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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Wade (ranked 1104 p4p, 140 weight class) and Jax Thomas (ranked 959 p4p, 125 weight class). Wade comes to the cage accompanied by The Bleeding. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 22 - 3, fighting out of New York, Morgan Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Jax Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.
Thomas lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Wade.
Wade stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wade manages to break the clinch.
Thomas closes the distance and pushes Wade back into the cage.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Wade uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Wade.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas misses with some punches.
Wade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wade scores with a hook to the body. Thomas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wade scores with a jab. Thomas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheers as Wade lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas closes the distance and pushes Wade back into the cage.
Wade wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Wade.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wade throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Good shot there by Wade.
Thomas walks into a jab.
Thomas is rocked!
Wade scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thomas is still on wobbly legs! Can Wade finish him?
Thomas moves into the clinch successfully.
Wade tries to circle away but Thomas has him pinned against the cage.
Thomas seems to have recovered his senses.
A frustrated look appears on Wade's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wade is trying to push Thomas away but Thomas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
Wade breaks from the clinch.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Wade lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas tries to clinch but Wade moves out of range.
Thomas takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas throws a punch but it's blocked by Wade.
Wade breaks from the clinch.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas clinches up with Wade and pushes him back against the cage.
Wade takes a shot to the head.
Wade is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Thomas has Wade pressed against the cage, preventing Wade from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wade wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Wade breaks the clinch.
Thomas moves into range and clinches up with Wade.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wade wants to break free but Thomas has control.
Wade takes a shot to the head.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Wade.
Wade is trying to break free.
Wade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away.
Wade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Wade keeps it at a distance.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas wants to clinch.
Wade ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wade connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thomas's hands.
Wade lands a left and a right that send Thomas crashing to the mat, dazed. Wade thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Jax Thomas has been cut.
Wade throws the kick towards the body but Thomas avoids it.
Thomas gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Wade gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Morgan Wade!
Morgan Wade thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ludo Van Veen (ranked 807 p4p, 117 weight class) and Ram Rocker (ranked 534 p4p, 82 weight class). Van Veen comes to the cage accompanied by Give it ALL. Rocker is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by For Heavy Metal we will die!. 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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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludo Van Veen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ram Rocker!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Veen tests Rocker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Veen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big left from Van Veen misses.
Van Veen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rocker checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rocker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rocker lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Van Veen can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Rocker and Van Veen drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Rocker.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ram Rocker!
Ram Rocker decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 392 p4p, 22 weight class) and Paul Murhaa (ranked 744 p4p, 44 weight class). Nagasaki comes to the cage accompanied by Execute Plan: Nuclear Tortoise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santosh Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Paul Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nagasaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murhaa pushes Nagasaki away with a front kick.
Nagasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
Nagasaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nagasaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murhaa feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Nagasaki backing away here, and Murhaa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nagasaki lands a jab to the head.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nagasaki. Nagasaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagasaki.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagasaki.
Santosh Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa lunges at Nagasaki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nagasaki's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa is looking to land body kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nagasaki checks a leg kick.
Nagasaki gets a double leg takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Nagasaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Murhaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nagasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nagasaki postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nagasaki postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Nagasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nagasaki throws a strike but Murhaa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
I've been told that Murhaa has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Nagasaki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murhaa's guard.
Nagasaki is looking to advance position but Murhaa has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki tries to reverse the position but Murhaa maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagasaki regains half guard.
It looks like Murhaa is going to stand back up.
Nagasaki wants to get back to full guard.
Nagasaki gets full guard.
Nagasaki throws a couple of heel strikes.
Murhaa stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Nagasaki. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Nagasaki is having none of it.
Nagasaki throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murhaa was covering up waiting for the punch and Nagasaki finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Murhaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagasaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murhaa wants to sweep but no luck.
Murhaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagasaki won't allow Murhaa to sweep him here.
Murhaa working a defensive guard but Nagasaki passes into half guard.
Murhaa is concentrating on defense, preventing Nagasaki from advancing position.
Nagasaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Murhaa holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murhaa's head.
Nagasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Nagasaki there.
Murhaa wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Murhaa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Murhaa is not content to let Nagasaki control the position.
Murhaa is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nagasaki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nagasaki's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good shot there by Nagasaki.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Nagasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the body kick from Murhaa.
Nagasaki connects with a nice looking jab.
Nagasaki lands with an uppercut that bounces Murhaa off the cage and back into range.
An inside leg kick from Murhaa misses.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nagasaki throws out the jab.
Nagasaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa throws a chopping leg kick but Nagasaki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
Murhaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Nagasaki was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murhaa.
Nagasaki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murhaa's waist but Murhaa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nagasaki off to one side.
Nagasaki motions for Murhaa to come forward. Nagasaki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paul Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa digs a good body shot into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nagasaki misses the jab.
Murhaa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nagasaki misses with a body punch
and Murhaa counters with a left and a right that stings Nagasaki.
Murhaa misses with a few strikes there.
Nagasaki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murhaa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nagasaki in his tracks.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nagasaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murhaa scrambles back to his feet.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up.
Santosh Nagasaki is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagasaki lands a jab to the nose.
Murhaa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nagasaki checks it well.
Murhaa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No joy there for Nagasaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nagasaki misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki swinging wildly here.
Murhaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nagasaki misses with a right hand
and Nagasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good shot there by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nagasaki avoids a kick to the body.
Murhaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
Murhaa stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santosh Nagasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murhaa works the jab nicely.
Murhaa throws the left hand but Nagasaki avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Nagasaki moves away and avoids it.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nagasaki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa cracks a nice hook into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Nagasaki. That snapped Murhaa's head back.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa works Nagasaki's body with a nice hook.
Murhaa thuds his shin into the meat of Nagasaki's side.
Nagasaki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murhaa.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
Nagasaki throws a solid leg kick but Murhaa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nagasaki.
Murhaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki slips a straight right by Murhaa.
No luck for Nagasaki with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Nagasaki with a poor takedown
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murhaa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nagasaki is defended easily by Murhaa.
Nagasaki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nagasaki loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Murhaa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nagasaki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nagasaki throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nagasaki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murhaa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nagasaki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murhaa defending well as Nagasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Murhaa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nagasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Nagasaki.
That kick from Murhaa tenderised Nagasaki's leg. Nagasaki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murhaa delivers a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki 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.
Murhaa cracks Nagasaki with an open hand slap.
Murhaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhaa fakes the leg kick and cracks Nagasaki in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nagasaki to score with a decent uppercut.
Nagasaki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Murhaa is staying active underneath Nagasaki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nagasaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nagasaki is looking to advance position but Murhaa won't allow it.
Nagasaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Murhaa is trying to maintain the position but Nagasaki is very close to passing his half guard.
Nagasaki trying to control from half guard but Murhaa is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murhaa's head.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nagasaki trying to advance position but Murhaa counters by regaining guard.
Murhaa pulls Nagasaki in close to prevent any damage.
Murhaa keeping full guard, as Nagasaki tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa trying to control the position.
Nagasaki is working Murhaa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Murhaa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Murhaa keeping full guard, as Nagasaki tries to pass.
Murhaa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nagasaki throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nagasaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murhaa lands a slapping body shot.
Nagasaki closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Murhaa pushes Nagasaki off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nagasaki lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki jabs Murhaa right on the nose. Murhaa blinks but takes it well.
Murhaa takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Nice shot by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murhaa checks a low kick from Nagasaki.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagasaki moves away.
Murhaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nagasaki connects with a body shot.
Nagasaki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murhaa wants to slow Nagasaki down by chopping away at his legs.
Nagasaki is looking to counter punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Murhaa.
I think Murhaa 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Murhaa!
Paul Murhaa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Duranto (ranked 280 p4p, 39 weight class) and Diego Escobar (ranked 494 p4p, 65 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Roberto Duranto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Duranto.
Escobar moves into range and clinches up with Duranto.
Escobar is trying to pull guard but Duranto turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Escobar lands a shoulder strike.
Escobar tries to work over Duranto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Escobar.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duranto.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duranto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duranto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Duranto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Diego Escobar has been cut.
Escobar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duranto moves away.
Duranto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab by Duranto.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duranto looks to throw the jab but Escobar is out of range.
Escobar tried to score with a low kick but Duranto checks it.
Diego Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duranto is looking to clinch but Escobar is avoiding it.
Escobar slips under a jab from Duranto.
Escobar appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Escobar lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar blocking some punches.
Duranto looking to slow down the pace here.
Duranto lands a left hand.
Duranto blocks a body shot from Escobar.
Escobar lands a left hand.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Escobar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Duranto ducks under a wild hook from Escobar.
Duranto moves forwards but Escobar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duranto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Duranto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Escobar pushes Duranto up against the cage in a clinch.
Duranto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duranto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar jumps guard but Duranto stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Escobar working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duranto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Duranto is trying to push Escobar away but Escobar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Duranto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duranto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Escobar lands with a short shot to the head.
Duranto pushes Escobar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Escobar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Escobar jumps guard but Duranto turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Roberto Duranto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Escobar.
Duranto has a couple of punches blocked by Escobar.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Duranto won't allow it.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Escobar.
Duranto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escobar decides to pull guard.
Escobar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duranto is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar controls Duranto momentarily but Duranto frees himself.
Duranto passes Escobar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Escobar is looking for a sweep. Duranto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duranto content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Escobar is pressing down on Duranto's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duranto wants to get up but he can't break Escobar's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Escobar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duranto is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar has an active guard here but Duranto has managed to pass into half guard.
Duranto keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Escobar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Escobar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Duranto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Escobar trying to keep a closed guard but Duranto is proving a slippery customer.
Escobar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Duranto defends it easily.
Escobar has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Duranto is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Escobar.
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 Roberto Duranto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Decent striking displayed by Escobar there.
Diego Escobar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duranto lands a lovely overhand right.
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Escobar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Escobar has managed to clinch.
Duranto lands a nice shot to the body.
Duranto swings wildly with an uppercut but Escobar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escobar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duranto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duranto lands a right hand.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Duranto lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar jumps guard but Duranto stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar tries to work over Duranto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duranto's elbow.
Duranto tries a body shot but Escobar blocks it.
Escobar gets through Duranto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escobar tries a body shot but Duranto blocks it.
Duranto prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Duranto prevents a body shot from Escobar.
Duranto misses with a punch on the inside.
Duranto lands with a light punch inside.
Escobar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Duranto or not.
Duranto cracks Escobar with a nice body shot.
Duranto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Escobars head.
A nice left hand lands by Duranto.
Duranto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Escobar.
Escobar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duranto blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escobar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Escobar drags the fight down to the ground.
Escobar trying to keep a closed guard but Duranto is proving a slippery customer.
Escobar has his foot on Duranto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duranto works his way back into a safe position though.
Escobar looking for subs off his back but Duranto has passed one foot through into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Escobar gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Escobar isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Duranto stacks Escobar 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 Duranto!
Escobar is trying to improve his position.
Escobar manages to work his way to half guard, despite Duranto's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Duranto prevents Escobar from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Duranto in particular looking to stall.
Escobar is looking to improve his position.
Escobar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Escobar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Duranto passes into half guard.
Escobar wants to improve his position but Duranto is controlling well.
Escobar wants to get back to full guard but Duranto has passed into side control.
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 Roberto Duranto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diego Escobar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Duranto feints and then cracks Escobar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Escobar down.
Escobar lands an overhand right.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Duranto is just out of range.
Escobar throws a jab when Duranto was well out of range.
Duranto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Duranto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duranto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escobar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duranto throws a head kick that misses.
Duranto backing away here, and Escobar unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Escobar as he connects with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Duranto.
Duranto takes one to the side of the head.
A low kick from Escobar is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Escobar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duranto.
Escobar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Escobar swings for the body but Duranto moves out of range.
Escobar swings for the body but Duranto moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Duranto under the eye.
Escobar throws a hook but Duranto avoids it easily.
Duranto misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Duranto.
The fighters circling - Duranto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Escobar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duranto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Duranto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Escobar connects with a right hand. Duranto shakes it off.
Escobar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Duranto.
Nice shot lands for Escobar.
Duranto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Escobar cracks a nice hook into Duranto's ribs.
Duranto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Escobar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's 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!
Escobar slips a jab and a cross from Duranto.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duranto moves away.
Duranto half committed to a counter leg kick.
Escobar scores with a punch to the head.
Diego Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to score with low kicks.
Duranto misses the jab.
Duranto looks to score with a jab to the body but Escobar is just out of range.
Duranto connects with a high kick.
Escobar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duranto throws out the jab.
Duranto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Escobar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab from Duranto.
Escobar jabs Duranto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Escobar throws a poor cross that misses
and Duranto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Escobar throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Duranto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Escobar misses with an uppercut
and Duranto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duranto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Escobar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Duranto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Escobar scrambles back to his feet.
Duranto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Escobar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto blocks a jab.
Duranto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Escobar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Duranto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Escobar.
Duranto takes one to the side of the head.
Duranto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duranto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Duranto throws a sloppy head kick and Escobar moves out of range easily.
Duranto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Escobar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar tries to land a leg kick but Duranto saw it coming and moves away.
A good leg kick by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Escobar keeps the fight on the outside.
Duranto throws a body punch but Escobar moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Escobar.
Escobar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Duranto checks it well.
Escobar throws the left hand but Duranto avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Duranto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duranto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Duranto's head but Duranto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duranto thuds his right hand into Escobar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Duranto clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duranto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberto Duranto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duranto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto Duranto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duranto blocks an uppercut.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Duranto blocks a body shot from Escobar.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duranto.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Duranto controls his hands.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Duranto.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Diego Escobar.
I think Duranto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Duranto!
Roberto Duranto made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Just give me next fight.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaheim Reid (ranked 67 p4p, 10 weight class) and Odchigin Khadan (ranked 236 p4p, 35 weight class). Reid comes to the cage accompanied by Never. Khadan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Altai Kai (Turkic Throat Singing). Odchigin Khadan has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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185 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaheim Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Odchigin Khadan!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid lands a really nice looking cross but Khadan seems unphased.
Jaheim Reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Reid misses.
Khadan throws a body punch but Reid moves out of range.
Khadan tries to clinch there but Reid circles away.
Khadan throws out a powerful jab.
Reid moves away from the strike by Khadan.
Reid drops his hands momentarily and Khadan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reid throws an overhand right that lands on Khadan's shoulder, as Khadan tries to avoid the shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Khadan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Khadan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reid moves away.
Reid thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khadan lands a nice shot that snaps Reid's head back.
Khadan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reid.
Khadan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khadan lands a head shot.
Reid lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khadan misses with a looping left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reid slaps away a takedown attempt from Khadan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Reid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice defenses there by Reid.
Reid fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khadan just manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid lands a really nice looking cross but Khadan seems unphased.
Reid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reid looks to land a left hand but Khadan moved out of range nicely.
Khadan defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand.
Khadan scores with a hook to the body. Reid takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reid looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Khadan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khadan throws a body shot but no joy.
Reid missing with a left hand there. Khadan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khadan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reid with a body shot.
Khadan is looking to clinch.
Khadan looks to throw the jab but Reid is out of range.
As Khadan backs away, Reid returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Reid misses with a low kick.
Khadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reid with a jab.
Reid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khadan is able to avoid easily.
Khadan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reid.
Khadan takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Reid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khadan swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadan checks the leg kick.
Khadan cracks a nice hook into Reid's ribs.
Reid misses with a straight right.
Khadan throws a series of punches but Reid avoids them all with ease.
Reid throws a looping overhand right but Khadan ducks down to avoid it.
Khadan throws out a counter right but Reid avoids it with no problem.
Reid pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khadan back to the cage. Reid follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khadan checks a low kick from Reid.
Khadan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Khadan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reid.
Khadan cracks a nice hook into Reid's ribs.
Reid takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reid misses with a kick to the body.
Reid cracks Khadan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reid misses with a body shot.
Reid misses with a kick to the body.
Reid scores with a punch to the head.
Reid pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khadan is out of range and Reid settles back down.
Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid.
Some bone on bone action there as Khadan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid avoids the body shot from Khadan.
Reid stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Reid wants it to stay on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Reid.
Khadan checks a leg kick nicely.
Khadan misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Khadan misses its intended target.
Khadan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reid on the side of the head.
Reid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khadan.
Reid tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khadan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reid moves away.
Khadan lands a jab.
Reid with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khadan to score with a decent uppercut.
Reid throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khadan cracks Reid with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khadan moves away from the strike by Reid.
Reid tries to bum rush Khadan with a series of wild strikes but Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reid misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khadan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reid misses with an uppercut.
Khadan throws out a counter right but Reid avoids it with no problem.
Khadan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reid has time to react.
Reid looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice body punch from Reid.
Khadan just misses with a punch to the body.
Reid tries a low kick but Khadan avoids it.
Khadan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reid misses the jab.
Reid jabs Khadan right on the nose. Khadan blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Khadan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reid misses with an uppercut. Khadan saw that one coming.
Khadan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reid missing with a left hand there. Khadan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khadan defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reid connects with a right hand. Khadan shakes it off.
Reid takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khadan avoids a kick to the body.
Reid throws a leg kick that misses.
Khadan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Khadan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reid.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khadan! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaheim Reid 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.
Khadan lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Reid. Beautiful body shot.
Reid clobbers Khadan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reid misses with a right hand
and Khadan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khadan ducks under a wild hook from Reid.
Reid moves away from the strike by Khadan.
Reid wants to land a leg kick but Khadan is out of range.
Reid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khadan lands a glancing blow to the side of Reid's head.
Khadan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaheim Reid is winning the standup battle so far.
Khadan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reid blocks a jab.
Reid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reid connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reid scores with a hook.
Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reid.
Reid lands a head shot.
Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid throws a body kick that misses.
Reid misses with a low kick.
Khadan misses with a hook.
Reid misses with a low kick.
Reid is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khadan can do to turn this around?
Reid scores with the left hand. Khadan knows he should have avoided that one.
Reid scoring well with a low kick there.
Khadan looks to land a left hand but Reid moved out of range nicely.
Khadan throws a body punch but Reid moves out of range.
Khadan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid.
Reid is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Reid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khadan.
Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Khadan slips a jab from Reid.
Khadan connects with a body shot that sends Reid's belly button to the back.
Khadan takes one on the button.
Reid slips a straight right by Khadan.
Reid misses with a hook
and Khadan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khadan ducks under a wild hook from Reid.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid throws a wild body kick that Khadan sees coming a mile off.
Khadan defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Khadan.
Nice defenses there by Reid.
Khadan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khadan throws out a counter right but Reid avoids it with no problem.
Khadan misses the shot to the body.
Khadan looks to land a left hand but Reid moved out of range nicely.
Reid with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reid throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Reid throws a body kick that misses.
Reid lands with a straight right. Khadan didn't see that one coming.
Khadan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khadan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khadan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Khadan misses.
Reid darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Khadan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khadan looks to land a combination but Reid avoids it well.
Khadan checks a leg kick nicely.
Khadan misses with a hook
and Reid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Reid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khadan misses with a straight left.
Khadan throws a hook but Reid avoids it easily.
Khadan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Reid steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khadan.
Reid throws out a leg kick but Khadan moves out of range and Reid only half commits.
Khadan moves out of range of the body kick from Reid.
Reid connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reid moves out of range of the strikes.
Khadan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reid.
Reid throws a jab when Khadan was well out of range.
Nice shot by Khadan.
Khadan scores with a shot to the body.
Khadan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khadan misses with a body punch
and Reid counters with a straight right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the liver by Reid. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid misses with a hook.
Khadan scores with a jab. Reid acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khadan 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.
Khadan tries to clinch up.
Reid feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Khadan swings for the body but Reid moves out of range.
Reid 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.
Reid connects with an inside leg kick.
Reid is looking to score with low kicks.
Reid lands a jab to the nose.
Reid feints and then cracks Khadan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khadan down.
Khadan 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.
Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Reid throws a leg kick but Khadan moved away.
Khadan throws a looping overhand right but Reid ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Khadan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reid tries to bum rush Khadan with a series of wild strikes but Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reid moves away.
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 Jaheim Reid will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Reid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khadan throws out the jab.
Reid lands a nice shot that snaps Khadan's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khadan. Reid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khadan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reid fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khadan is out of range.
Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it.
Reid throws a low kick but Khadan moves out of range easily.
Reid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khadan throws out the jab.
Khadan doesn't manage to clinch there - Reid circles away.
It looked like Reid was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Good exchange - Khadan coming out on top.
Reid defending well as Khadan loads up on a big left hand.
Reid misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reid stuns Khadan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Odchigin Khadan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reid throws an off balance right hand
and Khadan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Reid misses.
Reid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khadan.
Reid smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reid lands a leg kick that knocks Khadan off balance momentarily.
Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khadan connects with a body shot.
Khadan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reid takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Reid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khadan ducks right into an uppercut from Reid.
Khadan takes one to the chin there.
Khadan sizes up Reid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Reid wants to slow Khadan down by chopping away at his legs.
Khadan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khadan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reid.
Reid throws a big shot that misses.
Khadan tries to counter with a clinch but Reid shakes him off and moves away.
Reid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khadan. That did some damage!
Reid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khadan misses the body punch
and Reid counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khadan misses with a double jab
and Reid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khadan misses with a straight left.
Khadan throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid looks to land a right hand but Khadan moved out of range.
Reid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khadan circles away quickly and effectively.
Reid lands with a hook. Khadan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Khadan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Reid has got the better of the exchanges.
Reid lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Reid lands a jab to Khadan's midsection.
Reid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reid misses the shot to the body.
Khadan lands a jab.
Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reid slips under a jab from Khadan.
Reid fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khadan.
Nice uppercut there from Reid.
Khadan throws a jab but it's blocked by Reid.
Khadan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reid can pounce on him.
Reid throws a body shot but no joy.
Reid cracks Khadan with an open hand slap.
Khadan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reid can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khadan looks to land a right hand but Reid moved out of range.
Reid goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khadan 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.
Khadan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reid swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khadan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reid throws a series of strikes that have Khadan backpedaling.
Khadan pushes Reid up against the cage in a clinch.
Reid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khadan lands a hook that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Khadan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
A short uppercut from Reid.
A right handed body shot lands from Reid.
Reid avoids a wild elbow strike from Khadan.
Reid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Reid fails to land.
Khadan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Reid.
Reid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Khadan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Khadan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reid lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Reid fails to land.
Reid misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khadan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reid.
Khadan blocks a body shot from Reid.
Khadan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reid backwards.
Khadan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Khadan fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khadan.
Khadan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khadan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khadan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reid throws a body punch but Khadan moves out of range.
It seemed like Khadan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Reid moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khadan just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reid.
Khadan looks to throw the jab but Reid is out of range.
Khadan tries to clinch up but Reid circles away and keeps his distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jaheim Reid showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reid, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaheim Reid!
Our winner, Jaheim Reid, 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hole (ranked 397 p4p, 56 weight class) and Rob Kardashian (ranked 454 p4p, 62 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rob Kardashian enters the cage!
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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
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Hole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Kardashian!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hole tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kardashian is able to avoid easily.
Kardashian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch lands to the side of Kardashian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hole scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kardashian in his tracks.
Hole throws a hook to the side of Kardashian's head but Kardashian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kardashian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hole throws a body punch but Kardashian moves out of range.
A combination from Kardashian does no damage.
Hole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kardashian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hole lands the left hand.
Kardashian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kardashian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hole on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kardashian moves into the clinch.
Hole prevents a body shot from Kardashian.
Kardashian struggles to land a body shot inside as Hole controls his hands.
Kardashian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kardashian misses with a body punch.
Kardashian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kardashian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hole's elbow.
Hole tries to throw a body punch but Kardashian avoids it by throwing Hole back against the cage.
Kardashian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kardashian blocks a body shot from Hole.
Hole lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Kardashian.
Hole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hole blocks a body shot from Kardashian.
Hole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hole takes a shot to the head.
Hole blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Kardashian.
Kardashian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kardashian lands a nice uppercut.
Hole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hole blocks a body shot from Kardashian.
Kardashian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kardashian has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hole seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kardashian can turn it around.
Hole blocking some punches.
Kardashian has a couple of punches blocked by Hole.
Kardashian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hole lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole swings wildly with an uppercut but Kardashian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hole has a couple of punches blocked by Kardashian.
Kardashian tries a body shot but Hole blocks it.
Kardashian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kardashian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kardashian.
Hole has a couple of punches blocked by Kardashian.
Hole working aggressively here.
Hole working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Hole fails to land.
Kardashian gets through Hole's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kardashian misses with some punches.
Kardashian throws a punch but it's blocked by Hole.
Kardashian tries to throw a body punch but Hole avoids it by throwing Kardashian back against the cage.
Hole lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kardashian fails to land.
Kardashian lands a left hand.
Hole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hole.
Kardashian prevents a body shot from Hole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole blocks an uppercut.
Hole swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hole presses Kardashian against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kardashian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Kardashian fails to land.
Hole tries to work over Kardashian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hole throws a punch but it's blocked by Kardashian.
Hole pushes Kardashian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kardashian blocks an uppercut.
Kardashian blocking some punches.
Kardashian lands an uppercut.
Kardashian swings wildly with an uppercut but Hole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kardashian is working Hole over against the cage.
Kardashian lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Hole scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Rob Kardashian has been cut.
Kardashian tries a body shot but Hole blocks it.
Kardashian throws a punch but it's blocked by Hole.
Kardashian misses with a body punch.
Kardashian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Hole.
Hole softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hole struggles to land a body shot inside as Kardashian controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Kardashian.
Kardashian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kardashian's elbow.
Kardashian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kardashian backwards.
Hole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kardashian backwards.
Kardashian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hole backwards.
Kardashian has a couple of punches blocked by Hole.
Hole throws a head punch that misses.
Hole lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hole.
Hole throws a punch but it's blocked by Kardashian.
A shot in the inside from Kardashian.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Hole.
Hole lands a shot to the body.
Kardashian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hole's elbow.
Kardashian lands a nice shot to the body.
Hole misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rob Kardashian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rob Kardashian's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hole takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hole has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hole lands a jab to the nose.
Hole chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kardashian fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hole looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kardashian throws a hook but Hole blocks it.
Hole moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hole scores with a kick to the body.
Kardashian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hole.
Kardashian avoids the body shot from Hole.
Hole thows a leg kick but Kardashian checks it
letting Kardashian counter with a right hand.
Hole cracks a nice hook into Kardashian's ribs.
Hole throws a shot from downtown. Kardashian moves away and avoids it.
Kardashian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice body punch from Kardashian.
Hole looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kardashian misses with an uppercut.
Hole tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kardashian swings for the body but Hole moves out of range.
Hole takes a swing at Kardashian's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hole.
Hole lands a leg kick that knocks Kardashian off balance momentarily.
Harry Hole is winning the standup battle so far.
Kardashian wants to clinch but Hole slips to the side
and Hole counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hole misses with a body shot.
Kardashian lunges at Hole with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hole's hand.
Hole tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Kardashian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hole throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kardashian counters with a straight right hand.
Hole lands a nice hook to Kardashian's body. Kardashian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kardashian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hole fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kardashian just manages to avoid it.
Kardashian just misses with a punch to the body.
Kardashian blocks a jab.
Hole attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hole connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hole swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kardashian counters with a stiff right hand.
Hole fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hole throws a front kick aimed at Kardashian's knee but Kardashian avoids it well.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hole.
Hole misses with a straight left.
Kardashian throws out a counter right but Hole avoids it with no problem.
Hole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big left from Kardashian misses.
Hole slips a jab from Kardashian.
Kardashian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kardashian blocks the body kick.
Hole swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Kardashian counter with a right hand.
A low kick from Hole misses
and Kardashian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Kardashian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hole feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hole staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hole takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hole misses with a right hand
and Kardashian counters with a nice uppercut.
Hole is rocked!
Harry Hole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oh Hole is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kardashian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hole seems to have got his legs back now.
Hole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kardashian counters with a crisp one two that drops Hole! Kardashian thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Hole to his feet! Hole is in big trouble!
Kardashian is looking to clinch but Hole is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Hole misses the target.
Hole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kardashian.
Hole lands a leg kick that knocks Kardashian off balance momentarily.
Donk. Hole catches Kardashian right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kardashian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hole throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole cracks Kardashian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kardashian throws a jab when Hole was well out of range.
Hole pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kardashian is looking for the big counter here.
Kardashian throws a nice looking combination but Hole bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kardashian moves forwards but Hole connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hole slips under a jab.
Kardashian looks to score with a jab to the body but Hole is just out of range.
Hole feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Hole.
Kardashian misses with a two punch combination.
Kardashian has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hole.
Hole looks to throw a body kick
and Kardashian counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kardashian throws a big shot that misses.
Hole connects with a solid leg kick.
Hole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kardashian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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 Harry Hole will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rob Kardashian's cut.
That's time! Hole's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hole works the jab nicely.
Hole tests Kardashian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hole. Kardashian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kardashian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hole with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kardashian swats away the attempt to clinch by Hole.
Kardashian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kardashian lands with a right hand.
Hole stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kardashian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hole.
A shot to the body from Hole misses
and Kardashian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hole moves away from the strike by Kardashian.
Kardashian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kardashian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hole manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Kardashian misses.
Kardashian lands a head shot.
Kardashian throws a looping overhand right but Hole ducks down to avoid it.
Hole lands a glancing blow to the side of Kardashian's head.
Nice straight punches there by Hole. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hole.
Kardashian jabs Hole right on the nose. Hole blinks but takes it well.
Kardashian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hole throws a body shot but no joy.
Kardashian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick lands from Hole.
A punch lands to the side of Kardashian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Kardashian misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole looks to land a body kick but Kardashian moved away.
Kardashian misses with a hook.
Hole tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick from Hole lands but Kardashian takes it in his stride.
Hole cracks Kardashian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kardashian throws a looping overhand right but Hole ducks down to avoid it.
Kardashian might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kardashian 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.
Hole scores with a nice strike.
Kardashian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Hole misses its target.
Hole scores with a shot to the body.
Hole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kardashian.
Hole scores with a nice head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Kardashian misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole tries to clinch up
and Kardashian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hole works the jab nicely.
Hole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hole lands with a straight right. Kardashian didn't see that one coming.
Hole will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kardashian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hole cracks Kardashian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kardashian avoids a kick to the body.
Kardashian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hole with a body shot.
Hole darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kardashian misses with a right hand
and Hole counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hole scores with a leg kick.
Kardashian takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kardashian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Hole tenderised Kardashian's leg. Kardashian is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kardashian manages to avoid it.
Hole cracks the inside of Kardashian's front leg.
Hole fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kardashian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kardashian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kardashian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A big right from Kardashian misses.
Hole scores with a kick to the body.
Kardashian blocks the body kick.
A big right from Kardashian misses.
Kardashian avoids the body shot from Hole.
Kardashian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kardashian.
Kardashian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hole scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kardashian in his tracks.
Kardashian tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hole counters with a solid body kick.
Hole throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kardashian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kardashian staying out of range there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Hole showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hole has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rob Kardashian!
Rob Kardashian 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Closet Case Conservative (ranked 284 p4p, 43 weight class) and Patrick Thompson (ranked 189 p4p, 30 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Patrick Thompson enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Closet Case Conservative!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conservative with a jab.
It looks like Patrick Thompson has been cut.
Patrick Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson cracks Conservative with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Conservative throws a leg kick but Thompson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Thompson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Conservative avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Conservative throws the left hand but Thompson avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thompson! But no joy.
Conservative throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've been told by Conservative's head coaches at Master Chai's Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Some wild striking there from Conservative.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson cracks the inside of Conservative's front leg.
Thompson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Conservative counters with a crisp one two that drops Thompson! Conservative thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Thompson to his feet! Thompson is in big trouble!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conservative has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thompson.
Thompson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conservative sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Conservative on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Conservative takes one to the chin there.
Conservative throws a half hearted mid kick.
Conservative misses with a combination
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Thompson 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.
Conservative swings widly with a right hand
and Thompson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Conservative avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Conservative was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thompson takes one to the chin there.
Conservative takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conservative keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conservative avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Conservative misses with a hook.
Thompson rushes Conservative and presses him up against the cage.
Conservative lands a shot to the body.
Conservative lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conservative stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Conservative lands with a short shot to the head.
Conservative scores with a hook to the body.
Thompson looks winded!
A short right from Conservative on the inside.
Good body shot from Thompson.
Conservative working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Conservative.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Conservative controls the action.
Conservative throws a head punch that misses.
Conservative lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Conservative lands a right hand.
Conservative breaks the clinch.
Conservative drops Thompson with a beautiful combination! Thompson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Conservative is looking for the KO!
Thompson is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conservative throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thompson is still on wobbly legs! Can Conservative finish him?
Thompson throws a lazy uppercut
and Conservative 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 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Closet Case Conservative!
An out of breath Closet Case Conservative 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 Michael Bennet (ranked 166 p4p, 25 weight class) and Jean-Claude Marceau (ranked 56 p4p, 11 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean-Claude Marceau!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet misses with a hook. Marceau ducked under it nicely.
Michael Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marceau slips a jab from Bennet.
Marceau takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bennet throws a body kick that misses
letting Marceau counter with a right hand.
It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.
Bennet misses with a low kick as Marceau jumps back.
Bennet slips under a jab from Marceau.
Marceau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bennet.
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
Bennet lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marceau lands the left hand.
Marceau takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marceau was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet.
Bennet doesn't manage to clinch there - Marceau circles away.
Marceau steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bennet connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennet misses with a looping left.
Bennet clobbers Marceau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Marceau defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
Marceau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bennet scores with a kick to the midsection.
A big right from Marceau misses.
Marceau ducks under a wild hook from Bennet.
Nice body kick there by Bennet.
Marceau walks into a stiff left hand from Bennet.
Bennet uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marceau.
Marceau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marceau! But no joy.
Marceau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet cracks a nice hook into Marceau's ribs.
Bennet throws a lazy right hand but Marceau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bennet throws an overhand right that lands on Marceau's shoulder, as Marceau tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marceau walks into a jab.
Bennet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marceau.
Marceau gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bennet.
Bennet connects with a looping right hand.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bennet.
Bennet lands a jab to Marceau's midsection.
Marceau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennet throws a hook but Marceau avoids it easily.
Bennet thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Marceau on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marceau manages to avoid it.
Marceau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennet manages to avoid it.
Bennet lands a nice looking body shot.
Bennet throws a hook but Marceau avoids it easily.
Marceau throws out a counter right but Bennet avoids it with no problem.
Marceau throws a looping overhand right but Bennet ducks down to avoid it.
Bennet misses the jab.
Bennet connects with a single shot there.
Bennet just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and Marceau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bennet misses with a body kick.
Bennet throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good exchange - Bennet coming out on top.
Bennet throws a body kick that misses.
Jab from Bennet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet throws a jab when Marceau was well out of range.
Marceau lands a nice shot to the body.
Bennet misses with an uppercut.
Marceau has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Marceau on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bennet looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Marceau misses.
Bennet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bennet lands with a shot to the body.
Bennet closes the distance and pushes Marceau back into the cage.
Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oooooh!!! Marceau has knocked Bennet down with a huge combo! Marceau steps away and waves a wobbly Bennet back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Marceau checks a leg kick.
Bennet throws a hook to the side of Marceau's head but Marceau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marceau swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Bennet's cut.
That's time! Bennet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Marceau doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bennet slips a jab from Marceau.
Bennet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marceau lands a big right hand that sends Bennet crashing to the mat! Marceau stays standing though and waves Bennet back to his feet!
Bennet is rocked!
Michael Bennet's cut is getting worse.
Bennet thuds a left hand into Marceau's body.
Bennet lands a nice looking body shot.
Bennet has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet takes a swing at Marceau's ribcage but misses.
Bennet scores with a hook to the body. Marceau takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marceau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bennet.
Bennet scores with the left hand. Marceau knows he should have avoided that one.
Bennet jabs Marceau right on the nose. Marceau blinks but takes it well.
Marceau misses with a body shot.
Marceau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bennet.
Marceau on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marceau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennet manages to avoid it.
Marceau throws the kick towards the body but Bennet avoids it.
Bennet misses with a leg kick
and Bennet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bennet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bennet swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marceau counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bennet! Marceau lets Bennet back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Bennet is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Marceau takes a swing at Bennet's ribcage but misses.
Bennet seems to have got his legs back now.
Marceau throws a head kick but Bennet moves out of range.
Bennet throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Marceau counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bennet! Marceau lets Bennet back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Michael Bennet's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bennet scores with a jab.
Bennet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marceau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bennet moves away.
Bennet lands with a cross.
Marceau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bennet.
Michael Bennet is winning the standup battle so far.
Bennet tries to clinch up but Marceau circles away and keeps his distance.
Bennet misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Marceau misses.
Bennet fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marceau is out of range.
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
Marceau unleashes a big counter combination but Bennet bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bennet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bennet misses with a looping right.
Bennet thuds a left hand into Marceau's body.
Marceau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marceau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennet slips under a jab from Marceau.
Bennet has closed the distance and engaged Marceau in a clinch.
Bennet tries to work over Marceau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Bennet controls the action.
Bennet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Jean-Claude Marceau has been cut.
Marceau breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bennet jabs at Marceau's body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bennet.
Bennet thuds a left hand into Marceau's body.
Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marceau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marceau moves out of range as Bennet throws a body kick.
Bennet lands with a hook. Marceau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bennet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet throws the kick towards the body but Marceau avoids it.
Bennet paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping body kick lands there for Bennet.
Marceau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Marceau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet throws a body kick that misses.
It seemed like Marceau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet looks to land a right hand but Marceau moved out of range.
Bennet lands a jab to the nose.
Bennet scores with a nice head shot.
Crunch! Bennet slams his shin into Marceau's torso.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet lands a leg kick that knocks Marceau off balance momentarily.
Bennet swings for the body but Marceau moves out of range.
Bennet connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marceau. Marceau circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
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 Michael Bennet will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bennet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bennet wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bennet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bennet feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marceaus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Marceau has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bennet lands a jab to the head.
Bennet clobbers Marceau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bennet misses with a hook
and Marceau counters with a right hand to the body.
Bennet lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A swing and a miss from Marceau.
Bennet slips under a jab from Marceau.
Marceau throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bennet throws a front kick aimed at Marceau's knee but Marceau avoids it well.
Marceau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marceau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bennet works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet throws a hook but Marceau avoids it easily.
Bennet drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Marceau misses with an attempted mid kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bennet!
Bennet scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marceau doesn't seem bothered though.
Bennet wants to clinch.
Bennet 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A low kick from Bennet misses
and Marceau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marceau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennet.
Bennet takes a swing at Marceau's ribcage but misses.
Marceau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bennet with a body shot.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marceau can do to turn this around?
Marceau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennet manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Bennet.
Bennet with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Marceau counters with a straight right hand.
Jeez, Michael Bennet's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bennet.
Marceau keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It seemed like Marceau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet misses with a body shot.
Marceau walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bennet.
Jean-Claude Marceau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Bennet.
Bennet swings for the body but Marceau moves out of range.
Marceau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bennet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bennet throws an off balance right hand
and Marceau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bennet connects with a body shot that sends Marceau's belly button to the back.
Bennet throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Marceau moves out of range as Bennet strikes.
Jab by Bennet.
Bennet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bennet misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marceau swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marceau takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bennet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marceau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau looks to throw the jab but Bennet is out of range.
Bennet half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bennet connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bennet cracks Marceau with a good jab.
Bennet with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bennet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marceau throws out the jab.
Marceau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marceau is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bennet moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bennet fails to land.
Marceau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennet is looking to land body kicks.
Nice body punch from Bennet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Bennet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bennet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Bennet!
Michael Bennet spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herb Krison (ranked 75 p4p, 9 weight class) and Settakian Fett (ranked 48 p4p, 8 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Krison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rebelution. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Herb Krison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Settakian Fett!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krison throws a lazy right hand but Fett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fett slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been informed that Fett 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.
Krison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fett in his tracks.
Donk. Krison catches Fett right on the button with a cross.
Krison has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Krison checks a low kick from Fett.
Krison moves away from the strike by Fett.
Krison connects with a leg kick. Fett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Krison scores with a kick to the body.
Krison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fett.
Krison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Krison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krison misses with a body kick.
Krison 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krison lands with a kick to the temple. Fett shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fett on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Krison. Krison obviously looking to wear him down.
Krison throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fett takes a swing at Krison's ribcage but misses.
Fett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krison.
Fett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krison is looking to counter punch.
Fett throws a leg kick but Krison moved away.
Krison is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circling - Fett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Krison.
Herb Krison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krison throws a push kick but Fett slaps the foot to one side.
Fett feints a counter leg kick.
Fett takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Krison cracks the inside of Fett's front leg.
Krison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krison throws a chopping leg kick but Fett manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Krison misses with a right hand
and Fett makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Krison.
Fett cracks Krison with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Krison lands with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Krison misses the target.
Fett sizes up Krison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Krison misses with a low kick as Fett jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fett. Krison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krison lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Krison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fett.
Krison works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fett cracks a nice hook into Krison's ribs.
Fett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krison is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Krison throws a hook but Fett avoids it easily.
Krison scores with a kick to the body.
Krison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fett.
Fett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Krison ducks under a wild hook from Fett.
Krison connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fett. Fett circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krison lands a lovely overhand right.
Fett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Krison.
Krison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big right from Krison misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krison lunges at Fett with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fett's hand.
A big right from Krison misses.
Krison avoids a kick to the body.
Krison half committed to a counter leg kick.
Krison throws a good cross that connects.
Fett misses with the combination.
Krison lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Krison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fett.
Krison moves away from the strike by Fett.
Fett misses with a straight right.
Fett throws a hook but Krison blocks it.
Krison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herb Krison dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Krison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fett's sensitive parts.
Krison slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fett moves out of range of the body kick from Krison.
Krison throws the kick towards the body but Fett avoids it.
Krison misses with a straight left.
Krison punishes Fett's body with a nice straight punch.
Fett throws a lazy right hand but Krison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krison throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fett. Krison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krison throws out a loose jab but Fett uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Krison cracks the inside of Fett's front leg.
Krison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Krison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Krison.
Fett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Krison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fett throws out a counter right but Krison avoids it with no problem.
A swing and a miss from Krison.
Fett replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Krison blocks it well.
Krison throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fett avoids a kick to the body.
Fett only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Krison gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fett.
Krison thuds a left hand into Fett's body.
Fett throws a shot from downtown. Krison moves away and avoids it.
Krison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fett.
Fett ducks under a wild hook from Krison.
Fett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Krison with a nice cross.
Krison throws an off balance right hand
and Fett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Krison looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fett looks to land a left hand but Krison moved out of range nicely.
Krison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fett can do to turn this around?
The fighters circling - Fett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fett to score with a decent uppercut.
Fett walks into a straight right hand from Krison.
Fett misses with a head kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Fett might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Krison has got the better of the exchanges.
Fett misses with a looping right.
Fett moves out of range of the body kick.
A big left from Fett misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Krison misses its target.
A cross from Krison lands.
Krison scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Krison.
Fett wants to land a leg kick but Krison is out of range.
A good leg kick by Krison.
Krison is looking to slow Fett down with leg kicks.
Krison misses with a straight left.
Herb Krison is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Fett.
Krison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fett.
Fett takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Krison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krison.
Fett was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krison.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krison swings widly with a right hand
enabling Fett to counter with a crisp jab.
Fett walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fett throws a body punch but Krison moves out of range.
Krison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fett.
A big left from Fett misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krison.
Krison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fett moves away.
Krison jabs Fett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fett.
Krison was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Krison throws a low kick, looking for Fett's leg but Fett calmly moves out of range.
Fett tries a quick counter leg kick but Krison is wise to it.
Fett connects with a nice looking jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Krison, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herb Krison dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Krison.
Fett shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fett throws a lazy right hand but Krison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fett.
Krison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A good leg kick by Fett.
Fett has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Krison on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fett ducks under a wild hook from Krison.
Krison backing away here, and Fett unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Fett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Krison scores with a body shot.
Krison lands with an uppercut that bounces Fett off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That kick from Fett tenderised Krison's leg. Krison is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Krison counters with a low kick, right behind Fett 's knee.
Fett avoids the body shot from Krison.
Krison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Krison moves forwards but Fett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Krison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krison scores with a hook.
Krison moves out of range as Fett strikes.
Krison scores with a shot to the body.
Fett misses with a looping right.
Krison throws a leg kick but Fett checks it.
Krison moves away from the strike by Fett.
Krison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Settakian Fett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fett.
Fett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krison throws out the jab.
Krison gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Krison scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fett misses with a left hand
and Fett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Fett misses.
Fett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krison. Fett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krison works Fett's body with a nice hook.
Krison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krison misses with a low kick.
Krison has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fett finds it's way round the side to connect with Krison's head.
Krison throws out a powerful jab.
Fett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krison.
Fett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Krison looks to land a left hand but Fett moved out of range nicely.
Fett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Krison throws a leg kick but Fett sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fett looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fett with a hook.
Fett scores with a nice strike.
Fett misses with a left hand
enabling Krison to counter with a crisp jab.
Krison cracks Fett with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fett connects with a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fett.
Krison connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krison loads up on a big right hand but Fett slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Krison.
Krison checks a leg kick.
Fett misses the jab.
Fett misses with an uppercut
and Fett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut lands for Krison. That snapped Fett's head back.
Krison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Krison misses with a straight left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Herb Krison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Krison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herb Krison!
A relieved looking Herb Krison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Moors (ranked 39 p4p, 5 weight class) and Akeen Coker (ranked 12 p4p, 3 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugh Moors!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moors. Moors obviously looking to wear him down.
Coker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Moors tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coker walks into a jab.
Coker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moors is looking to counter punch.
Moors misses with a leg kick.
Moors ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Coker. Moors does a little dance to reset his feet.
A clash of legs there as Moors blocks the low kick.
Coker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coker thumps Moors with a low kick.
Coker throws a body kick that misses.
Coker misses with a low kick.
Moors missing with a left hand there. Coker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coker misses with a low kick as Moors jumps back.
Coker staying out of range there.
Moors walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Coker drops his hands momentarily and Moors takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Moors steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Coker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Moors misses the target.
Coker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Coker throws a jab but it's blocked by Moors.
Moors displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Coker throws out the jab.
Moors lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Coker at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moors takes a swing at Coker's ribcage but misses.
Coker ducks under a wild hook from Moors.
Coker moves out of range of the body kick.
Moors just misses with a punch to the body.
Moors avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moors checks the leg kick.
It appears Moors was looking to counter with a kick there.
Nice defenses there by Moors.
Coker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Coker lands with an uppercut that bounces Moors off the cage and back into range.
Coker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Moors checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Coker scores with a nice strike.
Coker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Coker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moors moves out of range of the body kick.
Moors blocks a low kick nicely.
Coker connects with a leg kick. Moors looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A leg kick checked by Moors.
Moors takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Coker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Moors avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Moors wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Coker scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moors moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moors lands a nice shot to the body.
Moors missing with a left hand there. Coker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coker ducks under a wild hook from Moors.
Coker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moors checks the leg kick nicely there.
Coker checks the leg kick nicely there.
Moors misses with an uppercut. Coker saw that one coming.
Coker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Moors avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A big right from Moors misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Moors will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Akeen Coker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Moors misses its intended target.
Moors fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Coker has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
The fighters circling - Moors throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Coker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Moors.
As Coker backs away, Moors returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Coker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Moors.
Coker slips a jab from Moors.
Coker throws out a loose jab but Moors uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coker connects with a solid leg kick.
Moors cracks Coker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Coker looks to land a right hand but Moors moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Moors.
Moors misses with a looping right.
Moors with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Moors checks the leg kick nicely there.
Moors misses with a hook. Coker ducked under it nicely.
Coker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Coker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Good work by Coker as he checks the leg kick.
Coker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moors.
A shot to the liver by Coker. Beautiful body shot.
A big right from Moors misses.
Moors blocks a leg kick.
Coker scores with a push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coker.
Moors ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moors is looking to counter punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coker.
Coker moves out of range as Moors strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coker thuds his right hand into Moors's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Moors keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Moors throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Moors throws a shot from downtown. Coker moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coker throws a leg kick but Moors sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Moors checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Coker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moors throws out the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Moors checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Coker, right into the meat.
Moors tries to land a front kick but Coker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good work by Coker as he checks the leg kick.
Coker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moors.
Moors cracks Coker with a good jab.
Coker throws a body shot but no joy.
Moors takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Moors throws out a leg kick but Coker moves out of range and Moors only half commits.
Coker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A leg kick checked by Moors.
Moors keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coker.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Coker throws a chopping leg kick but Moors manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Coker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moors throws out the jab.
Moors throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Akeen Coker 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.
Coker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Moors is out of range and Coker settles back down.
Coker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moors.
Coker with a hook.
Coker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moors.
Moors uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coker.
Moors was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Coker misses with a body shot.
Coker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Coker cracks Moors with a good jab.
Coker misses with a looping left.
Coker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Moors lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Coker finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Coker.
Moors throws the left hand but Coker avoids the punch easily.
Coker flicks out a counter leg kick but Moors steps away.
Moors is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Coker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coker avoids the body shot from Moors.
Coker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Coker misses with a straight left.
Moors just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Coker! But no joy.
Coker thumps Moors with a low kick.
Moors is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moors has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Moors there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coker throws a leg kick that misses.
Coker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Moors's calf.
Moors looks to score with a jab to the body but Coker is just out of range.
Coker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Coker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Moors staying out of range there.
Moors attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Coker tries a quick counter leg kick but Moors is wise to it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Coker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Moors slips under a jab from Coker.
Coker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moors tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moors 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.
Coker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moors blocks a leg kick.
Coker staying out of range there.
Moors swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coker checks a low kick from Moors.
Coker throws a low kick, looking for Moors's leg but Moors calmly moves out of range.
Coker thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moors throws out the jab.
Coker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moors.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Moors swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moors avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little feinted left hand from Moors on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Moors throws a nice inside leg kick.
Coker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Coker throws a jab when Moors was well out of range.
Moors throws a jab but it's blocked by Coker.
Coker looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Coker avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Moors backing away here, and Coker unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Moors throws a shot to the body.
Moors throws a lazy right hand but Coker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Moors's sensitive parts.
Moors throws an overhand right that lands on Coker's shoulder, as Coker tries to avoid the shot.
Coker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Moors throws a lazy right hand but Coker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coker throws a low kick, looking for Moors's leg but Moors calmly moves out of range.
Moors throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moors throws a hook but Coker avoids it easily.
Moors scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moors scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Coker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moors momentarily.
Moors throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Coker slips a jab from Moors.
Coker connects with a body shot.
Coker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moors keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Moors has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Coker.
Moors is looking to slow Coker down with leg kicks.
Moors walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Coker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Coker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Moors uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Coker.
Moors tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coker was well out of range. Poor timing from Moors.
Moors misses with a kick to the body.
Coker feints a counter leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Coker - that will leave a mark!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coker cracks the inside of Moors's front leg.
Coker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Coker lands an overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moors scores with a push kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coker.
Akeen Coker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Coker lands a really nice looking cross but Moors seems unphased.
Coker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Moors.
Coker walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Moors catches Coker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Coker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Moors has time to react.
Coker swings away with a body shot that misses
and Moors connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moors throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coker tried to score with a low kick but Moors checks it.
Moors misses with a body kick.
Coker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moors throws a big shot that misses.
Moors misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coker.
Coker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moors manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coker throws a front kick aimed at Moors's knee but Moors avoids it well.
Moors takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Moors uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coker.
Moors swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Coker connects with a nice looking jab.
Moors lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akeen Coker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Moors checks a low kick from Coker.
A leg kick checked by Moors.
Moors feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Moors throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coker slips a straight right by Moors.
Coker is looking to chop away at Moors's legs.
Moors checks the leg kick nicely there.
Moors dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Moors staying out of range there.
A big left from Moors misses.
Moors connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Coker's hands.
Moors misses the shot to the body.
Moors throws a body shot but no joy.
Coker tries a quick counter leg kick but Moors is wise to it.
Coker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Moors is out of range and Coker settles back down.
Coker lands a nice looking body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Coker.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Moors checks a leg kick.
Moors swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A big left from Moors misses.
Coker wants to slow Moors down by chopping away at his legs.
Moors throws a big shot that misses.
Moors scores with a shot to the body.
Coker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker throws a jab but it's blocked by Moors.
Moors misses with a body shot.
Moors on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Moors catches Coker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Moors on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Coker. Coker obviously looking to wear him down.
Coker avoids the body shot from Moors.
Moors takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Coker throws a lazy right hand but Moors sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moors slips a jab from Coker.
Moors throws a low kick, looking for Coker's leg but Coker calmly moves out of range.
Coker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Moors misses with a straight left.
Coker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moors.
A slow jab from Moors misses its intended target.
Moors misses with a wild body shot.
Coker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Moors. Moors obviously looking to wear him down.
Moors jabs Coker right on the nose. Coker blinks but takes it well.
Moors tries to work over Coker's front leg with a kick but Coker checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moors sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moors swings for the body but Coker moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moors looks to land a left hand but Coker moved out of range nicely.
Coker scores with a shot to the body.
Moors looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Moors takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Moors looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A left lands for Coker.
Coker 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.
Coker slips under a jab.
Moors looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Coker ducks under a wild hook from Moors.
Coker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Moors's sensitive parts.
Coker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Coker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Coker throws a leg kick but Moors checks it.
Moors throws a big shot that misses.
Coker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moors fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Moors misses with an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Coker blocks the leg kick.
Moors throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coker moves out of range of the strikes.
Moors misses with a looping right.
Coker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Coker lands a leg kick that knocks Moors off balance momentarily.
Coker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moors checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Moors is looking to slow Coker down with leg kicks.
Coker avoids a kick to the body.
Coker misses with a low kick.
Moors feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Moors throws a big shot that misses.
Moors fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coker.
Coker lands a really nice looking cross but Moors seems unphased.
Moors misses with a looping right.
That kick from Coker tenderised Moors's leg. Moors is trying to keep his angry face on.
Coker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coker attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Moors misses with a looping left.
Coker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Coker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Moors fires out a quick counter leg kick but Coker just manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moors looks to score with a jab to the body but Coker is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Moors misses with a low kick.
Moors drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Moors pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Coker.
Moors slips a jab from Coker.
Moors moves out of range of the body kick.
Moors fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coker.
Moors blocks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Coker.
Moors slips under a jab.
Coker tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moors throws a lazy right hand but Coker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Moors is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Coker.
Coker lands a nice shot that snaps Moors's head back.
Coker takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coker moves out of range of the leg kick from Moors.
Coker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Akeen Coker just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Moors's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Moors lands with a right hand.
Hugh Moors has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Coker motions for Moors to come forward. Coker throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Coker misses with a straight left.
Moors waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Coker.
Coker feints and then cracks Moors's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Moors down.
Coker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Coker misses with a body shot
and Moors counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moors uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Moors scores with a shot to the body.
Coker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Coker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Moors scoring well with a low kick there.
Coker throws a lazy right hand but Moors sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moors.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coker connects with a solid leg kick.
Moors throws a chopping leg kick but Coker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Coker throws a leg kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Coker - that will leave a mark!
Moors misses with a looping left.
Good shot there by Moors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moors scores with a hook to the body. Coker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Moors will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Coker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Moors. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Moors.
Coker just misses with a punch to the body.
Moors throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Coker misses with a low kick.
Moors pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moors bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Coker.
Coker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Moors's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Coker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Moors scrambles back to his feet.
Coker lands with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Coker blocks the leg kick.
Moors moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Coker.
Moors misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moors misses the jab.
Coker lands with a nice body punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Coker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moors throws a hook but Coker blocks it.
Moors misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coker.
Coker moves away from the strike by Moors.
A jab from Moors finds it's way through Coker's defenses.
Moors lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Coker cracks the inside of Moors's front leg.
Moors throws a shot from downtown. Coker moves away and avoids it.
Moors throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Coker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Moors takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Coker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Coker throws a front kick aimed at Moors's knee but Moors avoids it well.
Moors misses with a looping left.
Moors throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coker checks a low kick from Moors.
Moors connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Coker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moors.
Coker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Moors momentarily.
Coker looks to score with a jab to the body but Moors is just out of range.
Coker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Coker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moors stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Moors misses with a low kick.
Coker lands a nice shot that snaps Moors's head back.
Coker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Coker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Moors scores with a nice head shot.
Coker is rocked!
Moors moves out of range of the strikes.
Coker is still on wobbly legs! Can Moors finish him?
Moors moves in close and cracks Coker with a massive right hand! Coker, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Moors!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hugh Moors!
Hugh Moors is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Hugh Moors started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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