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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Boris Orlov (ranked 1388 p4p, 158 weight class) and Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 2922 p4p, 268 weight class). Orlov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, K.A.B.O.S.H. - God Of War. Aziz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boris Orlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jalaluddin Aziz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orlov throws a lazy uppercut
and Aziz counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Orlov!
Aziz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Aziz trying to control the position but Orlov is working away.
Orlov wants to get back to his feet but Aziz drags him back down.
Aziz throws an elbow but Orlov slips to the side and avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orlov is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Aziz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Aziz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Orlov keeps working.
Orlov parries the strikes from Aziz easily there. Aziz is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Orlov to escape.
Aziz trying to control the action but Orlov is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aziz wants to stand but Orlov is controlling his arm.
Aziz is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Orlov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ground and pound from Aziz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Aziz wants to control but Orlov is keeping him busy.
Aziz slows the pace down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Let's hope that Aziz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Aziz misses with the ground and pound.
Aziz trying to control the action but Orlov is working from the bottom.
Aziz is staying tight to Orlov's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Orlov throws a body shot but no joy.
Aziz slips a straight right by Orlov.
Aziz slips a straight right by Orlov.
Aziz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Aziz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlov pushes Aziz off and gets back to his feet.
Aziz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Orlov swivels and escapes.
Aziz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aziz shoots in for a takedown but Orlov shows good takedown defense.
Aziz drives through with a takedown into Orlov's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Orlov wants to stand and escape but Aziz is having none of it.
Aziz looking to pass the guard.
Aziz trying to control but Orlov is working from the bottom.
Aziz stops Orlov from standing up.
Aziz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aziz trying to control the position from guard on top but Orlov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aziz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Orlov keeping full guard, as Aziz tries to pass.
Orlov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Aziz is controlling him.
Orlov keeping moving, preventing Aziz from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Orlov manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aziz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jalaluddin Aziz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Aziz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Orlov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Orlov wants it to stay on the feet.
Orlov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Aziz 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.
Aziz dives in for a single leg takedown but Orlov sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Aziz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boris Orlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orlov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick from Orlov misses.
Aziz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Orlov can pounce on him.
Orlov misses with a straight left.
Aziz changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orlov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Aziz in his tracks.
Orlov throws a hook but Aziz blocks it.
A head kick misses from Orlov.
Jalaluddin Aziz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aziz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Orlov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlov swats away the attempt to clinch by Aziz.
Orlov misses with a left hand
enabling Aziz to counter with a crisp jab.
Aziz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Orlov tries to avoid it but Aziz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Orlov to the ground. Orlov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boris Orlov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jalaluddin Aziz.
Orlov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Aziz checks it well.
Orlov throws a big shot that misses.
Orlov just misses with a punch to the body.
Aziz is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The fighters circling - Orlov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orlov scores with a body shot.
Orlov scores with a hook to the body. Aziz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Orlov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aziz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlov throws a leg kick that is checked
and Aziz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Orlov is trying to stand back up but Aziz is controlling him
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aziz is trying to control the action in half guard but Orlov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Aziz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Aziz is keen to just control but Orlov is a slippery customer.
Aziz stops Orlov from getting back to his feet.
Jalaluddin Aziz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aziz controlling the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aziz shoots in for a takedown but Orlov shows good takedown defense.
Aziz's coach down at Iron Man (Fitness & Sparring) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Aziz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Orlov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orlov. Aziz does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aziz.
Orlov loads up on a big right hand but Aziz slips the punch.
Orlov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aziz can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Orlov.
Aziz avoids the body shot from Orlov.
Aziz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice sprawl there from Orlov as Aziz shoots in.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Aziz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aziz walks into a jab.
Aziz darts in looking for a takedown but Orlov gets double underhooks and turns Aziz into the cage.
Orlov missing with a left hand there. Aziz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good leg kick by Orlov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Orlov misses with a hook
and Aziz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aziz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Aziz throwing shots but Orlov is blocking nicely.
Orlov wants to get back to his feet.
Aziz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Orlov dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Orlov throws a leg kick but Aziz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Aziz is looking for the big counter here.
Aziz scores with a takedown into Orlov's guard.
Orlov is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Orlov is trying to break the clinch but Aziz is controlling him.
Aziz is working for takedown but Orlov is calmly controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orlov has had enough of the clinch but Aziz keeps him there for the moment.
Orlov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aziz jumps guard but Orlov turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Aziz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Boris Orlov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jalaluddin Aziz.
Orlov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Aziz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Orlov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Aziz tries to pull guard but Orlov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Orlov breaks the clinch.
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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orlov. Aziz does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aziz checks a leg kick.
Aziz moves away from the strike by Orlov.
Orlov throws an off balance right hand
enabling Aziz to counter with a crisp jab.
Aziz blocks the body kick.
Aziz feints the counter takedown.
Orlov misses with a right hand
and Aziz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Orlov lands a high kick!
Aziz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orlov's waist but Orlov gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Aziz off to one side.
Aziz looks to score with a jab to the body but Orlov is just out of range.
Orlov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aziz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Orlov misses.
A big right from Orlov misses.
Orlov wants to slow Aziz down by chopping away at his legs.
Aziz walks into a stiff left hand from Orlov.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orlov.
Orlov misses with a looping left.
Orlov looks to land a left hand but Aziz moved out of range nicely.
And Aziz tries to counter it with a takedown but Orlov pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Orlov is looking to slow Aziz down with leg kicks.
Orlov looks to land a left hand but Aziz moved out of range nicely.
Aziz feints the counter takedown.
Aziz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Orlov sprawls well initially but Aziz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aziz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Orlov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aziz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Aziz is continuing to stall.
Orlov pushes Aziz off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orlov is looking to score with low kicks.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Aziz.
Orlov throws out a loose jab but Aziz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Orlov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boris Orlov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Orlov 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boris Orlov!
Boris Orlov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cyrius Python (ranked 1294 p4p, 164 weight class) and Billy Conforto (ranked 3621 p4p, 351 weight class). Conforto has chosen Bishop Gunn- Shine as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
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170 lbs
18 - 12 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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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
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cyrius Python!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Conforto!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conforto connects with a right hand. Python shakes it off.
It looks like Cyrius Python has been cut.
Python takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Python shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Conforto as he jumps to the side.
Python has his takedown stuffed
and Conforto counters with a good low kick that Python was not able to check.
Python tries a head kick but it misses.
Conforto stuffs the takedown attempt from Python. Python gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrius Python. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conforto scores with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Python fails with a takedown attempt.
Conforto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Python changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've been informed that Conforto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Python showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conforto.
Python attempts a counter takedown but Conforto avoids it well and moves away.
Billy Conforto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Python misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Conforto scores with a decent looking hook.
Python looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A little jabbing left from Conforto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Python moves out of range of the strikes.
Conforto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Python.
Python fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conforto manages to avoid it.
Conforto follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Python throws a head kick that misses.
Conforto throws out a counter right but Python avoids it with no problem.
Conforto scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conforto pushes Python up against the cage in a clinch.
Conforto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Conforto breaks from the clinch.
Conforto scores with a hook to the body. Python takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Python ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conforto moves away.
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!
Python shoots in for a takedown but Conforto shows good takedown defense.
It seemed like Conforto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Conforto lands a big right hand that sends Python crashing to the mat! Conforto stays standing though and waves Python back to his feet!
Python is rocked!
Cyrius Python's cut is getting worse.
Python closes the distance looking to clinch
and Conforto counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Python out cold! What a finish! Conforto is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Billy Conforto!
Billy Conforto very nearly forgot to thank Conviction amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Hammer (ranked 1351 p4p, 179 weight class) and Bill Goldberg (ranked 1560 p4p, 202 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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217 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Goldberg!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer looks to land a body kick but Goldberg moved away.
Hammer ducks under a wild hook from Goldberg.
Thor Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hammer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hammer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Goldberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hammer scores with a head kick.
Hammer keeps the fight on the outside.
Goldberg sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hammer looks to land a body kick but Goldberg moved away.
Hammer misses with a wild body shot.
Goldberg tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hammer is able to avoid easily.
Hammer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hammer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Goldberg dodges the punch combination from Hammer.
Hammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Hammer backs off Goldberg throws a huge counter combo but Hammer manages to avoid it all.
Hammer tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goldberg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hammer.
Goldberg tries to clinch but Hammer moves out of range.
Hammer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Goldberg. Goldberg obviously looking to wear him down.
Hammer swings for the body but Goldberg moves out of range.
Goldberg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hammer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer looks to score with a jab to the body but Goldberg is just out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goldberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Goldberg tries a body shot but Hammer blocks it.
Goldberg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goldberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goldberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Goldberg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
Goldberg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hammer is trying to break the clinch but Goldberg has him pressed against the cage.
Hammer breaks from the clinch.
Goldberg throws a series of punches but Hammer moves out of range.
Goldberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goldberg throws out a counter right but Hammer avoids it with no problem.
Goldberg thuds his right hand into Hammer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hammer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Goldberg scores with a push kick.
Hammer misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
Goldberg connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hammer momentarily.
Goldberg scores with a jab. Hammer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Goldberg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Goldberg.
Hammer is rocked!
Goldberg clinches up against the cage.
Goldberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Hammer controls his hands.
Hammer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldberg's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hammer under the eye.
Goldberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hammer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goldberg.
Hammer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goldberg has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Goldberg lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Hammer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Goldberg creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hammer's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hammer drops to his knees and Goldberg pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Goldberg!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bill Goldberg thanked Sin City Allstars for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eksem Von Ketler (ranked 1088 p4p, 127 weight class) and Stupid Tattoo Guy (ranked 1042 p4p, 124 weight class). Von Ketler kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bonecracker- Shocore. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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149 lbs
28 - 19 - 0 |
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145 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eksem Von Ketler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stupid Tattoo Guy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tattoo Guy cracks Von Ketler with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tattoo Guy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Ketler slips a jab and a cross from Tattoo Guy.
Tattoo Guy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Von Ketler misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Tattoo Guy misses.
Von Ketler misses with a wild body shot.
Tattoo Guy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tattoo Guy checks the leg kick.
Von Ketler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Some wild striking there from Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy throws a lazy right hand but Von Ketler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Von Ketler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Von Ketler lands a jab to the nose.
Von Ketler looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tattoo Guy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tattoo Guy avoids the body shot from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Ketler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tattoo Guy circles away quickly and effectively.
Tattoo Guy thinks about the counter body kick.
Tattoo Guy scores with a hook to the body. Von Ketler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Von Ketler moves into range and clinches up with Tattoo Guy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ketler is looking to control Tattoo Guy's arms but Tattoo Guy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Von Ketler has his back to the cage.
Von Ketler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tattoo Guy can't find room to land a body shot as Von Ketler controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy tries for a takedown but Von Ketler manages to get underhooks.
Von Ketler prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tattoo Guy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Von Ketler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eksem Von Ketler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Von Ketler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Ketler misses with an uppercut.
Von Ketler backing away here, and Tattoo Guy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A slow jab from Von Ketler misses its intended target.
Von Ketler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Von Ketler throws an overhand right that lands on Tattoo Guy's shoulder, as Tattoo Guy tries to avoid the shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Von Ketler tries to bum rush Tattoo Guy with a series of wild strikes but Tattoo Guy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Von Ketler throws an overhand right that lands on Tattoo Guy's shoulder, as Tattoo Guy tries to avoid the shot.
Von Ketler missing with a left hand there. Tattoo Guy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Von Ketler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Tattoo Guy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tattoo Guy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy throws a chopping leg kick but Von Ketler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Von Ketler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tattoo Guy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Von Ketler slips under a jab from Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Ketler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Tattoo Guy misses.
Tattoo Guy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Von Ketler under the eye.
Tattoo Guy punishes Von Ketler's body with a nice straight punch.
Tattoo Guy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tattoo Guy looks to throw the jab but Von Ketler is out of range.
Tattoo Guy misses with a wild body shot.
Tattoo Guy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Von Ketler misses with a few strikes there.
Tattoo Guy looks to land a right hand but Von Ketler moved out of range.
Tattoo Guy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy looks to score with a jab to the body but Von Ketler is just out of range.
A left lands for Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tattoo Guy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tattoo Guy has a takedown stuffed.
Eksem Von Ketler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stupid Tattoo Guy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy misses the body punch
and Von Ketler counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy scores with a shoulder strike.
Von Ketler lands a left hand.
Von Ketler wants to stall.
Von Ketler tries to work over Tattoo Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tattoo Guy gets through Von Ketler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tattoo Guy misses with a punch to the body.
Tattoo Guy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Von Ketler fails to land.
Von Ketler gets underhooks to prevent Tattoo Guy's takedown attempt.
Von Ketler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tattoo Guy misses with an uppercut.
Tattoo Guy misses with a body kick.
Von Ketler cracks Tattoo Guy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Von Ketler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tattoo Guy.
Tattoo Guy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tattoo Guy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Von Ketler misses with a hook. Tattoo Guy ducked under it nicely.
Von Ketler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tattoo Guy was well out of range. Poor timing from Von Ketler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy throws a looping overhand right but Von Ketler ducks down to avoid it.
Von Ketler digs a good hook to Tattoo Guy's body.
Tattoo Guy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Von Ketler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Von Ketler takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ketler. Tattoo Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Ketler lands a jab to the head.
Von Ketler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tattoo Guy at a distance.
Tattoo Guy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Von Ketler throws a series of punches but Tattoo Guy avoids them all with ease.
Von Ketler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tattoo Guy lands with a cross.
Tattoo Guy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Von Ketler circles away.
Tattoo Guy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tattoo Guy with a hook.
Tattoo Guy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Von Ketler lands a jab to the nose.
Tattoo Guy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tattoo Guy wants to control from the top but Von Ketler keeps moving.
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 Eksem Von Ketler will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Von Ketler swings for the body but Tattoo Guy moves out of range.
Von Ketler looks to land a right hand but Tattoo Guy moved out of range.
Von Ketler lands with a shot to the body.
Von Ketler lands a jab to the head.
Von Ketler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tattoo Guy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Von Ketler manages to avoid it.
Von Ketler scores with a hook.
Tattoo Guy staying out of range there.
Tattoo Guy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tattoo Guy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Von Ketler cracks a nice hook into Tattoo Guy's ribs.
Von Ketler throws a hook but Tattoo Guy avoids it easily.
Von Ketler checks a low kick from Tattoo Guy.
Tattoo Guy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tattoo Guy throws a hook but Von Ketler blocks it.
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!
Von Ketler takes a swing at Tattoo Guy's ribcage but misses.
Tattoo Guy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tattoo Guy cracks Von Ketler with a good jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Von Ketler checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ketler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tattoo Guy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tattoo Guy throws a leg kick that misses.
Tattoo Guy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Von Ketler is out of range.
Tattoo Guy is looking to score with low kicks.
Von Ketler lands a jab to Tattoo Guy's midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Ketler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tattoo Guy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Von Ketler does no damage.
Von Ketler misses with a wild combination.
Eksem Von Ketler is winning the standup battle so far.
Von Ketler throws a series of punches but Tattoo Guy moves out of range.
Tattoo Guy throws a shot from downtown. Von Ketler moves away and avoids it.
Von Ketler swings for the body but Tattoo Guy moves out of range.
Tattoo Guy dodges the punch combination from Von Ketler.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Tattoo Guy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tattoo Guy tries a low kick but Von Ketler avoids it.
Tattoo Guy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Von Ketler is looking to counter punch.
Von Ketler connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Von Ketler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tattoo Guy.
Tattoo Guy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Von Ketler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Ketler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Von Ketler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tattoo Guy missing with a left hand there. Von Ketler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tattoo Guy slips a straight right by Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy with a nice cross.
Tattoo Guy with a poor takedown
and Von Ketler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tattoo Guy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Tattoo Guy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Von Ketler throws out the jab.
A jab from Von Ketler misses.
Tattoo Guy misses with a straight left.
Tattoo Guy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tattoo Guy scores with a nice head shot.
Von Ketler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Von Ketler misses.
Tattoo Guy tries to land a front kick but Von Ketler steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Von Ketler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tattoo Guy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler digs a good body shot into Tattoo Guy's ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Tattoo Guy there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler throws a body shot but no joy.
Tattoo Guy scores with a jab to the body.
Tattoo Guy jabs Von Ketler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Ketler throws a hook but Tattoo Guy blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler defending well as Tattoo Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Von Ketler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tattoo Guy throws out the jab.
Tattoo Guy misses with a wild body shot.
Von Ketler misses with a wild body shot.
Von Ketler throws a hook to the side of Tattoo Guy's head but Tattoo Guy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tattoo Guy throws a big shot that misses.
Von Ketler tried to counter with a leg kick but Tattoo Guy avoided it.
Von Ketler lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Von Ketler connects with a right hand. Tattoo Guy shakes it off.
Tattoo Guy lands with a right hand.
Tattoo Guy throws a nice head kick!
Tattoo Guy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Von Ketler under the eye.
Von Ketler with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tattoo Guy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Von Ketler misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tattoo Guy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Ketler jabs Tattoo Guy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Von Ketler tries to clinch but Tattoo Guy moves out of range.
Tattoo Guy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Von Ketler wants to clinch up but Tattoo Guy keeps it at a distance.
Tattoo Guy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tattoo Guy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
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 Eksem Von Ketler will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Tattoo Guy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Von Ketler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Von Ketler throws a jab but it's blocked by Tattoo Guy.
Tattoo Guy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy tries a quick counter leg kick but Von Ketler is wise to it.
Tattoo Guy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Von Ketler.
Von Ketler throws a jab when Tattoo Guy was well out of range.
Von Ketler bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tattoo Guy's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ketler. Tattoo Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tattoo Guy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tattoo Guy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Von Ketler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tattoo Guy! But no joy.
A big left from Tattoo Guy misses.
Tattoo Guy throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tattoo Guy checks a leg kick.
Tattoo Guy misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Tattoo Guy misses the target.
Von Ketler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tattoo Guy manages to avoid it.
Tattoo Guy throws an overhand right that lands on Von Ketler's shoulder, as Von Ketler tries to avoid the shot.
Von Ketler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tattoo Guy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Tattoo Guy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy misses with a hook.
Tattoo Guy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler moves away from the strike by Tattoo Guy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Ketler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tattoo Guy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Ketler.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Ketler. Tattoo Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Ketler throws a chopping leg kick but Tattoo Guy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A big right from Von Ketler misses.
Von Ketler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tattoo Guy throws out a loose jab but Von Ketler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tattoo Guy throws a body punch but Von Ketler moves out of range.
Von Ketler misses with a series of wild punches.
Tattoo Guy connects with the punch.
Tattoo Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Von Ketler counters with a right hand to the body.
Stupid Tattoo Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler scores with a nice strike.
Tattoo Guy loads up on a big right hand but Von Ketler slips the punch.
Tattoo Guy lands a right hook to the body.
Von Ketler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tattoo Guy misses with a two punch combination.
Tattoo Guy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Von Ketler checks it well.
Von Ketler moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tattoo Guy throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Von Ketler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tattoo Guy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Von Ketler's hands.
Decent striking displayed by Von Ketler there.
Tattoo Guy avoids the body shot from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler rushes Tattoo Guy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tattoo Guy struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Ketler controls his hands.
Tattoo Guy prevents a body shot from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tattoo Guy misses with a kick to the body.
Tattoo Guy cracks Von Ketler with an open hand slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tattoo Guy.
Tattoo Guy connects with a nice looking jab.
Tattoo Guy throws a head kick that Von Ketler semi-blocks.
Tattoo Guy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tattoo Guy misses the shot to the body.
Von Ketler lands a nice shot that snaps Tattoo Guy's head back.
Tattoo Guy scores with a nice head shot.
Tattoo Guy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Von Ketler throws out the jab.
Tattoo Guy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tattoo Guy misses with an uppercut
and Von Ketler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tattoo Guy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tattoo Guy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy slips a straight right by Von Ketler.
Von Ketler misses with a hook.
Tattoo Guy misses with a straight left.
Tattoo Guy throws a big shot that misses.
Von Ketler is looking to counter punch.
Tattoo Guy walks into a left hand.
Eksem Von Ketler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tattoo Guy throws a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Tattoo Guy.
Von Ketler scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A jab from Tattoo Guy misses.
Tattoo Guy scores with a leg kick.
Tattoo Guy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Von Ketler is out of range.
Von Ketler misses with the combination.
Von Ketler scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tattoo Guy swings for the body but Von Ketler moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tattoo Guy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Von Ketler throws a shot from downtown. Tattoo Guy moves away and avoids it.
Tattoo Guy slips a jab from Von Ketler.
Tattoo Guy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tattoo Guy misses with a body shot.
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 Eksem Von Ketler.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Von Ketler, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Stupid Tattoo Guy!
After the fight, Stupid Tattoo Guy 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.
Eksem Von Ketler was interviewed post fight and said '" I'm out it's been great thanks for everything"'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Evgeni Lomachenko (ranked 1664 p4p, 183 weight class) and Zilch Filch (ranked 1545 p4p, 171 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Evgeni Lomachenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Zilch Filch!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomachenko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lomachenko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lomachenko gets a takedown into half guard.
Lomachenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Filch misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Filch misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Lomachenko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lomachenko tries to pass to full mount but Filch defends it.
Ground and pound from Lomachenko.
Filch is looking to improve his position.
Lomachenko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Filch striking from the bottom.
Lomachenko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Filch with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Filch is looking for a sweep. Lomachenko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lomachenko passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Filch!
Filch keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomachenko landing punches.
Lomachenko is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Filch can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lomachenko landing strikes, looking to finish!
Filch is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filch in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Filch is still in real trouble! Can Lomachenko finish him?
Lomachenko raining down shots from the mount!
Lomachenko postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Filch out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Lomachenko goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Evgeni Lomachenko!
Evgeni Lomachenko took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sportivité for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roderick Turnbull (ranked 441 p4p, 65 weight class) and Charles Hawtry (ranked 550 p4p, 76 weight class). Hawtry comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Rain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Roderick Turnbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Hawtry!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawtry misses with a hook
and Turnbull makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turnbull. Hawtry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hawtry throws a big shot that misses.
Turnbull feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Turnbull lands an overhand right.
Turnbull drops his hands momentarily and Hawtry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turnbull misses with a body kick.
Hawtry thuds a left hand into Turnbull's body.
Turnbull fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hawtry on the side of the head.
Hawtry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turnbull can pounce on him.
Turnbull scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hawtry avoids the body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands the left hand.
Turnbull seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Turnbull keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawtry.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turnbull thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hawtry if he has to take too many more of those.
Turnbull lands a jab to Hawtry's midsection.
Turnbull takes a swing at Hawtry's ribcage but misses.
Turnbull takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hawtry gets the takedown into side control.
Hawtry lands a decent elbow from side control.
Turnbull is being controlled here.
Turnbull avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hawtry.
Hawtry tries to score with some ground and pound. Turnbull controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
A lull in the action here.
Hawtry wants to control but Turnbull is keeping him busy.
Turnbull can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hawtry trying to control the position but Turnbull is working away.
Hawtry throws a strike aimed at the side of Turnbull's head but Turnbull avoids it well.
Hawtry trying to control the action but Turnbull is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawtry connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Turnbull some visible discomfort.
Hawtry working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hawtry is looking to take a break and control but Turnbull is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry working the head and body with strikes.
Turnbull is looking to regain half guard here but Hawtry keeps moving and retains side control.
Turnbull dodges the ground and pound from Hawtry.
Hawtry working the head and body with strikes.
Hawtry looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ground and pound from Hawtry seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry taking a breather here.
Hawtry grinds an elbow into Turnbull's temple.
Turnbull regains half guard, as Hawtry was trying to land strikes.
Turnbull is trying to get back to full guard.
Hawtry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Turnbull is trying to control but can't.
Turnbull avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawtry.
Hawtry throwing shots but Turnbull is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Charles Hawtry will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hawtry swings for the body but Turnbull moves out of range.
Roderick Turnbull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Hawtry misses the target.
A left lands for Hawtry.
Turnbull is looking to wear down Hawtry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hawtry scores with a jab. Turnbull acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Roderick Turnbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawtry checks a leg kick.
Turnbull ducks under a wild hook from Hawtry.
A thudding body kick lands there by Turnbull!
Roderick Turnbull is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawtry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hawtry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turnbull can pounce on him.
Hawtry connects with a body shot.
Turnbull uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawtry.
Hawtry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turnbull.
A little feinted left hand from Turnbull on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turnbull throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hawtry counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hawtry.
Turnbull pushes Hawtry off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawtry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turnbull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawtry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turnbull.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull misses with a wild body shot.
Turnbull slips a jab and a cross from Hawtry.
Hawtry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawtry sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hawtry tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turnbull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice cross by Turnbull.
Hawtry tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Turnbull swivels and escapes.
Turnbull lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Turnbull.
Hawtry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Turnbull connects with a looping right hand.
Turnbull throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turnbull with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turnbull lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Hawtry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawtry moves away.
Turnbull scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turnbull tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turnbull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Hawtry.
A slow jab from Hawtry misses its intended target.
Turnbull bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hawtry's head backwards.
Turnbull lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turnbull ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turnbull throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Hawtry just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawtry ducks right into an uppercut from Turnbull.
Turnbull looks to land a body kick but Hawtry moved away.
A little jabbing left from Hawtry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Turnbull moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hawtry's elbow.
Hawtry lands with a right to the head.
Turnbull lands a body punch.
Turnbull cracks Hawtry with a nice body shot.
A short left from Hawtry.
Hawtry tries to work over Turnbull's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turnbull scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hawtry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turnbull lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turnbull.
Turnbull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hawtry is trying to pull guard but Turnbull has him pressed against the cage.
Roderick Turnbull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Hawtry.
Turnbull lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawtry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turnbull lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turnbull.
Turnbull misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawtry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turnbull backwards.
Turnbull is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawtry can do to turn this around?
Hawtry tries to pull guard but Turnbull won't allow it.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Turnbull.
Hawtry takes a shot to the head.
Turnbull prevents a body shot from Hawtry.
Turnbull lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hawtry is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Turnbull to keep the fight standing.
Turnbull throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawtry.
Turnbull tries a body shot but Hawtry blocks it.
Hawtry jumps guard but Turnbull turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Turnbull scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hawtry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turnbull misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawtry blocks a body shot from Turnbull.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roderick Turnbull dominated that second 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. 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.
Turnbull looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hawtry shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hawtry showed some decent athleticism there.
Turnbull kicks Hawtry off and gets back to his feet.
Turnbull scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turnbull works Hawtry's body with a nice hook.
Hawtry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turnbull throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Hawtry wants to counter with a clinch but Turnbull pushes him away.
Turnbull throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turnbull lands with a cross.
Turnbull dips to his left and cracks Hawtry with an uppercut!
Turnbull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turnbull stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hawtry lands a nice hook to Turnbull's body. Turnbull takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turnbull misses with an uppercut.
Turnbull throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hawtry misses the shot to the body.
Turnbull swings widly with a right hand
and Hawtry counters with a straight right hand.
Hawtry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turnbull moves away.
Turnbull looks to land a body kick but Hawtry moved away.
Hawtry throws a series of punches but Turnbull avoids them all with ease.
Turnbull takes a swing at Hawtry's ribcage but misses.
Turnbull fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hawtry.
Turnbull lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circling - Hawtry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turnbull swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hawtry staying out of range there.
Hawtry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turnbull.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turnbull struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawtry controls his hands.
Turnbull tries to throw a body punch but Hawtry avoids it by throwing Turnbull back against the cage.
Turnbull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turnbull scores with a shot to the side of Hawtry's head.
A short left from Hawtry.
A right handed body shot lands from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands an uppercut.
Turnbull scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hawtry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hawtry displaying some good clinch control by pressing Turnbull up against the cage.
Hawtry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turnbull is keeping busy.
Hawtry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turnbull is keeping busy.
Hawtry is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Turnbull just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
Hawtry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hawtry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Turnbull doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turnbull has a couple of punches blocked by Hawtry.
Hawtry gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hawtry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hawtry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hawtry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hawtry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hawtry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hawtry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Turnbull with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turnbull avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawtry.
Turnbull blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hawtry.
Turnbull is holding on to half guard well.
Hawtry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Turnbull keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roderick Turnbull showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Turnbull 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roderick Turnbull!
Charles Hawtry was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck you all, ya pricks!!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Farley Steve (ranked 1210 p4p, 165 weight class) and Yormomza Built (ranked 790 p4p, 116 weight class). Built has chosen Back That Azz Up as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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210 lbs
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206 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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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
28 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Farley Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yormomza Built!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve fails to land with a series of punches.
Built tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steve misses with a double jab.
Built misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Built.
Steve throws a series of punches but Built moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Built on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Steve walks into a left hand.
Steve gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Built throws a head punch that misses.
Built tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Good body shot from Built.
Steve is trying to break the clinch but Built is controlling him.
Steve tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steve breaks from the clinch.
Built has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Steve is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Steve moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Built tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve blocks a body shot from Built.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Built lands a shoulder strike.
Built lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Steve lands a shoulder strike.
Built tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
Built misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Built misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Built.
Built makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Built content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Steve manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Built.
Steve takes a shot to the head.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Steve blocking some punches.
Built misses with a punch on the inside.
Steve lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Built.
Built lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steve trying to control the position but instead, Built has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steve into the cage.
Built swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve swings wildly with an uppercut but Built uses good head movement to avoid it.
Built scores with a shot to the side of Steve's head.
Steve prevents a body shot from Built.
Steve blocking some punches.
Built misses with a punch to the body.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Built controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Built.
A nice right hand lands inside from Built.
Built lands a body shot.
Steve prevents a body shot from Built.
The referee calls for Built to work.
Built lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Built struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
Steve pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Farley Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Built keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Built avoids a punch combination nicely.
Built looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice body punch from Built.
Steve gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Built lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Built blocks an uppercut.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Built throws a head punch that misses.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Built controls his hands.
Built softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Built.
Built throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Steve blocks a body shot from Built.
Still in the clinch, Steve scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Built lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Built can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Built can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Built.
Built misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Built.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Built lands a hook to the side of the head.
Built lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Built throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Steve pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steve drops his hands momentarily and Built takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Steve lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Built circles away quickly and effectively.
Built digs a good body shot into Steve's ribs.
Steve drives through and clinches with Built against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Built lands with a light punch inside.
Steve tries a body shot but Built blocks it.
Built misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yormomza Built 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.
Steve closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steve can't find room to land a body shot as Built controls the action.
Built lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steve tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Built working aggressively here.
Built lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steve.
Built lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Built lands a shot to the body.
Steve tries a body shot but Built blocks it.
Built is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Steve prevents a body shot from Built.
Built is leaning against Steve and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Built gets through Steve's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Built softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Built can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Built swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Built tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Built back against the cage.
A short left from Built.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steve can't find room to land a body shot as Built controls the action.
Built misses with some punches.
Steve throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Built lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Built scores with a shot to the side of Steve's head.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Built lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Built avoiding damage.
Built blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Built lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Steve tries a body shot but Built blocks it.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve blocking some punches.
Steve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Built tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Built slips a jab and a cross from Steve.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve closes the distance and pushes Built back into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steve.
Built has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steve blocks a body shot from Built.
Built tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steve lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Built doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Built swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Built.
Built lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steve.
Built misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Built blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Built misses with a punch to the body.
Built scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Built.
Steve takes a shot to the head.
Built makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yormomza Built seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Built lands with a short shot to the head.
Built misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Built blocks a body shot from Steve.
Steve tries to stall but Built uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Built fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steve.
Steve working hard to break the clinch.
Steve is trying to break free.
Built lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Built can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Built misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steve.
Steve blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Built backwards.
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!
Built misses with a hook to the ribs.
Built working aggressively here.
Built lands a shoulder strike.
Built lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steve prevents a body shot from Built.
Steve blocking some punches.
Built scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Built creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Built struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
Built misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve prevents a body shot from Built.
Steve lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steve digs a right hand into Built's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Built's gas tank.
Built misses with a punch to the body.
Steve tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Built's elbow.
Built scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yormomza Built showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Steve connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Built's hands.
Built scores with a jab to the body.
Built works Steve's body with a nice hook.
Steve misses with the combination.
Built gets tackled into the cage by Steve. Steve maintains the clinch.
Built lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Built swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Built lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Built misses with some punches.
Built lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Built misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Built misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve gets a clinch.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Built swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Built misses with some punches.
Built misses with a hook to the ribs.
Built working aggressively here.
Built tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Built misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Built lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Steve can't find room to land a body shot as Built controls the action.
Built tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Built controls his hands.
Built can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Built fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Built wants to stall.
Built is leaning against Steve and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Built misses with a body punch.
Steve blocks a body shot from Built.
Built looking to stall.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Built is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Steve rather than just go for the knockout.
Steve tries to bum rush Built with a series of wild strikes but Built uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Built swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steve misses with an uppercut. Built saw that one coming.
Steve clinches with his opponent.
Built lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steve lands a shot to the body.
Steve blocks a body shot from Built.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Built controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steve.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Built scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Built on the inside.
Steve doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Built scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Built lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Built pushes Steve back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steve prevents a body shot from Built.
Built lands a shoulder strike.
Steve tries to work over Built's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Farley Steve has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Built doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve lands a right hand that snaps the head of Built backwards.
Steve tries to work over Built's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Built prevents a body shot from Steve.
Steve works on Built's body with a couple of short punches.
Steve breaks the clinch.
Steve tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steve lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Built circles away quickly and effectively.
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!
Steve misses with a combination
and Built counters with a solid body kick.
Built paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steve throws a lazy uppercut
and Built counters with a good low kick that Steve was not able to check.
Steve throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Built counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Built connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steve. Steve circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice shot lands for Built.
Steve is rocked!
Steve needs to keep his hands up - Built had a free shot at his head there.
Oh Steve is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Built cracks Steve with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Steve falls to his knees and Built doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yormomza Built!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Yormomza Built waved his t-shirt featuring Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Farley Steve had this to say: 'Did u fart? Or is that ur BREATH?'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Rubenstein (ranked 720 p4p, 110 weight class) and Mark Steve (ranked 636 p4p, 91 weight class). Steve has chosen Its a fine day to whoop somebodies ass as his entrance music. Spencer Rubenstein could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mark Steve's chin.
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215 lbs
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210 lbs
23 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spencer Rubenstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Steve!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve misses with an uppercut
and Rubenstein connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rubenstein circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rubenstein counters with a nice uppercut.
Rubenstein misses with a lunging right hand
and Steve counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steve throws a sloppy body shot
and Rubenstein counters with a beautiful punch that sends Steve to the canvas!
Steve is rocked!
It looks like Mark Steve has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rubenstein won't allow Steve to sweep him here.
Steve has control of Rubenstein's left arm, preventing Rubenstein from doing any damage.
Rubenstein gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubenstein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rubenstein is looking to counter punch.
Steve lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rubenstein has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Steve connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rubenstein misses with a few strikes there.
Steve now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Steve throws a looping overhand right but Rubenstein ducks down to avoid it.
Rubenstein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rubenstein circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rubenstein counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve has closed the distance and engaged Rubenstein in a clinch.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Rubenstein controls his hands.
Rubenstein struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
Steve prevents Rubenstein from breaking the clinch.
Rubenstein is trying to break the clinch but Steve has him pressed against the cage.
Rubenstein lands a right hand.
Steve breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steve delivers a nice body kick.
Mark Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steve throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve darts in and clinches Rubenstein up against the cage.
Rubenstein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steve.
Steve connects with a knee to the head.
Rubenstein tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein lands a hook that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
A short right from Steve on the inside.
Steve pushes off an throws an elbow but Rubenstein leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steve lands an elbow inside that Rubenstein shrugs off.
Steve blocking some punches.
Rubenstein misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rubenstein throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Rubenstein lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve lands an uppercut.
Rubenstein takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve blocking some punches.
Steve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steve gets a clinch.
Steve creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rubenstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Rubenstein on the inside.
Steve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Rubenstein blocks the leg kick.
Steve throws an off balance right hand
and Rubenstein counters with a straight right hand.
Rubenstein swats away the attempt to clinch by Steve.
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 Spencer Rubenstein will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mark Steve's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big right from Steve misses.
It looked like Rubenstein was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Steve lands a really nice looking cross but Rubenstein seems unphased.
Steve gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Steve - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rubenstein.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve has Rubenstein pressed against the cage, preventing Rubenstein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steve looking to throw knees to the head but Rubenstein is blocking nicely.
Rubenstein misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve misses with a knee strike.
Rubenstein misses with a punch on the inside.
Steve manages to break the clinch.
Steve doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubenstein circles away.
Rubenstein moves away from the strike by Steve.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubenstein missing with a left hand there. Steve was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steve darts in trying to clinch
and Rubenstein counters with a stiff right hand.
Rubenstein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Rubenstein shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steve looks to land a right hand but Rubenstein moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rubenstein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rubenstein throws an off balance right hand
letting Steve counter with a right hand.
Steve misses with an uppercut
and Rubenstein connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steve on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Steve throws a leg kick but Rubenstein checks it.
Rubenstein appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Steve takes a swing at Rubenstein's ribcage but misses.
Rubenstein gets tackled into the cage by Steve. Steve maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rubenstein has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.
Rubenstein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rubenstein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steve.
Steve let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Steve lands a glancing blow to the side of Rubenstein's head.
Steve closes the distance and clinches.
Steve scores with a shoulder strike.
Rubenstein misses with a body punch.
Rubenstein stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Steve throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubensteins head.
Good body shot from Rubenstein.
Steve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubenstein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rubenstein lands an uppercut.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein works on Steve's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rubenstein lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rubenstein tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rubenstein.
Rubenstein working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rubenstein misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rubenstein backwards.
Steve lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Steve digs a right hand into Rubenstein's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rubenstein's gas tank.
Rubenstein pushes Steve back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rubenstein throws a head punch that misses.
Rubenstein breaks the clinch.
Rubenstein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steve.
Rubenstein swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Steve throws an off balance right hand
letting Rubenstein counter with a right hand.
Steve is still on wobbly legs! Can Rubenstein finish him?
Steve motions for Rubenstein to come forward. Steve throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rubenstein throwing a counter right hand but Steve manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Steve will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mark Steve's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Steve buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Steve seems to have recovered his senses.
Rubenstein gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rubenstein moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Steve tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rubenstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rubenstein throws a head kick but Steve moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve tries to clinch but Rubenstein moves out of range.
Rubenstein is looking to counter punch.
Steve misses with an uppercut. Rubenstein saw that one coming.
Rubenstein takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Steve.
Rubenstein takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steve closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rubenstein throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steves head.
Steve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steve comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Steve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve wants to clinch but Rubenstein slips to the side
and Rubenstein counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steve stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steve pushes Rubenstein up against the cage in a clinch.
Steve pushes Rubenstein back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Steve goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rubenstein tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steve misses with a knee strike.
Rubenstein lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Rubenstein fails to land.
Steve is trying to push Rubenstein away but Rubenstein has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Steve with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steve tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rubenstein's elbow.
Rubenstein misses with a punch to the body.
Steve blocking some punches.
Steve escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steve tries to clinch but Rubenstein moves away
and Rubenstein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubenstein looks to land a left hand but Steve moved out of range nicely.
Steve looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Steve throws a series of punches but Rubenstein avoids them all with ease.
Rubenstein is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rubenstein moves out of range as Steve throws a body kick.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Rubenstein! Steve is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spencer Rubenstein!
Spencer Rubenstein thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Mark Steve spoke after the fight, saying 'broke both my hands on that thick skull and played hell on any offense....and I aint much on defense.....'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Escobar (ranked 50 p4p, 6 weight class) and Teodors Ozolinsh (ranked 91 p4p, 10 weight class). Teodors Ozolinsh told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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159 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Escobar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teodors Ozolinsh!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ozolinsh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ozolinsh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
A jab from Escobar does it's job there.
Escobar throws out a leg kick but Ozolinsh moves out of range and Escobar only half commits.
Escobar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Decent striking displayed by Ozolinsh there.
Ozolinsh throws out a leg kick but Escobar moves out of range and Ozolinsh only half commits.
Ozolinsh finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ozolinsh throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Escobar sizes up Ozolinsh with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Escobar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ozolinsh manages to avoid it.
Escobar throws a body punch but Ozolinsh moves out of range.
Escobar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Escobar has closed the distance and engaged Ozolinsh in a clinch.
Ozolinsh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ozolinsh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ozolinsh blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar scores with a hook to the body.
Ozolinsh tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar jumps guard but Ozolinsh stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ozolinsh lands with a left to the head.
Ozolinsh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ozolinsh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ozolinsh blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Ozolinsh works on Escobar's body with a couple of short punches.
Escobar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ozolinsh pushes Escobar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ozolinsh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ozolinsh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ozolinsh has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Escobar seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ozolinsh can turn it around.
Ozolinsh scores with a hook to the body.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ozolinsh blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozolinsh.
A short left from Ozolinsh.
Escobar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ozolinsh controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh misses with a body punch.
Ozolinsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Ozolinsh has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar lands with a right to the head.
Escobar lands with a right to the head.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozolinsh controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Escobar.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
Escobar lands a body punch.
Ozolinsh throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Ozolinsh forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ozolinsh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ozolinsh working aggressively here.
Ozolinsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ozolinsh blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Ozolinsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozolinsh controls his hands.
Escobar tries to throw a body punch but Ozolinsh avoids it by throwing Escobar back against the cage.
Ozolinsh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ozolinsh walks away with a smile on his face. Escobar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh throws a looping overhand right but Escobar ducks down to avoid it.
Escobar tries to clinch but Ozolinsh moves out of range.
Ozolinsh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar lands a lovely overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Ozolinsh misses the target.
Ozolinsh thuds his shin into the meat of Escobar's side.
Ozolinsh throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escobar closes the distance and clinches.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Ozolinsh misses with some punches.
Escobar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ozolinsh smiles and moves away.
Escobar connects with an inside leg kick.
Escobar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ozolinsh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh closes the distance and pushes Escobar back into the cage.
Escobar blocks a body shot from Ozolinsh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Ozolinsh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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!
Escobar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ozolinsh walks away with a smile on his face. Escobar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ozolinsh throws a body shot but no joy.
Escobar is looking to counter the offense by Ozolinsh and move into the clinch.
Ozolinsh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ozolinsh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Escobar tests Ozolinsh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Escobar connects with a crisp jab.
Escobar drops his hands momentarily and Ozolinsh takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ozolinsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar missing with a left hand there. Ozolinsh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ozolinsh lands a front kick.
Escobar lands with a shot to the body.
Ozolinsh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Escobar tries to counter by clinching up but Ozolinsh breaks away and moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Escobar.
Ozolinsh throws a lazy right hand but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teodors Ozolinsh dominated that 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.
Escobar walks into a stiff left hand from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Escobar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escobar blocks the body kick.
Ozolinsh throws a body kick that misses.
Ozolinsh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Ozolinsh moves out of range of the body kick from Escobar.
Ozolinsh throws a leg kick but Escobar checks it.
Escobar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Escobar throws a hook but Ozolinsh avoids it easily.
Ozolinsh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Ozolinsh cracks Escobar with a good jab.
Teodors Ozolinsh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ozolinsh lands a leg kick that knocks Escobar off balance momentarily.
Ozolinsh keeps the fight on the outside.
Ozolinsh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ozolinsh is looking to score with low kicks.
Escobar moves into range and clinches up with Ozolinsh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar tries a body shot but Ozolinsh blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Escobar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Escobar decides to pull guard.
Escobar looking to control.
Escobar seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ozolinsh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ozolinsh passes into half guard.
Escobar is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ozolinsh pulls his head out easily.
Ozolinsh is thwarting Escobar's attempts to control the position.
Ozolinsh stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Escobar with the active half guard here but Ozolinsh passes nicely into side control.
Ozolinsh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Escobar keeps working.
A control attempt from Escobar but he's now mounted!
Ozolinsh avoids the attempt from Escobar to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh controlling from mount.
Ozolinsh avoids the attempt from Escobar to control.
Ozolinsh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ozolinsh wants to control the pace but Escobar is squirming around nicely.
Escobar working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escobar tries to lock up and control but Ozolinsh gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Escobar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ozolinsh controlling the position easily from mount.
Escobar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Escobar working to try and regain half guard.
Escobar just holding on.
Ozolinsh controlling from the full mount.
Escobar wants to control but Ozolinsh is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Escobar is looking to improve his position but Ozolinsh isn't that keen on the idea.
Escobar is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teodors Ozolinsh 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!
Escobar tries to clinch there but Ozolinsh circles away.
Ozolinsh explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ozolinsh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Ozolinsh misses.
Escobar wants to clinch up but Ozolinsh keeps it at a distance.
Ozolinsh throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Escobar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ozolinsh tries a head kick but it misses.
Escobar closes the distance and pushes Ozolinsh back into the cage.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ozolinsh controls the action.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Ozolinsh.
Escobar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Escobar is trying to pull guard but Ozolinsh has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar prevents a body shot from Ozolinsh.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
Ozolinsh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Ozolinsh forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ozolinsh struggles to land a body shot inside as Escobar controls his hands.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ozolinsh's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Escobar manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Escobar is looking for a triangle but Ozolinsh pushes his legs off easily.
Escobar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ozolinsh slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Escobar struggling a bit here.
Escobar trying his best to control but Ozolinsh has mounted him.
Ozolinsh controlling from the full mount.
Escobar is looking to improve his position but Ozolinsh isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Escobar is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ozolinsh is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ozolinsh punching from mount but Escobar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Escobar is trying to escape the mount.
Escobar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Escobar tries to reverse the position but Ozolinsh maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to control but Ozolinsh is having none of it.
Escobar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Escobar tries to hold on but Ozolinsh postures up.
Escobar holds on to Ozolinsh around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Ozolinsh looking to control but Escobar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Escobar tries to hold on but Ozolinsh postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ozolinsh trying to control but Escobar is having none of it.
Escobar tries to hold on but Ozolinsh pushes him away.
Escobar is trying to escape the mount.
Escobar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teodors Ozolinsh really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Escobar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ozolinsh connects with an inside leg kick.
Ozolinsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ozolinsh manages to circle out of the way.
Ozolinsh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ozolinsh just misses with a punch to the body.
Ozolinsh looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Escobar is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ozolinsh - that will leave a mark!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ozolinsh misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar blocks a body shot from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh prevents a body shot from Escobar.
A short right from Ozolinsh on the inside.
Escobar cracks Ozolinsh with a nice body shot.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ozolinsh blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar tries to throw a body punch but Ozolinsh avoids it by throwing Escobar back against the cage.
Ozolinsh blocks a body shot from Escobar.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ozolinsh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh lands with a light punch inside.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh digs a right hand underneath Escobar's ribcage. Escobar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ozolinsh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ozolinsh misses with some punches.
Ozolinsh cracks Escobar with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Ozolinsh swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar tries to throw a body punch but Ozolinsh avoids it by throwing Escobar back against the cage.
Ozolinsh lands an uppercut.
Ozolinsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ozolinsh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ozolinsh swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ozolinsh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escobar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Teodors Ozolinsh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ozolinsh throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Ozolinsh.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozolinsh controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Good body shot from Ozolinsh.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Escobar tries to work over Ozolinsh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Ozolinsh controls the action.
Ozolinsh tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ozolinsh backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar tries a body shot but Ozolinsh blocks it.
Ozolinsh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ozolinsh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozolinsh controls his hands.
Ozolinsh prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ozolinsh's elbow.
Escobar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Escobar fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by Ozolinsh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
Ozolinsh throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Escobar.
Ozolinsh works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escobar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Escobar fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
Ozolinsh throws a punch but it's blocked by Escobar.
Ozolinsh scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is trying to pull guard but Ozolinsh turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Escobar.
Escobar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Escobar drags the fight down to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Escobar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ozolinsh defends it easily.
Escobar looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Ozolinsh has picked Escobar up and slammed him! Escobar can't keep hold of the triangle and Ozolinsh manages to pass to side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar trying to remain calm as Ozolinsh controls from the top position.
Escobar wants to control but Ozolinsh postures up.
Escobar is looking to reverse the position.
Ozolinsh is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ozolinsh works to advance to full mount. Escobar defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teodors Ozolinsh dominated that fourth 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!
Escobar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ozolinsh bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Escobar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ozolinsh throws a hook but Escobar avoids it easily.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Ozolinsh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ozolinsh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar slips a straight right by Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ozolinsh misses with a lunging right hand
and Escobar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Escobar.
Escobar lands with a left to the head.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Ozolinsh forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ozolinsh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ozolinsh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Escobar scores with a spinning back kick!
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!
Ozolinsh throws a leg kick but Escobar moved away.
Escobar throws a push kick but Ozolinsh slaps the foot to one side.
Escobar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ozolinsh.
Ozolinsh circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar cracks Ozolinsh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ozolinsh on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ozolinsh clinches.
Ozolinsh has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ozolinsh's elbow.
Escobar blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozolinsh.
Escobar lands a body punch.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike.
Ozolinsh misses with some punches.
Ozolinsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Ozolinsh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ozolinsh moves out of range of the body kick.
Ozolinsh connects with a good right hand that stumbles Escobar. Escobar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ozolinsh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ozolinsh takes a swing at Escobar's ribcage but misses.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ozolinsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Ozolinsh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozolinsh takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Ozolinsh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escobar slips under a jab.
Escobar thuds a left hand into Ozolinsh's body.
Escobar gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ozolinsh counters with a straight right hand.
Escobar instigates a clinch.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Ozolinsh forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ozolinsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Ozolinsh lands with a short shot to the head.
Ozolinsh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ozolinsh manages to break the clinch.
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Ozolinsh's shoulder, as Ozolinsh tries to avoid the shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ozolinsh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Escobar wants to clinch.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a low kick but Ozolinsh avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Escobar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Ozolinsh's head but Ozolinsh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ozolinsh.
Escobar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Ozolinsh pushes him off.
Escobar is looking to clinch.
Ozolinsh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ozolinsh lands a body shot.
Escobar misses with a low kick.
Escobar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ozolinsh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ozolinsh connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ozolinsh slips under a jab from Escobar.
Ozolinsh lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozolinsh lunges at Escobar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Escobar's hand.
Ozolinsh punishes Escobar's body with a nice straight punch.
Escobar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Escobar scores with a sloppy right hand. Ozolinsh should have avoided that one.
Escobar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ozolinsh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar.
Ozolinsh only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ozolinsh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escobar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ozolinsh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escobar cracks a nice hook into Ozolinsh's ribs.
Ozolinsh changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar keeps Ozolinsh at a distance using the push kick.
Ozolinsh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar scoring well with a low kick there.
Escobar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teodors Ozolinsh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ozolinsh has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teodors Ozolinsh!
Teodors Ozolinsh is the new lightweight champion!
Teodors Ozolinsh very nearly forgot to thank Reaper Combatwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 13 p4p, 3 weight class) and Eddie Gelfen (ranked 247 p4p, 35 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Gelfen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujimoto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Eddie Gelfen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujimoto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fujimoto moves out of range of the strikes.
Gelfen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gelfen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fujimoto.
Fujimoto throws a hook but Gelfen avoids it easily.
A low kick from Gelfen misses
letting Fujimoto counter with a right hand.
Gelfen misses with a low kick.
Fujimoto throws a big counter combination but Gelfen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A low kick from Gelfen is predictable there
enabling Fujimoto to counter with a crisp jab.
Gelfen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fujimoto slips a jab from Gelfen.
Gelfen throws a jab when Fujimoto was well out of range.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Gelfen sizes up Fujimoto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gelfen misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Gelfen misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gelfen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gelfen throws a right hand that misses
and Fujimoto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Eddie Gelfen has been cut.
Gelfen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gelfen tries a head kick but it misses.
Fujimoto avoids the head kick by Gelfen.
Gelfen throws a body shot but no joy.
Gelfen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And Fujimoto counters with a quick kick to the body but Gelfen blocks it.
Gelfen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fujimoto counters with a nice right hand that sends Gelfen toppling to the canvas! Gelfen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fujimoto finish him?!
Gelfen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gelfen wants to slow Fujimoto down by chopping away at his legs.
Gelfen misses with a looping left.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Gelfen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fujimoto under the eye.
Gelfen scoring well with a low kick there.
Fujimoto ducks right into an uppercut from Gelfen.
We've been told by Fujimoto's head coaches at Big Bear Fight Factory that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gelfen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fujimoto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fujimoto moves out of range as Gelfen strikes.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Both fighters circling a little - Gelfen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gelfen is looking to chop away at Fujimoto's legs.
Fujimoto is looking to counter punch.
Gelfen misses with a shot to the body
and Fujimoto counters with a nice right hand that sends Gelfen toppling to the canvas! Gelfen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fujimoto finish him?!
Gelfen is still on wobbly legs! Can Fujimoto finish him?
Gelfen misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Fujimoto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fujimoto fakes the body blow, causing Gelfen to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Gelfen goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gyukosho Fujimoto!
Gyukosho Fujimoto retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath Gyukosho Fujimoto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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