideman takes a swing at Mma's ribcage but misses.
Mma swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sideman swings for the body but Mma moves out of range.
Mma shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mma misses with a body shot.
Sideman tries to clinch up.
As Sideman backs away, Mma returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sideman slips a jab from Mma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sideman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sideman missing with a left hand there. Mma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sideman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mma.
Mma throws an overhand right that lands on Sideman's shoulder, as Sideman tries to avoid the shot.
Mma ducks under a wild hook from Sideman.
It looked like Mma wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mma throws a hook but Sideman avoids it easily.
Sideman is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mma with a body shot.
Mma lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sideman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mma swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sideman now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sideman!
Sideman tries to clinch but Mma is having none of it.
Sideman doesn't manage to clinch there - Mma circles away.
Sideman throws an off balance right hand
and Mma counters with a nice uppercut.
Mma throws a right hand that misses
and Sideman counters with a right hand to the body.
An inside leg kick from Mma misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mma staying out of range there.
Mma misses with a low kick.
Sideman clinches.
Sideman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sideman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mma throws a shot from downtown. Sideman moves away and avoids it.
Sideman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sideman sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sideman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sideman throws an overhand right that lands on Mma's shoulder, as Mma tries to avoid the shot.
Sideman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sideman.
Mma is looking to counter punch.
Mma misses with a low kick.
Sideman tries to clinch there but Mma circles away.
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mma takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mma lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Sideman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sideman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sideman misses with a punch on the inside.
Sideman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sideman ducks under a wild hook from Mma.
Sideman lands a head shot.
Sideman drives through and clinches with Mma against the cage.
Mma breaks from the clinch.
Mma lands with a cross.
Mma takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sideman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mma manages to avoid it.
Sideman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mma counters with a left to the body.
Jeff Mma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Denny Sideman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mma throws a sloppy body shot
and Sideman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
Denny Sideman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sideman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denny Sideman!
In his post fight interview, Denny Sideman 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 504 p4p, 25 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 482 p4p, 24 weight class). Nagasaki's entrance music is Execute Plan: Nuclear Tortoise. A fine choice. Santosh Nagasaki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derek Vinyard's chin.
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145 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santosh Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vinyard napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nagasaki working the strikes but Vinyard uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Nagasaki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vinyard defending well though.
Vinyard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vinyard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vinyard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vinyard has his hands clasped together around Nagasaki's back. He's all about the action.
Vinyard is trying to maintain the position but Nagasaki is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinyard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinyard wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Vinyard felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Nagasaki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Nagasaki there.
Nagasaki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vinyard is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard.
Nagasaki looks to land a strike but Vinyard avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vinyard pulls Nagasaki in close to his closed guard and prevents Nagasaki from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nagasaki makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nagasaki trying to control but Vinyard is working from the bottom.
Nagasaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nagasaki landing with the ground and pound.
Vinyard has Nagasaki pulled in close to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki trying to control but Vinyard is working from the bottom.
Nagasaki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nagasaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vinyard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nagasaki throws a strike but Vinyard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vinyard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Vinyard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Nagasaki pulls Vinyard in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinyard wants to pass the guard but Nagasaki is keeping the position.
Nagasaki is trying to control the position but Vinyard postures up.
Vinyard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Vinyard trying to control the position from guard on top but Nagasaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santosh Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vinyard walks into a left hand.
Vinyard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vinyard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Vinyard.
Vinyard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vinyard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vinyard ducks right into an uppercut from Nagasaki.
Decent striking displayed by Nagasaki there.
Vinyard scores with a hook to the body. Nagasaki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nagasaki clobbers Vinyard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vinyard! But no joy.
Nagasaki scores with a nice head shot.
Vinyard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki tries to counter with a takedown but Vinyard is quick to defend against it.
Vinyard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagasaki fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vinyard to the ground. Nagasaki is now in Vinyard's guard.
Vinyard pushes Nagasaki off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki's corner calls for a 1-2. Nagasaki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vinyard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nagasaki counters with a nice uppercut.
Vinyard is rocked!
Vinyard throws a body kick that misses.
Vinyard is still on wobbly legs! Can Nagasaki finish him?
Nagasaki shoots in but Vinyard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It seemed like Vinyard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nagasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagasaki clobbers Vinyard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nagasaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Nagasaki steps in with a hook that catches Vinyard right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Nagasaki follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Vinyard looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santosh Nagasaki!
A very excited looking Santosh Nagasaki 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Cobweb Cooter (ranked 842 p4p, 100 weight class) and Bobo Nielsen (ranked 527 p4p, 67 weight class). Cooter comes to the cage accompanied by Porch Honky. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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30
150 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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cobweb Cooter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobo Nielsen!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooter misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Nielsen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooter has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Malmi Aitta in the buildup to the fight.
Nielsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cooter manages to avoid it.
Nielsen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cooter's half guard.
Nielsen wants to pass the guard but Cooter is defending well.
Cooter misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cooter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nielsen is thwarting Cooter's attempts to control the position.
Nielsen trying to control from half guard but Cooter is working away.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Nielsen working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Nielsen prevents Cooter from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooter is working hard here to advance position.
Cooter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cooter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooter striking off his back but it's not causing Nielsen any problems.
Cooter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nielsen throws a big elbow that misses.
Nielsen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nielsen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cooter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nielsen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cooter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cooter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nielsen postures up and lands a big shot to Cooter's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nielsen throws a big right hand that misses.
Cooter trying to control the position.
Cooter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nielsen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nielsen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nielsen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cooter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nielsen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nielsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooter connects with the punch.
Cooter fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooter lands a jab to the nose.
Nielsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nielsen with a jab.
It looks like Cobweb Cooter has been cut.
Nielsen staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Cooter.
Cooter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nielsen misses the jab.
Cobweb Cooter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nielsen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cooter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cooter throws a body shot but no joy.
Nielsen throws the left hand but Cooter avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooter lands with an overhand left.
Nielsen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cooter throws a lazy right hand but Nielsen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cooter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nielsen cracks Cooter with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
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!
Nielsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooter lands a nice looking body shot.
Cooter throws a right hand that Nielsen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nielsen also avoids with ease.
Cooter throws a combination. Nielsen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A jab from Nielsen does it's job there.
Nielsen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cooter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cooter throws a head kick but Nielsen moves out of range.
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 Cobweb Cooter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cobweb Cooter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cooter throws a leg kick which misses Nielsen's front leg but catches the back leg as Nielsen tries to avoid it.
Cobweb Cooter is winning the standup battle so far.
Nielsen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cooter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Nielsen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cooter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nielsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooter.
Nielsen walks into a left hand.
Cooter throws a shot from downtown. Nielsen moves away and avoids it.
Cooter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nielsen can do to turn this around?
Cooter lunges at Nielsen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nielsen's hand.
Cooter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nielsen throws a hook but Cooter blocks it.
Cooter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nielsen cracks Cooter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cooter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice cross by Cooter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cooter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cooter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nielsen counters with a right hand to the body.
Cooter scores with a takedown into Nielsen's guard.
Nielsen is adopting a defensive guard.
Nielsen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cooter trying to control the position from guard on top but Nielsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cooter throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nielsen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooter is looking to work some ground and pound but Nielsen has wrist control.
Nielsen controlling the position.
Cooter postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nielsen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nielsen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cooter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cooter ducks under a wild hook from Nielsen.
Nielsen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cooter swings for the body but Nielsen moves out of range.
Nielsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cooter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooter looking to score a takedown here. Nielsen is defending well but Cooter drives through and ends up in Nielsen's guard.
Cooter thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nielsen is on top in guard.
Nielsen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nielsen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nielsen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nielsen preventing the sweep.
Nielsen is posturing up here but Cooter has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Nielsen tries to roll out but it's too tight and Nielsen has to tap! Slick submission there by Cooter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cobweb Cooter!
A victorious Cobweb Cooter thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Bobo Nielsen spoke after the fight, saying 'fucking auto flight got me!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Verneri Ahma (ranked 695 p4p, 89 weight class) and Sasha Beliy (ranked 413 p4p, 50 weight class). Sasha Beliy 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sasha Beliy!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Verneri Ahma has been cut.
Beliy has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ahma is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ahma stuns Beliy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Whack! Beliy lands a heavy head kick that drops Ahma. The ref tackles Beliy to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Ahma was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Sasha Beliy!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felix Jaroslav (ranked 166 p4p, 10 weight class) and Snake Duanesboy (ranked 311 p4p, 16 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jaroslav might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Fox. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Jaroslav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Snake Duanesboy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duanesboy has Jaroslav up against the cage in a clinch.
Jaroslav presses Duanesboy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaroslav blocks an uppercut.
Duanesboy blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy lands a left hand.
Jaroslav misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duanesboy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaroslav is working Duanesboy over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaroslav lands a nice shot to the body.
Jaroslav throws a head punch that misses.
Jaroslav throws a punch but it's blocked by Duanesboy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaroslav misses with a punch to the body.
Duanesboy can't find room to land a body shot as Jaroslav controls the action.
Duanesboy has a couple of punches blocked by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duanesboys head.
Duanesboy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duanesboy lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duanesboy misses with a body punch.
Duanesboy misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duanesboy throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duanesboy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy misses with a body punch.
Duanesboy blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Jaroslav.
Duanesboy struggles to land a body shot inside as Jaroslav controls his hands.
Jaroslav lands an uppercut.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Duanesboy avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
Jaroslav lands with a light punch inside.
Duanesboy lands a nice shot to the body.
Duanesboy misses with a punch to the body.
Jaroslav scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaroslav lands a body punch in the clinch.
Duanesboy misses with a punch to the body.
Duanesboy has a couple of punches blocked by Jaroslav.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav pushes Duanesboy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Duanesboy controls the action.
Jaroslav goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Duanesboy blocks it.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Duanesboy controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duanesboy.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaroslav scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duanesboy misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Jaroslav.
A left hand lands to the body for Duanesboy.
Duanesboy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaroslav looks to land a left hand but Duanesboy moved out of range nicely.
Duanesboy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaroslav lands a hook that snaps the head of Duanesboy backwards.
Jaroslav blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duanesboy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duanesboy working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Duanesboy blocks it.
Duanesboy struggles to land a body shot inside as Jaroslav controls his hands.
Duanesboy can't find room to land a body shot as Jaroslav controls the action.
Jaroslav blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jaroslav makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Duanesboy controls the action.
Duanesboy blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duanesboy works on Jaroslav's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jaroslav creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jaroslav misses with some punches.
Duanesboy prevents a body shot from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jaroslav lands an uppercut.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws a punch but it's blocked by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy pushes Jaroslav back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duanesboy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duanesboy misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaroslav misses with a body punch.
Duanesboy lands with a short shot to the head.
Duanesboy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav misses with a punch to the body.
Jaroslav lands a body punch.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaroslav tries to throw a body punch but Duanesboy avoids it by throwing Jaroslav back against the cage.
Jaroslav lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jaroslav tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duanesboy's elbow.
Duanesboy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jaroslav backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Jaroslav.
Duanesboy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Duanesboy controls the action.
Duanesboy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duanesboy misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jaroslav presses Duanesboy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaroslav blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Jaroslav dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Duanesboy tries to land a leg kick but Jaroslav saw it coming and moves away.
Duanesboy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jaroslav is looking for a counter combo.
Jaroslav misses the body punch
letting Duanesboy counter with a right hand.
Duanesboy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Duanesboy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Duanesboy misses with a hook. Jaroslav ducked under it nicely.
Duanesboy throws an overhand right that lands on Jaroslav's shoulder, as Jaroslav tries to avoid the shot.
Jaroslav throws a jab when Duanesboy was well out of range.
Felix Jaroslav seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duanesboy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jaroslav keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duanesboy.
Jaroslav thows a leg kick but Duanesboy checks it
and Duanesboy counters with a nice uppercut.
Duanesboy throws a lazy right hand but Jaroslav sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Duanesboy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Duanesboy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Duanesboy tenderised Jaroslav's leg. Jaroslav is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jaroslav throws a hook but Duanesboy avoids it easily.
Duanesboy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jaroslav fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duanesboy manages to avoid it.
Duanesboy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaroslav swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jaroslav fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jaroslav misses the shot to the body.
Jaroslav connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jaroslav 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 Duanesboy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duanesboy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Duanesboy loads up on a big right hand but Jaroslav slips the punch.
Jaroslav throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Duanesboy to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Duanesboy.
Jaroslav throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Duanesboy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Duanesboy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaroslav.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duanesboy.
Jaroslav tries to bum rush Duanesboy with a series of wild strikes but Duanesboy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duanesboy tries to clinch but Jaroslav moves out of range.
Jaroslav tries to land a front kick but Duanesboy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jaroslav.
Duanesboy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Snake Duanesboy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jaroslav slips a straight right by Duanesboy.
Jaroslav's jab looks to have found its range, popping Duanesboy under the eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duanesboy lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Jaroslav misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Duanesboy. That snapped Jaroslav's head back.
Duanesboy throws a hook but Jaroslav avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Jaroslav misses the target.
Duanesboy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jaroslav throws a leg kick that is checked
and Duanesboy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jaroslav's knee momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Jaroslav finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Jaroslav misses
and Duanesboy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jaroslav lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jaroslav throws a leg kick that is checked
and Duanesboy counters with a series of strikes. Jaroslav will be more careful next time no doubt.
Good work by Duanesboy as he checks the leg kick.
Duanesboy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jaroslav takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Duanesboy misses with a double jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Duanesboy.
Jab, jab by Duanesboy - just one landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Duanesboy. Those never looked like landing.
Jaroslav has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Duanesboy scores with the left hand. Jaroslav knows he should have avoided that one.
Duanesboy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jaroslav throws a jab but it's blocked by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jaroslav tries to move into range but Duanesboy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duanesboy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duanesboy 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.
Jaroslav staying out of range there.
Jaroslav misses with a low kick.
Duanesboy blocks a low kick nicely.
Duanesboy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jaroslav walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Duanesboy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Duanesboy throws a hook to the side of Jaroslav's head but Jaroslav sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duanesboy throws a lazy right hand but Jaroslav sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jaroslav throws a sloppy head kick and Duanesboy moves out of range easily.
Duanesboy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jaroslav misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Duanesboy misses.
Jaroslav chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Duanesboy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jaroslav misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duanesboy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws a leg kick but Duanesboy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Duanesboy tries to counter with a clinch but Jaroslav shakes him off and moves away.
Jaroslav throws a leg kick but Duanesboy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jaroslav bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duanesboy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Jaroslav was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Duanesboy.
Jaroslav throws out a leg kick but Duanesboy moves out of range and Jaroslav only half commits.
Jaroslav pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jaroslav fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jaroslav.
Duanesboy throws a shot from downtown. Jaroslav moves away and avoids it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Duanesboy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jaroslav - the referee stops the clock and Duanesboy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jaroslav. Duanesboy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jaroslav moves forwards but Duanesboy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Snake Duanesboy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Jaroslav's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jaroslav moves out of range as Duanesboy strikes.
Duanesboy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duanesboy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jaroslav throws a sloppy head kick and Duanesboy moves out of range easily.
Jaroslav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duanesboy moves away.
Jaroslav throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jaroslav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaroslav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duanesboy moves away.
A little jabbing left from Duanesboy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jaroslav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duanesboy moves away.
Jaroslav lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duanesboy clinches up against the cage.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duanesboy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duanesboy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Jaroslav - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duanesboy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duanesboy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duanesboy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duanesboy misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav pushes Duanesboy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duanesboy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Felix Jaroslav has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duanesboy.
Jaroslav pushes Duanesboy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Duanesboy digs a right hand into Jaroslav's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jaroslav's gas tank.
Jaroslav pushes Duanesboy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav swings wildly with an uppercut but Duanesboy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duanesboy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaroslav tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duanesboy's elbow.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Duanesboy controls the action.
Duanesboy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duanesboy has a couple of punches blocked by Jaroslav.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duanesboy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jaroslav blocking some punches.
Duanesboy tries a body shot but Jaroslav blocks it.
Jaroslav lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duanesboy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Duanesboy lands a left hand.
Duanesboy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jaroslav misses with some punches.
Duanesboy misses with a body punch.
Jaroslav blocks an uppercut.
Jaroslav blocking some punches.
Jaroslav misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jaroslav creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jaroslav struggles to land a body shot inside as Duanesboy controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Jaroslav as the two fighters clinch.
Jaroslav tries a body shot but Duanesboy blocks it.
Duanesboy prevents a body shot from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav lands a hook that snaps the head of Duanesboy backwards.
Duanesboy lands a right hand.
Duanesboy blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav misses with the head strike.
Jaroslav misses with a body punch.
Jaroslav lands with a left to the head.
Duanesboy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaroslav stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Duanesboy fails to land.
Jaroslav blocking some punches.
Duanesboy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jaroslav's elbow.
Jaroslav blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duanesboy pushes Jaroslav back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duanesboy can't find room to land a body shot as Jaroslav controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duanesboy.
Jaroslav lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Duanesboy or not.
Jaroslav struggles to land a body shot inside as Duanesboy controls his hands.
Duanesboy blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duanesboy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duanesboy blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav blocks an uppercut.
Duanesboy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jaroslav or not.
Duanesboy working aggressively here.
Duanesboy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jaroslav backwards.
Duanesboy pushes Jaroslav back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaroslav tries to work over Duanesboy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jaroslav digs a right hand into Duanesboy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duanesboy's gas tank.
Duanesboy is leaning against Jaroslav and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A hook to the body from Jaroslav.
Duanesboy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jaroslav lands a right hand that snaps the head of Duanesboy backwards.
Jaroslav can't find room to land a body shot as Duanesboy controls the action.
Duanesboy blocks an uppercut.
Jaroslav misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jaroslav misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jaroslav doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaroslav misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaroslav lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jaroslav swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Duanesboy.
Jaroslav blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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 Felix Jaroslav.
I think Jaroslav 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felix Jaroslav!
A very excited looking Felix Jaroslav 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Boris Bulletzowich (ranked 696 p4p, 99 weight class) and Shane MacGowan (ranked 704 p4p, 101 weight class). Bulletzowich comes to the cage accompanied by THUNDERCAT - THEM CHANGES. MacGowan has chosen The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey as his entrance music. Shane MacGowan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boris Bulletzowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shane MacGowan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by MacGowan.
MacGowan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
MacGowan pushes Bulletzowich up against the cage in a clinch.
Bulletzowich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
MacGowan with a knee to the head.
Bulletzowich tries to pull guard but MacGowan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bulletzowich has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed MacGowan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
MacGowan just trying to survive but Bulletzowich is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Bulletzowich misses with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
MacGowan trying to control the hands but Bulletzowich breaks the grip.
Bulletzowich wants to control but MacGowan is keeping busy.
MacGowan wants to control his opponent's hands but Bulletzowich gets his hands free.
Bulletzowich looking for the choke from the back.
MacGowan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
MacGowan is keeping busy.
MacGowan rolls, trying to escape but Bulletzowich keeps control of the position.
Bulletzowich is not going to allow MacGowan to sit and survive in this position.
Bulletzowich tries to get the hooks in deep but MacGowan pushed the leg off.
Bulletzowich has the hooks in. MacGowan is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich wants to control but MacGowan is keeping busy.
MacGowan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Bulletzowich wants to control but MacGowan is keeping busy.
MacGowan is trapped and Bulletzowich is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Bulletzowich doesn't have the hooks in and MacGowan manages to turn into his guard.
MacGowan lands a couple of elbows.
MacGowan stopping the sweep attempt from Bulletzowich.
MacGowan throws a strike but Bulletzowich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
MacGowan keeping moving, preventing Bulletzowich from controlling successfully.
Bulletzowich postures up.
Our spies down at at Fenrir MMA inform us that MacGowan has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bulletzowich puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
MacGowan wants to get back to full guard.
MacGowan wants to control but Bulletzowich is keeping busy.
Bulletzowich drops an elbow to the side of MacGowan's head.
Bulletzowich looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks MacGowan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bulletzowich working over MacGowan with some ground and pound. MacGowan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan is looking to improve his position.
Bulletzowich drops an elbow to the side of MacGowan's head.
Bulletzowich thows a huge punch but MacGowan dodges it nicely.
MacGowan is looking to improve his position.
MacGowan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bulletzowich is working away from the top position though.
MacGowan is looking to improve his position.
MacGowan is in trouble now - Bulletzowich has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Bulletzowich dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bulletzowich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent MacGowan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
MacGowan moves in looking to clinch but Bulletzowich pushes him off.
MacGowan tries to clinch there but Bulletzowich circles away.
MacGowan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bulletzowich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that MacGowan can do to turn this around?
Bulletzowich 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.
MacGowan doesn't manage to clinch there - Bulletzowich circles away.
MacGowan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bulletzowich counters with a right hand to the body.
MacGowan rushes Bulletzowich and presses him up against the cage.
Bulletzowich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacGowan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
MacGowan missing with knees to the body.
MacGowan ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. MacGowan no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bulletzowich stopping the sweep attempt from MacGowan.
Bulletzowich with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacGowan wants to sweep but no luck.
Bulletzowich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
MacGowan looking for a sweep. Not yet MacGowan, not yet.
MacGowan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bulletzowich passes into side control.
Bulletzowich trying to control the action but MacGowan is working from the bottom.
MacGowan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich is looking to take a break and control but MacGowan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
MacGowan tries to buck Bulletzowich off but Bulletzowich is having none of it.
Bulletzowich scores with punches from side control.
MacGowan wants to control but Bulletzowich postures up.
MacGowan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bulletzowich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
MacGowan tries to roll over but Bulletzowich keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan moves into full guard.
MacGowan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
MacGowan trying to keep a closed guard but Bulletzowich is proving a slippery customer.
Bulletzowich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bulletzowich wants to control from the top but MacGowan keeps moving.
MacGowan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
MacGowan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bulletzowich.
MacGowan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from MacGowan. Bulletzowich does a little dance to reset his feet.
MacGowan throws a one two combo.
Bulletzowich scores with a nice head shot.
Nice defenses there by Bulletzowich.
MacGowan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
MacGowan moves out of range as Bulletzowich strikes.
MacGowan tries to clinch but Bulletzowich moves out of range.
MacGowan is looking to clinch.
Bulletzowich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but MacGowan moves away.
Bulletzowich scores with a hook.
Bulletzowich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
MacGowan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bulletzowich just misses with a punch to the body.
Bulletzowich keeps the fight on the outside.
Bulletzowich misses with a jab, cross combination.
MacGowan tries to clinch but Bulletzowich is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Bulletzowich dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
MacGowan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bulletzowich appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Bulletzowich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bulletzowich takes a swing at MacGowan's ribcage but misses.
Bulletzowich throws a right hand that MacGowan ducks under and follows up with a left that MacGowan also avoids with ease.
MacGowan is looking to clinch.
MacGowan misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Bulletzowich, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
MacGowan throws a lazy right hand but Bulletzowich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
MacGowan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bulletzowich, pushing him back against the cage.
Bulletzowich wants a takedown.
Bulletzowich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacGowan scores with a shoulder strike.
Bulletzowich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bulletzowich misses with an elbow over the top.
Bulletzowich tries to land knees in the clinch but MacGowan avoids the damage to the body.
Bulletzowich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bulletzowich tries to stall but MacGowan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bulletzowich.
Bulletzowich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bulletzowich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shane MacGowan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
MacGowan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bulletzowich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bulletzowich blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bulletzowich misses with a punch to the body.
Bulletzowich wants to break free but MacGowan has control.
MacGowan misses with a punch on the inside.
Bulletzowich tries to circle away but MacGowan has him pinned against the cage.
Bulletzowich blocking some punches.
Bulletzowich misses with a punch on the inside.
Bulletzowich tries to stall but MacGowan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
MacGowan misses with a body punch.
MacGowan struggles to land a body shot inside as Bulletzowich controls his hands.
Bulletzowich tries for a takedown. No joy.
Shane MacGowan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich trying to control the position but instead, MacGowan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bulletzowich into the cage.
Bulletzowich lands a left hand that snaps the head of MacGowan backwards.
MacGowan lands a body shot.
MacGowan misses with a punch on the inside.
MacGowan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
MacGowan throws a punch but it's blocked by Bulletzowich.
Bulletzowich pulls guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as MacGowan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
MacGowan with a nice head shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bulletzowich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from MacGowan.
Bulletzowich is trying to control the position from the bottom.
MacGowan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan throws an elbow that misses. Bulletzowich uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in MacGowan's guard. Nice move by Bulletzowich!
MacGowan looking for a sweep. Not yet MacGowan, not yet.
MacGowan wants to hit a switch here but Bulletzowich passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for MacGowan there!
Bulletzowich thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bulletzowich lands with some strikes.
Bulletzowich lands a heavy elbow.
MacGowan is working to get back to half guard.
Bulletzowich fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bulletzowich postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have MacGowan in real trouble here! The ref calls for MacGowan to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Bulletzowich!
Our winner, Boris Bulletzowich, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hole (ranked 237 p4p, 40 weight class) and Shawn Antoski (ranked 273 p4p, 44 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Hole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Antoski!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hole scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Antoski doesn't seem bothered though.
Hole throws a hook but Antoski avoids it easily.
Hole jabs Antoski right on the nose. Antoski blinks but takes it well.
Antoski throws a body kick that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Antoski.
Hole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antoski.
Jab from Hole.
Hole slips under a jab.
Hole fails with an attempt to clinch.
Antoski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hole doesn't seem bothered though.
Hole misses with a left hand
and Antoski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Antoski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Antoski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick from Hole misses
and Antoski counters with a thumping low kick.
Hole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Antoski lands with an uppercut that bounces Hole off the cage and back into range.
Antoski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harry Hole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Antoski misses.
Hole takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Antoski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Antoski misses with an uppercut.
Hole was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hole takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hole lands a nice shot to the body.
Antoski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hole is looking to counter punch.
Antoski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hole.
Antoski misses the shot to the body.
Antoski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hole feints and then cracks Antoski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Antoski down.
Antoski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hole connects with a single shot there.
Hole throws a jab when Antoski was well out of range.
Antoski lands a nice shot to the body.
Hole gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Antoski.
Hole just misses with a punch to the body.
Antoski throws a shot from downtown. Hole moves away and avoids it.
Hole swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hole.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hole thows a leg kick but Antoski checks it
and Antoski counters with a body kick that stops Hole in his tracks momentarily.
Hole clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Antoski fails to land.
Antoski tries to throw a body punch but Hole avoids it by throwing Antoski back against the cage.
Antoski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antoski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Hole - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hole.
Hole lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hole lands a left hand.
Hole works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Antoski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hole lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Antoski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Antoski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hole backwards.
A short right from Hole on the inside.
Antoski struggles to land a body shot inside as Hole controls his hands.
Antoski throws a punch but it's blocked by Hole.
Antoski misses with the head strike.
Antoski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Antoski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Antoski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hole has him pressed against the cage.
Hole presses Antoski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole throws a punch but it's blocked by Antoski.
Hole lands with a left to the head.
Antoski takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hole fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Antoski presses Hole against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Antoski.
Hole can't find room to land a body shot as Antoski controls the action.
Antoski digs a right hand into Hole's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hole's gas tank.
Hole prevents a body shot from Antoski.
Hole pushes Antoski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Antoski misses with the head strike.
Antoski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hole. Antoski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Antoski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Antoski defending well as Hole loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Hole slams his shin into Antoski's torso.
Hole throws a push kick but Antoski slaps the foot to one side.
Hole scores with a jab to the jaw.
Antoski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hole misses with a lunging right hand
and Antoski counters with a good low kick that Hole was not able to check.
A lazy body kick from Antoski
enabling Hole to counter with a crisp jab.
Antoski throws an overhand right that lands on Hole's shoulder, as Hole tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Antoski.
Antoski misses with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Antoski!
Antoski moves out of range of the body kick.
Antoski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hole misses with an uppercut.
Hole misses with a hook to the body
and Antoski counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antoski throws a wild body kick that Hole sees coming a mile off.
Hole is looking to counter punch.
Antoski lands with a nice body punch.
Antoski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hole misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shawn Antoski will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hole slips a jab from Antoski.
Hole avoids the body shot from Antoski.
Hole loads up on a big right hand but Antoski slips the punch.
Jab from Hole.
Hole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Antoski.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Antoski! But no joy.
Hole throws the kick towards the body but Antoski avoids it.
It seemed like Antoski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Antoski thuds his shin into the meat of Hole's side.
Antoski slips a jab from Hole.
Antoski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hole has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Antoski looks to land a left hand but Hole moved out of range nicely.
Shawn Antoski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Antoski throws a wild body kick that Hole sees coming a mile off.
Antoski walks into a jab.
Hole checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antoski misses with a hook.
Nice cross by Hole.
Antoski lands with a straight right. Hole didn't see that one coming.
Hole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Antoski thuds his right hand into Hole's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Antoski finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Antoski.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hole connects with a body shot.
Hole misses with an uppercut
and Antoski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hole misses with a head kick.
Antoski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Antoski misses the shot to the body.
Hole misses with a body punch
and Antoski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hole moves away from the strike by Antoski.
Nice uppercut lands for Antoski. That snapped Hole's head back.
Antoski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Antoski misses.
Hole throwing a counter right hand but Antoski manages to avoid it.
Hole walks forward, straight into a front kick from Antoski.
Hole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Antoski.
Hole lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Antoski lands a nice hook to Hole's body. Hole takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Antoski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hole.
Hole lands a leg kick that knocks Antoski off balance momentarily.
Hole lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole checks a low kick from Antoski.
Antoski throws a jab when Hole was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Antoski.
Antoski throws a wild body kick that Hole sees coming a mile off.
Antoski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hole.
Antoski misses with a hook.
Hole slips a jab from Antoski.
Hole scores with a body shot.
Antoski ducks under a wild hook from Hole.
Antoski takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Antoski tries to land a front kick but Hole steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice shot lands for Antoski.
Antoski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hole connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Antoski's hands.
Hole attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jab by Hole.
Antoski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole scores with a decent looking hook.
Hole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Antoski just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hole.
Antoski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A quick step to the side and Hole tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Antoski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antoski misses with a straight left.
Hole scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hole pivots, looking for a leg kick but Antoski is out of range and Hole settles back down.
Antoski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hole.
Hole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hole scores with a nice strike.
Hole throws a lazy uppercut
and Antoski counters with a straight right hand.
Antoski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hole appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hole has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Antoski finds it's way round the side to connect with Hole's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antoski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hole takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Antoski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole misses with a leg kick.
Antoski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Antoski 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.
Antoski digs a good hook to Hole's body.
Antoski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hole just misses with a punch to the body.
Hole pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Antoski misses with a hook. Hole ducked under it nicely.
Antoski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hole.
A slow jab from Hole misses its intended target.
Antoski throws out a counter right but Hole avoids it with no problem.
Antoski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hole misses with a straight right.
Antoski looks to throw the jab but Hole is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Antoski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hole was well out of range. Poor timing from Antoski.
Hole tries to land a front kick but Antoski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Antoski moves out of range of the strikes.
Antoski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Antoski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Antoski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hole works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Antoski feints and then cracks Hole's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hole down.
Jab from Hole.
A leg kick checked by Hole.
Hole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Antoski scores with a jab.
A jab from Hole finds it's way through Antoski's defenses.
Antoski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hole misses with a body shot.
Antoski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hole tried to score with a low kick but Antoski checks it.
Hole lands with a thumping leg kick.
Antoski slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Antoski! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Antoski misses.
Hole looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hole throws a jab but it's blocked by Antoski.
Antoski is trying to counter with his kicks.
Antoski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Antoski ducks under a wild hook from Hole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antoski misses the shot to the body.
Antoski looks to throw a body kick
and Hole makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Antoski tests Hole's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hole goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hole throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Antoski was well out of range. Poor timing from Hole.
Hole throws a low kick but it's checked well by Antoski.
Hole paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Antoski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hole was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Antoski swings for the body but Hole moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Hole on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hole thows a leg kick but Antoski checks it
and Hole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hole checks a leg kick.
Hole takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hole scores with a jab to the head.
Hole looks for the body kick but Antoski saw that one coming.
Antoski misses with a lunging right hand
and Hole counters with a straight right hand.
Antoski thuds a left hand into Hole's body.
Harry Hole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antoski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hole connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hole throws a half hearted mid kick.
Antoski misses with a body punch
and Hole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Antoski.
Antoski lands a right hook to the body.
Hole misses with a wild body shot.
Hole lands a slapping body shot.
Antoski throws a head kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Antoski.
Hole closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Antoski misses with some punches.
Antoski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Antoski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hole's elbow.
A short right from Hole on the inside.
Antoski throws a punch but it's blocked by Hole.
Hole lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole works on Antoski's body with a couple of short punches.
Antoski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hole lands a nice shot to the body.
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Antoski controls his hands.
Hole tries to throw a body punch but Antoski avoids it by throwing Hole back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hole.
A shot in the inside from Hole.
Hole stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Antoski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antoski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Antoski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Antoski controls his hands.
Antoski can't find room to land a body shot as Hole controls the action.
Hole misses with the head strike.
Antoski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antoski.
Antoski misses with a punch on the inside.
Hole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Antoski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Antoski misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antoski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hole or not.
Antoski can't find room to land a body shot as Hole controls the action.
Antoski blocking some punches.
Hole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hole misses with the head strike.
Antoski pushes Hole back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hole misses with the head strike.
Hole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antoski takes a shot to the head.
Antoski swings wildly with an uppercut but Hole uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hole working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Hole.
Hole working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harry Hole has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Antoski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antoski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hole tries a body shot but Antoski blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Hole showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Antoski 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Antoski!
After winning the bout, Shawn Antoski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kvame Zulu (ranked 105 p4p, 14 weight class) and Hercules Fortier (ranked 304 p4p, 42 weight class). Zulu comes into the arena with Big Badaboom blaring out of the sound system. 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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29
265 lbs
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265 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kvame Zulu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hercules Fortier!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot by Zulu.
It looks like Hercules Fortier has been cut.
Zulu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zulu lands a lovely overhand right.
Fortier finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zulu scores with a punch to the head.
Zulu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fortier lands a head shot.
It looks like Kvame Zulu has been cut.
Zulu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortier scores with a hook to the body. Zulu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fortier connects with a nice looking jab.
Zulu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That has opened up Hercules Fortier's cut even more.
Hercules Fortier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Fortier.
Zulu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zulu has closed the distance and engaged Fortier in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fortier.
Fortier cracks Zulu with a nice body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Fortier.
Zulu swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zulu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fortier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zulu tries to work over Fortier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortier lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Kvame Zulu's cut is getting worse.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fortier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zulu is leaning against Fortier and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zulu works on Fortier's body with a couple of short punches.
Zulu misses with a punch to the body.
Zulu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fortier misses with a hook.
Zulu is looking to counter punch.
We've been told by Zulu's head coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fortier lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zulu looks to score with a jab to the body but Fortier is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu avoids the body shot from Fortier.
Zulu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortier goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fortier moves into range and clinches up with Zulu.
Fortier blocks a body shot from Zulu.
Fortier blocks a body shot from Zulu.
Fortier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fortier throws a punch but it's blocked by Zulu.
Zulu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Fortier on the inside.
Fortier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zulu or not.
Zulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zulu tries a body shot but Fortier blocks it.
Zulu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The cut above Hercules Fortier's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A hook to the body from Fortier.
Fortier tries to work over Zulu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zulu throws a punch but it's blocked by Fortier.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortier can't find room to land a body shot as Zulu controls the action.
Fortier has a couple of punches blocked by Zulu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.
Fortier tries to throw a body punch but Zulu avoids it by throwing Fortier back against the cage.
Zulu effectively controlling the action here.
Zulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortier is trying to maintain a safe position but Zulu gets an underhook and turns Fortier into the cage.
Nice body punch from Fortier.
Fortier has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Zulu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Fortier can turn it around.
Zulu misses with a body punch.
Zulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.
Zulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fortier can't find room to land a body shot as Zulu controls the action.
Fortier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zulu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fortier as Zulu tries to tie him up.
Zulu throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu tries to work over Fortier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortier tries to throw a body punch but Zulu avoids it by throwing Fortier back against the cage.
Fortier is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Zulu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fortier's elbow.
Zulu is leaning against Fortier and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fortier.
Fortier throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Fortier scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zulu struggles to land a body shot inside as Fortier controls his hands.
Zulu misses with the head strike.
Fortier pushes Zulu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Zulu.
Fortier misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortier misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fortier lands a hook that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Fortier lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zulu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortier backwards.
Zulu blocks a body shot from Fortier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hercules Fortier will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Zulu checks the leg kick.
Zulu half committed to a counter leg kick.
Fortier throws the kick towards the body but Zulu avoids it.
Fortier misses with an uppercut. Zulu saw that one coming.
Zulu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fortier.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fortier. That's going to slow Zulu down.
Zulu misses with a wild body shot.
Zulu misses with a body shot.
Fortier is looking to chop away at Zulu's legs.
Fortier takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zulu ducks under a wild hook from Fortier.
Fortier scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fortier avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A big right from Fortier misses.
Zulu throws a quick counter kick to the body but Fortier avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fortier darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kvame Zulu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Zulu misses with a body shot.
Fortier throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Zulu misses the target.
Fortier takes a swing at Zulu's ribcage but misses.
Zulu blocks the body kick.
Fortier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fortier looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zulu.
Kvame Zulu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zulu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little feinted left hand from Zulu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zulu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fortier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zulu gets tackled into the cage by Fortier. Fortier maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortier throws a head punch that misses.
Fortier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zulu being controlled against the cage.
Fortier blocking some punches.
Zulu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortier lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fortier.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fortier.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fortier.
Jeez, Kvame Zulu's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zulu misses with some punches.
Fortier will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zulu up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fortier.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fortier.
Zulu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fortier.
Zulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fortier avoiding damage.
Fortier blocking some punches.
Fortier struggles to land a body shot inside as Zulu controls his hands.
Fortier misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zulu swings wildly with an uppercut but Fortier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortier misses with a punch on the inside.
Zulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortier gets through Zulu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kvame Zulu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hercules Fortier!
An out of breath Hercules Fortier thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tapani Kansalainen (ranked 56 p4p, 12 weight class) and Iolyn Madog (ranked 43 p4p, 7 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tapani Kansalainen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iolyn Madog!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madog takes one to the side of the head.
Madog connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kansalainen momentarily.
Kansalainen misses with a left hand
and Madog counters with a right hand to the body.
Madog swings for the body but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Madog checks a leg kick.
Madog connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kansalainen momentarily.
Kansalainen tries a head kick but it misses.
Kansalainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Madog throws a hook to the side of Kansalainen's head but Kansalainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kansalainen slips under a jab from Madog.
Madog tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kansalainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kansalainen. That's going to slow Madog down.
Kansalainen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kansalainen looks to land a body kick but Madog moved away.
Jab from Madog.
Kansalainen scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kansalainen throws a poor cross that misses
and Madog counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kansalainen tries to score with a low kick but Madog moves his leg out of the way.
Madog looks to land a body kick but Kansalainen moved away.
Kansalainen throws a low kick, looking for Madog's leg but Madog calmly moves out of range.
Madog blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansalainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Madog misses with a combination
and Kansalainen counters with a nice body shot.
Madog blocks the body kick.
Kansalainen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but Madog sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kansalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Madog.
A little jabbing left from Madog on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kansalainen lands a nice looking body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Madog 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 Kansalainen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kansalainen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kansalainen lands a jab to the head.
Madog tries to clinch but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Madog rushes Kansalainen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Madog softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Madog working aggressively here.
A short left from Kansalainen.
A short left from Madog.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madog has Kansalainen pressed against the cage, preventing Kansalainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kansalainen prevents a body shot from Madog.
Kansalainen swings wildly with an uppercut but Madog uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kansalainen has had enough of the clinch but Madog keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick
and Madog cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kansalainen 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.
Kansalainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Madog misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Madog.
Kansalainen moves out of range of the body kick from Madog.
Madog avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Madog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Madog tries to clinch but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Madog blocks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Kansalainen misses.
A head kick misses from Madog.
Nice jab there from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen throws a head kick that Madog semi-blocks.
Good exchange - Madog coming out on top.
Madog slips a jab from Kansalainen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog is looking to land body kicks.
Madog fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kansalainen, pushing him back against the cage.
Madog throws a head punch that misses.
Kansalainen blocks a body shot from Madog.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Madog tries a quick counter leg kick but Kansalainen is wise to it.
Kansalainen keeps the fight on the outside.
Kansalainen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kansalainen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kansalainen misses with a hook
and Madog counters with a right hand to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Kansalainen.
Good shot there by Madog.
Good exchange - Kansalainen coming out on top.
Madog has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Madog connects with an inside leg kick.
Madog tests Kansalainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madog avoids a kick to the body.
Madog throws out a loose jab but Kansalainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Madog misses with an uppercut.
Kansalainen looks to land a combination but Madog avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but Madog sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kansalainen looks to throw the jab but Madog is out of range.
Kansalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kansalainen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kansalainen misses the shot to the body.
Madog tries a quick counter leg kick but Kansalainen is wise to it.
Madog uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kansalainen.
A big right from Kansalainen misses.
Kansalainen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Madog is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kansalainen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Madog moves into range and clinches up with Kansalainen.
Madog lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kansalainen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Kansalainen fails to land.
Kansalainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Madog throws a head punch that misses.
Madog blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Kansalainen finds it's way through Madog's defenses.
Madog doesn't manage to clinch there - Kansalainen circles away.
Kansalainen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kansalainen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Madog.
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 Tapani Kansalainen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Madog throws a nice outside leg kick.
Madog slips under a jab from Kansalainen.
Madog fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kansalainen, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Madog fails to land.
Madog is working Kansalainen over against the cage.
Kansalainen can't break the clinch.
Kansalainen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Madog to keep the fight standing.
Madog scores with a shoulder strike.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kansalainen scores with a nice head shot.
Madog misses with a hook.
Kansalainen throws a head kick but Madog moves out of range.
Kansalainen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kansalainen throws a chopping leg kick but Madog manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Madog jabs Kansalainen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Madog instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Kansalainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kansalainen blocks a body shot from Madog.
Madog lands a body shot in the clinch.
Madog lands a right hand.
Madog lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madog scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Madog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Madog lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Madog scores with a push kick.
Madog throws a looping overhand right but Kansalainen ducks down to avoid it.
Kansalainen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kansalainen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madog.
Kansalainen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kansalainen throws a push kick but Madog slaps the foot to one side.
It seemed like Madog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kansalainen throws a hook but Madog avoids it easily.
Tapani Kansalainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Kansalainen motions for Madog to come forward. Kansalainen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Madog attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen with a jab.
Kansalainen catches Madog with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kansalainen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kansalainen lands with a hook. Madog tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick
and Madog counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Madog.
Kansalainen thumps Madog with a low kick.
Madog closes the distance and clinches.
A body shot lands from Madog.
Madog digs a right hand into Kansalainen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kansalainen's gas tank.
Madog scores with a nice hook to the head.
Madog lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Madog lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kansalainen backwards.
Kansalainen tries to throw a body punch but Madog avoids it by throwing Kansalainen back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Madog works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Madog struggles to land a body shot inside as Kansalainen controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Madog is working Kansalainen over against the cage.
Kansalainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Madog.
Kansalainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Madog cracks Kansalainen with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kansalainen.
Iolyn Madog seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Madog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kansalainen's elbow.
Kansalainen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Madog walks away with a smile on his face. Kansalainen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Madog connects with a crisp jab.
Kansalainen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kansalainen looks for the body kick but Madog saw that one coming.
Madog scores with a shot to the body.
Good work by Madog as he checks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Madog.
Madog throws out a counter right but Kansalainen avoids it with no problem.
Kansalainen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Madog.
Kansalainen is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kansalainen moves out of range as Madog strikes.
Madog dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kansalainen. That did some damage!
Kansalainen checks a leg kick nicely.
Madog clinches with his opponent.
Kansalainen breaks from the clinch.
Madog is looking to clinch.
Kansalainen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kansalainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kansalainen takes one on the button.
Kansalainen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A low kick from Kansalainen is predictable there
and Madog counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kansalainen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Madog misses with a wild body shot.
Kansalainen checks a low kick from Madog.
Kansalainen moves out of range of the body kick from Madog.
Madog slips a straight right by Kansalainen.
Madog connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Madog slips under a jab from Kansalainen.
Madog moves out of range of the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kansalainen.
Madog takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kansalainen tries to score with a low kick but Madog moves his leg out of the way.
Kansalainen moves out of range of the leg kick from Madog.
Kansalainen lands a glancing blow to the side of Madog's head.
Madog fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iolyn Madog showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kansalainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Madog tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kansalainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madog. Kansalainen does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Kansalainen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Madog moves in looking to clinch but Kansalainen pushes him off.
Kansalainen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Madog is looking to slow Kansalainen down with leg kicks.
Madog moves out of range as Kansalainen strikes.
Madog steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Madog takes one on the button.
Madog uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
Madog clinches.
Madog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kansalainen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Madog smiles and moves away.
Kansalainen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madog tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Madog lands with a kick to the ribs.
Madog slips a jab from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen misses with a left hand
and Madog counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Madog throws the left hand but Kansalainen avoids the punch easily.
Kansalainen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
Kansalainen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kansalainen lands a really nice looking cross but Madog seems unphased.
Madog tries to clinch but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Kansalainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kansalainen misses with a looping right.
Madog lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Madog is looking to chop away at Kansalainen's legs.
Madog rushes Kansalainen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Madog working aggressively here.
Madog lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kansalainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kansalainen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Madog misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kansalainen jumps guard.
Madog decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madog throws a chopping leg kick but Kansalainen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Madog fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kansalainen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen missing with a left hand there. Madog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Madog scoring well with a low kick there.
Kansalainen looks to land a right hand but Madog moved out of range.
Madog slips under a jab from Kansalainen.
Some bone on bone action there as Kansalainen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kansalainen checks a leg kick nicely.
Madog misses with a straight right.
Madog lands a jab.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Madog connects with an inside leg kick.
Madog tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kansalainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kansalainen throws a low kick but Madog moves out of range easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Madog as he connects with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Madog.
A nice combination there by Madog.
Kansalainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madog was well out of range. Poor timing from Kansalainen.
Madog with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Madog.
Kansalainen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madog.
Kansalainen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Madog has Kansalainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Madog struggles to land a body shot inside as Kansalainen controls his hands.
Kansalainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kansalainen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circling - Kansalainen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Madog jabs Kansalainen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kansalainen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Madog moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Madog throws a hook but Kansalainen blocks it.
Madog looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
Kansalainen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kansalainen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kansalainen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Madog on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madog throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kansalainen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madog scores with a nice right hand.
Kansalainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madog was well out of range. Poor timing from Kansalainen.
Madog lands a nice hook to Kansalainen's body. Kansalainen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Madog drives through and clinches with Kansalainen against the cage.
Madog can't find room to land a body shot as Kansalainen controls the action.
Madog has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kansalainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kansalainen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kansalainen misses with a low kick.
Kansalainen takes one to the chin there.
Madog defending well as Kansalainen loads up on a big left hand.
Madog takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kansalainen lands with a slapping head kick.
Madog uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kansalainen throws a wild body kick that Madog sees coming a mile off.
Kansalainen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kansalainen. That's going to slow Madog down.
Madog moves out of range as Kansalainen strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iolyn Madog really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice defenses there by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Madog closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kansalainen checks a low kick from Madog.
Kansalainen checks a low kick from Madog.
Kansalainen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Madog finds it's way round the side to connect with Kansalainen's head.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Madog fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kansalainen, pushing him back against the cage.
Madog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kansalainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Kansalainen.
Madog digs a right hand underneath Kansalainen's ribcage. Kansalainen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kansalainen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Madog backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kansalainen decides to pull guard.
Madog gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Madog doesn't manage to clinch there - Kansalainen circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Kansalainen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Madog throws a leg kick
and Kansalainen counters with a stiff right hand.
Madog rushes Kansalainen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madog lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kansalainen tries to throw a body punch but Madog avoids it by throwing Kansalainen back against the cage.
Kansalainen misses with a body punch.
Madog misses with a punch to the body.
Kansalainen prevents a body shot from Madog.
Madog lands a hook that snaps the head of Kansalainen backwards.
Madog misses with a hook to the ribs.
Madog tries a body shot but Kansalainen blocks it.
Kansalainen throws a head punch that misses.
Madog lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kansalainen backwards.
Kansalainen blocks a body shot from Madog.
Madog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kansalainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Madog lands a left hand.
Kansalainen letting Madog take a breather here.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch.
Madog just misses with a punch to the body.
Madog misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from Kansalainen misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madog steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen throws a low kick but Madog moves out of range easily.
Kansalainen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kansalainen checks a low kick from Madog.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Madog pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kansalainen is out of range and Madog settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Kansalainen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kansalainen tries a low kick but Madog avoids it.
Kansalainen tries to land a leg kick but Madog saw it coming and moves away.
It seemed like Madog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Madog slips a jab from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Madog.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Madog.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
Kansalainen tries to work over Madog's front leg with a kick but Madog checks it.
Kansalainen lands a jab to Madog's midsection.
Madog clinches up with Kansalainen and pushes him back against the cage.
Kansalainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kansalainen misses with a leg kick
letting Madog counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madog looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Madog checks a leg kick.
Kansalainen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Madog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen ducks under a wild hook from Madog.
Kansalainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Madog looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
Madog catches Kansalainen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kansalainen.
Madog lands a jab to Kansalainen's midsection.
Madog lands a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Madog misses the target.
Kansalainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kansalainen throws the left hand but Madog avoids the punch easily.
Kansalainen throws a jab when Madog was well out of range.
Madog throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Madog misses the target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Madog.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madog throws a shot to the body.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Madog slips a straight right by Kansalainen.
Madog throws a hook but Kansalainen blocks it.
Madog defending well as Kansalainen loads up on a big left hand.
Madog scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Madog misses.
Madog looks to score with a jab to the body but Kansalainen is just out of range.
A shot to the liver by Kansalainen. Beautiful body shot.
Madog bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Madog throws a looping overhand right but Kansalainen ducks down to avoid it.
Kansalainen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kansalainen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Madog checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Madog. That snapped Kansalainen's head back.
Kansalainen slips a straight right by Madog.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iolyn Madog dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Madog connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but Madog sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kansalainen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Madog catches Kansalainen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Madog comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Madog cracks Kansalainen with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheers as Kansalainen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Madog doesn't seem phased though.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Madog appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Kansalainen.
Madog swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd cheers as Kansalainen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Madog doesn't seem phased though.
A low kick from Kansalainen misses
and Madog counters with a nice body shot.
Madog avoids the body shot from Kansalainen.
Madog throws the left hand but Kansalainen avoids the punch easily.
Madog scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kansalainen throws an off balance right hand
and Madog counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kansalainen. Madog does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansalainen loads up on a big right hand but Madog slips the punch.
Madog blocks a jab.
Kansalainen misses with a looping right.
Madog slips under a jab.
Madog avoids the body shot from Kansalainen.
Madog turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Kansalainen.
Kansalainen misses with a head kick.
Nice shot by Madog.
Madog scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Madog gets a clinch.
Madog lands with a left to the head.
Kansalainen jumps guard and drags Madog to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kansalainen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Madog can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Madog wants to stand but Kansalainen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tapani Kansalainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Madog wants to get up but he can't break Kansalainen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Madog got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kansalainen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Madog has managed to get both his arms back between Kansalainen's legs - danger averted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kansalainen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Madog can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Madog would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Iolyn Madog is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansalainen is working an open guard so Madog takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kansalainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madog looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
Kansalainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kansalainen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kansalainen tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Madog misses the target.
Madog clobbers Kansalainen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Madog slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kansalainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kansalainen throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Kansalainen misses.
A big right from Kansalainen misses.
It seemed like Madog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Madog feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kansalainens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madog tries to clinch but Kansalainen is having none of it.
Madog slips a jab from Kansalainen.
Madog looks to land a left hand but Kansalainen moved out of range nicely.
Madog is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kansalainen is looking to counter punch.
Madog checks the leg kick.
Kansalainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Madog's calf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kansalainen 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.
Kansalainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madog was well out of range. Poor timing from Kansalainen.
Madog unleashes a big counter combination but Kansalainen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kansalainen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kansalainen wants to land a leg kick but Madog is out of range.
Kansalainen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Madog counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kansalainen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
An inside leg kick from Kansalainen misses.
Madog keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kansalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
Iolyn Madog comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Madog 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 46:50
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iolyn Madog!
Iolyn Madog is the new featherweight champion!
Iolyn Madog decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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