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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Barbosa (ranked 1245 p4p, 187 weight class) and Ace Knott (ranked 1713 p4p, 239 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
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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
22 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ace Knott!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Knott.
Barbosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Barbosa misses the target.
Knott misses with a left hand
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barbosa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knott has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barbosa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Barbosa connects with a right hand. Knott shakes it off.
Nice body punch from Knott.
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Knott defending well as Barbosa loads up on a big left hand.
Knott tries to close the distance and clinch but Barbosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barbosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knott.
Barbosa is looking for a counter combo.
Knott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barbosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Knott scores with a jab to the head.
Barbosa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Knott but Knott pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Barbosa lands with a slapping head kick.
Barbosa throws a low kick but Knott moves out of range easily.
Knott feints the counter takedown.
Knott wants to clinch up but Barbosa keeps it at a distance.
Knott tries to clinch up but Barbosa circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knott blocks a jab.
Barbosa lands a lovely overhand right.
Knott instigates a clinch.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barbosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ace Knott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knott pushes Barbosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Barbosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ace Knott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knott staying out of range there.
Barbosa lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Barbosa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barbosa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knott just misses with a punch to the body.
Knott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Knott misses with a hook. Barbosa ducked under it nicely.
Knott staying out of range there.
Knott is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Knott moves to clinch but Barbosa breaks away
and Barbosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Barbosa misses.
Knott with the counter takedown but Barbosa avoids it easily.
Knott misses the body punch
and Barbosa counters with a left and a right that stings Knott.
Knott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barbosa throws out the jab.
Knott has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barbosa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knott misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa swings for the body but Knott moves out of range.
Barbosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa scoring well with a low kick there.
Barbosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knott gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Barbosa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Barbosa there.
Knott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barbosa stalks Knott and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Knott's face. Knott staggers backwards, shaken.
A left lands for Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a looping right.
Barbosa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Barbosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knott dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa with a nice cross.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Knott moves away and avoids it.
Knott takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knott misses with a body shot
and Barbosa moves into the clinch.
Barbosa turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Barbosa manages to end up in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa wants to control for a moment but Knott uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Knott is staying active underneath Barbosa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Knott trying to control but Barbosa postures up.
Knott wants to improve his position but Barbosa is controlling well.
Barbosa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barbosa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Barbosa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Barbosa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Knott wants to clinch up but Barbosa keeps it at a distance.
Knott has Barbosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Knott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Barbosa works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Knott has his feet on Barbosa's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Barbosa connects with an inside leg kick.
Barbosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knott wants to clinch up but Barbosa keeps it at a distance.
Barbosa throws the left hand but Knott avoids the punch easily.
Barbosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Knott on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knott. Barbosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knott lands a lovely overhand right.
Knott tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from Barbosa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice body punch from Knott.
Knott tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Barbosa counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Knott is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbosa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barbosa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Barbosa connects with a solid leg kick.
Knott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Knott is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Barbosa rather than just go for the knockout.
Knott lunges at Barbosa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barbosa's hand.
Barbosa scores with a sloppy right hand. Knott should have avoided that one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barbosa.
Barbosa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knott has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knott throws a right hand that misses
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tests Knott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Knott connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barbosa. Barbosa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
An inside leg kick lands from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Knott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Barbosa connects with a nice looking jab.
Barbosa throws out a loose jab but Knott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daniel Barbosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Knott is looking to clinch.
Barbosa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knott unleashes a big counter combination but Barbosa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barbosa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barbosa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barbosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Barbosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa looks to throw the jab but Knott is out of range.
Knott connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barbosa's hands.
Barbosa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knott.
Knott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Knott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Knott's shoulder, as Knott tries to avoid the shot.
Barbosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knott has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Barbosa cracks Knott with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Barbosa.
Knott misses with a wild body shot.
Knott throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knott bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barbosa gets tackled into the cage by Knott. Knott maintains the clinch.
Barbosa manages to break the clinch.
Barbosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knott can do to turn this around?
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!
A swing and a miss from Barbosa.
Knott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Knott doesn't manage to clinch there - Barbosa circles away.
Barbosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Knott is just out of range.
Knott is looking to clinch.
Barbosa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knott.
Barbosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knott.
Knott dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knott moves in looking to clinch but Barbosa pushes him off.
Knott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knott looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Barbosa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knott. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knott dodges the punch combination from Barbosa.
Barbosa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knott. Knott circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Barbosa dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Barbosa lands a leg kick that knocks Knott off balance momentarily.
Knott ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Knott instigates a clinch.
Barbosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Barbosa scores with a decent looking hook.
Barbosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbosa tries to bum rush Knott with a series of wild strikes but Knott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knott moves in looking to clinch but Barbosa pushes him off.
Knott throws a right hand that Barbosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Barbosa also avoids with ease.
Barbosa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Knott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knott was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.
Knott has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Knott misses its intended target.
Barbosa lands with a shot to the body.
Knott moves into range and clinches up with Barbosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Barbosa.
Knott misses with the head strike.
Knott misses with some punches.
Knott looking to stall.
Barbosa has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Knott uses from the top position.
Knott sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Knott working some strikes from top position.
Barbosa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Knott's guard.
Knott wants to sweep but no luck.
Barbosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knott is keeping the position for now.
Barbosa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Knott, up you get!
Ace Knott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knott manages to avoid it.
Barbosa throws a right and a left that Knott avoids nicely.
Knott now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Barbosa misses with a double jab.
Knott staying out of range there.
Barbosa misses with a hook.
Knott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barbosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knott's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knott darts in and clinches Barbosa up against the cage.
Knott throws a head punch that misses.
Barbosa breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Barbosa finds it's target.
Knott tries to clinch up but Barbosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Knott swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barbosa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knott misses with a hook to the body
and Knott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knott is looking to clinch.
Knott throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Knott tries to clinch up but Barbosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbosa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knott swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Knott tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Knott throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barbosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barbosa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Knott forces Barbosa back against the cage and clinches.
Barbosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Barbosa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Knott avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Knott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbosa misses with a looping left.
Barbosa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knott under the eye.
Knott takes the fight into the clinch.
Barbosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barbosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbosa lands a leg kick that knocks Knott off balance momentarily.
Barbosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barbosa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Knott moves away from the strike by Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knott clinches up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Barbosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Barbosa, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Barbosa!
After winning the bout, Daniel Barbosa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Jospin (ranked 2372 p4p, 313 weight class) and Dalinar Kholin (ranked 2378 p4p, 314 weight class). Jospin's entrance music is Clash. A fine choice. 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Henri Jospin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dalinar Kholin!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kholin fails with the takedown.
Jospin throws a counter high kick but Kholin was just alert enough to avoid it.
Kholin tries to clinch there but Jospin circles away.
Kholin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jospin dodges the punch combination from Kholin.
Kholin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No joy there for Jospin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kholin misses with the combination.
Jospin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jospin swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kholin scores with a nice strike.
Kholin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kholin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jospin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kholin.
Jospin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kholin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jospin to score with a decent uppercut.
Jospin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kholin lands with a shot to the body.
Jospin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kholin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kholin shoots and misses
and Jospin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kholin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Henri Jospin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dalinar Kholin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kholin tries to bum rush Jospin with a series of wild strikes but Jospin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kholin throws a jab when Jospin was well out of range.
Kholin loads up on a big right hand but Jospin slips the punch.
Kholin misses with the combination.
Kholin shoots in for a takedown but Jospin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jospin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kholin.
Jospin throws a quick counter head kick but Kholin was just out of range.
Kholin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dalinar Kholin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kholin throws a lazy right hand but Jospin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kholin swings for the body but Jospin moves out of range.
Kholin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jospin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kholin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jospin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jospin - that will leave a mark!
Kholin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kholin misses the shot to the body.
Jospin connects with a body shot that sends Kholin's belly button to the back.
Jospin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kholin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jospin lands a glancing blow to the side of Kholin's head.
A head kick by Jospin misses
letting Kholin counter with a right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jospin, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kholin throws a body punch but Jospin moves out of range.
Jospin tried to counter with a leg kick but Kholin avoided it.
Kholin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kholin won't allow Jospin to sweep him here.
Jospin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kholin throwing strikes from guard but Jospin blocks nicely.
Kholin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jospin pulls Kholin in close to prevent any damage.
Kholin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dalinar Kholin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Jospin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kholin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kholin just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromJospin.
Kholin dives in and scores a takedown into Jospin's guard.
Jospin pushes Kholin off and gets back to his feet.
Kholin tries to bum rush Jospin with a series of wild strikes but Jospin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jospin throws a quick counter head kick but Kholin was just out of range.
Jospin stuffs the takedown attempt from Kholin. Kholin gets slowly back to his feet.
Jospin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kholin tries for a takedown but Jospin circles away easily
and Jospin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kholin thinking.
Kholin misses with a wild body shot.
Kholin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jospin.
Jospin sets himself, and Kholin steps forward looking for the clinch! Jospin avoids it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jospin misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jospin. Kholin shrugs it off though.
Jospin cracks the inside of Kholin's front leg.
Jospin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Jospin.
Good shot there by Jospin.
Kholin tries to bum rush Jospin with a series of wild strikes but Jospin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Kholin.
Jospin dodges the punch combination from Kholin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kholin throws a combination that misses
and Jospin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kholin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jospin has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Kholin has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
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!
Kholin is trying to drag Jospin to the mat but Jospin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Henri Jospin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dalinar Kholin.
Kholin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jospin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kholin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jospin is defending well.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jospin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kholins head.
Kholin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kholin tries to throw a body punch but Jospin avoids it by throwing Kholin back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kholin dodges an elbow strike from Jospin.
Jospin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Jospin misses.
Kholin throws a nice looking combination but Jospin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dalinar Kholin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jospin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kholin under the eye.
Jospin scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kholin. Jospin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kholin with a poor takedown
and Kholin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henri Jospin is winning the standup battle so far.
Kholin needs to keep his hands up - Jospin had a free shot at his head there.
Kholin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jospin loads up on a big right hand but Kholin slips the punch.
Kholin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jospin counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kholin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jospin counters with a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kholin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jospin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kholin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Henri Jospin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kholin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jospin avoids the body shot from Kholin.
Jospin lands the left hand.
Jospin cracks the inside of Kholin's front leg.
Jospin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crack! A monster head kick from Jospin and Kholin falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Jospin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Henri Jospin!
A relieved looking Henri Jospin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Dalinar Kholin stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm sorry to let down the fans, but I will come back better than before! '.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Erran Morad (ranked 1814 p4p, 204 weight class) and Jedidiah Young (ranked 22391 p4p, 569 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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157 lbs
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153 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jedidiah Young!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Young, as that shot connected.
Morad shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Young as he avoids it easily.
Morad defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Morad takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morad. Morad obviously looking to wear him down.
Young is looking to chop away at Morad's legs.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morad.
Morad moves out of range as Young strikes.
A good leg kick by Young.
Morad dodges the punch combination from Young.
Morad takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Young has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morad lands with a kick to the temple. Young shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Morad misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Young lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morad has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morad and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Young misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morad sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Erran Morad has been cut.
Young checks a low kick from Morad.
Morad cracks Young with a good jab.
Morad connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Young misses.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw.
Young throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morad counters with a nice uppercut.
Young walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morad.
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!
Young rushes Morad and presses him up against the cage.
Morad trying to land knees to the body.
Young blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Morad fails to land.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morad missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Morad's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to stall but Morad improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morad jumps into guard, dragging Young to the mat.
Morad has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morad can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Young controls the pace.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Morad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young content to stall in guard here.
Morad wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morad is keeping the position for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Morad pulls Young in close to his closed guard and prevents Young from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Young misses with a hook. Morad ducked under it nicely.
Morad works over Young's head and body with a nice combination.
Morad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young sizes up Morad with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morad lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Morad misses.
Young misses the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morad scores with a head kick. Young tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young throws the left hand but Morad avoids the punch easily.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morad scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morad misses with a head kick.
Young takes one to the chin there.
Morad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Morad was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Young misses with a right hand
and Morad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morad ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Nice shot lands for Morad.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morad checks a leg kick.
Morad jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Morad connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
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 Erran Morad will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Erran Morad's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young looks to land a right hand but Morad moved out of range.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad cracks Young with a good jab.
Morad on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Young misses with a straight left.
Morad moves forwards but Young connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morad misses with a looping right.
Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Young misses.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Morad moves away and avoids it.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Morad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Erran Morad is winning the standup battle so far.
Young tries to work over Morad's front leg with a kick but Morad checks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morad.
Morad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Morad.
Young moves forwards but Morad connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morad throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morad works Young's body with a nice hook.
Young is looking to clinch.
Morad tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Young manages to circle out of the way.
Morad throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morad.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young throws a body punch but Morad moves out of range.
Morad throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Morad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morad connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
Young throws a right hand that misses
and Morad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morad gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Young stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Young wants to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morad misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Young taking a breather.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Morad won't allow it.
Morad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morad missing with knees to the body.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Morad.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Morad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad blocks an uppercut.
Morad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young scores with a nice right hand.
Jedidiah Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Morad.
It looked like Morad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morad.
A big left from Young misses.
Young lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad throws a big shot that misses.
Young looks to land a right hand but Morad moved out of range.
Morad throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Morad getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morad throws a body shot but no joy.
Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Young is looking to control Morad's arms but Morad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Morad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Morad.
Morad lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Young blocking some punches.
Morad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Morad blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Young.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jedidiah Young will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Erran Morad's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A jab from Young misses.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Young looks to land a left hand but Morad moved out of range nicely.
Morad slips a jab from Young.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
and Morad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Morad throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morad shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Young defends it nicely.
Morad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morad tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Young defends well and Morad ends up having to push Young into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Young throws a hook to the side of Morad's head but Morad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young instigates a clinch.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Morad, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is looking to control Morad's arms but Morad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad trying to land knees to the body.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young taking a breather.
Morad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morad takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morad.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morad is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to circle away but Morad has him pinned against the cage.
Morad blocking some punches.
Young lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morad gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morad prevents a body shot from Young.
Morad stalling in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morad takes a shot to the head.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morad into the cage.
Morad swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Young is keeping busy.
Morad misses with an elbow strike.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with some punches.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad throws an elbow that misses.
Young misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morad.
Morad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morad trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morad into the cage.
Morad tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Morad.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young tries to break the clinch but Morad is controlling the position.
Morad is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morad lands an elbow inside that Young shrugs off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jedidiah Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Young 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jedidiah Young!
Jedidiah Young 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Akharraz (ranked 2492 p4p, 326 weight class) and Michael Salazar (ranked 1762 p4p, 241 weight class). 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osama Akharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akharraz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salazar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Akharraz swings for the body but Salazar moves out of range.
Salazar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Salazar rushes Akharraz and presses him up against the cage.
Salazar scores with a shot to the side of Akharraz's head.
Akharraz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akharraz breaks the clinch.
Akharraz moves into the clinch successfully.
Salazar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Akharraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salazar avoids the body shot from Akharraz.
Akharraz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salazar under the eye.
Akharraz has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akharraz lands a hook that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
A short uppercut from Akharraz.
Nice body punch from Salazar.
Akharraz breaks the clinch.
Salazar 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.
Akharraz tries to clinch but Salazar is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Akharraz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salazar's brow.
Salazar misses with some punches.
Akharraz taking a breather.
Salazar misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Akharraz.
With the fighters up against the cage, Akharraz throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salazar.
Akharraz scores with a shot to the side of Salazar's head.
Salazar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Akharraz backwards.
Akharraz tries a body shot but Salazar blocks it.
Akharraz presses Salazar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Akharraz lands a nice uppercut.
Akharraz blocks a body shot from Salazar.
Akharraz can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz cracks Salazar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akharraz forces Salazar back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akharraz's elbow.
Akharraz lands a hook that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Akharraz.
Akharraz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Akharraz is looking to score with low kicks.
Akharraz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Akharraz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salazar.
Salazar lands a shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Akharraz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Akharraz blocking some punches.
Akharraz misses with some punches.
Akharraz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salazar manages to break the clinch.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Akharraz lands a right hand.
Akharraz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salazar is keeping busy.
Akharraz lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Salazar has Akharraz pressed against the cage, preventing Akharraz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Akharraz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salazar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz lands with a straight right. Salazar didn't see that one coming.
Akharraz scores with a nice strike.
Akharraz lands a nice shot to the body.
Akharraz throws a hook to the side of Salazar's head but Salazar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Akharraz tries to clinch up.
Salazar closes the distance and pushes Akharraz back into the cage.
Akharraz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akharraz lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Salazar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salazar lands with a left to the head.
Akharraz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Salazar has a couple of punches blocked by Akharraz.
Salazar misses with some punches.
Salazar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salazar doesn't manage to clinch there - Akharraz circles away.
Akharraz throws a sloppy head kick and Salazar moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Akharraz.
Akharraz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salazar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Salazar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Akharraz moves into range and clinches up with Salazar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osama Akharraz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Salazar tries to clinch but Akharraz moves out of range.
Salazar throws a leg kick that misses.
Akharraz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salazar moves away.
Salazar tries to clinch but Akharraz is having none of it.
Salazar moves in looking to clinch but Akharraz pushes him off.
Salazar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Osama Akharraz is winning the standup battle so far.
Salazar clinches up against the cage.
Akharraz can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Salazar has a couple of punches blocked by Akharraz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salazar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akharraz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Salazar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salazar breaks the clinch.
Akharraz throws a one two combo.
It looks like Michael Salazar has been cut.
Akharraz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akharraz clinches up with Salazar and pushes him back against the cage.
Salazar being controlled against the cage.
Salazar managing to block the knees to the body from Akharraz.
Akharraz misses with a punch to the body.
Akharraz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
Akharraz missing with knees to the body.
Akharraz misses with a body punch.
Salazar working aggressively here.
Akharraz can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Akharraz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Salazar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Salazar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Akharraz is trying to break the clinch but Salazar is controlling him.
Salazar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Akharraz backwards.
Akharraz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
A short right from Akharraz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salazar is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Akharraz as the two fighters clinch.
Akharraz blocking some punches.
Osama Akharraz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Akharraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Akharraz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salazar misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Akharraz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Akharraz moves into the clinch.
Akharraz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akharraz moves in looking to clinch but Salazar pushes him off.
Akharraz misses with a body kick.
Salazar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Osama Akharraz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Akharraz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akharraz was well out of range. Poor timing from Salazar.
Akharraz pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Salazar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akharraz lands with a short shot to the head.
Salazar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Akharraz - that landed with a thud.
Akharraz working aggressively here.
Akharraz lands a nice uppercut.
Akharraz blocks an uppercut.
Akharraz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Salazar blocks a body shot from Akharraz.
Salazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Akharraz.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz swings for the body but Salazar moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz is looking to clinch.
Salazar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Salazar.
Akharraz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salazar misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Salazar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Akharraz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Akharraz manages to break the clinch.
Salazar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Salazar tries to close the distance and clinch but Akharraz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Salazar.
Salazar doesn't manage to clinch there - Akharraz circles away.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Akharraz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salazar's brow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Akharraz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salazar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osama Akharraz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Salazar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Akharraz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salazar's head.
Salazar clinches up against the cage.
Salazar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Akharraz looking to stall.
Salazar swings wildly with an uppercut but Akharraz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salazar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Akharraz is looking to clinch.
Akharraz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Salazar counters with a big right hand! Oh Akharraz is in trouble here! Salazar follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Salazar!
Michael Salazar 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Grandpa (ranked 846 p4p, 106 weight class) and Screw Ewe (ranked 1373 p4p, 158 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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31
158 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tiger Grandpa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Screw Ewe!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ewe cracks Grandpa with a good jab.
Ewe throws an off balance right hand
and Grandpa counters with a stiff right hand.
Ewe stuffs the takedown attempt from Grandpa. Grandpa gets slowly back to his feet.
Ewe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ewe avoids the head kick by Grandpa.
Ewe doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Grandpa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grandpa throws a lazy head kick
and Ewe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grandpa throws a lazy head kick
and Ewe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A head kick misses from Grandpa.
Ewe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick misses from Grandpa.
A punch combination from Grandpa misses.
Grandpa misses with a head kick.
Ewe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grandpa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiger Grandpa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grandpa throws a lazy head kick
and Ewe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandpa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ewe with a hook.
Ewe tests Grandpa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Screw Ewe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Grandpa.
A punch combination from Grandpa misses.
Grandpa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grandpa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ewe.
Grandpa throws an off balance right hand
and Ewe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grandpa throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Ewe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ewe scores with a shot to the body.
Grandpa ducks under a wild hook from Ewe.
Grandpa misses with a combination
and Grandpa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grandpa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Ewe releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've been hearing reports that Grandpa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ewe 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.
Grandpa drops his hands momentarily and Ewe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Grandpa throws a head kick that misses.
Grandpa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ewe is out of range.
Ewe 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.
Grandpa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ewe checks it well.
Ewe is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Grandpa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ewe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ewe avoids the head kick by Grandpa.
Grandpa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ewe misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grandpa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice takedown defense from Ewe. No joy for Grandpa on that attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ewe! But no joy.
Ewe circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Ewe to counter with a crisp jab.
Ewe closes the distance and clinches.
Grandpa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ewe has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grandpa is trying to break the clinch but Ewe is controlling him.
Grandpa is trying to break free.
Grandpa manages to break the clinch.
Ewe avoids the head kick by Grandpa.
Ewe throws out a counter right but Grandpa avoids it with no problem.
Ewe scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ewe throws a head kick but Grandpa moves out of range.
Grandpa looks to land a left hand but Ewe moved out of range nicely.
Ewe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grandpa.
Grandpa fails with the takedown
and Ewe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiger Grandpa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Ewe.
Grandpa fails in his attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Ewe misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grandpa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ewe lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Grandpa is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ewe's half guard.
Ewe kicks Grandpa off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Screw Ewe dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The crowd cheers as Ewe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Grandpa doesn't seem phased though.
Ewe stuns Grandpa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grandpa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ewe.
Grandpa misses with a straight left.
Ewe throws a counter combo.
Grandpa throws a combination that misses
and Ewe counters with a straight right hand.
Grandpa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ewe misses with a straight left.
Ewe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grandpa. Grandpa obviously looking to wear him down.
Tiger Grandpa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ewe scores with a sloppy right hand. Grandpa should have avoided that one.
Grandpa looks to clinch
and Ewe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grandpa wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandpa loads up on a big right hand but Ewe slips the punch.
Grandpa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ewe defends it nicely.
Screw Ewe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grandpa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grandpa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Grandpa goes for a double leg but Ewe avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ewe continues to drive forward.
Ewe throws a hook to the side of Grandpa's head but Grandpa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ewe gets caught flat footed, as Grandpa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ewe is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Grandpa dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandpa decides to stand back up. Grandpa steps back and let's Ewe get back to his feet.
Ewe blocks the body kick.
Grandpa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ewe lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grandpa throws a lazy head kick
and Ewe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ewe misses with an uppercut.
Grandpa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grandpa misses with a takedown
and Ewe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiger Grandpa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ewe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ewe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewe misses with a wild combination.
Grandpa throws a lazy head kick
enabling Ewe to counter with a crisp jab.
Ewe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grandpa attempts a counter takedown but Ewe avoids it well and moves away.
Ewe misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Grandpa misses the target.
Grandpa misses with a hook.
Ewe misses with a looping left.
Nice straight punches there by Ewe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ewe.
Grandpa throws a right and a left that Ewe avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ewe! But no joy.
Grandpa misses with a left hand
and Ewe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grandpa tries to clinch up but Ewe circles away and keeps his distance.
Ewe is looking for the big counter here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ewe loads up on a big right hand but Grandpa slips the punch.
Grandpa misses with a head kick.
Grandpa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ewe darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grandpa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grandpa scores with a head kick.
Grandpa doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ewe counters with a nice uppercut.
Ewe defending well as Grandpa loads up on a big left hand.
Ewe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Grandpa throws a looping overhand right but Ewe ducks down to avoid it.
Ewe moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Screw Ewe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ewe misses with a straight right.
Grandpa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ewe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grandpa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ewe throws a hook to the side of Grandpa's head but Grandpa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grandpa throws a counter high kick but Ewe was just alert enough to avoid it.
Grandpa throws a head kick that misses.
Ewe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ewe throws out a loose jab but Grandpa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grandpa misses with a looping right.
As Grandpa backs off Ewe throws a huge counter combo but Grandpa manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grandpa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ewe is fending him off so far but Grandpa persists. Nope, Ewe circles away and we're back to standing.
Grandpa slips a jab and a cross from Ewe.
A head kick misses from Grandpa.
Ewe scores with a sloppy right hand. Grandpa should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandpa shoots and misses
and Ewe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ewe thuds his right hand into Grandpa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ewe blocks a head kick by Grandpa.
Ewe throws out a counter right but Grandpa avoids it with no problem.
Grandpa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ewe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grandpa.
A telegraphed right hand from Grandpa misses the target.
Good exchange - Ewe coming out on top.
Ewe drops Grandpa with a beautiful combination! Grandpa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ewe is looking for the KO!
Grandpa is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grandpa gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Ewe gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Grandpa is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Screw Ewe!
A victorious Screw Ewe thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauro Carnera (ranked 1047 p4p, 131 weight class) and Michael Carter (ranked 1200 p4p, 150 weight class). Carnera kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bad Religion - Infected. Mauro Carnera is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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28
201 lbs
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188 lbs
15 - 2 - 0 |
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World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauro Carnera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Carter!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Carnera is predictable there
and Carter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carter throws a hook but Carnera avoids it easily.
Carnera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Carnera darts in and clinches Carter up against the cage.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Carnera controls the action.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carnera lands with a short shot to the head.
Carnera blocking some punches.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carnera lands a shoulder strike.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter breaks the clinch.
Carnera scores with a spinning back kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Carnera.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carnera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carter misses with a low kick.
Carnera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carnera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Carter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Carnera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Michael Carter has been cut.
Mauro Carnera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Carter checks a leg kick.
Carnera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carter lands a really nice looking cross but Carnera seems unphased.
Carter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carnera scores with a nice head shot.
Carnera sizes up Carter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Carnera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carter's sensitive parts.
A jab from Carter finds it's way through Carnera's defenses.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Carnera uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Carnera tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carnera with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Carter to score with a decent uppercut.
Carter misses with a hook. Carnera ducked under it nicely.
Carnera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carnera blocks a leg kick.
Carnera avoids a kick to the body.
Carnera is looking to counter punch.
Carnera closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carnera misses with an uppercut.
Carter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carnera.
Carnera is looking to clinch but Carter is avoiding it.
Carnera lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Carnera throws a head kick that misses
and Carter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Mauro Carnera has been cut.
Carnera throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carnera tried to score with a low kick but Carter checks it.
Carter lands with a straight right. Carnera didn't see that one coming.
Carter misses with an uppercut. Carnera saw that one coming.
A bone on bone clash there as Carter blocks the leg kick.
Carnera misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carnera moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
The crowd cheers as Carter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carnera doesn't seem phased though.
Carnera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carter throws a head kick that misses.
Carter misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Carter.
Nice straight punches there by Carnera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Carnera.
Carnera has closed the distance and engaged Carter in a clinch.
Carter prevents a body shot from Carnera.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carnera.
Carnera manages to break the clinch.
Carnera throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carnera thuds a left hand into Carter's body.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carnera throws a sloppy head kick
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carnera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carter! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a sloppy head kick and Carnera moves out of range easily.
Carnera tries to clinch there but Carter circles away.
It seemed like Carter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Carnera tries a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Carnera throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Carter.
Carnera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carnera explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Carter looks to land a combination but Carnera avoids it well.
Carnera lands with a kick to the temple. Carter shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That has opened up Michael Carter's cut even more.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carnera.
Carnera rushes Carter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carnera misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carnera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carter counters with a solid body kick.
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 Mauro Carnera will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Carnera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Carnera.
Carnera thows a body kick. Carter tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Carnera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Carter on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Carter misses with an uppercut.
Carnera misses with a looping right.
Carter plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Carnera lands with a right hand.
Carnera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carter has time to react.
Carnera lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Carnera throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Carnera blocks a jab.
A jab from Carnera does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter lands with a nice combination. Carnera backs away looking to recover.
Carnera connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Carter momentarily.
Carnera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mauro Carnera is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carnera is looking to slow Carter down with leg kicks.
Carnera forces Carter back against the cage and clinches.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Carnera avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Carnera lands a nice uppercut.
Carnera 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.
Carnera has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Carter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carnera scores with a shot to the side of Carter's head.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carnera.
Carnera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carter can do to turn this around?
Carnera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carnera throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.
A body shot lands from Carnera.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter prevents a body shot from Carnera.
Carnera lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carter wants to get back to striking at distance but Carnera won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carter tries to work over Carnera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carnera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carnera.
Carter now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Carnera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carter blocks a leg kick.
Carnera throws a combination that misses
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Carnera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carter looks to land a right hand but Carnera moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Carnera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carnera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carnera wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carnera swings widly with a right hand
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carnera misses with a kick to the body
and Carter counters with a nice leg kick.
Carter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick from Carnera lands but Carter takes it in his stride.
Carnera lands a jab to the head.
The cut above Michael Carter's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Carnera slips a straight right by Carter.
Carnera gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carnera has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carter.
Carter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Carnera throws a leg kick but Carter checks it.
Carnera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
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 punch lands to the side of Carnera 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Carter checks a leg kick.
Carter connects with a nice looking jab.
Carter lands with an overhand left.
Carnera throws a chopping leg kick but Carter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Carnera misses with a looping right.
Carter takes a swing at Carnera's ribcage but misses.
Carnera misses with an uppercut. Carter saw that one coming.
Carnera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carnera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A low kick from Carnera misses
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter swings for the body but Carnera moves out of range.
Carnera moves into the clinch successfully.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carnera manages to break the clinch.
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 Mauro Carnera will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Carnera lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Michael Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carnera closes the distance and pushes Carter back into the cage.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Carnera.
Carnera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carnera tries a body shot but Carter blocks it.
Carter tries to break the clinch but Carnera is controlling the position.
Carnera gets through Carter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Carter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Carnera.
Carnera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carnera tries to throw a body punch but Carter avoids it by throwing Carnera back against the cage.
Carnera tries a body shot but Carter blocks it.
Carnera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carnera tries to throw a body punch but Carter avoids it by throwing Carnera back against the cage.
A short right from Carnera on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carnera misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Carnera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carter.
Carnera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carnera punishes Carter's body with a nice straight punch.
Carnera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carnera throws a head kick that misses.
Carnera throws a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Carnera throws a shot to the body.
Carnera looks to clinch
and Carter counters with a nice body shot.
Carter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carnera misses with a body kick.
Carnera just misses with a punch to the body.
Carnera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Mauro Carnera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a head kick that misses.
Carnera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carter throws a hook but Carnera avoids it easily.
Carnera throws the kick towards the body but Carter avoids it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A jab from Carter misses.
Carnera scores with the left hand. Carter knows he should have avoided that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carnera.
Carter drops his hands momentarily and Carnera takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Carnera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Carter misses with a body shot.
Carter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carnera.
Carter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carnera can pounce on him.
A slow jab from Carter misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carnera works over Carter's head and body with a nice combination.
Carnera misses with an uppercut. Carter saw that one coming.
Carnera lands a slapping body shot.
Carter misses with a straight left.
Carter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Carter releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Carter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carnera throws a nice outside leg kick.
Carter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carnera throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Carter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carnera can pounce on him.
Carnera lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Carter throws an overhand right that lands on Carnera's shoulder, as Carnera tries to avoid the shot.
Carnera pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carnera misses with a wild body shot.
Carter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Carnera throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Carnera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carter walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Carnera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crunch! Carnera slams his shin into Carter's torso.
Carnera tries to clinch there but Carter circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Carter misses.
Carter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Carnera.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Carnera.
Carter lunges at Carnera with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Carnera's hand.
Carter throws the left hand but Carnera avoids the punch easily.
Carnera avoids a kick to the body.
Carnera throws a solid leg kick but Carter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Carnera.
Carter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mauro Carnera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carnera 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauro Carnera!
A very excited looking Mauro Carnera made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between CJ Johnson (ranked 876 p4p, 126 weight class) and Ricardo Rebenta (ranked 1266 p4p, 193 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Relentless - Slayer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 lbs
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185 lbs
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, CJ Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Rebenta!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson feints and then cracks Rebenta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rebenta down.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Johnson wants it to stay on the feet.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Rebenta shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Rebenta's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rebenta is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johnson.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Johnson gets caught flat footed, as Rebenta shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rebenta lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson is trying to keep Rebenta in close.
Rebenta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Rebenta isn't so interested in that idea.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Rebenta working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rebenta tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Rebenta is proving a slippery customer.
Rebenta wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
Rebenta trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rebenta preventing the sweep.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Rebenta from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rebenta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
CJ Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Rebenta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Rebenta. Rebenta gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Rebenta manages to avoid it.
Rebenta shoots in and drives through. Johnson sprawls well.
Rebenta looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Rebenta wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Johnson controlling the action here.
Johnson uses his free foot to push down on Rebenta's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rebenta.
Johnson is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Nice defenses there by Rebenta.
Rebenta tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Johnson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rebenta's head backwards.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rebenta. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rebenta or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson, which made it look bad.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rebenta avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Rebenta slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Rebenta is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Johnson's half guard.
Johnson pushes Rebenta off and gets back to his feet.
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!
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson lands a head shot.
Rebenta moves away from the strike by Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Rebenta looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.
Rebenta is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson jabs Rebenta right on the nose. Rebenta blinks but takes it well.
Johnson thuds his right hand into Rebenta's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Rebenta moves away and avoids it.
Rebenta drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnson, not yet.
Johnson has Rebenta pulled in close to control his posture.
Rebenta trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
CJ Johnson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rebenta shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Rebenta's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Johnson misses the jab.
Rebenta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson misses with a hook. Rebenta ducked under it nicely.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rebenta fails with a takedown attempt.
Rebenta moves out of range of the strikes.
Rebenta tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Rebenta slips a jab from Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Rebenta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Rebenta tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rebenta.
CJ Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Rebenta.
Rebenta gets a takedown into half guard.
Johnson has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Rebenta is on him like a limpet, forcing Johnson back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rebenta can do to turn this around?
Rebenta slips under a jab from Johnson.
Rebenta fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rebenta slips a jab from Johnson.
Rebenta shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Rebenta keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rebenta misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Johnson with a jab.
Rebenta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
CJ Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rebenta.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Rebenta tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Johnson lands.
CJ Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rebenta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson throws a jab when Rebenta was well out of range.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Rebenta shoots in looking for a takedown but Johnson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rebenta's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rebenta takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Rebenta's head back.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
CJ Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rebenta takes one on the button.
Rebenta tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rebenta somewhat.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Rebenta ducks down to avoid it.
Rebenta avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Rebenta takes a jab right on the kisser.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Rebenta tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Rebenta on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rebenta tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Rebenta's ribs.
Rebenta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rebenta has time to react.
Rebenta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ricardo Rebenta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rebenta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rebenta looking to score a takedown here. Johnson is defending well but Rebenta drives through and ends up in Johnson's guard.
Rebenta forces his way into half guard.
Rebenta is breathing heavily.
Rebenta is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Johnson!
Johnson tries to hold on but Rebenta pushes him away.
Johnson regains half guard.
Rebenta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Johnson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
CJ Johnson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rebenta takes one on the button.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rebenta is defended easily by Johnson.
Rebenta takes a kick to the side of the head.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Rebenta blocks a jab.
Rebenta defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Rebenta feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rebenta looking to pass the guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Rebenta from controlling successfully.
Rebenta preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rebenta lying in Johnson's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Johnson decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Rebenta taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). CJ Johnson!
An out of breath CJ Johnson 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Inspektor Bee (ranked 687 p4p, 94 weight class) and HL Mencken (ranked 657 p4p, 90 weight class). HL Mencken has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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245 lbs
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261 lbs
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Inspektor Bee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, HL Mencken!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mencken steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bee. That one must have hurt.
Mencken moves out of range of the leg kick from Bee.
Mencken looks to land a combination but Bee avoids it well.
As Mencken tries to get set, Bee tries to push him back and clinch up but Mencken manages to avoid the attempt.
Bee blocks the body kick.
Mencken misses with a body kick.
Mencken 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.
Nice defenses there by Mencken.
Mencken is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Mencken throws the left hand but Bee avoids the punch easily.
Bee blocks a jab.
Mencken misses with a straight left.
Bee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mencken thuds his right hand into Bee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mencken rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bee holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bee misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Mencken - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mencken backwards.
Mencken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mencken takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bee avoids the body shot from Mencken.
Bee tries to counter by clinching up but Mencken breaks away and moves out of range.
Mencken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bee moves away.
Bee lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bee.
It looks like HL Mencken has been cut.
Bee throws a chopping leg kick but Mencken manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mencken swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mencken throws a looping overhand right but Bee ducks down to avoid it.
Bee misses with a head kick.
Bee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bee tries to clinch but Mencken moves out of range.
Mencken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bee.
Mencken misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mencken circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bee scores with a shot to the body.
Mencken fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bee throws a body kick that misses.
Bee scores with a punch to the head.
Bee is looking to clinch.
Mencken is trying to counter with his kicks.
Mencken looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mencken scoring well with a low kick there.
Bee fails in his attempt to clinch.
That kick from Bee tenderised Mencken's leg. Mencken is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bee catches Mencken with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mencken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bee rushes Mencken and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bee will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mencken up against the cage.
Bee lands an elbow inside.
Mencken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bee blocks the body kick.
Mencken tries to land a front kick but Bee steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It appears Bee was looking to counter with a kick there.
Bee throws a shot to the body.
Mencken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bee has Mencken up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bee throws an elbow but misses.
Bee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mencken's defenses.
Mencken holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mencken blocks the elbow strike.
Mencken tries a body shot but Bee blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bee scores a nice knee to the body.
Mencken blocks an elbow strike from Bee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mencken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bee lands a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mencken. Bee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bee is looking to counter punch.
Bee thuds his shin into the meat of Mencken's side.
Mencken looks winded!
Bee closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Bee as the two fighters clinch.
Bee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mencken lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bee.
Mencken is trying to force a seperation but Bee has the dominant position.
Mencken tries to circle away but Bee has him pinned against the cage.
Bee lands a knee to the body.
Bee tries to land knees in the clinch but Mencken avoids the damage to the body.
Bee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mencken has had enough of the clinch but Bee keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Inspektor Bee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on HL Mencken's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bee fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mencken, pushing him back against the cage.
Mencken manages to break the clinch.
Mencken has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bee.
Mencken pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bee was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bee lands a body shot.
Inspektor Bee is winning the standup battle so far.
Bee instigates a clinch.
Bee tries to work over Mencken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bee pushes Mencken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mencken avoids a wild elbow strike from Bee.
Bee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mencken can do to turn this around?
Mencken blocks a body shot from Bee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bee misses with an elbow strike.
Mencken is breathing heavily.
Mencken can't break the clinch.
Bee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bee crunches a lovely knee into Mencken's ribcage.
Bee looking to throw knees to the head but Mencken is blocking nicely.
Bee looking to throw knees to the head but Mencken is blocking nicely.
Mencken lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Bee.
A short uppercut from Bee.
Mencken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mencken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bee moves out of range of the body kick from Mencken.
It looked like Bee was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mencken.
Mencken misses with a lunging right hand
and Bee counters with a low kick, right behind Mencken 's knee.
Bee throws a sloppy head kick and Mencken moves out of range easily.
Bee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mencken's hands.
Bee cracks Mencken with a big right hand and Mencken goes down!
Mencken is rocked!
That has opened up HL Mencken's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bee stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mencken is still on wobbly legs! Can Bee finish him?
Mencken gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Bee gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Mencken is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Inspektor Bee!
An out of breath Inspektor Bee 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Austin (ranked 620 p4p, 91 weight class) and Mario Rossi (ranked 378 p4p, 57 weight class). Austin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Roy Jones. Jr - Can't be Touched. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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182 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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186 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
KO power |
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Austin throws a sloppy body shot
and Rossi counters with a series of strikes. Austin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Austin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rossi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rossi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Austin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Rossi counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Austin misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rossi.
Rossi clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossi blocking some punches.
Rossi tries a body shot but Austin blocks it.
Austin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rossi backwards.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Rossi.
Rossi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rossi.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Rossi has double underhooks.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin wants to get back to striking at distance but Rossi won't allow it.
Rossi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rossi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rossi tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Austin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Austin working hard to break the clinch.
Rossi blocking some punches.
Austin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rossi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Austins head.
Rossi tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rossi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Kyle Austin has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rossi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Austin.
Austin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Rossi tries a body shot but Austin blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Rossi fails to land.
Austin misses with some punches.
Rossi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Rossi misses with a punch on the inside.
Rossi tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Austin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rossi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rossi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rossi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rossi tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Rossi.
Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rossi.
Austin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from Rossi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rossi.
Rossi blocks a body shot from Austin.
Rossi lands an uppercut.
Rossi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rossi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Rossi keeps him there for the moment.
Rossi has Austin pressed against the cage, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rossi gets through Austin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Austin breaks from the clinch.
Rossi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A jab from Austin misses.
Rossi throws a fast counter high kick but Austin manages to duck under it in time.
Rossi throws a leg kick which misses Austin's front leg but catches the back leg as Austin tries to avoid it.
Rossi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Austin throws an overhand right that lands on Rossi's shoulder, as Rossi tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin looks to throw the jab but Rossi is out of range.
Austin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rossi throws a sloppy head kick and Austin moves out of range easily.
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!
Austin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rossi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rossi lands a body punch.
Rossi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Austin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rossi.
Rossi lands a shoulder strike.
Austin misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Rossi.
Rossi has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Rossi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Austin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Austin throws a combination that misses
and Rossi counters with a series of strikes. Austin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rossi slips under a jab from Austin.
Rossi tries a head kick but it misses.
Austin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rossi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Rossi lands a jab to Austin's midsection.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rossi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Austin throws out a loose jab but Rossi uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Austin blocks a head kick by Rossi.
Austin misses with a right hand
and Rossi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Austin throws a lazy uppercut
and Rossi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kyle Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Austin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rossi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rossi throws a poor cross that misses
and Rossi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Austin misses with a double jab
and Rossi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Austin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rossi.
Rossi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mario Rossi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Rossi misses.
Austin is looking for a counter combo.
The fighters circle, before Rossi throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Austin's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Rossi lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Mario Rossi!
After the fight, Mario Rossi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Bob McDonald (ranked 198 p4p, 31 weight class) and Felix Inarritu (ranked 104 p4p, 16 weight class). McDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother. Inarritu is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Vulcano. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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250 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Bob McDonald!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix Inarritu!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Inarritu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McDonald throws a big shot that misses.
McDonald lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McDonald slips under a jab from Inarritu.
McDonald scores with the left hand. Inarritu knows he should have avoided that one.
Inarritu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
Inarritu follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
McDonald scores with a body shot.
McDonald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Inarritu misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inarritu looks to land a combination but McDonald avoids it well.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inarritu moves away.
McDonald misses with a shot to the body
and Inarritu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Inarritu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
McDonald throws a predictable looking body shot
and Inarritu counters with a good, hard body kick but McDonald shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Inarritu moves away and avoids it.
McDonald misses with a hook. Inarritu ducked under it nicely.
McDonald throws a predictable looking body shot
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Inarritu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good standup being displayed there by McDonald as he connects with a hook.
McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDonald swings widly with a right hand
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
McDonald takes a swing at Inarritu's ribcage but misses.
Inarritu is looking for the big counter here.
McDonald connects with a nice looking jab.
Inarritu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
Inarritu throws out a counter right but McDonald avoids it with no problem.
Inarritu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDonald.
Nice defenses there by McDonald.
McDonald was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jim Bob McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inarritu lunges at McDonald with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McDonald's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Inarritu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Inarritu misses with a jab, cross combination.
McDonald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Inarritu.
Inarritu looks to throw the jab but McDonald is out of range.
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Inarritu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Jim Bob McDonald has been cut.
McDonald lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Inarritu at a distance.
McDonald connects with a single shot there.
McDonald punishes Inarritu's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald throws an overhand right that lands on Inarritu's shoulder, as Inarritu tries to avoid the shot.
Inarritu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McDonald jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Inarritu throws a counter combo.
Inarritu lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inarritu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and Inarritu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McDonald has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Inarritu finds it's way round the side to connect with McDonald's head.
McDonald scores with a jab.
Inarritu throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McDonald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Inarritu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Inarritu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McDonald moves into range and connects with a jab.
Inarritu blocks a jab.
McDonald lands a right hook to the body.
McDonald is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonald connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McDonald throws a lazy uppercut
and Inarritu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a lunging right hand
and Inarritu counters with a crisp one two that drops McDonald! Inarritu thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves McDonald to his feet! McDonald is in big trouble!
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Inarritu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Inarritu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Inarritu throws a jab but it's blocked by McDonald.
McDonald fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McDonald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Inarritu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McDonald drops Inarritu with a nice combination! McDonald dives into Inarritu's guard, looking to finish!
It looks like Felix Inarritu has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonald missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McDonald loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McDonald in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Bob McDonald dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
Inarritu unleashes a big counter combination but McDonald bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Inarritu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
McDonald lunges at Inarritu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Inarritu's hand.
McDonald throws a lazy right hand but Inarritu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDonald thuds a left hand into Inarritu's body.
McDonald misses with a hook to the body
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
McDonald scores with a hook to the body. Inarritu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McDonald missing with a left hand there. Inarritu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Inarritu is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Inarritu coming out on top.
Inarritu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonald connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McDonald moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromInarritu.
Jim Bob McDonald is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inarritu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inarritu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDonald throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Inarritu tumbling to the canvas!
Inarritu is rocked!
Inarritu wants to improve his position but instead McDonald has moved into half guard.
McDonald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Inarritu can do to turn this around?
Inarritu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Inarritu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McDonald.
McDonald is looking to stall here but Inarritu recovers full guard.
McDonald with a nice head shot there.
Inarritu is trying to keep McDonald in close.
Inarritu keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
Inarritu has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Fist of Fury Training Center. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Inarritu blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Inarritu blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McDonald throws a big elbow that misses.
Inarritu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McDonald postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McDonald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McDonald throwing strikes from guard but Inarritu blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a big right hand that misses.
Inarritu trying to control the position here.
McDonald trying to control but Inarritu is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
McDonald waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Inarritu.
McDonald misses with a left hand
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
McDonald takes a swing at Inarritu's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Inarritu's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
McDonald walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McDonald sizes up Inarritu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McDonald misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald scores with a decent looking hook.
McDonald clobbers Inarritu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McDonald misses with a looping right.
Inarritu misses with a few strikes there.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and Inarritu counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Inarritu throws a hook but McDonald avoids it easily.
McDonald on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Inarritu.
A shot to the liver by McDonald. Beautiful body shot.
McDonald lands a jab to Inarritu's midsection.
Inarritu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McDonald.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Inarritu is out of range.
Inarritu throws out a counter right but McDonald avoids it with no problem.
Inarritu moves out of range of the strikes.
Inarritu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Bob McDonald dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McDonald misses with a looping left.
McDonald misses with a jab to the body
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good standup being displayed there by McDonald as he connects with a hook.
Inarritu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Inarritu moves out of range as McDonald strikes.
Inarritu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for McDonald, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Inarritu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Inarritu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald throws a combination that misses
and Inarritu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Inarritu misses with an uppercut.
Inarritu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McDonald on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inarritu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inarritu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McDonald doesn't seem bothered though.
McDonald lands a glancing blow to the side of Inarritu's head.
McDonald swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald moves out of range of the strikes.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Inarritu is out of range.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McDonald looks to throw the jab but Inarritu is out of range.
McDonald takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McDonald looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Inarritu misses with an uppercut. McDonald saw that one coming.
McDonald swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Inarritu counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald scores with a jab. Inarritu acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Inarritu throws a hook but McDonald blocks it.
McDonald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inarritu was well out of range. Poor timing from McDonald.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Inarritu moves away and avoids it.
Inarritu moves away from the strike by McDonald.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
McDonald looks to land a left hand but Inarritu moved out of range nicely.
McDonald swings widly with a right hand
and Inarritu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and Inarritu counters with a crisp one two that drops McDonald! Inarritu thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves McDonald to his feet! McDonald is in big trouble!
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald is rocked!
Inarritu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oh McDonald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Inarritu takes one to the chin there.
Inarritu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McDonald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McDonald seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Inarritu.
McDonald misses with an uppercut. Inarritu saw that one coming.
McDonald uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Inarritu moves away from the strike by McDonald.
McDonald throws an overhand right that lands on Inarritu's shoulder, as Inarritu tries to avoid the shot.
McDonald moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromInarritu.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Inarritu, as that shot connected.
Inarritu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDonald.
Inarritu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Inarritu.
McDonald drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook from Inarritu.
McDonald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inarritu.
Inarritu misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McDonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Inarritu punishes McDonald's body with a nice straight punch.
McDonald blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inarritu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McDonald misses with an uppercut.
Inarritu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
McDonald lands a nice shot that snaps Inarritu's head back.
Nice defenses there by Inarritu.
Inarritu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inarritu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Inarritu slips a jab from McDonald.
McDonald takes a swing at Inarritu's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Inarritu! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Jim Bob McDonald did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Inarritu throws a sloppy head kick and McDonald moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from McDonald misses the target.
Inarritu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inarritu moves away.
Sloppy strikes from McDonald. Those never looked like landing.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inarritu moves away.
McDonald getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by McDonald.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
McDonald looks to score with a jab to the body but Inarritu is just out of range.
Inarritu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Inarritu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the liver by McDonald. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Inarritu.
Inarritu lands with a hook. McDonald tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McDonald thuds a left hand into Inarritu's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Inarritu. McDonald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Inarritu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice uppercut lands for Inarritu. That snapped McDonald's head back.
McDonald lands with a good body shot.
McDonald throws a body punch but Inarritu moves out of range.
Inarritu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
McDonald lands a slapping body shot.
Inarritu is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
McDonald lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice combo by McDonald! Oh, that's hurt him - Inarritu falls to the canvas and McDonald follows him into side control.
Inarritu is still in real trouble! Can McDonald finish him?
McDonald lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
McDonald cracks Inarritu with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! McDonald immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Inarritu is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by McDonald!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Bob McDonald!
Jim Bob McDonald retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Jim Bob McDonald thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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