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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fran Herandio (ranked 6143 p4p, 6270 weight class) and Johnny Morison (ranked 571 p4p, 580 weight class). Fran Herandio could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johnny Morison 's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fran Herandio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Morison !
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herandio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morison closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Herandio quickly recovers to half guard.
Morison lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herandio wants to get back to his feet.
Morison controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morison seems to be working for a kimura but Herandio defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morison seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Herandio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Morison working the head and body with strikes.
Herandio looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Herandio's head.
Morison prevents Herandio from standing back up.
Morison controlling the action here.
Herandio is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morison seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
It looks like Morison might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A lazy left from Herandio finds it's target.
Morison gets a double leg takedown into Herandio's guard.
Morison controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morison prevents Herandio from getting back to his feet.
Morison distracts Herandio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Herandio is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morison content to stall in guard here.
Herandio wants to stand up but Morison is controlling him.
Herandio trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Morison drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Morison won't allow Herandio to get back to his feet.
Herandio is looking to stand back up but Morison counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Herandio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Morison seems content to control.
Herandio is trying to stand back up but Morison is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morison seems to be working for a kimura but Herandio defends the submission attempt.
Morison sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morison scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morison slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Morison dominated that round.
That's time! Herandio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Herandio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Good exchange - Herandio coming out on top.
Herandio cracks Morison with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Herandio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morison counters with a straight right hand.
Morison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Herandio cracks Morison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morison stops Herandio from getting back to his feet.
Johnny Morison has got the better of the ground game so far.
Herandio wants to stand back up but Morison manages to pass into side control.
Herandio is trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morison lands a few punches from side control.
Morison prevents Herandio from escaping the position.
Herandio trying to remain calm as Morison controls from the top position.
Herandio is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morison has just dragged him back down to the mat.
A lull in the action here as Morison stalls from top position.
Herandio wants to get back to his feet but Morison drags him back down.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Herandio gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morison to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morison 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herandio wants to get back to his feet but Morison passes into half guard.
Morison content to control rather than advance.
Morison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morison takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Herandio tries to kick Morison off but Morison keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Morison decides to stand up.
Morison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Herandio scores with a four punch combination!
Morison closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Herandio quickly recovers to half guard.
Herandio is looking to escape.
Herandio wants to stand back up but Morison manages to pass into side control.
Morison is trying to get an arm triangle but Herandio is defending well.
Herandio is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Morison is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morison has a takedown stuffed.
Morison moves out of range as Herandio strikes.
Herandio moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMorison .
Morison gets a double leg takedown into Herandio's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Morison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Morison walks into a left hand.
Herandio wants to clinch up but Morison keeps it at a distance.
Herandio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morison . Morison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Herandio lands with an overhand left.
Morison drives through and clinches with Herandio against the cage.
Herandio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Herandio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morison gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Herandio wants to stand but Morison is controlling the position.
Morison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Herandio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Herandio wants to stand up but Morison is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morison looking to pass the guard.
Herandio wants to stand up but Morison is controlling him.
Herandio is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Herandio struggles to land a body shot inside as Morison controls his hands.
Herandio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Herandio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Herandio is looking to break free of the clinch but Morison has double underhooks.
Morison can't find room to land a body shot as Herandio controls the action.
Morison pulls Herandio into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herandio preventing the sweep.
Morison pushes Herandio off and gets back to his feet.
Morison slips under a jab from Herandio.
Herandio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Herandio misses with a wild body shot.
Herandio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morison .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herandio misses with a kick to the body.
Herandio connects with a right hand. Morison shakes it off.
Herandio is looking to clinch.
Morison defending well as Herandio loads up on a big left hand.
Herandio misses with a double jab.
Herandio lands with an uppercut that bounces Morison off the cage and back into range.
Morison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Herandio.
Morison shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herandio looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morison not doing much here.
Herandio is trying to stand.
Herandio on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morison is taking a breather. Herandio says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Fran Herandio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Herandio won't allow Morison to pass to mount.
Herandio is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morison pulls his head out easily.
Morison is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morison prevents Herandio from standing back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Herandio. That snapped Morison 's head back.
Morison shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Herandio manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Herandio is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Morison dives into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fran Herandio showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Morison !
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Rollins (ranked 4416 p4p, 6070 weight class) and Pate Murhapuro (ranked 545 p4p, 625 weight class). Pate Murhapuro 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dennis Rollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pate Murhapuro!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhapuro looks to land a left hand but Rollins moved out of range nicely.
Rollins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro looks to score with a jab to the body but Rollins is just out of range.
Murhapuro throws an off balance right hand
and Rollins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rollins looks to land a left hand but Murhapuro moved out of range nicely.
Rollins slips a straight right by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch lands to the side of Rollins 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murhapuro lunges at Rollins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rollins's hand.
Murhapuro drives through and clinches with Rollins against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rollins tries to throw a body punch but Murhapuro avoids it by throwing Rollins back against the cage.
Murhapuro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rollins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murhapuro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhapuro scores with a hook to the body.
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!
Murhapuro blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Rollins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rollins backwards.
Rollins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhapuro's elbow.
Rollins is trying to break the clinch but Murhapuro is controlling him.
Murhapuro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murhapuro lands with a left to the head.
Murhapuro lands with a light punch inside.
Rollins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murhapuro lands a body shot.
Murhapuro lands a shot to the body.
Rollins takes a shot to the head.
Murhapuro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murhapuro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rollins backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rollins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhapuro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murhapuro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rollins working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Murhapuro.
Rollins is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhapuro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rollins can't find room to land a body shot as Murhapuro controls the action.
Murhapuro lands a left hand.
Murhapuro digs a right hand into Rollins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rollins's gas tank.
Murhapuro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
 Rollins is rocked!
Murhapuro manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Oh Rollins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short uppercut from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro dips a shoulder and cracks Rollins with a mighty uppercut! Rollins falls back against the cage and Murhapuro unloads with a barrage of strikes! Rollins is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Murhapuro screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pate Murhapuro!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximo Costa (ranked 3877 p4p, 4671 weight class) and Frank Karuso (ranked 466 p4p, 512 weight class). Maximo Costa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Frank Karuso's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maximo Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Karuso!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karuso has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karuso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Costa backwards.
Costa is trying to break free.
Karuso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costa is looking for a takedown.
Costa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Karuso lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Costa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Karuso lands a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Karuso.
Karuso stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Karuso lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karuso.
Karuso lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Karuso lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karuso is working Costa over against the cage.
Karuso gets through Costa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karuso lands a body punch.
Costa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karuso is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Karuso to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Karuso is controlling the position.
A short body shot lands from Karuso as the two fighters clinch.
Karuso digs a right hand into Costa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Costa's gas tank.
Karuso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Costa backwards.
Costa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Karuso has double underhooks.
Karuso lands a nice uppercut.
Karuso gets through Costa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Karuso.
Karuso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Costa backwards.
Karuso looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short left from Karuso.
Karuso throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Costa is breathing heavily.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Karuso is controlling the position.
Karuso gets through Costa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karuso breaks from the clinch.
Karuso misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
Costa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Karuso.
Costa is rocked!
Karuso drops Costa with a naaaaasty hook - Costa is in real trouble here! Karuso dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Karuso!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Gagarin (ranked 6218 p4p, 3299 weight class) and Jack McScramble (ranked 552 p4p, 392 weight class). Jack McScramble 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Gagarin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack McScramble!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gagarin lands a nice shot to the body.
McScramble waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gagarin.
McScramble swings for the body but Gagarin moves out of range.
Gagarin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from McScramble. Gagarin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gagarin slaps away a takedown attempt from McScramble, before circling back to the center of the mat.
McScramble dives in and scores a takedown into Gagarin's guard.
McScramble trying to control the position from guard on top but Gagarin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gagarin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McScramble has gone for a leg lock! Gagarin slips out almost immediately though and dives into McScramble's guard.
Gagarin wants to control from the top but McScramble keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gagarin looking to sit in guard and control but McScramble gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gagarin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
McScramble wants to control from the top but Gagarin keeps moving.
McScramble is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gagarin is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gagarin has escaped and now he's on top!
Gagarin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McScramble controlling Gagarin's posture.
McScramble lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
McScramble trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McScramble in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McScramble is pushing down on Gagarin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gagarin is fighting to maintain full guard but McScramble has managed to sneak the leg through.
McScramble is trying to control the action in half guard but Gagarin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
McScramble is trying to work for a kimura but Gagarin is defending well.
McScramble moves nicely into side control.
Gagarin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McScramble on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McScramble landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gagarin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
McScramble works to advance to full mount. Gagarin defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
McScramble landing strikes, looking to finish!
McScramble landing strikes, looking to finish!
McScramble with a couple of short strikes.
McScramble cracks Gagarin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
McScramble is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gagarin can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McScramble fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
McScramble is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gagarin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McScramble is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gagarin looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, McScramble cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw McScramble working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
McScramble controlling the pace for now.
Gagarin is wriggling around trying to escape.
McScramble breaks from Gagarin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McScramble working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Gagarin turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips McScramble off and cradles Gagarin's limp body as McScramble celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jack McScramble!
After winning the bout, Jack McScramble thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angus MacDoughall (ranked 3730 p4p, 3679 weight class) and Dranos Sandus (ranked 467 p4p, 459 weight class). Dranos Sandus told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angus MacDoughall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dranos Sandus!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacDoughall misses with an uppercut
and Sandus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
MacDoughall cracks Sandus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
MacDoughall lands an overhand right.
MacDoughall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
MacDoughall buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sandus throws a hook but MacDoughall avoids it easily.
Sandus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacDoughall was well out of range. Poor timing from Sandus.
MacDoughall lands a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from MacDoughall.
Sandus doesn't manage to clinch there - MacDoughall circles away.
MacDoughall lands a nice hook to Sandus's body. Sandus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sandus walks into a left hand.
MacDoughall scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
MacDoughall slips a jab from Sandus.
MacDoughall lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandus looks up at the clock. Bad move! MacDoughall lands a right hand from hell, dropping Sandus. MacDoughall pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angus MacDoughall!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyutskan Ivankov (ranked 3183 p4p, 4899 weight class) and Vojo Ilic (ranked 115 p4p, 134 weight class). Lyutskan Ivankov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lyutskan Ivankov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vojo Ilic!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ivankov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ivankov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivankov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
 It looks like Vojo Ilic has been cut.
Ilic ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ilic no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Ilic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ilic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ivankov trying to control the position from guard on top but Ilic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ivankov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ivankov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ilic looking for a sweep. Not yet Ilic, not yet.
Ivankov is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Ivankov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivankov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ilic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ilic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ilic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ilic wants to sweep but no luck.
Ivankov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ilic on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilic throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Ilic trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ilic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ivankov lands with a straight right. Ilic didn't see that one coming.
Ilic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ivankov, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ivankov.
Ivankov stalling in the clinch but Ilic improves position.
A short right from Ivankov on the inside.
Ilic fails to pull guard.
Ivankov lands a hook that snaps the head of Ilic backwards.
Ilic gets control of Ivankov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ilic will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ilic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ivankov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ivankov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ilic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilic thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ilic keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Ilic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ilic tries to strike from the bottom.
Ivankov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ilic trying to strike off his back.
Ilic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivankov wants to stand and escape but Ilic is having none of it.
Ilic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ivankov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ilic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ilic chips away with some ground and pound.
Ilic cracks Ivankov with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivankov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ilic working some strikes from top position.
Ivankov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ilic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ilic pushes down on Ivankov's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ilic connects with a nice short shot to Ivankov's temple.
Ilic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
 It looks like Lyutskan Ivankov has been cut.
Ilic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ilic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilic is nestled in close to Ivankov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lyutskan Ivankov's cut is getting worse.
Ilic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Ilic there.
Lyutskan Ivankov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lyutskan Ivankov's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vojo Ilic!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mihai Albescu (ranked 4028 p4p, 3540 weight class) and Danny Trejo (ranked 479 p4p, 429 weight class). Danny Trejo 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mihai Albescu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Trejo!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albescu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Albescu misses the target.
Albescu misses the shot to the body.
Trejo's corner calls for a 1-2. Trejo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Trejo is looking to clinch.
Trejo connects with a single shot there.
Trejo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Albescu.
Trejo misses with a wild body shot.
Trejo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Albescu scores with a sloppy right hand. Trejo should have avoided that one.
Trejo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albescu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trejo.
Trejo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Trejo wants to clinch up but Albescu keeps it at a distance.
Albescu slips under a jab from Trejo.
A little feinted left hand from Albescu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trejo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Albescu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trejo.
The fighters circling - Albescu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trejo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Albescu.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Albescu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Trejo, as that shot connected.
Albescu misses with an uppercut.
Trejo moves out of range of the strikes.
Trejo wants to counter the offense by Albescu and move into the clinch position.
Trejo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Albescu finds it's way round the side to connect with Trejo's head.
Albescu lands a body shot.
Trejo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Albescu misses with a straight right.
Trejo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Albescu misses with a hook.
Albescu works the jab nicely.
Jab by Trejo.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch but Albescu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trejo slips under a jab from Albescu.
Albescu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Albescu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Trejo finds it's way round the side to connect with Albescu's head.
Trejo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Albescu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trejo doesn't seem bothered though.
Albescu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trejo. Albescu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Albescu misses with a two punch combination.
Trejo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Albescu misses with a body shot.
Albescu looks to score with a jab to the body but Trejo is just out of range.
Trejo lands with a cross.
Albescu connects with the punch.
Trejo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Albescu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Trejo.
Trejo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Albescu had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Trejo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trejo throws a lazy uppercut
and Albescu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trejo. Albescu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Albescu takes one to the side of the head.
Albescu avoids the body shot from Trejo.
Trejo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trejo misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Trejo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Albescu looks to land a left hand but Trejo moved out of range nicely.
Trejo cracks Albescu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Albescu throws a hook but Trejo blocks it.
Trejo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Albescu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Albescu is looking to counter punch.
Albescu misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Albescu. Trejo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Albescu misses.
A slow jab from Albescu misses its intended target.
Trejo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Albescu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trejo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Albescu.
Albescu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Trejo wants to clinch up but Albescu keeps it at a distance.
Albescu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trejo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Albescu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trejo looks to score with a jab to the body but Albescu is just out of range.
Trejo lands a right hook to the body.
Albescu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Trejo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Albescu counters with a stiff right hand.
Trejo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Albescu at a distance.
Albescu is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Trejo throws out a loose jab but Albescu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trejo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Trejo lands a right hand.
Trejo tries to work over Albescu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Albescu prevents a body shot from Trejo.
Trejo lands a left hand.
Albescu is rocked!
Trejo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oh Albescu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trejo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Albescu seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Albescu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trejo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Albescu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trejo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Trejo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Albescu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trejo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trejo just misses with a punch to the body.
Trejo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Albescu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trejo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Albescu was well out of range. Poor timing from Trejo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Albescu. Trejo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice combination there by Albescu.
Trejo lands a nice shot to the body.
Trejo cracks a nice hook into Albescu's ribs.
Danny Trejo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Albescu blocks a jab.
Danny Trejo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Albescu throws a jab when Trejo was well out of range.
Trejo throws a hook to the side of Albescu's head but Albescu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Albescu defending well as Trejo loads up on a big left hand.
Trejo darts in trying to clinch
and Albescu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trejo just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albescu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trejo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trejo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Trejo tries to close the distance and clinch but Albescu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A quick step to the side and Albescu tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Albescu throws a hook but Trejo avoids it easily.
Albescu throws the left hand but Trejo avoids the punch easily.
Albescu throws a body shot but no joy.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Trejo 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.
Decent striking displayed by Trejo there.
Trejo cracks Albescu with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trejo. Albescu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trejo lands a glancing blow to the side of Albescu's head.
Albescu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Trejo slips a jab from Albescu.
Trejo's corner calls for a 1-2. Trejo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trejo lands with a cross.
Trejo avoids the body shot from Albescu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo throws a body punch but Albescu moves out of range.
Albescu misses with a body shot.
Albescu sets himself, and Trejo steps forward looking for the clinch! Albescu avoids it this time.
Trejo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Albescu manages to avoid it.
Albescu is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Albescu misses its intended target.
Albescu misses with a shot to the body
and Trejo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Trejo.
Trejo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trejo is working Albescu over against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trejo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trejo.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trejo.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Albescu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trejo lands an uppercut.
Trejo lands a shoulder strike.
Trejo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Albescu backwards.
Trejo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trejo lands a hook that snaps the head of Albescu backwards.
Trejo pushes Albescu against the cage. Trejo is working some dirty boxing. Trejo pushes off with a quick right hook! Albescu goes down! Albescu tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Trejo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Trejo!
During a confident post fight interview, Danny Trejo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry David Walden (ranked 2864 p4p, 3377 weight class) and Galen Marek (ranked 408 p4p, 458 weight class). Walden comes to the cage accompanied by Blister in the Sun- Violent Femmes. Galen Marek acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry David Walden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Galen Marek!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marek throws an overhand right that lands on Walden's shoulder, as Walden tries to avoid the shot.
Marek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walden is looking to clinch but Marek is avoiding it.
Walden misses the jab.
Walden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marek.
Walden misses with an uppercut
enabling Marek to counter with a crisp jab.
A punch lands to the side of Marek 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marek tries to move into range but Walden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Walden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Marek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Marek.
Marek throws a shot from downtown. Walden moves away and avoids it.
Walden misses with a wild body shot.
Marek looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Walden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walden has closed the distance and engaged Marek in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marek throws a right hand that misses
and Walden counters with a straight right hand.
Marek throws the left hand but Walden avoids the punch easily.
Marek misses with a body shot.
Marek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walden manages to avoid it.
Jab by Walden.
Walden slips under a jab.
Marek just misses with a punch to the body.
Walden throws a head kick that Marek semi-blocks.
Walden has closed the distance and engaged Marek in a clinch.
Walden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walden has a couple of punches blocked by Marek.
A head punch on the inside from Walden fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Walden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walden misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walden misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walden fails to pull guard.
Marek manages to break the clinch.
Walden fails with a takedown attempt.
Marek misses with a straight left.
Henry David Walden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marek stuffs the takedown attempt from Walden. Walden gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry David Walden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walden avoids the body shot from Marek.
Marek slips under a jab from Walden.
Walden throws a right hand that misses
enabling Marek to counter with a crisp jab.
Walden moves to clinch but Marek breaks away
and Marek counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Henry David Walden has been cut.
Marek misses with a left hand
and Walden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marek throws a hook but Walden blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marek throws a shot from downtown. Walden moves away and avoids it.
Jab, jab by Walden - just one landing.
Walden on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Walden uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Marek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walden appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Marek throws a right hand that misses
and Walden counters with a stiff right hand.
Marek lands a nice shot to the body.
Marek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marek keeps the fight on the outside.
Walden is looking to clinch but Marek is avoiding it.
Marek looks to throw the jab but Walden is out of range.
Marek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walden is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Marek throws a hook but Walden avoids it easily.
Walden lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Walden tries to clinch there but Marek circles away.
Marek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walden.
Marek takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walden closes the distance but Marek moves to the side
and Marek counters with a stiff right hand.
Walden closes the distance and clinches.
Walden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marek manages to break the clinch.
Walden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Walden.
Walden gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Walden connects with the punch.
Walden lands a high kick!
Marek misses with a right hand
enabling Walden to counter with a crisp jab.
Walden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Walden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marek moves away.
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 Henry David Walden will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henry David Walden's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marek looks to land a right hand but Walden moved out of range.
Walden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walden scores with a kick to the midsection.
Marek lands a nice shot that snaps Walden's head back.
Walden lands an overhand right.
Walden works the jab nicely.
Walden tries to clinch but Marek moves out of range.
Walden scores with a shot to the body.
Walden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marek.
Walden is looking to counter with a body kick.
Walden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marek throws out the jab.
Walden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marek stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Walden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marek throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Marek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Walden misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marek! But no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walden catches Marek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walden connects with a crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Marek.
Marek throws a hook but Walden avoids it easily.
Marek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Galen Marek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walden throws a front kick that sends Marek stumbling back into the cage.
Walden throws a leg kick which misses Marek's front leg but catches the back leg as Marek tries to avoid it.
Marek throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch lands to the side of Marek 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marek throws a looping overhand right but Walden ducks down to avoid it.
Walden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marek misses the shot to the body.
Walden throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marek swats away the attempt to clinch by Walden.
Walden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marek.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Marek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marek misses with a looping right.
Walden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marek paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marek! But no joy.
Walden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walden.
Marek throws an off balance right hand
and Walden counters with a nice leg kick.
Marek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walden sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walden slips a straight right by Marek.
Marek takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Walden wants to clinch.
Walden is looking to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Marek throws a jab but it's blocked by Walden.
An attempted straight right counter from Walden misses the target.
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Walden slips the punch.
Marek staying out of range there.
Walden bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marek's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walden connects with a jab.
Walden throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Marek connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marek has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Walden clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marek.
Walden pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Marek.
Walden tries to clinch there but Marek circles away.
Marek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Galen Marek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marek.
Walden tries to close the distance and clinch but Marek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walden missing with a left hand there. Marek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marek swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walden getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Walden lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marek throws a jab but it's blocked by Walden.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Marek misses.
The crowd cheers as Walden lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marek doesn't seem phased though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Marek misses its intended target.
Walden scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marek in his tracks.
Walden throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marek's head.
Marek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walden.
Marek misses with an uppercut.
Walden scores with a body shot.
Walden misses with a wild combination.
Walden closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Marek did well to prevent Walden getting side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marek is looking for a sweep. Walden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry David Walden dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henry David Walden's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Walden throws the left hand but Marek avoids the punch easily.
Marek throws a hook but Walden avoids it easily.
It looked like Walden was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Marek.
Walden blocks a jab.
Walden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marek has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Walden.
Walden misses with a kick to the body
and Marek counters with a straight right hand.
Walden looks to land a combination. Marek sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marek misses the jab.
Walden moves away from the strike by Marek.
Walden ducks under a wild hook from Marek.
Walden was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Walden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marek throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marek lands with a shot to the body.
Walden works the jab nicely.
Walden scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marek throws out a loose jab but Walden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walden slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marek misses with a straight right.
Marek misses with a straight left.
Walden appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Marek moves forwards but Walden connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Walden moves out of range as Marek strikes.
Walden catches Marek with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walden counters with a straight right hand.
Marek smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Marek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Marek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walden.
Marek misses with a straight left.
Walden rushes Marek and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Marek manages to break the clinch.
Marek circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marek throws an overhand right that lands on Walden's shoulder, as Walden tries to avoid the shot.
Galen Marek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walden looks to land a left hand but Marek moved out of range nicely.
Walden fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Walden lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marek doesn't seem phased though.
Walden swings for the body but Marek moves out of range.
Walden blocks a jab.
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Walden slips the punch.
Walden throws a hook but Marek blocks it.
Walden works Marek's body with a nice hook.
Walden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice side step and Marek releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Marek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walden manages to avoid it.
Walden lands a body shot.
Walden slips under a jab from Marek.
Walden ducks under a wild hook from Marek.
Marek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Walden tries to clinch up but Marek circles away and keeps his distance.
Walden misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marek just misses with a punch to the body.
Walden connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marek's hands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Walden.
Walden blocks a jab.
Marek throws a jab but it's blocked by Walden.
Walden lands a nice shot to the body.
Marek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walden moves away.
Marek misses with an uppercut.
Walden swings widly with a right hand
and Marek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marek loads up on a big right hand but Walden slips the punch.
Walden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marek.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marek. Walden does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Walden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walden takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marek misses with a shot to the body
and Marek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marek takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walden lands a head shot.
Walden lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marek throws the left hand but Walden avoids the punch easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Marek crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Walden - the referee stops the clock and Marek gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Walden. Marek manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walden moves into the clinch successfully.
Henry David Walden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walden swings wildly with an uppercut but Marek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Galen Marek.
I think Walden 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raminus Polus (ranked 2379 p4p, 4728 weight class) and Zayaan Reese (ranked 341 p4p, 562 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raminus Polus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zayaan Reese!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reese misses with a few strikes there.
Polus avoids the body shot from Reese.
Reese paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Polus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reese, pushing him back against the cage.
Reese fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reese tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Polus's elbow.
Reese can't find room to land a body shot as Polus controls the action.
Polus stops a takedown attempt from Reese.
Polus lands a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Polus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Polus lands with a light punch inside.
Polus prevents a body shot from Reese.
Polus lands with a short shot to the head.
Reese misses with the head strike.
Polus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Reese fails to land.
Reese is trying to break the clinch but Polus has him pressed against the cage.
Reese slows down the pace here.
Polus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese misses with the head strike.
Reese stalling in the clinch but Polus improves position.
Reese is trying to break the clinch but Polus is controlling him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Polus.
Reese is trying to break free.
Polus lands an uppercut.
Polus lands with a left to the head.
Polus decides to pull guard.
Reese looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Polus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reese is one step ahead there.
Reese got a little sloppy there for a moment and Polus has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Reese has managed to get both his arms back between Polus's legs - danger averted.
Polus is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Reese frees his head nicely. Oh but Polus has switched to an armbar! Reese is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Raminus Polus!
Raminus Polus thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iner Raledran (ranked 2061 p4p, 3082 weight class) and Fela Kuti (ranked 275 p4p, 384 weight class). Iner Raledran has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Iner Raledran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fela Kuti!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Kuti finds it's target.
Kuti throws a shot to the body.
Raledran takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Iner Raledran has been cut.
Raledran slips under a jab from Kuti.
Raledran wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kuti thuds a left hand into Raledran's body.
Raledran slips under a jab from Kuti.
A little feinted left hand from Raledran on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Raledran throws a hook to the side of Kuti's head but Kuti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raledran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kuti.
Kuti cracks Raledran with a good jab.
Raledran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuti misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Raledran on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Raledran slips a jab from Kuti.
Raledran half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuti scores with a shot to the body.
Kuti throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Raledran misses the target.
Kuti digs a good body shot into Raledran's ribs.
Raledran connects with a jab.
Kuti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Raledran on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Raledran.
Raledran seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Raledran slips under a jab from Kuti.
Raledran wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kuti misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Raledran misses its target.
Kuti lands a body shot.
Kuti loads up on a big right hand but Raledran slips the punch.
Raledran has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kuti finds it's way round the side to connect with Raledran's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuti swings widly with a right hand
and Raledran counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raledran tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuti manages to circle out of the way.
Kuti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fela Kuti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Kuti misses.
Raledran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuti.
Raledran is looking to counter punch.
A left lands for Raledran.
Kuti misses the body punch
and Raledran counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kuti throws a poor cross that misses
and Raledran counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuti misses with a right hand
enabling Raledran to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuti lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Raledran, as that shot connected.
 Kuti is rocked!
Kuti throws a hook but Raledran blocks it.
Kuti is still on wobbly legs! Can Raledran finish him?
Kuti misses with a jab to the body
and Raledran counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iner Raledran!
A very excited looking Iner Raledran made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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