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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Arones (ranked 600 p4p, 683 weight class) and Braulio Escobar (ranked 86 p4p, 96 weight class). Arones comes to the cage accompanied by Lonely is the night. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Arones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Braulio Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar looks to throw the jab but Arones is out of range.
Arones blocks a jab.
Arones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Escobar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Arones.
Escobar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Arones.
Escobar is trying to stand up here but Arones is controlling him well.
Escobar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Arones wants to control but Escobar is keeping him busy.
Arones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Escobar defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escobar regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Arones.
Arones prevents Escobar from getting back to his feet.
Arones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Escobar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Arones throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Arones has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
Arones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arones works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Escobar misses with a body shot
enabling Arones to counter with a crisp jab.
 It looks like Braulio Escobar has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Arones is defended easily by Escobar.
Arones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar manages to avoid it.
Arones scores with a jab. Escobar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Arones feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Escobar sprawling to the canvas! Escobar rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Arones finish him?!
 Escobar is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Escobar gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Arones gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Arones!
An out of breath and clearly excited Gabriel Arones thanked Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abner Applegate (ranked 610 p4p, 375 weight class) and Jesus Malverde (ranked 89 p4p, 56 weight class). Abner Applegate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abner Applegate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Malverde!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malverde lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Malverde takes the fight into the clinch.
Malverde lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Malverde tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Applegate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Applegate throws a punch but it's blocked by Malverde.
A head punch on the inside from Applegate fails to land.
Malverde blocks a body shot from Applegate.
Malverde throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Malverde lands a left hand that snaps the head of Applegate backwards.
Malverde misses with the head strike.
Applegate takes a shot to the head.
Applegate avoids the elbow strike from Malverde, against the cage.
Malverde misses with a body punch.
Malverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Applegate rushes Malverde and presses him up against the cage.
Applegate takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malverde.
Applegate misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Applegate misses with a body punch.
Malverde goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Malverde tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Applegate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malverde.
Applegate lands a nice uppercut.
Applegate misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Malverde.
Malverde blocks a body shot from Applegate.
Applegate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Applegate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malverde's elbow.
Malverde working aggressively here.
Malverde throws an elbow that misses.
Malverde lands with a left to the head.
Malverde tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Applegate blocks an uppercut.
Malverde gets through Applegate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Applegate lands with a short shot to the head.
Applegate blocks an uppercut.
Applegate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malverde's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malverde.
Malverde lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Applegate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Applegate blocking some punches.
Malverde tries a body shot but Applegate blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Applegate blocks a body shot from Malverde.
Applegate misses with a punch to the body.
Applegate blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Applegate.
A short right from Malverde on the inside.
Malverde lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Applegate lands a right hand that snaps the head of Malverde backwards.
Malverde throws a punch but it's blocked by Applegate.
Applegate tries a body shot but Malverde blocks it.
Malverde stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Applegate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malverde lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Malverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Malverde misses.
Malverde is looking to clinch but Applegate is avoiding it.
Applegate closes the distance and clinches.
Malverde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Applegate takes a shot to the head.
Malverde works on Applegate's body with a couple of short punches.
Malverde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malverde lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Applegate bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jesus Malverde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Applegate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Malverde manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malverde flicks out a counter leg kick but Applegate steps away.
Malverde tries a low kick but Applegate avoids it.
Applegate swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Malverde works Applegate's body with a nice hook.
Applegate moves into range and clinches up with Malverde.
Applegate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malverde backwards.
Malverde blocks a body shot from Applegate.
Malverde tries to throw a body punch but Applegate avoids it by throwing Malverde back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Malverde throws an elbow but misses.
Applegate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Malverde fails to land.
Applegate tries to throw a body punch but Malverde avoids it by throwing Applegate back against the cage.
Malverde on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malverde misses with an elbow strike.
Applegate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Malverde lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Malverde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Applegate wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Applegate dips to his left and cracks Malverde with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Applegate avoids the body shot from Malverde.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Applegate. Malverde does a little dance to reset his feet.
Applegate misses with a double jab.
A left lands for Malverde.
Malverde misses the jab.
Malverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malverde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Applegate moves away.
Malverde lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Applegate darts in and clinches Malverde up against the cage.
Malverde stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Applegate misses with a punch to the body.
Malverde misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Applegate works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Applegate has a couple of punches blocked by Malverde.
Applegate misses with a punch to the body.
Applegate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Malverde wants to break free but Applegate has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Malverde dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Applegate is looking to clinch.
Applegate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Malverde throws out a loose jab but Applegate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malverde with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Applegate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malverde.
The fight stays on the outside here - Applegate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Applegate wants to clinch.
Applegate throws an overhand right that lands on Malverde's shoulder, as Malverde tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Malverde was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Malverde lands with a straight right. Applegate didn't see that one coming.
Applegate wants to clinch up but Malverde keeps it at a distance.
Nice cross by Malverde.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Applegate is looking to clinch but Malverde is avoiding it.
Malverde lands a leg kick that knocks Applegate off balance momentarily.
Malverde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Applegate moves away.
Applegate lands a jab to Malverde's midsection.
Malverde scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Malverde chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Malverde misses with a looping right.
Applegate ducks under a wild hook from Malverde.
A shot to the liver by Malverde. Beautiful body shot.
Malverde throws a lazy right hand but Applegate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Malverde dips to his left and cracks Applegate with an uppercut!
Applegate connects with a good right hand that stumbles Malverde. Malverde circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jesus Malverde seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Applegate takes a swing at Malverde's ribcage but misses.
Malverde throws a jab when Applegate was well out of range.
Applegate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Malverde jabs Applegate right on the nose. Applegate blinks but takes it well.
Malverde has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Malverde avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Malverde throws a chopping leg kick but Applegate manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Applegate throws a nice looking combination but Malverde bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malverde swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Malverde jabs Applegate right on the nose. Applegate blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Applegate doesn't manage to clinch there - Malverde circles away.
Applegate tries to clinch there but Malverde circles away.
Malverde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Applegate.
Applegate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Malverde dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Applegate. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malverde misses with a shot to the body
and Applegate counters with a nice uppercut.
Malverde tries a low kick but Applegate avoids it.
Applegate seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Malverde connects with a single shot there.
Malverde cracks Applegate with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Malverde uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Malverde has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Applegate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Applegate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malverde's elbow.
Malverde working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Malverde lands a damaging elbow.
Applegate lands a left hand.
Applegate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malverde blocks an uppercut.
Applegate prevents a body shot from Malverde.
Applegate is looking to control Malverde's arms but Malverde gets an underhook and turns him. Now Applegate has his back to the cage.
Malverde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malverde swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Malverde fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malverde lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Applegate lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Applegate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Applegate throws a head punch that misses.
Applegate tries to throw a body punch but Malverde avoids it by throwing Applegate back against the cage.
Malverde pushes Applegate back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Applegate tries to work over Malverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Applegate misses with a punch to the body.
Applegate blocks the elbow strike.
Malverde throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Malverde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Applegate avoids the elbow strike from Malverde, against the cage.
Malverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick from Applegate, right into the meat of the thigh.
Malverde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Applegate tries to close the distance and clinch but Malverde swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Malverde slips under a jab from Applegate.
Applegate throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Applegate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Malverde avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That kick from Malverde tenderised Applegate's leg. Applegate is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Applegate.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Applegate gets a clinch.
Malverde lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Malverde.
Malverde tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Applegate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Malverde avoids it.
Malverde lands a shot to the body.
Applegate blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Applegate fails to land.
Malverde is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Applegate is keeping busy.
Jesus Malverde seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Applegate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Applegate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Applegate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Malverde backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malverde working aggressively here.
Applegate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Malverde manages to break the clinch.
Applegate ducks under a wild hook from Malverde.
As Malverde tries to get set, Applegate tries to push him back and clinch up but Malverde manages to avoid the attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malverde. Applegate does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Malverde showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Applegate misses the jab.
Applegate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Malverde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Applegate slips a jab from Malverde.
Malverde misses with a shot to the body
and Applegate counters by moving into the clinch.
Applegate is working Malverde over against the cage.
Applegate tries to throw a body punch but Malverde avoids it by throwing Applegate back against the cage.
Malverde misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Malverde.
Applegate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malverde.
Applegate breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malverde works Applegate's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malverde misses with a body shot.
Applegate seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Applegate takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Malverde throws a low kick but Applegate moves out of range easily.
Applegate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malverde moves away.
Applegate stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Malverde.
Malverde looks to land a right hand but Applegate moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Applegate walks into a jab.
Applegate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malverde.
Applegate lands an overhand right.
It looks like Jesus Malverde has been cut.
Malverde connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Applegate's hands.
Malverde getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Malverde in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Malverde swats away the attempt to clinch by Applegate.
Applegate fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Malverde checks it well.
Malverde looks to score with a jab to the body but Applegate is just out of range.
Malverde moves out of range of the body kick from Applegate.
Malverde moves away from the strike by Applegate.
Malverde attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Applegate tries to move into range but Malverde moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Applegate tries to clinch but Malverde is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Malverde! But no joy.
Applegate wants to clinch.
Applegate tries to clinch up.
Applegate misses with a kick to the body.
Abner Applegate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Applegate moves forwards but Malverde connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Malverde.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malverde looks to score with a jab to the body but Applegate is just out of range.
Applegate throws a jab but it's blocked by Malverde.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Applegate! Malverde is out on his feet! Applegate rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Malverde is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Malverde is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abner Applegate!
Abner Applegate really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Aspire Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Goldberg (ranked 803 p4p, 928 weight class) and Thor Hammer (ranked 112 p4p, 127 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Hammer does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Hammer.
Goldberg looks to throw the jab but Hammer is out of range.
We've been told by Goldberg's head coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hammer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Goldberg.
Hammer gets a takedown into half guard.
Goldberg wants to control but Hammer is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hammer in particular looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammer is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Goldberg as Hammer shoots in.
Hammer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goldberg.
Hammer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Goldberg is fending him off so far but Hammer persists. Nope, Goldberg circles away and we're back to standing.
Hammer dives in for a single leg takedown but Goldberg sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bill Goldberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thor Hammer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Goldberg pinned against the cage. Goldberg gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thor Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goldberg scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hammer drops his hands momentarily and Goldberg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Goldberg throws a lazy right hand but Hammer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goldberg throws an overhand right that lands on Hammer's shoulder, as Hammer tries to avoid the shot.
Hammer tries to clinch up but Goldberg circles away and keeps his distance.
Hammer darts in and clinches Goldberg up against the cage.
Goldberg scores with a shoulder strike.
Goldberg lands an uppercut.
Hammer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammer misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Goldberg. No joy for Hammer on that attempt.
Hammer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Goldberg works the jab nicely.
Goldberg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Goldberg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Goldberg is looking to slow Hammer down with leg kicks.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Goldberg sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hammer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hammer dives in and grabs Goldberg's left leg, looking for a takedown. Goldberg pushes down on Hammer's head and hops out.
Hammer looks winded!
Hammer misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Goldberg on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A punch combination from Hammer misses.
Hammer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goldberg lands with a thumping leg kick.
Goldberg misses with a straight right.
Goldberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hammer tries to clinch up.
Bill Goldberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice combination there by Hammer.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No joy there for Hammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Goldberg cracks Hammer with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Hammer tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Goldberg pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Hammer is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Goldberg!
Bill Goldberg gave a mention to Altitude Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Beliy (ranked 633 p4p, 468 weight class) and Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop (ranked 87 p4p, 63 weight class). Beliy comes to the cage accompanied by Havana. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21 - 15 - 0 |
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170
31 - 15 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sasha Beliy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beliy on the side of the head.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a swing at Beliy's ribcage but misses.
Beliy lands a lovely overhand right.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beliy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Beliy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Beliy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at High Kicks in the buildup to the fight.
Sasha Beliy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beliy. That did some damage!
Beliy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Beliy wants to land a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to clinch.
Nice body punch from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Beliy. That one must have hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beliy throws a looping overhand right but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop ducks down to avoid it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beliy.
Beliy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Beliy throws out a loose jab but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beliy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beliy looks to land a left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moved out of range nicely.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beliy throws the kick towards the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beliy.
Beliy misses the shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Beliy misses with a looping left.
Beliy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beliy misses with a low kick.
Beliy slips a straight right by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a series of strikes that have Beliy backpedaling.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beliy.
It seemed like Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to score with a jab to the body but Beliy is just out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop stuns Beliy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beliy slips under a jab.
Beliy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop thumps Beliy with a low kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Beliy misses the target.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a kick to the body.
Beliy misses the shot to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop swinging wildly here.
Beliy misses with a kick to the body
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beliy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Beliy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beliy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beliy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beliy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has taken the fight to the clinch.
Beliy struggles to land a body shot inside as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop controls his hands.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop prevents a body shot from Beliy.
A short uppercut from Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy has a couple of punches blocked by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Beliy tries to work over Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands with a right to the head.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a punch but it's blocked by Beliy.
Beliy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop can't break the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop working aggressively here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beliy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Beliy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Beliy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop just misses with a punch to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a lovely overhand right.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Beliy - that will leave a mark!
Beliy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Beliy throws a poor cross that misses
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!
Beliy scores with a kick to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a hook but Beliy blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has closed the distance and engaged Beliy in a clinch.
Beliy working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a low kick but Beliy moves out of range easily.
Beliy misses with a kick to the body.
Beliy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's sensitive parts.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Beliy. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop shrugs it off though.
Nice shot lands for Beliy.
Beliy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop to score with a decent uppercut.
Beliy wants to slow Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop down by chopping away at his legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beliy.
Beliy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop under the eye.
Beliy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beliy slips under a jab from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
An inside leg kick lands from Beliy.
Beliy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to land a left hand but Beliy moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Beliy is able to avoid easily.
Beliy throws a hook to the side of Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's head but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with an uppercut. Beliy saw that one coming.
Beliy lands a nice looking body shot.
Beliy throws a leg kick which misses Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's front leg but catches the back leg as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to avoid it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop staying out of range there.
Beliy is looking to land body kicks.
Beliy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to land a right hand but Beliy moved out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beliy.
Beliy looks to land a left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moved out of range nicely.
Beliy cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land a leg kick but Beliy saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beliy tries to land a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop saw it coming and moves away.
A good leg kick by Beliy.
Beliy moves away from the strike by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
A telegraphed right hand from Beliy misses the target.
Nice cross by Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a kick to the midsection.
Beliy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beliy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Beliy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's sensitive parts.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beliy.
Beliy throws the left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids the punch easily.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses the shot to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries a head kick but it misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beliy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Beliy lands with a shot to the body.
Beliy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beliy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves away.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a kick to the midsection.
Beliy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beliy throws the left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids the punch easily.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beliy was well out of range. Poor timing from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a shot from downtown. Beliy moves away and avoids it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop needs to keep his hands up - Beliy had a free shot at his head there.
Beliy 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.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a kick to the body.
Beliy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws an overhand right that lands on Beliy's shoulder, as Beliy tries to avoid the shot.
Beliy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beliy is looking to slow Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop down with leg kicks.
Beliy jabs at Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body.
A bone on bone clash there as Beliy blocks the leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a jab but it's blocked by Beliy.
Beliy misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. Beliy does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body shot.
Beliy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beliy misses the body punch
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beliy misses with a straight left.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves away from the strike by Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beliy checks it well.
A jab from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses.
A low kick from Beliy is predictable there
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beliy cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop with a good jab.
Beliy swats away the attempt to clinch by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a body shot.
Beliy tries a low kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids it.
Beliy misses with an uppercut. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Beliy misses its intended target.
A big left from Beliy misses.
Beliy avoids the head kick by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a double jab
and Beliy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Beliy tries to land a front kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beliy fakes the leg kick and cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop in the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Beliy finds it's way through Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's defenses.
Beliy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Beliy throws a shot from downtown. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves away and avoids it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Beliy.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Beliy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beliy throws out a loose jab but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beliy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop manages to avoid it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a leg kick that misses.
Beliy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop at a distance.
The fighters circling - Beliy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beliy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sasha Beliy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Beliy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Beliy.
Beliy throws the left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids the punch easily.
Beliy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is out of range and Beliy settles back down.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Beliy.
Beliy throws a leg kick which misses Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's front leg but catches the back leg as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to avoid it.
Beliy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Beliy misses with a hook
letting Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counter with a right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beliy.
Despite the aggression on Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Beliy punishes Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body with a nice straight punch.
Beliy throws a body punch but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook. Beliy ducked under it nicely.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beliy tries to land a front kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to close the distance and clinch but Beliy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beliy moves forwards but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a nice, crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Beliy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beliy.
Beliy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beliy throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beliy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop was well out of range. Poor timing from Beliy.
Beliy moves away from the strike by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
A good leg kick by Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a leg kick.
Beliy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Beliy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beliy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands with a right hand.
Beliy looks to land a body kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moved away.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with an uppercut. Beliy saw that one coming.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks a low kick from Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a body punch but Beliy moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a wild body shot.
Sasha Beliy is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop cracks Beliy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Beliy looks to throw the jab but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a swing at Beliy's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Beliy - the referee stops the clock and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Beliy. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beliy throws an off balance right hand
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a nice uppercut.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Beliy misses with a low kick.
Beliy looks to score with a jab to the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is just out of range.
Beliy scoring well with a low kick there.
Beliy lands with a good body shot.
Beliy throws out a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range and Beliy only half commits.
A slapping leg kick lands for Beliy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with an uppercut. Beliy saw that one coming.
Beliy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has time to react.
Beliy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Beliy misses with a looping right.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy lands a nice hook to Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Beliy, as that shot connected.
Beliy throws a hook but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks it.
Beliy misses with a low kick.
Beliy moves out of range as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop strikes.
Some wild striking there from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
That kick from Beliy tenderised Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's leg. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is trying to keep his angry face on.
Beliy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. Beliy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beliy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beliy swats away the attempt to clinch by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Beliy blocks a jab.
Beliy is looking to counter punch.
Beliy scores with a hook to the body. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beliy throws a body punch but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beliy thuds his shin into the meat of Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's side.
Beliy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beliy punishes Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body with a nice straight punch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop staying out of range there.
Beliy throws a leg kick that misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries a head kick but it misses.
Beliy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Beliy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beliy throws a leg kick
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beliy's knee momentarily.
Beliy throws a body kick that misses.
Beliy with the inside leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks a jab.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beliy misses with a body shot.
Beliy throws a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moved away.
Beliy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sasha Beliy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beliy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sasha Beliy!
Sasha Beliy was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bed Intruder (ranked 374 p4p, 637 weight class) and Jallu Pesonen (ranked 51 p4p, 81 weight class). Intruder comes to the cage accompanied by Bed Intruder. Pesonen has chosen DJ Orkidea - Joutsenlaulu as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bed Intruder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jallu Pesonen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pesonen ducks right into an uppercut from Intruder.
Intruder looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pesonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Intruder's head.
Intruder fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Pesonen. That snapped Intruder's head back.
Pesonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Intruder.
Pesonen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Intruder's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Intruder is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pesonen's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pesonen lands strikes from half guard.
Intruder manages to get to full guard.
Pesonen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pesonen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Intruder's head.
Intruder working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pesonen.
Pesonen won't allow Intruder to sweep him here.
Pesonen throwing strikes from guard but Intruder blocks nicely.
Pesonen preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Intruder bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pesonen's guard.
Pesonen wants to sweep here but Intruder controlling him for the moment.
Intruder landing some decent shots from guard.
Intruder with a nice head shot there.
Intruder is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Intruder lands a couple of elbows.
Pesonen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Intruder manages to get himself to full guard.
Intruder has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pesonen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pesonen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pesonen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Intruder wants to sweep here but Pesonen controlling him for the moment.
Intruder working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pesonen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pesonen preventing the sweep.
Pesonen lands a couple of elbows.
Pesonen stands up over Intruder, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pesonen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Intruder utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Intruder looking for a sweep. Not yet Intruder, not yet.
Intruder not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pesonen cracks Intruder with a solid left hand.
Pesonen working some strikes from top position.
Pesonen stopping the sweep attempt from Intruder.
Pesonen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Intruder is pulling down on Pesonen's head. It's preventing any offense from Pesonen, at least for the moment.
Intruder wants to sweep here but Pesonen controlling him for the moment.
Pesonen advances position into side control!
Pesonen working the head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pesonen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Intruder is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Intruder takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pesonen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Intruder sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pesonen throws an elbow but Intruder slips to the side and avoids it well.
Pesonen is working Intruder over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pesonen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pesonen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Intruder takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Intruder tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pesonen lands an elbow.
Intruder tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pesonen scores with punches from side control.
Pesonen throws a strike aimed at the side of Intruder's head but Intruder avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen looks up at the clock and then as Intruder takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pesonen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Intruder is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pesonen connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pesonen is working Intruder over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pesonen in side control, throwing shots but Intruder defends.
Intruder sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pesonen lands with a punch from half guard.
 Intruder is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pesonen lands a nice short elbow.
Oh Intruder is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pesonen is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Intruder is hurt! He's hurt bad - Pesonen fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Intruder from any more punishment! Congratulations to Pesonen! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jallu Pesonen!
Jallu Pesonen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Gotti (ranked 658 p4p, 843 weight class) and Mike Murhaa (ranked 79 p4p, 104 weight class). Gotti comes to the cage accompanied by King Of Kings. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Dominic Gotti !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gotti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gotti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Pit in the buildup to the fight.
Gotti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Gotti moves out of range.
Crunch! Gotti slams his shin into Murhaa's torso.
Gotti misses with a double jab.
Gotti throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Murhaa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gotti misses with a looping left.
Gotti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murhaa.
Gotti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murhaa throws an off balance right hand
and Gotti counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Murhaa tries to clinch there but Gotti circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gotti walks into a stiff left hand from Murhaa.
Gotti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa wants to counter the offense by Gotti and move into the clinch position.
Murhaa moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gotti 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti throws a head kick that Murhaa semi-blocks.
It looks like Mike Murhaa has been cut.
Gotti throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murhaa moves into the clinch successfully.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Murhaa as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murhaa.
Gotti swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa keeps control of Gotti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Gotti .
Good body shot from Murhaa.
Gotti takes a shot to the head.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Gotti is breathing heavily.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Murhaa tries a body shot but Gotti blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa misses with some punches.
Murhaa tries a body shot but Gotti blocks it.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Gotti controls the action.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gotti backwards.
Murhaa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Gotti .
Still in the clinch, Gotti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Gotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Murhaa keeps control of Gotti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gotti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotti breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Gotti 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murhaa wants to clinch up but Gotti keeps it at a distance.
Gotti misses with a hook.
Gotti tries a head kick but it misses.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Gotti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Gotti throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gotti .
Murhaa moves into the clinch.
Gotti swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Gotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gotti prevents a body shot from Murhaa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Gotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gotti tries to circle away but Murhaa has him pinned against the cage.
Good body shot from Gotti .
Murhaa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gotti .
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Gotti .
Gotti tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gotti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Gotti .
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murhaa lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Murhaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Murhaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Murhaa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Murhaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gotti 's head backwards.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Gotti is just out of range.
Murhaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gotti , pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Gotti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gotti 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gotti tries to land a front kick but Murhaa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gotti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gotti throws a sloppy head kick and Murhaa moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murhaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa stuns Gotti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murhaa cracks a nice hook into Gotti 's ribs.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti misses with a head kick.
Murhaa throws a good cross that connects.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gotti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Murhaa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murhaa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Gotti moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Gotti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gotti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gotti . Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gotti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gotti lands an overhand right.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Gotti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa connects with a looping right hand.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Gotti is having none of 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!
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Gotti moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gotti sizes up Murhaa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gotti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gotti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to clinch up
and Gotti counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Murhaa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gotti .
Murhaa tests Gotti 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhaa closes the distance and clinches.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Gotti backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gotti misses with a body punch.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa working aggressively here.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
Gotti is trying to force a seperation but Murhaa has the dominant position.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Murhaa.
Gotti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gotti blocks an uppercut.
Gotti blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Gotti controls the action.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Gotti backwards.
Murhaa presses Gotti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mike Murhaa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gotti blocking some punches.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Gotti uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
A short left from Murhaa.
Gotti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
Gotti blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gotti working aggressively here.
Murhaa digs a right hand underneath Gotti 's ribcage. Gotti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murhaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Murhaa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Murhaa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Murhaa tests Gotti 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhaa jabs Gotti to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Gotti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gotti takes one on the button.
Gotti just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa clinches up against the cage.
Murhaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gotti or not.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Gotti .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Gotti .
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murhaa drops Gotti onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Gotti is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Gotti is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gotti to his knees! Murhaa keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Murhaa!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valerio Bartoli (ranked 227 p4p, 82 weight class) and Min-Sik Song (ranked 29 p4p, 9 weight class). Bartoli's entrance music is Modulate - Bass Alert. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Song's choice of entrance music: Akatsuki. 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valerio Bartoli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Min-Sik Song!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Song clobbers Bartoli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Song throws a leg kick but Bartoli sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Song lands with a shot to the body.
Song looks to score with a jab to the body but Bartoli is just out of range.
Bartoli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Song stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some bone on bone action there as Song checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Song connects with a leg kick.
Bartoli takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bartoli blocks a jab.
Song ducks under a wild hook from Bartoli.
Bartoli tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bartoli swings for the body but Song moves out of range.
Bartoli thows a leg kick but Song checks it
and Song cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bartoli takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Song blocks a leg kick.
Bartoli takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Song throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song scores with a jab to the head.
Song on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Song misses.
Decent striking displayed by Song there.
Song throws a leg kick that misses.
Bartoli half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bartoli throws a nice looking combination but Song bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Song looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Song.
Bartoli throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bartoli misses with a looping left.
Song throws a looping overhand right but Bartoli ducks down to avoid it.
Song thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bartoli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Song lands a slapping body shot.
Bartoli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bartoli throws a hook but Song avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Song.
Song takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bartoli connects with an inside leg kick.
Bartoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Song scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bartoli in his tracks.
Song slips under a jab.
Song fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bartoli checks it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartoli throws a low kick but Song moves out of range easily.
Song misses the jab.
Bartoli half committed to a counter leg kick.
Song connects with a looping right hand.
Song showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bartoli.
Song looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Song misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Song is out of range.
Song pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bartoli is out of range and Song settles back down.
Bartoli fires out a quick counter leg kick but Song just manages to avoid it.
Song on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bartoli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Song looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Song misses with a hook.
Song lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Song checks a leg kick nicely.
Song connects with a nice looking jab.
Bartoli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bartoli connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Song's hands.
Song buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Song keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Bartoli, right into the meat of the thigh.
Song misses with a left hand
and Song takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Song throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bartoli cracks Song with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bartoli throws a lazy right hand but Song sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Bartoli. Those never looked like landing.
Nice straight punches there by Song. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Song.
Song takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Bartoli.
Song throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bartoli throws a low kick, looking for Song's leg but Song calmly moves out of range.
Song with a hook.
Song swings for the body but Bartoli moves out of range.
Song takes a swing at Bartoli's ribcage but misses.
Bartoli sizes up Song with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Song moves out of range of the leg kick from Bartoli.
Bartoli is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bartoli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bartoli looks to land a left hand but Song moved out of range nicely.
Song jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Song.
Song throws a push kick but Bartoli slaps the foot to one side.
A big left from Bartoli misses.
Bartoli on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Song 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bartoli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Song.
Song cracks Bartoli with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Song swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bartoli lands a jab to the nose.
Bartoli throws a low kick but it's checked well by Song.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Song throws a chopping leg kick but Bartoli manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Song swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bartoli misses with a wild combination.
Song throws a solid leg kick but Bartoli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Song.
Bartoli looks to land a right hand but Song moved out of range.
Song's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bartoli connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Song scrambles back to his feet.
Bartoli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bartoli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Song lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bartoli throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bartoli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Song misses.
Bartoli looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Song fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bartoli misses with an uppercut. Song saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Song.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartoli throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Song lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bartoli connects with the punch.
Song waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bartoli.
Bartoli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Min-Sik Song will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bartoli turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bartoli misses with a straight right.
Song slips a jab from Bartoli.
Bartoli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bartoli closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Song lands with a thumping leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Song blocks the leg kick.
Song throws a leg kick that misses.
Song throws a low kick but Bartoli moves out of range easily.
Min-Sik Song seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Song clobbers Bartoli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bartoli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Song.
Bartoli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Song avoids the head kick by Bartoli.
A combination from Bartoli does no damage.
Bartoli looks to land a left hand but Song moved out of range nicely.
Song scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Song tries to score with a low kick but Bartoli moves his leg out of the way.
Bartoli stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Song tries a low kick but Bartoli avoids it.
Bartoli lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bartoli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Song.
Bartoli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Song fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bartoli fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Song is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Song takes a swing at Bartoli's ribcage but misses.
Bartoli looks to land a combination but Song avoids it well.
Bartoli is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Bartoli blocks a jab.
Bartoli misses with a hook. Song ducked under it nicely.
Song throws out a counter right but Bartoli avoids it with no problem.
Bartoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Song manages to avoid it.
Bartoli takes one to the side of the head.
Song uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bartoli.
Song connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bartoli avoids the body shot from Song.
Song throws a leg kick but Bartoli sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A good leg kick by Song.
Song slips a jab from Bartoli.
Nice shot by Bartoli.
Bartoli is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Song dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bartoli. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Song.
Bartoli tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Song is able to avoid easily.
Bartoli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Song wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bartoli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bartoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Song.
Song buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Song just misses with a punch to the body.
Song lands with a thumping leg kick.
Song lands an overhand right.
Bartoli on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bartoli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bartoli misses with a looping right.
Bartoli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Song counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Song 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.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bartoli might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Song connects with a crisp jab.
Song misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Bartoli checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slow jab from Song misses its intended target.
A low kick lands for Song.
Song fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bartoli.
Bartoli misses with an uppercut. Song saw that one coming.
Song scores with a jab.
Song moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bartoli throwing a counter right hand but Song manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bartoli.
Bartoli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Song.
Bartoli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song digs a good body shot into Bartoli's ribs.
Song ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Song has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Song moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Song fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bartoli checks it well.
Good work by Song as he checks the leg kick.
Bartoli throws a head kick that misses
and Song counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Song thumps Bartoli with a low kick.
Song throws a quick inside leg kick.
Song looks to land a right hand but Bartoli moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Song misses the target.
Bartoli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Song.
Song ducks under a wild hook from Bartoli.
Bartoli misses with a straight left.
Bartoli throws a jab but it's blocked by Song.
Song was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Song lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartoli lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bartoli!
Nice uppercut there from Bartoli.
Bartoli throws a shot from downtown. Song moves away and avoids it.
Song throws a big shot that misses.
Bartoli misses with a lunging right hand
and Song counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Song buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bartoli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Song throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bartoli misses the target.
Bartoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bartoli fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Song misses the target.
Song slips under a jab from Bartoli.
Bartoli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bartoli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bartoli swings for the body but Song moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Song throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Song tries to score with a low kick but Bartoli moves his leg out of the way.
Song jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Min-Sik Song showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Bartoli connects with an inside leg kick.
Song throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Song takes one to the chin there.
Bartoli drops his hands momentarily and Song takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Song cracks Bartoli with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Song misses with a looping left.
A head kick from Song lands but Bartoli takes it in his stride.
Bartoli looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Song throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bartoli scores with a leg kick.
Bartoli throws the left hand but Song avoids the punch easily.
Song throws out a leg kick but Bartoli moves out of range and Song only half commits.
Bartoli fires out a quick counter leg kick but Song just manages to avoid it.
Song looks to score with a jab to the body but Bartoli is just out of range.
Bartoli is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Bartoli fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Song is out of range.
Bartoli loads up on a big right hand but Song slips the punch.
Song misses with a low kick.
Song has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bartoli.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Song. That's going to slow Bartoli down.
Song scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bartoli doesn't seem bothered though.
Song throws a leg kick but Bartoli moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Song misses with a straight right.
Song slips under a jab.
Bartoli throws a right hand that misses
and Song counters with a good low kick that Bartoli was not able to check.
Bartoli is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Song connects with an inside leg kick.
Bartoli tries a low kick but Song avoids it.
Bartoli shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bartoli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bartoli is looking to chop away at Song's legs.
Song looks to land a right hand but Bartoli moved out of range.
Bartoli tried to counter with a leg kick but Song avoided it.
Song connects with the punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Song blocks the leg kick.
Song misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Song.
Song lands a jab to Bartoli's midsection.
Song bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bartoli's head.
Song scoring well with a low kick there.
Song feints and then cracks Bartoli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bartoli down.
Bartoli moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Song cracks Bartoli with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Song misses with a straight right.
Bartoli moves out of range as Song strikes.
Bartoli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Song can pounce on him.
Song scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bartoli in his tracks.
Song blocks a jab.
Song chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bartoli can pounce on him.
Bartoli tried to score with a low kick but Song checks it.
Song looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bartoli tries to land a leg kick but Song saw it coming and moves away.
Song moves out of range as Bartoli strikes.
Bartoli takes one to the side of the head.
Song takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Song.
Bartoli slips under a jab.
A big left from Bartoli misses.
Jab from Song.
Bartoli motions for Song to come forward. Bartoli throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bartoli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bartoli throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bartoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Song manages to avoid it.
Bartoli swings for the body but Song moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli looks to score with a jab to the body but Song is just out of range.
Bartoli motions for Song to come forward. Bartoli throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bartoli fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Song is out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Song.
A jab from Bartoli misses.
Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Song.
Song lands with a shot to the body.
Song misses with an uppercut. Bartoli saw that one coming.
Song misses the shot to the body.
Song lands a jab.
Song misses with a hook. Bartoli ducked under it nicely.
Song scores with a jab.
Song will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jab by Song.
Bartoli misses with a hook.
Song throws out a counter right but Bartoli avoids it with no problem.
Bartoli staying out of range there.
Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bartoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Song.
Nice straight punches there by Song. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Song.
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!
Song moves out of range of the leg kick from Bartoli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartoli moves into range and connects with a jab.
Song chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Song scores with a hook to the body. Bartoli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A solid leg kick lands there for Song.
The fighters circling - Song throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Song throws out a loose jab but Bartoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Song wants to slow Bartoli down by chopping away at his legs.
Bartoli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Song.
Bartoli tried to score with a low kick but Song checks it.
Song looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bartoli throws a body shot but no joy.
Song keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Song stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bartoli.
Bartoli misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bartoli throws a looping overhand right but Song ducks down to avoid it.
Bartoli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bartoli wants to land a leg kick but Song is out of range.
Valerio Bartoli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That kick from Song tenderised Bartoli's leg. Bartoli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bartoli blocks the body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Min-Sik Song comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Song has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Min-Sik Song!
Min-Sik Song decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ross Kemp (ranked 256 p4p, 369 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 38 p4p, 49 weight class). Kemp comes to the cage accompanied by Ross Kemp is gonna bust you up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Kemp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinyuk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kemp throws the left hand but Martinyuk avoids the punch easily.
Kemp scores with a decent looking hook.
Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kemp throws a series of punches but Martinyuk avoids them all with ease.
Kemp misses with a lunging right hand
and Martinyuk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kemp looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kemp throws a right hand that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinyuk scores with a jab to the head.
Martinyuk takes one to the side of the head.
Martinyuk's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinyuk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinyuk throws a lazy uppercut
and Kemp counters with a nice body kick.
Kemp wants to land a leg kick but Martinyuk is out of range.
Martinyuk throws out a counter right but Kemp avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemp walks into a jab.
Kemp has managed to clinch.
Martinyuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kemp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinyuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martinyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kemp is looking to score with low kicks.
Kemp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinyuk.
Kemp misses the body punch
and Martinyuk counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kemp. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinyuk staying out of range there.
Martinyuk doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Martinyuk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Martinyuk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemp throws a body shot but no joy.
Martinyuk swings for the body but Kemp moves out of range.
Martinyuk checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kemp lands an overhand right.
It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kemp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martinyuk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Kemp backs off Martinyuk throws a huge counter combo but Kemp manages to avoid it all.
The crowd cheers as Martinyuk lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kemp doesn't seem phased though.
Martinyuk misses with a hook.
Kemp lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kemp tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Martinyuk counters with a series of strikes. Kemp will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kemp lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk lands a nice hook to Kemp's body. Kemp takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kemp misses with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Kemp. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kemp.
Martinyuk is rocked!
Martinyuk gets tackled into the cage by Kemp. Kemp maintains the clinch.
Martinyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kemp scores with a body shot.
Kemp cracks Martinyuk on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Martinyuk falls backwards against the cage. Kemp follows up with more strikes that drop Martinyuk to his knees. Kemp keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Martinyuk! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross Kemp!
Ross Kemp decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arjan Bhullar (ranked 99 p4p, 193 weight class) and Ispa Murhaa (ranked 15 p4p, 26 weight class). Bhullar comes to the cage accompanied by Daniel Cormier - All About That Cake. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arjan Bhullar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa slaps away a takedown attempt from Bhullar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bhullar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murhaa.
Murhaa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bhullar with a body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bhullar.
Bhullar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
Bhullar feinted with a counter takedown.
Bhullar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
 It looks like Arjan Bhullar has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjan Bhullar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bhullar digs a good hook to Murhaa's body.
Bhullar tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Murhaa defends well and Bhullar ends up having to push Murhaa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bhullar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bhullar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Murhaa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bhullar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa takes one to the side of the head.
Bhullar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Bhullar.
Bhullar misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Bhullar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Bhullar avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Murhaa.
Bhullar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Murhaa sprawls and moves away.
Bhullar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bhullar seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bhullar scores with a jab. Murhaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bhullar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa cracks Bhullar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murhaa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Murhaa.
Bhullar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Bhullar moved out of range.
Murhaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bhullar looks for a takedown but Murhaa sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar cracks Murhaa with a good jab.
Ispa Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bhullar looks to land a right hand but Murhaa moved out of range.
Bhullar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Arjan Bhullar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bhullar.
Bhullar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Murhaa finds it's way through Bhullar's defenses.
Bhullar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murhaa's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Bhullar lands a head shot.
Bhullar throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Bhullar lands with an overhand left.
Bhullar looks to land a right hand but Murhaa moved out of range.
Bhullar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bhullar cracks Murhaa with a good jab.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Bhullar shoots in looking for a takedown but Murhaa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bhullar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bhullar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
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 Arjan Bhullar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arjan Bhullar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A big right from Bhullar misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murhaa! But no joy.
Bhullar swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murhaa! But no joy.
Bhullar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bhullar misses with a body shot.
Bhullar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhullar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Bhullar's head but Bhullar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bhullar tries to counter with a takedown but Murhaa is quick to defend against it.
Bhullar tries for a takedown but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Murhaa unleashes a big counter combination but Bhullar bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Bhullar missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bhullar throws a poor cross that misses
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murhaa has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Bhullar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murhaa under the eye.
Arjan Bhullar is winning the standup battle so far.
Bhullar scores with a decent looking hook.
Bhullar throws a lazy uppercut
and Murhaa scores with a counter punch that sends Bhullar to the canvas! Murhaa smells blood - he's punishing Bhullar with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Bhullar has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ispa Murhaa!
Our winner, Ispa Murhaa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Bangsit (ranked 116 p4p, 203 weight class) and Thiago Thiago (ranked 23 p4p, 34 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 29 - 23 - 2, fighting out of London, Andy Bangsit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Thiago!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bangsit misses with a takedown
and Thiago connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bangsit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thiago throws a leg kick
and Bangsit counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bangsit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've been hearing good reports from Bangsit's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Thiago utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bangsit is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bangsit wants to pass the guard but Thiago is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bangsit keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thiago's head.
Bangsit looking to pass the guard.
Thiago avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangsit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thiago works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bangsit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bangsit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thiago works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thiago preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bangsit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thiago swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bangsit has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bangsit throws a big right hand that misses.
Bangsit throws a big elbow that misses.
Bangsit with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bangsit is looking to work some ground and pound but Thiago has wrist control.
Bangsit lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bangsit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thiago swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bangsit thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago keeping full guard, as Bangsit tries to pass.
Bangsit in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bangsit drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bangsit jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bangsit wants to pass the guard but Thiago is keeping the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Bangsit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bangsit postures up in Thiago's guard and throws a big left but Thiago blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bangsit tries to free his leg and advance position but Thiago is retaining full guard.
Bangsit drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bangsit jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago gets caught napping as Bangsit dives in and scores a takedown. Thiago manages to retain guard.
Bangsit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thiago is keeping the position for now.
Bangsit is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Thiago utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bangsit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bangsit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bangsit drops back looking for a leg! Thiago is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Thiago manages to kick Bangsit off! Bangsit jumps back into Thiago's guard.
Thiago trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangsit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thiago swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thiago has Bangsit pulled in close to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bangsit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bangsit wants to pass the guard but Thiago is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bangsit throwing strikes but missing.
Thiago keeping full guard, as Bangsit tries to pass.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Bangsit dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bangsit fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bangsit gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thiago throws a poor cross that misses
and Bangsit counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bangsit seems to be working for a kimura but Thiago defends the submission attempt.
Bangsit is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bangsit is working for a kimura but Thiago is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangsit is looking for a kimura but Thiago is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bangsit to get the leverage.
Thiago is trying to get back to full guard.
Bangsit throwing shots but Thiago is blocking nicely.
Bangsit is working for a kimura but Thiago is defending it quite comfortably.
Bangsit tries to pass to full mount but Thiago defends it.
Bangsit is trying to work for a kimura but Thiago is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Thiago is defending against the submission attempts here by Bangsit.
Thiago taking some punishment here, with Bangsit in his half guard.
Bangsit looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bangsit is working for a kimura here but Thiago manages to reverse the position and he's now in Bangsit's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bangsit looking for a guillotine here but Thiago defends easily.
Bangsit working for submissions but it's allowed Thiago to get to half guard.
Thiago works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bangsit wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangsit tries to roll but Thiago sticks to his back.
What can Bangsit do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Bangsit tries to break free.
Bangsit is working hard here to advance position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thiago slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Bangsit tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thiago Thiago will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Bangsit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Thiago looks to land a right hand but Bangsit moved out of range.
Thiago lands with a right hand.
Bangsit misses with a takedown
letting Thiago counter with a right hand.
Bangsit misses with a takedown attempt - Thiago sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thiago throws a hook to the side of Bangsit's head but Bangsit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bangsit shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Andy Bangsit overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bangsit is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bangsit is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thiago can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangsit has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Thiago defend it? Bangsit steps over the head and cranks it - Thiago is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Bangsit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andy Bangsit!
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