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SFL 29 | Titanic Collision PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaquon Jones (ranked 2823 p4p, 5293 weight class) and Miro Tynkkynen (ranked 366 p4p, 572 weight class). Tynkkynen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cow herd - Fields. 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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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaquon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miro Tynkkynen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tynkkynen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones throws the left hand but Tynkkynen avoids the punch easily.
Jaquon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tynkkynen moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Tynkkynen throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Jones connects with the punch.
Crunch! Jones slams his shin into Tynkkynen's torso.
Tynkkynen throws a jab but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Tynkkynen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tynkkynen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Tynkkynen slips the punch.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Tynkkynen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tynkkynen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Tynkkynen slips under a jab from Jones.
Tynkkynen defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Tynkkynen is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Tynkkynen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tynkkynen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jones.
Jones tries a head kick but it misses.
Tynkkynen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Tynkkynen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tynkkynen 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.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Tynkkynen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tynkkynen wants to counter the offense by Jones and move into the clinch position.
Jones avoids the body shot from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Randall's Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Tynkkynen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tynkkynen.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones misses with the combination.
Tynkkynen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Jones throws a body punch but Tynkkynen moves out of range.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Tynkkynen moves away and avoids it.
Tynkkynen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tynkkynen on the side of the head.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Tynkkynen moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Tynkkynen misses with a hook to the body
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Tynkkynen counter with a right hand.
Tynkkynen takes one on the button.
Tynkkynen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tynkkynen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tynkkynen throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tynkkynen back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Donk. Jones catches Tynkkynen right on the button with a cross.
Tynkkynen blocks a head kick by Jones.
Jones sets himself, and Tynkkynen steps forward looking for the clinch! Jones avoids it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tynkkynen checks a low kick from Jones.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jones is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tynkkynen missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Tynkkynen.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Tynkkynen slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Tynkkynen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tynkkynen misses the shot to the body.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Tynkkynen had a free shot at his head there.
A big left from Jones misses.
It seemed like Tynkkynen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Tynkkynen down.
Jones throws a head kick but Tynkkynen moves out of range.
Tynkkynen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tynkkynen swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Nice cross by Jones.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Tynkkynen ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones throws the left hand but Tynkkynen avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Jones.
Jones on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tynkkynen ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
It seemed like Tynkkynen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tynkkynen throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tynkkynen misses with a looping right.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Tynkkynen slips the punch.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tynkkynen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tynkkynen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from Jones misses.
A little jabbing left from Tynkkynen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tynkkynen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones throws a body kick that misses
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jaquon Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tynkkynen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tynkkynen stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Jaquon Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones works Tynkkynen's body with a nice hook.
Tynkkynen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Tynkkynen tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
Tynkkynen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Jones.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tynkkynen connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Jones tries a low kick but Tynkkynen avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Jones misses.
Tynkkynen throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Tynkkynen moves away and avoids it.
Tynkkynen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones loads up on a big right hand but Tynkkynen slips the punch.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tynkkynen.
 It looks like Jaquon Jones has been cut.
Tynkkynen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tynkkynen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
Tynkkynen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tynkkynen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tynkkynen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Tynkkynen ducks down to avoid it.
Tynkkynen slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tynkkynen can do to turn this around?
Jones lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tynkkynen misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Tynkkynen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A slow jab from Tynkkynen misses its intended target.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tynkkynen blocks a jab.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
letting Tynkkynen counter with a right hand.
Jones lands with a shot to the body.
Tynkkynen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones moves forwards but Tynkkynen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones cracks Tynkkynen with an open hand slap.
Tynkkynen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones slips under a jab.
Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Tynkkynen moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a jab.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Nice uppercut there from Tynkkynen.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tynkkynen counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Tynkkynen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tynkkynen. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Tynkkynen manages to avoid it.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones throws an off balance right hand
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tynkkynen lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Jones misses with a hook. Tynkkynen ducked under it nicely.
Tynkkynen throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Tynkkynen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a body shot.
Tynkkynen misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Tynkkynen misses with a looping left.
Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jones cracks Tynkkynen with an open hand slap.
Tynkkynen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tynkkynen is looking to clinch.
A big right from Jones misses.
Tynkkynen throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Tynkkynen.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tynkkynen scores with a jab to the body.
Tynkkynen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jaquon Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaquon Jones's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones slips a straight right by Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Tynkkynen misses with a wild body shot.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Tynkkynen should have avoided that one.
Tynkkynen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Good shot there by Jones.
Tynkkynen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Tynkkynen misses.
Tynkkynen avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tynkkynen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tynkkynen's head backwards.
Tynkkynen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones tries to score with a low kick but Tynkkynen moves his leg out of the way.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tynkkynen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tynkkynen lands with a nice body punch.
Tynkkynen misses with a straight left.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tynkkynen misses with a hook.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tynkkynen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tynkkynen punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
Tynkkynen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tynkkynen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jones cracks Tynkkynen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tynkkynen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Tynkkynen.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tynkkynen.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Tynkkynen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones scores with a jab.
Jaquon Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tynkkynen moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Jones misses with a hook.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tynkkynen counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Tynkkynen moved out of range nicely.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Tynkkynen.
Jones moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tynkkynen looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Jones scores with a one two! Tynkkynen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tynkkynen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Tynkkynen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones swings widly with a right hand
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Tynkkynen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tynkkynen misses with a straight right.
Tynkkynen misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tynkkynen throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
A slow jab from Tynkkynen misses its intended target.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tynkkynen moves away.
Tynkkynen tries to counter with a clinch but Jones shakes him off and moves away.
Tynkkynen throws a big shot that misses.
Tynkkynen's corner calls for a 1-2. Tynkkynen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tynkkynen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tynkkynen throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Tynkkynen's head but Tynkkynen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tynkkynen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Tynkkynen moves away from the strike by Jones.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones throws a solid leg kick but Tynkkynen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jones.
Tynkkynen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Tynkkynen lands with an uppercut that bounces Jones off the cage and back into range.
Tynkkynen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tynkkynen looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Tynkkynen throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tynkkynen dips to his left and cracks Jones with an uppercut!
Tynkkynen misses the shot to the body.
Tynkkynen throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Miro Tynkkynen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tynkkynen cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jaquon Jones.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaquon Jones!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny McFly (ranked 2382 p4p, 2321 weight class) and Nick Tropper (ranked 325 p4p, 317 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny McFly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Tropper!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McFly lands an elbow just above Tropper 's eye.
Tropper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McFly throws a jab but it's blocked by Tropper.
Tropper let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
McFly jabs Tropper right on the nose. Tropper blinks but takes it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tropper unleashes a big counter combination but McFly bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
McFly cracks Tropper with an open hand slap.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McFly wants to clinch up but Tropper keeps it at a distance.
McFly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tropper tries to keep at a distance but McFly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tropper tries to circle away but McFly has him pinned against the cage.
McFly lands a nice elbow.
McFly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Tropper wants to break free but McFly has control.
Tropper blocks an elbow strike from McFly.
McFly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tropper's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropper tries to circle away but McFly has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Tropper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tropper wants to get back to striking at distance but McFly won't allow it.
Tropper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McFly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tropper takes a shot to the head.
Tropper blocks an elbow strike.
Tropper is trying to break the clinch but McFly is controlling him.
McFly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McFly works the jab nicely.
McFly tries to bum rush Tropper with a series of wild strikes but Tropper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McFly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Troppers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McFly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tropper was well out of range. Poor timing from McFly.
Tropper throws a lazy right hand but McFly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McFly slips a jab and a cross from Tropper.
Tropper goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tropper takes one on the chin but seems OK.
McFly connects with a right hand. Tropper shakes it off.
Tropper has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
McFly clinches up with Tropper and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from McFly.
McFly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McFly keeps control of Tropper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McFly manages to break the clinch.
McFly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tropper moves out of range of the strikes.
Jonny McFly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McFly closes the distance and clinches.
McFly has a couple of punches blocked by Tropper.
Tropper manages to break the clinch.
Tropper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McFly tries to clinch but Tropper moves out of range.
We've been told by McFly's head coaches at Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McFly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tropper, pushing him back against the cage.
Tropper wants to get back to striking at distance but McFly won't allow it.
McFly swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropper uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McFly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tropper scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McFly lands a jab to Tropper's midsection.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McFly scores with a nice hook to the head.
McFly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from McFly.
McFly has a couple of punches blocked by Tropper.
Tropper misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McFly.
McFly lands a nice elbow.
McFly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tropper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McFly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McFly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tropper is trying to push McFly away but McFly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McFly has Tropper pushed against the cage.
McFly lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFly lands a hook that snaps the head of Tropper backwards.
McFly lands an elbow that stopped Tropper in his tracks for a moment.
 It looks like Nick Tropper has been cut.
Tropper is trying to break free.
Tropper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McFly walks into a straight right hand from Tropper.
McFly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Good shot there by McFly.
McFly is looking to clinch but Tropper is avoiding it.
Tropper throws a hook but McFly avoids it easily.
McFly slips under a jab from Tropper.
Tropper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Tropper tries to get set, McFly tries to push him back and clinch up but Tropper manages to avoid the attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tropper ducks right into an uppercut from McFly.
McFly wants to clinch.
Tropper is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McFly ducks under a wild hook from Tropper.
McFly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tropper lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McFly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tropper throws a right and a left that McFly avoids nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny McFly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Tropper's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McFly has taken the fight to the clinch.
McFly prevents Tropper from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McFly.
Jonny McFly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tropper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McFly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tropper's efforts to push away.
McFly throws a head punch that misses.
McFly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tropper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tropper has had enough of the clinch but McFly keeps him there for the moment.
McFly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tropper can do to turn this around?
Tropper wants to break free but McFly has control.
McFly throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropper.
McFly throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good body shot from McFly.
McFly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tropper's efforts to push away.
McFly lands a body shot in the clinch.
McFly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFly misses with a punch on the inside.
Tropper tries to break the clinch but McFly is controlling the position.
McFly tries to throw a body punch but Tropper avoids it by throwing McFly back against the cage.
McFly misses with the head strike.
Tropper manages to break the clinch.
Tropper is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McFly lands a left hand.
Tropper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tropper thuds his right hand into McFly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice jab there from McFly.
Nice sprawl there from McFly as Tropper shoots in.
Nice straight punches there by Tropper. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tropper.
McFly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tropper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McFly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tropper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFly has Tropper up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tropper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropper blocks a body shot from McFly.
McFly lands an uppercut.
McFly keeps control of Tropper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McFly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McFly keeps control of Tropper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McFly digs a right hand underneath Tropper's ribcage. Tropper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tropper is breathing heavily.
McFly lands a hook that snaps the head of Tropper backwards.
Tropper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McFly gets through Tropper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McFly digs a right hand underneath Tropper's ribcage. Tropper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tropper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McFly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tropper can't break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from McFly as the two fighters clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right from McFly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from McFly.
A short right from McFly.
Tropper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jonny McFly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McFly is looking to clinch but Tropper is avoiding it.
McFly pushes Tropper up against the cage in a clinch.
Tropper is trying to push McFly away but McFly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McFly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tropper backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McFly as Tropper tries to tie him up.
McFly tries a body shot but Tropper blocks it.
McFly lands an elbow just above Tropper 's eye.
McFly misses with a body punch.
McFly lands with a short shot to the head.
McFly lands an uppercut.
Tropper is looking to break free of the clinch but McFly has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFly tries to work over Tropper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McFly misses with some punches.
Tropper prevents a body shot from McFly.
Tropper lands a hook that snaps the head of McFly backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tropper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McFly lands a nice elbow.
McFly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Tropper.
McFly keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tropper's efforts to push away.
A short left from McFly.
McFly wants to stall.
McFly breaks the clinch.
Tropper moves out of range as McFly strikes.
McFly misses with a few strikes there.
McFly fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny McFly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Tropper's cut.
That's time! McFly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McFly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tropper throws a nice looking combination but McFly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tropper throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McFly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McFly scores with a jab to the jaw.
McFly misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Tropper releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tropper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McFly.
McFly is looking to clinch but Tropper is avoiding it.
Tropper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Tropper 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nick Tropper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McFly is looking to clinch.
Tropper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McFly works Tropper's body with a nice hook.
Tropper keeps the fight on the outside.
Tropper unleashes a big counter combination but McFly bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
McFly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McFly clinches with his opponent.
Tropper breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFly moves into the clinch successfully.
McFly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tropper breaks from the clinch.
Jonny McFly is winning the standup battle so far.
McFly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tropper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McFly closes the distance and clinches.
McFly looking to slow down the pace here.
McFly manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tropper looking to pass the guard.
Tropper content to stall in guard here.
Tropper is continuing to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropper trying to control the position from guard on top but McFly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McFly is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tropper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tropper trying to control but McFly is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
McFly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McFly tries to get out of the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Some wild striking there from Tropper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh!!! McFly has knocked Tropper down with a huge combo! McFly steps away and waves a wobbly Tropper back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
McFly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tropper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from McFly - that landed with a thud.
Tropper takes a shot to the head.
McFly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jonny McFly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McFly keeps control of Tropper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McFly working aggressively here.
McFly prevents Tropper from breaking the clinch.
Tropper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tropper wants to break the clinch but can't.
McFly lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tropper wants to break free but McFly has control.
A frustrated look appears on Tropper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tropper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from McFly.
Tropper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tropper tries to circle away but McFly has him pinned against the cage.
Tropper is trying to break free.
Tropper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tropper swings wildly with an uppercut but McFly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nick Tropper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tropper has a couple of punches blocked by McFly.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny McFly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McFly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny McFly!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yves Trudeau (ranked 2910 p4p, 2115 weight class) and Angel Morales (ranked 322 p4p, 252 weight class). Angel Morales 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 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yves Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angel Morales!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Trudeau's efforts to push away.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morales.
A short left from Trudeau.
Trudeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trudeau scores with a shoulder strike.
Morales lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trudeau can't find room to land a body shot as Morales controls the action.
Morales throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trudeaus head.
Morales lands a damaging elbow.
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!
Trudeau has Morales pushed against the cage.
Trudeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morales throws a combination. Trudeau tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A head kick by Trudeau misses
and Morales counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trudeau.
Morales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trudeau throws out the jab.
Yves Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Morales. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morales.
Morales misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales avoids the head kick by Trudeau.
Morales feints a counter leg kick.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Trudeau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick
and Trudeau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morales lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Trudeau has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Trudeau and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Trudeau misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trudeau. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trudeau. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trudeau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morales.
Morales checks a low kick from Trudeau.
Morales moves out of range as Trudeau strikes.
Trudeau misses with a shot to the body
and Morales counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Morales.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and Morales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morales.
Trudeau pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Morales pushes Trudeau away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trudeau misses with a jab to the body
and Morales counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trudeau's knee momentarily.
Trudeau gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Morales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales blocks the body kick.
Trudeau lands with a nice body kick.
Trudeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morales lunges at Trudeau with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trudeau's hand.
Trudeau throws a head kick that misses
and Morales counters with a nice leg kick.
Morales connects with a leg kick.
That kick from Morales tenderised Trudeau's leg. Trudeau is trying to keep his angry face on.
A punch lands to the side of Morales 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Trudeau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
Morales lands a nice looking body kick.
Trudeau throws a lazy head kick
and Morales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morales stuns Trudeau with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Trudeau sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A head kick misses from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a hook to the side of Morales's head but Morales sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morales is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Trudeau had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Morales dodges the punch combination from Trudeau.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morales.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Morales.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick and Trudeau moves out of range easily.
Trudeau lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morales has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Trudeau throws a sloppy head kick and Morales moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheers as Trudeau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morales doesn't seem phased though.
Trudeau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morales thumps Trudeau with a low kick.
Trudeau is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trudeau throws a lazy uppercut
and Morales counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice straight punches there by Morales. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morales.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morales.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trudeau. That did some damage!
Morales is looking to slow Trudeau down with leg kicks.
Morales scores with a leg kick.
Trudeau just misses with a punch to the body.
Morales connects with a jab.
Trudeau gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morales.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a shot from downtown. Trudeau moves away and avoids it.
Trudeau tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morales is able to avoid easily.
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
Trudeau walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morales.
Morales digs a good body shot into Trudeau's ribs.
Trudeau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morales can pounce on him.
Morales checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trudeau.
Trudeau digs a good hook to Morales's body.
Morales bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Morales closes the distance and clinches.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morales's elbow.
Trudeau breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trudeau throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Trudeau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trudeau looks to land a left hand but Morales moved out of range nicely.
Morales connects with a body shot that sends Trudeau's belly button to the back.
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Angel Morales dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Trudeau scores with a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Trudeau misses
and Morales counters with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Morales misses.
Morales sizes up Trudeau with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yves Trudeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trudeau throws a body kick that misses.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Trudeau keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morales pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Trudeau wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morales throws a nice inside leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Morales 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.
Trudeau misses with a kick to the body
letting Morales counter with a right hand.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick and Trudeau moves out of range easily.
It looked like Trudeau wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morales throws the left hand but Trudeau avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales scores with a nice head shot.
Morales getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morales throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Morales misses the target.
Morales throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Angel Morales has been cut.
Trudeau throws a head kick that misses.
Angel Morales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morales looks to land a right hand but Trudeau moved out of range.
Morales cracks Trudeau with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Trudeau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trudeau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morales under the eye.
Morales lands an overhand right.
Morales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morales lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trudeau at a distance.
Morales scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morales blocks a leg kick.
Trudeau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morales can pounce on him.
Trudeau misses with a shot to the body
and Trudeau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trudeau throws a head kick that misses
and Morales counters with an inside leg kick.
Trudeau gets tackled into the cage by Morales. Morales maintains the clinch.
Trudeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Morales prevents Trudeau from breaking the clinch.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau tries to break the clinch but Morales is controlling the position.
Trudeau can't break the clinch.
Trudeau has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morales pushes Trudeau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morales struggles to land a body shot inside as Trudeau controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Morales.
A right hook to the body lands for Morales.
A right handed body shot lands from Morales.
Morales throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morales as Trudeau tries to tie him up.
A right hand to the body from Morales.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morales as Trudeau tries to tie him up.
Trudeau has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Trudeau takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morales lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morales lands a right hand.
Morales lands a right hand.
Angel Morales seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Trudeau's ribcage.
Morales lands a nice uppercut.
Trudeau takes an elbow to the temple.
Trudeau tries to circle away but Morales has him pinned against the cage.
Morales lands with a right to the head.
 Trudeau is rocked!
Morales lands an elbow that stopped Trudeau in his tracks for a moment.
Oh Trudeau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morales gets through Trudeau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morales lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morales tries a body shot but Trudeau blocks it.
Trudeau is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morales is keeping busy.
Trudeau is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morales is keeping busy.
Morales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morales throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with an elbow strike.
Trudeau seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morales lands an elbow inside that Trudeau shrugs off.
Trudeau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morales.
Trudeau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Morales counters with an inside leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Morales - that will leave a mark!
Trudeau will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Morales scores with a hook to the body. Trudeau takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trudeau throws a series of punches but Morales moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morales.
Morales ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau.
Morales feints and then cracks Trudeau's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trudeau down.
Morales slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Trudeau takes one to the chin there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trudeau moves into the clinch.
A short left from Morales.
Morales pushes Trudeau back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morales lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Angel Morales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Angel Morales's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Trudeau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morales.
Trudeau takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morales lands with a hook. Trudeau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Trudeau tries to clinch up
and Morales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trudeau feints and then cracks Morales's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morales down.
Morales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trudeau.
Morales buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morales throws a body kick that misses.
Trudeau throws a hook but Morales avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Morales releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A head kick by Trudeau misses
letting Morales counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau misses with a hook
and Morales counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Morales throws a nice inside leg kick.
Trudeau lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trudeau throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Morales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trudeau throws a head kick but Morales moves out of range.
Morales now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trudeau drops his hands momentarily and Morales takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales's corner calls for a 1-2. Morales obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morales lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trudeau's sensitive parts.
Morales lands with a thumping leg kick.
Morales connects with a nice looking jab.
Morales blocks a head kick by Trudeau.
A jab lands there for Morales.
Morales fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morales.
Trudeau takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Trudeau has managed to clinch.
Morales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales lands a shot to the body.
Morales lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Morales on the inside.
A short right from Morales.
Morales prevents Trudeau from breaking the clinch.
Morales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Trudeau's efforts to push away.
A short uppercut from Morales.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a nice shot to the body.
Morales lands an elbow inside.
Trudeau leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morales pushes Trudeau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morales works on Trudeau's body with a couple of short punches.
Morales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trudeau looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morales lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trudeau.
Morales prevents a body shot from Trudeau.
Morales works on Trudeau's body with a couple of short punches.
Morales keeps control of Trudeau as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morales digs a right hand into Trudeau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trudeau's gas tank.
Morales lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morales lands an elbow inside that Trudeau shrugs off.
Morales cracks Trudeau with a nice body shot.
Morales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trudeau takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Trudeau to his knees! Morales keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angel Morales!
Angel Morales 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Niko Alzate (ranked 1711 p4p, 1136 weight class) and Bernhard River (ranked 93 p4p, 63 weight class). River is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Metallica: Enter Sandman. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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135
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Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Niko Alzate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernhard River!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
River blocks the body kick.
River swings for the body but Alzate moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as River blocks the leg kick.
Alzate throws a right hand that misses
and River counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alzate shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alzate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alzate takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alzate moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alzate misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Alzate.
Alzate shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alzate takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice sprawl there from Alzate as River shoots in.
Alzate takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Niko Alzate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A telegraphed right hand from Alzate misses the target.
Alzate catches River with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alzate scores with a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Alzate.
Alzate scores with a nice body kick.
Alzate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
River throws a body shot but no joy.
River takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alzate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alzate throws a low kick but it's checked well by River.
Alzate misses with a looping left.
Alzate walks into a straight right hand from River.
River slips under a jab from Alzate.
River moves out of range as Alzate strikes.
River lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
River ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
River looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A punch lands to the side of Alzate 's head but he takes it in his stride.
River checks a low kick from Alzate.
Alzate looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alzate seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
River getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
River uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alzate has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
River ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
River misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alzate throws a solid leg kick but River takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alzate.
River tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alzate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alzate throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for River.
River ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Alzate - just one landing.
River scores with a hook.
Alzate throws a jab but it's blocked by River.
River throws a head kick but Alzate moves out of range.
Alzate lands with a kick to the ribs.
River swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alzate appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from River. Alzate does a little dance to reset his feet.
River scores with a hook to the body. Alzate takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alzate scores with a nice right hand.
River connects with a leg kick.
Alzate just misses with a punch to the body.
River bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
River has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
River takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River throws a shot to the body.
Alzate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alzate looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alzate checks a low kick from River.
River checks a leg kick.
River is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alzate.
River fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alzate showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from River.
The fighters circling - River throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from River misses.
Alzate looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
River gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good body shot from River.
Alzate pulls guard successfully.
River chips away with some ground and pound.
Alzate throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Alzate is trying to keep River in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzate is trying to hold River in close to prevent damage but River has managed to pass into half guard.
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!
Alzate looking for submissions off his back.
River frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
River unloading with bombs!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
River lands a big shot there that rocks Alzate but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alzate is bucking up trying to escape but River cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bernhard River will probably get the nod.
That's time! Alzate's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
River is looking to clinch but Alzate is avoiding it.
Niko Alzate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
River on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alzate missing with a left hand there. River was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Alzate.
River pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Alzate misses
and River counters with a lovely straight right hand!
River's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A big right from River misses.
River throws a quick inside leg kick.
A low kick lands for Alzate.
River throws a body punch but Alzate moves out of range.
Alzate throws a solid leg kick but River takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alzate.
Alzate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but River was well out of range. Poor timing from Alzate.
River misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River throws a leg kick but Alzate checks it.
Alzate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. River sees it coming and avoids it easily.
River checks a leg kick.
River takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Alzate walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. River checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
No joy there for River, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Alzate trying to control but River postures up.
River is trying to control. Alzate wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from River there.
Alzate trying to control but River postures up.
Alzate actively working from the bottom here.
Alzate trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alzate tries to roll over but River keeps him under control.
Alzate keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alzate is staying active underneath River, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Alzate moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
River postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alzate is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alzate has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but River can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
River slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzate has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but River can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
River postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
River pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alzate is keeping the position for now.
Alzate is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and River defends well.
River got a little sloppy there for a moment and Alzate has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, River has managed to get both his arms back between Alzate's legs - danger averted.
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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as River accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
River chips away with some ground and pound.
River chips away with some ground and pound.
Alzate pushes a forearm under River's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, River is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Niko Alzate!
After the fight, Niko Alzate was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Israel Hands (ranked 428 p4p, 1126 weight class) and Shen Po (ranked 50 p4p, 128 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hands might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Collection of Sea Shanties. Po comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ei-tetsu Hayashi & 木下伸市 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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World class boxer
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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Israel Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shen Po!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Po, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Po scores with a takedown into Hands's guard.
Po looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hands pulls Po in to control the position.
Hands has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Po trying to control the position from guard on top but Hands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Po tries to free his leg and advance position but Hands is retaining full guard.
Hands keeping moving, preventing Po from controlling successfully.
Po looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Po postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Po chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hands can pounce on him.
Hands bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Po's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hands tries to score with a low kick but Po moves his leg out of the way.
Po misses with a takedown attempt - Hands sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hands on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hands misses with a kick to the body
and Po counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hands misses with an uppercut
and Po cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Po avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Po is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hands.
Hands connects with a single shot there.
Po throws a looping overhand right but Hands ducks down to avoid it.
Po throws a good cross that connects.
Po checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hands takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Po throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Hands was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Po.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hands waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Po.
And Po tries to counter it with a takedown but Hands pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Po moves into range and clinches up with Hands.
Po tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hands's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hands lands a shoulder strike.
Hands has a couple of punches blocked by Po.
A short right from Hands.
Po works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hands can't break the clinch.
Po misses with the head strike.
Hands blocks an uppercut.
Hands blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Po.
Hands blocks a body shot from Po.
Po has a couple of punches blocked by Hands.
Hands lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Po has a couple of punches blocked by Hands.
Hands prevents a body shot from Po.
A short right from Po.
Hands lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Po lands with a short shot to the head.
Hands blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hands lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hands prevents a body shot from Po.
Po tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands blocking some punches.
Hands blocks a body shot from Po.
Hands misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hands breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Hands tenderised Po's leg. Po is trying to keep his angry face on.
Israel Hands is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Po swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hands getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Po gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hands looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Po has clasped his hands together around Hands's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Hands regains half guard.
Po trying to control the action but Hands is working from the bottom.
Po is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Po wants to free his trapped foot but Hands is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands wants to get back to full guard.
Hands won't allow Po to pass to mount.
Po is keen to just control but Hands is a slippery customer.
Hands is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hands is trying to control but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Po wants to work for an arm triangle but Hands is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hands is holding on to half guard well.
Po with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shen Po dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Po. Hands does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hands misses with a body punch
and Po counters with a straight right hand.
Hands is looking to land body kicks.
Po misses with an uppercut. Hands saw that one coming.
Hands pivots, looking for a leg kick but Po is out of range and Hands settles back down.
Po uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hands.
Hands uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Po.
Po cracks Hands with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Po misses with a looping right.
Hands misses with an uppercut. Po saw that one coming.
A big right from Po misses.
Hands throws a push kick but Po slaps the foot to one side.
Po steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hands.
Hands throws the left hand but Po avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands throws a jab but it's blocked by Po.
Hands steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Po.
Hands keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Po has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hands attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shen Po seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Po misses.
Po avoids the body shot from Hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands looks for the body kick but Po saw that one coming.
Hands connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Po fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hands to the ground. Po is now in Hands's guard.
Hands keeping moving, preventing Po from controlling successfully.
Po advances to half guard.
Po wants to take a breather but Hands is having none of it.
Po tries to pass to full mount but Hands defends it.
Po is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hands sees it coming and defends easily.
Hands wants to control but Po is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hands desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hands has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Po is working away from the top position though.
Hands looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hands wants to control but Po is keeping busy.
Po is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hands doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Po.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Po is working away from the top position though.
Po is taking a breather. Hands 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hands throws out a leg kick but Po moves out of range and Hands only half commits.
Po takes a jab right on the kisser.
Po moves out of range of the body kick.
Good leg kick by Hands.
Hands throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Hands coming out on top.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Po throws a hook but Hands avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws a leg kick but Po checks it.
Hands finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hands takes a swing at Po's ribcage but misses.
Po steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hands.
Hands tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Po jabs Hands to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Po takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hands just misses with a punch to the body.
Po jabs at Hands's body.
Hands throws a wild body kick that Po sees coming a mile off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hands. Po does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Po.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Po moves out of range as Hands strikes.
Po misses with a few strikes there.
Hands thinks about countering with a body kick.
Po takes a swing at Hands's ribcage but misses.
Hands slips a straight right by Po.
Po throws a left and a right that both miss
and Po takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hands scores with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shen Po will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Hands's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hands misses with a body shot.
Po lands an overhand right.
Po blocks a leg kick.
Po scores with a hook to the body. Hands takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hands lands a jab.
Po cracks a nice hook into Hands's ribs.
Hands throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hands ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Po moves away.
Po swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hands.
Hands throws a jab when Po was well out of range.
Po tries to counter with a clinch but Hands shakes him off and moves away.
Po throws an overhand right that lands on Hands's shoulder, as Hands tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Hands misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Po fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hands manages to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Hands.
Hands does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hands misses the shot to the body.
Po checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands with a hook.
Hands throws a leg kick but Po sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hands avoids the body shot from Po.
Hands blocks a jab.
Po checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hands moves out of range of the strikes.
Po takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Po is looking to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hands.
Po looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Po trying to control the action but Hands is working from the bottom.
Hands wants to control but Po is keeping busy.
Hands is not content to let Po control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands works his way to full guard. Good work.
Po passes easily into side control. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Po tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Po working the ground and pound but Hands is defending the strikes.
Po tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Po has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hands is being controlled here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po trying to control the position but Hands is working away.
Hands being controlled for a moment.
Hands can't do much from the bottom here.
Po laying and praying for a moment but Hands takes advantage and regains half guard.
Hands desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Po not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Po throwing shots but Hands is blocking nicely.
Israel Hands has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Po is looking to advance position but Hands won't allow it.
Hands is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hands wants to control but Po is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Po is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hands throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Po connects with the punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shen Po comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Po winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shen Po!
After the fight, Shen Po was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juan Kemonito (ranked 755 p4p, 1133 weight class) and Yamaoka Yukinobu (ranked 43 p4p, 62 weight class). Kemonito comes to the cage accompanied by Kemonito Entrance Music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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130
14 - 7 - 0 |
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170 cm
25
148
7 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Kemonito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yamaoka Yukinobu!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yukinobu shoots in but Kemonito avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yukinobu is looking to score with low kicks.
Kemonito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yukinobu momentarily.
It looks like Yamaoka Yukinobu has been cut.
Yukinobu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yukinobu misses with a hook
letting Kemonito counter with a right hand.
Yukinobu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kemonito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yukinobu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yukinobu lands with an uppercut that bounces Kemonito off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yukinobu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kemonito takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yukinobu swings widly with a right hand
and Kemonito counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kemonito avoids the head kick by Yukinobu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemonito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yukinobu moves away.
Yukinobu gets a double leg takedown into Kemonito's guard.
Yukinobu trying to control the position from guard on top but Kemonito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yukinobu postures up in Kemonito's guard and throws a big left but Kemonito blocks it.
Kemonito working a defensive guard here.
Kemonito working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yukinobu.
Kemonito wants to stand up but Yukinobu is controlling him.
Yukinobu wants to pass the guard but Kemonito is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yukinobu wants to control from the top but Kemonito keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yukinobu scores with a punch to the head.
Yukinobu swings for the body but Kemonito moves out of range.
Kemonito half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Yukinobu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kemonito looking for a sweep. Not yet Kemonito, not yet.
Yukinobu lands a couple of elbows.
Yukinobu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Yukinobu's guard.
Yukinobu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kemonito.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kemonito lands a couple of elbows.
Kemonito postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kemonito cracks Yukinobu with a solid left hand.
Yukinobu working a defensive guard here.
Yukinobu keeping moving, preventing Kemonito from controlling successfully.
Yukinobu wants to sweep here but Kemonito controlling him for the moment.
Kemonito stands up over Yukinobu, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kemonito lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yukinobu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yukinobu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kemonito is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kemonito lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kemonito working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yukinobu's head.
Kemonito postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kemonito wants to control from the top but Yukinobu keeps moving.
Kemonito stopping the sweep attempt from Yukinobu.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kemonito scoring with some ground and pound.
Yukinobu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yukinobu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kemonito can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yukinobu throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Juan Kemonito will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yamaoka Yukinobu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yukinobu moves out of range as Kemonito strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Yukinobu there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yukinobu.
Kemonito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yukinobu drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kemonito bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yukinobu looks to score with a jab to the body but Kemonito is just out of range.
Yukinobu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yukinobu looks to score with a jab to the body but Kemonito is just out of range.
Yukinobu throws a body kick that misses
and Kemonito counters with a nice body shot.
Yukinobu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kemonito jabs Yukinobu right on the nose. Yukinobu blinks but takes it well.
Yamaoka Yukinobu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yukinobu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kemonito avoids it really well and circles away.
Kemonito is looking to counter punch.
Yukinobu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yukinobu lands a jab to Kemonito's midsection.
Yukinobu looks to score with a jab to the body but Kemonito is just out of range.
Kemonito was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yukinobu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yukinobu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kemonito on the side of the head.
Kemonito misses with a looping left.
Yukinobu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Yukinobu drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kemonito looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kemonito looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kemonito!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito working the ground and pound.
Yukinobu is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kemonito lands some shots froms side control.
Yukinobu sneaks back into half guard.
Kemonito looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Yukinobu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Yukinobu is trying to maintain the position but Kemonito is very close to passing his half guard.
Kemonito wants to take a breather but Yukinobu is having none of it.
Yukinobu actively working from the bottom here.
Yukinobu trying to hold on to Kemonito's head to control him but Kemonito postures up.
Kemonito looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yukinobu is looking to improve his position.
Kemonito working over Yukinobu with some ground and pound. Yukinobu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Yukinobu actively working from the bottom here.
Yukinobu controlling the position well.
Kemonito seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kemonito lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kemonito 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.
Kemonito winds up and cracks Yukinobu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Yukinobu slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kemonito stopping the sweep attempt from Yukinobu.
Kemonito lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kemonito working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yukinobu's head.
Kemonito slips nicely into half guard.
Yukinobu is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kemonito's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kemonito's back!
Kemonito is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yukinobu throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Kemonito might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yukinobu looking to break Kemonito's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Kemonito remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Yukinobu will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
A lull in the action here.
Yukinobu missing with strikes.
Kemonito is trying to shake Yukinobu off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Yukinobu won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
Kemonito takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Kemonito dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yamaoka Yukinobu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yukinobu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kemonito.
Yukinobu misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yukinobu.
Kemonito swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yukinobu connects with a solid leg kick.
Yukinobu swings for the body but Kemonito moves out of range.
Kemonito thinks about countering with a head kick.
Yukinobu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kemonito is out of range.
Kemonito appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Yukinobu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yukinobu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kemonito circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yukinobu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kemonito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yukinobu.
Kemonito tries a head kick but it misses.
Yukinobu throws a leg kick which misses Kemonito's front leg but catches the back leg as Kemonito tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Yukinobu as he connects with a hook.
Yukinobu shoots in but Kemonito avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yukinobu lands a nice shot that snaps Kemonito's head back.
Yukinobu throws a lazy uppercut
and Kemonito counters with a nice body kick.
Kemonito slips a straight right by Yukinobu.
Kemonito drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yukinobu scores with a jab. Kemonito acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yamaoka Yukinobu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kemonito shoots in for a takedown but Yukinobu shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kemonito blocks a jab.
Yamaoka Yukinobu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemonito changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yukinobu tries to avoid it but Kemonito manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yukinobu to the ground. Yukinobu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yukinobu tests Kemonito's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yukinobu scores with a jab to the body.
Yukinobu throws a series of punches but Kemonito moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yukinobu takes one on the button.
A nice combination there by Yukinobu.
A big left from Yukinobu misses.
Kemonito tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kemonito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yukinobu.
A shot to the body from Yukinobu misses
enabling Kemonito to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yukinobu with the inside leg kick.
Yukinobu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kemonito has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kemonito throws a hook but Yukinobu avoids it easily.
Yukinobu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yukinobu.
Yukinobu pushes Kemonito away with a front kick.
Kemonito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kemonito lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yukinobu will feel that in the morning.
Kemonito looks to land a left hand but Yukinobu moved out of range nicely.
Yukinobu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yukinobu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Yukinobu misses with a leg kick.
Yukinobu misses with a looping left.
Yukinobu swings for the body but Kemonito moves out of range.
Yukinobu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yukinobu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kemonito jabs Yukinobu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yukinobu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kemonito scores with a nice head shot.
Yukinobu misses with a leg kick
and Kemonito counters with a nice low kick that buckles Yukinobu's knee momentarily.
Yukinobu dives in and grabs Kemonito's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kemonito pushes down on Yukinobu's head and hops out.
Juan Kemonito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yamaoka Yukinobu.
Kemonito scores with a hook.
 Yukinobu is rocked!
Yukinobu looks to clinch
and Kemonito lands a stunning uppercut that sends Yukinobu to the mat!
Juan Kemonito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yukinobu is still in real trouble! Can Kemonito finish him?
Kemonito takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yamaoka Yukinobu.
I think Kemonito 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Kemonito!
After the fight, Juan Kemonito was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacks Sole (ranked 594 p4p, 800 weight class) and Dwayne Haskins (ranked 82 p4p, 112 weight class). Dwayne Haskins acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Haskins!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sole checks a leg kick.
Sole is looking to score with low kicks.
Haskins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sole misses with a body kick.
Haskins moves out of range of the body kick.
Sole looks to score with a jab to the body but Haskins is just out of range.
Haskins blocks a low kick nicely.
Haskins throws a sloppy head kick and Sole moves out of range easily.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haskins.
Haskins misses with an uppercut.
Haskins lands a head shot.
Nice defenses there by Sole.
It looked like Sole wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Haskins with a nice cross.
Haskins scores with a decent looking hook.
Sole clinches.
Haskins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haskins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sole finds it's way round the side to connect with Haskins's head.
Sole throws a leg kick but Haskins checks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sole drives through and clinches with Haskins against the cage.
Sole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Haskins.
Sole seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole clobbers Haskins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.
Good exchange - Haskins coming out on top.
Haskins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sole lands with a hook. Haskins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haskins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sole moves away from the strike by Haskins.
Sole tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sole slips a jab and a cross from Haskins.
Haskins throws a jab when Sole was well out of range.
Haskins throws a hook to the side of Sole's head but Sole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haskins throws a right hand that Sole ducks under and follows up with a left that Sole also avoids with ease.
Haskins swings for the body but Sole moves out of range.
Sole throws a hook but Haskins avoids it easily.
Haskins's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sole under the eye.
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!
Haskins lands a jab-cross combination.
Sole scores with a jab to the head.
Sole fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haskins on the side of the head.
Good work by Haskins as he checks the leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Haskins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole lets loose with a powerful body kick. Haskins will feel that in the morning.
Sloppy strikes from Haskins. Those never looked like landing.
Haskins scores with the left hand. Sole knows he should have avoided that one.
Sole feints and then cracks Haskins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Haskins down.
Haskins slips under a jab.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haskins.
It looked like Sole wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sole misses with a body kick.
Sole slips a straight right by Haskins.
Sole throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sole punishes Haskins's body with a nice straight punch.
Sole throws an overhand right that lands on Haskins's shoulder, as Haskins tries to avoid the shot.
Haskins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Sole.
Sole tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Haskins manages to circle out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Sole.
Sole digs a good hook to Haskins's body.
Sole walks into a straight right hand from Haskins.
Sole looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Haskins checks the leg kick.
Haskins now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sole misses the jab.
Haskins tries a quick counter leg kick but Sole is wise to it.
Sole clobbers Haskins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole throws a leg kick but Haskins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sole checks a low kick from Haskins.
Nice defenses there by Sole.
Haskins's corner calls for a 1-2. Haskins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Haskins feints a jab promting Sole to slip. Haskins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sole slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sole lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sole.
Haskins throws a head kick but Sole moves out of range.
Sole misses with a body kick.
Sole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.
Sole motions for Haskins to come forward. Sole throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haskins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sole closes the distance and pushes Haskins back into the cage.
Sole lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sole looking to stall.
Sole is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Haskins manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Haskins.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sole.
Sole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sole misses with a looping right.
Haskins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haskins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sole checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And Sole counters with a quick kick to the body but Haskins blocks it.
Haskins throws a solid leg kick but Sole takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Haskins.
Sole tries to clinch up.
Sole moves out of range of the strikes.
Haskins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Sole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sole connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Haskins lands a two punch combo.
Haskins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haskins manages to avoid it.
Sole throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haskins manages to avoid it.
Sole connects with an inside leg kick.
Haskins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacks Sole will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sole misses with a low kick.
Sole lands a nice leg kick that just misses Haskins's sensitive parts.
Sole misses with an uppercut.
Haskins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haskins takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheers as Haskins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sole doesn't seem phased though.
Sole throws the left hand but Haskins avoids the punch easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Sole.
Sole misses with a hook. Haskins ducked under it nicely.
Haskins throws a series of punches but Sole avoids them all with ease.
Sole slips a jab from Haskins.
Sole throws a leg kick which misses Haskins's front leg but catches the back leg as Haskins tries to avoid it.
Sole lands a nice looking body shot.
Haskins throws a looping overhand right but Sole ducks down to avoid it.
Sole swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Haskins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sole circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haskins throws a lazy right hand but Sole sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haskins throws out a loose jab but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sole takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sole does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haskins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sole with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sole takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sole fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Sole. Beautiful body shot.
Sole connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Haskins momentarily.
Haskins connects with a high kick.
Sole works Haskins's body with a nice hook.
Haskins misses with a low kick.
Haskins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sole throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sole moves into range and clinches up with Haskins.
Sole pushes Haskins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sole lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sole manages to pull guard.
Haskins wants to stand but Sole has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sole is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sole has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Haskins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sole has Haskins pulled in close to control his posture.
Sole is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Haskins is looking to stand up but Sole won't let him.
Sole looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Haskins wants to get up but he can't break Sole's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Haskins gets to his feet. Sole looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sole throws a leg kick but Haskins moved away.
Haskins connects with a body shot that sends Sole's belly button to the back.
Sole lets loose with a powerful body kick. Haskins will feel that in the morning.
Sole throws a right and a left that Haskins avoids nicely.
Haskins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sole. That did some damage!
Haskins scores with a nice strike.
Haskins looks to land a left hand but Sole moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Haskins.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haskins. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haskins lands with a straight right. Sole didn't see that one coming.
Haskins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haskins misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haskins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Haskins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sole takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haskins. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Haskins is looking to slow Sole down with leg kicks.
Haskins misses with an uppercut.
Haskins blocks a jab.
Sole throws out a powerful jab.
Sole thuds his shin into the meat of Haskins's side.
Sole cracks Haskins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Haskins misses with a hook. Sole ducked under it nicely.
Haskins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sole's head.
Sole lands a nice shot to the body.
Sole dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Haskins. That did some damage!
Haskins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacks Sole dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haskins.
Sole throws a lazy body kick
and Haskins counters with a nice leg kick.
Haskins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Haskins lunges at Sole with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sole's hand.
Sole moves out of range as Haskins strikes.
Sole moves away from the strike by Haskins.
Nice uppercut there from Haskins.
Haskins with a nice cross.
Sole scores with a crisp jab that stopped Haskins in his tracks.
Haskins misses with a double jab
and Sole counters with a left to the body.
Sole moves out of range as Haskins strikes.
Haskins wants to slow Sole down by chopping away at his legs.
Sole wants to land a leg kick but Haskins is out of range.
Sole throws a low kick but it's checked well by Haskins.
Haskins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haskins throws a shot from downtown. Sole moves away and avoids it.
Haskins checks a low kick from Sole.
Haskins tries a quick counter leg kick but Sole is wise to it.
Sole lands a jab to Haskins's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Haskins misses.
It looked like Sole wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins tries a head kick but it misses.
Sole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.
Haskins is looking to score with low kicks.
Haskins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Haskins misses with a body shot.
Sole throws a body punch but Haskins moves out of range.
Sole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sole rushes Haskins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Haskins is trying to push Sole away but Sole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sole has Haskins pressed against the cage, preventing Haskins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haskins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haskins loads up on a big right hand but Sole slips the punch.
Sole throwing a counter right hand but Haskins manages to avoid it.
Haskins misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Sole.
Haskins throws a big shot that misses.
Haskins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sole is able to avoid easily.
Sole throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Haskins finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Haskins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haskins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sole throws the kick towards the body but Haskins avoids it.
Haskins blocks a leg kick.
Sole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haskins throws out the jab.
Haskins misses with a looping right.
Sole tries to score with a low kick but Haskins moves his leg out of the way.
Haskins swinging wildly here.
Haskins lands a nice shot that snaps Sole's head back.
Haskins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole throws a hook but Haskins avoids it easily.
Sole looks to score with a jab to the body but Haskins is just out of range.
Sole throws a leg kick
and Haskins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sole on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Haskins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sole manages to avoid it.
Sole with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sole gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Haskins.
Sole swings widly with a right hand
and Haskins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Haskins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sole looks to throw the jab but Haskins is out of range.
Haskins on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sole. Sole obviously looking to wear him down.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haskins.
Good work by Haskins as he checks the leg kick.
Haskins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Haskins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jacks Sole is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sole connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haskins's hands.
Haskins scores with a kick to the body.
Sole is looking to slow Haskins down with leg kicks.
Sole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haskins manages to avoid it.
Haskins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sole scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haskins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haskins throws an overhand right that lands on Sole's shoulder, as Sole tries to avoid the shot.
Sole throws a hook but Haskins blocks it.
An inside leg kick from Sole misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haskins.
Haskins keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Some wild striking there from Haskins.
Sole swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Haskins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sole misses the jab.
Haskins throws a shot from downtown. Sole moves away and avoids it.
Haskins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Sole misses the target.
Sole checks a leg kick nicely.
Haskins connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sole misses the jab.
Haskins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sole scores with a sloppy right hand. Haskins should have avoided that one.
Dwayne Haskins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sole scores with a decent looking hook.
Haskins plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sole goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sole throws a jab but it's blocked by Haskins.
Haskins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sole.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Haskins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sole 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spanky Loco (ranked 1088 p4p, 391 weight class) and Jake Bird (ranked 152 p4p, 51 weight class). Loco comes to the cage accompanied by Znipe - The Bird is the Word. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Spanky Loco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Bird!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loco connects with a nice looking jab.
Loco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bird.
Loco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Loco works the jab nicely.
Loco feints and then cracks Bird's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bird down.
Bird lands a nice shot to the body.
Bird looks to land a left hand but Loco moved out of range nicely.
Loco misses the shot to the body.
Loco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bird checks a leg kick.
Bird takes one to the chin there.
Loco's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bird connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Loco scrambles back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Loco.
Bird throws a series of punches but Loco moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bird slips under a jab.
Bird misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bird lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Spanky Loco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bird avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bird moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Loco coming out on top.
Bird lands a really nice looking cross but Loco seems unphased.
Bird paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Loco throws a leg kick but Bird sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bird lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Loco circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird slips a straight right by Loco.
Loco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bird manages to avoid it.
Loco throws a lazy right hand but Bird sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Loco.
Bird fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loco manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Loco. That's going to slow Bird down.
Loco cracks Bird with a good jab.
Bird throws a big shot that misses.
Loco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Loco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Loco misses the shot to the body.
Loco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bird at a distance.
Bird looks to throw the jab but Loco is out of range.
Loco swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Loco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bird.
Bird takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bird takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A lazy left from Bird finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Loco there.
A slow jab from Loco misses its intended target.
Loco looks to land a left hand but Bird moved out of range nicely.
Bird uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Loco.
Bird throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Loco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Loco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Loco blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Loco on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Loco misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Bird on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bird displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Loco throws out the jab.
Bird closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bird avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Loco looks to land a right hand but Bird moved out of range.
Loco scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bird needs to keep his hands up - Loco had a free shot at his head there.
Loco throws a lazy right hand but Bird sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Bird misses.
Loco is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slow jab from Loco misses its intended target.
Loco looks to land a right hand but Bird moved out of range.
Loco clobbers Bird with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Loco throws a shot from downtown. Bird moves away and avoids it.
Loco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bird.
Bird moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A jab from Bird misses.
Loco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice defenses there by Loco.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bird scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Loco doesn't seem bothered though.
Loco slips a straight right by Bird.
Loco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bird manages to avoid it.
Loco misses with a body shot.
Bird lands with a hook. Loco tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Loco fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bird fails to land with a series of punches.
Bird thows a left - swing and a miss!
Loco is looking to chop away at Bird's legs.
Loco looks to land a left hand but Bird moved out of range nicely.
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
Loco moves out of range of the strikes.
Bird moves out of range as Loco strikes.
Loco misses with a straight right.
Bird lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bird throws a right and a left that Loco avoids nicely.
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!
Bird staying out of range there.
Loco misses with an uppercut.
Loco throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird defending well as Loco loads up on a big left hand.
Bird checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bird throws out a counter right but Loco avoids it with no problem.
Bird throws a series of punches but Loco moves out of range.
Bird misses with a two punch combination.
Bird uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Loco.
Bird uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Loco.
Bird dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bird misses with a hook.
Bird takes a swing at Loco's ribcage but misses.
Bird gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bird takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Loco throws a big shot that misses.
Bird wants to counter the offense by Loco and move into the clinch position.
A slow jab from Bird misses its intended target.
Loco lands a leg kick that knocks Bird off balance momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bird connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bird is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loco.
Bird scores with a three punch combo!
Bird throws a jab but it's blocked by Loco.
Good leg kick by Loco.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Spanky Loco will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bird fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Loco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bird takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bird fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Loco ducks under a wild hook from Bird.
Bird throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Loco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick from Loco, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bird lands a body shot.
Bird on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Loco. Loco obviously looking to wear him down.
Loco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bird moves away.
Bird misses with an uppercut. Loco saw that one coming.
Bird throws a shot from downtown. Loco moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Loco does it's job there.
Bird misses with a hook.
Bird wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands 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!
Loco misses with a straight right.
Loco clobbers Bird with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Loco has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Loco there as he acknowledges the shot.
Loco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bird.
Loco fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bird has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Loco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bird.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Bird.
Loco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bird takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bird throws out a loose jab but Loco uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Bird backs away, Loco returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bird throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Loco feints and then cracks Bird's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bird down.
Bird slips a straight right by Loco.
Loco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Loco jabs Bird to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Loco defending well as Bird loads up on a big left hand.
Loco tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bird is able to avoid easily.
Bird swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Loco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Loco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bird.
Spanky Loco is winning the standup battle so far.
Bird checks a leg kick.
Bird misses with an uppercut. Loco saw that one coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Loco.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bird misses with a hook. Loco ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Loco does it's job there.
Bird swinging wildly here.
Bird takes a swing at Loco's ribcage but misses.
Loco throwing a counter right hand but Bird manages to avoid it.
Bird defending well as Loco loads up on a big left hand.
Bird slips under a jab from Loco.
Loco scores with a jab to the jaw.
A shot to the body from Loco misses
and Bird counters with a nice uppercut.
Loco tests Bird's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bird lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
Bird takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bird misses with a hook. Loco ducked under it nicely.
Bird with a hook.
Bird moves away from the strike by Loco.
Loco misses with a hook.
Loco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bird misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird misses with a hook. Loco ducked under it nicely.
Bird staying out of range there.
Bird looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bird defending well as Loco loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Loco does it's job there.
Bird tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loco was well out of range. Poor timing from Bird.
Loco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bird in his tracks.
Bird misses the jab.
Loco throwing a counter right hand but Bird manages to avoid it.
Bird moves out of range as Loco strikes.
Bird misses with a wild combination.
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Bird blocks the leg kick.
Bird looks to score with a jab to the body but Loco is just out of range.
Loco tried to counter with a leg kick but Bird avoided it.
Bird takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Loco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bird doesn't seem bothered though.
Loco scores with a nice strike.
Bird takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loco shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bird throws an overhand right that lands on Loco's shoulder, as Loco tries to avoid the shot.
Bird tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loco was well out of range. Poor timing from Bird.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bird tries to bum rush Loco with a series of wild strikes but Loco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bird misses with an uppercut. Loco saw that one coming.
Bird has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bird looks to land a right hand but Loco moved out of range.
Bird takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bird tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loco was well out of range. Poor timing from Bird.
A big left from Loco misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bird! But no joy.
Loco staying out of range there.
Loco shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Loco throws a big shot that misses.
Bird uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Loco.
Bird moves out of range as Loco strikes.
Bird throws a body shot but no joy.
Bird misses with an uppercut. Loco saw that one coming.
Bird pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bird lands a glancing blow to the side of Loco's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bird's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Loco connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bird scrambles back to his feet.
Loco misses with a body shot.
Loco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bird.
Bird tries to bum rush Loco with a series of wild strikes but Loco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Spanky Loco will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Loco slips a jab and a cross from Bird.
Loco looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Loco fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bird is out of range.
Bird thows a left - swing and a miss!
Loco connects with an inside leg kick.
Loco clobbers Bird with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Loco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bird in his tracks.
Loco misses the jab.
Loco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Loco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Loco feints and then cracks Bird's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bird down.
Loco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bird.
Bird misses the jab.
Bird misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loco tries to move into range but Bird moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Loco lands a nice shot that snaps Bird's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loco slips a jab and a cross from Bird.
An attempted straight right counter from Loco misses the target.
Nice jab there from Loco.
Bird takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Loco scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loco throws an overhand right that lands on Bird's shoulder, as Bird tries to avoid the shot.
Loco slips a jab from Bird.
Loco was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bird takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bird slips under a jab.
Bird looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bird misses with a jab, cross combination.
Loco misses with a leg kick.
Bird throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick lands for Loco.
Bird uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Loco.
Loco throws a solid leg kick but Bird takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Loco.
Loco looks to land a left hand but Bird moved out of range nicely.
Bird looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Loco darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bird misses with an uppercut. Loco saw that one coming.
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Bird.
Bird's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Loco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Loco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Loco dodges the punch combination from Bird.
Spanky Loco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Loco with the inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bird slips under a jab from Loco.
Bird swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bird paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bird misses with an uppercut. Loco saw that one coming.
Loco takes a swing at Bird's ribcage but misses.
Bird takes a swing at Loco's ribcage but misses.
Bird moves out of range of the strikes.
Bird lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bird cracks Loco with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big right from Bird misses.
Loco lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
Bird throws a looping overhand right but Loco ducks down to avoid it.
Bird lands the left hand.
Bird takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Loco lands a head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loco. Bird does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Loco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bird ducks under a wild hook from Loco.
Loco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bird takes a swing at Loco's ribcage but misses.
Loco lands with a hook. Bird tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Loco on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bird connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bird looks to score with a jab to the body but Loco is just out of range.
Bird uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Loco.
Loco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Loco.
Bird fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bird throws out a loose jab but Loco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loco connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bird moves forwards but Loco connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loco scoring well with a low kick there.
Bird tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bird misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Loco, right into the meat of the thigh.
Loco misses with a leg kick.
Loco moves out of range as Bird strikes.
Loco does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Loco looks to land a left hand but Bird moved out of range nicely.
Bird looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Loco darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Loco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loco misses with a low kick.
Loco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bird checks a leg kick.
Loco with a hook.
Loco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bird.
Nice defenses there by Loco.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loco throws a sloppy body shot
and Bird counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Loco thinking.
Bird misses with a double jab.
Bird ducks right into an uppercut from Loco.
Jake Bird has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A solid leg kick lands there for Loco.
Loco looks to land a right hand but Bird moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Spanky Loco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Loco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Spanky Loco!
An intense looking Spanky Loco took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I would eat Atunes for breakfast. '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kobayashi Jin (ranked 149 p4p, 862 weight class) and Leon Louis (ranked 21 p4p, 125 weight class). Louis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Flatbush ZOMBiES - Ascension. 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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kobayashi Jin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leon Louis!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jin misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Louis! But no joy.
Jin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Louis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jin in his tracks.
Jin throws a body punch but Louis moves out of range.
Louis scoring well with a low kick there.
Jin checks a low kick from Louis.
Jin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jin looks to throw the jab but Louis is out of range.
Louis misses with a looping left.
Leon Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Jin.
Jin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Louis loads up on a big right hand but Jin slips the punch.
Jin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Louis.
Jin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis throws a push kick but Jin slaps the foot to one side.
Jin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Louis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Louis lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jin lands with a left to the head.
Louis gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jin wants to get back to full guard.
Jin gets back to full guard.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jin looking for a guillotine here but Louis defends easily.
Jin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Louis is aware though and is defending well.
Jin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Louis scoring with some ground and pound.
Jin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Louis postures up and lands a big shot to Jin's brow.
Jin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louis.
Jin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jin has momentary wrist control but Louis slips an elbow through the middle.
Jin throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Louis escapes and throws Jin's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Jin prevents Louis from improving position.
Jin gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin actively working from the bottom here.
Jin taking some punishment here, with Louis in his half guard.
Louis looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis working Jin over with strikes.
Louis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jin's head.
Jin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Louis.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Louis lands a nice short elbow.
Louis is thwarting Jin's attempts to control the position.
Jin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Louis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jin has his foot on Louis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Louis works his way back into a safe position though.
Louis landing with the ground and pound.
Louis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jin's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Louis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Louis works over Jin with some ground and pound from guard.
Jin trying to control the position.
Jin trying to control the position here.
Louis scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Louis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Louis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Louis lands a couple of elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Louis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice body punch from Louis.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Louis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jin is trying to keep Louis in close.
Louis stands up over Jin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Louis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louis is looking to work some ground and pound but Jin has wrist control.
Jin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louis scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis connects with a couple of short punches.
Jin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louis lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Louis cracks Jin with a solid left hand.
Louis postures up and lands a big shot to Jin's brow.
Jin working for a triangle but Louis defends it easily.
Jin controls Louis momentarily but Louis frees himself.
Louis throws a big elbow that misses.
Jin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Louis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jin has momentary wrist control but Louis slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis stands up over Jin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Louis works over Jin with some ground and pound from guard.
Jin trying to keep a closed guard but Louis is proving a slippery customer.
Louis lands a couple of elbows.
Jin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Louis works over Jin with some ground and pound from guard.
Louis working some strikes from top position.
Jin looking for a guillotine here but Louis defends easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jin controls Louis momentarily but Louis frees himself.
Jin has his foot on Louis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Louis works his way back into a safe position though.
Jin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Louis is aware though and is defending well.
Louis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jin trying to control the position.
Jin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Louis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Louis landing with the ground and pound.
Louis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Louis advances position into side control!
Louis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis working the head with strikes.
Jin is trying to control Louis's posture but Louis avoids it.
Louis scores with punches from side control.
Louis working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis scores with a couple of short elbows.
Louis lands a strong strike to the head of Jin. That's dazed him! Louis looking to finish here. Jin is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Louis lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Louis!
After the fight, Leon Louis was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Kobayashi Jin was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you for the support. I will did my best and hope you all support next time Congratulations to my opposition'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conor The Barbarian (ranked 26 p4p, 79 weight class) and Henry Akinwande (ranked 2 p4p, 1 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Conor The Barbarian has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Conor The Barbarian seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor The Barbarian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Akinwande!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Barbarian misses with a kick to the body.
Akinwande keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crunch! Akinwande slams his shin into The Barbarian's torso.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Barbarian. That's going to slow Akinwande down.
The Barbarian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Akinwande.
The Barbarian avoids the body shot from Akinwande.
Akinwande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Barbarian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Akinwande. That one must have hurt.
The Barbarian with a nice cross.
It looks like Henry Akinwande has been cut.
The Barbarian blocks the body kick.
We've been informed that Akinwande has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The Barbarian takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Conor The Barbarian has been cut.
The Barbarian moves out of range as Akinwande throws a body kick.
Akinwande pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Barbarian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Akinwande stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Akinwande gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akinwande scores with a spinning back kick!
The Barbarian ducks under a wild hook from Akinwande.
The Barbarian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Akinwande avoids the body shot from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian dips to his left and cracks Akinwande with an uppercut!
Akinwande swings for the body but The Barbarian moves out of range.
Akinwande jabs at The Barbarian's body.
Akinwande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Barbarian.
The Barbarian avoids the body shot from Akinwande.
Akinwande scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Barbarian misses with a body shot.
A big right from Akinwande misses.
The Barbarian looks to throw the jab but Akinwande is out of range.
The Barbarian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from The Barbarian misses its target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande misses with the body kick
and The Barbarian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Barbarian slips under a jab from Akinwande.
The Barbarian appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The Barbarian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Akinwande.
Akinwande misses with a hook to the body
and The Barbarian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters circling a little - Akinwande finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The Barbarian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Akinwande works the jab nicely.
A jab from The Barbarian misses.
Akinwande appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A big right from The Barbarian misses.
Akinwande is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down The Barbarian rather than just go for the knockout.
The Barbarian takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The Barbarian staying out of range there.
The Barbarian takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The Barbarian misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of The Barbarian 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Akinwande thuds a left hand into The Barbarian's body.
The Barbarian will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Akinwande bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Barbarian misses with a looping left.
Akinwande lands a nice looking kick to the body. The Barbarian takes a step back to recover.
Akinwande throws a body kick that misses.
Akinwande jabs The Barbarian to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Akinwande tries to land a body kick
and The Barbarian counters with a nice uppercut.
The Barbarian throws a body punch but Akinwande moves out of range.
The Barbarian lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Akinwande looks to land a body kick but The Barbarian moved away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Barbarian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Akinwande uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande scores with a jab. The Barbarian acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Akinwande slips a jab from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian throws a big shot that misses.
Akinwande keeps The Barbarian at a distance using the push kick.
The Barbarian walks forward, straight into a front kick from Akinwande.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Barbarian crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Akinwande - the referee stops the clock and The Barbarian gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Akinwande. The Barbarian manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters circling a little - Akinwande finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The Barbarian is breathing heavily.
Akinwande throws the left hand but The Barbarian avoids the punch easily.
Akinwande throws a right hand that misses
and The Barbarian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Akinwande misses the body punch
and The Barbarian counters with a low kick, right behind Akinwande 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akinwande is looking to land body kicks.
It looked like The Barbarian was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Akinwande.
Akinwande throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and The Barbarian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Barbarian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Akinwande throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Akinwande dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Akinwande thumps The Barbarian with a low kick.
Akinwande fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Barbarian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Akinwande takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The Barbarian takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akinwande throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The Barbarian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Akinwande pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Akinwande thows a leg kick but The Barbarian checks it
and The Barbarian counters with a good low kick that Akinwande was not able to check.
The Barbarian avoids a kick to the body.
The Barbarian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Akinwande's head.
Akinwande lands a slapping body shot.
The Barbarian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as The Barbarian blocks the leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Akinwande 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.
The Barbarian takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Barbarian misses with a lunging right hand
and Akinwande counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Barbarian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akinwande.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Barbarian lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Akinwande has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Akinwande and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Barbarian walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether The Barbarian might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Akinwande slips under a jab from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Akinwande.
Akinwande fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Barbarian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Akinwande throws a shot to the body.
The Barbarian lands with a nice combination. Akinwande backs away looking to recover.
Nice uppercut there from The Barbarian.
A slapping body kick lands there for Akinwande.
Akinwande lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akinwande throws a push kick but The Barbarian slaps the foot to one side.
The Barbarian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Akinwande has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Akinwande misses with a hook.
Akinwande scores with a spinning back kick!
Akinwande takes a swing at The Barbarian's ribcage but misses.
Henry Akinwande seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Barbarian keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Akinwande tries a head kick but it misses.
The Barbarian feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The Barbarian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Barbarian throws a sloppy head kick and Akinwande moves out of range easily.
Akinwande counters with a body kick.
Akinwande throws a body punch but The Barbarian moves out of range.
Akinwande pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Akinwande ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Akinwande misses with a lunging right hand
letting The Barbarian counter with a right hand.
The Barbarian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian scores with the left hand. Akinwande knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Akinwande misses.
Akinwande jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Akinwande just misses with a punch to the body.
Akinwande jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Akinwande throws a hook but The Barbarian avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from The Barbarian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Akinwande keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian catches Akinwande with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Barbarian throws a jab but it's blocked by Akinwande.
The Barbarian throws a hook but Akinwande blocks it.
The Barbarian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Akinwande.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Akinwande.
The Barbarian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akinwande. Akinwande obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Barbarian in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Akinwande.
The Barbarian throws a body shot but no joy.
Akinwande scores with a push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akinwande tries to score with a low kick but The Barbarian moves his leg out of the way.
Akinwande throws the left hand but The Barbarian avoids the punch easily.
The Barbarian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Barbarian throws a hook but Akinwande avoids it easily.
Akinwande ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Akinwande is clearly trying to counter these attacks from The Barbarian with a body shot.
Akinwande throws a right hand that misses
enabling The Barbarian to counter with a crisp jab.
The Barbarian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Akinwande throws an overhand right that lands on The Barbarian's shoulder, as The Barbarian tries to avoid the shot.
The Barbarian avoids a kick to the body.
The Barbarian is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Akinwande showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Barbarian scores with a push kick.
Akinwande moves out of range as The Barbarian strikes.
The Barbarian throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Akinwande to counter with a crisp jab.
Akinwande lands a jab to The Barbarian's midsection.
Akinwande on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Akinwande misses with a left hand
letting The Barbarian counter with a right hand.
Akinwande drops his hands momentarily and The Barbarian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Barbarian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Akinwande paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Akinwande throws a push kick but The Barbarian slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akinwande loads up on a big right hand but The Barbarian slips the punch.
The Barbarian is looking to counter punch.
Akinwande misses the jab.
Akinwande misses with a hook
and The Barbarian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Akinwande thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akinwande throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Barbarian counters with a nice uppercut.
Akinwande lands with a straight right. The Barbarian didn't see that one coming.
The Barbarian has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Barbarian there as he acknowledges the shot.
A head kick misses from The Barbarian.
Akinwande lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Barbarian's sensitive parts.
The Barbarian blocks a head kick by Akinwande.
Akinwande just misses with a punch to the body.
Akinwande connects with a solid leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Akinwande. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like The Barbarian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Barbarian throws a shot to the body.
Akinwande throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like The Barbarian was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Akinwande.
Henry Akinwande seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Barbarian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Akinwande takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Akinwande. The Barbarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Barbarian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Akinwande misses the target.
The Barbarian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little feinted left hand from The Barbarian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Barbarian blocks a head kick by Akinwande.
Akinwande uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Barbarian.
Akinwande avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Akinwande misses with a body shot.
Akinwande looks to throw the jab but The Barbarian is out of range.
The fighters circling - The Barbarian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akinwande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Barbarian moves away.
Akinwande throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Barbarian throws a body shot but no joy.
Akinwande goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian swings for the body but Akinwande moves out of range.
Akinwande ducks under a wild hook from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian avoids the body shot from Akinwande.
Akinwande scores with a shot to the body.
The Barbarian defending well as Akinwande loads up on a big left hand.
The Barbarian throwing a counter right hand but Akinwande manages to avoid it.
The Barbarian throws out a loose jab but Akinwande uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akinwande has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Barbarian lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Akinwande has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Akinwande and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Barbarian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Akinwande.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Barbarian. Akinwande does a little dance to reset his feet.
Akinwande keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Akinwande misses.
Akinwande lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande lands a nice looking kick to the body. The Barbarian takes a step back to recover.
Nice body kick there by Akinwande.
The Barbarian throws a body punch but Akinwande moves out of range.
Akinwande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Barbarian moves away.
Akinwande moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akinwande scores with a push kick.
Akinwande scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Barbarian doesn't seem bothered though.
Akinwande pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like The Barbarian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A slapping body kick lands there for Akinwande.
Akinwande swings for the body but The Barbarian moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Akinwande - just one landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Akinwande really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Akinwande swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Akinwande swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Barbarian swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice jab there from Akinwande.
Akinwande throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The Barbarian tries to land a leg kick but Akinwande saw it coming and moves away.
Akinwande thows a leg kick but The Barbarian checks it
and The Barbarian counters with a straight right hand.
The Barbarian misses with a two punch combination.
Akinwande ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Barbarian moves away.
Akinwande throws a jab when The Barbarian was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akinwande throws a hook but The Barbarian avoids it easily.
Akinwande keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Akinwande with a hook.
Akinwande takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akinwande looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Akinwande looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good exchange - The Barbarian coming out on top.
The Barbarian throws a hook to the side of Akinwande's head but Akinwande sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Akinwande responds with a good body kick, but The Barbarian manages to step out the way in time.
Akinwande misses with a head kick.
The Barbarian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Akinwande.
Akinwande throws a lazy head kick
and The Barbarian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akinwande thinking.
Akinwande is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Akinwande misses with the body kick
and The Barbarian counters with a straight right hand.
The Barbarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Akinwande tries a low kick but The Barbarian avoids it.
The Barbarian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Akinwande.
The Barbarian misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande clobbers The Barbarian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Barbarian blocks a head kick by Akinwande.
The Barbarian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Akinwande throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akinwande throws a shot to the body.
The Barbarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akinwande manages to avoid it.
Akinwande throws out a counter right but The Barbarian avoids it with no problem.
Akinwande feints and then cracks The Barbarian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Barbarian down.
The Barbarian throws out a powerful jab.
Akinwande thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Barbarian throws a big shot that misses.
The Barbarian misses with a body shot.
Akinwande with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian throws a body punch but Akinwande moves out of range.
Akinwande moves out of range as The Barbarian throws a body kick.
Akinwande looks for the body kick but The Barbarian saw that one coming.
Akinwande scores with a kick to the body.
The Barbarian misses with a low kick.
Akinwande lands with a shot to the body.
Akinwande throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A cross from Akinwande lands.
The Barbarian misses with a kick to the body.
The Barbarian lands with an uppercut that bounces Akinwande off the cage and back into range.
Akinwande with the inside leg kick.
Akinwande throws a body kick that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Akinwande 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande stuns The Barbarian with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Barbarian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akinwande moves away.
Akinwande tests The Barbarian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Barbarian looks to land a right hand but Akinwande moved out of range.
The Barbarian throws a poor cross that misses
and Akinwande counters with a nice uppercut.
The Barbarian lands with a shot to the body.
Akinwande throws a push kick but The Barbarian slaps the foot to one side.
Nice jab there from Akinwande.
The Barbarian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Akinwande.
A little feinted left hand from The Barbarian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Barbarian throws a hook but Akinwande avoids it easily.
The Barbarian misses with an uppercut. Akinwande saw that one coming.
Akinwande just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Akinwande dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
The Barbarian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Akinwande!
The Barbarian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Akinwande scores with a leg kick.
Akinwande connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Akinwande throws a wild body kick that The Barbarian sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from The Barbarian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Akinwande connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Barbarian. The Barbarian circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The Barbarian walks forward, straight into a front kick from Akinwande.
The Barbarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akinwande manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akinwande lands with a straight right. The Barbarian didn't see that one coming.
Akinwande throws a hook but The Barbarian avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Akinwande. The Barbarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Akinwande thows a body kick. The Barbarian tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The Barbarian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akinwande looks to score with a jab to the body but The Barbarian is just out of range.
Akinwande lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Akinwande throws a jab but it's blocked by The Barbarian.
The Barbarian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Barbarian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Barbarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Barbarian throws a jab but it's blocked by Akinwande.
A looping hook to the body misses from Akinwande. The Barbarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Akinwande is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Barbarian.
The Barbarian scores with the left hand. Akinwande knows he should have avoided that one.
The Barbarian lunges at Akinwande with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Akinwande's hand.
Akinwande throws a lazy uppercut
enabling The Barbarian to counter with a crisp jab.
Conor The Barbarian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henry Akinwande is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akinwande scores with a sloppy right hand. The Barbarian should have avoided that one.
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!
The Barbarian cracks Akinwande with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Akinwande looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can The Barbarian finish him?
Akinwande is rocked!
The Barbarian throws a solid leg kick but Akinwande takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Barbarian.
Akinwande is still on wobbly legs! Can The Barbarian finish him?
A slow jab from Akinwande misses its intended target.
Akinwande misses with a wild body shot.
Akinwande avoids the body shot from The Barbarian.
The Barbarian ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Akinwande's jaw. Akinwande's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! The Barbarian does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Conor The Barbarian!
Conor The Barbarian retains his super heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Conor The Barbarian thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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