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GC 336 Andrade vs Pearson PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shock Linewood (ranked 2965 p4p, 344 weight class) and Vladimir Punchsky (ranked 1262 p4p, 158 weight class). Vladimir Punchsky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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201 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
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195 cm
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187 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Shock Linewood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimir Punchsky!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linewood misses with a body shot.
Linewood misses with a straight right.
Punchsky walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Linewood. Punchsky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Punchsky.
Punchsky throws a right hand that misses
and Linewood counters with a nice uppercut.
Punchsky misses with a combination
enabling Linewood to counter with a crisp jab.
Linewood throws a right hand that Punchsky ducks under and follows up with a left that Punchsky also avoids with ease.
Punchsky walks into a left hand.
Punchsky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Linewood.
A head kick by Linewood misses
enabling Punchsky to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Linewood misses with a wild body shot.
Linewood wants to clinch up but Punchsky keeps it at a distance.
A slow jab from Linewood misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchsky lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Linewood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Punchsky misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Linewood misses the target.
Punchsky is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Linewood throws the kick towards the body but Punchsky avoids it.
Punchsky has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Punchsky looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Linewood wants to land a leg kick but Punchsky is out of range.
Punchsky is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Linewood with a body shot.
Linewood misses with an uppercut
and Punchsky counters with a nice uppercut.
Punchsky takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Punchsky swinging wildly here.
Linewood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Punchsky lands a nice hook to Linewood's body. Linewood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Linewood misses with a hook
and Punchsky counters with a stiff right hand.
Punchsky throws a jab when Linewood was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linewood throws a jab when Punchsky was well out of range.
Punchsky swings for the body but Linewood moves out of range.
Linewood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Linewood misses with a looping left.
Punchsky takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Punchsky slips under a jab.
Punchsky misses with a wild body shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Punchsky - that will leave a mark!
Linewood throws a body punch but Punchsky moves out of range.
Linewood throws a looping overhand right but Punchsky ducks down to avoid it.
Linewood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Linewood staying out of range there.
Punchsky misses with a left hand
and Linewood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Linewood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linewood misses with a straight right.
Punchsky connects with an inside leg kick.
Punchsky throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Linewood looks to throw the jab but Punchsky is out of range.
Linewood misses the jab.
Punchsky connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Linewood throws a right hand that misses
enabling Punchsky to counter with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Linewood is predictable there
and Punchsky counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Linewood thinking.
A swing and a miss from Linewood.
Punchsky checks a leg kick.
Punchsky swings for the body but Linewood moves out of range.
Linewood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Punchsky.
Good leg kick by Linewood there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Punchsky defending well as Linewood loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punchsky with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shock Linewood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linewood moves in looking to clinch but Punchsky pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Punchsky! But no joy.
Punchsky lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Linewood lands a leg kick that knocks Punchsky off balance momentarily.
Punchsky lands with a cross.
Punchsky lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Punchsky takes a swing at Linewood's ribcage but misses.
Linewood avoids the body shot from Punchsky.
Linewood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Punchsky.
Punchsky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Punchsky tenderised Linewood's leg. Linewood is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Linewood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Linewood tries a head kick but it misses.
Linewood tests Punchsky's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Punchsky dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Punchsky on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Punchsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linewood misses with a hook
and Punchsky counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Punchsky misses with a looping left.
Punchsky thows a left - swing and a miss!
Linewood appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Punchsky.
Punchsky lands with a nice combination. Linewood backs away looking to recover.
Punchsky takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Linewood throws a lazy uppercut
and Punchsky counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linewood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Linewood.
Linewood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Punchsky was well out of range. Poor timing from Linewood.
Linewood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Punchsky manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchsky swings for the body but Linewood moves out of range.
Punchsky misses with a wild body shot.
Linewood misses with a left hand
and Punchsky counters with a stiff right hand.
Punchsky throws a nice looking combination but Linewood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Linewood fires out a quick counter leg kick but Punchsky just manages to avoid it.
Linewood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Punchsky in his tracks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Punchsky.
Linewood looks to land a left hand but Punchsky moved out of range nicely.
Linewood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Linewood looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Linewood misses with a hook
and Punchsky counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Punchsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Punchsky swings for the body but Linewood moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Linewood misses its target.
Linewood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Linewood fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Punchsky checks it well.
Punchsky throws out a counter right but Linewood avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linewood dodges the punch combination from Punchsky.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A clash of legs there as Punchsky blocks the low kick.
Punchsky looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Punchsky connects with a body shot.
Linewood throws a solid leg kick but Punchsky takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Linewood.
Punchsky has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Linewood digs a good hook to Punchsky's body.
Punchsky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Punchsky misses with the combination.
Punchsky uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Linewood.
Punchsky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linewood misses with a body kick.
Linewood throws a series of punches but Punchsky moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linewood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Linewood as he connects with a hook.
A lazy left from Punchsky finds it's target.
Punchsky throws a jab but it's blocked by Linewood.
Linewood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Linewood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Punchsky counters with a right hand to the body.
Punchsky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Linewood manages to avoid it.
Vladimir Punchsky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Linewood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Punchsky's sensitive parts.
Punchsky connects with a good right hand that stumbles Linewood. Linewood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Linewood jabs Punchsky to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Linewood lands with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Punchsky.
A left lands for Linewood.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linewood misses the body punch
letting Punchsky counter with a right hand.
Linewood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Punchsky's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linewood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Punchsky.
Punchsky lands a jab to the head.
Linewood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Punchsky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linewood misses with a hook. Punchsky ducked under it nicely.
Linewood misses with a hook
and Punchsky counters with a nice body shot.
Linewood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Punchsky now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Punchsky misses with a double jab
and Linewood counters with an inside leg kick.
Linewood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Punchsky.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Linewood scores with a hook to the body.
Punchsky lands with a left to the head.
Linewood prevents a body shot from Punchsky.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Punchsky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Punchsky stalks Linewood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Linewood's face. Linewood staggers backwards, shaken.
Punchsky misses with an uppercut
and Linewood counters with a left and a right that stings Punchsky.
Linewood takes one to the side of the head.
Linewood moves into the clinch.
Punchsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Linewood misses with a body kick.
No joy there for Punchsky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Linewood misses with an uppercut. Punchsky saw that one coming.
Punchsky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Linewood.
Jab from Punchsky.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linewood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Linewood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Linewood lands a nice hook to Punchsky's body. Punchsky takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Punchsky throws a shot from downtown. Linewood moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linewood misses the shot to the body.
Linewood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Punchsky.
Linewood looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Linewood looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Linewood throws a body punch but Punchsky moves out of range.
Punchsky doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Punchsky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Linewood throws a right hand that misses
and Punchsky counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Linewood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Punchsky defending well as Linewood loads up on a big left hand.
Punchsky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Linewood circles away quickly and effectively.
Linewood feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Linewood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Punchsky throws out the jab.
Punchsky misses with a body shot
and Linewood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punchsky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Linewood was well out of range. Poor timing from Punchsky.
Linewood connects with a looping right hand.
Punchsky connects with a crisp jab.
Linewood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Punchsky stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linewood motions for Punchsky to come forward. Linewood throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linewood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vladimir Punchsky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Punchsky misses with a looping left.
Punchsky walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Punchsky checks a low kick from Linewood.
Linewood throws a body punch but Punchsky moves out of range.
Linewood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Punchsky connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Linewood misses with a low kick.
Linewood throws a hook but Punchsky blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linewood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Punchsky connects with a looping right hand.
Linewood throws a leg kick
and Punchsky counters with a stiff right hand.
Linewood throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Punchsky to counter with a crisp jab.
Linewood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Punchsky has time to react.
Punchsky looks to land a left hand but Linewood moved out of range nicely.
Linewood lands a nice shot that snaps Punchsky's head back.
Punchsky slips a jab from Linewood.
Linewood misses with a straight right.
Punchsky looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Linewood lands a nice shot to the body.
Punchsky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Punchsky doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Linewood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Punchsky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linewood throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Linewood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Punchsky scores with a nice head shot.
Shock Linewood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Linewood tries to move into range but Punchsky moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Linewood moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Linewood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Linewood swings widly with a right hand
and Punchsky counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Linewood throws a poor cross that misses
and Punchsky counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Linewood lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Vladimir Punchsky has been cut.
Punchsky throws a right and a left that both miss.
Punchsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Punchsky throws a looping overhand right but Linewood ducks down to avoid it.
Linewood swings widly with a right hand
and Punchsky counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Punchsky takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vladimir Punchsky.
I've got Punchsky winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Punchsky!
Vladimir Punchsky seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tzu Chu (ranked 1489 p4p, 168 weight class) and Albert Ricci (ranked 1761 p4p, 193 weight class). Albert Ricci is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tzu Chu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Albert Ricci!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricci closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Chu has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Chu lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Chu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ricci.
Ricci's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chu is leaning against Ricci and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chu blocks an uppercut.
Chu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Chu.
Ricci gets through Chu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ricci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu lands a nice shot to the body.
Ricci digs a right hand into Chu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chu's gas tank.
Ricci misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chu pushes Ricci back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A shot in the inside from Ricci.
Ricci has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ricci can turn it around.
Ricci gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricci.
Chu misses with the head strike.
Ricci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ricci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chu blocks a body shot from Ricci.
Chu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ricci misses with the head strike.
Chu misses with some punches.
Ricci blocks a body shot from Chu.
Chu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ricci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu blocks a body shot from Ricci.
Ricci lands an uppercut.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ricci swings wildly with an uppercut but Chu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricci.
Chu is leaning against Ricci and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ricci blocks a body shot from Chu.
Chu lands with a light punch inside.
Chu working aggressively here.
Ricci misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chu misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Chu.
Ricci blocks a body shot from Chu.
Chu struggles to land a body shot inside as Ricci controls his hands.
Ricci throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ricci is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tzu Chu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Chu.
Ricci cracks Chu with a nice body shot.
Chu lands an elbow just above Ricci 's eye.
Ricci scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ricci is leaning against Chu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ricci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Chu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricci working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ricci.
Chu takes a shot to the head.
Chu works on Ricci's body with a couple of short punches.
Ricci misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Chu.
Ricci misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricci doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chu throws an elbow but misses.
Chu scores with a shot to the side of Ricci's head.
Ricci lands with a right to the head.
Chu lands a shot to the body.
Chu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chu lands with a good tight uppercut to 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!
Ricci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu lands a left hand.
Chu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ricci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chu blocking some punches.
Chu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Ricci.
Chu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ricci lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ricci blocks an uppercut.
Ricci softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricci doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricci tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chu's elbow.
Chu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ricci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chu has Ricci pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ricci manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chu has Ricci pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Chu pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ricci tumbling to the mat - Chu dives into Ricci's guard.
Ricci is looking to stand up but Chu isn't so interested in that idea.
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 Tzu Chu will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Chu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ricci connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ricci buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ricci throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ricci. That's going to slow Chu down.
Ricci scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chu doesn't seem bothered though.
Ricci uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chu.
Chu throws a lazy right hand but Ricci sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ricci bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ricci ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ricci takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ricci gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ricci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ricci dodges an elbow strike from Chu.
Ricci lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricci is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Chu lands an uppercut.
Ricci blocking some punches.
Chu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricci lands a left hand.
Chu misses with the head strike.
Ricci misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricci lands with a right to the head.
Chu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Chu as the two fighters clinch.
Chu blocking some punches.
Chu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chu misses with an elbow over the top.
Chu misses with some punches.
Ricci tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chu misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu prevents a body shot from Ricci.
Chu misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Chu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ricci lands a right hand.
Ricci doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricci misses with a body punch.
Chu misses with an elbow strike.
Ricci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ricci makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ricci blocks an uppercut.
Ricci lands with a right to the head.
Tzu Chu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu misses with the head strike.
Chu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ricci backwards.
Chu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ricci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ricci misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Ricci.
A hook to the body from Chu.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chu throws an elbow but misses.
Chu lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricci has a couple of punches blocked by Chu.
Chu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricci's defenses.
Chu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricci.
A head punch on the inside from Ricci fails to land.
Ricci lands with a light punch inside.
Ricci blocks a body shot from Chu.
Chu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ricci's elbow.
Chu blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Ricci.
Ricci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricci can't find room to land a body shot as Chu controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Ricci throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chu is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ricci pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ricci gets through Chu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ricci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Chu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ricci struggles to land a body shot inside as Chu controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ricci scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ricci working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ricci struggles to land a body shot inside as Chu controls his hands.
Chu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricci.
Ricci misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chu.
Ricci lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Ricci.
A nice left hand lands by Ricci.
Ricci lands with a right to the head.
Ricci lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chu is leaning against Ricci and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chu throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricci.
Ricci prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tzu Chu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ricci's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ricci throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ricci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Ricci showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Chu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ricci.
Ricci uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chu.
A nice side step and Ricci releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Chu misses with a wild combination.
Ricci steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Chu.
Chu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Chu is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ricci's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Chu gets tackled into the cage by Ricci. Ricci maintains the clinch.
Chu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ricci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ricci prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ricci throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ricci tries to throw a body punch but Chu avoids it by throwing Ricci back against the cage.
Ricci lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ricci misses with some punches.
Chu pushes off an throws an elbow but Ricci leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricci tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chu pushes Ricci back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ricci swings wildly with an uppercut but Chu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ricci backwards.
Chu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricci tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ricci lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chu misses with some punches.
Chu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ricci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu struggles to land a body shot inside as Ricci controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Ricci softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chu is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ricci is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tzu Chu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ricci blocks a body shot from Chu.
Chu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Chu.
Ricci stops a takedown attempt from Chu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu has Ricci pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ricci manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ricci digs a right hand into Chu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chu's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ricci working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ricci.
A left hand lands to the body for Ricci.
Ricci prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Ricci.
Ricci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chu has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ricci avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ricci.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ricci is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ricci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chu blocking some punches.
Chu tries to throw a body punch but Ricci avoids it by throwing Chu back against the cage.
Chu lands a right hand.
Chu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ricci tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricci swings wildly with an uppercut but Chu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Ricci.
Ricci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chu lands an elbow that stopped Ricci in his tracks for a moment.
Chu has a couple of punches blocked by Ricci.
Chu throws a head punch that misses.
Chu scores with a shot to the side of Ricci's head.
Ricci gets through Chu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ricci lands with a left to the head.
Ricci lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chu swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricci uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Ricci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ricci blocks an uppercut.
Ricci blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ricci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ricci takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ricci lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ricci lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ricci tries to throw a body punch but Chu avoids it by throwing Ricci back against the cage.
Ricci lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ricci tries to throw a body punch but Chu avoids it by throwing Ricci back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricci.
Ricci tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chu drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ricci has a couple of punches blocked by Chu.
Chu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ricci lands a body punch.
Ricci misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chu struggles to land a body shot inside as Ricci controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ricci.
Ricci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ricci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Ricci comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ricci has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Ricci!
Albert Ricci bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seiryu Machida (ranked 1729 p4p, 212 weight class) and Kaino Heikkinen (ranked 1610 p4p, 199 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seiryu Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kaino Heikkinen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Machida moves away.
Machida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machida closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Machida.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Machida.
Heikkinen breaks from the clinch.
Machida looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick which misses Machida's front leg but catches the back leg as Machida tries to avoid it.
Machida has closed the distance and engaged Heikkinen in a clinch.
Machida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heikkinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machida scores with a knee to 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!
Heikkinen avoiding damage as Machida throws knees to the body.
Heikkinen tries to work over Machida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Machida blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Machida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
Heikkinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heikkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heikkinen misses with an uppercut. Machida saw that one coming.
Machida takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heikkinen throws a right hand that misses
and Machida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Heikkinen's knee momentarily.
Heikkinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Machida is able to avoid easily.
A low kick from Heikkinen misses
and Machida counters with a stiff right hand.
Heikkinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Heikkinen! But no joy.
Heikkinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Machida 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Machida tries to clinch there but Heikkinen circles away.
Heikkinen misses with a looping left.
Machida was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Machida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Machida clinches.
Heikkinen tries to work over Machida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heikkinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Machida avoids the damage to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen tries a body shot but Machida blocks it.
Heikkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Machida controls the action.
Machida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heikkinen's face.
Heikkinen takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Kaino Heikkinen has been cut.
Machida just leaning against Heikkinen, taking a breather.
Heikkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Machida manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Machida blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heikkinen misses with a knee strike.
Machida with a knee to the head.
Heikkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Machida.
Machida lands a knee to the head.
Heikkinen managing to block the knees to the body from Machida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Heikkinen.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machida misses with a hook to the ribs.
Machida misses with a knee strike.
Heikkinen tries to throw a body punch but Machida avoids it by throwing Heikkinen back against the cage.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heikkinen blocks it with crossed arms.
Machida blocks a body shot from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Heikkinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Heikkinen blocks with his arms.
Heikkinen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heikkinen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Heikkinen fails to land.
Heikkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heikkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machida trying to land knees to the body.
Heikkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heikkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Machida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heikkinen is defending well for now.
Machida blocking some punches.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heikkinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Machida backwards.
Machida missing with knees to the body.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Heikkinen blocks with his arms.
Heikkinen tries to throw a body punch but Machida avoids it by throwing Heikkinen back against the cage.
Heikkinen tries to land a knee to the head but Machida blocks with his arms.
Heikkinen throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by Machida.
Machida trying to land knees to the body.
Machida pushes off an throws an elbow but Heikkinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heikkinen misses with some punches.
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 Seiryu Machida will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaino Heikkinen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Machida throws a push kick but Heikkinen slaps the foot to one side.
Heikkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Machida manages to avoid it.
Machida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heikkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Heikkinen lands a nice shot that snaps Machida's head back.
Heikkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Machida.
A combination from Machida does no damage.
Heikkinen connects with a body shot that sends Machida's belly button to the back.
Machida throws a nice inside leg kick.
Machida darts in and clinches Heikkinen up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.
Machida lands a nice knee to the body.
Heikkinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Heikkinen blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Heikkinen.
Machida lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Machida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heikkinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heikkinen wants to get back to striking at distance but Machida won't allow it.
Heikkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Machida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heikkinen avoids it.
Heikkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Heikkinen misses with some punches.
Heikkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Machida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heikkinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Heikkinen lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Machida.
Machida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heikkinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heikkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Heikkinen wants to break free but Machida has control.
Heikkinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seiryu Machida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Heikkinen connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Machida.
Machida looking to throw knees to the head but Heikkinen is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machida scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heikkinen takes an elbow to the temple.
Heikkinen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Machida scores with a knee to the head.
Heikkinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Machida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Machida lands with a right to the head.
Heikkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Machida looking to throw knees to the head but Heikkinen is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Machida.
Heikkinen tries to land a knee to the head but Machida blocks with his arms.
Heikkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Machida.
Heikkinen pushes Machida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Machida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heikkinen is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Machida.
Heikkinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Machida.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Heikkinen blocks with his arms.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Heikkinen is trying to break free.
Heikkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heikkinen looking to throw knees to the head but Machida is blocking nicely.
Machida creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Machida landing knees to the head.
Machida blocks an uppercut.
Heikkinen tries to throw a body punch but Machida avoids it by throwing Heikkinen back against the cage.
Heikkinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heikkinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Machida.
Heikkinen is breathing heavily.
Machida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heikkinen.
A knee to the head by Machida.
Machida misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida blocks an uppercut.
Heikkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heikkinen misses with the head strike.
Machida throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heikkinens head.
Heikkinen tries to throw a body punch but Machida avoids it by throwing Heikkinen back against the cage.
Machida utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Machida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heikkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Machida.
Machida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heikkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Machida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heikkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
Heikkinen pushes Machida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Machida looking to throw knees to the head but Heikkinen is blocking nicely.
Machida scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seiryu Machida dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaino Heikkinen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Machida moves in looking to clinch but Heikkinen pushes him off.
Heikkinen connects with a looping right hand.
Machida closes the distance looking to clinch
and Machida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heikkinen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Machida ducks under a wild hook from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen misses with a wild body shot.
Machida closes the distance and pushes Heikkinen back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Machida blocking some punches.
Machida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heikkinen can do to turn this around?
Heikkinen trying to land knees to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heikkinen pushes Machida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida missing with knees to the body.
Heikkinen misses with some punches.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.
Heikkinen misses with a knee strike.
Machida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heikkinen blocks it with crossed arms.
Machida digs a right hand underneath Heikkinen's ribcage. Heikkinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Heikkinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heikkinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heikkinen looks to land a right hand but Machida moved out of range.
Machida tries to clinch up.
Machida has closed the distance and engaged Heikkinen in a clinch.
Machida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Heikkinen is defending well for now.
Machida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heikkinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Machida backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen lands a body punch.
Machida connects with a knee to the head.
Heikkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Machida controls the action.
Heikkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Machida.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Machida takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Machida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Machida prevents a body shot from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machida controlling the action here for a moment.
Heikkinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heikkinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Machida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heikkinen tries to work over Machida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Machida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Machida blocks it with crossed arms.
Machida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Heikkinen avoids it.
Machida working Heikkinen over with knees to the body.
Heikkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.
Machida displaying some good clinch control by pressing Heikkinen up against the cage.
Machida lands a damaging elbow.
Heikkinen working aggressively here.
Heikkinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heikkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Heikkinen lands a nice knee to the body.
Heikkinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Machida.
Machida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Heikkinen's defenses.
Machida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seiryu Machida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Machida lands an elbow that stopped Heikkinen in his tracks for a moment.
Kaino Heikkinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heikkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Machida controls the action.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Machida blocks a body shot from Heikkinen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Machida.
Heikkinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heikkinen pushes Machida back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Machida tries a knee to the head but Heikkinen blocks it.
Machida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Machida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Machida crunches a lovely knee into Heikkinen's ribcage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seiryu Machida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Machida, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seiryu Machida!
Our winner, Seiryu Machida, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Sands (ranked 1453 p4p, 38 weight class) and Gorgon Zola (ranked 1834 p4p, 85 weight class). Sands comes to the cage accompanied by Ante Up (Remix) - By: M.O.P. ft. Busta Rhymes, Teflon, Remy Martin. Zola has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
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267 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Sands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Zola!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sands throws out a loose jab but Zola uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zola unleashes a big counter combination but Sands bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sands fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zola on the side of the head.
Zola ducks right into an uppercut from Sands.
Sands throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Zola tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sands is in Zola's guard.
Zola is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
We've been informed that Zola 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.
Zola tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sands smiles and moves away.
Sands takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sands throws a body shot but no joy.
Zola tries to counter with a clinch but Sands shakes him off and moves away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Zola or perhaps it was just good defense by Sands, which made it look bad.
Zola clinches.
A short uppercut from Sands.
Zola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sands misses with a looping left.
Zola moves into the clinch successfully.
Sands wants to get back to striking at distance but Zola won't allow it.
Sands throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zola blocks an elbow strike.
Sands misses with an elbow strike.
Zola jumps guard but Sands turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Carl Sands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gorgon Zola.
Zola decides to pull guard.
Sands missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zola manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Sands swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sands throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sands connects with a right hand. Zola shakes it off.
Zola ducks under a wild hook from Sands.
Sands darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sands misses with a hook. Zola ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zola shoots in for a takedown but Sands shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sands takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Good shot there by Sands.
Sands is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sands loads up on a big right hand but Zola slips the punch.
Zola throws a counter combo.
Sands lands an overhand right.
Sands connects with an inside leg kick.
Sands feints and then cracks Zola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zola down.
Sands throws a jab when Zola was well out of range.
Sands connects with a crisp jab.
Zola shoots in but no luck this time.
Zola shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sands is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sands shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zola pinned against the cage. Zola gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sands throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Sands misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sands moves away from the strike by Zola.
Sands scores with the left hand. Zola knows he should have avoided that one.
Sands swings for the body but Zola moves out of range.
Zola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zola shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sands as he avoids it easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zola jumps guard.
Sands connects with a couple of short punches.
Sands landing some decent shots from guard.
Sands cracks Zola with a solid left hand.
Sands throws a big right hand that misses.
Sands cracks Zola with a solid left hand.
Sands with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sands stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zola swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zola working a defensive guard here.
Sands is in close to Zola's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sands being controlled here momentarily.
Sands throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sands scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Zola is trying to keep Sands in close.
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!
Zola is looking for a triangle but Sands pushes his legs off easily.
Zola controls Sands momentarily but Sands frees himself.
Sands scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Sands dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sands.
Sands leaves Zola with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sands looks to throw the jab but Zola is out of range.
Zola uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sands.
Zola is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Sands's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sands duly obliges.
Sands throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sands connects with a body shot.
Sands wants to land a leg kick but Zola is out of range.
Zola fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zola dips to his left and cracks Sands with an uppercut!
Zola shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sands pinned against the cage. Sands gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Carl Sands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gorgon Zola.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zola avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sands misses with a leg kick.
Sands throws a low kick but Zola avoids it.
Zola slips a jab from Sands.
Sands scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zola in his tracks.
Sands shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Zola manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Zola throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Zola working a defensive guard here.
Sands lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sands missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sands works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sands is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zola gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zola wants to stand but Sands is controlling the position.
Sands lands a couple of digs.
Sands loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zola is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sands works over Zola with some ground and pound from guard.
Sands keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zola's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sands with a nice head shot there.
Sands trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zola keeping moving, preventing Sands from controlling successfully.
Sands missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zola thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Zola preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sands works over Zola with some ground and pound from guard.
Zola is controlling Sands's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sands accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sands got a little sloppy there for a moment and Zola has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sands has managed to get both his arms back between Zola's legs - danger averted.
Sands cracks Zola with a solid left hand.
Sands throws a big right hand that misses.
Carl Sands overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sands lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sands is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zola can do to turn this around?
Sands lands a couple of digs.
Sands cracks Zola with a solid left hand.
Sands is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sands lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sands trying to control the position from guard on top but Zola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zola is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zola is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sands throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sands working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sands scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sands distracts Zola with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Zola is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sands is looking to work some ground and pound but Zola has wrist control.
Sands passes Zola's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sands maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Zola could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Sands has cracked it and Zola is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Sands!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Carl Sands!
Carl Sands decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damen Mayer (ranked 1110 p4p, 136 weight class) and Tom Rivers (ranked 1591 p4p, 193 weight class). Rivers is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: start from scratch. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
21 - 13 - 1 |
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157 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Damen Mayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayer avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Mayer drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rivers sprawls and moves away.
Mayer lands a lovely overhand right.
Mayer tests Rivers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Mayer tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mayer connects with a looping right hand.
Rivers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayer.
Mayer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Mayer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rivers scores with a decent looking hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mayer. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mayer tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivers misses the target.
Mayer throws a lazy right hand but Rivers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rivers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivers looks to throw the jab but Mayer is out of range.
Mayer tries to counter with a takedown but Rivers is quick to defend against it.
Mayer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rivers lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Mayer throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Mayer scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mayer wants to control but Rivers is keeping him busy.
Mayer is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mayer seems to be looking for submissions.
Rivers looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mayer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rivers keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayer is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rivers has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mayer lands with a punch from half guard.
Mayer seems to be working for a kimura but Rivers defends the submission attempt.
Mayer is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayer is keen to just control but Rivers is a slippery customer.
Mayer wants to pass to mount but Rivers is defending the position.
Mayer has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mayer trying to control but Rivers is having none of it.
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.
Mayer working Rivers over with strikes here.
Rivers wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayer fails to move to back control.
Mayer looking to take Rivers's back but Rivers rolls and after a scramble, Rivers ends up on top in guard. Nice escape there from Rivers to escape a tricky position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damen Mayer 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.
Rivers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mayer doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivers takes a swing at Mayer's ribcage but misses.
Mayer tries to counter with a takedown but Rivers is quick to defend against it.
A low kick from Rivers misses
and Mayer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rivers won't be happy with that.
Rivers throws Mayer to one side and escapes!
Mayer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mayer throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
A clash of legs there as Mayer blocks the low kick.
Rivers stuffs the takedown.
Rivers feints a jab promting Mayer to slip. Rivers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mayer slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mayer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rivers tries to avoid it but Mayer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rivers to the ground. Rivers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rivers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a hook. Mayer ducked under it nicely.
Mayer lands a nice hook to Rivers's body. Rivers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rivers is looking to score with low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Mayer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mayer swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rivers takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mayer staying out of range there.
Mayer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rivers counters with a straight right hand.
Rivers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivers leaves Mayer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damen Mayer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mayer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivers.
Mayer tries to clinch up but Rivers circles away and keeps his distance.
Tom Rivers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mayer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivers.
Mayer tries to counter with a takedown but Rivers is quick to defend against it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mayer connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Mayer saw that one coming.
Rivers thuds a left hand into Mayer's body.
Rivers throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mayer is looking to clinch but Rivers is avoiding it.
Rivers swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rivers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mayer.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivers.
Rivers swings for the body but Mayer moves out of range.
Tom Rivers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big right from Rivers misses.
Mayer is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rivers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rivers walks into a left hand.
Mayer has Rivers up against the cage in a clinch.
Rivers tries to throw a body punch but Mayer avoids it by throwing Rivers back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayer tries to pull guard but Rivers won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mayer.
A head punch on the inside from Mayer fails to land.
Mayer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mayer tries a body shot but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers can't break the clinch.
Mayer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mayer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rivers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mayer jumps guard.
Mayer has his foot on Rivers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rivers works his way back into a safe position though.
Mayer trying to keep a closed guard but Rivers is proving a slippery customer.
Mayer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mayer looking for subs off his back but Rivers has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Rivers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mayer misses with a takedown attempt
and Rivers counters with a two punch combo.
It looks like Damen Mayer has been cut.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Rivers throws a low kick, looking for Mayer's leg but Mayer calmly moves out of range.
Mayer feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice defenses there by Mayer.
Mayer closes the distance and clinches up with Rivers, looking for a takedown. Mayer pushes Rivers against the cage but Rivers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers avoids the body shot from Mayer.
Mayer thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Rivers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Damen Mayer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Mayer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rivers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mayer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rivers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mayer misses with a body shot.
Rivers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mayer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivers.
Mayer avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Rivers lands with a good body shot.
A solid body kick from Rivers.
Rivers slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rivers throws a nice looking combination but Mayer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayer misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rivers doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rivers misses with a wild combination.
Mayer takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers lands a slapping body shot.
Mayer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rivers's hands.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mayer moves away.
Mayer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mayer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rivers.
Rivers throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mayer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rivers won't be happy with that.
Rivers sneaks out the side door and pushes Mayer away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mayer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mayer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rivers is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rivers breaks from the clinch.
Rivers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayer works Rivers's body with a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rivers.
Mayer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A punch combination from Rivers misses.
Rivers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rivers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rivers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mayer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rivers wants to get back to his feet.
Mayer seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Rivers has recovered full guard.
Mayer stops Rivers from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayer trying to control the position from guard on top but Rivers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayer drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rivers manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mayer has Rivers in his guard.
Rivers got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mayer has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rivers has managed to get both his arms back between Mayer's legs - danger averted.
Rivers got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mayer has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rivers has managed to get both his arms back between Mayer's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayer controls Rivers momentarily but Rivers frees himself.
Mayer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rivers's guard.
Mayer pushing down on Rivers's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mayer is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Rivers looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Rivers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rivers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Rivers!
Tom Rivers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mat Diaz (ranked 1740 p4p, 214 weight class) and Travis Mitchell (ranked 1131 p4p, 144 weight class). Diaz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Got Five On It. Travis Mitchell has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mat Diaz's chin.
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38
184 lbs
23 - 16 - 1 |
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28
190 lbs
14 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mat Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Travis Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mitchell is trying to defend but Diaz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mitchell keeping hold of Diaz's head, controlling as best he can.
Diaz is looking to stall here but Mitchell recovers full guard.
Diaz looking to sit in guard and control but Mitchell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mitchell throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mitchell trying to move into half guard but instead Diaz has managed to sweep!
Mitchell bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Diaz's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mitchell stacks Diaz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mitchell!
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mitchell is looking to take a break and control but Diaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mitchell controls the position from side control.
Diaz struggling a bit here.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mitchell wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell cracks Diaz with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mitchell working the ground and pound.
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diaz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
You can see the frustration on Diaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mitchell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mitchell grinds an elbow into Diaz's temple.
Diaz is looking to regain half guard here but Mitchell keeps moving and retains side control.
Diaz struggling a bit here.
Diaz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mitchell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mitchell landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz is trying to control the position but Mitchell postures up.
Mitchell looking to sit in guard and control but Diaz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Diaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell has Diaz pulled in close to control his posture.
Mitchell is trying to control the position but Diaz postures up.
Diaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diaz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Mitchell keeps moving.
Diaz stopping the sweep attempt from Mitchell.
Diaz has gone for a leg lock! Mitchell slips out almost immediately though and dives into Diaz's guard.
Mitchell is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Mitchell dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Mitchell swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mitchell avoids it really well and circles away.
Mitchell 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.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Mitchell misses with a low kick.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Mitchell moved out of range.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Diaz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good work by Mitchell as he checks the leg kick.
Mitchell blocks a low kick nicely.
Mitchell tries to counter by closing the distance.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
We've been told by Diaz's head coaches at Panda Sprawl n Brawl that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Diaz shoots in but no luck this time.
Mitchell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
Diaz works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Mitchell.
Diaz takes one to the side of the head.
Mitchell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Diaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mitchell shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diaz pinned against the cage. Diaz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Diaz misses the jab.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. Mitchell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mat Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell fails with a takedown attempt.
Mitchell throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Mitchell is just out of range.
Diaz tries to score with a low kick but Mitchell moves his leg out of the way.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.
Diaz lands with a shot to the body.
Mitchell misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Diaz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mitchell moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Mitchell moves away and avoids it.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mitchell's sensitive parts.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Mat Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Diaz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diaz is looking to slow Mitchell down with leg kicks.
Mitchell misses with a low kick.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. Mitchell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mitchell forces Diaz back against the cage and clinches.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz tries a body shot but Mitchell blocks it.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mitchell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mitchell stalling the fight.
Mitchell tries a body shot but Diaz blocks it.
Mitchell pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Mitchell is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Diaz.
Mitchell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Mitchell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz pushes Mitchell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mitchell blocks an uppercut.
Mitchell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mitchell breaks from the clinch.
Mitchell loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Diaz connects with an inside leg kick.
Mitchell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diaz misses with a low kick as Mitchell jumps back.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mitchell slips a straight right by Diaz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Mitchell misses its intended target.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz throws a solid leg kick but Mitchell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diaz.
Mitchell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot lands for Mitchell.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Mitchell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Diaz has time to react.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Mitchell circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Mitchell drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Diaz defends it well.
Diaz misses with a leg kick
and Mitchell counters with a nice double leg into side control. Diaz won't be happy with that.
Mitchell in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mitchell connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diaz some visible discomfort.
Mitchell works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Diaz is rocked!
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Oh Diaz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mitchell content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
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 Mat Diaz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mitchell throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.
Mitchell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mitchell.
Mitchell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mitchell lands a jab to Diaz's midsection.
Diaz throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mitchell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mitchell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mitchell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mitchell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mitchell tries a head kick but it misses.
A left lands for Mitchell.
Mitchell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mitchell.
Diaz dives in and scores a takedown into Mitchell's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mitchell has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Diaz is looking to work some ground and pound but Mitchell has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a big elbow that misses.
Diaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mitchell controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.
Diaz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Mitchell is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Mitchell has escaped and now he's on top!
Mitchell postures up.
Mitchell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
Mitchell stands up over Diaz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mitchell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mitchell tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz is retaining full guard.
Mitchell wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mitchell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Mitchell from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow.
Mitchell content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Diaz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mitchell looking to control.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mitchell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diaz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mitchell is trying to control the position but Diaz postures up.
Travis Mitchell has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diaz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mitchell works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mitchell holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mitchell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diaz walks into a stiff left hand from Mitchell.
Mitchell on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mitchell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mitchell.
Mitchell misses the jab.
Mitchell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diaz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mitchell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mitchell moves out of range of the strikes.
Mitchell wants to counter the offense by Diaz and move into the clinch position.
Mitchell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Diaz walks into a straight right hand from Mitchell.
Diaz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Travis Mitchell.
I think Mitchell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Mitchell!
An out of breath Travis Mitchell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Alvarez (ranked 755 p4p, 116 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 1213 p4p, 169 weight class). Walcott has chosen The Way Of The Fist as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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
25 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Aaron Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Alvarez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alvarez checks a leg kick.
We've been told by Alvarez's head coaches at The Forge that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Walcott misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alvarez cracks Walcott with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Walcott. That's going to slow Alvarez down.
Alvarez lands a front kick.
Alvarez lands with a nice body kick.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez throws a wild body kick that Walcott sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circle momentarily. Alvarez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alvarez moves into the clinch.
Alvarez throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Walcott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Walcott misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Walcott misses with a head kick.
A lazy left from Alvarez finds it's target.
Walcott throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Alvarez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Walcott. That one must have hurt.
Walcott jabs Alvarez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but Walcott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Walcott with a jab.
A head kick misses from Alvarez.
Walcott throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Walcott has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Walcott saw that one coming.
Alvarez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Alvarez rushes Walcott and presses him up against the cage.
Walcott misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Alvarez.
A left hand lands to the body for Alvarez.
Walcott misses with the head strike.
A short right from Walcott on the inside.
Alvarez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez digs a right hand into Walcott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walcott's gas tank.
Walcott lands an uppercut.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez lands a hook that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Alvarez back against the cage.
Walcott misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Alvarez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walcott.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott stalling.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez scores with a shot to the side of Walcott's head.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Alvarez.
Walcott trying to stall but Alvarez improves his position.
Alvarez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Walcott on the inside.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
Walcott misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.
Alvarez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez stalls.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Alvarez on the inside.
Alvarez misses with the head strike.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez lands with a left to the head.
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 Aaron Alvarez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A cross from Walcott lands.
It looks like Aaron Alvarez has been cut.
Alvarez gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with some punches.
Walcott is trying to maintain a safe position but Alvarez gets an underhook and turns Walcott into the cage.
Alvarez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Walcott.
Alvarez lands an uppercut.
Alvarez just leaning against Walcott, taking a breather.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short left from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.
Walcott effectively controlling the action here.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez stalling in the clinch but Walcott improves position.
Alvarez looking to stall.
Walcott leaning his opponent against the cage.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
The referee is keeping an eye on Alvarez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott lands a left hand.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Alvarez.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alvarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez blocks the elbow strike.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvarezs head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alvarez lands with a short shot to the head.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Nice body punch from Alvarez - that landed with a thud.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez digs a right hand into Walcott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walcott's gas tank.
Alvarez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alvarez throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Alvarez presses Walcott against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Alvarez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Walcott misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez misses with a body punch.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez lands a right hand.
Alvarez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvarez tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Alvarez back against the cage.
Walcott lands with a left to the head.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Alvarez fails to land.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aaron Alvarez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alvarez throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez presses Walcott against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a body punch.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walcott.
Walcott has Alvarez pushed against the cage.
Walcott tries to work over Alvarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Alvarez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Alvarez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Walcott feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Joe Walcott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walcott doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walcott cracks the inside of Alvarez's front leg.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Alvarez!
Walcott sizes up Alvarez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Walcott wants to slow Alvarez down by chopping away at his legs.
Alvarez works Walcott's body with a nice hook.
Alvarez loads up on a big right hand but Walcott slips the punch.
Walcott swings widly with a right hand
and Alvarez counters with a right hand to the body.
Alvarez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Walcott walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alvarez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott clobbers Alvarez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both fighters circling a little - Walcott finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Walcott. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.
Alvarez can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvarezs head.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Alvarez misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez misses with a body punch.
Alvarez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Alvarez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walcott lands a body shot.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Walcott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walcott lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott has a couple of punches blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez has Walcott pressed against the cage.
Walcott digs a right hand underneath Alvarez's ribcage. Alvarez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott is struggling to control the position.
Walcott wants to stall.
Walcott misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alvarez.
Walcott lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
Walcott takes a shot to the head.
Alvarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alvarez lands a nice uppercut.
Joe Walcott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Walcott.
Walcott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alvarez tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alvarez dodges an elbow strike from Walcott.
Still in the clinch, Alvarez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Walcott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvarez trying to control the position but instead, Walcott has worked for underhooks and has pushed Alvarez into the cage.
Alvarez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Walcott.
Alvarez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott has a couple of punches blocked by Alvarez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walcott.
Walcott throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Alvarez lands a shot to the body.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid 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!
Walcott misses with some punches.
Alvarez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walcott working aggressively here.
Walcott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvarez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walcotts head.
A short uppercut from Alvarez.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
Alvarez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvarez avoids the elbow strike from Walcott, against the cage.
Walcott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alvarez prevents a body shot from Walcott.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alvarez.
Aaron Alvarez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walcott doesn't land with the attempted 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 Aaron Alvarez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alvarez, 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Alvarez!
Aaron Alvarez very nearly forgot to thank Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200) 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.
In defeat, Joe Walcott stepped up to the mic, saying 'WTF?!? Gamma is a joke. Anyway Pit Bull Development is the best. I am always so focused because of that shit. Anyone who says different can suck a dick.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Beecher (ranked 1232 p4p, 59 weight class) and Roar Horse (ranked 572 p4p, 25 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Beecher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roar Horse!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Horse.
Horse lands with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Beecher.
Beecher forces Horse back against the cage and clinches.
Beecher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beecher tries a body shot but Horse blocks it.
Beecher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Beecher fails to land.
Horse throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beechers head.
Beecher trying to control the position but instead, Horse has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beecher into the cage.
Beecher really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Horse has a couple of punches blocked by Beecher.
Beecher tries to throw a body punch but Horse avoids it by throwing Beecher back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beecher lands a left hand.
Horse takes a shot to the head.
Beecher managing to block the knees to the body from Horse.
Beecher lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horse misses with a body punch.
A short right from Horse.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beecher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse tries to land knees in the clinch but Beecher avoids the damage to the body.
Beecher misses with a body punch.
Horse lands a right hand.
Beecher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beecher can't find room to land a body shot as Horse controls the action.
Beecher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beecher manages to break the clinch.
Beecher rushes Horse and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beecher.
A hook to the body from Horse.
Horse managing to block the knees to the body from Beecher.
Horse lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beecher working aggressively here.
Horse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Horse is working Beecher over against the cage.
Beecher misses with some punches.
Horse tries a body shot but Beecher blocks it.
Beecher working aggressively here.
Horse struggles to land a body shot inside as Beecher controls his hands.
Beecher prevents a body shot from Horse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beecher avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Beecher fails to land.
Horse lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Horse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Horse lands a knee to the head.
Beecher breaks the clinch.
Horse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beecher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horse tries to clinch there but Beecher circles away.
Horse just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Beecher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beecher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Horse.
Horse fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beecher on the side of the head.
Nice body kick there by Horse.
Beecher looks to land a right hand but Horse moved out of range.
It seemed like Horse was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horse throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horse throws out a loose jab but Beecher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beecher avoids a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Beecher.
Horse appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Beecher looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Horse looks to score with a jab to the body but Beecher is just out of range.
Beecher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Horse wants to counter the offense by Beecher and move into the clinch position.
Horse misses with a jab to the body
and Beecher counters with a nice uppercut.
Beecher moves out of range of the body kick from Horse.
Beecher tries to land a front kick but Horse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Horse throws a poor cross that misses
and Beecher counters with a nice uppercut.
Horse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beecher throws a quick counter kick to the body but Horse avoids it.
Beecher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Beecher tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beecher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horse blocks a head kick by Beecher.
Horse lets loose with a powerful body kick. Beecher will feel that in the morning.
Roar Horse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beecher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Horse was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horse throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Beecher walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horse pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beecher clinches up against the cage.
Horse pushes Beecher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beecher blocks a body shot from Horse.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Horse.
Horse avoiding damage as Beecher throws knees to the body.
Horse throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Horse throws a punch but it's blocked by Beecher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roar Horse 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.
Beecher just misses with a punch to the body.
Beecher misses with a looping left.
Horse moves into the clinch.
Horse works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Horse scores with a shoulder strike.
Beecher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beecher looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Horse blocking some punches.
Beecher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Horse.
Horse misses with a knee strike.
Horse is leaning against Beecher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Horse presses Beecher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horse works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Horse throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Horse.
Horse lands a nice uppercut.
Horse has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A left hand lands to the body for Horse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horse lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beecher backwards.
Horse lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse works on Beecher's body with a couple of short punches.
Horse lands a right hand.
Beecher is rocked!
Horse lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Beecher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Horse works on Beecher's body with a couple of short punches.
Horse creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Beecher with a big uppercut! Beecher tries to clinch up but Horse pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Beecher to the mat! Beecher covers up and Horse unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roar Horse!
During a confident post fight interview, Roar Horse thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Costa De Andrade (ranked 300 p4p, 39 weight class) and Johnny Pearson (ranked 943 p4p, 117 weight class). Marcelo Costa De Andrade had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Andrade lands a big right hand that sends Pearson crashing to the mat! De Andrade stays standing though and waves Pearson back to his feet!
Pearson is rocked!
It looks like Johnny Pearson has been cut.
Pearson misses with the body kick
and De Andrade counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
An out of breath Marcelo Costa De Andrade 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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