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JAG Friday Night 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Steel (ranked 1577 p4p, 173 weight class) and Fionn Mulligan (ranked 3296 p4p, 298 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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245 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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225 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Fionn Mulligan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Steel coming out on top.
Steel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Steel swats away the attempt to clinch by Mulligan.
Steel misses with a two punch combination.
Mulligan wants to clinch.
Steel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mulligan is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Steel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mulligan tries to clinch up
and Steel counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mulligan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mulligan scrambles back to his feet.
Mulligan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mulligan is keen to just control but Steel is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mulligan throws a strike but Steel avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mulligan trying to control the position from guard on top but Steel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steel looking for a sweep. Not yet Steel, not yet.
Mulligan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Steel is keeping the position for now.
Steel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mulligan on the ground.
Mulligan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mulligan throws a big elbow that misses.
Mulligan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mulligan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mulligan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Steel is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two 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.
Steel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mulligan wants to control from the top but Steel keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mulligan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mulligan shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Mulligan with that takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Steel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jack Steel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fionn Mulligan.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mulligan shoots for a double leg takedown but Steel sprawls well. He's pushed Mulligan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Steel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Steel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mulligan shoots in for a double leg but Steel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Steel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mulligan tries for a takedown but Steel circles away easily
letting Steel counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a jab to the nose.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mulligan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from Steel misses the target.
Mulligan shoots in looking for a takedown. Steel tries to sprawl out of it but Mulligan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Steel throws a big counter combination but Mulligan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
No luck for Mulligan with that takedown attempt.
Steel was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mulligan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mulligan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mulligan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mulligan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Steel counters with a nice body shot.
Steel looks to land a combination but Mulligan avoids it well.
Steel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan tries to clinch but Steel moves away
enabling Steel to counter with a crisp jab.
Mulligan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mulligan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mulligan tries for a takedown but Steel circles away easily
and Steel counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel scores with a decent looking hook.
Decent striking displayed by Steel there.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mulligan darts in looking for a takedown but Steel gets double underhooks and turns Mulligan into the cage.
Steel appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mulligan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Steel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Steel wants it to stay on the feet.
Mulligan fails with the takedown
and Steel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mulligan looks winded!
Steel slaps away a takedown attempt from Mulligan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mulligan has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Steel dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Steel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mulligan shoots in but no luck this time.
Mulligan dives in for a single leg takedown but Steel sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Steel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mulligan on the side of the head.
Steel tries to sprawl but Mulligan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Steel has one foot on Mulligan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Steel throws a nice looking combination but Mulligan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mulligan clinches with his opponent.
Steel breaks from the clinch.
Mulligan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mulligan lands in his opponent's guard.
Steel kicks Mulligan off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steel scores with a nice right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steel.
Mulligan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steel sprawls well. Steel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mulligan gets slowly back to his feet.
Jack Steel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fionn Mulligan.
Mulligan doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel circles away.
No luck for Mulligan with that takedown attempt.
Mulligan tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut lands for Steel. That snapped Mulligan's head back.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Steel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mulligan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steel gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mulligan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Steel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Steel tries to get out of the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mulligan with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan trying to control but Steel is working from the bottom.
Steel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mulligan distracts Steel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Steel wants to sweep but no luck.
Steel pulls Mulligan in close to his closed guard and prevents Mulligan from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mulligan postures up in Steel's guard and throws a big left but Steel blocks it.
Mulligan trying to control but Steel is working from the bottom.
Steel pushes Mulligan off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan tries to clinch up.
Steel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mulligan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Steel avoids it really well and circles away.
It looked like Steel was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steel is looking to counter punch.
Mulligan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mulligan closes the distance and clinches.
Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mulligan can do to turn this around?
Mulligan shoots in looking for a takedown but Steel manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mulligan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Steel appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jack Steel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mulligan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mulligan tries to clinch up.
Mulligan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mulligan moves in looking to clinch but Steel pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mulligan.
Steel is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steel throws the left hand but Mulligan avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Steel misses its intended target.
Mulligan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mulligan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mulligan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Steel as he jumps to the side.
Steel throws a big counter combination but Mulligan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mulligan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Steel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mulligan is breathing heavily.
Steel throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steel appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mulligan wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Steel dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Steel swats away the attempt to clinch by Mulligan.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steel looks to land a right hand but Mulligan moved out of range.
Mulligan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Steel's waist but Steel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mulligan off to one side.
Mulligan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steel keeps the fight on the outside.
Mulligan moves to clinch but Steel breaks away
and Steel counters with a left and a right that stings Mulligan.
Steel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mulligan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Steel defends well and Mulligan ends up having to push Steel into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jack Steel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fionn Mulligan.
Mulligan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mulligan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mulligan moves in looking to clinch but Steel pushes him off.
Mulligan looks to clinch
enabling Steel to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mulligan is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
Jack Steel is winning the standup battle so far.
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel scores with a nice head shot.
Mulligan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big left from Steel misses.
Jack Steel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mulligan tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
Mulligan tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
Mulligan tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Steel counter with a right hand.
Steel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mulligan.
Mulligan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Steel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mulligan wants to clinch but Steel slips to the side
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Steel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mulligan somewhat.
Mulligan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Steel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mulligan somewhat.
Mulligan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Steel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mulligan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steel to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mulligan.
Mulligan loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Mulligan wants to clinch
and Steel counters with a one-two to the body.
A swing and a miss from Steel.
Mulligan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Steel is fending him off so far but Mulligan persists. Nope, Steel circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mulligan tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mulligan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Steel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mulligan.
Steel moves into range and connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Mulligan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mulligan dives in and grabs Steel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Steel pushes down on Mulligan's head and hops out.
Mulligan tries to clinch
and Steel counters with a nice body shot.
Mulligan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steel sprawls well. Steel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mulligan gets slowly back to his feet.
Mulligan moves out of range as Steel strikes.
Mulligan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mulligan is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mulligan ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
Mulligan misses with a takedown attempt - Steel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fionn Mulligan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fionn Mulligan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mulligan takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mulligan tries to clinch but Steel is having none of it.
It looked like Steel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mulligan misses with a double jab
and Steel counters with a nice uppercut.
Mulligan fails to land the takedown.
Mulligan looks for a takedown but Steel sprawls well.
Mulligan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Steel counters with a left and a right that stings Mulligan.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Steel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Steel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Steel!
Jack Steel spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Keenan (ranked 3141 p4p, 326 weight class) and Mauricio Gracie (ranked 3373 p4p, 352 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26
153 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
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167 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Keenan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keenan throws a body shot but no joy.
Keenan slips a jab from Gracie.
Gracie connects with a body shot.
A big right from Keenan misses.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keenan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Keenan throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Keenan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Keenan misses.
Keenan blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Keenan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Keenan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie throws the left hand but Keenan avoids the punch easily.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie swings for the body but Keenan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ryan Keenan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie instigates a clinch.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keenan is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Keenan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keenan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Keenan controls the action.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Keenan controls the action.
Gracie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie lands with a short shot to the head.
Gracie stalling.
Keenan scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Keenan.
Keenan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.
Keenan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Keenan tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Gracie as he connects with a hook.
Keenan ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
It looked like Keenan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Keenan moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Keenan misses the target.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Keenan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Keenan moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Keenan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Keenan counters with a straight right hand.
Keenan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stalks Keenan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Keenan's face. Keenan staggers backwards, shaken.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie prevents Keenan from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan scores with a shoulder strike.
Keenan struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Keenan is trying to force a seperation but Gracie has the dominant position.
Keenan pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keenan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keenan has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Keenan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keenan keeps the fight on the outside.
Keenan catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gracie jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie slips a jab from Keenan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keenan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie jabs at Keenan's body.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Keenan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Keenan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
Keenan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mauricio Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Keenan misses the shot to the body.
Gracie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Keenan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Keenan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Keenan finish him?
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Keenan does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Keenan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Keenan.
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Keenan to counter with a crisp jab.
Keenan misses with a hook
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Keenan saw that one coming.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keenan.
Keenan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keenan scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Gracie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Keenan. Keenan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Keenan tries to move into range but Gracie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Keenan in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie punishes Keenan's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Keenan is just out of range.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Keenan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Keenan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie connects with a body shot.
Gracie moves out of range as Keenan strikes.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
As Gracie looks to move away, Keenan throws a big counter combo but Gracie just gets out of the way.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Keenan saw that one coming.
Keenan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Keenan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses
and Keenan counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Keenan counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie works Keenan's body with a nice hook.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Keenan.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Keenan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keenan is able to avoid easily.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Keenan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Keenan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Keenan counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Keenan moved out of range nicely.
Gracie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Keenan cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Keenan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie throws a body punch but Keenan moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Keenan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Gracie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
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!
Gracie takes a swing at Keenan's ribcage but misses.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keenan moves away.
Mauricio Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
Gracie misses with a body punch
and Keenan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Keenan throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Keenan.
Keenan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gracie scores with a nice right hand.
Keenan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from Keenan misses the target.
Keenan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keenan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie digs a good hook to Keenan's body.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Gracie 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!
Gracie wants to clinch
and Keenan counters with a crisp one two that drops Gracie! Keenan thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Gracie to his feet! Gracie is in big trouble!
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Keenan slips the punch.
Gracie misses the body punch
and Keenan counters with a crisp right that sends Gracie to the canvas! Keenan follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Keenan!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Braiden Mattison (ranked 2979 p4p, 311 weight class) and Carlos Arnoldo Perda Segurio (ranked 6402 p4p, 506 weight class). Perda Segurio has chosen Cypress Hill - Highlife as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Braiden Mattison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Arnoldo Perda Segurio!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perda Segurio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perda Segurio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Perda Segurio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perda Segurio throws a lazy right hand but Mattison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mattison seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Perda Segurio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Mattison tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mattison lands a nice hook to Perda Segurio's body. Perda Segurio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Perda Segurio cracks a nice hook into Mattison's ribs.
Perda Segurio avoids a kick to the body.
Mattison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mattison scores with a sloppy right hand. Perda Segurio should have avoided that one.
Jab, jab by Mattison - just one landing.
A big right from Perda Segurio misses.
Mattison throws a low kick but Perda Segurio avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perda Segurio throws a lazy right hand but Mattison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mattison throws a jab but it's blocked by Perda Segurio.
Perda Segurio doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perda Segurio. Mattison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mattison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Perda Segurio momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perda Segurio. Mattison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mattison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perda Segurio throws a hook to the side of Mattison's head but Mattison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perda Segurio throws a right hand that Mattison ducks under and follows up with a left that Mattison also avoids with ease.
Perda Segurio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mattison tries a head kick but it misses.
Perda Segurio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perda Segurio has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Perda Segurio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Perda Segurio tries to close the distance and clinch but Mattison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mattison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perda Segurio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mattison. Mattison obviously looking to wear him down.
Perda Segurio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Perda Segurio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mattison takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mattison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Perda Segurio! But no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perda Segurio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mattison manages to avoid it.
Perda Segurio just misses with a punch to the body.
Perda Segurio is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mattison rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Mattison catches Perda Segurio right on the button with a cross.
Mattison goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mattison throws a solid leg kick but Perda Segurio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mattison.
Perda Segurio throws a shot from downtown. Mattison moves away and avoids it.
Perda Segurio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mattison.
Perda Segurio misses with a takedown attempt - Mattison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mattison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perda Segurio misses with a hook.
Mattison looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A big left from Mattison misses.
Jab by Mattison.
Mattison fails to land with a series of punches.
Mattison clobbers Perda Segurio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A slow jab from Perda Segurio misses its intended target.
Mattison is looking to counter with head kicks.
Mattison scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perda Segurio takes a swing at Mattison's ribcage but misses.
Mattison half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perda Segurio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Perda Segurio just misses with a punch to the body.
Mattison fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good shot there by Mattison.
Mattison is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Perda Segurio swings for the body but Mattison moves out of range.
Perda Segurio throws a hook but Mattison blocks it.
Mattison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Perda Segurio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mattison.
Perda Segurio throws a series of punches but Mattison moves out of range.
Perda Segurio looks to score with a jab to the body but Mattison is just out of range.
Perda Segurio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot lands for Perda Segurio.
Mattison blocks a jab.
Perda Segurio shoots in for a takedown but Mattison shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mattison avoids the head kick by Perda Segurio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Perda Segurios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mattison with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mattison throws a right hand that Perda Segurio ducks under and follows up with a left that Perda Segurio also avoids with ease.
Perda Segurio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mattison moves away.
Perda Segurio throws out a powerful jab.
Mattison's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mattison duly obliges.
Perda Segurio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mattison manages to avoid it.
Perda Segurio throws a looping overhand right but Mattison ducks down to avoid it.
Mattison throws a combination that misses
and Perda Segurio counters with a stiff right hand.
Mattison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perda Segurio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mattison was well out of range. Poor timing from Perda Segurio.
A telegraphed right hand from Mattison misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mattison throws the left hand but Perda Segurio avoids the punch easily.
Perda Segurio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perda Segurio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mattison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mattison lands an overhand right.
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 Braiden Mattison will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mattison throws a leg kick which misses Perda Segurio's front leg but catches the back leg as Perda Segurio tries to avoid it.
Perda Segurio throws a head kick that misses.
Perda Segurio misses with a body punch
and Mattison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mattison cracks Perda Segurio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mattison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mattison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Perda Segurio.
Nice straight punches there by Perda Segurio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Perda Segurio.
Mattison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Perda Segurio.
Mattison scores with a nice head shot.
A leg kick checked by Mattison.
Perda Segurio misses with a straight left.
Mattison appears to be looking for a big counter.
A slow jab from Mattison misses its intended target.
Mattison circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mattison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Perda Segurio lands with a straight right. Mattison didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perda Segurio looks to score with a jab to the body but Mattison is just out of range.
A nice combination there by Mattison.
Mattison connects with a single shot there.
Perda Segurio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mattison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perda Segurio can do to turn this around?
Perda Segurio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mattison counters with a good low kick that Perda Segurio was not able to check.
That kick from Mattison tenderised Perda Segurio's leg. Perda Segurio is trying to keep his angry face on.
Braiden Mattison is winning the standup battle so far.
Mattison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Perda Segurio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perda Segurio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mattison moves away.
Mattison avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mattison with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice body kick from Mattison.
Perda Segurio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mattison misses with a head kick.
Perda Segurio throws out a counter right but Mattison avoids it with no problem.
Mattison looks to throw a body kick
and Perda Segurio counters with a right hand to the body.
Mattison feints and then cracks Perda Segurio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Perda Segurio down.
Mattison has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Perda Segurio gets a double leg takedown into Mattison's guard.
Mattison pushes Perda Segurio off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Perda Segurio misses with a wild body shot.
Mattison shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Perda Segurio eats them both and turns towards Mattison to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Perda Segurio misses with a wild body shot.
Perda Segurio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perda Segurio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mattison throws a right hand that Perda Segurio ducks under and follows up with a left that Perda Segurio also avoids with ease.
A lazy body kick from Perda Segurio
and Mattison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perda Segurio misses with a double jab
and Mattison counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perda Segurio staying out of range there.
Perda Segurio gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Braiden Mattison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perda Segurio misses the body punch
and Mattison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mattison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perda Segurio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mattison avoids the body shot from Perda Segurio.
Mattison fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perda Segurio. Mattison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perda Segurio tries to land a body kick
and Mattison counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mattison throws a leg kick which misses Perda Segurio's front leg but catches the back leg as Perda Segurio tries to avoid it.
Perda Segurio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mattison.
Mattison appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Perda Segurio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the body from Perda Segurio misses
letting Mattison counter with a right hand.
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!
Perda Segurio just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perda Segurio misses with an uppercut.
Mattison throws a sloppy head kick and Perda Segurio moves out of range easily.
Perda Segurio misses with a wild body shot.
Mattison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perda Segurio checks a leg kick.
Perda Segurio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mattison was well out of range. Poor timing from Perda Segurio.
Mattison misses with a looping right.
Mattison throws a head kick that misses.
Perda Segurio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mattison lands a glancing blow to the side of Perda Segurio's head.
The fighters circling - Perda Segurio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perda Segurio. Mattison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mattison misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perda Segurio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Perda Segurio misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Mattison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Braiden Mattison dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Perda Segurio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perda Segurio scores with a shot to the body.
Mattison throws a leg kick but Perda Segurio sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perda Segurio cracks Mattison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mattison connects with a nice looking jab.
Perda Segurio looks to land a right hand but Mattison moved out of range.
Mattison takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Perda Segurio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perda Segurio misses with a straight left.
Mattison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perda Segurio now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mattison throws a poor cross that misses
and Perda Segurio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perda Segurio misses with a straight right.
Perda Segurio throws an overhand right that lands on Mattison's shoulder, as Mattison tries to avoid the shot.
Mattison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perda Segurio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Perda Segurio misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattison with a hook.
A combination from Mattison does no damage.
Mattison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mattison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perda Segurio walks into a jab.
Perda Segurio lands a really nice looking cross but Mattison seems unphased.
Perda Segurio throws a jab but it's blocked by Mattison.
Mattison misses with a looping right.
Perda Segurio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mattison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mattison connects with a right hand. Perda Segurio shakes it off.
A punch lands to the side of Perda Segurio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Mattison coming out on top.
Mattison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mattison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattison is looking to slow Perda Segurio down with leg kicks.
Mattison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mattison feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Mattison digs a good body shot into Perda Segurio's ribs.
Mattison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Perda Segurio at a distance.
Mattison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mattison tests Perda Segurio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Perda Segurio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mattison ducks under a wild hook from Perda Segurio.
Mattison misses with a shot to the body
and Perda Segurio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perda Segurio swings widly with a right hand
and Mattison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perda Segurio lands a nice hook to Mattison's body. Mattison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Perda Segurio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perda Segurio lands a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perda Segurio closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mattison kicks off Perda Segurio and gets to his feet.
Mattison moves out of range as Perda Segurio strikes.
Mattison fires out a quick counter leg kick but Perda Segurio just manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Mattison misses.
Perda Segurio scores with the left hand. Mattison knows he should have avoided that one.
Perda Segurio takes a swing at Mattison's ribcage but misses.
Perda Segurio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mattison doesn't seem bothered though.
Mattison missing with a left hand there. Perda Segurio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mattison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perda Segurio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good exchange - Mattison coming out on top.
Perda Segurio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mattison's waist but Mattison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Perda Segurio off to one side.
Mattison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perda Segurio throws a jab but it's blocked by Mattison.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perda Segurio shoots for a double leg takedown but Mattison sprawls well. He's pushed Perda Segurio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Perda Segurio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mattison cracks a nice hook into Perda Segurio's ribs.
Mattison throws a right hand that Perda Segurio ducks under and follows up with a left that Perda Segurio also avoids with ease.
Mattison avoids the body shot from Perda Segurio.
Perda Segurio misses the jab.
Perda Segurio misses with a looping left.
Perda Segurio drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mattison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mattison. That's going to slow Perda Segurio down.
Mattison ducks under a wild hook from Perda Segurio.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perda Segurio tries a head kick but it misses.
Mattison defending well as Perda Segurio loads up on a big left hand.
Carlos Arnoldo Perda Segurio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Braiden Mattison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mattison avoids the body shot from Perda Segurio.
Perda Segurio tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Braiden Mattison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mattison 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braiden Mattison!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damian Dudley (ranked 1855 p4p, 211 weight class) and Frankie Lamas (ranked 5864 p4p, 491 weight class). Damian Dudley 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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Dudley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frankie Lamas!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamas tries to clinch up.
Dudley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dudley.
Lamas tries to clinch there but Dudley circles away.
Dudley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dudley throws a right hand that misses
and Lamas counters with a nice uppercut.
Lamas moves into the clinch successfully.
Lamas lands with a short shot to the head.
Lamas blocks an uppercut.
Lamas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamas looks to clinch
and Dudley counters with a straight right hand.
Lamas connects with a nice looking jab.
Dudley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dudley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dudley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dudley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lamas wants to counter the offense by Dudley and move into the clinch position.
Lamas dodges the punch combination from Dudley.
Lamas staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lamas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dudley counters with a nice uppercut.
Dudley looks to land a combination. Lamas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dudley with a jab.
Lamas wants to clinch
and Dudley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lamas wants to clinch.
Dudley seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lamas moves in looking to clinch but Dudley pushes him off.
Lamas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dudley, pushing him back against the cage.
Dudley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lamass head.
Lamas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dudley's face.
It looks like Damian Dudley has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudley tries to break the clinch but Lamas is controlling the position.
Dudley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lamas tries to clinch there but Dudley circles away.
Dudley is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley tries to keep at a distance but Lamas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dudley misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dudley.
Lamas manages to break the clinch.
Dudley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lamas wants to clinch
enabling Dudley to counter with a crisp jab.
Dudley misses with a two punch combination.
Dudley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lamas.
Lamas moves into the clinch.
Lamas just leaning against Dudley, taking a breather.
Lamas blocks a body shot from Dudley.
Lamas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dudley's efforts to push away.
Dudley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Dudley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lamas blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley tries to break the clinch but Lamas is controlling the position.
Dudley lands a nice shot to the body.
Lamas breaks from the clinch.
Lamas tries to clinch up but Dudley circles away and keeps his distance.
Lamas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dudley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lamas wants to clinch
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
Lamas closes the distance and clinches.
Dudley struggles to land a body shot inside as Lamas controls his hands.
Dudley lands with a short shot to the head.
Lamas tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudley avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lamas.
Lamas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dudley avoids it.
Lamas misses with the head strike.
Lamas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lamas is looking to clinch but Dudley is avoiding it.
Lamas wants to clinch
and Lamas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamas tries to clinch but Dudley moves away
and Dudley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lamas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dudley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lamas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Dudley was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dudley misses with a straight right.
Lamas tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lamas throws a series of strikes that have Dudley backpedaling.
Dudley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dudley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lamas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dudley swats away the attempt to clinch by Lamas.
Lamas moves into the clinch.
Lamas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dudley scores with a shot to the side of Lamas's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lamas blocks an uppercut.
Lamas lands an uppercut.
Lamas misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Dudley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damian Dudley's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dudley swats away the attempt to clinch by Lamas.
Lamas closes the distance and pushes Dudley back into the cage.
Lamas prevents a body shot from Dudley.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dudley.
Lamas tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.
Dudley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lamas's elbow.
Dudley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lamas can do to turn this around?
Lamas manages to break the clinch.
Lamas loads up on a big right hand but Dudley slips the punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dudley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudley connects with the punch.
Lamas throws a low kick but Dudley avoids it.
Damian Dudley is winning the standup battle so far.
Lamas pushes Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Dudley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dudley tries to throw a body punch but Lamas avoids it by throwing Dudley back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamas lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamas misses with some punches.
Lamas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dudley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Dudley.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dudley.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dudley.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dudley as Lamas tries to tie him up.
Lamas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lamas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamas lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Lamas.
Dudley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lamas misses with a knee to the head.
Lamas tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudley avoids the damage to the body.
Dudley tries to work over Lamas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dudley lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dudley.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dudley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lamas is trying to force a seperation but Dudley has the dominant position.
Dudley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamas takes one to the side of the head.
Lamas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Dudley counter with a right hand.
A combination from Dudley does no damage.
Dudley lunges at Lamas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lamas's hand.
Lamas pushes Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Dudley lands a nice uppercut.
Lamas lands with a light punch inside.
Dudley is trying to push Lamas away but Lamas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dudley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lamas has him pressed against the cage.
Lamas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lamas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dudley tries to throw a body punch but Lamas avoids it by throwing Dudley back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamas lands with a right to the head.
Lamas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frankie Lamas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lamas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dudley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dudley seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lamas closes the distance but Dudley moves to the side
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
Lamas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lamas wants to clinch but Dudley slips to the side
and Dudley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lamas pushes Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Lamas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dudley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dudley prevents a body shot from Lamas.
A short left from Lamas.
Lamas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dudley lands with a left to the head.
Lamas prevents a body shot from Dudley.
Lamas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dudley thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamas wants to clinch up but Dudley keeps it at a distance.
Lamas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dudley keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dudley keeps the fight on the outside.
Dudley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Dudley misses the target.
Lamas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dudley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lamas misses with a looping left.
Lamas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lamas tries to clinch
and Dudley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dudley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dudley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lamas wants to clinch
and Dudley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Dudley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damian Dudley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lamas tries to clinch up
and Dudley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lamas closes the distance but Dudley moves to the side
and Dudley counters with a nice uppercut.
Lamas tries to clinch
and Lamas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lamas wants to clinch up but Dudley keeps it at a distance.
Lamas misses with a hook
and Dudley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lamas tries to clinch up but Dudley circles away and keeps his distance.
Lamas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lamas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dudley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamas wants to clinch but Dudley slips to the side
and Dudley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dudley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lamas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dudley.
Lamas wants to counter the offense by Dudley and move into the clinch position.
Lamas darts in trying to clinch
and Dudley counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dudley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lamas wants to clinch but Dudley slips to the side
letting Dudley counter with a right hand.
Lamas tries to clinch up.
Dudley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lamas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dudley.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lamas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lamas wants to clinch up but Dudley keeps it at a distance.
Lamas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dudley counters with a nice uppercut.
Lamas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dudley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damian Dudley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lamas tries to clinch but Dudley moves away
and Dudley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lamas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A punch lands to the side of Lamas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dudley loads up on a big right hand but Lamas slips the punch.
Dudley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dudley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Dudley misses the jab.
Lamas tries to clinch but Dudley moves out of range.
Lamas tries to clinch
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
Lamas tries to clinch but Dudley moves away
and Lamas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lamas fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamas misses with a double jab
enabling Dudley to counter with a crisp jab.
Dudley feints a jab promting Lamas to slip. Dudley then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lamas slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dudley throws the left hand but Lamas avoids the punch easily.
Dudley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Frankie Lamas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamas closes the distance but Dudley moves to the side
and Dudley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lamas is looking to clinch.
Lamas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dudley counters with a left and a right that stings Lamas.
Lamas wants to clinch.
Dudley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lamas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dudley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamas gets a clinch.
Lamas is trying to force a seperation but Dudley has the dominant position.
Lamas throws a punch but it's blocked by Dudley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Lamas.
Lamas connects with a knee to the head.
Dudley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lamas backwards.
Lamas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lamas lands a right hand.
Dudley lands a shoulder strike.
Dudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dudley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamas wants to clinch.
Dudley throws a big counter combination but Lamas scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dudley throws a lazy right hand but Lamas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frankie Lamas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dudley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Dudley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dudley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Dudley!
A relieved looking Damian Dudley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Kappa (ranked 1704 p4p, 212 weight class) and Guillo Perez (ranked 3907 p4p, 414 weight class). Guillo Perez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Kappa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Guillo Perez !
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kappa, right into the meat.
A telegraphed right hand from Kappa misses the target.
Perez tries to counter with a clinch but Kappa shakes him off and moves away.
Perez 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kappa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Perez scrambles back to his feet.
Perez shoots in looking for a takedown but Kappa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Perez 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A telegraphed right hand from Perez misses the target.
Kappa looks to land a right hand but Perez moved out of range.
Kappa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Perez ducks under a wild hook from Kappa.
Kappa tries to land a front kick but Perez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice jab there from Kappa.
Kappa dodges the punch combination from Perez .
Kappa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kappa throws a jab but it's blocked by Perez .
Perez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kappa is fending him off so far but Perez persists. Nope, Kappa circles away and we're back to standing.
Kappa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Perez .
Kappa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
David Kappa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guillo Perez .
Perez tries to clinch but Kappa moves out of range.
Kappa circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez feints and as Kappa raises his hands in defense, Perez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kappa seems keen to control Perez 's posture.
Perez gets to his feet - Kappa follows without any prompting.
David Kappa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kappa.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kappa.
Perez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Kappa misses the target.
Perez misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kappa.
Perez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kappa defends well and Perez ends up having to push Kappa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Kappa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Perez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Perez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kappa throws a shot from downtown. Perez moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kappa. Perez does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kappa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kappa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kappa tries a low kick but Perez avoids it.
Perez changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Perez shoots in looking for a takedown but Kappa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Perez 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kappa throws a front kick aimed at Perez 's knee but Perez avoids it well.
Kappa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Perez .
Kappa throws a hook but Perez avoids it easily.
Kappa lands a glancing blow to the side of Perez 's head.
Perez slips under a jab from Kappa.
Kappa misses with a leg kick.
Perez doesn't manage to clinch there - Kappa circles away.
Kappa throws a body punch but Perez moves out of range.
Kappa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perez rushes Kappa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez jumps guard but Kappa stands there with Perez around his waist. Perez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kappa tries to break free but Perez pushes him back against the cage.
Perez stalling the fight.
Perez tries a body shot but Kappa blocks it.
Perez keeps control of Kappa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Perez stalling against the cage.
Kappa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kappa breaks from the clinch.
Kappa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kappa lands a nice hook to Perez 's body. Perez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Perez moves into range and clinches up with Kappa.
Kappa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kappa breaks from the clinch.
Kappa blocks a head kick by Perez .
It looked like Kappa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Perez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kappa quickly recovers to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kappa trying to hold on to Perez 's head to control him but Perez postures up.
Kappa is staying active underneath Perez , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Perez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kappa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Perez decides to stand up.
Perez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kappa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kappa looks to land a combination but Perez avoids it well.
Perez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kappa with a body shot.
Kappa scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Kappa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kappa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kappa working a defensive guard but Perez passes into half guard.
Perez prevents Kappa from improving his position.
Perez gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Perez scores with a takedown into Kappa's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez controlling from the top position.
Guillo Perez has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kappa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Perez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Perez stands up from Kappa's guard - Perez perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kappa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
David Kappa is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kappa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kappa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Perez rushes Kappa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kappa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kappa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kappa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perez darts in looking for a takedown but Kappa gets double underhooks and turns Perez into the cage.
Kappa is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Perez gets a double leg takedown into Kappa's guard.
Kappa looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Perez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Perez is thwarting Kappa's attempts to control the position.
Perez is keen to just control but Kappa is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kappa sees it coming and defends easily.
Perez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kappa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Perez stands up and beckons Kappa to join him on the feet.
Kappa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perez gets a clinch.
Kappa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Perez 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Perez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kappa throws a shot to the body.
Perez darts in trying to clinch
and Kappa counters with a right hand to the body.
Perez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kappa stuffs the takedown.
David Kappa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guillo Perez .
Kappa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circling - Kappa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kappa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kappa scores with a sloppy right hand. Perez should have avoided that one.
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kappa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kappa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perez .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perez is looking to clinch but Kappa is avoiding it.
Perez looking to score a takedown here. Kappa is defending well but Perez drives through and ends up in Kappa's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Guillo Perez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Perez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kappa pinned against the cage. Kappa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
David Kappa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kappa throws a body punch but Perez moves out of range.
Perez moves into range and clinches up with Kappa.
Kappa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kappa.
Perez slips a jab from Kappa.
Perez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Perez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kappa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Perez .
David Kappa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guillo Perez .
Perez fails to land the takedown.
Kappa connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kappa misses with a wild body shot.
Perez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kappa defends it nicely.
A jab from Kappa does it's job there.
Good exchange - Kappa coming out on top.
Perez cracks a nice hook into Kappa's ribs.
Perez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kappa counters with a good, hard body kick but Perez shrugs it off.
Kappa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Perez is out of range and Kappa settles back down.
Kappa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kappa throws a jab but it's blocked by Perez .
Perez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kappa is fending him off so far but Perez persists. Nope, Kappa circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez rushes Kappa and presses him up against the cage.
Perez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kappa to keep the fight standing.
Perez breaks from the clinch.
Perez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Perez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez is looking to take a break and control but Kappa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perez controlling the action here.
Kappa is looking to control Perez 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kappa avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez stands up from half guard.
Perez looks to clinch
and Kappa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perez 's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kappa. That's going to slow Perez down.
Perez 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perez walks into a jab.
Kappa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perez .
Perez misses with a body kick.
Perez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kappa sprawls well initially but Perez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Perez seems to be looking for submissions.
Kappa keeping control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez is looking to advance position but Kappa won't allow it.
Kappa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kappa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Perez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kappa trying to control here.
Perez is pressing down on Kappa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kappa is holding on for now.
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 David Kappa.
I think Kappa 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Kappa!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Cole (ranked 1197 p4p, 153 weight class) and Thor Fresh (ranked 2405 p4p, 261 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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163 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Fresh!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fresh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cole lands with an uppercut that bounces Fresh off the cage and back into range.
Fresh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cole is looking to counter punch.
Fresh tries to land a front kick but Cole steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fresh moves into range and clinches up with Cole.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cole.
Cole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cole pushes Fresh back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Fresh.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Fresh.
Cole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fresh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fresh misses with a leg kick
and Cole counters by moving into the clinch.
Cole stalling the fight.
Cole blocking some punches.
Cole working aggressively here.
Cole tries to throw a body punch but Fresh avoids it by throwing Cole back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fresh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cole's elbow.
A body shot lands from Cole.
Fresh working aggressively here.
Cole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cole working aggressively here.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
Fresh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fresh throws a head punch that misses.
Fresh misses with some punches.
Cole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fresh struggles to land a body shot inside as Cole controls his hands.
Cole misses with the head strike.
Cole throws a head punch that misses.
Fresh misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Cole.
Cole swings wildly with an uppercut but Fresh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fresh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fresh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fresh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cole.
I was talking to Cole's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cole fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fresh swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fresh scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fresh.
Cole working aggressively here.
Fresh prevents a body shot from Cole.
Fresh misses with a body punch.
Fresh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fresh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cole blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Cole.
A head punch on the inside from Cole fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
Fresh scores with a shot to the side of Cole's head.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Fresh taking a breather.
Fresh throws a head punch that misses.
Cole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cole lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cole blocks an uppercut.
Fresh has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cole seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Fresh can turn it around.
Cole makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fresh lands a hook that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
Cole manages to break the clinch.
Fresh misses with a low kick.
Cole misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good shot there by Cole.
Fresh feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cole's calf.
Fresh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fresh lunges at Cole with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cole's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fresh cracks Cole with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fresh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fresh throws a head kick that misses
and Cole counters with a straight right hand.
Cole with a nice cross.
Fresh scores with a one two! Cole had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fresh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cole needs to keep his hands up - Fresh had a free shot at his head there.
Fresh displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cole 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.
Cole connects with the punch.
Fresh is rocked!
Cole scores with a jab. Fresh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fresh is still on wobbly legs! Can Cole finish him?
Fresh takes one on the button.
Thor Fresh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole misses with a looping left.
Fresh gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Cole gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Cole!
After the fight, James Cole was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Sobieski (ranked 1469 p4p, 183 weight class) and Ladera Hawthorne (ranked 1790 p4p, 221 weight class). Hawthorne has chosen Beef Rap as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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215 lbs
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217 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Sobieski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ladera Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawthorne avoids the head kick by Sobieski.
Hawthorne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawthorne throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sobieski avoids a kick to the body.
Sobieski tries to counter with a takedown but Hawthorne is quick to defend against it.
Hawthorne misses with a straight left.
Sobieski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sobieski gets a takedown into half guard.
Sobieski with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sobieski lands a nice short elbow.
Sobieski keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hawthorne really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sobieski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hawthorne keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sobieski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hawthorne trying to hold on to Sobieski's head to control him but Sobieski postures up.
Sobieski is working for a submission of some sort.
Sobieski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hawthorne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sobieski.
Sobieski is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sobieski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sobieski is taking a breather. Hawthorne says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hawthorne trying to hold on to Sobieski's head to control him but Sobieski postures up.
Hawthorne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sobieski not doing much here.
Sobieski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hawthorne for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sobieski in particular looking to stall.
Sobieski 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.
Sobieski thows a huge punch but Hawthorne dodges it nicely.
Sobieski seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sobieski with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sobieski lands with a punch from half guard.
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.
Sobieski content to control rather than advance.
Sobieski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hawthorne defending well though.
Sobieski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sobieski is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sobieski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hawthorne doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sobieski.
Hawthorne is staying active underneath Sobieski, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sobieski wants to pass the guard but Hawthorne is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Sobieski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hawthorne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hawthorne slaps away a takedown attempt from Sobieski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Sobieski.
Hawthorne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hawthorne misses with a straight right.
Hawthorne moves out of range as Sobieski throws a body kick.
Hawthorne circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieski slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne connects with a leg kick. Sobieski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hawthorne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hawthorne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sobieski moves out of range as Hawthorne throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobieski blocks a jab.
Hawthorne looks to score with a jab to the body but Sobieski is just out of range.
Hawthorne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sobieski half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hawthorne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sobieski's calf.
Hawthorne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sobieski fails with the takedown.
Hawthorne loads up on a big right hand but Sobieski slips the punch.
Sobieski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sobieski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hawthorne lands a leg kick that knocks Sobieski off balance momentarily.
Sobieski looks for the body kick but Hawthorne saw that one coming.
A lazy left from Hawthorne finds it's target.
Sobieski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hawthorne's waist but Hawthorne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sobieski off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Sobieski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobieski throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawthorne throws a body shot but no joy.
Sobieski connects with a right hand. Hawthorne shakes it off.
Hawthorne scores with a head kick.
Hawthorne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sobieski appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sobieski tries to clinch
and Hawthorne counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hawthorne thuds his right hand into Sobieski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hawthorne gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sobieski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hawthorne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sobieski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hawthorne is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sobieski throws an elbow that misses. Hawthorne uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sobieski's guard. Nice move by Hawthorne!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sobieski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hawthorne must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sobieski trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawthorne trying to control but Sobieski is working from the bottom.
Hawthorne slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hawthorne preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jan Sobieski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hawthorne looking to pass the guard.
Hawthorne postures up.
Sobieski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hawthorne controlling the position for now.
Hawthorne won't allow Sobieski to pass to mount.
Sobieski working over Hawthorne with some ground and pound. Hawthorne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sobieski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ladera Hawthorne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hawthorne throws an overhand right that lands on Sobieski's shoulder, as Sobieski tries to avoid the shot.
Hawthorne throws a body punch but Sobieski moves out of range.
Hawthorne throws out a loose jab but Sobieski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobieski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hawthorne circles away.
Sobieski moves out of range of the strikes.
Sobieski half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sobieski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hawthorne sprawls well initially but Sobieski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sobieski trying to control from half guard but Hawthorne is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawthorne is controlling Sobieski's trapped leg to prevent Sobieski from advancing to side control.
Sobieski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobieski wants to work for an arm triangle but Hawthorne is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hawthorne is positioning himself well to prevent Sobieski advancing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne is refusing to be controlled, as Sobieski sits in half guard.
Hawthorne trying to control but Sobieski postures up.
Sobieski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sobieski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hawthorne can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sobieski lands a nice short elbow.
Hawthorne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sobieski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hawthorne wants to control but Sobieski is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sobieski perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sobieski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hawthorne defending well though.
Sobieski with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sobieski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hawthorne is looking for a sweep. Sobieski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hawthorne has his hands clasped together around Sobieski's back. He's all about the action.
Hawthorne taking some punishment here, with Sobieski in his half guard.
Sobieski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sobieski continues to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski is trying to work for a kimura but Hawthorne is defending well.
Sobieski is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hawthorne is just riding it out for now. Sobieski eventually gives up the hold.
Hawthorne is looking for a sweep. Sobieski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hawthorne is defending against the submission attempts here by Sobieski.
Sobieski trying to control the action but Hawthorne is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sobieski connects with a nice short shot to Hawthorne's temple.
Sobieski wants to pass the guard but Hawthorne is defending well.
Sobieski controlling the action here.
Sobieski is looking to advance position but Hawthorne won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Still in half guard, Sobieski seems content to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Sobieski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sobieski 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Sobieski!
After the big win, Jan Sobieski made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Destructive Striking Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roland Weudke (ranked 948 p4p, 138 weight class) and Ramon Gianni (ranked 777 p4p, 111 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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25
204 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roland Weudke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Gianni!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weudke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gianni moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Weudke, right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gianni.
A leg kick checked by Gianni.
Gianni throws a hook to the side of Weudke's head but Weudke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Weudke is looking for a counter combo.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weudke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weudke seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gianni throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gianni tries to bum rush Weudke with a series of wild strikes but Weudke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gianni misses with a double jab.
Weudke half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gianni lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Weudke throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Weudke is looking to chop away at Gianni's legs.
Weudke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gianni will feel that in the morning.
Weudke works Gianni's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gianni fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A shot to the body from Gianni misses
and Weudke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gianni throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Weudke to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Weudke. Gianni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Weudke lands with a nice body kick.
Ramon Gianni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weudke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gianni throws out a leg kick but Weudke moves out of range and Gianni only half commits.
Gianni swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gianni moves in looking to clinch but Weudke pushes him off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gianni. That's going to slow Weudke down.
Gianni misses the jab.
Weudke misses with a body shot.
Weudke thows a body kick. Gianni tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Weudke lands a jab to the nose.
Weudke jabs Gianni to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gianni tried to score with a low kick but Weudke checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Gianni misses its intended target.
Weudke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Weudke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gianni looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Weudke scores with a three punch combo!
Weudke connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Weudke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gianni misses the jab.
Weudke connects with a leg kick. Gianni looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Weudke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gianni.
Gianni throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Weudke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gianni throws a shot from downtown. Weudke moves away and avoids it.
Weudke misses the shot to the body.
Gianni looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Weudke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gianni.
Gianni now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gianni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weudke.
Gianni throws out a powerful jab.
Gianni misses with a series of wild punches.
Weudke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Weudke lands a jab.
Gianni scores with a nice strike.
Gianni takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Weudke throws a solid leg kick but Gianni takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Weudke.
Gianni takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gianni misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Weudke counters with an outside leg kick.
That kick from Weudke tenderised Gianni's leg. Gianni is trying to keep his angry face on.
Weudke swings for the body but Gianni moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Weudke.
Gianni moves in looking to clinch but Weudke pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Gianni.
A leg kick checked by Weudke.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gianni checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Weudke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gianni is looking to chop away at Weudke's legs.
Gianni tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Weudke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gianni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gianni misses with a hook.
Weudke moves out of range as Gianni throws a body kick.
Gianni motions for Weudke to come forward. Gianni throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Weudke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gianni lets loose with a powerful body kick. Weudke will feel that in the morning.
Gianni takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gianni checks the leg kick.
Gianni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Weudke moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roland Weudke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Weudke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gianni.
Weudke throws a lazy uppercut
and Gianni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gianni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gianni wants to clinch up but Weudke keeps it at a distance.
Weudke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gianni's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Weudke.
Weudke staying out of range there.
Weudke takes a swing at Gianni's ribcage but misses.
Gianni is looking for the big counter here.
Gianni with a nice cross.
Gianni swings for the body but Weudke moves out of range.
Gianni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weudke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Weudke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Weudke lands a high kick!
Good standup being displayed there by Weudke as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weudke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gianni.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Weudke.
Gianni sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Weudke throws a body punch but Gianni moves out of range.
Weudke lands with a kick to the ribs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Weudke.
Gianni feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Weudke's calf.
Weudke throws a chopping leg kick but Gianni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gianni motions for Weudke to come forward. Gianni throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Weudke tries a low kick but Gianni avoids it.
A slow jab from Weudke misses its intended target.
Gianni throws out a leg kick but Weudke moves out of range and Gianni only half commits.
Weudke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Weudke lands a right hook to the body.
Gianni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Weudke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gianni scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weudke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weudke swats away the attempt to clinch by Gianni.
A head kick by Gianni misses
and Weudke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gianni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Weudke bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Weudke scoring well with a low kick there.
Gianni tries a head kick but it misses.
Gianni needs to keep his hands up - Weudke had a free shot at his head there.
Weudke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Weudke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gianni can do to turn this around?
Gianni swings for the body but Weudke moves out of range.
Weudke wants to slow Gianni down by chopping away at his legs.
Gianni cracks Weudke with a good jab.
Weudke is looking to wear down Gianni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gianni tests Weudke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Weudke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gianni throws a body punch but Weudke moves out of range.
Weudke misses with a low kick.
Gianni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gianni loads up on a big right hand but Weudke slips the punch.
Gianni lands a slapping body shot.
Weudke throws a leg kick but Gianni checks it.
Good leg kick by Weudke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gianni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Weudke.
A counter left hand to the body from Weudke misses its target.
Gianni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gianni stuns Weudke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Weudke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gianni throws a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Weudke.
Weudke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gianni.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni lands a jab to the head.
Weudke swats away the attempt to clinch by Gianni.
Weudke with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Gianni misses the target.
Weudke tried to score with a low kick but Gianni checks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gianni throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Weudke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gianni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gianni misses with a kick to the body.
Weudke slips under a jab from Gianni.
It looked like Weudke wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Weudke slips a jab from Gianni.
Gianni misses with a kick to the body.
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 Roland Weudke will probably get the nod.
That's time! Weudke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Weudke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gianni. That's going to slow Weudke down.
Weudke lands with an overhand left.
Gianni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A lazy left from Gianni finds it's target.
Weudke misses with a low kick.
Gianni closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Weudke is looking to chop away at Gianni's legs.
Weudke avoids a kick to the body.
Weudke checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gianni avoids the body shot from Weudke.
Gianni checks the leg kick nicely there.
Weudke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gianni to score with a decent uppercut.
Weudke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gianni if he has to take too many more of those.
Weudke throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weudke checks a leg kick nicely.
Roland Weudke is winning the standup battle so far.
Gianni just misses with a punch to the body.
Gianni jabs at Weudke's body.
Weudke swings for the body but Gianni moves out of range.
Weudke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Weudke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gianni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A nice combination there by Weudke.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gianni might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Weudke has got the better of the exchanges.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Weudke.
Weudke tries a head kick but it misses.
Weudke just misses with a punch to the body.
Gianni is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Weudke with a body shot.
Weudke ducks under a wild hook from Gianni.
Weudke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Weudke with a hook.
Weudke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ramon Gianni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Weudke connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gianni. Gianni circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Weudke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gianni throws a right and a left that both miss.
Weudke jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Weudke slips under a jab.
Weudke tries to land a leg kick but Gianni saw it coming and moves away.
Weudke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Weudke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gianni throws a low kick but Weudke moves out of range easily.
Gianni throws a body shot but no joy.
Weudke throws a push kick but Gianni slaps the foot to one side.
Gianni throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Weudke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gianni throws a sloppy head kick
and Weudke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Weudke.
Weudke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weudke throws a head kick that misses.
Weudke connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gianni momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Weudke blocks the low kick.
Weudke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gianni lands with a thumping leg kick.
Weudke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Weudke scores with a hook to the body. Gianni takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gianni throws a jab but it's blocked by Weudke.
Gianni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Weudke.
Weudke scores with a shot to the body.
Weudke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gianni lands a leg kick that knocks Weudke off balance momentarily.
Weudke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Weudke takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gianni blocks a leg kick.
Gianni steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Weudke. That one must have hurt.
Gianni has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Weudke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gianni takes one to the side of the head.
Gianni throws a body kick that misses
and Weudke counters with a leg kick.
Gianni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gianni misses with a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Weudke.
Weudke blocks the body kick.
Weudke blocks a low kick nicely.
Weudke looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gianni throws a hook but Weudke blocks it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Weudke.
Gianni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Weudke.
A jab from Gianni does it's job there.
A jab from Gianni misses.
A quick step to the side and Weudke tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weudke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roland Weudke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Weudke 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roland Weudke!
Roland Weudke seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Hide (ranked 911 p4p, 119 weight class) and Nelson Quinteros (ranked 1817 p4p, 242 weight class). Hide comes to the cage accompanied by Nightwish. Nelson Quinteros 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Hide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nelson Quinteros!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hide throws an off balance right hand
and Quinteros counters with a right hand to the body.
Hide throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quinteros with a nice cross.
Quinteros misses with a straight right.
Quinteros misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nelson Quinteros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinteros scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Quinteros lands a slapping body shot.
Good exchange - Quinteros coming out on top.
Hide moves away from the strike by Quinteros.
Quinteros tries to bum rush Hide with a series of wild strikes but Hide uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quinteros lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hide shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hide uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quinteros.
Quinteros looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hide moves out of range as Quinteros strikes.
Quinteros has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Quinteros throws a poor cross that misses
and Hide makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Quinteros misses with a few strikes there.
Hide throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quinteros stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinteros shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Quinteros fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab from Quinteros finds it's way through Hide's defenses.
Hide is rocked!
Hide ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quinteros moves away.
Oh Hide is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A combination from Quinteros does no damage.
Quinteros misses with a two punch combination.
Hide throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Quinteros counters with a huge left! Hide is in big trouble! He's backing up but Quinteros isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hide from any more damage. A dominating finish by Quinteros!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nelson Quinteros!
After winning the bout, Nelson Quinteros 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 Panda Aorigele (ranked 590 p4p, 75 weight class) and Umberto Turturro (ranked 216 p4p, 30 weight class). Aorigele comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Umberto Turturro enters the cage!
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panda Aorigele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Umberto Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turturro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Umberto Turturro has been cut.
Turturro closes the distance and clinches up with Aorigele, looking for a takedown. Turturro pushes Aorigele against the cage but Aorigele circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Turturro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Aorigele but Aorigele pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Aorigele swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Turturro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aorigele defends it nicely.
Panda Aorigele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Umberto Turturro.
Aorigele lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aorigele looks to land a left hand but Turturro moved out of range nicely.
Turturro dives in and grabs Aorigele's left leg, looking for a takedown. Aorigele pushes down on Turturro's head and hops out.
Turturro misses with a takedown attempt - Aorigele sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jab, jab by Aorigele - just one landing.
That has opened up Umberto Turturro's cut even more.
Aorigele throws a hook but Turturro avoids it easily.
Aorigele has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Canadian Elite Bruins Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Turturro fails with a takedown attempt.
Panda Aorigele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turturro fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro shoots in looking for a takedown. Aorigele tries to sprawl out of it but Turturro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Aorigele manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Turturro shoots for a double leg takedown but Aorigele sprawls well. He's pushed Turturro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Aorigele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turturro.
Aorigele misses with a hook
and Turturro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Turturro fails to pull guard.
Turturro successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aorigele would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Aorigele avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Aorigele stopping the sweep attempt from Turturro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Aorigele decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Turturro, up you get!
Turturro dives in for a single leg takedown but Aorigele sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Aorigele digs a good body shot into Turturro's ribs.
Aorigele misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turturro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aorigele throws out the jab.
Turturro moves out of range of the strikes.
Aorigele misses with a hook. Turturro ducked under it nicely.
Turturro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aorigele as he jumps to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turturro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice takedown defense from Aorigele. No joy for Turturro on that attempt.
Aorigele misses with a looping right.
Nice takedown defense from Aorigele. No joy for Turturro on that attempt.
Aorigele throwing a counter right hand but Turturro manages to avoid it.
Turturro ducks under a wild hook from Aorigele.
Turturro looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aorigele wants to stand but Turturro is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turturro drops back looking for a leg! Aorigele is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Aorigele manages to kick Turturro off! Turturro jumps back into Aorigele's guard.
Turturro drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turturro jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Panda Aorigele dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Umberto Turturro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Turturro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Turturro or perhaps it was just good defense by Aorigele, which made it look bad.
An attempted straight right counter from Aorigele misses the target.
Turturro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big left from Aorigele misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro slips a jab from Aorigele.
Aorigele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turturro.
Turturro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Panda Aorigele is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aorigele misses with a right hand
and Turturro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Turturro.
Aorigele has his hands on Turturro's head, controlling the position.
Turturro drops back looking for a leg! Aorigele is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Aorigele manages to kick Turturro off! Turturro jumps back into Aorigele's guard.
Aorigele has Turturro pulled in close to control his posture.
Turturro won't allow Aorigele to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turturro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Aorigele seems keen to control Turturro's posture.
Turturro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Aorigele looking to hit a scissor sweep but Turturro is one step ahead there.
Turturro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aorigele trying to control the position here.
Turturro drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turturro jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Turturro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Aorigele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turturro can do to turn this around?
Aorigele is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Turturro presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Turturro tries to pull guard but Aorigele forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Panda Aorigele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Umberto Turturro.
Aorigele is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Aorigele breaks from the clinch.
Aorigele slaps away a takedown attempt from Turturro, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Aorigele missing with a left hand there. Turturro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turturro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turturro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aorigele as he jumps to the side.
Aorigele misses with an uppercut. Turturro saw that one coming.
Turturro looks for a takedown but Aorigele sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turturro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aorigele as he avoids it easily.
Turturro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aorigele.
Aorigele leaves Turturro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aorigele misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Aorigele misses the target.
Turturro misses with a takedown attempt - Aorigele sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turturro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aorigele swivels and escapes.
Turturro slips under a jab from Aorigele.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Panda Aorigele dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Umberto Turturro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Aorigele slaps away a takedown attempt from Turturro, before circling back to the center of the mat.
An attempted straight right counter from Aorigele misses the target.
Aorigele missing with a left hand there. Turturro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turturro slips under a jab.
Aorigele is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Turturro fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aorigele throws a one two combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooh!!! Aorigele has knocked Turturro down with a huge combo! Aorigele steps away and waves a wobbly Turturro back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The cut above Umberto Turturro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Turturro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turturro will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Panda Aorigele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Umberto Turturro.
Aorigele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turturro tries to score a power double leg takedown but Aorigele sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Turturro somewhat.
Aorigele throws the left hand but Turturro avoids the punch easily.
Turturro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Umberto Turturro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Umberto Turturro's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Panda Aorigele!
After winning the bout, Panda Aorigele 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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pop
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